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ON TRalNs AND frt mNOt PIVI CtMTS 3 ' -ft. u i i' i i - r-i i .-i i i i r. k n a. i i v ivw r ill t i i i v.-i I i nil s. - v n ' - i t i ki ti ,i i t . i I i s. i i i v I . t i -t - Li' - a in.-n. k.? i iv lilt i I I i i i i i - i i r IvnluL I ivlULO " Defeat of McNary Measure by ; Filibustering 'Methods Means 25-Cent Sugar, It Is Stated. 1 i . Bill Had Already Passed Both Houses, but Senate Was Sched uled to Consider Amendments. WahInton. Dec. 18. (I. N. 8.) A ' filibuster conducted by Senator ftansdell stopped consideration to day of the McNary sugar control bill, "which aimed to control .tho price-of refined sugrar. The odi. has been passed by both chambers and the senate -was scheduled to agree to house amendments. On ipotion of Senator Harrison, the senate was considering agreement on the house amendment to provide for' II censed .distribution and sale. One and a half hours was set aside for the de bate. Senator RansdeH consumed all of tb time, refusing to let the question come to a . vote. S CENT sl'OAB POSSIBLE ' The failure of the bill makes 25 cents a pound sugar possible, according to statements made on the floor. Senator Harrison's state Is in the cone which obtains Its sugar supply from the Louisiana producers, who- are permit ted to charge 27 cents a pound for their product. , He had been especially active in urging the passage of the McNary bill ' to ' prrrolt .the sugar equalisation ' board to buy the T9U0 crop from Cuba. The bill as amended by the house per mits the establishment of a licensing system to control sugar prices In all parts of the United States, and Senator Harrison declared that with this feature added the bill would relieve the people of - his state from the existing high prices. ,;-' -, -, "HCfcUK OT RECEssi-nr Senator H-.rriaor'a .coHeague Senator John 4ihar. Wllllafns, tlld ,tiOt .agree with .him, However.' ou this pointy. SugaalaJ not neeekslty, .of life.' Senator Joaa Sharp vvmuroa - of , Mississippi . asserted yesterday. People could get along with out ug-ar,aiL he lime. .Souaor WMUama said, and'wu'd also get along" -without candy- or confectionery Without suffer-t ing any hardship.' He quoted Dr. Har vey w.. Wiley atf . authority - for. the Statement that -people do not need sugar. Scathing 'Denunciation Given in . Course of Trial of Client in T Circuit Court. Scathing denunciation of the po lice, police court : and police meth ods ' was delivered in Circuit Judge McCourt's court this morning by former Judge .Henry E.. McGinn,- at torney for J Kate Hammer,' , charged with the appropriation of $1550 said tp have been , given her by Andrew Linden to invest in a rooming house. The ; case went to the Jury following the noon recess. i . McGinn referred to a police court rec ord concerning the conviction of Kate Hammer on a charge of vagrancy, which was Introduced by the prosecution, in bitter terms. . He aid the case had been dismissed by Judge Kansler upon rec ommendation of Municipal Judge Ross man, after the woman had served part of the sentence. "Does anyone think that any person who lives in Portland would take a eon . vlc.llon from the - police court as any : thing but a boost?" he demanded. Inspector Tackaberry, Who was In strumental In apprehending th murder ers of' Burgess and Perlnger a short time ago, . also came in for. considerable mention because of hlaj part in the ar rest of Kate Hammer. ' .- "Inspector Tackaberry , got busy with his friends in the underworld when the $18,000 ireward was- offered," he said, referring to the mjurder?, case. "John Doe ' appeared. ' TU give you $7000 if you'll tell who did it,' he said. And . then he beat ' John Doe . out of $2000. r r, The greatest source of crime In . ths -world Is the partnership between' 'In spector Tackaberry and his . associates and ' their friends' of the- underworld. Whenever we hear that a Chinaman has been arrested for gambling, we smile, Why? Because we know that fantan la one of th largest sources of revenue the' police have." Andrew Linden, complainant, de clared7 the robbery occurred October -18. He averred that be gave her $1550 which he had drawn from the bank with the Intention of buying rooming house and establishing.' her v as housekeeper, and that both she and the money dla ' appeared. '. v ' s t - y ' ' ' .$.'