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CITY EDITION The World in Picture i ' Pictorial new of the world showing the ' out-of-the-ordinary things in life or the , doings of prominent people, fill an entire page of the Magazine Section of The Sun THE WEATHER Tonight and Saturday, x rain ; increasing southerly winds. Minimum temperatures -Thursday : Portland ....... 45 New Orleans. . .. 6ft. Focatello 82 New York...,.,. 34 Ia Angeles.... 60 St. Paul ........ 36 day Journal. . .- Tfr 'vtV ; Olft - Entered u Second ClaM Matter V UJLr. AlA. WU. JU. Poatoffiee. Portland. Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3. 1920. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS OM TRAIN AND NtWI STANDS ril CCNTf II -.III! I X. I I' ll VI I V I 11 II: I w II II I 1 V ' I -v I II I 1 I I I K. I I I IV .. Ill l"M4 t-mt I ; . '. . , II " i ---,'.. ' H '-7 yo' wtro" " After Conference of Republican Leaders, "Gentleman's Agree ment" Is Formed Not to Break lntosPresent Senatorial Group. By George R. Holmes Washington. Dec. 3. (I. N. S.) Out of a ecrles of conferences which Marry M. Daugherty, political men tor to President-elect Harding, has had with Republican leaders in Washington, it developed today that a numfber . of Republican senators .hay entered into what practical ly amounts' to a "gentleman's agree ment" not to enter the Harding cab inet after March 4. This move has been taken riot because V cabinet portfolios were unattractive, bu because nearly all the powerful and in fluential Republican members of the senate have at some time or other been reported as leaving the Hill for the other end of Pennsylvania avenue. This was particularly ajarming to Senator Henry V. Cabot Lodge, the G. O. P. leader in the senate,, and he, according to reports, gathered about him some of the most ' prominently mentioned and pointed out that the senate should receive their pri mary consideration. , '- Senator Lddge's statement expressing the "hope" that Senator Harry S. New of Indiana would continue in the senate, was .the direct result -of these confer ja a reauii ui inese conferences, mere remained today only one Republican senator who could be considered of more than passing , prominence for cabinet honors.. This is Knox of "Pennsylvania. 'Whether he 'will Join .his senatorial col-. . leagues in voluntarily eliminating him . self from consideration remains to be seen. - Harry M. Daugherty has a con ference scheduled with the Pennsylvania senator today. . . - Of all th names of cabinet possibili ties that have been 'mentioned since November 2, there are only 'two which ore considered in Washington .virtually rertaln of appointment. ' These are ex Senator Ueorge W. Sutherland of Utah and ex-Senator John W. Weeks of Mas sachusetts. ' 9 ' 4 Daugherty will leave Washington to night for Norfolk where he wlU'meer Senator Harding on his arrival from Panama. Edward B. McLean and Sen ator Davis Elkins of West Virginia also villi go to the port to welcome the Handing party.' USMvlTEDTO Washington, Dec. 3. (U. P.) An invitation from the League of Nations for United States' participa tion in deliberations on disarmament was received at the state department t,oda . . ?. The message of Paul Hymans, . presi dent of the League of Nations assembly, replying to President Wilson's accept anre of the invitation to mediate be tween the Turkish Rationalists and Ar menians, was received i-t the White House today. Secretary Tumulty . at once took the reply to President Wilson. Pauline Frederick, Film Star, Called In Liquor Inquiry Los Angeles, Dec 3. (I. N. S.) A re ; port' that Pauline Frederick, motion pic ture actress, was among witnesses sum moned to appear before the federal gra'nd jury in connection 'with its probe of the whiskey ring and sacramental ' wine scandals was a development to day in connection with the federal gov ernment's impending Indictments. . Miss Frederick was said to be one of a considerable number o,f prominent mo tion picture people who werelikely to be 1 questioned by. the federal inquisitors. : ' ITried to Quit' 91 -Diary Reveals It'epTriBlit. 120. Chieaco Hrrald and Eumioer) tCupyrieht, JK20, by the Illinois Publishing frlnbiig ;o. i-lubiihn of the Chicago - : Herald and ..-Examiner. ) Kepriattd by Special Permission of the Chicago Herald and Examiner) Chicago, Dec. 3. (I. N. S.) Re vealing the' secrets of a tortured soul, long pursued and finally trapped by "the Colonel." who "she alternately terms tlje "demon" and the "living devil' the diary of Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, alleged slayer of Jake L. Hamon, multi-millionaire politician and oil magnate, became public here today.. The diary was found in the truntts be-; longing to Mrs. Hamon which were shipped here from Ardmore, Okla.f after the shooting of Hamon. 