Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1920)
CITY EDITION I ft All Here and 1 el All True TOE" "WEATHER TonlKht and Thursday, rahvr southeisterlr winds.; Minimum temperatures: - , : Portland ' 1 ,u New Orleans ,.v 4S Helena. V;.;,...' St New York 40 Los Angeles ... 6 St- Paul ........ 34 Kvery Sunday' Journal iJ full of bright reaturee that depict in word and picture the exceptional or. unusual thing in life. These features are an education In them selves ana they; are easy to read.. it-t ' VTV TVTrt - OOfl IMttrrt Srcona Uia Mur PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1920. TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS SUR?, IV cY-l. V J Alrt. JotoILir, , Portlaad. U UP HUNT FOR SE Eight Bodies,' Inclusive of Those of Captain -andHVife, Recov- - ered; 13 More Being Sought Captain yist to Leave Vessel. Seattle, Dec. 1(V. P.) Quilla yute - Indians continued today 10 comb the ocean beach in; the vi cinity, o James "island and the "Giants Graveyard, in the "search lor the ,13 uiirecovered bodies from the ill-fated schooner rigged steel barge W. J. - Plrrie. according :to word re ceived here fromj Port- Angeles, where the coast, guard cutter Sno homish put in last'iight. ''.', ;'.'. From the two Chilean sailors who drifted ashore and survived the disaster, it was learned that Captain Alfred B. Jensen, master of the Pirrie, wss last to lesTs, the barjre when she" split wide open oo the rocks in the Graveyard in i the terrific storm of last Friday night , With him. it is said, weret his wife a.nd baby. . . Mis -body, 'and his wife's were. - imon; the eght recovered by the Sno- homish. MABT'S B(lD1f1'75 RECOVERED They had 'been torn apart and Captain Jensen's body, was found clinging to a timber , near a piece oP lumber, -to. which the body of Mate Peter llohman was still fasti" Mrs.. Jensen's body was some distance from that of her husband. The baby Is among those unrecovered. Five, other bodies, as yet unidentified, -were taken from the mass of floating . ' lumber that had made up the Firrie's cargo. All . had- been washed into a' cove - Inshore from the graveyard. . T According to the crewiof the Snoho mish, who obtained their information from one' of the two nnldentified Chilean survivors who was-able to speak broken 1 English, the Pirrle was cot adrift from . the steamer Santa Rita by the latter's -captain only when he saw there was no other course to save his own vessel, -crew and passengers! ! WIXD BEARS OX HOCKS , The Rita, towing the Pirrle, first en countered the storm off Destruction island after leaving Tatoosh. i -They headed down 'coast with a strong wind blowing, from the southeast,: ; The wind -suddenly whipped " Into' the' southwest, flinging them inshore .straight; -onto ".the treacherous rocks. . . - For . a ' time, Captain T. K. ; Tlbbetts, ,-,'maatr of the Rita, endeavored to make )iS'a Bgainpt the' wind, but this was ; Impossible. 'Cuttins the Pirrle's hawser, he struck out for open water. Bending 8. O. S. signals that were picked up by j the Snohomish. Unable to follow, the Plrrie went (Conelnded on Pin Two. Column Four) ARE CUT 50 CENTS .i r- ... Pittsburg, Pa.. Dec. , N. S.) Effective today, the: price at steel wire products - is cut approximately CO cents per 100 pounds, making the quotations. on wire nails $3.75 a keg and on plain ". -wire $3.25 f. o. b. Pittsburg. ". - " -;, ". ' . "-. Barbed wire and fence, staples were reduced proportionately. This price re duction Is the first in several years. ' An nouncement was made by 'the Pittsburg Steel company. Shipments ,of all un . filled. , orders, beginning today, will be invoiced at the new quotations. The Republic Iron & Steel company at Youngstown has reduced the price of sheets to .03 cents for - blue annealed, 4.85 cents for black and 6.20 cents for galvanised all base gauges., Another '.Independent maker is quoting black sheets at 5.50 cents, sand and galvanized at 7 cents. The Trumbull Steel company has reduced tinplate to -$J per base box, the price maintained by the American Shoet & Tinplate company, U. S. Steel subsidiary. A VI IMS - ' . . - - i - - -? . . l UJf t VJllL. VUCl IU Make All toyland has yielded its meas ure to the big boxes that hold the playthings The Journal has acquired 5 as awards ,n its great "dime-a-line". Christmas advertising offer,- through i which every person who submits on f Thursday or Friday a 'classified ad ... to run In The Sunday Journal will be ; given a. toy. . ' There's a glad and glittering array of clever jtttle devices to amuse the kiddies and brighten their Christmas tree r there are twinkling HUle gifts to -pad the t stocking at the mantlepiece, shrill horns . to rouse the household on Christmas morning, sturdy little drums tc carry the rat-a-tat-to of that happy ! day in merry memory throughout the years. 4008 .TOTS' DAZZLE ' Great American toymakers have lined up 4000. toys for the selection of those who use a'The Journal's "dime-a-line" columns on Sunday, submitting and pay ing for,; their advertisements on Thurs day or Friday.;.: There Is. In the big collection, a wide variety of toys, from marbles to dolls and - from horns to buiidirtg blocks. f Tor 6ie convenience of patrons of the Classified pages the Christmas toys have been made . available, not - only- at The Journal wffice, but at the Owl Drug Barkentine Is Seized by U. S. On Charge of Bringing Opium , Seizure of the .barkentine Hawaii was made this. morning by Collector of Customs Will II. Moore at the; request of Assistant United States Attorney Charles W. Reames. who was acting under the advice of At torney General Palmer. The vessel, which is said to be valued at $70, 000, haa been "libeled, and a. deputy United States marshal was placed on board to see that she does not leave port and hat nothing is removed from her decks, t Reames alleges that Captain V. It Aeidius. as captain and master of th steamer, knowingly allowed about (inn worth of onium to be sraugclSa into this country. The offense is. classed as a felony and carries a penalty, of five years imprisonment and a $2000 fine on each count. Five charges are lodged against Agidius, so his maximum, pun- alty. if found guilty, would be 20 years in prison and a S10.000 fine. : ! Brown t McCabe, local stevedores, telephoned Reames after the ship had been seized and volunteered the informa tion that he vessel is owned by Mayor Ralph of San Francisco and threatened Pveames with "going over his head" if he did not : release the vessel.- Reames said he was told that ' Mayor Roiph would take the matter up . with Wash ington and have the "boat released at once;; - " .V. ' - Reames said he had found it neces sary to seize the boat because he was 'unable " to net anv definite information from San Francisco as to the progress t of the case before the United States com- . , i I missioner. . Captain Agidius was arrested in San, Francisco, after he ieft Portland, and' at' first held under $8000 bonds. Id compliance with Reames' request, but he has since been released under $500 bonds. Failure of the San Francisco prosecutor to subpoena witnesses has led Reames to believe pressure may have been brought to bear. Reames has - about $15,000 worth of opium as evidence whith Captain Agidius- is said to have delivered to a local apartment house for the purpose of selling it Agidiys failed to return for his money, Reames said, so the waiting revenue-agents were not able to make an arrest here. . First National Bank Building Bought by Beebes for $70,000 - 1 - . - -" Xb old- First National' bank- bulldlns at the - southeast corner . of First and Washington streets was purchased, this week from the directors of the b&nn Dy Kenneth and - Gerald Beebe for $70,000. The ground floor of the building is oc cupied by the Beebe company and the upper stories are used fdr hotel pur poses. . i v The building' is of stone With a front age of 100 feet on First and 100 feet on Washington. It was erected in 1882 by the First National bank and was the home of the bank .from 183 to 1914. i rpk 4-. HAi-i ' rPrtlrrt Third Sfreet Lease Jensen & Von Herberg, motion picture theatre owners, have closed negotiations for' a lease on jfid by 100 feet of lloor space on