.J mli i i'i iimiii ii ' in i ii I I f Trust Company in Boston Is Closed '4 By Official Order f U ty'mn,,,,, II I M s , ,. " - Boston, Dec. !. -(t "N. S.) The Old " South Trust company, which numbers '. among Its directors prominent Boston y ians ' and; city officials, was closed this ( afternoon by order ef State Bank Com missioner Thorndyke. - t , It was stated that the, bank .was I slosed because it bad failed to mak col- lection through the clearing house. Of fidals said depositors . probably would be paid in full., . - M'GINN SCORES " P IlICIl lti HODS FROZEN PIPES CONQUEREDBY REED STUDENT TfROZKJ? water pipes bare no . terror tor Reed college.' ' A week mgo, when the pipes first refused to function and Reed's physicist, Professor A. A. Knowl ton hccuU 1 ice, several students specializing In electricity were called Into consultation, y . , - Holland Houston, Reed Jan', lor, has been busy ever since at taching: a patent lce-mclter to whatever pipes have froasen. The melting? process is produced by "stepping down current from high to low voltage and raising the amperage from about 4 to 940. . The heat thus developed melts the' tee. Houston lias been instrumental In melting? some hundreds of feet of piped ice. i . i i E NO PULL" IN CITY This Is Answer of .Mayor, Who Says s All Lawbreakers Look Alike to Him. Mayor Baker yesterday notified the police department that any law violator representing himself as hav ing influence with the administra tion In an effort to release himself from punishment should be classi fied only as a lawbreaker with no standing in ths community. No law violator has any influence with the mayor's office, he added. "I have been trying to conduct every bureau of the police department free from political influence." the mayor de clared, "and I want the attention of po lice officers to be particularly called to .the. tact that no one has any influence with the administration which win inter fere with officers in the proper, dis charge of their duties. ' Anyone, repre senting that .he has any .influence, with the mayor's off ice ' that wilt make him immune Jrom the taw, or thai threatens officers with punlshment'sjOir- discharge fordoing- their 'duty, .can be classified 'WU Utk lawlHMkerwheMltas no stand ing in the community r In. this office". I want officers -who are discourteous reported JMit they are not to be inter, fered. with when property ' enforcing: the law,?. ; ' : . - - - "FIXERS' ABE BUST ' Almost daily appeals are made to the mayor's office ' by law - vtofators to aid fhem ' In escaping punishment. ' They ask that their case be hushed, that the Judge be fited. and that officers be punished for stopping them after traf fie laws have been broken. Affidavits are frequently filed against officers. Lodge brothers are often prevailed upon to ask for clemency and teniency, so are personal frtends, and others. "You would be surprised at the num ber of persons Who call or come here to be helped out of trouble," remarked a member of the mayor's staff. LAW VIOLATORS USE' PH05E ' "There Is hardly a night that my tele phone doesn't ring. , with somebody on the other end asking help,' says the mayor. - "But there is an honest judge at the municipal court. He is a Judge in fact, not in name." -. One man came to the mayor's office after he had been arrested for violating the traffic laws:. He wanted the officer discharged , for 'arresting ' him. When the request was refused," the man threat ened to others that he would "get" the officer. A brother of a city official was ar rested for : speeding. He made several attempts to secure the aid of the mayor In keeping him from court SEEKS TO "HUSH. CASE Another had only' driven a short time. He lost control of his machine on the east side, ran into a pole, and was ar rested for reckless driving. He didn't want to appear in court. He came to the mayor's office several times asking that the case be hushed. , In a recent . ease where a prominent man was arrested for serious violations of the traffic -law, lodge brothers, i . . ...... . menus biiu prominent Dusiness men made at least 15 calls on the mayor in efforts to secure release of the of fender. Police court lawyers are among those who make repeated attempts to "fix" something through police ' officers and city officials. They attempt to keep their clients out of court through alleged influence. They appeal In person and through various outside sources to of ficials to cheat the law. Campanini, Very HI With Pneumonia, Has Change for. the Worse Chicago. Dec. (U. P.) The con dition of Cleofonte Campanini, director of the Chicago Grand Opera company, was "very grave" early today, according to Dr. Joseph E. Blake, his physician. Campanini, who is At St. Lukes hos pital suffering frem pneumonia, was be lieved out of danger until early today when his condition took a sudden change for the worse. -.