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VOL. XIX. NO. 238.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1920. FOURTEEN PAGES
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CHATS AS HE
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Yields to "Don't Take My Wed
ding Ring" and "Leave Me My
Watch" Pleas by Husband and
Wife; $1000 in Loot Is Tajcen".
"Good night. After this take my
tip and .don't leave your back door
unlocked." ,
With this-st.ge advice, genteel
burglar left the home of Roscoe Nel
son, 293 Aspen street, at: 30 o'clock
this morning, taking With him $1000
worth of jewelry and a few dollars
In cash. The visitor was one ' of
the most conversational of his ilk
yet reported and carried on a
friendly chat with Mr. and Mrs. Nel
. son. as he ransacked their bedroom.
At Mrs. Nelson's request, he left her
wedding ring and rejected Nelson's fine
monogrammed watch as being of too
trifling value to bother with.
After he finished the Nelson room the
" visitor knocked politely at the door of
the cook's room and then entered.
BURGLAR -IS POLITE
"I'm only the cook you wouldn't ex
pect me to have anything, would you?"
' asked that person.
"Oh, excuse me," the burglar replied,
arid hjurriedly left the house.
Mrs. Nelson had heard some noises in
the house that' indicated some one was
prowling,, through the rooms; She lis
tened intently, afraid to awaken her
husband for fear he would be shot, and
finally realized that the burglar was
quietly entering their room. She nudged
her husband, who sat up in' bed. when
the burglar drew his gun and com
manded both to make no move or he
would shoot.
He then proceeded with his search for
(Concluded on Page Two, Column Fite)
Vancouver, "Wash.. Dec. 13. The
cooperation of tTacomA -and Seattle
in the securing of a 30-foot channel
for Vancouver will be asked by-the
port commission," according to a de
cision reached by the commission at
a meeting Sunday afternoon.
Senator George McCoy of the port com
mission and W. J. Kinney will leave
here Monday night to take the matter up
before the Chamber of Commerce in
Tacoma. -
The .port men. while in Tacoma. will
also take up the question of securing
a differential rate over Portland on
shipments , to eastern and, northern
points. .A third purpose of the trip will
be the securing of branch wholesale
houses for Vancouver. Large wholesale
concerns will be visited, and propositions
made for their location In Vancouver.
It Is believed that Tacoma and Seat
tle will be favorably disposed towards
cooperating with Vancouver in the chan
nel work, as this port can then be used
in competition with Portland, :
With the announcement by . G. H.
Wilde of his intention to construct a
large grain elevator and warehouse on
the waterfront an added impetus has
been given port work, and preparations
for immediate construction of a $30,000
dock unit are- being made. The dock
bonds are being prepared for sale, after
which bids for the work will be adver
tised, and it is probable that construc
tion may be put under way this winter.
Tn that cane the dock will be completed
by summer.. . . .
' That the, work being done by Van
: couver and the cooperation and support
given the plan by all local organiza
tions Will be a convincing argument be
fore congress, is the opinion o,f E. M.
Cousin,-, traffic manager ,of the port.
He declaredthat a favorable decision
bn the part t congress is probable, in
fepite -of the ,. rather unfavorable report
made by the federal, engineers.
Locks Babe in Store:
: Mother Calls Boss
Tomah, Wis..' Dec. 13. tuL P.I O. C
O'Hecm closed- his store and went to
bed. His slumbers were soon disturbed:
by . a customer who had carelessly left
her baby In the Btore and --wished to
get it --I .- - -
Parents Read
K . X .
Scene Recalls
By William Slaveas MeXatt
Ini'ed New Staff Correspondent
Passaic. N. J.. Dec 13. It is written
that the sins of the fathers shall be
Visited-upon the children. In Passaic,
Sunday, the scripture was reversed,
when Mr. and Mrs. Hannenberg, the
parents of Trina Hannenberg. the 26-year-old
girl who was absent for several
weeks with Rev. Cornelius - Dense), her
pastor, were formally read out of the
Netherlands church at the close of the
.service.
