THE OIIIIGON DAILY JQUiiNAL, . POUT LAUD. VIil.'ZJDAY, JAIJUAIiY 1. 1C10
THREE H FOR
FIRST PRESIDENT
.Scheidemann, Haase -and Lleb-
knecht Appear leaders for
(" ' Honors in Germany, y
: ; iy -Prank J. Taylor
Berlin, Dec, R)IeUiyedy
Candidacy for the first president of the
German republic appeared today, tobe
.. limited to .three ; men -Phllfp Schefde-
- mann, 'Hugh Haase and Karl Lieb-
knecht ; ' ;. . ;i . '!'-',;-5-';;
- According to general opinion, these
' men will represent the, three dominant
- political parties. .t ; the. polls, Schetde
mann seems to be. the choice ': of the
majority Socialists; Haase of the-inde-T
pendent Socialists,: and Llebkneyht of
the Spartacldes. It is resraraea a oare--ly
possible that Chancellor Ebert may
replace Scheiqemann but this does not
seem likely. . J
33ie German delegates td the peace
conference probably will be Count
Brockdorff-PJfentzau, Count Bernstorff
and Dr. W. 8. Solf. The former is ex
,'pected to act as chair roan at the Initial
meeting", after which one- of the thr
two would head the delegation. It Is
Impossible at this time to make, any
'authoritative predictions regarding tbe
- peace representatives, owing to the cha
otic political situation. "But -the above
"r la the consensus of well posted persons.
Italian Troops Concentrate
- Copenhagen. Jan. il. (U. P.) Italian
troops are concentrating inr the neigh
borhood of Innsbruck, presumably for
occupation of southern Germany, in case
there are Bolshevik disturbances.
Naval Commissioner Captured
, Helslngfors, Finland, Dec. 31. (U. P.)
British naval forces raiding Wulff
Isle, captured M. Itaskullkof f. the Bol
' shevtkl naval commissioner, it was reported.
. Bucharest Hasf Riots
- London, Jan. 1. U. P.) Six persons
were killed and 15 wounded when troops
fired upon Bolshevist demonstrators in
Bucharest, according' to a dispatch from
that city 'today. ; ,
Child of Two, Is
Badly Burned as
Dress Is Ignited
Her dress1 catching on fire while she
'was-playing with her brother, Dorothy
I Tharp. 3y ear-old "daughter of Mr. land
lrs. C. 1. Tharp.) 9 Kast Morrison
s. street, was so badly burned this tnorm
tng that it is feared she may die. Iter
i mother had gone to a store and the
brother, Normand, 8 years old. was go
ting to light some candles. He lighted
a piece of paper,, and reached toward
; the candle s which Dorothy was holding.
.. auna sne puura dack. lie reached far-,
ther toward jfcer and her . dress caught
fire. ' .' .
I' .They ran about the house In search
of their motherland finally out on the
front porch where the Jlttle girl was
'"Been by Poll Thompson of '226 Chamber
I', of Commerce building .who was passing
hy. He wrapped, her- In hjj overcoat
. .and put out the flames. Neighbors
- called out the fire department but it
was not needed.
Mr. Tharp is a" teamster for the Rlver
" vtew dairy. . ,
Neighbors Complain?
i Alleged Religious
iFa n a tics V4 Arrested
- Claiming to be the only! persons on
earth who are right in the sight ot the
Lord, six : men and . one woman, were
arrested New Tear's eve by the police
on complaint of neighbors. On the per
sons of two were found sums totalling
more than $800. The seven who were
taken to the city Jail were living in a
email two room flat at Union avenue
and Pine street with another woman
and three ' small children who were al
lowed td remain In the house. V
Officers Burkhart and Mills made the
arrests. 1 '"
The husbands of the two' women are
serving sentences in the county jail lor
failure to register for the draft, being
conscientious objectors.
The men arrested , Tuesday - evening
gave tbefr occupations as, "working for
Jesus;". They, belong to no church but
have a -creed of their own.
The names and ages of those arrested
areV Klmer Bernhart, 82, Swiss; Alex
Llsko, 29, , Austrian : Oliff Carlson, 32.