the ground floor of the Allsky buildimTj Third and Morrison streets, from, the Rosenberg Coat & Suit com pany, which holds the entire building on a long term' lease. -The space taken, over by the new tenants ha? a frontage of 50 feet on Morrison and a depth of 100 feet, : It will be used for theatre pur poses. - Shop Crews Are to Be Cut 10 Per Cent -Spokane, "Wash., Dec 1. Notices have been posted at the Great Northern shops in Hiljyard, , a suburb of Spokane, an nouncing, a cut of 10 per cent in the shop : crews, effective Monday. About 100 men will be- laid off as -a result of the mrder. , Fifty men in the bridge '-end building department of the Great I Northern were also laid off. Santa Smile company's store and at The JournaVs ether; four wanted .' service stations, here advertisers may submit their copy and make their unrestricted choice of any one f the toys displayed. --. . In ievery home there are a score "of things that might be disposed of through the classified advertisemenAe. ; IXSPICTIOX ISTJTIB y Advertisers and the kiddies," too are invited y The Journal to inspect its displays of Christmas toys either at the office or-at any of the sub stations vUiere advertising will be accepted on exaeuy tr.e same basis as at the home. Bcadf.3 only 4000 toys are available it is .n9!3arv o citiie the toy offer iq iwo aays 1 nursday and. Friday u u me maner or selection of -toys, perforce." the rule - of first come first served will be applied. Throughout Thursday and Friday the toy award will be made to all advertisers-who bring their ads - to -The Journal office or take them to the tnu lowing service station?,v and pay for their insertion wnen copy is submitted: Owl Drug- Co,, , Broadway at Washington streets Sfe Johns Drug company, St. Johns ; KiUingsworth Drug company! KillingBworth and Albina avenues; Mat- tbleu Drug' company. Russell street and Williams avenue ; Forbes Xrugv store, Grand avenue' and East Morrison street BUDGET FOR 0.1CD BY DIRECTORS n Total Amount for Year $4,475,-? 900; When Me-et o .Taxpayers' Present bur Members of Board tq Adopt the Figures. The . budget for maintenance of Portland's sqhoot system for thf en suing year, amounting to $4,475,900,2 or an increase f $i, 203, 900 over t of the 'current year, was adopted by ! four members of the school board at 10 o'clock this morning:. In a meeting devoid of an audience. Not a. taxpayer was pres ent to 'protest, although the meeting had been duly "Advertised so as to permit any( citizen objecting to any item in the budget, to appear before the board. . " Salaries were Increased by $160,095. A total of $2,054,000 was allowed for main tenance .and operation, of which 11,000,- 000 goes' to buildings and grounds and $95,400 for a sinking fund. The; 2 TniH levy authorized at the May election will provide ';658,000, the county school'funji 583.000 and the state school fund $114,000; special levy of 6.5 mills. $2,054,000 ; delinquent taxes, $40,000; tui- tion, IJO.Od; special levy authorized June 19, S915.000 ri ri. DirecCor George Bt Thomas was the only .member ofJhe board not present. The board f plowing the adoption of the budget, transacted 'the Usual busi ness of its regular meeting and will hold no meeting on Thursday. Condemnation proceedings win be in stituted against- the property owned by W. A. CadWell, adjojning .the Fernwood school.; following the . refusal by the owner to accept the assessed valuation plus 50 per cent. This is in accord wfth a recent policy adopted-T)y the board. The board voted to purchase a strip of lana on , eitner side ot Franklin high school so as to. make the grounds more uniform. - - ; ' : . . Resignations': were accepted from Helert E. Judge of jllawthorne and E. :B. Stanley of the High School of Commerce. IS INAUGURATED Mexico City, Dec.; 1 f ( 1 a. m. ) (I.. N. S.) General J Alyaro,Obregori was inaugurated president of 31ex ico at midnight .The ceremony was simple and ' consisted in . administer ing , the 6ath of office. There were no speeches. The whole diplomatic corps was represented. .V A .large number of Anvericans.