. ' Netherlands church in Passaic Is a
little island of the, old world. The serv
ice conducted in Dutch.' The mem
bers are all Hollanders. - In business
they meet and deal with the people of
the American world that surrounds their
little island of nationality and ' religion
-?he church. Socially, that little island
St their entire world. To be banished
VANCOUVER ASKS
PORT PLAN AID
itwatchman
Risks His Life
To Save Child;
Reward Is $250
Heroic rescue of 5-year-old Hazel
Simmons from death beneath the
wheels of a Southern Pacific electric
train ,at Fourth and Stark streets at
9 a. m. today, won a $250 reward
for W. R. MacDonald, a special po
liceman. . - " ' 4
Hazel is the daughter of H. S. Sim
mons of Spokane; She was standing
with her mother at the entrance to the
Chamber of Commerce building while
Simmons chatted with a friend in the
lobby of the building.
, According to Mrs. Simmons, the little
girl : suddenly darted across Fourth
street in front of the north-bound elec
tric train. When nearly across the
thoroughfare she turned back and was
stopped directly in front of the train
by a truckftof the Union OH company.
MacDonald was passing at the time
and seeing the child's danger he sprang
in front of the rapidly moving train,
grasped the child in his arms and barely
cleared the tracks in time to avoid being
struck. The oil truck abreast of the train
and MacDonald with his tiny charge was
obliged to stand in the narrow space be
tween the two while they passed.
Though MacDonald declared - he had
done nothing out of the line of duty in
rescuing the little girl, Simmons per
sisted in rewarding him for his act with
a gift of $250 and stated that he would
petition the Carnegie Foundation for a
suitable medal.
Simmons is a wealthy lumberman from
Spokane and, with his wife and daughter,
are guests of E. A. Thompson at Ladd
ington Court. Hazel was uninjured and
returned, laughing, to her mother's arms.
FOR WIFE'S DEATH
Sodden with drink and apparently
on the verge of delirium tremens.
Jack Tevis moped in his cell in the
city jail today, racking his brain
for recollections of Sunday's tragedy.
His wife, Nellie Conway Tevis, is at
the public morgue where an" autopsy
performed by Dr. W. C. Hunter dis
closed that she had been" killed by
the "twisting and " breaking of her
neck. The husband is informally
charged with the murder.
- Still sticking to the story that bis wle
must have committed suicide or else died
from the" effects of moonshine whiskey,
which both hrd been drinking, Tevis was
not questioned by detectives until he had
been sobered. Tevis told newspaper men
that he had been drinking almost-constantly
for the last month, during which
period he had not worked.
It was during a drunken quarrel that
Mrs. Tevis met her death. She was
found by other roomers in the house at
344 Second Btreet a few minutes after
her screams were heard. " Her hands
were clutched to;, her throat as If to
tear away hands that crushed out her
life. ' v
Tevis was arrested by 1 Detectives
Schum and Powell at his room at 7
o'clock Sunday evening. He was drunk
and apparently in a state of semi-coma
but sober enough to tell the polios that
his wife was dead and that he believed
that she had committed suicide.
STICKS TO STORY - -
He denies having trouble with his wife
and said that he believed that she might
have been poisoned by the moonshine
that they both had been drinking.
Elmer Harless, son of the landlady of
the lodging house, told the police that
Tevis had come downstairs from his room
with his clothes and hair ruffled as
(Concluded on Page Two, Column Six)
Investigation Made
In Runaway Car;
6 Are Dead, 28 Hurt
Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 13. (I. N. S.)
Three separate investigations' were
started today into the streetcar smash
which took a toll of six lives and 28
Injured last night. The car, one of the
one-man "safety" type, ran away on a
long hill, crashing Into a steel pole at
the end of three blocks. The car was
splintered Into kindling wood.
Four persons were killed instantly
while two of the injured died later - in
hospitals. The accident happened with
thousands bound to theatres and police
had to fight their way through the
crowds to attend to the Injured.
Company officials later said a brake
pin had broken,, rendering the brakes
useless.
Out of Church
. t H '
Puritan Days
from that island is to be exiled indeed
There was little in the dress or ap
pearance of the men and women who
entered that little church on Sunday
morning to Indicate that they had ever
left Holland. Large featured, stolid
women: stern faced, grim lipped men
and children with round rosy faces, they
formed a procession that needed but a
canal and a windmill as a background
to complete a perfect picture of a Dutch
village on a Sunday morning.
