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" 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. . -
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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-