-,.. ; He Indicated there was little hope held out for recovery of the maestro. . Shasta Blockade Is - Lifted After Cave-in ' Reddinu. Cal. Dec. 11 U. P.) The Shasta route traffic blockade will be lifted at noon today, railroad officials said. A cave-lu of tunnel No. 10, be tween Lemoine and Gibson, at mid night last night, caused one car to be derated. The cave-in occurred near the tunnel entrance. - - .-.-- , . ,:- : VIOLATORS HAV Orientals Refuse to Abide by "Hands0ff,r , Policy; Agreed .. Upon by Three Big Powers. Japanese Forces in Siberia In cresaed to 60,00, and Real Purpose of Move Questioned. London. Dec. IS. -.(,-N. S.) Pre mier Lloyd . George stated in the house of ' commons this , afternoon that Japan and the United States ; action each will take, in case there is a material spread of Bolshevism eastward from fltissia. , By Ed Lu. Keen London, Dec. 18. (U. P,)-rJapan was not a party to the" "hands off" policy toward . Russia agreed' upon by the other allies at the recent "un official peace conference" here, it was learned today. On the contrary," Japan is steadily in creasing her. forces In' Siberia, Offi cials hefe declare that while they fail to understand America's policy of keep ing troops In Siberia they attribute it to a desire to watch Japan. JAPAN' 'RESERVES RIGHT Although the Japanese ambassador at tended the conferences at which it was agreed to withdraw support from peni ken and Kolchak .and let the Russians decide their own fate, it now develops he refused to. adhere to the decision, thereby tacitly reserving to Japan the right to- decide ter own. policy toward Russia. ' ' . . Officials areHeeply interested in War Minister Chnrchtl's recent statement in commons; that Japan's forces lu Siberia are :-consldemble and that :"they' are eing Increased 't-v, ..T ;''4' 'r Pejen tn. cla louch .with . ti- ini ternationat sHwattoO wfikir they are" rm abl to understand ; Japan's reason for tncrea&ing her farces; ave for the pur pose of eecurlnr a oothoM in Siberia mhiie the other 'allies' -attention hi -directed elsewhere.- ' , ORIENTAL FORCE , " Other alleg-ea reasons for,, strengthen ing the Japanese forces, now estimated at f 0000, are fears of the spread of Bol shevism into.Cflinav Resumption, of the i "unofficial peace conference , after Christmas, when the Adriatic and . Turkish questions are ex pected to be disposed of finally, - will also see the European allies '. reach a definite decision regarding America's stand on the peace treaty, it was be lieved tOdSy. ' ..3 5 : Sum of $600,000 Assured for Immediate Use by Immigra tion Authorities. Washington Dec. lS.tl. N. S.) About $600,000 of the department of labor funds were made available for' immediate use by the immigra tion service to prevent entrance of undesirable aliens and to deport those now in the country, by a reso lution which passed the house this afternoon. Men Need ALIEN DEPORTATION FUNDS AVAILABLE By Married Urges Mrs "Can't something be done to start sentiment in . Portland against young married women holding good sal aried positions when "they have able bodied husbands, who are also working, and against the. employ ment of aliens, when hundreds of our hoys are literally begging for a few hours' work in order that , they may, eat?-- V "i-i-. -, This Question was asked by Mrs.. N. J. Ahlstrom, . president-, of ths. Portland chapter of the American War .Mothers, at the regular meeting of that organisa tion held Wednesday at the new head quarters, 626 courthouse. The question brought : out a spirited discussion, each woman reporting cases cf young, 2 childless'- couples '- who, be-, twoen them, are drawing from $200 to $400 a month . and ' tn many cases the War Mothers supplemented this infor mation with cases-that had come 'un der their observation of worthy young men back" from service who. are dally haunting the Liberty temple in the hope of a few hours' work at splitting or put tine in wood. ! majt nrsisTEV ow work ? , "While the storm was at its height a youOjA man cam to my home to put .