In the procession were the two young
sons ' of Mrs. Hannenberg, mother of
Trina.. The two boys sat in the gallery.
The fact that Mr. and Mrs.. Hannenberg
were abeent was duly noted and com
mented upon.
In the procession, also, were three
sons and one daughter of the Rev. Cornelius-
Pensel. responsible for the erup-
( Concluded on Two, Column Four)
SODDEN MATE HELD
WEST COAST
EDS BASES,
Adequate Shore Points for Navy
on Pacific Is Immediate and
Outstanding Duty of Country,
Declares Report of Daniels.
By nadson Hawlcy
United News Staff Correapondent
Washington. Dec. 13. The "Im
mediate outstanding duty of the
country," In the opinion of Secre
tary of the Navy ; Josephus Daniels,
whose annual report has just been
made public here, is the provision
for adequate shore bases for the
navy on . the Pacific coast. -
"The day will never come when a
powerful fleet will' not be based in the
Pacific, says the secretary. Comment
ing on the recent inspection trip of the
congressional joint committee, which
visited Seattle, Bremerton, Port Angeles,
Portland. Astoria, San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Oakland, Mate island, San
Diego and Monterey, Daniels says he
expects that "they will place definitely
before congress a comprehensive pro
gram of naval base construction in con
sonance with the high strategic Import
ance of this territory." ; v
BASE Olf HAWAII
Among projects now being considered
on the Pacific coast, to Increase the ef
ficiency of the Pacific fleet, the secre
tary enumerates ' a deep water naval
docking and repair base, a submarine
base, and other developments in San
Francisco bay ; an aviation base at Sand
point. King county, Washington ; a sub
marine, . destroyer, and naval aviation
base at Port Angeles, Wash. : a sub
marine base at Los Angeles ; the Colum
bia river submarine and destroyer base
at Astoria, Or., and extensive operations
at San Diego. ' '
Daniels goes even further in his
recommendations for bolstering Up the
county's Western , line of defense.
(Concluded an Pace Two. Column Three)
E
ROBBED AT GATE
Holdup men who lay In wait at
the- main entrance of the Waverley
Country club Sunday night despoiled
Peter Ackerman, the club cook, and
J. Wjoe, Japanese pantry boy, of $98
and a gold watch. '
Ackerman notified the Portland police
this morning, although th- crime was
committed outside the city limits, the
club grounds being just over the Clack
amas county line.
Olf WAT HOME
Ackerman said he and his assistant
were just leaving the club for home at
11 o'clock when they were stopped and
told to throw up their hands.
Neither man was able to give a des
cription because of the darkness.
Glaring headlights from an approach
ing automobile frightened away a hold
up man who had accosted A. W. Hart
man, 845 East Emerson street, Sunday
night at . Twenty-sixth and Emerson
streets. Hartman told the police the.
highwayman had Just ordered him to
throw up his hands and deliver his
money, when the machine threw a bright
light on the two, causing the robber to
turn and run away.
"WHISKEY THIEVES" BUST
Alex Alper. 325 Lincoln street, reported
to the police this morning that he and
his. family were held up at the family
residence Sunday by two men who
searched the entire house, apparently
looking for whiskey. Alper told the
police that he thought the men were of
ficers at first, but that their' manner
after they got in the house, convinced
him they were "whiskey thieves. The
two men came to the front door and de
manded entrance, Alper said. When he
refused,' they threatened to kick down
the door. After they got in the bouse
they searched the place, flourishing guns
and frightening the family. Alper told
the police the two men were apparently
under the influence of whiskey at the
time. Finding no whiskey in the house,
the" two men left without taking any
thing, Alper told the police.
Landslide Blocks
Terwilliger and
Marquam Highways
A second landslide blocked the Ter
williger boulevard and Marquam canyon
roads this morning. A large amount of
earth and rock excavation for the new
county hospital flowed over the road
way. At the county roadmaster's of
fice it is estimated that It will take
two days to clear the road.
A member of the road repair crew
narrowly escaped being caught in the
slide. He had been working a few mo
ments : before where the mass poured
Into the road, and had Just walked
awayv
Revolt Tears India;
Many Are Murdered
San Francisco, Dec 13. (L N. S.) A
serious revolt may be expected in India
at any time, according to travelers who
have just returned from the Far East.
