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, ' t"FS ALL TRUE". jl C jSSj J ' .VI7FV :Md cold; easler- VOL. -XVII. NO. 198 PORTLAND, : OREGON THURSD A lY h EVENING JANUARY ;2, 1919 EIGHTEEN PAGES. ON TRAINS UNO RtWt STAND FIVK CtNTI IILIHS ILC01E PRESIDENT .Rome Gay With Flags and Red, ; White and Blue Bunting in Preparation , for His Visit, Friday Will Be Spe-it at Capital I in a Number of Conferences and Later He Goes to Milan. "V SON'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO "' ROME, via Paris. Jan. 2. (I. N. $,) President Wilbon .. is now upon Italiai soil. President and Mrs. fWilon were breakfasting when, the special train crossed , the frontier ' from France into ' Italy.. Both had arisen extra . early to get a glimpse of the beautiful border scenery. 1 A great crowd had leathered at 'y fire railway, station -it Modena, Italy, on the frontier, and cheered lustily, whefi the train -stopped. - The party spent several min utes before the train proceeded on its way. The Yveathcr ,is beautiful and crowds leathered at all - of the ; town through which the train passed, during the morning. The train is scheduled to Jay orr at Turin for a brief space tins afternoon. ' : ; Rome, I Jan. Yt""?. S.) This city one galaxy of -jeolor today with -.Americarf flags and red. white and blue hunting lining all the streets Iq honor of President Wilson, par ho will arrive from Paris . Friday morning. " Ther is an enthusiastic Yankee spirit and tlie people are rio to outdo the welcoroesvg-lven tbs American, statesman in London and Pails, ' j - Besides the routing- popular greeting1. , the official receptions nd the official f dinner there Will be a number ot-ctm- tConetadca Pa. Two. ColutnS T REGARDED AS LOST No Trace , Obtained of Vessel . Sighted Off Oregon Coast Over 10 Days Ago Seattle, Wash., Jan. 2. (U. P.) The Standard OH company tanker George i:W. Loom is, with a crew of 19 men. last . sighted off the Oregon coast by ithe steamer Washtenaw, is believed to be' lost. I'vThe'- 'Vessel left San Francisco for .Coos Bay December 19. The trip df jdinarny requires 8 hours." Sighted Off the Oregon coart 6 hours after j sailing,' the tanker , has not been seen j since, urnces or tne inirteemn navai ; district today expressed serious . con-; , corn for the safetylof the tanker. " Ac I Cording " to these officials the United States lighthouse vbssel Hose, search -vwt In :. Pnn Tinv vlriiiitv for the j f -- - i j - 1 V. . ... . 'J cess. ; The George W. LLoomla was com , tnanded by Captain K. . Iapchas: 1 The majority of the crew lived in San l Francisco. j . . The lioomls was 'the first tanker to : be constructed by; the Standard ,Oil ! company, being built by the Union Iron Works. San Francisco, im 1896. The r steamer' was 175 feet in length with a I beam of : 24 feet, She was of 614 gross 1 tons. She operated! for i some time be ' tween Puget sound, ports and Alaska. Hope Not j-Glven l'p San Francisco, Jan. 2-U. P.) . Standard Oil offices at 8:30 a. m. to day had heard no word from their i tanker, the George! Loom Is, which left 4 here toe-Coos Bay .December 19.' They express confldenee.r however, that the Ivessel -will weather! the storms off the Oregon coasL A revenue cutter from ! Seattle, has beeij j searching for the ' George lioomls for two days. 260 -British Sailors .Lost When Yacht 'Hits Jagged Rock luondon. Jan. 2. IX. N. S.) A revised list of the victims of the sinking of the ' British yacht Iolalre off the Scotch coast, Wednesday, put the number at 260. Forty bodies have been recovered. ' F;orty of the passengers on the yacht severe saved." . . The Iolalre was of 362 tons , register, was built In 1902 and prior to the war belonged to the estate ;of the late Sir Donald Currie. i : Ford Declares 200 : Per Cent Dividend " r.