- . , . . - - - - aeekmg to Be a Youth As Ian am it Loses His Money And Good Health He Takes Pill to Make Him Young, but When He Awakes He Feels More Aged., John Mears undertook to experi ment with the elixir of yOuth' and today was even older than Wednes day night. Besides, he is poorer by $365. Mears charges Dr. M. L. Cameron of Astoria , with having drugged him with a newly discov ered pellet of rejuvenation and then to have fled from his room at the New Perkins hotel with all Mears' possessions. - Mears came to life, he told the police. at 3 o'clock this morning. He told Po lice)' Inspectors Tichenor and Mallett that he had gone there Wednesday night in response to a telephone call from Cameron, who owed him $200 on an old loan. :. Mears found'. Cameron at the room designated but Cameron, he said, told him to watt a' few moments while he was getting the money. HEARS OF WONDER FILL "I am afraid to carry it around with me," Mears said Cameron told him, men tioning a woman who was keeping It safe. "She will be back in a few mo- Jr ments," Then, Mears said, the doctor began telling about the wonders of his newly discovered pill which would rejuvenate the aged. "See, I am taking the pills myself." Mears said the doctor told him. . "Won't you have one with me?" And so Mears swallowed the pill as he had seen his companion swallow on. ... Then 'came the awakening. Cameron was not to be fOti'id. Hotel people said Cameron had regis tered under another name, but had left word at the desk that a man named "Cameron" would be visiting him that evening, so when Mears asked for Cam eron he was directed to the proper room. HE IS REC0YEBJ3TG - Mears Joday' was slowly recovering from the effects of the drug. - At the emergency hospital he was being cared for with the probability - that he would recover completely in a. few hours. ', r rt lent .Cameron j $20$ a long; while agro' at' Astoria,"' Mears told the police. "Lately'; Jniet felmv on the street la ForUanS' and 'asked. Mm for the money. Hs said, he didn't fcavs. lt then, but would.eaU me up as soon as he could getit. t .He did so Wednesday, , asking me to call .Tor it at the hotel." - - Olcott Term Test Case Being Argued In Supreme; Court " ? .)'r-js-." -- - . . - - - Salem, Dee. 18. -Arguments in the mandamus proceeding by which G. M. Roberts of Medford, district . attorney for Jackson county, is attempting to compel the secretary of state to include the : office of governor in the certifica tion Of offices to be voted on at the May primary election, are' being heard by the supreme' court today, - Attorney Genera! George M. Brown, representing Governor Olcott in the case, is basing his arguments against the issuance of the requested writ upon the ground that Olcott, as secretary of state, became governor in fact upon 'the death of the late Governor Withycombe and is to hold that office until the ex piration of Withy combe's term. ' Roberts. : representing himself, con tends that Olcott's term as governor ex tends , only until the next regular elec tion and that selection of candidates for the office is therefore In order at the forthcoming primary, Borden May Come as British Ambassador v Ottawa, .On t., Dec. ltwHII. N. S.) The report that Premier Sir Robert Borden will be made British ambassador to the United States received general credence In official circles today. Work Done in some wood and insisted on doing tt right Ihem as he said he had not had any work for a week and fjd not know when he 'would get anether job," said one of the women. "There is no- finer .way . in which to display-our Americanism than to in sist that our boys be given positions In preference to aUens," said Mrs. Ahl strom. "It makes my heart ache to think bow we feasted and feted the boys oeiore cney went away - and now - that they, haVe come back- after doing their duty they are not given a fair chance to reestablish themselves. How can our memories be so short?" WAR MOTHERS HEAR GRIEVANCES The War "Mothers will hold regular ail day meetings on the first and third Wednesdays at 626 courthouse. A pot luck luncheon will he a feature, of each meeting- and to , the afternoon there will be a- business' meeting. Any' soldier who has a grievance is asked to bring it to the war Mothers and they will do their. b3t to help him. solve his prob lems. ' The mothers have two relief committees, one to work, for mothers ami another which cooperates with the Daddy's cluB for