According to Mrs. Margaret Gaynof,
wife of a British army officer,, who ar
rived on , the - steamer Nile, India is
seething with revolt, while men, women
and . children are ' being murdered all
over the ountry.
OB
MPLOYES
HOUSEPASSES
MEASURE ON
IMMIGRATION
Representative Johnson's Bill,
Excluding Certain9 Classes of
Foreigners for On,e Year, is
Approved by Vote of 293 to 41
Washington, Dec. 13. The propo
sal to temporarily halt Immigration
finished, the first lap of its course
through congress today when the
house adopted the Johnson bill. As
finally v amended. Just previous to
its passage, the bill provided that all
immigrants shall be -barred for a
period of one year and that wives
and blood relatives of - naturalized
immigrants may be admitted.
The vote was 293 for the bill to 41
against.
The vote was 185 to 161 for an
amendment proposed by Representative
Mann of Illinois to fix the suspension
at- one year. ,
The Siegel amendment admitting
wives as well as blood relatives of
naturalized Immigrants was adopted,
203 to 76.
The bill provides for the exclusion of
all aliens for a period of one year,
with the exception of students, diplo-
matlc officeVTra
the United States, and for a period of
six months of the farm workers from
Canada and Mexico needed for harvest
ing purposes. . '
The bill becomes effective upon its
signature by the president.
The bill now goes to - the senate,
where It is expected there will be a
considerable fight waged against it.
GETSTWOYEARS
Fl
Thjp maximum jail sentence under
the law two years' imprisonment In
the federal penitentiary at , McNeils
telandwas JttPJed.jjn,E
son,: alias Swede Whitey, ex-convict,
this morning by Federal : Judge
Charles Wolverton.
Peterson and Angello H. Rossi were
recently found guilty In the federal
court of buying and selling stolen and
altered War Saving Stamps, which
came from the State bank of Scio.
Dave Stein, tried at the same time, was
acquitted by the jury. The jury dis
agreed as to the guilt of Robert La Salle,
police Inspector: William Brenner, mer
chant, and W. E. Smith, watchmaker. '
SO FIXE IMPOSED
Peterson is already serving one year
in the county jail on a charge of having
the stamps in his possession. He waited
two months for trial, so his total time
in jail will be three years and two
months. The court also had the privi
lege under the law of imposing a $10,000
fine, but added : . "I will take into con
sideration the fact that you have already
served one year in the county jail and
adjudge that you be confined in the fed
eral penitentiary at McNeil's Island for
a term of two years."
Paul Long, counsel for Peterson, re
minded the court that while Peterson
had been found guilty, evidence during
the trial showed that the stolen stamps
had been "planted" In his room.
NEW TRIALS ORDERED
Former ' Secret Service Operative
Joseph Walters told the jury that he
saw the stamps six hours before in an
other place, , before he saw them In
Peterson's room, but' Walters denied
that he had actually "planted" the
stamps under Peterson's mattress. .
W, E. Glover, former agent In charge
of the same bureau, told the jury that
immunity had been promised Rossi be
cause he gave evidence leading to the
location of the stamps in Peterson's
room. Both operatives resigned their
positions since Assistant United States
Attorney John Veatch obtained all the
rTnf ormation and presented the case to
the grand jury.
Rossi was also to have been sentenced
today, but his counsel asked the court
for a stay of 10 days in which to file a
motion for a hew trial. The request was
granted. Veatch said La. Salle, Brenner
and Smith would have to stand trial
again.
Paroled Convict
Faked Holdup to
Escape His Debts
Eugene, Dec 13. Chief of Police
Christenson announced Monday ' morn
ing that the recently reported holdup In
this city in which F C . Burr, a hotel
employe, was reputed' to have been re
lieved of . $125 by ,.. highwaymen. : was
proven to be a fake. -. .
Noting certain inaccuracies in the1
statements of Burr, the -officer placed
him in the sweatbox and, after two
hours of grilling, drew from' him the
confession that he had faked the story
as a .means pf avoiding debts of $200
or more. Burr is a paroled convict who
has been out of prison but a few months.
He has a large family to support.