'In the form of a marf there was a demon (often referred to as 'the colonel') who tried to terrorize me," Bays the diary, "and although my life hung by a slender thread 1 did not show the slightest weakness and should D SA1AM N A K Restaurants Are Cutting Prices; "Ham and" and Pies Are Down - - - - Pre-war prices are actually begin ning to show; themselves in some lines of foodstuffs and there is still hope for the consider. Those that are forced to eat away from home have especial cause for rejoicing. For the holiday season is pre senting them with cheaper meals. . Five cent cuts of pie have actually replaced the former 10 cent price in some of the downtown places, and others re port that they will soon follow. One eating house at a downtown center announces a cut of 10 cents in egg orders with two big eggs in any style for the small sum of 15 cents. No, the world is not coming to an end. It is simply a confirmation of the fact that the pul lets are laying, eggs are cheaper and some of the .restaurants and cafeterias have decided that the public would eat more if prices responded to the changing! , Just imagine an order of "ham and" for a' quarter. It .can scarcely be be lieved, but one cafeteria has started the movement and It's a good one, so let it expand. A dish of prunes has heretofore cost 10 cents in the popular priced eating places, 'but now it as been &t to a nickel. ' .. The housewife is by no means for gotten. Could one imagine washing soap of 5 cents a bar ragain? And it's a full 7 ounce bar, too, of yellow stock. White soap is dropping, but it has not yet reached the nickel mark. NOTGUILTY'SAYS SLAYER OF BRIDE Thomas Lotisso, charged with the murder of his, English war bride, Tessie Lotisso, on Alder street early Monday morning, pleaded not guilty before Presiding Judge Tazweil this afternoon, a Albert B. Ferrera, hiS attorney, was granted five days in. which to prepare for trial, date for which has not yet been set. Charging that Barney Lotisso had been influenced by . s Miss Winnifred Springer, a teacher. ,. to apply for an Insanity- hearing for his v son. Thomas Lotisso, Italian Vice Consul A. E. Fer rera obtained from, Presiding Judge Tazwell this morning an order post- 1 ponlng the mental examination pro posed, for the . accused slayer. Miss Springer won some publicity Thanksgiving .day when she espoused the cause, of a young man who was thrown out of a soft drink parlor, posted bay for him and acted as hostess for the youth's Thanksgiving dinner. Ferrera declared that examination as to Lotisso's sanity would compromise his constitutional rights in defense. The court held the same view and or dered abandonment of the lunacy hear ing. . V Bramwell Successor To Will H. Bennett Salem. Dec. 3. Kratik C. Brarmfcell. for four years cashier of the Grants Pass Bank & Trust company, has been ap pointed state superintendent ,of -banks, succeeding Will H. Bennett, who re signed, effective December 31, to be come affiliated with a Pendleton bank. The appointment was tentatively made by the state banking board Monday and was approved Friday by telegram by Governor Olcott.- who is In the East. Bramwell 'was formerly receiver of the United States land office at La Grande. He will take up his new duties January L Severely Hurt When Struck by an Auto Herbert R. Beckwith, 1120 East Broad way, suffered severe laceration to the head and concussion of the brain this morning when he was knocked down by an auto driven by H. C. Coffin, 384 East Forty-first street, at First and Burnslde streets. Coffin was driving about 10 miles an hour following a streetcar, he reported, wb.en Beckwith darted out from tne euro. tsecKwitn was taken to St. Yincents hospital. - Clara Hamon Tortured Soul 3 I be found stabbed or choked or beaten to death I want the world to know. J madef a clean fight for my rights and that -1 have never been a coward or a flfteak or guilty of unfair play." "I TRIED TO QlIT" "Some years ago I tried to quit V- before all my dreams of life's golden treasure were shattered but he would not let me. . "I swear here before the All-Knowing God that I would never have become his sweetheart if he had not told again and again that he was going to get his divorce anyway and promised faithfully tfc- marry me. He held out every possible alluring picture for a wonderful future until he had me in a net from which I could not extricate my self. "The oil of his soul that fed