the soldiers' families. Any war mother is invited to partici pate in the luncheons. -The charter of the Portland chapter closed Wednesday Women Ahlstrom witn memoers. . , , . , DISSOLUTIONS OF 5 PACKERS IS EFFECTED "Big Five", Agree With Attorney . General . Palmer to Perpetual Injunction Against Meat Trust. All Subsidiary Companies Will Be Disassociated From Pack- ers' Business in the Future. Washington, Dec. 18. (I. N. 8.) Attorney General Palmer announced late this afternoon that after a con ference with the representatives of all the large packing Industries he has effected a complete dissolution of the "big five" . packers, Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Cudahy & Co.. Morris & Co., and Wilson & Co. A bill will be filed in court, yet to be named, to which the packers will agree. It will take out a perpetual in junction against any monopoly In the meat business and any restrictions of trade. PEOPLE CAW OWN TARBS ' "The plan makes It possible for-the people to own the stockyards." declared tne statement issued oy tne department of justice. "The stockyards will be sold. Property valued at approximately $400, 000,000 is involved. "All. subsidiary companies will be dis associated. "All warehouses, storage houses and storage plants used by the subsidiary companies will be given up." CAR CONTROL LOST The control of refrigerator " cars will be given up by the packers, the an nouncement stated. ' and will , be dis tributed among producers equitably and without consolidated control. 'The packers have agreed to continue in the meat industry as butchers," the statement declared." . .- ' j - Officials of the department of justice explained: that: the perpetual Injunction which Will be ' taken out against' the packers will prevent the subsidiary com panies from' being controlled by tbv big five packing concerns, lit wnT practical ty mean jovernmeit supervision of the Industry,', according to these officials.' PACKERS ALRADY MAKING . . . x . PtANS TO DISSOLTIT TRUST Chicago, Iec. 1S (U. F.y--Blg Five cnic&go paoKers, in anticipation - or a government decree ordering dissolution of lines , of business 2 not strictly con cerned with -the meat industry, have beet, breaking up some, of these, lines during the last year, it was announced today. Although representatives of the com- oanies affected refused to confirm Wash. ington reports that an agreement with Attorney , General Palmer had been reached to dissolve all lines except meat. poultry, butter, eggs and cheese, they Indicated such an announcement might be expected. "It Is up to Palmer to make the an nouncement." Swift A Co. stated. In an official announcement, .'Swift A Co. said: "Referring to the decree in question, Swift A Co. have already made a dis solution of their leather business. well as their ownership in Libby. Mc Neil A Libby, and also their packing house business in South America and Australia. Something of the kind has been anticipated for some time. "Our earnings wilt not be unfavorably affected, as ' the lines prohibited have nt hum MiMtnlallv Drofltable. It will give us more available cash capital for the real meat business and its allied products. Schedules Disturbed During" CoaM Strike Are Restored in Port ' land District ' All train service discontinued in this district December 8, because of the fuel conservation , order Issued by the railroad administration, was replaced this morning at 12:01 o'clock.- This order placed 87 local trains back to normal operation. The North Coast limited -running be tween Portland' and Chicago over the P. A 8. and Great Northern I to make its first run: east for 10 days to night, leaving at the regular time, 7:10 o'clock. - - . After a week of delays ; because of storms and ., cold weather, railroads operating out of Portland reported this morning that, train service Is getting back to normal. ' Chicago Concern to Build Warehouse of Montgomery- Ward Contracts for-the erection of the new Montgomery Ward warehouse have been let to Wells Brothers of Chicago and work wilt begin at an early date. T. A. Wells and J. E. Patterson,' representing the contracting firm, arrived Wednesday night and are registered at the . Mult nomah hotel. '..'' - -. Th new warehouse will he erected on : a site purchased last week TU Twenty eighth and .Upshur streets, north of the Forestry building. - Th completed plant will cost approximately $6,000,000 . and the estimated expenditure-tor .th first unit - is s about. $1350,000, according to Wells, ' i - CANCELLED TRAIN: SERVICE RESUMED Lane JLoss Gat Gives as ihet 1 By David Lawrence f tOoprrisht. IStS.li - - - Washington, D. C. Dec. 18. Franklin K.