-r - '.. . . -1 " Detrbit; - Mtch Jan, 2. The : Ford ? ilotor company declared a 200 per cent Udlvtdend, equivalent :ta 14,000.000, It was ( announced here today. Berlin Battles With Bolsheviki, Hears the Opera, Atmosphere of Contradiction and Confusion in German' Capital Brings Mental Chaos. By A. " R. Decker Special Cable to The Journal and Chicago Daily News. v It'opyrrsht, 1P1D. by Cbicaio Daily New Co.) Prague, Bohemia, Jan. 2. It seems good to breathe the pure air of the Czecho-Slbvak republic and to see Amer ican flags flying after the chaos in Berlin.. Berliners are not hostile to Americans, but to endure the atmosphere of confusion and contradiction one needs a mental igas mask. I found It trying to watch a; demonstration of war cripples led by Bolsheviki who had fiat fights with soldiers from the front'entering the j city, then jto enter the opera, .'where a crowded house listens in profound and devoted silence to its favorite music, then to read In "The Red Flag" that workmen atid soldiers, particularly de serters, are asked to come out for a big demonstration against the national assembly,' and then to enter a cabaret where champagne and dancing, are. the vogue and where I find a renegade Bel gian on the program cursing the French. 1 wonder why he left Brussels, but he has money enough to pay for a dinner costing 800 marks, (J200). . It was likewise disconcerting to see a well-known foreign Bolshevik agent pacing the station platform. The trains are crowded, the passengers coming to the .station hours before the time for starting. The cars, are cold. At Dresden--1000 persons had formed lines be fore the ticket windows. They were mostly bound for the country to spend the Christmas holidays and get some thing to cat. Dresden was calm, but In the government buildings it was im possible to see any of the officials. Few of them came to the office. There 1? a press section, but there were no publicity men in evidence. Everyone must pass- by a control. One sailor thinks nothing of holding up a line for en. hour while he chatsjwith a. friend. Dresden" was doing Its Chrl3tmas shop ping from stores filled with a fine dis play of femall articles, but there was little food for sale. The people there did not have time to think of revolutions or politics, having sforgotten everything in the preparation; for the Christmas festivities. Ex-Crown Prince Is Frustrated I in Effort To Escape From Exile Wlerengen. Holland, Jan. 2. ?U. P.) -j Frledericht Wilhelm Hohenzoliern made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from his exile here. It was reported today. No details could be obtained. Boron von Zu Beldltz, a friend of the former crown prince, w-as reported to have gene to Germany to- ask the -government's permission for Frlederlch Wil helm to return to that country. .The baron. It is understood, will ask the German authorities to assign the former crown prince t a 'residence where he can live with his wife and children under a guard if necessary. Frlederlch Wilhelm, it was further re ported, is willing to do any work the government thinks him fitted for. Kaiser's Condition Worse 1 Amsterdam, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) The condition of the ex-kaiser,, who Is 111 at' Amerongen castle, was worse today. A throat specialist Is constantly In attendance. The former emperor's illness started with a' cold, and a cough and high lem- perature has developed, m : I British Dominipns Select. Delegates London. Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) The Brit ish dominions will be represented at the peace conference as follows, the Evening News stated today ; . Canada-Premier Borden ; Australia, Premier Hughes; South Africa, Premier Botha. Labor's representative has not yet been decided upn. Would-Be Poisoner Is Believed Caught Chicago. Tl4n- 2. (I." N. S-A Chi cago; detective left today for Portsmouth. Va.. where a man believed! to ' be Jean Crones, wanted on a charge of attempt ing to poison 200 guests at a dinner given for Archbishop Mundeleln In 1916, is being held for Identification. ' ROLL OF HONOR In the roll of honor made public today are the names of the following men from the Pacific Northwest: y. KILLED IN ACTION Oregon rRIVTB QUr R. VAUOHN, emergency ad dress. V. B., Vaughn. Baker. W 7 ' Washington PRIVATE THOMAS K. BRADBURN, emer gency addrew, Urs. Mary Bradborn. Kelso. PRIVATE ARTHUR WILLIAM LYFORD. emergency address. J1. D. Richardson. Fall City DIED OF AOOIDENT . ' Wndilngton PRIVATE ROY E. FLINN. emergency' d dreas. Mrs., Frank Colbert, Spokane. DIED OF DISEASE LIEUTENANT IMA fl. BEDFORD, emer gency address. Donald Bedford. Hillsboro. DIED FROM WOUNDS a"?1- rR" VOST, emergency addrewi. Thomas A.' Tost. Ohin.n. PRIVATE HARRY J. WELLER, emergency address. Mrs. Oliv A. Endicaott. Baker. .PRIVATE. THOMAS C. BAKER, emergency ddre-w, M. F. Baker. Illnt Rock ww7 PRIVATE ROBERT MAO QREOOR. emer. addrem. Mrs. Zelms B. Taylor, Spokane. . ? PRIVATE JO MM EETWIok. Emergency d- (Concluded aia