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"I CITY EDITION 1 - rf jV TjMV CL: 1 ., SlZM" 1 1 Accuracy Firif , When you see it in The Journal it is true. - "Accuracy First" is the rule by which The Journal guides 4ts news policy Remember, If it's not true you do not find It in ThaJournal. . . XrrY vtv . vr" . OIQ r.titmd u Second CUM Mttr PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1920. -TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NIW8 AN OS F I V I CENTS (Y Wi. A1A. ; Piwtofficc. Portland. Orecoa X II I m ff m m ' a mm am. m. m M . i HUB. .' . . 1 . . r m ' l . a a rf a B. a be SE U B m j . as a m M.M wx m 1 1 J I 3 I II I I hi 1 I f I I A I I Xtl .,.aUS, I N Ll fVl I I NJ I , I P, . I I I l"r 1 pH I THE WEATHER ToniKht fair and warm- f Yh Ci v. I I I W I V J 1 JL Nl Jl ll ' rlQil-nRl4 I IjL V iJL! I J l"1 jy y I it VA A V 1 rl Wednesday probably rain. . I . dftU y '' Minimum temperatarea Monday : " i C President-Elect's Veering Toward ; the League of Nations and His Apparent Friendship for Her bert Hoover Being Resented. , - By David Lawrence (Copjrigbt, 1920, b; Th Joornal) Washington, Dec. 14.: Two things are disturbing the members of the so-called, group of "irreconciliables" who oppose the entrance of the United States Into any association or league of nations whatever. One is that Eresident-Elect Harding is veer ing toward the present League of Nations and has about made up his mind that the machinery of the league must be used even though amendnintand reservations free ing America from obligations or en gagements shall be the basis of American cooperation with the other nations. " And the other thing is that Mr. Hard Ing is showing a marked friendliness to Herbert Hoover and hag hinted that he wanted him In the cabinet. When Presl dent-elect Hardin was in Washington, it was learned today that he amazed cer tain members of the irreconcilable group bv his friendly references to Mr Hoover. Fie got some frank expressions of criti cism in return. It will not be forgotten that Senator Hiram Johnson, leader of the lrrecon enables, fought Mr. Hoover in the Call fornia primaries and that the sores of that fight have not altogether healed. Also when Mr; Harding comes along and says nice things about Mr. Hoover and hints that the latter may be cabinet timber though, forsooth, he is careful (Concluded on Pace Two. Column One) F, E E , Senator George E. Chamberlain has started the; legislative wheels turning at Washington, which will throw pen to' jthe ;' nations , of the world Portland's invitation for uni versal attendance at he Atlantic-Pacific Highway -and Electrical expo nition in 1925. t; - - - The senator thia riioming telegraphed the exposition.project. that he had intro-1 duced in the senate a joint resolution I authorizing the president to invite all! foreign nations te take part. The message was in answer to a mes sage sent him Monday night by Beach and George W. Joseph, asking him to get this resolution before congress. The res i olution has already been referred to the foreign relations committee of the sen ate. Chamberlain stated. : The request .forwarded by Beach and Joseph asked that tne resolution "au . thorize the president, whenever the ex position company, shall show that ade quate funds are available, to invite all foreign nation? to take part in the ezpo . sition in celebration of the completion of transcontinental and Pacific coast highways and 'the centennial of the in - vention of the electro-magnet, establish--mont of peace and restoration of world trade' Suit Against News Shifted to Tacoma Tacoma, Dec. 14. (U. P.) Papers in the suit f Clement Scott of Vancouver, Wash., against the Portland (Or.) News , Publishing company for $100,000 for al . leged libel, were filed in the federal c-ourt here today. Scott charges that the article complained of was published "to hold me -'tip to public hatred, con tempt and ridicule." . He was at the time candidate for mayor of Vancouver, The suit was transferred to Tacoma on peti tion of the News. " , . Sing SB I CM FOR CONGRESS Harding Acts as Interlocutor V x s t ;n w. , - , n- Press Taken Into Confidence Washington, Dec. 14. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAD - In the days before war problems began to absorb the. time of the -president, the weekly Confer ences at the White House with the Washington correspondents made a notable feature of news gathering at the capital. The president is never quoted in interview, but by question and answer the policies of the gov ernment . were discussed and the newspaper , men received valuable information concerning affairs that were under way. - When Senator Harding met the corre spondents at a round table conference in ' the senate press gallery a few days ago, the old White House discussions were recalled. COJTFIDESCE PRESEHTED ' ' The injunctions of confidence were . much the same, for a president-elect must be careful what he says. Much has been written about the way in which City Closes iraiciiiuui Streets Until Repairs, Made Washington, Alder, Yamhill, Sal mon and Taylor streets, leading from Front street - down to the water's