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VOL. XVR NO. 42.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING,
JANUARY
5, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RUE
HILL
DOORS FOR
"Shipping Board Makes Announce
- ment That Will Permit Com
merce to Gain Easy Access to
Practically All Grett "Ports.
SimHar Reductions, for Pacific
Will Save Closing of Trade
Doors in Orient; General Rate
Revision Is Now Expected.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. (U. P.)
Opening the way for
American entry into industry and
ships into the world's trade,
great,-reductions in ocean freight
rates shave been completed by
:, the United States shipping board.
It beaame known here tonight
that the new rates, covering load
ings ip January and February,
will aifect every trade route and
. ' practically every nation outside
of the central powers.
The first schedule of rates outlined
by the shipping board, is based on ex
ports through New York. These rates,
it was said, will serve as a basis for
' ' general revision of all rates' for Ameri
can shipping. Later schedules probablj'
will change less important charges, It An
' expected.
Simtlar reductions, covering- trade with
.'Japan and China from Pacific Coast
points, were announced January 2. They
came as a direct result of a campaign
launched " by the department of conj-inge6sati'eAmefWan"nnaumg-fr'fn
being shoved out of Oriental trade. It
v: w'aa said: 4tv u J
v Speculation was rife in official circles
tonight aa to the effect the new rates
" -would have on 'snip owners. There were
,- many expressions of fear that owners
" of ships would, try to "get from under"
the new rates, which will materially les
sen their profits.
On the other hand. It was argued that
- ; in reducing the rates, the shipping board
, had broadened the . scope of trade to
such an. extent that many American
vessels would engage in trade which
they never would have been called upon to
; -handle under! the higher rates. The
,prmr rates would have permitted Eu
ropean competitors to undersell Amer
ican . manuf aoturen and exports would
-have decreased as a result, it was ex
.. plained.
U. S. Expedition to
Study Conditions in
Austria-Hungary
Paris, Jan. 3. TT. P- The American1
' armistice commission is sending an, ex
pedition to Austria-Hungary for the pur
pose of studying political, social and eco
nomic conditions, it was officially an
nounced today. The mission, which will
arrive in Vienna Monday, will establish
headquarters there, with sub-agencies in
Budapest, Prague, Agram " and other
cities..
The party is headed by Professor A.
C. Coolldge of Harvard university, who
recently returned from Archangel. The
other members are Professor R. J.
Kerer of Missouri university ; C. T. Sto
rey of Boston ; Lieutenant Colonel Sher-
man Miles, Lieutenant L. A. King of
Jfew York; Major Lawrence Martin,
Captain Nicholas Roosevelt, Lieutenant
' R. C. Foster, Captain F. Dellschaft, Cap
tain Weller Davis, Captain John Karma
asln, Captain W. A. Pashkewski, Lieu-
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' II, C?. Campagnoli. , ,
3 Belgian Peace
Delegates Chosen
Washington, Jan. 4. (I. N. S.) Ac
cording to an official statement given
out today at the Belgian legation, only
the following delegates from Belgium to
the pence conference have been chose rf:
Emll Vandervelde, minister of justice ;
Paul Hymans, , minister of foreign af
fairs ; J Van Din Heuvel, minister
plenipotentiary t6 the Vatican.
Strikers Appeal to -McAdoo
and Wilson
j Kansas City, Jan. 4. (I. N. S.) The
four railroad brotherhoods .of Greater
Kansas City at a. mass meeting today
passed reap rations asking W. o. Mc
Adoo, director general of railroads,
and W. B, Wilson, secretary of labor,
to, use their, influence in bringing about
a settlement of the street car strike 'in
Kansas City
Japanese Papers . t
Discuss -Questions
:. Toklo. Jan. 4.' (X. N, " 8. Japanese
newspapers, in discussing the proposed
1 league of nations, suggests that Japan
will demand the lifting of the ban on
Japanese Immigration to Canada and the
United States as one of the principles,
Child s Hat Leads
To Discovery of
Two Bodies Near
Woman's Grave
Victims of What Appears to . Be
a Triple Murder May Hail.