FourtMa. Column Tbree) Laps Champagne i GEffini PUSH III POLES Minister' of Demobilization Or ders 30,000 Men to Resist Advance Being Made on Berlin All Towns in Province of Posen in Eastern Germany Said to Be in Hands of Polish Army. B' so Minister of Demobilization Nosfce today ordered the fifth division of the German army to advance against the Polish army of 30,000 men that is reported to be moving upon Berlin from the east. Soviets report that the Poles crossed the frontier at Skalmi- erzyce ahd are coming in this direction. (Skalmierzyee is 130 miles southwest of Warsaw, near KaJish.) fc London, JanT'iT tl. N. S.) All .of the towns in the province of Posen, in East Prussia, are now in the hands' of the Poles, said an -Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. The Germans are said to be retiring everywhere. R V London., Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) Herr Noske, the new minister ;of demobiliza tion of Germany, has announced through the North German Gazette that a new volunteer army will be formed from, men over 24 years' -of age who have already served six months at the front, said a Rotterdam dispatch tp the Daily News today.. The mei will be allowed to elect their own-off Jeers. . The 1 first duty of the new army, said the foreign minister, will be to go to tbjsfeast front to deal with . the situa . i 1. 1 i .i . it.. . , there. Herr "JNoske " was "quoted as de daring taat the Poles would notjbe allowed to "lay. hands on German ter-' rltory . - . German Bolsheviki and independent Socialists' seised an automobile in Unter Den Linden (Berlin) filled with copies of government propaganda. The pam phlets were piled in the street and set ori fire. Adherents of the Spartacus group made a demonstration, m Berlin, but It broke up in a free-for-all fight. Sailors put down the disorder after many shots had been fired. "There Is no real danger from Bol shevism in Germany," Herr Noske was quoted as saying by the Berlin cor respondent of the Dally Express. Noske, who was formerly governor of Kiel, now has charge of German demobiliza tion. He added : ' "Demobilization is being carried out more rapidly than it had- been thought possible. Now there are only about one million men in German barracks. The troops are being moved from the west' to the east to combat Bolshevism." TwentyiwojJiousand sailors at Kiel are c supporting the government against Bolshevism, Noske declared. He con cluded by sayiitg that the allies "would not have beaten Germany if the Ger mans had not been- starved." Poles Sweep Toward Berlin. ; Geneva, Jan ? '(II. P.) A Polish army of 30.000 to 30,000. men trlklng toward Berlin has captured Frankfort-on-the-Oder, only 50 miles from the German capital, the Polish agency In Lausanne was notified by telegraph from Posen today. The Germans, the report said, are hastily re-armtng their demobilized troops in an effort to stem the invasion. : The Polish force consists of lnfarry, cavalry and artillery, all well asfned, the report said. Cavalry, moving rapid ly ahead ,of the main body, :"was. re ported to have entered Posen and Frankfort'on-the-Oder. The important railway stations at Bauthorc Guessen and Bromberg.. it was said, were occu pied with but slight resistance. Girl Knocked Down By Auto Driven by Boys; Arm Broken Miss Clara Olson suffered a fractured arm this morning: when she was knocked down by an automobile driven by three unknown " boys at Third and Pine streets. Miss Olson is employed in a restaurant at 52 Third street and was hit while tm her way to work. The ma chine Is said by eyewitnesses to have run about 100 feet before it could be .stopped. The boys are said to have helped Miss Olson into the restaurant and to have left immediately without giving- their names. , ?' Eyewitnesses told Patrolman Cameron the machine bore 1919 license ; number 9838. Police records show this machine belongs to James C. McDevltt, 181 Bum side street. Police officials are investigating- to learn if the machine was be ing driven without- the knowledge of the owner.- ' Press Explaining League of Nations . Paris,' Jan. -2, (I. N,; S.)