the.flame of desire for cruelty must exhaust It self and I waa doomed to be the victim. , "I can hear the public say,- Those who brutally murder are worse,' but 1 dont believe God thinks so, for he would have murdered me physically besides (Concluded on Page Three. Column Four.) "SHORTS ARE 1 ' ' -. ; HIT HARD BY Exporters- Unable to Buy Grain to Fill Orders Sold on Old Price Basis; 2 Cargoes to Go to Germany; Farmers Stand Pat By Hyman II. Cohen Fully 5,000,000 bushels of wheat have been Recently sold most of It on short sales by Portland firms, and perhaps 4,000,000 bushels are said to have been sold in the same manner for Puget Sound loading. Bids for wheat were advanced approx imately 10 cents a bushel on the Port land Merchants Exchange today for the leading varieties. This is a total rise of 20 cents a bushel over the low point reached November 26. At least 12 steamers are to leave Port land for Europe with wheat within the nextmonth or six weeks: But little of this grain has as yet been purchased by the sellers. Two of the cargoes reported sold by local interests are to go to Ger many.' Efforts to secure exact figures on total short sales of wheat by Portland exporters have proved futile the minute anyone refers to short sales the seller shuts up like a clam. Moo.eoe bushels sold It is known, however, that at least 5.000,000 bushels have been sold here for shipment within the time specified and export interests are besieging the coun try to sell supplies in order to fill these vessels with actual wheat instead of the "paper" grain they hold. 3 Canadian farmers have stopped sell ing wheat, and efforts to get grain from there to fill short sales are unavailing. Portland is not the only place where ex port .sales are made short, for reports here during the day indicate that four or five steamer cargoes were sold at gulf ports. . ' FARMERS STAND PAT With cash wheat higher in the face of recent attempts to bear the market by lowering options, farmers have taken heart and the result is they are going to make the r short seller pay dearly for every bushel he secures hereafter, : Another effort s . made to ' force prices artificially lower here by spring ing a story alleging that Europe -is filled wiU wheat. The fact that cargoes -are beipg purchased here practically every day contradicts that report. On the Friday bulletin of the Portland Merchants' Exchange the following spe cial information to wheat men is given : 'The German food commissioner says tWft the deficit of wheat in that country iS 72,000,000 bushels." r. BEING SETTLED Fort WTorth, Texas, Dec. 3. (I. K. S.) Frank L. Ketch of Ardmore, administrator for the estate of Jake L. Hamon, late financier, of Oakla h'oma, was to. spend today in Ran ger, Dallas and Breckenridge. He told newspaper men" here early to day that he was settling the financier's large oil interests in this vicinity. He de nied his presence here had anything to do with the search for Mrs. Clara. Smith Hamon. ;4 POLICE INVADE MEXICO OX TRAIIOF MRS. CLARA HAMON Ardmore. Okla.. Dec. 3. (U. P.) Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, protege and former lican. national committeeman and mil lionaire oil man in connection with whose death she is being sought by police, has crossed the border into Juarez, Mexico, according to reports here today. These reports, originating with police in Jua.rez, said immigration officers at El Paso. Texas, saw a person fitting the missing woman's description cross into Juarez. . Simultaneous with the report that Mrs.- Hamon was In Juarez, several of Hamon's friends departed from Ardmore today.' Sheriff Bob Garrett also had mysteriously disappeared. County .Prosecutor Russell Brown, who has pushed, the hunt for the miss ,ing woman, made another mysterious trip out of town today. It was reported he had gone to Texas. Before his de parture. Brown announced he would pre fer m charge of murder against Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon as soon as she is apprehended. Brown claimed he had found additional evidence against Mrs. Hamon. - U. S. Gunboats Make Dash- for Chinese City Held by Troops Shanghai, Dec 1. (Delayed.) (U. P.) -America and British gunboats were speeding today to the city of Ichang, on the Yangtsze river, which was captured Monday by, mutinous Chinese troops. . The city is being burned and looted, according to advices reaching here. About 100 foreigners are numbered in the population of '40,000. It .was be lieved here their lives were not in dan ger. , The property loss is reported heavy. Pope Asks Fund for Destitute Children Rome, Dec 3. (I. N. S.) Pope Bene