Textile Workers' Pay
Out Nearly Fourth
Boston, Dec. 13. (I.; N. S.) Thou
sands of textile mill operatives in New
England today were notified of a. re
duction in thei wages. In most cases
the cut was 22 per cent, the . amount
suggested at a conference of textile mill
heads In Boston last .week. Labor lead
ers claim the 22 per cent cut makes it
impossible for American ' textile opera
tives to make a living wage.
R STAMP DEAL
Root Plan for
International
Court Approved
At Geneva Meet
Geneva, . Dec. 13. U. P.) The
League of Nations assembly today
unanimously adopted the plan of an
international tribunal drafted by
Elihu Root of the United States and
representatives of other nations.
The assembly, voted on the question
after the plan had been presented by
Leon Bourgeois, French delegate. All the
plans for operation of the tribunal were
explained by Bourgeois, after which the
delegation debated the various proposals.
It was explained that the United States,
which played such, a prominent part In
drafting the plan, would be admitted to
the court on equality with members of,
the league.
Bourgeois outlined the commission's
plans for establishment of a tribunal
with headquarters at The Hague. He
said the court will comprise 11 judges
with four deputies to meet In annual
session there. The sessions will begin
June 15 of each ' year and terminate
when the docket Is cleared.
A majority vote of the judges will
decide all cases, according to the draft.
In case of a tie, the president of the
tribunal will cast the-deciding vote.
LABOR DISPUTES
Labor cases, he explained, will be
heard by a special chamber of five
judges to be appointed by the court.
Similar provisions were made for the
hearing of transportation and communi
cation disputes.
As provided under the Versailles
treaty. Bourgeois said, the official lan-
wIU be ch
and English.
The German government today pre
sented a new note to the assembly of the
League of Nations refusing to recognize
the decision of the council of the league !
regarding tne awara to ueigium or i
Eupen and Malmedy, formerly German
territory.
The districts of Eupen and Malmedy,
small parts of West Prussia surrounding
towns of the same name, were taken
away from Germany under "the treaty
of Versailles.
Medill McCormlck, Republican sena
tor from the United States and widely
credited here with being at least an un
official observer for President-elect
Harding, was one of the assembly's
guests. "
i Senator McCormlck had dined . with
A. J. Balfour, former foreign secretary I
of England, and Lord Robert Cecil, rep
resentative of South Africa, on Sunday
evening. He said he would leave for
Vienna this afternoon. "..
Roumania introduced a resolution at
. meet-
ing providing for an International army,
an international police force and an in
ternational control of armaments.
ARGENTINA WILL INSIST
ON LEAGUE AMEND3IEXTS
By James L. Miller
Buenos 'Aires, Dec. 13. (U. P.) "Ar
gentina will insist on consideration of
the amendments proposed : by Foreign
Minister Pueyrredon as long as she has
anything 'to' do with the League of Na
tions, Dr. Pablo Torrello, minister of
public works and acting foreign minis
ter of Argentina, declared today in a
statement to the United Press. Dr. Tor
rello's statement was the first official
pronouncement given to the press since
Argentina's- wtihdrawal from the as
sembly of the ' League of Nations at
Geneva.
He ridiculed the Idea given utterance
by some persons in Europe that Argen
tina withdrew from the assembly be
cause of her alleged friendliness for Ger
many, or because she had been influ
enced in any way-by Germany or Ger-,
mans.
The future course of Argentina re
garding the league will not be decided
until Foreign Minister Pueyrredon's of
ficial report had been received. .
STANDISH HOTEL
GUTTED BY FIRE
Fire supposed to have been started
from a defective" furnace flue
caused from $5000 to $10,000 dam
age to the Stan dish hotel building.
Seventeenth, Chapman, Washington
and Alder streets, and several small
shops located within - the building,
about 3 o'clock this morning.
Trunks and suitcases of the Auto Ex
press company at 540 Washington street,
were slightly damaged, a store room of
apples at 542 Washington street was
affected by smoke, two thirds of the
stock of Miss Eleanor Sepln, who con
ducts a women's apparel shop at 544
Washington street, was damaged ' by
smoke ar.d water. -
The carpenter ehop at 544 Washing
ton street was badly damaged, the floor
burning through and collapsing. The
grocery store at 546 Washington street
suffered damage to one third of its stock
from water. The Boston Taylor shop at
546 Washington street was damaged
by water, and the Standish hotel at, 548
Washington street was damaged in the
basement,' where the fire was supposed
to have started. .
