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THE WEATHER Tonight and Saturday,!
rain: strong southerly winds.
Minimum temperatures:
Portland ....... 42 New Orleans 4S
' Pocatello 33 5 New York ...... tt
'Los Angeles .... 50 St. Paul ........ '40:
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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1920. TWENTY-SIX PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVI CENTS
BLOW UP; 2
IN BURNED
Aroused by Report, Occupants of
House Fight .Blazing Oil and
Rush- for Hospital, Leaving
Apartment at Mercy of Flames.
Explosion of , two oil, shoves, a
house : In flames, two young men
escaping clad only in their 'under
wear, and one seriously burned; their
visit to the. emergency hospital for
medicai , treatment and then their
. detention for police. Investigation on
suspicion of their being engaged in
making illicit liquor these are ele
ments of a, lively experience of T.
W. Tural and Joseph L. Wald
klrsch, 107 Hudsonstreet, St. Johns,
early today.
Tural and Waldklrsch, shipyard work
era, each 22 years old, recently set up
bachelor quarters ' in a house which
Tural had contracted to buy.' It is un
derstood that they decided to -experiment
with dlstilllation and secured two
oil stoves for the purpose of heating
mash.
STOVES BLOW I'P .
These stoves they tried out shortly be
' fore midnight and then went to bed.
A'b'out 3 o'clock this morning they
. were awakened by the stoves exploding.
They " Jumped out-of bed, threw open
the kitchen door and were met with a
burst of flame, while blazing oil was
sprayed over young Tural.
Waldklrsch smothered the fire on his
companion, got htm through a window
and, putting him in their, automobile,
" hurried him to the emergency hospital
fpr treatment. Both young men ap
peared at the hospital in their abbrevi
ated night costumes. Tural is seriously
burned about, the breast, neck and
shoulders. Waldklrsch ' escaped , with
only slight burns. i
HOUSE BCR.NS -
. The house was left; to the mercy of
the flames whn the young men fled,
and a neighbor turned in the fire alarm,
but the house was practically consumed
before' the fire department arrived. The
loss is said to be about f 140U, '
.After 'oueatloning the men, .police of
ficers found a copper worm in their
automobile, presumably a part, of, the
outfit they had taken to their place but
which, they had - overlooked - in its re
" movai to their house. , They are held on
an open charge pending further investi
gation. SEATTLE BOOSTS
CARFARE AGAIN
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 10. (I. N. S.)
Seattle strVet car riders must pay
8 1-3 cents for rides after January
8, when they buy ; tickets, and 10
cents if they pay cash. r The city
council passed an ordinance to -this
effect-and it bears the mayor's sig
nature today. Transfer ' privileges
remain unchanged. The present' fare
is cents when tickets are used.
The' new' fare represents the second
raise made under municipal owner
ship Of the lines.
La Koche Appoints
. Expert to Examine
Increase Request
In readiness for the city's official par
ticipation in the negotiavions initiated
by the gas and telephone companies for
rate Increases. City Attorney W. p. La
Roche teday appointed A. H. Lamm, a
technical engineer, to make -a study of
both applications and be prepared to ad
vise the city at the coming hearings.
The gas . company's application for
higher rates will be heard by the public
service commission in Portland Decem
ber 15 and the telephone company's ap
plication .December 21. .
World War Veteran
Robbed by Youths
Astoria, Or Dec 10. With two
youths as hold-up men, Chris Maneates,
a chauffeur and veteran of the World
war, was the victim of a hbldup near the
lwis and Clark bridge,. eing relieved
of a gold watch and some pmall change.
John F. Holgate of Cedar street and an
18-year-old youth named "Clifford," both
employes at Hammond mill, are held by
the police charged with taking part in
the affair. The chauffeur, it is alleged,
was enticed to the place of the hold-up
by Holgate, who hired the driver to take
V"m to Warrenton.
President Thanks,
League for Pledging
Its Moral Support
Washington, Dec 10. fl. X. S.vL
Under Secretary of State Davis today
cabled Sir Eric Drummond. isecretary
general of the League of Nations, ex
pressing the gratitude of the president
for the message of "December 1, assur
ing the president of the moral support
all members; of the League of Na
tions in his efforts to mediate between
Armenia and the Kemaliets.