-including the governors of three states, wit nessed the Ceremonies.- There are more Americans in the .capital . today than at any other time in 10 years. The city is in gala attire .with flags and bunting. Business was suspended to give every one a holiday. .. There was a big display of fireworks beginning before midnight and the principal streets and buildings were illuminated. General Calles, former minister of war, will be chief of the new cabinet. Senor De La Huerta consented toj ac cept the- post of minister of the treasury. Farmers -Use Guns Without Casualties Hoseburg, Dec. . Sheriff George Quine' was called to Myrtle Creek to in vestigate a shooting affair between two farmers of the Myrtle Creek vicinity, named McGovern ' and! Johnson, who could not agree over a line fence. The two men had. a heated argument oyer the proper place for the location of the fence, Several shots were fired on both sides, according to. the. report sent in to the sheriff's office, but all went wild. Indict Steel Men on Conspiracy Charge Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 1. tL K. S.)--The federal grand jury today voted an in dictment against Herbert Dupuy, former, president and chairman of the board of directors of the Crucible Steel Company of America, antf George A. Turville, termer vice president and secretary treasurer of the company, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the Unitefi States government' out of income and excess profits taxes. , , Proposed Increase iQgTuel Suspended; , Washington. Decr-4,--(WASHIN6 TON BUREAU OF THE OUR,AL.) The Interstate : Commerce Commission has suspended until March 31 the pro posed increased railroad "rates on fuel, pulp wood and wood bolts between points in the Pacific- Northwest- A typical example is '-the ' proposed increase- on eordwood : from Portland to Dayton, Wash., from 53.90 to $4.69. ' Italy Is SJaig?ing FiiLmeayReport GENERAL OBREGON Milan,, Italy, Dec. J.L N.. S.) The Italian government has established a blockade rover Fiume, . No s&pplies may be sent into the city and it is planned .o starve Gahriele DAnnunxio and his trooos into submlson. s . " ...... Si.-- " - , ., . v.. a V " - New Shipping Board Members -"worn In; Then Meet at Once Washington,. Dec 1. -(WASH- INGTON BUREAU OF TUB JOUR NAL.) With no ceremony, aside from a small gathering that assemV bled to see them take the oath of office, seven member of the new shipping board took up their duties this morning. .' The two Pacific coast members, Joseph N. Teal.of Oregon and Chester H. Rowell of California, have never before held public office,, though Mr. Teal has, sev eral tlmes'decllned high positions offered him and Mr. Rowell was once candidate for United States senator. After facing a battery of cameras, Chaftma'n Benson immediately called the new board into session which. It was expected, would ' determine ! the special duties of each member. Benson will be chairman by designation of the president and Goff of Wisconsin wiU assume direc tion of legal matters. TMSTfOFEEI FROM Sacramento, CaU Dec. 1. (U: P.) Declared' to be the first time the feat has been accomplished, a ca det in an a'irplane 5000 feet ". above Mather fieTd, talked with, those .on the' ground today. The talking was done with the' use of a magnavox, under the direction of Lieutenant E.' Metca. ;'. f" ' !'?'';- m The magnavox -was placed on the wing of the airplane and the ca det's voice could be heard for miles around. - i'V Miners Will Not' Agree to Wage Cut, Says Union Leader 'Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1j-(I. N. S.V "Under no circumstances" Will the Unit ed Mlneworkers of America "permit Mi reduction In the wages or the mine workers of the country," John Jj.:Lewis, international president of; the miners' union, is quoted as declaring in a lead- ine editorial in the December 1 issue of the United Mlneworkers' Journal. ."There is not going to be any return to pre-war wages or conditions. Any re duction in wages is an economic mis take. It never produces any good re- suit. What the mineworkers have today we are going to hold and we propose to continue to make progress instead of go ing backward.". ! Thus auotingr the union leader, the editorial kbvs: ' "There is' the policy of the United Mineworkers. It i stated 'in plain words, so that it may be understood by anyone." ; ". Farming Measures ; To Get Advantage ; - Of Early Hearings Washington, Dec. . 2. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE, JOURNAL. ) Representative Sinnott has obtained i promise from - Representative ; Mondell, majority leader 'in the ihouse, that the ways and means committee shall give early consideration to the .possibility of emergency; legislation for the . farming sections of the great west, particularly the wheat- farmers and, wool growers, who are held to be seriously .threatened by 'present prices. '. ' Mondell said that farmers in his state, Wyoming,: are making the ' same com plaint reported by Sinnott from Eastern Oregon, 4o the effect that they .are of fered less (or their crops than the cost of production, and that If loans .should be called when due there will be wide spread distress. He is somewhat doubt ful whether anything can be dene at the coming session., however. . : v Sinnott is conferring with other West ern members as they arrive and it is ex pected that, a meeting 'will be held later on whan .anlan of notinn will lw iwin. sidered. ' wo More Japanese Sailors , Get Away From Vessel in Port Japanese population of Portland was increased by two when K. Wakita and Z. Sewaki deserted tfe British steamer Forst Tuesday. : Nearly every Japanese steamer com ing Into Portland has two or three de- United States immigration service. -. This is a result of the Lafollette-seaman act, says' Bo,nham, which, while bettering the condition of American seamen.- serves to make United States .ports a center for deserting foreien . seamen. Rescue Society Car . Is Found in Ditch . Salem, Der., 1 A badly damagpd au tomobile belonging to the Pacific Coast Retoue and Protective society of Port land was found in a ditch at the side of the Southern Pacific tracks just north of Salem, Tuesday. A woman's coat was found in the' demolished tonneao of the car but the police harve been, unable to locate any of the occupants of the -machine or to explain the. cause of the ac cident . AUSTRIA IS ADWIITTED BY LEAGUE irst of Central Powers to Be Taken in Gets Unanimous Vote of Membership Committee; Cecil Welcomes Wilson's Aid. By Newton C. Parke Geneva, pec. 1. (I. N. S.) The League cf Nations committee on applications for membership today voted unanimously to admit Austria to the league. . Austria thus becomes the first member among the former enemies of the "allies. - . . Lord Robert CeciL representative of South Africa, declared that President Wilson's acceptance of the invitation to act u mediator between Turkey and Ar menia - raised hopes that . the situation will soon be cleared; ' . - "It is not yet certain, however, that Mustapha. Kemal -t Pasha, leader of the Turkish nationalists, will accept Presi dent Wilson," continued Lord Robert Cecil. "Therefore committee work for conciliation in the Near East will, be continued.' The council has instructed the allied commissioners at Constantinople to re port' on the best means of communicat ing . with Mustapha. Kemal Pasha for preliminary, negotiations in President Wilson's mediation. ' ANTI-SEO ARMY ON Copenhagen, Dec. 1. (I. N. S.) General ' Petlura's anti-Bolshevik army in Ukrainian has been shattered after a battle lasting 13 days, ac cording to a ) telegram from Petro- grad today quoting a 'Petrograd newspaper. The' Russian Reds were reported to have captured - 12,000 prisoners from General Petlura, as well as. much booty. Federal Revenue i In November Gains $24,000,000 Washington, Dev . tL N. S.)