--A long article explaining the league of nations and instructing its readers in-President Wilson's proposal was jpublished by the Petit Parisien today, Copious extracts were takej from 'the president's speech,, BUDAPEST IN STATEOFSIEGE DUE TO RIOTS By Frank J Taylor PRAGCE, . Jan. 1. (Delayed) Badapest Is la a state of (lege, folio wis g disorders which grew out ef communist 3Tew Tear dem onstrations. Several persons .were killed or wounded in street fighting between tne demonstrators and government guards la which machine guns were freely used. t The mobs apparently are getting the spper band and are besieging the main force- of guards in the barracks and government buildings. The disorders continne and the latest reports- showed wholesale Blundering snder way. FREAR FOR GREAT WATERWAYS RAN Wisconsin Representative At tacks Rivers and Harbors Bill; Railroads Are Scored. Washington, Jan. 2V (I. N. S.) "Pri vate ownership of railroads has crushed out individual enterprise and ruiped certain communities In order to build up others." Representative James A. Frear. Republican, of Wisconsin chanced this afternoon in opposing the pending rivers and harbor - appropriation bill for the 1919-20 fiscal year. Frear advocated the development and maintenance of the country's waterways as part of. a countrywide transportation system along national" instead of local lines, the reverse of which he asserted was provided In the pending bill. He charged that private railroad interests had throttled the country's waterways and "are on the job 24 hours daily for the return of the railroads to private control." Klvef Boat Program Hit "They have employed the ablest coun sel that could be furnished In. or out of the National Security league, while a chorus of approval running through the press regarding private railroad de mands indicates that the propaganda for railroad return to private control is becoming thoroughly organized," Frear declared. . Frear attacked ; the use of government money for boats 'and barges on the- Mis sissippi and Missouri rivers and stream contiguous to utf.r- ;v V Wltfc Mttle or- noSscratmy Wrstf tr? tlm,? he charged, . "boats and' barges have been purchased practically Hor the" exclusive use of Democratic -Chairman' Goitre ' of Missouri - at a cost of sev eral million dollars. Boats have been constructed for the Mississippi.' Black Warrior and1 other ctreams with government money "to be passed out . to any Tom, Dlclc or Harry on whatever terms can be had," Frear asserted. . Fair Test Plea Beralled "No private capital would invest in boats for deserted ' waterway's, nor could they be profitably run," he Said, "but a generous government treasury is used to finance the dreams and speculations of waterways associations and private interests until former Sec retary McAdoo, on December 15, served public notice that contracts executed by him for building of such boats would be a ' dead loss to the govern ment unless congress extended the period of government "control of the railroads for five years in which to test out the experiment. "All the millions spent for the im provement of ' waterways ' and for the construction by the government of boats for private use will be wasted, according to the railroad director gen eral's opinion, unless a fair test of government control can be had." U. S. S. New Mexico Run By Electricity; Proves Big Success Washington. Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) That the battleship New Mexico the only ' electrically . propelled capital bat tleship In the world has proved a com plete success, was revealed to mem bers of the' house naval affairs com mittee today by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. . The details of the marvelous achievement, one of America's greatest war Inventions, which was carefully hidden behind' a veil of mystery by the navy, was revealed to the congress men in view of the cessation, of ffos tllities. . No Penalty Imposed Upon Dr. F. P. Fisch No penal ty-was' imposed upon 'Dr. F. P. Fisch thjs morning - by Municipal Judge Rossmjan on a charge of failing to report a communicable disease to the health bureab at once. Dr. George Par rish, health -Officer, requested the court not to Inflict a penalty, as it had been shown that Dr. Fisch was not the first physician to be called in on the case. The trouble 'arose over a case of Spanish Influenza which existed at the home of G. A. Harley, 492 East Thirty-third street! i Hotel in The Dalles ' Destroyed by Fire The Dalles, Jan. 2. Fire which broke out at 6 o'clock this morning destroyed the three story modern brick building owned by Gustav Freywald of Port land and occupied by the Albert hotel and the Optimist Publishing company. The loss is estimated at $40,000, while insurance an tlie building and contents totaled $22,000. Guests escaped In their underclothes - and -practically nothing could be -saved from the building. Ned Wick, an aged man, was rescued after all others had I ft the. burning hoteL The hotel is practically a, total loss. . SEWS HOI FILL OF WOO Senator Lewis Alleges Conspiracy to Defeat American War Aims i, . ' and Elect Republican in 1920. 