RELATIONS
WITH JAPAN
ARE DELICATE
By J. Bart Campbell
ASHINGTO. Dec. 10. (I.
N. S.) Japan's refusal to
surrender the Important cable
station on the island of Yap was
discussed In a secret conference
between Acting Secretary.of State
Norman H. Davis and the senate
foreign relations committee today.
Differences between the United
States and Japan regarding the
control of the former German ca
bles in the Pacific have reached
such an acute stage, members of
the committee stated, as to create
a delicate situation requiring the
most careful consideration.
Much of the state department's
official information relative to
Japan's activities in the Pacific
presented by Davis was of such a
confidential nature, it was said,
that members of the committee
were pledged to secrecy.
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'Fervent determination for a 1921
Rose Festival and denial that plans
for it had been abandoned or that
the county commission had refused
to include part of the. festival's ex
pense in. its budget, were features
,of a statement this morning by E.
J. Jaeger, chairman of the Rose
Festival auxiliary.
"We were invited by the county com
mission to show where economies in
other directions would permit including
me .Kose festival under the law ier-
mitting a! tax for this purpose," said
jaeger. "
"We did it. We couldn't find elimi
nations aggregating $30,000, the amount
we were asking, but we did find where
J15.000 could be used for the purpose
without increasing the budget or em
barrassing the county.
LOOK TO BUSINESS MEN
"We have asked the county commis
sion for that amount and will get our
answer tomorrow. -
In addition to the $15,000 we exnect
from the county, there Is little doubt
business men would contribute another
$10,000, and permit us to give a two
days' festival featuring Portland roses
and the beauty of the Oregon country,
without going to the unnecessary ex
pense, we think, of costly floats and un
profitable grandstands.
'When our business needs money we
advertise . for more customers. As ' a
community, we are advertising for more
customers.. We are employing a man at
large expense to tell of the attractions
of this Northwestern country in the East
and Middle West.
MUST KEEP FAITH
"If we get more tourists, more busi
ness men, more manufacturers and more
farmers, we'll have more business and
more money. But people who 'are in
vited to come here are told we have the
annual Kose Festival and not to miss it.
"Do we want them to come and be
unable to find the festival ? Do we" want
them to feel that Portland is a fake
advertiser?
"Not for a minute. We have got to
have a festival to keep the faith. We
want it. anyhow, just for the good it
does the community."
Jaeger's, special committee associates
are II. J. Blaesing, U M. Lepper and
Alfred A. Aya.
Ford Is Wanted to
Testify in Case of
N.Y. Evening Mail
New Tork. Dec. 10. I. K. &)-The
government has been making futile of
forts for the last month to locate Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile magnate, it be
came known today, in connection with
the trial of Dr. Edward A. Rumely, ac
cused of withholding information from
the government concerning alleged Ger
man ownership of the Evening Mail.
The prosecution is said to be desirous
to have Ford testify in the Rumely case.
Smallpox Appears
In Aid Society Home
Three children at the home of the
Boys" and Girls Aid society. East
Twenty-ninth near Bands boulevard; are
suffering from smallpox Assistant City
Health Officer John G. Abele announced
today. The home has been placed under
quarantine, while there are 29 cases
of smallpox in the city at present the
malady is well in hand and there is no
cause for alarm over the situation, the
health department announced.
Yacolt Is Facing
'Doctorless Winter
Vancouver, Wash., Dec 10. The town
of Yacolt, several miles north of here.
is lacing me prospect or a "doctorless"
winter. The last doctor left Thursday
to take up studies in Chicago. Another
tribute to the literally "healthy" condi
tion of Yacolt is the fact that its one
hospital has been abondoned.
Wage Cuts Affect
Half Million Men
New York. Dec 10. (I. N. S.) Wage
cuts affecting half a million workers,
amounting to from 10 to 22 per cent,
have been made, or have been decided
upon by employers throughout the coun
try duing the last week, tabulations
showed today. '
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FOR
OS
E SHOW
ousted
union depot
Great Northern -and S., P. fit S.
Notified by Northern Pacific
Terminal Company They Will
Be Denied Tracks After Dec. 31
The board of directors of the
Northern Pacific Terminal company
Issued an order this morning evict
ing the Great Northern and S., P.
