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I CITY EDITION ; I CITY EDITION If All Herm and Wt All Tru THE- WEATHER Tonight and Saturday, ' probably rain ; southerty winds. Minimum Temperatures. Thursday t i , Portland 17 New Orleans, ,. . 3 ; Sheridan, Wyo,. II " , New York If '.' La Angeles.. . . . 82 St. Paul......... Jt ' Good Road Inoeatment Oreron tuts Invested seven millions tn ?ood road a this year and has contracted or twenty -on millions. An article In next Sunday's Journal explain the in vestment. -. t " - i ON TRAINS ANN NIWS STANDS riVI -4KNTN VOL. XVIII. NO. 251 PORTLAND, OREGON, FRI DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1919. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS, Pnoffie. Portland. Ort - n , m m w m -v m m m aaa m - w . - ..pr v t" a . - , a - a sl. v a - m as - w m t.t . ss w. a .a . -.. . y t r - i. : .- - i- -- t fa - .i..,..- - ., ,., .i . ALL OF SOUTH PORMIS 'Council's Dignity Threatened as ; Residents of District Object to Projected Smallpox Ward. ; Mayor. Told Everything That Is i Bad for Other Parts of City Is Sent to That Neighborhood. I" Th dirnlty of the city council t was threatened this morning when residents of. South Portland broke forth In shouts and calls of protest against the council's proposed action in. placing a smallpox ward adjoln- "insT the Multnomah county hpspital ;'at Second and Hooker streels. "Why are you hereT' shouted S. Za A vln, addreaslnc; clpse to 100 residents of 'JSouth Portland. A chorus of muffled iTmurmurlnss and shouts was quieted by i Sergeant L. Hlrsch and Mayor Baker. . Protests were leveled against te A council's action by residents of the dis t 'trtct on grounds that South Portland Is , a thickly populated district, that hun dreds of school children dally pass the Vfi quarters, and that It Is gronsly unfair to "Inflict such a scourge on the com rf munlty." d ET OJitT THE BAD . "Kverythlns that la bad for South Portland Is sent to us by the mayor and cty,commlsloners," charged Mrs. A. B. , Byer. lf.-v. "Lady, you can't name an Instance '-Where we haven't played fair with South Portland," replied the mayor. "We Save you Terwllllger boulevard, cleaned 1 up Marquam gulch and are always will- Ing to do all possible." y The mayor said the cotfncll had decided ft upon the barracks as a temporary solu- tlon to an ever-menacing problem, and that no disposition to hurt South Port- V? lanrl warn ItAmlni f A. Rosensteln. speaking for the ma jority of residents, asserted that they ' desired four or five mora day to look about for quarters to house the girls at . The Cedar, that the latter home could ' . be used for smallpox quarters, in aecord . ' ance with one suggestion from the coun- ii. , ; , ' . :. r . ; . , ' HELD CP TIlt TCE8DAT -iSWe"ll hold the matter until next y.Ttt dayy"- declatd Baker. - "W .cant promise anything except our every effort I to find other quarters. Tou must cooper- ijats fully." I? Preparations are already under way fsfor fitting Up ths barracks, for smallpox r patienta II will be next Tuesday, possi i' bly, before the building will be ready for ' occupancy. Over 170 families are quar l antined for smallpox over the city. EM IS PUT N Additional Passenger Service Be tween Portland and San Fran cisco Begins Sunday. Travel between Portland and Cal ' lfornla points has been so heavy this ' fall that Southern Pacific railroad fflclals have decided upon tempor ary operation of an additional train between this city and San Francisco.' This train will leave the Union sta ' tlon at 10:15 p. m.. beginning Sun day, v It will b known officially as the aec-.-. ond section of train No. 13, although It ,wlll leave 2 hours and IS minutes later w than the first No. It. Only a few stops . will be made in Oregon and only oper ating stop will, be made In California, and It Is therefore scheduled to arrive at Qakland at the same time as the first section. . Bandits Terrorize Town With Guns; Escape With $250 Tacoma, Wash., Dec it. (U. P.) Holding the entire neighborhood at bay with revolvers, three masked automo bile bandits blew the safe of the Frye A Co. .meat market at Buckley, Wash., a small lumber town near here, and es caped with 1250 In cash at an early hour this morning. Breaklnr a heavy lock, two of the : bandits rained entrance through the . front door .of the store while a third waited outside . In an automobile. The robbers apparently were novices at safs blowing. It 'took two shots of explosives, to break open the safe. Groom-Elect Missing; Nuptials Postponed. wniie eearcnis Maae Springfield, Mass., Dec. 28. (L N. S.) The family of Mtas Ruth M. Keeney of Monson. a nearby town, today instituted a search through the New Tork police for Dr. William Grey Vermlly of Brook lyn, N. T..' who was to have married Miss Keeney yesterday, but who failed to appear for the ceremony. Dr. Vermilye and Miss Keeney met In South America two years ago where each was touring. - j,r i . v.'