edge, were officially barricaded by the city bureau of public works to day and Commissioner Barbur will put a gang of men from his depart ment at work at once sinking posts in the barricaded streets' entrances on Front street. "No vehicle will be allowed to enter those driveways to the waterfront, to load or unload river steamer freight, un til the property owners have complied with the city's orders to repair those driveways," Commissioner Barbur an nounced. As the Alder and Taylor street docks are the present landing places of the river steamers, the commisjoner's ac tion will tie up river traffic unless the boats find new docking facilities. ; "Three weeks ago the property owners on those streets were notified that they must make the approaches tothe water front safe for man and 'beast to travel or suffer the consequences,' Barbur said. "As usual, they have ignored the city's order to comply with the law, but there will be no further dilly-dallying. Those streets remain barred to traffic until the approaches are im proved to the point of meeting the city's approval. The city is not going to be responsible for injuries to men and ani mals due to the negligence of indifferent property owners." HARVEY PROPOSAL Marion, Ohio, Dec. 14. President Elect Harding was today considering seriously the proposal of Colonel George Harvey for an association of nations in which members would be pledged to abstain from , offensive warfare without a referendum of their peoples. . The fact that the Harvey plan was sprung immediately after Elihu Root, a league friend, had talked to Harding, led some to view it as a step to counteract the effect of the visits of Hughes, Hoov er and Root, three.leagueadvocates. - Ex-President William H. Taft will be the next chief Justice ,of the supreme court, in the opinion of Harding's closest advisers today. Chief Justice White . is understood to be planning to retire from the bench shortly after thet. new administration comes in. The second vacancy under the Harding administration will be filled by ex-Senator George Sutherland of Utah, it Is believed. Senator New Is scheduled to arrive Fri day, with Will Hays and W. J. Bryan, J wilam H., Taft is tentatively ex- ... Grants Tass irirl To Become Bride , Of Philip Twohy ? Grants Pass., Or.. Dec; 14. Mr. and Mrs. H. U Wilson of this city an nounced Tuesday the engagement of their daughter. Miss Alva, to Philip Twohy of Portland. Miss Wilson is prominent in the local social set. She attended both the Uni versities of Oregon and Washington. Philip Twohy is a son of Judge John Twohy. railroad builder of Portland, and financier of the C. & O. C. R. R. of this city. Agreement Reached On German Cables Washington, Dec. 14. (U. P.) Dele gates in the world communication con ference today reached a temporary agreement, described as a "modus Viv endi." under which the former German cables will be operated until such time as a permanent' arrangement can be drawn. This agreement, it was said, was satisfactory to the United States. The five powers represented were said to be unanimous in supporting today's settlement. President Wilson received the corre spondents, and there will be interest, no doubt, in Senator Harding's behavior un der somewhat similar circumstances.' Picture a large room, with a large ta ble down the middle,. with Senator Hard ing occupying a chair at one end, corre spondents seated all about so far as chairs were available, but with many more standing than could be seated. The president-elect first made his way down each side of the room, shaking hands with all as a preliminary. Some he had never met before; others only casually, but a considerable number were greeted as old acquaintances, whom he has seen almost daily since he came to the senate. The greetings over, Hard ing made his way to the end of the table, seated himself and announced: HARDING INTERLOCUTOR "I will be the interlocutor. Go ahead. - Then began nearly an hour of question and answer, in which a great variety of things were discussed, the greater part of which have not found their way into print, even, in the most Indirect fashion. Now and then - the senator would indi cate things he was willing to be quoted (Concluded d rage Two, Column Three) HARD NG CONSIDERS ROAD BONDS BY DECISION Supreme Court Reverses Former Ruling Regarding County In debtedness for Road Purposes; Bonds in Six Counties Upheld. Salem, Or.. Dec. 14. The consti tutional amendment of 1919 author izing county indebtedness for road purposes up to 6 per cent of the as sessed "value of the county is oper ative without any additional legisla tion.. County road bonds issued un der the provision of this amendment and in excess of the 4 per cent lim itation provided under an act of 1912 are valid. This is the gist of an opinion written by Justice Bean and handed down by the supreme court this morning. The action of the court this morning vali dates road bonds aggregating millions or dollars issued by Union, Yamhill, Cooa, Crook, Lane and Jackson counties. J BASED OX r ADD SUIT j The opinion of Justice Bean is based on an original' proceeding in mandamus instituted by Ladd & Tilton, Portland bankers, in an effort to collect $137.50 interest due on a block of road bonds issued by Union county under this amendment on October 11, 1919. . In his opinion Justice ' Bean allows a peremp tory writ ordering Jotui Frawley, treasurer for Union county, to pay the interest in question. ' Today's opinion In which Chief Jus tice McBride and Justices Johns, Har ris and Brown concur, reverses the position of the supreme court in the case of W. P. Hawley vs. Clackamas county in which it was held that additional leg islation was necessary to make the amendment , of 1919 operative and that bonds issued in excess of the 4 per cent limitation authorized under an act of 1912 were illegal. BEA5. BETE USES HIMSELF Justice -Bean, who writes today's opinion holding the road bond issue under the six per cent limit valid, stood on the opposite side of the question in the previous opinion and Justice Brown, who has succeeded Justice Bennett since the Clackamas county casa was decided. . t Concluded oa Itia Two, Cchuna Twai, , Two Small Boys Put Fire Out; Save School Building Prompt action by two school boys probably saved the Sunnyside school from serious damage by fire this after noon when they dragged two lines- of hose through the attic, out upon the shirigle roof, and had the blaze well under control before the fire department arrived. For this service the fire department strongly commended Roy Longwell, 13. and Clayton Black, 10. The fire started from chimney sparks. Motorcycle Patrolman Ingle from the east side police station went ; to the fire and reported that Principal Frey had censured the lads for throwing so much water on the roof that the seepage did damage to rooms below. . This cen sure was not indorsed by the ,firemen, however, who , declared the boys : had acted valiantly and prevented much .serious harm. Wages Reduced by Master Builders In Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.j Dec. 14. (L N. S.) Master builders of Atlanta have an- nuuiii-eu wage reaucuons to all em ployes from common laborers to skilled cement workers and bricklayers, ef fective January 1, 1921. Common labor ers are cut to 30 cents an hour, a re duction of $1.20 for an eight-hour day ; carpenters to 70 cents an hour, a cut of 80 cents per day ; plasterers and ce ment finishers cut to 90 cents an hour, a reduction of $1.80 per day, this reduc tion also applying to bricklayers. Paint ers receive the heaviest cut, theirs being from Jt to 60 cents an hour, a reduction of $3.20 per day. , Gas Hearing Called For Wednesday . at 2 - Hearing of the application for increase in .Portland's gas rates will begin at 2 o'clock Wednesday af terpoon in the offices of the public service commission in the courthouse, it was announced from Salem today. The commission sent word that previous announcement that it would begin at 10 a. m. was erroneous. Railroad Crafts to Combat Japanese Spokane, Wash., Dec 14. The affili ated railroad crafts of Spokane, repre senting 4200 people, passed a resolution to fight Japanese immigration and urge legislation to keep the Japanese from coming to America. v Reorganization Bill Is Passed by House ir--;-vV:' . v ' ""' - Washington. Dec 14. (L N. S.) The hoase late today passed the Reavis reso lution providing for reorganization of the administrative branches of the govern ment. - " t ' TENURE BILL BODES ROW IN LEGISLATURE Warm Discussion Before Multno mah Delegation Over Proposed Amendments to Teachers' law Indicates Warmer Fight Later. Denial of the right of appeal and a return to the spoils system in the employment and discharge of teach ers are the two big bogies that have reared themselves between the amendments proposed to the teach ers' tenure law by the- school board and their approval by the teachers. This, at least, was the major con tention of Miss Leon a Larrabee in her arguments against the amend ments before the Multnomah dele gation at its meeting Monday night. Miss Larrabee was the principal speaker in opposition to the amend ments. On the other Jia'nd School Directors. Newill and Shull contended that the sole purpose of the board's proposals was to make it possible for the school authorities of Portland to weed out in efficiency in the teaching staff in the best interests not only of the efficient teachers themselves but of the public welfare as well. '-. ADJOC11X FAR APART The meeting was largely attended and full of interest, but the warring parties seemingly adjourned as far apart -as ever, leaving little doubt but that the tenure law is to be the center of one of the big; battles of the coming session of j the legislature. , Director A. C. Newill opened the dis cussion at last night's meeting by pre senting and explaining the proposed amendments which have been drafted and indorsed -by all members of the Concluded on ac Two, Column Foor) PRICES OF FOOD STILL DROPPING By Hyman H. Cohen Foodstuff prices continue to drop and in the restaurants and cafeterias further "price reductions are shown. Meat orders are being reduced 5 to 10 cents in many places and the same reductions apply to egg orders. In the meantime there is a general movement