& S. railroads from use of the Port
land Union terminal, effective De
cember 31.
The action was taken upon orders, it
is said, from the Eastern banking in
terests in control of the Unidh Pacific
and Southern Pacific. Instructions, it
is further said, had been issued from
the East without knowledge or, at
least, recognition of the appointment
of a special commission by the city to
undertake to solve the union terminal
' The action this , morning was taken
over the protest of the Northern Pa
cific. The companies controlling the
Northern Pacific Terminal company
are the Union Pacific, 40 per cent ; the
Southern Pacific. 20 per cent, and the
Northern Pacific, 40 per cent.
COMMISSION MAT. ACT
Immediate action by both tlus city
and the evicted railroad; lines was pre
dicted today, but formal announcement
of the exact course to be pursued was
withheld. The Oregon public service
commission will undobbtedly be brought
into the issue.
The city's special Union terminal com
mission will meet as soon as its mem
bers can be gotten together, said H. B.
Van Duzer, chairman of the commission.
That the city might first wire Robert
S. Lovett and Julius Krutschnitt, chair
men, respectively, of the board of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, ask
ing a stay of the order and declaring
the act, if done with knowledge of the
City's appointment, to be a slap in the
face and direct discourtesy to Portland,
was one of the lines of action indicated.
BOTH ROADS MAT APPEAL
Another suggested course was appeal
to the interstate commerce commission.
either directly or through the . public
service commission, ; under authority of
section 405 of the transportation act.'
That the Great Northern and S., P. &
S. might also appeal in separate action
to the interstate commission was not
denied by Judge L. C. Oilman, vice pres
ident of the Great Northern.
Judge Gilman, however, contented
himself with this direct statement only :
"The position of the Great Northern
and of the S., P. & S. has been made very
clear in the proposal for a union terminal
in Portland. We are ready to meet the
city half way. We are ready to do our
part in necessary investment. The ac
tion by the board of directors of the
Northern Pacific Terminal company, to
my mind, makes the issue one between
the city and the company.
U. P ISSUES OBDER
At the initial hearing on the Union ter
minal proposal, which was held by the
mayor's commission with railroad repre
sentatives Wednesday evening, the fact
came out that negotiations had been con
ducted between the officers of the com
panies affected Carl Gray, president of
the Union Pacific; Ralph Budd. presi
dent of the Great Northern, and William
Sproule of the Southern Pacific with
others that had been satisfactory until
President Gray of the Union Pacific re
ferred a tentative agreement to his
principals in New Tork. It was then
that the order ending negotiations was
issued.
Judge Reid prepared a letter to City
Attorney La Roche in which he ex
plained that the Northern Pacific is
willing to open the Union station to com
mon use. .
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Washington, Dec. 10. (L N. S.)
President "Wilson today cabled his
acceptance of the Nobel peace prize.
The president directed the American
minister to Norway to accept the
award of the committee on his be
half. '-;:
Four Are Arrested;
Girl Accuses Man
Of Attacking Her
Dorothy Devere, petite waitress of 21
years, together with William C. Clark,
Herbert Luderman . and Bernie Gold
berg, were lodged in the city Jail shortly
after noon today -following a hotel inci
dent which Detectives Swennes and
Schulplus broke up.
Miss Devere told the police one of the
men had offered to give her a squirrel
coat and that she had permitted him
to come to her room to give her the
coat. She said the man attacked her.
The three men were arrested, two it is
alleged having known of the intentions
of the third.
500 MoreMen Are
Released by S. P.
Los Angeles, Dec 10. (I. N. S.) Five
hundred men will be released from the
general shops of the Southern Pacific in
Los Angeles tomorrow night., making a
total of 900 men leaving the company's
employ hetje within the last two weeks.
according to an announcement made
today, v.-. , , , . , . ,
PRESIDENT
CABLES
1
A AN
Civics Teacher
Asked to Retract
Remarks About
Local Theatres
When Robert Down, teacher of
civics at ; Franklin high school, de
nounced the amusements of his pu
pils and their mothers, he forgot
to count on Portland theatre manag
ers, according to a committee ofl
members of the Motion Picture
League of Oregon. The resu.lt is that
Downs has agreed to apologize pub
licly to the class before which he
criticized the offerings of local
theatres, the committee , announced
today.