dict XV is issuing a world-wide appeal for collection of funds', food and clothing on December 12 for the destitute chil dren of Central Europe, it was learned at the Vatican today.' RISE IN WHEAT Mm INTERESTS Total Taxable Value in State Passes Billion For First Time Salem,' Or., Dec. 3. For the first time In the history of the state the total value of taxable property has passed the billion dollar mark. ) i A summary, prepared by F. K. Lovell, state tax commissioner, shows the itotal value of taxable property in the state, in cluding that equalized by the county board of equalisation and that equalised and apportioned by the state tax com mission, to be 11,040,839,049.12. This is an Increase of $50,403,576.95 over the assessed value of the state for last year, when the total was $990,435, 472.17, ; Privately owned property, as assessed by the various counties, is valued at $917,011,248.83. The balance of the total. $123,827,800.29, is represented by assess ments against public service corporations as fixed by the state tax commission. STATE HOSPITAL . The imperative need of a general hospital supported by the state and operated lti conjunction with the University of Oregon medical school, and in which the people of the state can have medical treatment at state expense if they be in need, ' with especial emphasis on the care of sick and crippled children, is x'oiced, by Dr. Richard B. Dillehunt, de.an of the University of Oregon medical school, who returned to Portland to day after an extensive tour of East ern medical centers. Dr. Dillehunt went East in October in company with President P. L. Camp bell and D.r. Harry B. Torrey of the University of Oregon. President Camp bell returned some days ago and Dr. Torrey is still in the East. Dr. Dillehunt was especially impressed with the state owned hospital which is conducted In connection: with the Uni versity of Iowa medical school at Iowa City, one valuable feature of which Is a j psychopathic hospital for the itreat meni of mental ailments. - Institutions at Boston' and Baltimore that specialise in the care , ft children also .were . closely 1 -StfMHd,j-.'-fiif''-ii 'Healer1 Taken for; Non-Support; False Divorce Is Alleged On the charge of non-suppori, pre ferred by Mrs. Westwood, the Rev. Charles J. Westwood was arrested Thursday night at the home of. the Rev. John Gv Lake, leader of a miraculous healing cult, 32 Fast Sixty-ninth street. He remained in jail until Dr. Lake post ed $500 cash bail for'hia release. 1 Mrs. Westwood alleged that her hus band started divorce proceedings Iri Spo kane in 1918, which shecontested, the case being thrown out of court. !Subse quently he disappeared, she alleged, and has since appeared with a fraudulent divorce decree obtained, she said, in Il linois. Westwood is one of the healers at tached to Dr. Lake's staff. Sergeant Ellis Is I Restored to Force With Old Standing ; t Mayor Bfaker ordered the reinstate ment of Police Sergeant Ellis to his previous rating and assignment this morning following a supplementary hearing participated in by Ellis. Chief of Police Jenkins. Deputy City' Attorney Myers and Deputy United States Attor ney Flegel. The effect of this is that Ellis is completely exonerated, from blame for . the recent action of Patrol men Huntington and Russell in allowing a "stool pigeon" to take for sale many quarts of whiskey seized In a liquor raid as compensation for his services in In forming the police of prohibition law violations. Ellis has Just returned from his vaca tion, the original suspension order hav ing been ordered effective Vponi his re turn. Mayor Baker said both Huntington and Russell were hazy, in statements that their superior officer knew of their negotiations with bootleggers and Ellis' unspotted record of 16 years in the de partment should be taken into consider ation. The sergeant thereby loses no prestige or salary as the result of his previous suspension. New Postal Station Opens on West Side An additional classified postofflce sta tion was opened this morning at Twenty seventh and Vaughn streets, located in the - distributing center of Montgomery, Ward & Co. Robert E. Henkle will be the superintendent in charge. He will be assisted by one clerk and four carriers. Direct dispatches of parcel post mail will be made from this station to outgoing trams. - . j Rolling Eail Stock Is Held Sufficient Washington, Dec, 3. (I. N. S.) After more than a year of congestion and shortage of freight car equipment, the car service division ot the American Railway association today reported that in practically every branch of the service the supply of