.i The last heard from Dr. Vermilye was that he had left hla hotel in New York Wednesday at 10 a. m. , TRAVEL SO HEAVY 1: t? u t POET WILL PROVE THAT SOUL LIVES N' EW YORK, Dec. (U.P.) Maurice Maeterlinck, who will lecture on the Immortality or the soul, Is studying the pos sibility of communicating with tlic spirit world, and of the soul's appearance in tangible form before mortals. The Belgian author and phil osopher said he has "an open mind" on these theories? of spir itualism, and Is giving them much thought. "In my lecture," he said, "I will explain to the people of America the first scientific proofs of the existence of an Im mortal soul." GATENS IS ASKED I Judge Says Citizens Have Told Him to Deal Harshly With Reckless Driver. Motion for a change of venue inr the case of N. Peter Sorensen, con victed before Municipal Judge Ross man on the. charge of reckless driv ing and sentenced to six months 'In Jail and the payment of a fine of $600, was heard by Presiding Judge Gatens of the circuit court this morning. The case was taken under advisement, but indications are that his 'decision will be favorable to Sorenson. The motion that the appealed case be heard outside Multnomah county Is based on the affidavits of seven of Korennen's friends to the effect that the public mind has been so poisoned and preju diced that a fair trial In Portland Is Im possible. WlKIt SOAKED In commenting 6n the case from the bench Judse Gatens said this morning: "I am satisfied In my mind that Sorensen, cannot get a fair trial in this county." A hundred people have com to m recently and asked to "Boa that fellow,' With me It Is a question of law. tf. after? considering the. case, I Mscids-that the staVtrte" entitle; jMrtW- -sen to a, trial in another county, 1, will make the decision to that effect." ';.t, .', . The city of Portland, represented, ky Deputy City Attorneys E. ' T. Lansing and Stanley Myers, maintained that there i no Justification in law for a change Of venue in an appeal from a municipal cdurt ease.' They claimed that the law governing this sort of case must be taken from Justice court procedure, which makes no such provision for an appeal.' WILBUR SEES PREJUDICE Ralph Wilbur, attorney for Sorensen, quoted some authorities on law, but con tented himself largely with an appeal that no fair and unbiased trial would be possible in Multnomah county. Since the municipal court decision Soren sen's license to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked. He has of fered to pay a large fine and never again to drive a car in the state If the Jail sentence is suspended. SELLERS OF FATAL E' Eight Men Dead as Result of Drinking Mixture of Wood Alcohol in East. Hartford, Conn.. Dec. 26. (U. P.) With eight men dead and one man critically ill as a result of drinking wood alcohol, treated with colorlne and sold for whiskey. Saul Joseph, Nathan Salsberg, Jacob Bronerwine and Frank Rose, all of Hartford, were arraigned in police court today charged with murder. They are atleged to have made the sales. A plea of not guilty was entered in each case and a continuance until Saturday was granted. The prisoners are held without bail. Pittsburg;, Pa.. Dec. 26. (L Jf. S.) Two men are dead and 51 others are 111. three of them In critical condition. In Western Pennsylvania towns today, as the result of using wood alcohol to put a "kick" in their beverages on Christ- ma day. The dead are George Balcelm and Otto Kxtrom of Emporium, Pa. West Harlan Comes With Its First Potash Cargo From Germany Boston. Dec. 26. (L N. S.) The ship ping board steamer West Harlan ar rived here today from Hamburg, being the first steamer to bring a cargo to Boston from Germany since August, 1914. , ; The steamer brought 5000 tons of pot ash for fertiliser and her cargo marks the resumption of shipments of Ger man potaoh to America. The steamer West Harlan s one of the tSOO ton vessels built in Portland by the Columbia River Shipbuilding cor poration. She was turned over to the shipping