- Lane, probably the best liked man In the Wilson administra tion In both Republican and Demo cratic environs, is to leave the cabi net" because he can no longer con tinue la publie:iife : at a personal sacrifice "'',',.. ; :- ;v - Lane intended saying nothing pub ikdy , about 'the, matter until he had an opportunity-' to , oojsult . the coavenlencs of President Wilson, -for he did not wish to make the . transition in the ' interior department difficult for a successor, nor did be wish to hurry the president into naming a new secretary of the interior. But an unauthorised publication of a story to the effect that Lane had al ready' resigned led hm - issue a state ment, saying that while he had lot even written his resignation, he did contem plate going out of the cabinet FALSE RUM0R8 CtRREKT All sorts of stories have arisen as to the reasons which' ' prompted Lane to withdraw, reasons extending from an alleged difference with President Wil son on the League or Nations to a sup posed dlssatlsf action with : ths handling of th coal situation. Both stories are Incorrect. The sec retary only last Saturday night made CHENOWETH MAY GAIN RELEASE Man Acquitted of Murder Entitled to Freedom, if He Is Sane, Says Ruling. Salem. " Dec. IS. If, in the opin ion of Dr. I 'F. -Grtf fith superinten dent of the state hospital for the in sane, George EL Chenoweth, who was committed to that Institution upon his acquittal of the charge Of mur dering, . George .HByndhah' . f Curry cotmiy on the "ground of insanity. Is now, sane, b is., en titled to -his '.! charge'from.the institution immedi ately, according to an opinion., prs pared by Attorney , Qener&I . Brown for" guidance of hospital authori ties in the disposition of Cheno weth's case.". , . -. ' Dr. Griffith several weeks ago de clared that Chenoweth .was sane; In fact,' that he had never- displayed any symptoms of insanity sine his arrival at the lnstitutJon, -: '. , r ' Chenoweth'Sv discharge, however, has been delayed pending an opinion on the legal phase of the question by the at torney general- The matter of his dis charge will be placed before the state board of control by Griffith today and tt is expected that Immediate action looking to his release will be taken. ' Brown's opinion further holds that if Chenoweth's return to Curry county wilt endanger his life, as has been Inti mated, it is up to the peace officers of the county to provide necessary protec tion. ,. Chenoweth represented Curry .county in the last legislature, being named by the county judge to act in an advisory capacity during the session, but with out powro vote.' He served with th Canadian SVmy In the world war after j being- refused by the American . forces because of his age. 3hip or:Shoot, Is ' Wood's Watchword" In Handling Beds . j , - . - " . Denver, Colo. Dec , lt-II." P.) The "S. O. S." call for all . "reds" In th United States Is ' beln g sounded today, but General Leonard Wood, has read a new meaning Into the distress signal, "My motto tor the red.. h said in an address at Fort CoHlns yesterday, "is "8. O.5 8., ship or sfioot : I believe that w should place them" all on ships of stone with sails .of lead ftd that their first stopping place should be hell.. We must advocate radical laws to deal with radical people." : Senate Leadership. OfDemo.crats,Will Be Fixed Saturday Washington, Dec. 1$. (U. P.) A cau cus next Saturday to settle the fight for the Democratic leadership In the senate was called today by Senator Hitchcock, acting leader. Hitchcock and Senator Underwood, Al abama. Are candidates in he fight The vote, which will probably be taken Sat urday, Is expected to b exceedingly close. -v - " ! ; . , 8 , New York Gripped Z 5By;Icy father - ' ' ' " ' New- York, Dec 1& (X N. ' .)