'When Down has tried to remedy the
effect of the remarks he Is credited
with making, the matter will be pre
sented to the school board, theatre man
agers declared.
PUPIL IS HUMILIATED
On December ;7, before a senior class
In civics. Down Is said to have leveled
shafts of scorn at Portland's amusement
places, including motion picture houses,
vaudeville and stock companies. In the
class was Ruth Flood, daughter of Dan
Flood, one of the owners of the Lyric
and the Baker theatres.
After Down is said to have criticized
several other houses, a pupil asked his
opinion of the Lyric What he is al
leged to have said sent the 15-year-old
Flood girl from the class in tears. She
communicated with her father, who had
been confined to the hospital for several
weeks, and later his fellow showmen got
the story, which came to them over, the
signatures of several pupils who heard
what Down had to say.
"Tell your father everything I' have
said I mean," Down concluded. "Maybe
he'll send me a complimentary," reads
a written statement of the affair made
by Ruth and a group of classmates.
DOES KOT APOLOGIZE
The League of Theatre Managers, &t
a meeting Thursday, took official action
on the matter and appointed J. J. Parker
and- Gus Metzger as a- committee to
handle the case. Thursday evening Down
met ; with the committee and admitted
he had not apologized for his statements
after he found-Miss Flood to be the
daughter of the owner of one jof the
houses he criticized, but he declared
himself ready to make the apology to
the class.
Down stated over the telephone to The
Journal that he made statements before
his class in civics which he had agreed
with Parker to retract He said the
statements were largely based on hear
say. -:?J- : :: A.i:.;vt'. vii-:-,
T was not aware that Miss Flood was
in the classroom when the statements
were made ; they were of a general char
acter during a discussion of leisure and
vice, and came at the conclusion of this
discussion. My remarks were based both
on personal observation andt hearsay. I
attend the motion pictures with consid
erable regularity, frequently the Baker,
sometimes the Orpheum and occasionally
the Hippodrome and other theatres. I
have not attended a performance at the
Lyric for about three years."
LAW IN IRELAND
London, Dec. 10. (U. P.)- Mar
tial law has been proclaimed in a
limited area of Southwest Ireland,
including Cork and other cities, the
Irish office announced today. The
southwest portion of Ireland ; has
been the scene of many bitter fights
between Sinn Feiners and police.
By Earle C. Reeves .
London, Dec. 10. (I. N. S.) The
British government has decided to
proclaim martial law in some dis
turbed areas of. Ireland, Premier
Lloyd George today announced in
the house of commons. After a cer
tain date persons found in the mar
tial law districts with arms will be
treated as rebels and will be liable
to penalty of death for bearing
arms against the British government.
Premier Lloyd George said the Brit
ish government cannot . recognize Dail
Elreann, the Sinn Fein parliament.
REPUDIATIONS' THREATENED
According to recent Dublin advices,
Sinn Fein leaders declared they would
repudiate all peace negotiations . not
sanctioned by Dail Elreann.
The premier 5n referring to the peace
message of the . Rev. Father Michael
O'Flanagan, acting president of the Sinn
Fein, said it was "one of the most hope
ful signs of a new spirit in Ireland."
' He added :
"The message from Father O'Flana
gan and a message from the Gal way
council required great courage on the
part of : the ' writers. But these have
already been repudiated."
"Those controlling the murder organi
zation in Ireland are not ready for
peace and therefore the government has
decided upon a double policy, said the
premier.
"We have no option but to continue
and Intensify the military campaign
(Concluded on-'Pace S3, Column Two) .
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Grater Lake Snow
Is Five Feet Deep
Medford, Or., Dec: 10. In the last re
port received here from Park Ranger
Brown at Crater" lake national park he
said snow at the lake Is five feet deep,
with 27 inches "at Anna Spring camp
and 12 Inches at the south park entrance.
The snow line, he said, extended as far
as Fort Klamath. -Since then the snow
depth has been greatly Increased, as it
has been snowing hard at that high altitude.-
" -.. .