board for operation July 12, 1819,' and carried a cargo : of flour for the Grain . corporation te New -' York, thenoo to .Europe- '. INN BOOZ ARRAIGNED 13JUEI TO TAKE BILL Report Says British Premier Is in Position to Compel Accept ance of New Home Rule Policy. Lloyd George Regards Success of Measure as Second in Impor tance Only to Winning of War. London, Dec. 26. (U. P.) Ire land may have to accept Premier Lloyd George's new home rule plan. Introduced in the house of commons Monday, whether She likes it or not, an official close 'to the British pre mier declared In an interview. The premier Is prepared to force ac ceptance of his measure, thl official asserted. Its passage by parliament was assured before the measure was submitted, he added. Lloyd George, according to the offi cial, is "heart and soul" for passage of some legislation which will at least start settlement of the Irish question, he continued. The premier regards this problem as second In Importance only to winnlnfr the war. It was believed In government circles, according to this source of Information, that Ulsterltes will accept the pre mier's plan which provides for two legis latures, one for Southern Ireland and another for Ulster, with ka coordinating body to be known as a national as sembly. ' If Ulster accepts the plan and its parliament Is threatened by the Sinn Fein, the "entire British army" Is avsll abio for protection of Ulster, It was as serted. The government realises It -is Impos sible to force the Sinn Fein section of Ireland to organize a parliament, the official said, but pointed out it would be easy to offer them the chance to deal (Concluded on Put Two, fVtUran Two) Mart HeIdvjn::Phieifi Arut Re ported fo Have Confised to 1911 Yoncalla Hofdup. Roseburg,, Dec. 86J-!-Aeeordlng to Sheriff Quine, information was re ceived here Wednesday morning from Phoenix, Ariz., that Leon Gran non, recently returned soldier from Siberia, had confessed to having rob bed the Shasta Limited train near Yoncalla, Or., on June 16, 1911. The Shasta Limited was robbed by two hold-up men. who boarded the train at Sutherlin. They robbed the mail car, making away with seveiu registered mail pouches, at Yoncalla. Sheriff Quine and a posse, with bloodhounds, trailed the bandits into the woods west of Yoncalla and found the rifled mall pouches, and a number of valuable par cels containing money and jewelry worth several hundred dollars that were overlooked by the bandits. The robbers made their way out to Loon lake and escaped, not leaving a clew to their identity or whereabouts. While the sheriff and posses were searching the timbered districts near Gardiner, another holdup of a p&ssenger train In Cow Creek canyon occurred. Several hundred dollars was secured from the registered mall. The sheriff believed the same holdup men did the job, but Grannon, it is said, clears the matter. "After Joe Martinet and I robbed the registered raaH near Yoncalla." he is re ported to have said, "we went to Cali fornia, having eluded the posse by wad ing down a creek for two miles to throw the dogs off the scent. Near Kennet, Cal., we held up a train, and Joe was killed, while I escaped and later enlisted and went to the Philippines as a regu lar soldier. During the late world war I was sent to Siberia with the American forces, and was but recently returned to the United States, and, having seen enough of the tragic side of life, I have reformed. "I can be of great assistance to the government in running down the per petrators of such crimes as occurred at Centralla on Armistice day." Joe Martlnes was killed with a double barreled shotgun by Jack Yokum of this eity. Yokum. having apprehended the holdup men, ran the full length of the train to secure the gun, returned, met the highwayman face to face and shot him dead. Yokum received a reward from the express and railroad compa nies. He Is still in the service f the S. P. Co., working out of this city. It Is the opinion of the sheriff that both men were seen In Roseburg several .days prior to the holdup, and that Grannon can be Identified, provided he Is the man and telling the truth regarding the holdup. Seventy Names to Be Submitted for Federal Indictment Seventy names are to be submitted for indictment to the federal grand jury on January 6 by United States District At torney Humphreys, which will Inciudd crimes that cover nearly the entire cal endar. ' Bootleggers and drug addicts are In the majority. White slavery, an archy, cattle stealing and theft of rail road tickets ! are ' also In the list. The i be the first since October. : v , ' BennvSokolowsld MOQKf fltWQ - 1IVII.111I 111 IUII .1 Prefers Ash Can And Hospital to Love of Two Girls Christmas Day Uncovers Childish Triangle Which, After All, Is Not Heart-Rending. Chicago. Dec. 28. (U. P.) Ben nle Sokolowskl, 12 and fair, the vic tim of a children's triangle love af fair, will recover, the doctors be lieved today. Because Bennle was good to look upon, he won the love of Annie Barxyk. 