From Portland.
Olympia, Wash.. Jan. 4. (U. P.)
Three persons, instead of one, as at first
thought, were murdered and their bodies
burled in the woods on Hawks Prairie, it
was disclosed today, when Coroner Mills
and Chief of Police Cusack of Olympia
uncovered the bodies of two boys. 4 and
6 .years old respectively, burled in shal
low graves at a lonely spot among the
trees.
The discovery was made after the
searchers had come across a child's
straw hat 10 feet from the rude grave
where the body of a woman was tound
on Wednesday. After finding the hat,
Coroner Mills and Chief Cusack went
farther into the woods and exhumed the
bodies of the two children, which were
badly decomposed.
Closer Inspection of the 'woman's gar
ments in the Olympia morgue today dis
proved, in the minds of the officers,
the theory that the murder victim was a
former dancing girl at Camp Lewis. The
dress was of cotton. Inside the woman's
hat were two newspapers, one a Port
land paper, dated May 6, 1918.
Chief Cusack recalled tonight that in
July a man rushed into his office and
excitedly declared he had seen a fam
ily crossing Hawks Prairie in a wagon
violently quarreling. The police 'theoryJ
is that the murderer is the husband and
father of the family found dead today.
Noted People Sail
For France on Two
Big Atlantic Liners
New York, Jan. 4. (I. N. S.) The
liners La France and Mauretania,
without their camouflage coats and
anti-submarine guns, left this port for
Europe today.
-Prominent among the 227 passengers
on La Prance were Miss Anne Morgan,
chairman of the American committee
for the- relief of devastated France,
and- Lucien Muratore, late tenor of
the Chicago Opera - company, and his
wife. Lina Cavalierl.
Congressman William P. Borland of"
Kansas City was also on the French
liner en route to France to study after
war conditions for the Masonic order.
J. P. Morgan .was among the 23$
cabin passengers j en the Mauretania.
He declined to State his reasons for
visiting England tat this time.
News Index
SECTION ONE16 PAGES
New 0?s.n Rates Fixed
Two More Bodies Found Near Oljmpia
Reconstruction Plans Topic
Wilson Has Two More Days in Italy
Grand Jury Scores Mayor
If3sltiir Faces Big Problem
KiraJ Systems Seek World Contml
Records Show Huge Land Frauds
McAdoo'a Rail Plan Discussed '
Finance Problems to Pnzzle Legislature
Mrs. Lucia Faxon Atlditon Dies
Wilson Member o( Italian Academy
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Wounded Soldiers Rescued
Fighting Unite to Be Demobilized
213 Students Enrolled at Reed
Horrors of Hun Prison Camp
Britain Makes Industrial Strides
Editorial
Town Topics
Europe Must Be Fed
Victory Mall Is Suggested
Land Legislation for Soldiers Interests
Barbur Explains Consolidation
Marion Grand Jury Indicts
State Labor Conrention Meets Monday
Tribute Paid Canadian Soldiers
SECTION TWO 14 PAGES
. Sumpter Road Could Raise Wages
Page
2.
3.
4.
B.
Shrubs and Vines for the Home Place.
Boy Scouts to Assist in W. S. S. Cam
paign Warm Welcome Awaits Troops
Deaths of. a Day
National Guard Status Lire Issue
Portlatid and Seattle 'in Coast League
Coast League Magnates Apply for Ter
ritory Herman Looks Like Good Boxer
Jimmy Wilde Anxious to Come
Ouimet to Play Golf Again
I). A. O. Physical Director to Manila,
Mike Gibbons Won't Let Sons Box
Trapshooters Facing Biggest Tear
Fay King Draws Cartoon.