1,11 r 1 - j 1 " ' Lodge and Knox Named as Prin cipal Agents in Plot to. Dis credit Wilson Before Europe. W S.) A conspiracy to defeat the aims for which the United Slates entered the war, for the purpose of electing a Republican president in 1920, was charged in the senate this afternoon by Sen ator James Hamilton Lewis or Illinois. ;; Naming Senators Henry Cabot Lodge end Philander C. Knox as the principal agents of the conspiracy, Senator Lewrs charged that they are seeking to dis credit President1 Wilson' and defeat his purpose of writing America's war alms Into the peace treaty "by giving the P European negotiators to understand that the senate is opposed to the presi dent, that it objects to his measures, and that it IsspeaWng with the power to revise,' reverse and repudiate him.' Senator Lewis made the startling as sertion that the senate has no such power : that President Wilson is act ing as commander-in-chief of the ne gotiation of a military protocol that will not come before the senate for rati fication. . . "Speaking in my place. I now Inform the European negotiators and the world that there Is no law of America, by constitution, statute or- custom. by which the , president is under any obli gation to submit what hCj Is now do ing to the senate, or to any other branch of the "legislative or executive body." Lewis emphatically asserted. , ' . Constantly reiterating the words "I now charge, Lewis sketched & plot to give Buropean reactionaries a just If i- oatlo tot oVerrMitig President Wilson's thejr. are conforralag to "the wishes of (Continued on.: Page, Two, Column First HAMBURG IS GAY AND HAS PLENTY Food Expensive, but Work Plentiful ; Cafes Have Music and Dancing. is Lpndon, Jan. 2. (I. N. S.) Butter in Hamburg costs $7 a pound, although there is plenty of bread", a correspond ent of the Daily Mail telegraphed today. Sugar costs about S1.30 a pound, while pork is seUing at $3. The percentage of monarchists at Hamburg is small, the correspondent says. A majority of Ur&m nity the ex kaiser and the former crown prince, but . do not wish them back, preferring that one of the younger sons of; the erstwhile war-lord be put upon the throne if the empire Is restored. The council of soldiers and workmen at Hamburg is not very popula because t Is accused of having stolen 10 truck loads" of chocolate and 20;ojDO bed sheets in Belgium. There are excellent restaurants . In Hamburg. The correspondent told of dining for $4, receiving soup, fish, green vegetables, chicken and Jce cream, as well as champagne. The champagne, however,' cost. $9 extra. The hotel room costs $2. For break fast the correspondent paid $1, getting bread. Jam, coffee and an egg. A good cold dinner can be secured In the cafes for $1.50. Kvery cafe has music and they -are very lively. Hamburg Is not at all downhearted and there is dancing everywhere. The saifors' ball at Christmas lasted nearly all night There is plenty of work at Hamburg, especially In the Vulcan shipyards. " An engine driver told the correspond ent that many, locomotives were pur posely ' allowed to become useless so they would not have tobe tnrned over under the armistice terms. . ' Germany is preparing ,to establish air mall service with' ' Sweden "and , Den mark. DavidLubin, of Farm Institute Fame, Is Dead in Rome at 78 ' , Rome, Jan. 2. XV. P.) David Ltibln of San Francisco, CaL, founder of . tlie International Institute of Agriculture, died here today of influenza. He was It years old. . '' . In addition to establishing the Inter national Institute of Agriculture at Rome, Lubln introduced the rural cred its system into the United States and secured legislation' that improved' the parcelpost system. American Ship Is . Ashore in Channel ' '' ' ' " , v : ? Xiondon, Jan. 2.