13 years of age. When Annie saw him playing at the home of Florence Moeller, also 13, she wrote the following note : "My Dear Husband Bennle : I know you love Florence. I know you don't j lovo me. Io you love me, Bennle? If i you only know how I love you. Oh, boy 1 I love you so I could kiss you now. Don't tell Florence I love you, or Bhe'Il be mad? If you knew how she loves ypu! I hate her, but If you love her better than you do me, you can have her. "I love you, dear. "I love you, dear. "ANNIE BARZTK." When Bennle received this note he de cided life with two "women" on his hands was not worth living. He hid in the ash can, where he was found un conscious from the cold by a policeman. The note from Annie-was closed tightly in his little fist. When Bennle was asked tf he loved either of the girls he shook his head "no." He was told that he would have to make a choice between them when he went home from the hospital. "I guess I'll stay here quite a while," he concluded. Action to Test Out Court of Do mestic Relations Filed in Juvenile' Case. SUIT QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF COURT Declaring tlu MultnomaifOHntYhrnany"araalso responsible for4theffact Hourr-dfestic-felalii ncnMt stitutlonal and asserting thai Judge Jacob Kanrler occupies the bench therein - In violation' of law. ; 'Wilson T. Hume this 'morning' filed suit to teat the validity of the Institution and to settle the life problem' of Josephine B. Baker, juvenile. Hums is appearing for Francis A and Lena Nelson, into whose custody .Jose phine Baker was placed by juvenile au thorities some years ago. On December 23 Judge Kanzler reversed the earlier order and restored the child to Its mother, Mrs. Nora A. Kelly. Hume seeks to have this decision set aside on the ground that the court is not legal and that as Its "alleged" judge,' Kanzler has no authority. It Is specifically charged that the cre ation of the court was in direct viola tion of section S3, article 4, of the constitution of Oregon, 'and prays for a "judgment of court that Kan iler un lawfully holds and exercises the office of judge of the alleged court of do mestic relations" . Last spring District Attorney Evans submitted an opinion declaring uncon stitutional the legislative act creating the new court and in the present quo warranto proceedings Evans has signed as a plaintiff relator, although his office will take no active part in presenting the suit, which will be heard before Presiding Judge Gatens prior to the time of the special session of the legislature. Evan held that such a court can dis pense justice in juvenile cases only and, because it aims farther, is unconstitu tional. Husband Perishes In . Snow Trying to Get Food for Family Salt Lake City. Utah. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) Battling drifting snows in a tem perature of 30 degrees below aero, George Massey and A. L Harrick, gov ernment trappers and hunters of Vernal, Utah, succeeded today In rescuing Mrs. Fred Hick and her infant son at Dia mond Mountain, after her husband and Oliver P. Sanford had been overcome and perished In a blizzard.' Hicks and Sanford were employed at a sawmill at Diamond Mountain. Food was needed and . they set out on their horses. After fighting off cold and hunger, the men and their horses sank into the snow. The men and the ani mals were frozen to death. The gov ernment men came upon the bodies and then went to the shack of Mrs Hicks, who, with her son, was at the point of death through hanger. The woman and child will recover. Merchant Who Was Robbed Identifies ct m Custody Arrested by j Patrolmen Meehan and Slmpkin on a charge of being intoxi cated, R. W Carlson was positively Identified Thursday night by H. Opper man. 281 Front street, as the man who had snatched his handbag early Tues day morning, getting away with U287. A newspaper clipping was found In Carlson's pocket giving an account of the robbery, according ,r to Inspector