One of the firemen was temporarily
overcome by the. smoke, but .revised,
when taken to the open air.
The fire was first reported by R. Cey
ler, 548 Washington street. It was
largely confined to the basement of the
building and the damage resulted from
smoke and water. Occupants of the hotel
in the stories above, rushed into the
streets "half clad, fearing the fire would
be of more serious nature. .
Patrolmen Rehberg and Vincent aided
in the escape of a number of hotel oc
cupants by breaking a door and setting
ladders to the second story windows.
Mr, and Mrs. Jesse Johnson, occupying
a room on the second floor adjacent to
the one occupied by Johnson's brother.
were - almost overcome. The brother
gained the street safely and Johason
hung out the window, holding his
wife by the hands, intending to drop
her into his brother's arms. - The broth
er missed his hold and Mrs. Johnson
struck -the sidewalk, suffering injuries
which were attended to by a physician
at an adjoining hote.
FRATES FILED
Requested Increase Said to Be
Necessary to Meet Proposed
December 31 Rise in Oil From
Which Gas Is Manufactured.
A new tariff of gas rates proposed
by the Portland Gas & Coke company
for the purpose of meeting the in
creased cost of oil after January 1,
was filed with the public service
commission at Salem today. The
tariff will be considered by the com
mission at a hearing to be held at
the courthouse here at 10 a. m. Wed
nesday. ' " .
The proposed tariff is supplementary
to the gas company's application for an
Increased rate filed with the commis
sion about a month ago, and is subject
to any action the commission may see
fit to take as a result of, the hearing.
OIL AT 75 CENTS
Under its present contract with the
Union Oil company, the Portland Gas &
Coke company pays 75 cents per barrel
for oil for the manufacture of gas.
This contract expires December 31, and
after that date the price will advance j
1 to between $2.75 and $3 per barrel. Until i
I rn ,w -rrt Vnrf a w m-
oil prices become fixed and a new con
tract can be obtained, it is proposed by
the, gas company that the rate to con
sumers be subject to automate adjust-
ments to correspond with fluctuations
m the price of oiL
According to officials of the gas com
pany the cost per 1000 feet of gas to the
consumer will vary about 6 cents for
l each Increase or decrease of 25 cents-in
the price per barrel of oil. In computing
the new rates, an additional credit has
been made to the cost of gas produc
tion for lamp bkick used in making
briquettes, on the ratio that $2.75 bears
to the present price of oil. This credit
amounts to $1.70 per ton of lamp-black
used. ; ,
SCHEDULE OF KATES
The proposed- rate starts off with a
charge of 95 cents for the first '200 feet
of gas used per month ; the next 2800
(Continued on Pag Three, Column One)
HAIL AND SNOW
Hail that fell in profusion and
transformed the downtown streets
into skating rinks of slush shortly
after 1 o'clock today, gave Portland
its first taste Of winter weather
Eastern style this season.
The hail came on 'a sudden squall
which blew in following a morning of
intermittent sunshine. It rapidly changed
to snow and then. to fain as the squall
moved over the city. . Portland experi
enced one other visitation of snow this
year, a trace being recorded November
12, but this flurry melted before it bit
the streets. t
For the second time in three days
Portland and the north Pacific coast
experienced a severe wind and rain
storm Sunday afternoon and evening,
but like the first; it has passed inland
and according to E. L. Wells, weather
forecaster, the severe wind Is oyer. But
Western Oregon will continue to have
rain today.
Storm warnings for southwest winds
which were ordered for North Pacific
Coast points Sunday afternoon were
ordered down this morning. The wind
reached a velocity - of 60 miles an hour
at North Head Sunday noon, tapering
to 48 miles at 5 o'clock. .
While Oregon is having its storms, the
entire Mississippi valley is having un
usually warm weather, accordng to the
morning reports. At New Orleans the
temperature is 72 and and at Chicago
54. Weatherman Wells says, he has
never seen such an extended warm area
over the Mississippi valley at this time
of the year.
The Willamette river has risen almost
two feet in three days, being 9.6 feet
high at the foot of Stark street. . The
river is falling at Eugene this morning.