Brers Puts Chin Into Srap
Jess Williard Grows Belligerent
Chicago BasebaQ Stock Valuable
Speaker Wouldn't Manage Club
Goats for Milk Urged
Ileal Estate and Building
Wsnt Ads
Markets and Finance
Marine
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Roll of Honor
SECTION THREE 8 PAGES
Page
In Portland's library School
In Stage land
In Vaudeville
- Photoplay News
The Week , la Society
The Realm of .Music
Fraternal " a . ' '
Women's Club Affairs
Lecture on -Christian Science
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4-6.
7.
8.
SECTION ; FOUR 8 PAGES
Page
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Foreign News 'Page
Campaigns of 1918
Frank Sinymds .
Beriswed By
Soldiers' Letter- Page
Overseas With Battery A
v German. Misrule in Belgium
WhiUock .
B Brand
5-8.
Automobiles! vTrucks, Tractors,
Roads
New Tariff Ordinance In Brief
SECTION FIVE i PAGES
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Fashions and Needlework ,
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PROBLEMS
CAUSED BY
PEJffilO BE
DISCUSSED
Big Assemblage to Meet Here
Thursday Will Be Composed of
State, County, City Officials,
Business Men, Army Officers.
Readjustment and Reconstruction
Plans Which Will . Embrace
Best Means to Provide for
Returning Soldiers, Subjects.
VITAL issues of Oregon's read
justment from war to peace
will ask for solution and plan
from the statewide reconstruction
convention to be held in The Au
ditorium on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week, and
froqj the fcerged conventions of
the Oregon Irrigation congress
and the State Drainage associa
tion, to be held also on Thurs
' day, Friday and Saturday, at the
Imperial hotel.
Representatives of the federal depart,
menta of the interior and of agricul
ture will attend both conventions, in
order to learn what Oregon will ask of
the government by way of cooperation.
State officials, mayors of cities, heads
of commercial business and civic or
ganisations, labor, manufacturing, min
ing, agriculture, lumber; fishing, county
commissions, banker and many others
have-accepted- Mayor-Baker's) tnvitetlon
to attend the reconstruction convention,
pursuant to a proclamation issued by the
government. j
A delegation of army officer wilt
come from Camp .Lewis.
- Members off the legislaturejjave been
urged to attend both the irrigation and
reconstruction conventions and have
been assured that if they fail to take
advantage of the opportunity to learn
the sentiment of the. state in readjust
ment matters they will be deficient in
duty. .1 . . .
The practical problem of employing
Oregon's 35,900 soldiers, or such, num
ber, of them as will be seeking new
employment.' will be the first considera
tion, and the employment of men re
leased by war industry a close second.
Whether projects, of reclamation, land
development and water-power ultilisa
tion should be adopted will 11 be consid
ered, and there will be general review
of what can be done to afford employ
ment through public work in roadbuild
ing and other enterprises nov author
ized. It Is said, however, that the
question to employers in private enter
prises, "What can you do?" will be the
first one heard.
The program for the reconstruction
convention has not been as yet fully
(Concluded on Page Six, Column Two)
Troubles Settled
With British gent
.Back to War Zone
Special Cable Dispatch
London, Jan. 4. A brief war office
statement issued tonight announcing
"satisfactory settlement" was the first
official confirmation of disturbing ru
mors of serious trouble among British
troops returning to the front in France
after leave in the United Kingdom.'
The war office statement says:
"Trouble which had arisen during the
last two days among troops returning
to France fter leave has been satis
factorily settled after a Conference be
tween the general and representatives
of the men."
This is the first time in the history of
the British, army, so far as records
show, that troubles among the troops
have been arbitrated' between "represen
tatives of the men" and a commanding
general.
Rumors of dissatisfaction both in the
army and navy, due to the slow prog
ress of the demobilization, have been
current for days. The Evening Stand
ard late today tore the lid off what ap
peared to be a policy of silence on the
part of the press. The paper made pub
lic the fact that "serious rumors" were
in the atr of discontent in the fleet.