Swannea. - who made the Investigation. Op perm an was In. the act of unlocking his store for the day's business, when it is alleged Carlson snatched the handbag from a barrel where it had been placed by the storekeeper. I1UUIIL. UL.I1ILU GERivlANY HAS SECRET ARMY Rumor That Hun Are Developing i r , niuOen rOrceS IS UenOUnceu by Nation's Minister of War. Declares , Allied Military Com missions Spread Over Country Renders Such Step Impossible. By Frank Mason Berlin. Dec. 26. (I. N. S.) Re ports circulated in Europe and America that Germany is creating a secret army were. denounced today by Gustav Noske, minister of de fense (war minister). "Germany has not taken any steps toward the development of a hidden army nor does she intend to do so." de clared Herr Noske. who la generally known as "the strong tnan of the gov ernment." "Germany's military cards are upon the table for anyone to see who is Interested. ALLIES TOO WATCHFUL '"I cannot understand how anyone can take seriously the reports of secret mili tary activities In Germany. There are so many allied military commissions spread throughout Germany that any proposed military steps by our country against the allies' would . be impossible. "According to the terms of the peace treaty, these various commissions will be vested with wide powers, of super-j vision and control after the treaty is ratified. and effective. "Personally, I have no Intention to organise a secret army, for tomorrow It would be known by those against whom It is organised. The strength and location of our troops are not se cret. MUST BE BEBUCET "The treaty provides that our little mercenary army should be reduced to 100,000 men by April 1. but In view of the fact that the entente recognises that order must be maintained throughout Germany, and also the fact that our eastern frontier must be protected against the Russian Bolsheviks, w may possibly be permitted to have a larger force, ' Those measures which have been taken to keep order in Ger to a peace basis.' Asked whether Germany had a Suffi cient staff of officers left to develop an offensive, in view of the treaty clause disbanding 'the German general - staff Herr Noske replied : ABMIES STRENGTHENED "The league of Nations promises a reduction of armaments, but unfortu nately this remains mere theory as yet the armies of most of the victorious countries have been strengthened. In deed, -our new neighbors on the eastern frontier in Poland are organising an army surpassing ours in strength many fold. Why should we speak of war plans? The functions of the general staff are not needed. Most of the gen eral staff officers, in fact, have been demobilised. "Staff officers who, because of their peace training and their experience in war, are fitted lor the wora, are re maining to devote their entire atten tion to the difficulty of reconstructing German volunteer army. Seven Boats Held on Food Ex change Basis Are Officially Awarded to England. Washington, Dec. 26. (I. N. 8.) Seven German ships, held in New York harbor and allocated to the United States on a food exchange basis by the inter-allied council, will be given to Great Britain as soon as the proper person is desig nated to receive them, the shipping board announced today. The action was taken at the direction of the president Great Britain made a demand upon the United States for the ships on 'the grounds that the food ex change basis under which the ships were allocated to this country was no longer in force. The state department investigated and recommended to the president that the ships be turned back to Great Britain. The seven vessels ordered turned over to the British are among some of the finest of the German ships held by the United States government They aggre gate 113,720 tons and the various ton nages folldw : Kalserln Victoria, 24,681 : Graf Wal dersee, 13,193; Zeppelin, 14,1(7; Pre toria. 13.234 : Cape Flnlsterre. 