rolling stock now meets the demand. - FAN URGES NEW IE TO ' ..j : Order . of Interstate Commerce Commission Expected to Be . Placed in Effect Within 90 - Days Without Rail Opposition. Without opposition from the rail roads, the order , of the interstate commerce commission deciding the Columbia basin rate case favorably to Portland and Vancouver and the zone south of the Snake river, will go into effect within the 90 days directed by the commission. . Portland, thorwelly convinced of the advantage .gained by this city in the commerce commission's order, is already making plans to gain' for. the grain movement, business generally, industry and shipping,: all the benefits possible under 'the order. That the railroads wifl obey the com, mission's- order in letter and pirit was indicated by W. D. Skinner, traffic man ager of the S., P. & S., and Arthur C Spencer, general counsel of the Union Pacific, this morning. SHIPPERS ARE PREPARED On the other hand, George Lawrence Jr., president of the Portland Traffic and Transportation association ; Charles B. Moores, chairman of the dock com mission ; Max H. Houser, former chair man of the .Port of Portland and large grain shipper; L. A. Lewis, well-known wholesaler., and others, made statements revealing that the fight of years has placed the community in a position of unusual readiness to capitalize the ad vantage over Puget Sound which the order affords. "My personal and unofficial opinion," said ' Traffic Manager Skinner of the S., P. & S., "is that there will be no serious opposition on the part of the railroads to the commission's order. Some mod- (Continued on Pag Two, Column- Three.) F IS CALLED NEED By J. Bart Campbell Washington Dec. 3. (I. N. S.) Democratic and Republican senators anfi representatives from agricultural states will join at the coming ses sion of congress in voting for the re- establishment of the war finance corporation,, it was announced to day. . A bill making it mandatory on the sec retary of the. treasury to place in motion again the machinery of the corporation, suspended by him May 10 last, will be in troduced by Senator Calder (R, K. Y.), chairman of the senate committee on re construction. , h HOCSfOX OPPOSES PLAN ' Opposition to the reestablishment of the war finance corporation) to aid in financing' foreign trade, was voiced by Secretary of the Treasury Houston be fore the house and senate joint agricul tural committees. While Secretary Houston is opposed t'o reestablishment of the corporation and has declined to assume any ' responsi bility for reviving it," It was understood he had Informed senators and represen tatives he would accept the mandate of congress, provided -it assumed full re sponsibility for making the corporation operative again, i.; SITUATION HELD BAD Houston said in his opinion there was no . way to finance agricultural exports because, of the financial situation exist ing between Europe and the tlnited States. "Europe now owes the United States about J14.000.000.000," said Houston. "Our exports are increasing annually, so that this year they -Will total about 18,100,000,000. How Eujope can pay for the exports it is now receiving' or can take more from tfie United States. I don't know." Houston said he had grave doubts that revival of the war finance corporation would t)e effective In relieving the farm ers troubles by increasing foreign trade. Stolen Automobiles Valued at $336,606 Recovered by Police During the year up to December 1, the automobile theft department of the po lice recovered stolen automobiles and accessories valued at $336,606.35. accord ing to an annual report filed with Chief of Police Leo V. Jenkins by Lieutenant Harvey .Thatcher. Fines levied in cases handled by this department total' 314,926. There were 2146 automobiles Investigated and 1152 arrests made.. A total of 317 cars were recovered since April 1, the date that the auto theft department was organ ized. Nunny Kiddle, Bean Off for Road Meet WAR NAN Salem. Or.. Dec. 3. Herbert S. Nunn, state highway engineer, will leave Fri day night for Washington, where he will attend a meeting of public land states on December; 11 and, 12. called for the purpose of furthering the Charri berlain bill for a . continuation of fed eral aid to states in highway construc tion on post roads and forest -projects. Nunn . will be accompanied by E. K. Kiddle of La" Grande, Eastern Oregon representative on the state highway commission, and L. K. Bean of Eugene, state representative fom Lane county. f aSredin willamette , -. i . is Committee Welcomes 12th Divis ion of Pacific Fleet; Rear Admiral Josiah McKean