Later the Evening News quoted the
war office as explaining that no boats
were running today from Folkstone (on
the southeastern coast of, England, not
fa,r below. Dpver, and, one of the chief
ports of embarkation, for France) and
that .hence departures to the colors had
been cancelled.
Police Find Berth
Full of Morphine,
: Biit No Sleeper
Chicago ' Jan. 4.-0. T.J Police to
night discovered In a Pullman berth of
a train ready to start for San Francisco,
120 ' cans ; of a morphine -derivative.
Search, was made for a Mysterious
"Bobbie'V beUeved ; by the police to , be
connected with a ganfr lately broken up
In 'the "Twin cities." . The supposed
smuggler 1 had net " claimed his berth
when,, thevtrain pulled OUL v ?
PRESIDENT WILSON IN EUROPE
D
URING his stay in Europe
ican executive and representative of the United States,
has been accorded the warmest of welcomes by the peo
ples of the three major, allied nations, France, England and
Italy. The accompanying photograph shows him leaving a
Paris Church the first Sunday after his arrival there.
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superstitious do not look with favor, ! "But we won't stand to have it rubbed
.... - , ... in either. -
ine uregon legisiaiure win uchi, iwi
the 30th time. Its biennial attempt to
do two years work in 40 days and nights
of more or less consistent toll.
Beth : senate and house, with ; the
skirmishes over organization fought and
won, stand ready to get away to a fly-
thg start on their legislative Journey.
Senator W. T. Vinton, of Yamniu county,
will wield the gavel in the upper house,
while Seymour Jones, of Marion, has the
speakership salted down. Nothing stands ;
between convention and business except
the usual flurry over the appointment of
the desk clerk ahd the perennial experi
ence of listening to the reading, of - the
governor's message, this year -bolstered
up by the formalities of inauguration.
It is expected .that it will be a inemor
aWe session, possibly full of good! works,
and undoubtedly full of dynamite. Grave
problems confront the "state "just at this
time which the legislature must, at
tempt to solve. Serious administrative
conditions, especially in finance, exist
which the legislature must face, and, if
possible, overcome. Big things wait to
be done, or, maybe, caught in the turmoil
of contention and cross purposes. ; left
undone. .
Soore Spots Exist
Road legislation, finance - legislation,
"reconstruction" legislation, whatever
that may mean, await" the; pleasure and
the wisdom of the 89 men . and one
woman, who make up the assembly. It
is a session which promises big .things,
and which will be watched by the people
of the state with more than the usual
Interest.
Prior to any mention of specific prob
lems the solution 6f which is about to
be undertaken, it mayv be , said with
more than passing safety that man
knows with any certainty' what a legis
lature is liable to do until it has ad
journed, except that it may get short
tempered and ugly before it has gone
far . on . Its Journey. The possibility
lurks in. the offing now.
There are sore spots sticking out wait
ing to be bumped, and. cross -purposes
potential of interminable ' tangles and
confusion. Between the governor's of
fice and certain segments -of house and
senate, an underlying feud slumbers,
ready to be fTinedj to" flame by any
overt act of either side. ' ;
The governor went out of a his way. to
throw" strength behind' the candidacy of
Mr. Jones - for speaker of the ' house,
which i fact has left no pleasant taste
lit - the1 mouths - of - those' who were the
opponents of Jlr. "Jones. Over on -the
senate; side the Vinton-Moser organiza
tion which will have the ' upper house
in its keeping, is potentially anti-administration,
and it would - wtf take much
noise from the executive office to wake;
the 'sleeping .dogs, of combat. ,If youi
ask; some of the legislative leaders, in
either i heuse, how ythe governor's, office j
Is' going to stand, they smile and say :
"Oh," we : won't "rub it In. "We" Just won't!