Government Cannot
Prosecute Men in
Bisbee Deportations
Washington. Dec 13. (U. P.) The
federal government cannot prosecute
the 25 men who "deported' 231 I. W.
W. from Blsbee. Ariz., in July. 1917,
the supreme court decided today.
The action - affirms the Judgment of
an Arizona ' district court that federal
statutes are not applicable to those who
drove out the I. W. W. from Bisbee to
New Mexico in such a sensational way
that it attracted the attention of the
entire -country.
States May Enact
Wartime Espionage
Laws, Court Decides
. Washington, Dec 13. (U..P.) The
states can enact war-time espionage
laws, the supreme court today . decided.
It held constitutional a law of Minne-
sota, enacted to . prevent interference
with the enlistment of men in the mili
tary forces of the United States. ; The
law was attacked by Joseph Gilbert, who
.was convicted under it because of an
alleged anti-war speech.' : He was fined
$500 and sentenced to one year's impris
onment V ,
OM
WITH SOUALL
GUILTY, PLEA
OF WOMAN IN
SLAYING CASE
pORVAIXIS, Dec. 13. Mrs.
Zina Peters, who was to have
faced trial here Monday on a
charge of killing Frank' E. Scitz,
manager off the Alsca Creamery
company, at Alsca, July 14, plead
ed guilty to charge off. man
slaughter before the jury was
called. Sentence will : bis pro
nounced Wednesday, the , cqurt
announced, v
The slaying off Selts is alleged
to have resulted because Seitz had
ceased to pay attention to Mrs.
Peters, a widow, and she became
jealous. Selu died shortly after
being shot.
Washington, Dec. 13. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Members of the Oregon del
egation turned in today for a drive
to secure additional money for new
reclamation work. While estimates
for next year "include expenses lor
the Umatilla and Klamath projects
covering construction of McKay dam,
Horseflv reservoir and irrigation . of
, . . T ,, .,,
Klamath tule lands and Langell val
ley, the sum provided for Oregon
is so far. below Idaho and Washing-
ton that Oregon members have de
cided to fight for the adoption of a
new project which will even up the
apportionment of new work.
Senator McNary and Representative
Sinnott today Interviewed Director Davis
of the reclamation seMlce, who has
just returned from a Western trip, and
asked him to submit alternative esti
mates: Representative Sinnott later ap
peared, before the house subcommittee
having the matter In charge and sub
mitted complete data showing how Ore
gon has been discriminated against in
reclamation xunas. , v
With other members, of the house
delegation. Representative- Sinnott is
consulting, those whose Influence Is ex
pected to count. Today, as the result
of their canvass, they -feel hopeful .that
Oregon will secure . more money and
new Drolect will be undertaken,, in
which event the selection will be left
to the reclamation service. Director
Davis will likely appear before the con
gressional committee tomorrow to ex
plain his estimates and the entire mat
ter will be reviewed.
Washington, Dec. 13. (U. P.)
Foreign delegates may return home
to consult their governments be
fore continuing the communications
conference which has been - vainly
trying to agree on disposition of
former German cables seized during
the war, it was learned In official
quarters today. - . !
A temporary adjournment would not
mean the breaking up of the confer
ence, it was stated.
Another meeting of the conference was
scheduled for today. At this time it was
expected that either arrangements for
an immediate settlement of the German
cable question would be concluded or
temporary adjournment taken. In which
case it is not likely that the dispute
will be cleared up before the middle of
January, when the meetings would be
resumed In Washington. .
Canada Is Asked to
Collect Tax From
Departing Aliens
Detroit Mich., Dec. 1$-(U. P.) Col
lector of Internal Revenue John A. Gro
gan has telegraphed Washington urging
that internal revenue agents meeting
there today recommend an agreement
with the Canadian government wnicn
would prevent aliens leaving for Europe
via Canada without paying any income
tax. ' - - ', ' "
Grogan advised the establishment of
revenue men 'at the gangplanks of all
Europe bound vessels leaving Canadian
ports.
His action follows receipt of several
nnnnvmous letters . in which It was
charged - that Detroit was offering a
1 nassaeeway through w
Dassaeeway through which thousands of
aliens were Waving the United States
without paying an income . tax. In a
raid last night 60 passengers on trains
leaving for Canada were arrested and
$1500 in taxes collected.