14.603 : Mobile, 1C.960; Prlns Frederick WUhelm, 17,082. Famous Fair Will Contest Settled At San Francisco San Francisco, Dea 26. (L N. S.) Ending years of litigation. Involving Mrs. William K. VanderbUt, Mrs. Her man Oelricbs and others, the famous Fan will- contest was settled here to day. Term of the settlement. Whose final" stage grew out of the suit of heirs to have the $20,000,000 Fair estate transferred to the hands of California trustees from -New Tork, were not made public i U. S. MUST GIVE UP GERMAN .VESSELS Jag Recorder, Get Your Pencil; Here's One You've Missed Midnight had long since gone to bed wearied with Tuletide pleasures. The Hanover apartment house was sleeping. Some of it was snoring. And then A woman's scream pierced the blank of 'to. High agonized and shrill it galvanised the neighboring spines into perpen dicular life as it smote the night. "Oh, save me!" it walled. "Help! Help ! Oh, save me !" And the voice trailed off into a gurgling silence. Bam! Biff! Slam! Smack! The sound of heavy blow shattered the night, punctuating the bass bellow of a mas culine, voice, while the walling: feminine appeal for help shrilled, crescendoed and died again. CAM.8 HIM BIO STIFF "Cut it out, you big stiff; take your hands off that woian." a neighboring voice demanded across lth vacant space. Go down and stop that man, the speaker shoOted to the chattering- people clinging; to fire escape and porch along the rear wall of the big apartment, he's choking that woman to death. "Wherj is he?" a chorus answered. while a dozen feminine fingers pointed out the dimly lighted window whence the wild appeals rose and fell. "Help! Same me, help! the an- Santa Claus Smiles His Sweetest When Little Bits of Humanity Are Born. Six times, so far as reported, old Saint Nick stopped his chargers while making his happy rounds In Portland, and from his sleigh drew sevep little Human Dunaies or. joy as Christmas tokens to make six households -delightfully merry. The old boy had seven bundles, but in the rush could only find six upon whom to confer the great gifts. conseouence Mr: .Carl F. Francis, Eugene street, became the mother or boisterous boy twins at Emanuel hos pital and eemtnig' babes ware disy tributed one at 'a juneC: - Just after the clock had rung In the joyous .Christmas day, a baby boy was born at St Vincents hospital to Mr. Bernard Hoffard, 336 Nineteenth street At I o'clock the same morning Mrs. Thomss Prltchard became the mother of boy at St. Vincent and the hospital was cheered at tne noon nour . on Christmas day by the birth of a girl to Mrs. Richard Olson. : Mr. Francl at Emanuel hospital. where the bright twin arrived at 1:30 a. m. unrtstraas aay, is snaring me nip piness of the day with Mrs. Emll Axel Bon, 886 Vancouver avenue, to whom , a son was born at Emanuel at 8 :15 a. m. Five boys and one girl made the score too one sided. Saint Nick figured after he had distributed his burden of cheer, so at 2 o'clock on Christmas afternoon he sent the stork to the Port land Maternity hospital with a daughter for Mrs. K. J. Sigel, 27 East Twelfth street North, Miss Slgel weigh 8 pounds and has already made herself heard In the world. Convict Who Fled From Oregon Prison Reported Captured Police received telegraphic advices to day that Chester Clark, known also as Connelly and Leo Hartman, a fugitive from the Oregon penitentiary, had been arrested at Marysville, Cal., on a charge of murder. No particulars were in cluded in the message. Clark was convicted of robbing the Bank of Beaverton several months ago, sentenced and later escaped from the state prison. He La believed to have been the man who robbed a bank in Spokane a short time ago, taking some $1000. The police have wired for further par ticulars. Arm Dragged Into Machinery; Injuries Probably Are Fatal When he reached to adjust a belt on a pulley at the Alblna Engine St Ma chine works this morning, W. F. Swank, 180 Russell street, wa probably fatally injured. His hand was caught In the pulley , and the arm was dragged into the machinery. Swank's -head was badly crushed and he was taken to St. Vincents hospital by the Arrow Ambulance company. Hos pital attaches said his chance for re covery is small. Swank Is 60 years old and has a wife and four children. Schooner Okanogan On Honolulu Beef; Everybody Is Saved San Francisco, Dec. 26. (I. K The scnooner Okanogan, -owned by .Bal four, Guthrie ic Co.. has gone ashore on a reef In Honolulu : bay. according to cable advice received here today. The cable said Captain Saxon and a crew of IS or It men had landed safely. The Okanogan, well known on the Pa cific coast, carried a cargo of nitrates. She struck on Ahuklnl reef. : She was built In 1M5 at Port Blakeley, Wash., and for a long time Was operated between Puget Sound and Australia. ' CHRISTMAS CHEER BROUGHT BY STORK gulshed voice shrieked suddenly once more before It again died into gurgling alienee as the dim window winked into blackness and ' Silence csme. Suddenly there was a crash of shattered glass and the wall rose