- The American steam ship Lake -Weston is ashore in Bristol channel. f it V r . , - Rector, Sueci Trustees, Bishop to OM F LA I NT was filed in the board of school trustees of the. Protestant Episcopal church aieainst Dr. A. A. Morrison, pastor of Trinity L-pisco pal'church, to recover funds paid secretary in 1908. The funds were paid far in" excess, the com plaint srays. of the value of the property. It is alleged that the Doara ot sonooi trustees; ot which.. Dr. Morrison was at that times vice chairmanwas infkienced to enter into the transaction by! him. The case dates back to 1908 when a fund was under the control of the board to build anFaintain an academy as a memorial totstshop Scott. An academy had . been in existence on the church property at Nineteenth and Davis streets and was closed about 1J07. Proposes to Give Land Back . In 1908 the 'board of school trustees bought a tract of 100 acres of land in Yamhill county at $250! an acre. . This tract-was part, of the Oak Hill farm of 1015 acres for which Bland Herring paid J35.000 in 1907, He sold it to the Wal nut Grove company, of which Dr. Mor rison was a large stockholder and secre tary. .The company then sold 100 acres of it to the board of school- trustees. The board of school trustees states that Dr. Morrison misrepresented the facts and. alleges he used his influence as acting chairman In the absence of the bishop to get the trustees to pur chase the land. It is also alleged that the Walnut Grove company agreed to plant walnut trees on the school prop erty and that the company did nto live up to this agreement. In the complaint the board of school trustees asks that the company through Dr. Morrison return the amount paid it for the land and improvements. The board offers to return the land to the" company for this consideration. Piatt & Piatt, attorneys for the boaiSd of school trustees; - would Issue no statement this morning. . . Brings In 'ame of Bishop Tne following statement was issued Dr.p. J. Smith Points ;0ut;ln- ?etuaUtp tower Cost for Shippers. , . The' fight showing before the inter state ' commerce- commission will gain for the 'Inland Empire a rail rate, based pn the . Columbia water grade to tidewater,- similar to the low Chicago-New York and 1-Cansi.s-Ne-vy Orleans rates, predicts Dr. C, J. SmitbJiSastern Oregon grain grower, in a letter to E. I. Smith, temporary president Of the recently or ganized Inland Empire Shippers' league. The league has resulted -from the de mand of Inland Empire shippers for a rate based' on cost of transpof tation -to tidewater. At the present time the rate Is the same for the costly haul over the mountains to, Puget Sound or to the ports of the Columbia down the Co lumbia river. "When we take into consideration," said Dr. Smith In his letter, "the fact. that up to about 15 years ago. It cost as much to ship a bushel -of wheat from Arlington, Or; to Portland as It did from Duluth, MLnn., to Liverpool, England ; that during normal times even before. the construction of the Panama canal. it cost as much to ship a bushel of wheat from Pendleton to Portland as It cost to ship from Portland to Liverpool, England, by way of Cape Horn; when we tak'e Into consideration the fact that It cOsts at the present time only about two cens more a bushel to ship a bushel of wheat from Central Kansas to New Orleans, a distance of 1200. miles, as from Pendleton to Portland ; when we think . of the fact that It costs only about nine cents a bushel to ship wheat from Chicago to New York, a distance of 1000 miles, whereas we pay 8.35 cents a bushel , to ship from Pendleton to Portland, and when we remember the many other places in the United States which make' a similar showing, namely, that the rate Is about one cent a bushel per 100 miles, we can readily understand what we have been contributing for the past 30 years for the transportation of bur grain from trie Inland Empire coun try t the sea board. ' "One of the first great difficulties has (Continued on Page Two. Column Seven) German Federation, , " Based on Revolution, Is Plan of Socialists London Jan. 2. (I. N-. S.X Secretary of Supplies Wurm has resigned from the Berlin government In .sympathy with the Independent Socialists who left the cabinet several days ago, said a Ger man wireless dispatch today. The gov ernments of Bavaria, j Wurttemburg, Baden and Hesse conferred at Stuttgart on Saturday and decided to .work in the future for a German federation on the basis of the revolution. : There is opposition developing to the plan- for 'disintegration. The south Ger man governments called! upon the Prus sians to reestablish order. Well .Known Labor ; Mediator i Is Dead Streater, I1U Jaiu- 2j I. N, a) John Eliaa Williams, permanent mediator for Hart Scnaffner St Marx.