Swede; William Freline", 50, American;
John Pappaa, 28, Greek; Ole Wick, 27,
Norwegian, and Tessie Nelson, 27,
American, '
THE LIVES LOST
IN FIRE ON FARM
Mrs. Roy Herrick and Two Ghil
jdren Are Dead Near
Silvertorw
v- Lottery Merchants Fined
j Municipal Judge Kossman imposed
two large fines Tuesday on Chinese
.lottery (merchants whom he found
guilty of violating the law. Ah Chin
Sllverion, Jan. 1. Mrs. Roy Herrick.
44, her i three year old son and her
IS months old baby 'girl are dead as
the result of 'a - fire that destroyed
their farm home, six miles south of
Silverton Tuesday afternoon.
The-boy was burned to death In the
house. The mother and baby aiea
during thejiight at the hospital from
the effects ..of burns, after they had
been taken from, the burning house
by neighbors.
The two children, victims and a six
year old slater, were alone in the
house when ffrfe was Btarted In a man
ner not yet explained, The girl ran
to the field nearby and got her mother
and they returned to the. house to get
the children. They, found.the baby
but could not locate the boy- When
the mother and baby were overcome.
the girl, ran to a neighbor for help.
The mother and baby werataken from
the building and rushed to the hos
pital as 'quickly as possible, though
the Herrick place was rather hard to
reach, being four miles off the ma
cadam road.-
The charred body of the boy was
found later. In the ruins of the house.
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Coos Bay Cities
Modify ThT Ban
Marahfield, Jan. 1. The influenza
ban in the Coos Bay cities has been
partlallyv lifted. Schools in Marshf ield
have uot yet been opened, but the the
atres and pool halls have. been allowed
to runi The plan of placing a Quarantine
on houses where cases exist 'has proved
much .more effective In combatting the
disease than the old plan of closing the
business of the city. The epidemic 4s
not as bad as it was. While there are
still some very serious cases the num
ber of cases show a decrease.
fid CO Willi FOR
LIGHTING BUSINESS OF
PORTLAND DEVELOPS
Portlan d . Rajfway, Light & Power
Co. Would Cut Price Only
for Five-Year Contract.
There is still no competition for Port
land's l$200,000-a-year public -lighting
buslneM. The Portland Railway, Light
& Power company apparently bore this
little detail in mind when submitting a
lone bid to illuminate city streets and
pubjic buildings, for if the city should
duplicate its present contract with the
company it will have to pay Just as
much as it is now being forced to con'
tribute.- On a basis of a two-year con'
tract, the company offers to fur.nlsh
electricity for arc lamps fed by over
head wires for $51 a year per lamp; for
lamps fed by underground wires, $62.60.
If the city should decide to let a
three-year " contract there would still be
no reduction .from the present high
price, according to the tender of the
company. '
The only opportunity to get even a
slight reduction is for the city to tie
Itself up to. a five-year contract? In
that event the company offers to shade
its prices to this extent
For yean ndinc: Overhead. Uodercround.
Decv 31, 102O .....SS1.00 S61.82
t)Ks St. 1021 60.04 60.88
Iec. 31. 1922..... 49.08 69.28
Utf.. 91, 1823,. .... 48.00 68.32
Thus it will be Been that If the city
should enter into a contract for the
period of five years it would be getting
a reduction of $3 for the fifth year on
each lamp fed by overhead wires and
$4.28 for the fifth year on each lamp fed
by underground wires
The bid fer ' incandescent lighting
service for the public buildings of the
city is exactly the same as that subs?
mltted when the present contract was
signed, 2 cents a kilowatt hour. There
is no difference made in -the price
whether the city signs up for one year
or for five. -
The lighting bid will be considered
by the city council . Thursday morning.
New Matron Appointed
On recommendation of City Health
Officer Parrish. Miss Mildred Kull of
Walla Walla, Wash., was appointed
Tuesday as matron of the city detention
home for women, the "Cedars." The
Balary of the position was fixed at $160
a montn.