PROCLAIM MART A
OREGON COAST SEN. HARDING
BEING
LASHED
BY BIG STORM
50-Mile Gale, Accompanied by
Downpour of Rain, Rages in
Portland Streets; Umbrellas
Are Helpless Before Storm.
Astoria, Dec. 10. The storm which
struck here early today increase! in
violence this afternoon, the wind
velocity at the month, of ithe river
being reported at 60 miles an hour.
Swooping in almost directly from
the southwest a 50-mile gale struck
the Oregon and Washington coasts
shortly before noon today, whipped
the ocean into turmoil and tore in
land to send Portlanders scurrying
through- downtown streets with
heads bent against the fury of the
wind and lashing rain.
The 6torm. predicted two days ago by
the weather bureau, broke on the coast
early this morning. Storm warnings had
been posted for southeast winds, but the
early -inds, seemingly from the south
west, rapidly shifted to the south.
YIOLEXT WISD PREDICTED
Barometer readings indicate a still
more violent wind this evening. Be
tween 10 o'clock and noon the barom
eter at North Head fell 10-100 points.
"It will be pretty bad before the day
is over," came the noon message from
North Head.
While grizzled sea veterans along the
coast shook their heads and ventured
a supposition of weather conditions along
the coast. Portland was being lashed
by a terrific wind.
Around the corners of the down-town
pffice buildings the wind reached almost
cyclonic fury. Huge plate glass win
dows trembled under the blast and pe
destrians gasped for breath as they tried
to hold their clothing in place.
BAIK LIKE BULLETS
Heavy rain driven eiantwise subjected
the pedestrian to additional torments.
Venturesome ones tried to protect six
square inches of their person with un
ruly umbrellas and the conquest of 'the
wind was evidenced by the gaunt ribs
and tattered coverings of .parasols which
decorated nearly every downtown corner.
Swirling: skirts, napping overcoats and
runaway hats added their bit of trouble
as they were grasped in the storm king's
power, j
Oreron's heaviest rainfall was re
corded at Marshfield, where 1.60 inches'
was recorded at 8 o'clock tills morning.
Roseburg had 1.16 and Eugene .78. Al
bany had .51 and Salem .45.
Snow was reported from Baker, al
though this Is believed to be temporary,
the temperature being well above freez
ing there.
The present storm is occurring on the
anniversary of Portland's heavy snow of
last winter, which lay on theground for
many 'days and was accompanied by
high winds and cold.
HEAVY RALW REPORTED AT
LRSHFIELD; SXOW IN HILLS
Marshfield, Dec. 10. Heavy rains are
continuing here. Last night 1.6 inches
fell, making a total of more than 31
inches since September 1. The waters
of the rivers are rising. The Coquille
river is especially high, and if the rains
keep up there will be a freshet. Snow
was reported In the hills in the southern
part of the county today.
A freight train on the Southern Pacific
was wrecked between Marshfield . and
Coquille last evening. The train was
on a siding built on a fill. The water
had undermined the fill and the whole
thing gave way, throwing car lumber
and car logs intoJ the ditch.
The telephone company has had
trouble with cables being cut out on ac
count of weather conditions. The rain has
come in especially heavy downpours.
Yesterday an inch of rain fell within a
period of four hours. '
VANCOUVER SLIP
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 10. That
Vancouver Is losing favor with Dan
Cupid and is not holding her own
as the Gretna. Green of the North
west, is Indicated in the total num
ber Of marriage licenses issued here
this year. A total of 2581 licensees
has been issued so far this year, 233
less than last year.
Although 20 working days remain be
fore the end of the year, it will be im
possible for the marriage license desk
to make up the deficit. Christmas and
New Tear's eve, both coming this month,
will tend to swell the number, - however,
for these two days set the marriage rec
ord for the year. That the licenses on
these days may be fewer than in past
years is indicated in the fact that few
licenses were issued here on the days
preceding Thanksgiving and Armistice
day. ' '
r This is the first year, since the pas
sage of the Oregon marriage law, which
contributed in 1 a large measure to the
increase in Vancouver's marriage busi
ness, that the total of licenses issued
has decreased rather than increased over
the number issued the previous year. -
Allies Demand' Sum
Paid Hohenzollerns
London, Dec 10. (1. N. S.) The allie4
have sent a note to the German govern
ment requesting a detailed accounting of
the sums paid to the Hohenzollern fam
ily since the abdication of the ex-kaiser
in November, 1318, said a dispatch from
Berlin today. '
DAN CUPID GIVING
STARTS WORK
ON POLICIES
First Conference Held in Marion
With Charles Evans Hughes;
Hoover, Root and Taft Will Be
Called Later; Demo rats Invited
By Jack Royle
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 10. (I. N. S.)