- off Icial arbi trator United Mine Workers ant Illinois Coal Operators, former fuel administra tor of Illinois, died at 3 o'clock today: He resigned August 15 on account of. lit health. His death was caused by cancer. by Savs the county court this morning byi to a company of which he was ' by Dr. Morrison through his aftor- neys, Carey & Kerr: "In reference to the suit,. J. am satis fied that the purpose of" bringing it W merely an attempt to discredit " me. There Is no foundation for the claim that I have taken, advantage of the board of school trustees. My connection with the transaction and with the Wal nut Grove company was at all ttnies known to all the trustees; and the cotiH plaint shows upon Its face that this was a fact, for the complaint, sneaking ot the conveyance made by -the Walnut Grove company to the board of trustors, says: 'Said deed bears the ' signature of the defendant, A. A. Morrison, as secretary of the Walnut Grove pom 4 panr. "The transaction, occurred in 19081 more than 10 years ago. The land con4 veyed to the board of trustees was not as alleged, of slight value but was ap praised as worth the full purchase .price paid ; the trustees gave, careful con-4 fflderatlon to the matter of the purchase and only bought the land after a full 1 I - . 1 . . I 1 .... A the purchase was made, during the ln,-4 cumbency of Bishop Scaddlng for' the perpetuation of .Bisttop .Scott Academy; a policy" which 1 opposed, as will be shown by the records of the board of school trustees. j "1 may say further, that the whole; trouble has arisen since the election of Bishop 'Sumner, who is of a different churchmanshlp from me and indeed the suggestion has been made that If I would resign no suit would have been' Instituted." , - , j! House Committee . Is Told "Big f Jivoi65 Companies! Parts of Others :p -"- . j -' ' ''--v .-. ,''"'.i:'y " Washington,' Jan. 2.T. N. .) The "Big Five" packers of the " country ar tually control 655 unrelated companies and have a mi nor Interest in $5 others. Chairman William B Colver of the federal trade commlssierh today told the house interstate commerce committee In vestigating the packing Industry. .. Colver read a statement from a whole sale grocery declaring the - packers had extended their. Interests' into 9000 com modities, none of which are directly related to the meat business. In questionnaires sent out by the com mission to .wholesale grocers, he said, it was the uniform opinion that the packers were .threatening their existence. One wholesaler In New York declared that the ' trust had assumed power enough to destroy all wholesalers in this eoun try in five or ten days, he added. Chairman Colver has asserted that the present growth - of the combination would destroy grocery competition in ten 'years. ; . - - Giving an example of the broad scope of the packers, Colver stated that the (Continued on Pace BTin(sin, Column Boron) Five Transports On Way Home With Men From France Washington, Jan, 2 (U. P.) Trans port movements were announced by the war department today as -follows: j Toloa, from Brest December. 30 for New York, due about January 10, with Fiftieth battalion of trench artillery, 145th aero' construction squadron, cas us I company 221. Vlua, - Brest December 80 - for New York, duo about January It With the s:xth and Twelfth anti-aircraft sectors, a trench mortar battery and casual company 323. . . A bangorez, " f rom Bordeaux December 28 for New York, due about' January 13, with casual company No, 1 and about 100 casuals. - ! Mlnnesotan, from, France December 23, dye New York about January wlti five casuals. The Eighty-sixth division , cadre, not the . Eigth division, cadre as originally announced. Is on the transport Slboney, due in New York January 5. Schools Beopen in City; Attendance Is Alpout Normal Again Cltjrj schools reopened this morning after a week and one' naif Christmas vacation. While no attendance figures have been reported to Superintendent D. A. Grout, the rooms visited seemed to be, about normal. The number of children kept at home because of fear; of, lnfluensa will be much smaller, thinks Superintendent Grout.' since the parents have" passe through the panicky stage and are real izing that their children are In "no more danger " of contracting - the . disease at school than at home. Riga.Eepoed in Hands of Bolsheviki London. Jan, - 2.