and fell and died away once more. "Stop that man," the challenging voice across the way demanded. "What's the matter with you dub over there ; why don't you protect that woman?" FAT MA!C APPEARS And then a fat man stepped out upon the cold grlllwork of a fire escape, drew his bulging bathrobe close to blanket him against the chill while he ad drered the populated nig..t: "Ladies and gents," he boomed, "this is the qlose of a glorious day There Is no cause for alarm. The man la not trying to kill the woman. He Is trying to keep her from disturbing the neigh borhood. We have investigated : the manager, the jar itor and all of us. There la no murder being done. This Is Christmas. The lady's got a screaming jag; that is all. This la the close or a glorious day. I thank yo i one and all for your kind attention. Good night" Out of the darkened window floated the sound of muffled robs. The cling ing figures along the si rounding fire escapes withdrew. The lights r -;ked out one by one. But it seemed a though the enshrouding fog robbed tn sympathy and was filled with sighing as It echoed "the close of a glorious day." DRIVERS FAIL TO Many Drivers Ignore Rule Re garding Reporting of Acci- . dents to Police Station. Scores of Portland automobile drivers break the law through fail ure to report accidents at the police station. Hecords of the Portland Railway company show that street cars were in morfr than J400 acci dents with machines for the fiscal year, ending December 1, whereas only -776 such collisions were n- REPORT MISHAPS Ininrtrtjuf tn th nnlle or laa than 22 per cent. . - ,- Frequently In smashups ..between two. machbw;' only-'one driver reports, ne cessitating the ' arrest of the other par tlctpant. In Instances, both parties agree to violate the law and neither oome to the station until an officer is sent for them.' , . ' ; ;;?', ; SB1TEK8 HURT REPORT 'i "Drivers of all vehicles must report within 12 hour tn person to the police station all accidents to them or caused by them," reads the law,. Violations are punishable by $500 fine and six months' Imprisonment. Wednesday, a man reported a col lision with an alleged drunken auto mobile driver. He Insisted that the chauffeur' who had crashed Into his conveyance had pleaded with him" not to report the accident. An officer brought the violator to the station after IS hour had elapsed. Another man had three accident In two hours. He had run down a child and woman and crashed into another machine. He failed to report any of the accident. A driver who had violated the law seven times In 11 months Is charged with five failures to report. Another did not report any of four accidents. A third failed to appear at the police station after any of five accidents until es corted by an officer. He was fined $50. SIX VIOLATIOXS CHARGED Two drivers with eight violations charged against them failed to report six times. Two others were Involved in six accident and reported none. Another failed to record any of six collisions. Machinery for apprehension of those who attempt to avoid reporting acci dent is being placed In' operation. President Griffith of the railway com pany has announced that his carmen B ill be instructed to secure ' license numbers and report all accidents to the police station. Such reports are not required by law, but the railway cor poration ha consented to convey re port to the station In an effort to trap automoblls drivers who are derelict in their duty. TO STOP PRACTICE The traffic bureau I planning to de tail extra men to the task of running down those who do not report after collisions with other machine. Other plans are in the offing for trapping drivers who agree that neither shall report.. They are often arrested now after private cltlsena telephone license numbers to the polk& It has also been suggested that the vigilance committee composed of 8 SO Portland men aid tn detecting those who attempt to avoid the law by failing to report collisions. Wilson Will Get Additional Facts 0n Sugar-Measure Washington. Dec. Z. (TJf. P.)