Bay. acyatteaUoa tp Wm.": d tteo
President Wilson, as the-Amer
Bo ad Legislation Is Problein
So, for purposes of perspective, the on
looker can glimpse, at the outset at
least.'a house' with an apparent ad
ministration organization, and a senate
standing, potentially, the other way. But
at the same time the strange spectacle
is seen in the house of,, men like Bean
of Lane, Gordon of Multnomah, Loony of
Marion, and others of the old school,
now slumbering peacefully under 'Mr.
Jones' organization blanket with Schuebel
of Clackamas, Kugene K. Smith - and
Oscar, Home of Multnomah, and others
of the same general cast of mind, a con-
( Concluded on Fags Three. Column Thiea)'
Rains Predicted in
Oregon Latter Part ;
Of Coming Week
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Washington, Jan. 4. (I. . N. S.) The
weather bureau today issued' the fol
lowing forecast for nex week :
v Region " "'Great Lakes The coming
week will 'be one of low - temperature,
and ' mostly overcast weather ahd oc
casional ..snows. . .
: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missis
sippi1 Valleys The coming -week win
be one. of generally fair . weather iwlth
temperature near seasonal . average.
Cold ' weather first half of week , will
be followed, by higher , temperature
after Tuesday.
Northern Rocky Mountain and Pla
teau Region The coming week will be
one of generally fair weather with
temperature near the normal.
Southern Rocky Mountain 'and Pla
teau Regions The coming week , will
be one of generally fair weather with
temperature near the normal. ' -
Pacific States The coming week- will
be one of generally fair weather and
normal temperature, but with proba
bility f a return of unsettled weather
and rains in Washington and Oregon
the latter half , of the - week. .
General Morrow Is
-Ordered to.Virginia
f Washington, Jan. 4. fW ASHINGTON
B0REAUipB THE JOURNAL) Briga
dier General Jay J. Morrow, engineer
corps, formerly stationed . at Portland.'
in' charge of river and harbor work In
that section.; who. is on his way to this
country if rdm"nrance Jn&4 been ordered
to the command jOf th army engineers'
camp at Camp Humphreys, Va. This is
the big camp made up entirely of en gin-
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STRUGGLE
FOR iiD
Bolshevism, Old Order and Inter
nationalism Each Aspiring to
Dominate Period of Recon
struction; People Must Choose
si" ' '
Allies as Unprepared for Peace
as They Were for War, and Are
. Making Slow Progress Toward
Peace Congress.
Special Cable , to The Journal
and Chicago
' Daily News.
(Copjria-ht. 1019, by Chlcaa-o Daily News Co.)
PARIS, Jan. 4. The extraordi
nary session of the French
chamber , of deputies this week:
merits the closest attention in the
United States, for it indicates
that the recent optimism of the (
American peace delegates is per- :
haps misplaced. 'It appears that
France will enter the negotia, ,
tions wfth ideas quite different
from those of America. Gener
ally speaking, it appears more
and more clear that there are
three great movements, each as
i piring. to dominate the recon-
Btructioh period. "
First comes the Bolshevist movement
symbolized by Lenlne and Trotzky,
which desires p : sprea revolutionary
crnnuhlsm" throughout 5tne wld J the
aeeond ia-he- coruserrattsm symboUsed
by M- Clemenceau, which , desires to
utilise all the fld paraphernalia of virile
nationalism, such as strong armies and
tiavtes strong alliances, wide-.. colonial
domain- nd;th MtabHsteHetv of de-
fefsIveT frohUer jfthd' Jofces. The third
movement' 1a that symbollted by Presi
dent Wilson and the 'idea' of a' league
pf iiations, :whlch.deire,to(bripg about
?.isarmameht. compulsory arbitration a
strong lnternationalejeace and lnteVna
ticnal. equity. . ' :
r, vrerid Mast HeeWe ' Betweea -Them ;
Practically all ! of f tho existing .-disputes
can be reduced to one or another
of - toeio formulas- atid. 1t "labetweeri
these three that the world Is now called
upon to decide. . i .