-Th coldest weather irt tnor than, two years held this city In an ley grip today. - Th thermometer- registered 2 degrees below sero at t o'clock and the forecast was for continued cold. ' " , $3,000,000 Japanese : PalaceIs Destroyed Tokio. Dec 1$. (U, - P.) Th palace of Prince ' Kinss was destroyed by fir today with a toss of $$.ooo,soo. . - -;' Per sonal Reason for Resi nation an earnest speech at private gather ing in Washington . advocating ' th League of Nations, r Furthermore, his plans to withdraw from the cabinet, it now ' develops, were known to ; several friends including newspaper - corre spondents, before th recent coal crista DIFFERENCES KHOWJf Ti On - th other hand, It Is a ' fact that Franklin K. Lane ' and Woodrow Wil son have not always been in accord. Th secretary of th interior always tiae r ad the confJdei,o of his chief but it cannot be said that In th last two years tho judgment or advio of the secretary of the- interior have been as -potent a factor with Wilson . earlier in th administration. . , , ' This, however, never led to. any 111 feeling. On th contrary, the president and Secretary Lane worked in the clos est harmony when ' .e industrial con ference recently was in session nJ In the recent message of the president to congress he g ve public approval to th principal measure which the in terior department had been champion Ing. . .-' - . y ' STEP . OTVLT XATFRAL f At bottom . the controlling reasor. for Lane's Intended resignation is a per sonal one. The end of his service in th Wilson cabinet would come within a year even if he decided to 'remain till the end of th nreaent admlnlHtratlon. 1 for even If th Democrats wer to be Cooeladd en Flee Thr. Column Onl List Submitted of Men to Confer . on Proposed Workmen's Com-, pensation Legislation'. Salem; Dec. 18. Names of the! five men, who will represent the em ployers on the eommlttee.of .16i to I confer in Portland -December tt on ! proposed legislation for the relief of 1 Injured. workmen nd" their; depend1; ents under, the workmen's om pen sation' act were submitted to ' Gov ernor Olcott this morning by the tn- dustriat Association of Oregon, ai EMPLOYERS NAME COMMITTEE OF 5 . . -si.. i , . i ii-- a. m. jaoae, vie presioent wiMameiie , matter mignt resutr. in tn osiiing or s Iron , & Steel ' company; representing ' special meeting; of the entire club. metal trades; B. T. McBaln. Crown Wit-'. Flnley's; dismissal was protested al lamette Paper company, representing i today's meeting; " Of . the Progressive the paper industry; Oeorge Oerlluger, j Business iMen's -club, following the pro Willamette Valley Lumber company, ; teat and th demand . for " reronildera representinc the lumber ndu-jry : j tton voiced by th ,Ad club Wednesday Thomas Kay, Salem, of the Tom Kayf.ftrnMn -. - : ; - Woolen mills, representing the woolen industry; D. A. Pattullo. Balfour, Guth - rie company, representing the grain and flour industry, v : :. ., ;- Th names of th five men who will represent th , employes, forwarded to Governor Olcott by O. R. Hartwlz. nraal dent of th Stat Federation of Labor, Wednesday, are: E, J. Stack, secre tary State Federation of Labors C, Rynerson. editor of the Labor Press: W. Wright Frank Han nan and G Bralnard, all of Portland. The flv members to represent the state at large were announced by Governor Olcott. Monday. British Coalition Verges on Breakup London taper Says London, Dec. !$.--( I. N. a) --The pos- j sibility -of the no:tUcal. coalition belntr! brokon up and a general election tn February, was discussed by the West - minster Oasette today. This newspaper has consistently supported former Pre- miar Asqulth and his policies. Under ! th head "CoallUon Strip In Distress," the Westminster Gazette said ! "The Lloyd George coalition after stormy voyage of 12 months shows dis - unc. signs vi lounaerjng. a general I. Kkn.. i. .fciV...... ... ..... ... u, WUIM, W I J cussed. "The "mutir.ous crew' forced upon the piloU bill after bill that wer unac ceptable to 'one or the other of th two coalesced parties. The coalition is be ing .Jettisoned for the coming fight." Japan to Abolish , Picture Bride Plan San Francisco,' Dec l.-tL N. S.) Senator Jamas D. Phelan is in receipt today of advice from Washington that the Japanese government will abolish the "picture bride practice February $1. HI advices state that' th Japanese government has notified the government of the United States to this effect. , Fourteen Students . In Debate Tryouts , ft i i-nrn... . ii i i i v - - T - Pacific University, Forest Grove. Dec 1$. Fourteen students have , signed up for th debating tryout to be held Jan nary ti. McMinnvill college,' Willam ette university; and Pacific university will engage in a triangular debate April $. Th' oratorical -tryout will be held January 1$ and a large number is ex pected to try out. The stat oratorical contest will be held her March 12, '. French Dancer Still; ;In Serious CoMitidn '".rn . i j- ' i. .. t Paris.. Dec II I. N. -Th condi1 Ion ' of Gaby Deslys - famous . French I. tion dancer who has been critically lh fol-iit Is behind the safety campaign and lowing a throat - operation, -was un-jdid not sanction the actions of th chanaed todav. it was announced bvl driver. IL H., Haynes told Lewis h had the Dhvsielana, ' will 13 PROBABLE Reconsideration of Dismissal cf State Biologist , May Follow as . Result of Many. Protests."