NDCTMEN
CHARGES
T
DAVIS WITH TAKING
$127,845 FROM BANK
Gand Jury Finds East Side Bank
Recovered All but $4277 of
Funds; Other Indictments.
was fined $125 and H. A. Chin $100.
Five visitors, at the latter game were
fined $3 each.
Prosper
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A Happy arid
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Insurance- Company
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Home Office c"X2ffiK Portland, Ore,
A. Lt. MILLS, Pres. C.TS. SAMUEL, Oen. Mgr. E. N. STRONG. Asst. Mgr.
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An lndic$nent chstrgtn. Arthur C
TJavis with the robber Of assets, from
the East Side bank totaling to $127,845
was reported to Presiding Judge Tucker
by the Multnomah grand jury Tuesday.
Included in the amount were $30,000- of
Liberty bonds and $10,965. Of these
$29,000 of the Liberty bonds and $7687.50
cash were returned, according to Deputy
Oistrlct Attorney Sam Pierce, leaving
the amount spent by Davis at $4277.50,
H. H. Newhall, president ,-bf the banks ;
Police Inspector W. It. Hyde and Rev.
C. Howard Davis, the young man's
fathea appeared before the grand Jury.
A true bill was found against Harojd
Love, a young man who has been in
trouble frequently. He was charged
with . larceny from the dwelling of A'?
J. Love, his uncle.
A. W. Hlckox was indicted on a
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses.
. true bill against D. A. Hatfield, a
real estate dealer, charging him with
obtaining money under false pretenses,
.was among those returned.
The grand Jury has not yet completed
its investigation of the death of Mrs.
Ml a a Smith who wfes run down by an
automobile and killed last Thursday
night.
The Investigation of graft charges
against the police la still going on. A
lengthly report. It Is said, will be made
on the latter. .
SUIT MENTIONS OTHER WOMAN
Suspected Bobbers
From Spokahe :&re :
, - Jailed in Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Wasbirian. lJaCPjAiln
Colds Caase Headaeke aad Patat
reTeiinb Ueedacitee and body pains eaoxed fran
cold ere soon ralleTed bjr Uklnc LaX&TIVK
IKOliO QCINIXK Tablets. There's niy em
-Bromo Quinine.". K. W. .G&OVK'S sisnerura
and W; B, Campbell, hailing from Spo
kane, are trader arrest here ; charged
with having rebbed the Aberdeen Drug
company's ' store -of a Quantity of valu
able stock.
Allen has made several" trip here in
a fine new auto. He was carrying a
suitcase when arrested; and on its being:
opened at the police station - it was
found to be-filled with articles, of value,
considerable money and Liberty bonds.
It is though the men are the same who
robbed a number of residences, here In
the past few weeks. . . ,
In the clothing of Allen a large num
ber of Liberty bonds of the denomina
tion of $100 were found. He also harried
a good -deal - of money, valuable watch
chains and ther jewelry .and wore a
valuable diamond ring. .
mllS. SUSAN HILLAVASV.
nrninniT ' nr ; PTTnR
KcoiuLnr ur -oifliti
FOR OVER 40 YEARS
Native of Maryland Dies at Home
in Sixty-fourth Ycarj- lived
' in Astoria 35 Yeats. 1
Mrs. Susan A. HI1L wife Of Oeorge Hi,
died Tuesday at her home,; Si Eajt
Twenry-eigjhth street north. In her
sixty-fourth year. Mrs. Hill waa born
In Baltimore, Md., and had resided in
Oregon 45 years.- Until10 years ago
she lived in Astoria. Two sons and
four daughters survive her,, as follows:
Charles and Edward HHL Mrs. Nor
Doane, Mrs. Maud Simmons, Mrs. Rose
Sprague and Mrs. Daisy Peters, all of
this city. There are 1 also four grand
children.' Funeral eervices will be held
at the Skewes parlors.. Third and i Co
lumbia streets," Friday at S p.-nu, and
final eervices ,- will be in Uivervlew
cemetery..' . .' ! , I - . - -
. Edwtn C. I Benson' -The
funeral of JBdvMn C. Benaorr will
bo held at the Finley chapel. Fifth and
Montgomery 'streetij Friday atjl p. m.,
under- the auspices i:of 4 the I. O. O. F.