The first of the conferences which
are expected to shape the . interna
tional and domestic policies of the
Harding administration was held
here today. Charles Evans Hughes,
standard bearer of the Republican
party In 1916, arrived early this
morning to discuss with President
elect Harding the pressing questions
which face the new chief executive.
The distinguished visitor wafe driven
at once to the Harding home, where
be joined Senator and Mrs, Harding at
breakfast. Then the two leaders sat
down together to talk over in detail
conditions both at home and abroad.
OTHERS TO. COXFEH '
Mr. , Hughes is the first of the men
and women prominent in national af
fairs who are expected to come to
Marion to aid Senator Harding with
their counsel and advice. He will be
followed Sunday by Herbert Hoover.
Elihu Root and William Howard Taft
are expected before the end of next
week, while Senators Hitchcock and
Shields from the Democratic ranks are
also scheduled to arrive in the near
future
Developments in world politics, espe
cially at Geneva, have lent added im
portance to the Hughes visit. He has
been a deep student of the League of
Nations, and his attitude toward that
covenant is said closely to approach
that of Senator Harding in many re
spects. George Harvey, classed among those
bitterly opposed to the league covenant,
also discussed international affairs with
the president-elect. They continued their
three cornered conference on their "way
by motor to Columbus, where they were
joined at luncheon at the Scioto Country
club by Harry M. Daugherty and other
Republican leaders. , . .
HARDIXQ GOES SHOPPING . . .
Senator Harding, It " is said, - places
great confidence, not only-in bis opin
ion as an international lawyer, : but in
his ability to untangle complicated
questions of economics and finance, for
it is known that the conferences here
will deal with domestic as well as for
eign problems. -
Senator Harding, who plowed through
a tremendous amount of accumulated
correspondence yesterday, sought relief
last night in a brisk walk on a lone
Christmas shopping excursion, and a
visit to the Marion club, where he chat
ted with old friends who are accus
tomed to gather there.
Washington, Dec. 10. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Senator Charles L. McNary,
one of the leading "mild reservation"
senators in the . long fight over the
treaty, has been asked by one of
the personal representatives of the
president-elect if he would go to Ma
rion to discuss the League of Na
tions.
Senator McNary responded that he
doubted whether it would be profitable
for him to do so, as he feels sure that his
views are thoroughly known to. Mr.
Harding by reason of the long discus-
f slons in which they both participated,
I but that if Mr. Harding desires to talk
over the subject with him at some future
time he will of course be glad to respond
to the Invitation.
The question asked the Oregon senator,
which Is the usual preliminary before a
formal invitation, i3 taken as a further
indication of the pew president's policy
of talking league with all shades of Re
publican opinion in the senate, in pursue
ance of the effort to secure an agree
ment Senator McNary's reply indicates
that his position is little changed from
last session, when he supported the
Lodge reservations, but was ready to
soften them sufficiently to secure ratlfi
cation with the aid of the -Democratic
friends of the treaty.
Robber Bolts When
He Crashes Glass,
Arousing Occupant
Charles Adams, 50 North Sixth street
reported to the police this morning that
his room had. been robbed of S85, several
unset sapphires and a gold -watch and
chain. Entrance was gained with a pasj
key..
E. T. Peterson, 1615 East Main street
heard the sound , of falling glass about 4
o clock Friday morning, and rushing
down stairs, found that. a burglar had
broken the pannel in a- kitchen door.
The burglar, who had succeeded in un
locking the door, was frightened away
wncn Peterson came down - stairs. .
House Names 5 on
Eelief of Farmers
Washington, Dec. 10. (U. P.) A ape
cial sub-committee of five members to
fj-ame legislation for the relief of farm
ers, who have been hit by recent price
declines, was authorized today by the
house agricultural committee.