Aboard; Big Football Game Tomorrow. Flying the two-star flag of Rear Admiral Josiah McKean, comman der of the Sixth battleship division of the " Pacific fleet, the destroyer Lamberton, leading the ships of the Twelfth -destroyer division, -composed of the Radford, Breese, Mont gomery. Gamble and Ramsay, ar rived in the Willamette this after noon and berthed below the Broad way bridge. The ships are bringing the band and rooters for the football game with Multnomah club Satur day afternoon. Plans for the arrival of the ships j In cluded accommodations alongside' the North Bank dock at the foot of Four teenth street. The original plan to fuel the ships at the Standard Oil dock at Linnton : as they came up the river has been changed. ' They will come directly to Portland and fuel later. The ships willJ take 250.000 gallons of oil before they sail. . j WILSON IN COMMAND j The Twelfth division Is commanded by Commander James .D. Wilson. The home port of the division is at pan Diego. V j The reception committee, headedi by Mayor Baker, left the Stark street dock at 12 :30 to meet and welcome the ships. The members of the Committee are F. W. Mulkey, C. H. Labbe. J. F. Reisch, Harry Dorman, F. L. Carlton and officers of the Multnomah'' club. Lieutenant Commander Fredericks Elder of the recruiting station, Lieutenant Commander John A. Beckwith of 1 the naval reserves and Lieutenant Harold C. Jones accompanied the committee.' Admiral McKean will occupy a suite of. rooms at the Benson hotel during his stay -in Portland. -': vr a -. XcKEAN HEBE IN lllf Admiral McKean visited Portland" in 1919 as a member - of the board Jthat inspected the proposed naval base i site at Astoria---- - I The revised program for the entertain ment of the men an officers of the fleet follows: . Saturday 1 p. m., parade through the downtown district, led by Rear Admiral McKean, Mayor George L- Baker,! of ficers of fleet and general committee. The navy band of 120 pieces will par ticipate in the parade ; 2 :30, football game at Multnomah field ; 6 :30, informal banquet to officers of the. fleet at the Benson hotel ; banquet to members of team at the Multnomah (hotel; . 8 :30, dance for all members of the fleet at the Multnomah club. - j Sunday 10 a. m., automobile trip up Columbia highway for men of the fleet, luncheon to be served at Multnomah falls ; 11 :30, automobile trip up Colum bia River highway for officers of 5 the fleet, luncheon to be served at Chan ticleer .inn. ' I CITY'S BALANCE I is lira The city's total receipts for Uhe fiscal year ending November j 30 were $17,851,276.05, while the dis bursements were $16,108,940.27, leaving a balance in the city treas ury of $1,742,335.79, according; to City Treasurer Wil'iam Adams' jan nual report, filed -with, the city 'au ditor today. The treasurer's report follows: j City of Port- Receipt THabnriwinenrx land .$13,350,831.39 S13412.SS3.ft6 Commission of . I rmbltc dncka 4,392.008 S3 2.804.826.65 Firemen's relief and pension fund ..... Policemen's re lief and pen sion fund . 57,488 90 SO.OT9.i27 50.971.13 81.67169 Total , 17. SSI. 276. 05 1 6.108.940 27 The commission of public docks, as shown In the treasurer's report, paid into the city treasury $1,537,179.98 In ex cess of the disbursements, for that! de partment, while the firemen's relief tand pension fund disbursements were $22, 613.37 in excess of receipts. The police men's relief and pension fund expenses were only $500.56 below the receipts for the year. . . j . Kansas City Men ! Plan New Sawmill At Kelso, Wash. The Long Bell Lumber company of Kansas City is negotiating for the pur chase of several hundred acres of land at Kelso, Wash., as a site for a sawmill. The company recently bought several thousand acres of timber land in Lewis county, Washington, and plans starting logging operations in the spring. The Kelso mill will be one of the largest on the Pacific coast and will receive its supply of logs from the Long Bell com pany's holdings In that-vicinity. I Milk Drops Cent s j In San Francisco San Francisco, Dec. $.