Mr. Benson was 3&, year of as and
died Monday in Olympla of Influenza. He
U survived by IhlW'i wife, Mr, 'Xoulea
Benson, and bis parents, Mtf and Mrs,
Edwin R. Benson, all of this city. Mr.
Benson formerly, resided at Roseburg,
where the family yvas well known.
Hrs. Ida EBabbWg
Mrs. Ida E. Babbldge, aged 89, a na
tive of Astoria, anl a resident there
most of her life, died In this city on
Tuesday from the lifter effects of In
fluenza. Mrs. Babtjidge was the wife
of Captain E. - L. I Babbldge - and the
daughter of Victor Anderson, all of As
toria. The body "will be forwarded to
aft
Warrenton for burial Thursday by J. P.
Flnley & Son,
Mrs. Agnes Coyle
Mrs. Agnes Coyle died Tuesday from
the influensa at the age of $2. She was
the wife of lieutenant WllliaWBCoyie,
M. XX, and waa-tnarried la 1 this city-a
few months ago. Mrs. Coyle was born
in - Wisconsin' and had resided in this
city for ' some years. (She Je survived
by three 1 brothers and rtwo sisters,
George. Herbert and Frank Naud, Ruby
Naud and Mrs.. W. . Dauobar. Funeral
services will be held from the Miller &
Tracey parlors, - Ella near Washington
street, Thursday at 1:10 a, m., and from
the pro-cathedral at Fifteenth and Da
vis streets, where requiem mass will be
offered at 9 o'clock. ' Burial will be la
Mount Calvary cemetery. J
Ambush HomlcldV Committed :
Baker, - Jan.- t James . Justus, who
shot and killed Ira Langley on Decem
ber 19, from ambush, and later attempted
to kill Q. L. Cartwrlght and John Grif
fin by shooting at them from the brush;
was Tuesday' adjudged insane and com
mitted to the -state asylum at Pendle-
toa. Justus was examined by three
physicians, all of whom pronounced 3 1m
as I being -mentally unbalanced.'. . , '
Piles Creed ri to 14
DrncsUu wfnnd monev It VK'LQ !.
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ENTIRE NEW SHOW TODAY-FOVR PAYS
A SPECIAL ATTRACTION TO
START THE NEW YEAR WITH i.
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When We Say "SPECIAL" We Speak Webster's Language: "Distinguished by Some Unusual Quality; Uncommon:
Tliat A-. G. Allen represented himself
to be a Single man. but after ehe had
been married to him a i week informed
her that he had lived with anotlicr
woman for six years at Bend, is
charged by Ethel Allen iri a divorce suit
filed Monday. ,
Ruth Spores asks for a divorce from
Melvln' Spores, alleging among other
acts of cruelty that she Vvias obliged to
spend her honeymoon cooking ,) for a
farm crew of seven men.
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Polk County Drops
Agricultural Agent
Dallas, Jan J. Polk county will
worry along nej& year without an agri
cultural agent, the appropriation for that
official being stricken from the budget
at the annual taxpayers' meeting here
Saturday afternoon. The 92000 which
originally had been .intended-- for the
expense of an agent was transferred to
the general fund Instead. The budget
as adopted by the meeting provides for
the raising of $115,230 for the general
fund and 162.000 for the road funds, and
requires a tax levy of 17.9 mills.
Election Prevented
By Furious Storms
London. Jan. 1. A strange election 1, 1
story is told by J. j H. Whitley, the newTl
speaker of the house of commons. It I
appears that owing to tempestuous
weather, the little Scottish island of
Rona was. isolated from the: mainland
from DecemberMO to 16. it was thus
impossible to record the Totes on oolllnsr
day, December 14. "The islanders are
nigmy indignant at being deprived Of
their franchise after having contributed
99 per cent of Its. eligible men to army
or navy service. ,t:::
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