HI NARY UNLIKELY
TO VISIT HARDING
67 Soft Drink
Places Facing
Complaints in
Raid Inquiries
Chief of Police Jenkins today cer
tified to the city council the names
of 37 additional soft drink establish
ments which have been raided by
police and found to have violated
prohibition laws. This makes a total
of 67 places 'which the council will
investigate with a view to revocation
of licenses.
' Acting Mayor Bigelow announced that
hearings would be held of these pro
prietors in gVoups of 10, beginning next
Thursday. Not only is cancellation of
license to be the penalty should the
council find the places nuisances, but
owners of the buildings wltl be cited be
fore the United States attorney as vio
lators of the Volstead act in allowing
their places to be used by tenants who
violate the law, Bigelow announced.
Commissioner Barbur declared that if
It becomes necessary, the council will
take action prohibiting the manufacture
of soft drinks that ferment later, as
many proprietors may innocently volate
the law by not realizing that the bev
erages have developed an illegal al
coholic content
BILLION TO BOOST
FOREIGN TRADE
By Don E. Chamberlain
Chicagoi Dec. 10. (U, P.) Plans
for launching a billion dollar drive
for the purpose of rescuing Ameri
ca's foreign trade, described as "be
ginning to. back up," were taken up
by the country's leading bankers and
business men here today.
The plans provide for establishment
of a $100,000,000 corporation to finance
foreign trade. The conference, called In
by John S. Drum, San Francisco, .presi
dent of the American Bankers associa
tion, will be representative of all the
country's Industries, and was authorized
by the association at its Washington
convention.
The $100,000,000 capital, the corpora
tion's sponsors plan, will be subscribed
by bankers, business concerns and the
Fixing of the capital at 1100,000.000 is
to give it the maximum financial ability
or 11,100,000,000; - -- ? j -
The Edge act. which authorises forma
tion of the proposed corporation, permits
issuance of debentures against existing
securities owned by it to an amount
(Concluded on Pa 23, Column Two) .
30,000 Extra Mail
Clerks Assigned to
Yuletide Mail Bush
Washington. Dec. JO U. P.) Thirty
thousand extra mail carriers, clerks and
helpers now are beginning night and day
shifts to handle the biggest Christmas
mall rush in the history of the postofflce.
This is In addition to approximately
300,000 regular postofflce department of
ficials and employes, according to Su
perintendent Ryan of the bureau of post-
offices, today.
Postoff ice officials began to plan to
handle the rush at a series of confer
ences held here last October, Ryan said.
Divisional officials from - every section
of the country came here to make plans
to put on something like 3000 extra rail
way cars and thousands of extra auto
trucks. - '
"The public can put the finishing
touches on the job by obeying two sim
ple rules.' Ryan said. These rules are:
1 Double . wrap every: package and
place inside , the name and address of
both sender and addressee. Then If the
outer wrapper becomes torn the post-
office clerks will know where to send
the package without delay. It won't go
to the dead letter office..
2 Mall early; the big rush comes In
the week just preceding Christmas day. .
Society WomenTackle Big Job
, v. . . n - r . p. ,. - P,
Try to Reform Sinning Sisters
By Alexander F. Jones
Unitad Kew Staff Obrrwpoodent
Chicago, Dec. 10. It has been
established, ; thanks to Kipling and
the cinema, that it was the woman
who pays and paysand pays.- 4
Bui a number of influential Chicago
society women arose to their feet Thurs
day and inquired pertinently and in
chorus as follows: ,
"Which Woman pays? Is it the sin
ning .sister, or she who, imbued with the
spirit of the Good Samaritan, extends
the helping hand? We "believe the sin
ning sister Insists on sinning and we,
the sisters of the helping hands, are the
ones who pay." '-
The occasion for this outburst was the
failure of several generous-hearted
women of ample income to help girls who
have strayed from the narrow path. -.
FLEE FROMf BEFOEM ,
Miss Mure Plamerton, society woman
of many philanthropic works, reported
that when she took a young girl under
her guardianship, bought: her clothes,
found her a position, helped her hourly
to overcome tempations, that she had to
hurry to saloons and - cabarets night
after night to rescue her protege. Final
ly the girl disappeared, and. Miss Plam
erton declared, the girls companion
laughed in her face. ' . " .