Carbon Black Law:
Of Wyoming Held
As Constitutional
i
Washington.' Dec, 13, I. N. S.) The
state law of Wyoming, enacted Febru
ary 28. 1919, regulating the use of natu
ral gas, was upheld by the United States
supreme court today. '"
The act which is known as the Car
bon Black law, declares that burning
natural gas for the manufacture of car
bon black is an extravagant and waste
ful use and provides that such use shall
not be permitted within 10 miles of an
incorporated, town or industrial plant,
unless the heat so generated shall be
applied to other manufacturing or do
mestic purposes- The lower court held
the act unconstitutional In a test case.
SEEK FU1S FOB
OREGON PROJECTS
CABLE CONFERENCE
IS NOT YET AGREED
RELAND IS
TORN AS II
WAS IN 1916
Heart of Cork Aflame; Damage
So Far $15,000,000; Choieest
Structures Razed; Many Home
less; Bullets, Bombs Terrorize.
London, Dec IS. -(U. P.) The
fiercest fighting since the Easter re
bellion of 1016 raged In many parts
of Ireland today. Attaclu.' on Rrit-
lsh soldiers were began while the
heart of Cork still flamed in an In
oendlary fire. .- '
The soldiers and police, according
to dispatches received here, were
more than holding their own.
By Daniel O'Connell
Cork, Dec. 13. (I.. N. S.) Heav
ily armed Brltsh troops and Black
and Tan police were on guard today
about the fire-swept ruins In the
heart of Corr under orders to shoot
all looters on sight. i
The whole central part of the city was
burned with-loss estimated at $15,000,000.
Hundreds of persons are homeless.'
Many have fled from the city In panic.
Large numbers of refugees from the
city spent the night In the fields. Their
sufferings were intensified by cold
weather and snow. i ' 'y . -
Business Is at a standstill In Cork.;
Even the restaurants are closed. The
city I without gas. , , : j
ONLY Rtllf IS LEFT
Many streets that were bustling arter
ies of traffic 48 hours ago were only
piles of brick today. Four blocks were
wiped out entirely. Only the walls of
the city hall, remain.; : t
Firemen from Dublin arrived during .
the morning. They were met In- the sub
urbs and convoyed to the scene of the
fire by troops.
It is reported that some lives were lost
in the burning"" buildings but it was im
possible to check the civilian .population
on account of the general panic and the
exodus of thousands. . .
The ruins are stilt smouldering this
morning and the firemen under military
guards . were still . pouring water upon ,
me peDris. ( - ,--
MILITARY IS AMBUSHED
It is declared by Sinn Fein sympathis
ers that, before the fires broke out Sat
urday night Black and. Tan policemen -broke
Into shops and looted them, carry
ing off .the booty. In valises. The con
flagration followed an ambush of a mil
itary detachment at Plllons Cross.
Martial law was enforced with the ut
most rigor Sunday and- today.
Cork had calmed ; down today after
passing through a veritable reign of ter
ror. During the height of the confla
gration the city was filled with tumult
Fusillades of shots rang through the
streets. Panic-stricken mobs surged to
and fro. Rioting broke out tn which
many were wounded. " T . t ;.
Three persons were reported to have
been killed. ' ' -
SPECIAL CONSTABLES AREI YE
Before the outbreak a number of spe
cial constables had arrived In Cork to
reinforce the Black and Tana. Some of
these "specials" were in the jlorrlea that
were ambushed. '-' f "
More than one hundred buildings were
burned or damaged, including the city
hall, which previously had been wrecked
by fire. The public library was de
stroyed and the Quayside gutted. The
Corn Exchange, one .of the finest build
ings tn the city, was gutted. Two of the
biggest stores tn the city were said to
have been looted before being burned.:
They were Grant's dry goods store and
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column One)
Rhine Yanks to Be
Santas to Germans
(ttf TTnited Newa.)
Berlin, Bee 43. Soldiers of the Amer
ican army of occupation stationed about
Cobienz plan to raise 1,000,000 marks as
a Christmas fund' for German children,
according to the Rhelnlsche Zeitung.
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