The alowness of the progress toward
the peace congress is variously in
terpreted. First,, the allies are as un
nrenared for peace as they were for war.
The statesmen themselves have felt un
certain as to What . method to , apply.
Thev would have preferred no radical
changes but the desperate financial. In
dustrial and military demobilization
situation combined with the psychology
of the peoples after the war would not
permit a return to the old international
system and metnoas.
Secondly, during the war the produc
tive efficiency, of every nation in Eu
rope ' was dimtnlsnea. a- . consiaeraDie
percentage . of the resources - was ab
sorbed in unproductive labor. On the
other hand - the .standard of wages or
the working classes was greatly raised.
The return of the nations to living on
their, earning capacity has been viewed
with misgiving and alarm.
Fightlag Mea Oppose Taxes .
During the war large classes of peo
ple learned to look upon the govern
ment as being obliged to furnish them
with support. Among the combatant
nations approximately 9,000,000 men are
to be demobilized and given work.
These armies consider that they have
earned better treatment than the rest
of the community and will unwillingly
pay taxes for the war debt, yet they
represent the largest productive capacity
of the nations. Labor problems are- so
unsettled today that factories continue
turning out war material which is per
fectly useless. For this reason there has
been a gradual drift in the minds of the
allied governments toward the plan of
closer affiliation.. for mutual assistance.
This may result In 'a league of nations.
The principal reason, however, for the
delay in the peace, settlement seems to
be the necessity of .finding out whether
Germany and the central powers in the
war will drift into 'continuing" disorder
or gradually recover their poise and re
establish, .jstable government. .
uermaas Are iaoeria
Present events seem to 'indicate that
Germany is moving; toward a long pe
riod, of - effervescence and perhaps -extreme
disorder. The once hard-and-fast
system of German government . and In
stitutions has been broken, leaving the
German people rudderless, skx that -lis-
lntegration "is apt to set In. . Owing;5 to
the enormous obligations ' Incurred by
Germany, to the allies as. the result of
the war. the situation may lead, to the
military occupation of that country I by
the allies.
President Wilson has been sounding
the allied governments' on the general
principles of settlement In order, to en
ter the confrence with an agreed basis
for peace of a, general character. Mean
while - the rush . of events is crowding
the allies for immediate decision on im
portant situations. . -.. ;.'.; '
V Xothlag Bone to Feed Starviag U
A month and. a half has elapsed since
the 'armistice was signed 'and nothing
much .has . been . accomplished toward
re victualling the populations of Poland,
Austria f and - Germany. - Kational com
missions from the different allies are on
their way or ; have? arrived in Vienna,
Warsaw, Berlin s and other centers to
determine the 'needs. No difference of
(Concluded. 00 Face XTwo, Colnis Oae
Mayor and Chief
of Police Given
Grilling by Grand
Jury in Its Report
Mayor in Answers. Charges That
Move for Inquiry Not Made
in Good Faith. -
Giving It as their "candid opinion"
that Mayor George L. Baker did not act
In good faith when he went before the
Multnomah county, grand jury." and asked
a thorough Investigation of city affairs, M
and particularly of the affairs of the
police department, the grand jury in a
report turned in Saturday afternoon,
grilled the mayor somewhat harshly,
and also reported it had found Chief
of Police Johnson "unable to control:
his men," and that he has used poor!
judgment in certain . assignments of
those under him.
The entire police department. - with;
the exception of the detective bureau,:
the grand Jury reports, is "disorganised,
and in deplorable condition." . .j
Mayor's Methods Hart Inquiry .
"Judging from the evidence we ?have
been able to gather," reads the report
of the grand iurf, "it is our can
did opinion that George L. Bauer, as
mayor, did not act In good faith
when' he came before us and stated
(hat he wanted a thorough investiga
tion of the city affairs and more, par
ticularly of - the .. police ; department,?