-Gov- ernment revenues, mainly from income and profit taxes, have reached $2,014, 000,000 for the first five -months' period of the fiscal year. This is 1 113.000.000 less, than totals for the same period in 1919, 'Secretary Houston was informed today. More-than Xl.000.000,000 is expected- to be added by collections this month on the, last installment of the in come taxes, based upon, returns for earnings last year... ,These revenues are payable December IS. Receipts1 for November - totalling $764,- 000,000 are about ,124,000,000 in . excess of receipts for November last year. ' Reduced imports caused' sharp de creases in customs due during Novem ber, but for -the five nionths ,up to De cember J, such revenufB were ahead of the corresponding' perifod last year by $12,000,000. i ; Sacramento Discards Commission Form For City Manager Sacramento. ' Cat,' Dec. U. P.) Official totals compiled early today showed that Sacramento's special election- yesterday voted 5 to 1 to discard the, commission form of municipal gov ernment and to adopt a city manager charter. . .- The vote was: Tes, 7962 ; no, 1587. Proportional representation,, a system of voting n UBe in only two American, cities, was a feature of the, new char ter, which is patterned after the mo&tl charter of-the National Municipal league. Puhlic Funds to Aid North Dakota Banks Fargo, N. D.. Dec. l.(U. P.) Cus todians of public funds in North' Dakota today planned to go to the aid of banks in the state, facing , a critical situation because.' of lack of moriey and heavy withdrawals. Sixteen smaller banks have already closed their doors.' RUN IN UKRAINiA Dally' Editorial Digest The Daily Editorial Digest,' a new and valuable feature, makes its Initial appearance on the edi torial page of The Journal today. Each day a given topic, recently receiving prominent mention in the news columns., is. selected and all' phases of editorial comment concerning : it from representa tive ... newspapers all over the country, are presented' in con-' nected form. - '.' ' In this manner the reader gets at a glance the varying shades of nation-wide opinion of the. given subject. This 'digest' of , comment on" current events trill I be supplemented from time to ; time : by views of the foreign ;-presr on -subjects of . moment abroad., . ; . ', .'.-- ', - . . I " PRESIDENT OF -ARMENIA f HANNES KADJAZNUNI, 62 years old and first president lj of the Republica of Armenia, who is now fighting with the Armenian army as a private in the, trenches on the AJex andropol front. President Wilson ' has offered to mediate ibe tween Armenia and the Turks in the hope of preventing further bloodshed. ' - - v s ; . i I ; , , : ; - . : i i wimijuiijM ' ' .JJlHlkL 'j S t f - r r , 1 tr-rrrr i v - ? ' J 1 ir , v r ';l I1 I t '.. -'-J ali j j wSSm mi toko -.-.,-- ' . . ... : v ,:,. -' By A, K. Johnson : it'nlttd News Staff. rorrespondnt) . Geneva, ' Dec. 1. The American note to Great Britain dealing with the question of mandates has been warmly greeted by representatives of neutral countries now in the League of Nations, bat denied, man dates because of the fact that jail allocations so far have been to allied powers. ,' .-. ' ' , One of the league mandatory officials declared to the United News that' action of the United ' States, was extremely timely and would greatly 'strengthen the delegates who are seeking to air their view of the authority exercised ' by the supreme council in allocating. the arbi tration of the formertGerman colonies The league council i now between two fires on the mandate question, the league 1 assembly demanding to know why It did not asseff its ' prerogatives under Article XXII of the covenant while, on the other hand the supreme council com posed pf the allied premiers maintains the allocation of mandates is not within the jurisdiction of the league council.'; A member of the mandate section -of the league declared: i ---' '.