-The sugar equalisation board has requested President Wilson to withhold his signa ture from the MeNary sugar bill until a paper explaining some festures of it Is filed with him. It was said today at the White House. The nature of the board's recommendation Is not indicat ed, although it has the members' ap proval. It.l aid. . : Foreign Language Law Is Sustained ; Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. J U. P.) The Nebraska eupreme court today banded down . a decision upholding the state foreign language law; passed by the last tMrlalariire. which nrahlhlta the taaehinar of any foreign language la. the grade Jble link between Buenos Aires and Mon schoels. , - ' .r . , ' Itevldee. ' . i ' 1 RAIL UNIONS 10 URGE NEW WAGEDEii i 7 t Request for Increased Pay Planned to Be Made Before) Railroads Return to Owners! Chiefs of Four Brotherhoods Have Been Called to Washing- ton to Discuss Plan of Action.! Washington, Dec. 26. (I. N.J5.) Railroad employes will press theirj demands for increased wages before! the roads are returned to their pri vate owners. - - Announcement was made at the Amu lean Federation of Labor headquarters! that the Brotherhood chiefs had been' Invited by telegraph to join with . the heads of the railroad unions and that it -was expected that the conference would open tomorrow. - v "Our patience Is about exhausted," said W. H. Johnston, head of the Inter national Machinists' union, which . In cludes shop men. "Our men are under paid and they will leave singly or in groups unless wage increases are -granted." The railroad shop men are to have -: a conference with Director (Jenerali Hlnea either tomorrow or early next week to dlsauss their demands that wage be Increased to meet the' cost of' living. It was announced today that thl chiefs of the four railroad brotherhoods' have been called to Washington to meetj tomorrow or Sunday with the heads, of the railroad unions affiliated with, the American Federation of Labor. At' this conference it Is expected that some action will be taken to force wage. In creases before the roads are returned March 1. During November and early In De oember the railroad union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor took a vote on giving their union heads the authority to call a strike if neces sary. Returns on this vote showed be tweert 0 and 98 per cent of the workers in favor ot giving the power to call strike. The .ballot , was taken In antld' patron of the passage of the Cummin bill with anti-strike provisions and that refusal of the railroad administration t meet wage oemsnes. STRIKE OF 600,000 HEN IS THREATENED BY UNION OFFICIAI, Albuquerque, N. M Dec !. (L N. & A direct threat that too.ooo . anion railroad .workers; members of the Rail way shop trades, will go on strike if ; congress includes an anti-strike clause In legislation providing for the return ot the railroads to private owners on March 1, is made here by. W. 8. Pat terson, secretary-treasurer of the In- . ternalional Machinists' union of the Banta Fe railway. Patterson says that while he hag no authority to call a strike, he represents "fully the sentiment of the men." lonorsnt of Wage Demand . , Cleveland, O.. Deo. 26. I. N. .) "If all news to me," said Warren 8. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo-: comotlve Engineers, today, when told -of a report from Washington that the railroad men will press their wag da -mands before the roads are returned to ; private ownership. Proclamation on Return of Lines to Owners Gives Zest to R. R. , Issues in New York. New Tork, Dec, J. U. P.)Th president's proclamation for the re turn of the railroads to private eon trol March 1, Influenced activity and strength In railroad Issues on . tho bond market during the forenoon. Fractional - gains were quite general . throughout the list of high grade Issues, and bonds of lines now returning a sur plus above governmental rental ,were ; -particularly strong. - " Victory loans gained and after early weakness Liberty 44 rallied from 1M to 81.80. Foreign loans were steady. Traction were generally firm. " v" . Daniels to Pass Up : Admiral Sims' 'Kick On Medal Question Washington. Dec. f 8-U. P.) Secre tary Daniels will leave unanswered the letter of Admiral Sims refusing to ao cept the distinguished service medal be cause of alleged unfairness in the dis tribution of naval war honors, officers close to Daniels believed today. In view of his official position. Dan iels could not afford to enter into an -argument" with Admiral Slma, these) officials said. j v Cable Service With; J . IfXFruguayls Opened " New Tork, Dec t. CCvP- 'The flrrt direct cable connection ' between. ' the United State and Uruguay was opened today by the Central A South American Telegraph company The ' service was mads possible by completion of th ca- WILSON S POLICY . ENLIVENS MARKET esaBBBBBsaBaBHssBBBBSBaBBB ---'X-'-'-'i'' 'r 4. -tr-