- Swedish newspapers declare-the Bolshevists, - aided by the Germans, have entered Riga erfi Vilna. Blame ll! 0 U 11 III lospoi Transfer of Troops From North ern Pacific Being Made to Shore ahd! Ships Standing By; Women Nurses Brought Ashore and Several Hundred Men j One Load Upsets, but Saved. F' RE 1SLANU. N. Y. Jan. 2. Six . hundred : wpunded men from tho ; stranded transport Northern Pacific ere landed . safely this afternoon by, mcam of a trolley boat. Somo others of the 2545 troops, aboard the 111 .: fated Vhir, were . transferred to relief vessels standing by. .the trolley boat fastened by . -pulley wheels -to double cables extending, froni the Northern I'a . cifie. to the beach, made frequent trips, - bringing. 12 to -15 men . to safety each time. " . ' This life sswlnsf 'device wfs rinsed this morning by Captain Joseph Tuttle of the coast guard who rowed through a strong surf to the stricken stesmer. carrying the lines. On his return he brought back four - soldiers who vol unteered to help, him back through the breakers,-';'-- v - - - ' ..''. Later J-6ughhess' of the water pub a stop to transferring men to relief ships. The trolley boat, .attached" to cables, continued its trips from the transport to the beach, is ndtng the sllghtly wound ed troop and the other units abosru. This may go on all night. ( . One boat capsised,tlrrowlng IT mn Irito the surf... Ttvey were' saved. ; Twelve nurses came off iin one llfa bost. Five remained to care -for the ;wounJed." A hawser by. which a tug ws attached te Che i Northern Pad tic parted, but n damage jresulted. . w - Army'- nurses- and 'doctors -have been pieced ;in- 8 summer .oottares onv fhe island." where1 the woundd"ereplofd temporarily for -shelter, from the c.-ld ' (Cssieloded on lat Two. Column Thrr) iew Year' Receives Lively Greet ! Ing When Taps Are Taboo in I ' American Camp. By Bert Ford . With the American Army of Occupa tion tn GermanyJ Jan. 2. I.. N. ; 8.) (By Courier to ! Nancy) A., rousing greeting to. the New Year was given to day by the doughboys of the Amerloan army of occupation campea. in tne hum along ine jtnine. Arnioni ; ins giiae'i cafee and white! llsrhts of I New York and i other cities with all their revelry there was no more genuine greeting:, than. 1919 got In west Prussia.' The army restrictions, which are. a deeper, indigo than any of the blue laws of Puritan JVfrw j-ngjand. prevented New Year's eve celebrations In the cafes, but there were other -obserVances- which maae. in pecasjon even, mora . impres sive. ' w i -r A special dinner was served and the TiM. C. A. and Knights of Columbus arranged ' special entertainments. - The dawn of . the new year was ushered in by the tinging of bells and blowing of bugles and music from numerous brass bands. 1 -. .:, a . Another midnight mass was said for the fighting sixty-ninth. It was cele brated, by Kather. Puffy of New York. It was followed by a' supper of coffee, pie and sandwiches. "Taps" were taboo -last night and the Yankees made the welkin ring with their noise as mid night drew near There were a . number of boxing matches1 and other sporting events on tap today. . , . '- ' - Lieutenant Arthur". J. 8utton, army myrle photographer ; Sergeant Sheridan McCauley and Privates Wafter R. Suess and Frank -T. Haston left Coblens for Berlin today, to take pictures. This Is th first unit sent from the army of oc cupation for picture taking' purposes in the1 capital. " ..- -' -, ' Tank Oar Explodes; iOri lXiTla.ATa kh vn nH xr -v Tan ' tr xr a ; Twenty girls were seriously burned this afternoon when a tanlt car containing more than ' 8000 gallons of gasoline ex ploded , in the Standard Oil yards at uonsujne hook ana ssei lire to tne case 4c an department building, In which they were working. At tne Bayonne hospital it was said several of the in jured-girls probably .would die. . Dri Estelle Winter To Go to Eussia New York. Jan. 2. (LV P.) Seven Y. :W. C. .A. '-'secretaries have been' named for. welfare work, in Russia and will sail January, 15, the Y. W. C. A. announced today. Among the secre taries are .Miss AJetta topper of P.iv erslde, Cal.. and Dr. Kstelle Winter of Portland, Or. , ! . , SS5ii '