-. "Theoretically, the allocation of man dates is under the supreme council, but as soon as the colonies are allocated, a table of allocations must' be submitted to,the league. If it . Is approved, ' then the question passes out of the bands of the supreme council .forever. - So long as the mandates are" in the hands Of the entente, America is justified in inter vening. as she did in the Colby note, but as soon as they pass Into control of .the league' council, then '.America must be come a member of the league to protest." Spain to Export Coal In 191, Say Experts Madrid. The government, decided to push forward the work of electrifying the railway line between Panecia Gijon.. . This. line,, when .completed, w-lll provide transportation for the coal pro duced in the Asturias, region. " Kxperts estimate coal production in Spain during the coming year will amount to 10.500,-' 000 tons, as compareUwith ; the usual 7,000,000 or 8.000.000 tons. I The country, it is declared, will be able to export coal instead of importing- supplies for the steamship lines and railroads.: Hooper Is Mentioned: For State Bank Post Salem, Dec. 1. -The name of Marshall Hoopem first assisunt state bank ex aminer, is being prominently mentioned in state .house circles as a possible suc cessor a Will H, Bennett, state super. intendent of bank whose resignation becomes effective tne lastiof this month. Hooper has been a- member of . the de partment for two years and was former ly .- in - the 1 banking - business - at .Grants Paas, - - , w 7 , t Dallas, Texas, Dec, .1. (U. P,)- Clara Smith, alleged slayer of Jake llamon, 'oil . magnate and - political leader, has fled to Mexico, 100 miles south .of El. Paso, according to statements made by a chauffeur in an interview today. . r - ''The chauffeur, whose name Is - with held at the request 'of the police. -. said the woman spent several hours in .Dallas Tuesday" and, tried to engage an air plane to take her to El Paso, When she was unsuccessful, the chauffeur - said, Bhe hired a Dallas taxi to take her to Cisco Tuesday night. , v v.i; ?.;? ' Ardmore,Okla. Dec. 1. (IT.. S.)--The fear that she -might be apprehended was so great that Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, the beautiful '- secretary , "of Jake 1 Hamon,-Republican national committee man, exposed her method of escape by the very elaborateness with which she sought to conceal It- The woman,' ac companied ,by her. sister and by a "red- haired man," motored out - of Ardmore the' evenlnrr of November 22. the day after the millionaire politician, was- shot in one of the adjoining) rooms she and be occupied in the Randol hotel here. ' With something like . $ld,00O in f her handbag and, equipped with a . pair of automatic pistols, she bounded over the night roads of Oklahoma 6S miles, ar riving late in the town of Durant. ' Here the "red-haired man", left her. She and her sister, Mrs.:V. D. Welling, of Wilson. Okla , registered at the At wood .hotel. The fugitive put her name on the register-as rMrsjioe-Tucker." A week ago today the woman drove from Durant in the motor car of Tone George Miller. Her sister bad returned to her Wilson home., Mrs. Hamon was taking up her flight alone." 5 J These . facts became - known today, in spite of the most profound. efforts, Biade to hide every element of her escapes ' It became known today ' that before Mrs. Hamon, ; the secretary.' - fled if rom Ardmore she visited the man she Is ac cused, of shooting, shortly before Mon-f day rioon of the day she disappeared., ' What Ipassed during .; thia faref"at visit, cankiot be ascertained.. As a mat ter of fact, H would be difficult today to find anyone willing to swear that the woman visited ' the dyinr man. But County Prosecutor Rrown has Informa tion given oeiore m strange censorsnip was placed upon all citizens who had knowledge of the case, that the visit oc curred.. Syndicalists Slay ' i; Spanish Senator Madrid. 'Dec ltl. S. ) Senator LayreUi aj member of the Spanish cham ber of deputies, has been assassinated by Syndicalists in Catalonia, according to a dispatch from Barcelona today. :' ! - ,. m i .1. i ' ii Z,J' French fiesumptioii . '. Pleases Catholics : Paris. Dec 1. IV. P. ) Resumption of relations 'with- the Vatican was- hailed Jubilantly, today by . the Catholic press. Other papers refrained frem, comment. " '" - '' '' "' '' Chairnanship Found Sinecure; to : Advise. That Attorney Generaf FiTJt Place; Old Row to Break Forth A.gam in Legislature. ! E. V. Carter ot Ashland, . chair man .of the state -fish and game com mission, has. tendered Ms rslgnatiop to take effect not later(than De cember IS, 4he time set for the next meeting of