(U, P.) Re tail milk-dealers today announced that the retail price of milk In San Fran cisco will be reduced from 17 to IS 1 cents per quart, effective December it. NEWLY BORN BABE DELAYS TRAIN 1 HOUR T70R 40 minutes the Continental - ". limited, crack train oj, the Union . Pacific, awaited the ar rival of a passenger at Arlington Wednesday evening, which waa the reason for the train being one hour late arriving In Portland Thursday morning, according to train reports. That a limited passenger train should be delayed such a long time for one passenger would in dicate that a railroad president was responsible. But the train report says that the delay was necessary that medical attention might be obtained for a new-born baby, j . An Arlington doctor boarded the train and accompanied the mother and baby tci Portland. No trace of . them could, be found shortly after the car had ' dis charged its passengers. ! NEW SURETY PLAN Banks and other financial institu tions of Portland have solicited the support of City Treasurer William Adams in urging the city council to depart from its .present method "of demanding negotiable securities to guarantee the, city's deposits in the various, banks, and to amend the charter to enable the banks to give surety bonds from bonding compa nies as well as negotiable securities as guaranty for the city's deposits. . While the banks are willing to. give negotiable securities as collateral when they have them to offer, there are fre quent occasions when, a bank cannot produce the necessary - securities, and In that event, under the present law, the city treasurer .is compelled to withdraw, city funds " from -that Insti tution; the bankers claim. , ;,Xw'.".- City Treasurer Adams has been com municating with; various Eastern and Pacific Coast cities, and with United States government departments at Wash ington, for some time, seeking their ad vice as to the advisability of - Portland so changing its charter, as to' allow the city to accept either securities or dependable surety bonds. The result of that correspondence. Included in his re port to Commissioner of Finance Pier, is that Adams fully indorses thrre- quest of the Portland banks. "The corporation commissioners in dorsement of the bonding companies op erating within the -state is to me suf ficient guarantee ol tnelr responsibil ity, Adams said, "but, . of course, I would only - reeommend the acceptance of surety bonds from legally authorized companies." "The city has about 13,600.000 on de posit in Portland banks and that is a heavy drain on the banks to take from their business negotiable securities for that amount Accredited bonding conv panies can just as well guarantee the city's deposits." . - -Adams said he bad taken the matter up at the solicitation of A. M. Wright, vice president of the United States Na tional bank ; Maynerd Redmond, cashier of the State bank of Portland ; officials of the First National and other , city banks, and that the plan was Indorsed by Ladd & Tilton, Harvey Wells & Co. and many other financial- concerns. Commissioners Bigelow and Barbur. to whom Commissioner Pier presented the proposal for their opinion, stated that they wire opposed to changing the! present law, preferring to demand negotiable I securities to safeguard the city's funds. thoroughly gone into the matter,. but w Inclined to. oppose it, ' Commissioner Mann and Mayor Baker were of the same tentative opinion. - . City Attorney La Roche has advisld Pier that It would be legal to change the present charter-but did not want to be understood as advising its expediency, Authorities Locate Terrorist Arsenal 4 In Heart of London London, Dec. (I. N. S.) A "ter rorist arsenal" has been discovered by secret service- agents in the heart of London, the Dally Graphic stated today. Revolvers and other weapons and a great quantity of munitions were found. So large was the bulk of war supplies that It required several hbufato remove them to a Scotland Yard warehouse. Two alleged Sinn Felnes have been arrested at Glasgow on the charge of trying to persuade soldiers to sell their firearms. Muoji Siberian Land Goes to Americans Washington, Dec X--The concession of 400.000 square miles of Siberian terri tory to an American syndicate repre sented by Washington Vanderlip will bring the friction noW existing between the United States and Japan to a cli max, in the belief of Nicotal Lenin.. ' "It. Is our purpose to, pse the friction for our benefit," the Russian premier It quoted as having said. . '. - Opinion in Brief The! ' spirit of America Is ex pressed in the dally newspapers. The Dally. Editorial Digest tells Vou every day what .every section of the country Is think ing. The Digest appears exclusively on the editorial page of The Journal. - . BANKS OFFER CITY Chicagoj Milwaukee & StrPaul Train From Mobridge," S. D., to Minneapolis Robbed by 3 Men; Currency and Bonds Are Taken ; : Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. S. (I. N. ' S.) Three young masked bandita this morning held up and robbecLtha mail car of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train No. 6, Mobridge, S. D., to; Minneapolis, on tha Hast ings & Dakota division, and after binding With wire and gagging tha three mail clerksj . escaped' with.' a pouch of registered; mail and other , packages, estimated to contain cur rency and, papers worth between $500,000 and $1,000,000. i . The bandits climbed, aboard the tank of the engine at Hopkins, "Minn,, forced an entrance to the -mail car while the train waa speeding toward Minneapolis ' and left the train within the city limits of this city. One of the mall clerks, who had worked partially free of his bonds, saw the three men leave the train to join a fourth confederate who -was waiting in an automobile. -.