First, because he rave wide publicity
rto. his intentions through the I daily
Dress, thus handicapping us in our
search for evidence, and secondly,' be
cause he failed to give us any tan
gible evidence to work -upon. -
"Still, although placed at great dis
advantage, we' have been able to collect
enough evidence, to satisfy us that the
police department, with the exception!
of the detective bureau, is disorganized
and in a deplorable condition ; .that tn
officers do not .recognize Mr. Johnson
as their chief, and that Chief Johnson
in his turn Is unable to control his men ;
that It appears to us he has exercised!
poor judgment In assigning his officers'
to their respective duties and that many
officers who are permitted to work upon'
the war emergency squad have no con
ception of their duties. ; , -
' Interview Folley Condemned- "
"We condemn his pc4icy of permitting!
attorneys - to Interview police officers
on behalf of their clients before cases)
come -to tHl . and we 1 belt eve that the
conditions which permit' font .' attorney
to- monopolise poltea ,cour$- practice
should be corrected. : Jr..".... -t -.!
"George I Baker,' as mayor.Neertalnty
tearthquake Shakes
Calif orriia Town
For Ten. Seconds
" Redding, Cal., Jan. .-HtU.. P.)Ar
earthquake lasting 10 second shook the
territory between "MinvUle 1 and Whlt4
more " this . afternoon. .. 'Dishes were
knocked off tables, clocks were, stopped
and dwellings' rocked. The1 quake .wa
not felt here. r MlllviWe and Whltemore
are about 85 miles distant.' ;
The quake shook the section. 20 mile
northwest of Mount Lassen. It Is not
known whether the volcano was active
nor'whether other points felt a severer
quake. I
Land slides resulted at several place
today. No newly made fissure were disj
covered. The country will be carefully
explored tomorrow. - The earthquake had
aueer angles. People here cannot unj
derstand why it, was not felt at Millf
ville. only H mile from - the Clover
Creek district,! where severe shocks wer
felt.
$10,000 Worth of
Liquor Is Seized
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 4. (U. P.)-i
United States revenue officers tonight
Seized contraband whiskey said to be
worth 910.000, together with two . stills,
on a ranch near the city limits. - The
stills' were-hidden in. the henhouse -and
haymow. .? The . outfit' is said to ( have
been a source of supply for bootlegger
throughout the Puget . Sound .region.
Germany Lost 220
U-Boats During War
Xxndon. Jaitr 4 TJ. P.) BriUsb Adr
miralty Wireless.) Oermany ., lost ? 220
submarines during the war, according to
figures which became available tonight.
This does not Include 14 submarines de
stroyed by, the German themse!ves-f-10
in the Adriatic and four In Flanders, j
Street Fighting in
: Bigals Beportec.
Copenhagen, Jan. 4. -(IT. F. -K- Bol
shevik revolution has broken -out In
Riga and street flghUngts under; way.
according to the LokaI"Anzelger. The
German theatre has -been set on, fire.
" A Russian wireless dispatch reported
tonight that the Lithuanian 'Soviet con
trol Riga. M "
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Storm King Eelaxes
His Gripon Chicago
f Chicago,. Jan. -Tj. P.) Ther storm
king relaxed his grip tonight. - After two
days of sub-zero weather, -thermometers
tn the Midwest registered ,an upwaid
movement. Lack of deep snow perrnil-'
ted traffic to proceed at almost regular
peed, but wire system suffered from
PHI
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executive Leaves Rome for Milan
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and Turin, Tired After Busy
- Whirl but Eager to Work.
Visit to Pope Benedict Is At
tended With- Elaborate Cere
monies; Greeting Is Cordial.
ROME. Jan. ,4. (U. IV Presi
dent Wilson left Rome to- ,
night Immensely r.eased with the
results of his , conferences with
jiaiian Biaicsinen ana iope ucn
' edict. ;.' -' ' . ' ' , i '
, 'Although, plainly , showing 'the
physical strain ; of .Ills crovydt?d
program while here, the, president
.was., anxious to return to' Paris .
and begin the actual peace con
ferpnees? His Itinerary, how-'
ever,; called for -two. . more days .