the' commission. Inv Port land. He will at that time, it la understood, recommend That his po sition, as now constituted, be abol ished. , f Carter, who has been elected as a rep resentative .of Jackson county In ;th coming legislature,, has tendered his resignation because he believes. It, would" not ne advisable for him to serve during, the session before . which tha fish an.i -Kama controversy will be once more threshed out, while at the same time " holding the position of -chairman of- the commission. - ' POSITION USELESS" , , Back of Carter's resignation Is thl belief, however, 'that the posillon vt chairman, or arbitrator, of the present commission- la a 'ffifth wheel" position in the. main. Under the law the chair man Is elected by I the two segmenU of the commission as at present constltated--r the one representing' the- commercial and the other- the sportsmen's interest: The chairman is required to preside over the meetings of the commission, but has no vote except on- disputed questions of ppllcy or administration. -- : In the conduct i of the commission's" affairs the section of the commission representing the commercial Interests has one vote whiU the sportsmen's side of the meeting has lone vote. When there" is a division the chairman casta the da ciding vote.. . , , ' . Since Carter became chairman, fol lowing the special session of the lexis- I he has made , repeated trips from Ash- land to Portland to attend commission i meetings, but he has not been called upon to cast a deciding vote In many Instances, if at all ? .- Because of this condition it is undert stood that Carter (has come to the con-, elusion that the position of an elected chairman and arbitrator as now , pre (Cootlnutd ea Two. Coloina On). London,. Dec. ,1,(1. N, sfi.)f Professor MacNeill.1 former head of the Irlsk volunteers, was rearrested In Dublin today, according to a dis patch just-received from that city. " i.MacNetll was first arrested four days ago at the same time Arthur Griffith. - acting "president of the '"republic of Ire land," was taken jinto custody, but was released by the British authorities yes--terday . ' -J -- j- -: : ; ; ' , The Victoria building, one of the big gest buildings . in Cork, was set afire following a bomb explosion today and -was partly destroyed by tl.s lames.- . jDOUXTESS, 6IXN FEIN LEADER, ' FACES TRIAL FOlt ; SEDITION' .Dublin. Dec. J-I. N. S.) Countess Markiewca,; prominent" Sinn Jein leader, who was elected to parliamentTbut ho -refused to take Iher seat, will he ar raigned before a court martial tomorrow charged with sedition, it was announced y Dublin Castle. ,t y " One man was killed and another fa- , tally wounded in a "black and tan" raid ' on Ardee in County Louth, early today. John O. Carroll, Who was arrested, was , shot in the back and his condition is critical. ' The boy of Patrick Tierney was found on an ash heap riddled with " bulleta . '. , , PROF. IVIAChEILL IS REARRESTED - Department Store Fired , Cork. Dec. JL I. ft. S.)--The O'Gfr- ; mon department store, one of the Urc est stores in Cork, was burned - today. . The fire brigade, refused, to respond In the alarm until armed policemen gave' them protection. - . Former Kaiserin'r Death Is Reporter , ' ' . . . Paris, Dec N. S X--An uncon firmed report was received from Doom this afternoon that tha former German empress is dead, . "f An eariler cablegram to the Interna tlonaf News ' Service from Doom ported that the es-kaisertn had rallied. Boy Enters Dayton Mayoralty ; Contest ; 4" Jt,v v '' . 1 'i f' f -'-'-1-' :- . . Dayton, Washi.. Dec. 11 Lloyd t. : ards, son of .Ii J. Edwards, Dayton's , ' largest retail merchant, has announced ; bis candidacy 'for mayor, in'-oppoaltlon . ;l to Homer Samuel, "who Was nominated: in the primaries. This is; Edwards firs year out of cohege. . Man Hurled Through Car Top ! Little Hurt Iewlston. .Idaho. , Dec. ' J. Thrown ' through the top of a car-p leet 'Into the air and, escaping with only minor In- i ' juriea was the experienceiof Blaine Hun- su' zeil of Lewlstont, when t(he far plunrJ over Waha grade a distance of 200 f 1 - - J