Mrs. George P. Vosbrink, another soci
ety leader, took a young Italian girl into
her home. The girl was seemingly over
joyed at so rare a chance to reform, Mrs.
Vosbrink said. .The first night the girl
3 GANGSTERS
Murderers of Sheriff ; and Two
Detectives Dragged From Jail
After Midnight and Hanged
From Oak Limb in Cemetery,
Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 10. About
one hundred armed and masked men
raided the Sonoma county jail early"
today, disarmed Sheriff j Boyes and
Ma deputies, - ; dragged Terrance
Fitts, lieorge Boyd and Charles Va- ;
lento, all under indictment for the
killing of Sheriff James Petray of
Sonoma county, and Detectives Miles
Jackson and Lester Dorman of San
Francisco, from their; cells and
lynchedthem on the same limb of
an oak tree in the Odd Fellows cem
etery. '' .j 4" I ; '. - . '
After the bodies had swung' in the
gentle breeze which was blowing a lielit
mist around them, for an. hour, Sheriff '
Boyes and the county coroner removed
them, ' ' '; ! . - '
Boyd, the gangster who fired the shots
that killed the officers, went to his death
with hardly a murmur. . He was dylng'v-
gradually from a bullet wound inflicted -by
Detective , Jackson before the latter
died. i , -. i- - --'
S,MILES AT DEATH
Valento walked to his place under,
the death limb with a laugh for his
executioners. - on : his lips.; He laughed
in their faces when -they took him from -jail..
: ; . j -p-- . ' -
Fltts. the bully, screamed and cried
like a child and pleaded for his life.
At the scene of the lynching,, he became
so violent and screamed so loudly that
he was struck over the head with the
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column Tore)
25 VILLAGES ARE
Paris, Dec. 10. (U. !M Twenty
five villages In the Albani district
of Jugo-Slavla have been destroyed
by earthquakes, according to Ameri
can Red Cross reports from Valona.
The tremors occurred in the Tcpe-.
line district. ;! . t-
Suspension Period
In Immigration Bill
:v Cut in Two by House
Washington, Dec 10.r(U. P.) The
house today, by a vote of 87 to 25, re
duced the period of suspension of immi
gration as proposed in the bill of Repre
sentative Johnson from two years to one
year. ' , t .
The amendment was proposed by liep
resentativo Mann of Illinois, who also
succeeded in having the bill changed no
that the immigration bill will not be ef
fective until two months after its pass
age.: r :.;.,.:. - ...
Burchard to Leave '
Shipping Board: Job
' i -
Seattle, Dec. 10. ft, N". S.) Dudley
W. Burchard, manager of the Northwest
district for the- United States shipping .
board, has tendered .his resignation ef
fective December 81, it was announced
here today. Ill health 1 given as Ms
reason for leaving the service after three
years In the board's employ. - '
made a dummy of old clothes in her bed.
donned her new things and was never
seen again.
BUT HOPELESS TASK
Others had similar reports. The girls '
didn't want a change? they said. All
they' wanted was new clothes to enter
again the bright light legion. .
"It is discouraging," said Mrs. L. W.
McMaeters, case director of the Juvenile
Protective association ; "but it is not
hopeless. In most' of the cases where
the girls have become hardened to de
linquency of Jong standing they will go
back to the bright lights. But we have
cases where we have had wonderful sue- ;
cess.-, r ' ; i ; v v
"There are three classes. of delinquent
girls. ' ; ; ,i i .-' . . . - ,
HOW THET ARE CLASSED
"There: is the border-line girL who !
bout to' overstep the bounds of right
living. If you can catch her in time, she
will most always.turn out well. :
"There is, secondly, tho runaway girt
of 16 and 17, who has started the bright
light life' and wants to throw, off all
homo restraints. i, v . ,
"Then there is the girl who h'an reen
the white lights time after time and can't
be controlled, save, in rare Instances.";
"The gWral experience has been that
if you - catch a . wayward girl quick
enough, she can be controlled. Tf you
don't, she is lost in most caws?, because
she doesn't want to come back.' Mental
deficiency is the biggest cause of delin
quency.". . . ;,' ,.
RUINED BY QUAKE