. in ' Italy. Unless tentative plans .
arft changed, the president will
make . speeches Jn - Milan and
Turin tomorrow and Monday.
'He' may . also make a brief ad-
dress when he "lays a wreath' 6n
f the Columbus "mjpnument at Go
noa tomorrow , ; t
The president. It Is known, is desirous
of establishing even closer contact with
the Italian people than he succeeded in
doing in Rome and en route here from
Prl.'Hi speech in the Chamber of
Deputies Friday evening,, while directed
at the whole ' people-rln fact at the
Whole world-j-was , delivered to an audi
ence restricted largely to officialdom.
It 1s regarded possible that at Turin or
Milan he will, duplicate, as regards the
character of his auditors, his Manchester
address.. Those two cities, like Man
chester, are the center of the national
Industrial region. ' ' 1 ' j
... .. . Ceremonies Are Elaborate
The president's visit to. the. pope this
afternoon . was attended by elaborate
ceremonies., lie went from the Amerl
can embassy to the Vatican, owing to
the peculiar relations of' the Vatican
and the.Qulrlnal which made it desirable
for him to proceed directly from Ameri
can territory. r
Arriving at the gate at 3:45 p. m., the
presidential party was greeted by a
platoon of 8wiss guards in- bright uni
forms, and the band of the Vatican
gendarmes, which played the American
National anthem. Within the court were
more - guards and gendarmes. Several
church functionaries received the presi
dent and escorted ..him to the top of
the royal stairway. There the party was
joined by other guards and officers of
the Vatican militia, forming a cortege
which proceeded to the Clementine hall.
Pope's Greeting Cordial
Monslgnor Samper, master ; of cere
monies, welcoming the president in the
name: of the pope, escorted him Into
the hall of arms, from which a' door
opens into the. small throne room. Open
ing this door, Monslgnor Samper an
nounced to the pope that President VY'U-
Benedict, dressed in white robes, and
white ; cap and ' wearing red slippers,
came Howard the president with . out
stretched arms. He -clasped the presi
dent's hands in both- of his and shook
them warmly. Then, they entered the
thfone room tor a private conversation,
while the master of ceremonies closed
the door behind them.
The president's party remained In the
hall of arms.-4 At Uie 'conclusion of the
conference a bell rang and Monslgnor
Samper- opened the , door., . When the
president emerged v he, T.waa taken in
charge by Cardinal GasparrI, papal sec
retary of state, who showed him abopt
the famous Borgia apartments. .
Pope Talks to Reporter
Meanwhile the other membersv of the
party were -presented to the pope. He
talked cordially with the correspondents,
expressing7 confidence In the establish
ment of a lasting peace and voicing his
pleasure in the "amicable relations be
tween Italy and the United States. He
spoke' of President Wilson as "your
great leader.' .. Benedict, spoke Jn, Ital--f
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Pacific County Man
Seriously Wounded
In Soissons Fight
Washington. Jan. 4 WASHINaTOf
BUREAU OK THE JOUHNAL.) Xyster
X. Bullard of Menlo, Pacific county.
Wash., and well, known in Portland,
where he was formerly employed with
an adding machine company. Is In Wal
ter 'Reed hospital In ths city, recover
ing from a wound received In the fight
ing in the Solsaons-Rhelms salient.
As a private in Company C of the
second , field battalion, . signal corps, he
participated In. the brilliant advance at
Cantlgny. He .received not a scratch
there, but in the later battle was hit
with a piece of shrapnel in the' arm half
an hour after 'going over the top.
-Nerves of the arm were so shattered
that . hi final - discharge as cured Is
yet ' some distance away, although th
wgund has healed. . ,
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