- ... CASE FOCJTD BAFFLIXG , Z". U , Police and federal 'officials are baffled by the case. aid It is believed that the bandits will hot attempt to leave the Twin Cities,-but win remain In hiding, here. I -. - . In the express car next to the mall car was a pouch containing $500,000 in currency. The bandits did not make' an attempt to enter the express car, and the express messenger and guard did not know of the robbery of the mall tar until the train had reached . tha Milwaukee depot here. ' : , When Ray M. Knsch, mail clerk, went to fasten tha chain on tha front door ot -' the mall; car as the train was leaving Hopkins, he was confronted by the three . men. Each of the men carried two re volvers.. -'.. -.,-.r-: " ' ' door lock defective .They' forced him to step back to tha center of the mail car and ordered thi two othei mail clerks, F, C; Tousley and A. E..Ostman,' to hold up their hands. Later investigation ' showed that there ' was a defective lock on the Iront door ot the mall car; - -j"- : .--1 The bandits ordered the three mall clerka to turn their faces to the side ef the car, and while one of the bandits stood guard, the other two bound 1 the clerks with wire. Then the clerka were gagged and thrown to the floor of th car ',":- - - i " - i After throwing the, registered mall pouch to the center of the car. the ban dits silt open five other pouches of mall, .taking out various packages, which they evidently believed contained valuables. When the train slowed down for a. stop at a railroad crossing, the three 'bandits . jumped from the train. Tousley, who -had partially freed himself, staggered Jo his feet and succeeded In opening j the heavy door a few Inches. He said he saw the ihree men runnlftg In tha dlrec tlon of a jwaitlng automobile. JIELEAHES COMPA5I0KS ' ; ' Tousley - worked himself free, but by the time he had released the two other clerks, the train had reached the depot In downtown Minneapolis. The alarm was sounded .there and po lice and federal officials immediately be gan search." but no trace of the bandita waa found. . - j . s It is estimated that the registered mail pouch, which contained more than: 100 packages, had in It currency and valu ables amounting to between $500,000 and $1,000,000. It was pointed out that banks In the Dakotas and Minnesota are send- Ing lant sunts of money and valuable -papers and bonds to the larger banks- in the Twin! Cities. ; It would be Impossible to determine exactly how much was in the mail pouch for'at least a month, Jt Is believed, when ' a check of registered mail receipts will be completed, " . ,' k The only estimate of the root mad public came from a mall clerk, F. C . Tousley. I Tousley ; declared that ! the .- amount taken was between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Postal authorities refused to give an-estimate, stating that It is im- -possible at this time to tell.' . AT SEA BY WIND By Raymond Clapper : Aboard Steamship Pastores, Dee. 3. (By Wireless.) (L P.) Heavy head winds so delayed the. progress today of ; the Paatores, on w,hich President-elect ! Harding is voyaging to Norfolk,' that it was believed tha ship could not reach Its destination before Saturday afternoon, i M -', " -The president-elect's vacation days ended while the Paatores was still 800 miles out. At that time he retired to bis cabin, and set to work on the speech he expects to make at Norfolk.' r ' ,. As the Paatores moved", northward, sharp winds were encountered and tha temperature dropped rapidly. ' Harry M. Daugherty and Edward B. McLean, friends of Harding, are ex--pec ted to greet him at' Norfolk. They will stay two or possibly more days with Harding at Washington. Dough-. erty was his pre-convention manager. ' . s. -iii u i m ii iii . , . Express Co, Keports. Theft of $100,000: St. Louis, Mo,t Dec. 3.(U. P.) The American Express company today made public the theft of between $60,000 and $100,000 In bonds consigned by Washing- . ton. D. C., banks to their representatives : here. - - , ' - . HARDING DELAYED