- r . .,'' , 'y Meeting of Angfers Club Called to Discuss the Alleged "Star Chamber1' Methods Pursued. That Stats Biologist William, t Flnley's summary dismissal, from of fice by the fish and game commis sion would be reconsidered :. by th com mission wru. Indicated today. ' Governor Ben Olcott, chairman of th commission,,' had already said that to do so would meet his ap proval. The action dismissing Fin - ley was taken in the absence of the governor and at a meeting which remained secret for the bttr part of a week. Frank M, Warren,- th fish and gam commissioner who exercises' the' duties of chairmanship when th governor, is not present,, said " to Th' Journal ,thls morning: that if other member: of , ths commission ' were Acquiescent he would support an annulment of the dismissal in order to gtv Flnteyl th opportunity, which he desires, to resign, I. N. Flelschner, who has been mon friidly to Flnley's work s biologist, naturalist ' and 'propagandist " of Ore gon's recreational resources than other members of the commission.- will, not' stand In the way of reconsiderstlon, It is understood. He could not b reached at horn or off lee this morning., , , ' . PUBLIC OPINIOJT AROCSED . Commissioners- 6ton and Jack, who live outside Portland, .it was -predicted, will yield td public . demand for recon sideration, V-!'- . ' r Publl . indignation continued hot "to day .because of the summary and curt method apparently useJ by the ' fish anq frame commission-in aiamtsiing Jan leyi at Its. S'star- chamber; meeting last , Wk , f' , . : . ' . .... A meeting of in' bosrdof directors or. the- Multnomah ? Anglers Club wss called for-4 O'clock this afternoon, and It was. said their consideration of r the I w ,v ! 8FOBTIMjr TO MEET An early meeting-, ths executive committee of th Oregon Sportsmen's (CondsdB s Ptse Twe. Cohra Ons) IBSlWiED TO CUT EXPENSES Mondell Declares Federat Govern ment Estimate of $5,000,000, 000 Must Be Slashed. wshington, Dec. H.r-(U, F,) A billion dollar cut must be mad In , governmental expenditures this year. . RePPcn Leader' Mondell warned today In-a speech to congress,,,; Estimates for the fiscal year .end- ing June 10, 1120, total nearly $ 4 , 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 00, according to figures I ; recently submitted. , These mus. be 'aiashed to'less than, $4.00Q,000,000, , A ... , s Mondell declared. "We have reached ' the time when. In a period comparable with the gray dawn of th morning after, w must soberly and possibly somewhat, painfully ' set about the uninspiring but essential work of rrstoring things to normal eondl tlons," he said. . -f , r'-' "Tlie ' estimates for - the army of nearly $1 000,000.000.: will, with th ex ception of the fortifications bill,, stand th heaviest cut. It should be reduced at least by half.. Th'-estimates for sundry drll ' expenditures, after going over . $900,000,'ooo, will stand a very heavy reduction. , ,..,-. "Th - estimate for . fortification ' of $117,793,230. will stand th heaviest cut of all. Th .naval estimate may b largely reduced -, without impairing the efficiency of our ; naval establishment. Rivers and harbors estimates are not large. $42JU.$S. but they will .stand a substantial reduction. ,And - so all along the line heavy : reductions must be' made or we fac disaster." Boy Permitted to ? ; Drive Truck, Itls. ' Claimed by Police "When caught -violating the city: traf fic ordinance Wednesday afternoon, M. C. Van Hook driver for th vHaynes Baking company,' is alleged by Motor cycle Policeman Wile to hav threat ened him if h dared make th arrest, In his rei-ort to Captain H. A. Lewis. Wile state that. Van Hook was al lowing a lS-y ear-old boy to drve the truck at .East Thirty-ninth and . Cc mom sireeis. j ; - ' " , . - -Captain Lwl called up the bakery management this morning and was tol l - O mt tASt Si "'si i i rtet ordered th boy on th truck, V-