to liquidate present stocks. Hog prices are dropping in virtually every part of the country and in many places they have reached pre-war levels. Chicago hogs were down 40 to 60c per hundred pounds for the day; Indianapo lis was off 25 to 60c and St. Louis was down 40 to 50c, with Kansas City 30 rb 40c lower. At Portland, live hogs are 7c lower for the day. BIG INTERESTS SCARED Local packers announce further reduc tions of 1 to -2 cents a pound in hams, but competition for the limited business is so keen that sales are actually being made 5 to 8 cents a pound under the prices listed. The strike of the buyers has scared the big interests and they no longer are die tating prices. The public is today al most making its own prices. ' Lard prices, bacon and cooking com pound are also lower. Great losses are being taken by specu lators who stored butter last June In the hope of squeezing some extra profits out of the consumer. EGGS KEEP CP Eggs are the one product that show advances, this being due to the colder weather and the fact that cold storage supplies are practically exhausted in all parts of the country. . Sugar prices are down 50 cents per hundred pounds in the wholesale market This change was made by Pacific coast refineries during the day, but local wholesalers put the lower price in ef fect at once and took their losses. In many downtown retail shops sugar is virtually as low as Wholesale quotations. Potatoes and onions have not been so cheap for many years, but in these lines prices are so low that the, public has seemingly lost interest in the market. BREAD MAT DROP Apples are selling so low for ordinary quality that the prices scarcely pay for the freight and boxes, let alone the cost of production. This applies to -. the smaller sizes, for large sized apples are scarce. These are used for baking and the demand for them is keeping the price high. Despite the low price of about : 15c wholesale for fancy apples. fruit stands are asking 30 to , 50c dozen. . : Because of the very low prices now ruling for feed stuffs, milk prices are due for another decline. . Competition in the bread market has forced one or two of the automatic bakers to cut their prices, but, generally speaking, the' bakers are 'still holding up values. Constantine Favors Trade Concessions To United States Paris. - Dec. 14. tU. S.) Valuable trade concessions , and privileges to be granted America will be one of the first moves of King Constantine when he ascends the throne of Greece. ;-, These concessions are to be a retaliation for the Anglo-French economic blockade of Greece, according to dispatches from Athens today. , . ICY TERWILLIGER PROVES GRIEF SPOT BAD slant at Hamilton avenue which "got" more than a dozen automobiles this morning before the sun had melted ice accumulation. Photographs, taken after many cars had ..been towed away, shows grotesque positions taken by machines after skids on slippery pavement. Lower picture shows crew trying to remove truck from sidewalk. i r. tun CITY INSISTS ON Portland has served notice on the railroads that they owe this city an adequate union terminal. Steps were taken by the mayor's commis sion Monday evening to carry the terminal controversy to the inter state commerce commission through the aid of the Oregon public service commission. ' Telegrams were sent as another result of the meeting to Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the directors of the Union Pacific, and Julius Kruttschnitt. who oc cupies a similar ' position with the Southern Pacific, saying: , "Committee of presidents of all civic clubs appointed by Mayor Baker met to night and asks that action be rescinded barring the Great Northern and S., P. & S. roads from use of the Portland Union terminals pending an adjustment and.', final solution of the local problem." POLICIES OUTLINED The declaration of policy adopted by the committee, was : That the railroads owe Portland an adequate Union terminal. . That plans and preliminary arrange ments looking to a Unon terminal should how be formulated. That pending the construction of ah adequate terminal present joint use of existing faMlitles by all the roads should be continued. Acting Mayor' Bigelow assured the committee that the city council will back its " committee in every aggressive step no matter how far the content may be carried. OWE CITY' DEPOT The Union Pacific, and the Southern Pacific are the owner lines of the North ern Pacific Terminal company, which. over the protest of the Northern Pacific, the third owner line, voted to oust the' Great Northern and S., P. & S. from use of the. Union depot which was granted the latter carriers during government ad ministration of the railroads. Chairman H. B. .Van Duzer of the com mittee expressed hope that the roads migflt comply with the will of Portland without litigation. City Attorney Wal ter P. La Roche, secretary of the com mittee, said that if litigation Is neces sary appeal to the interstate commerce commission under the 1920 transporta tion act is the only course open. The federal commission has authority . to compel the railroads to establish a union terminal-for passengers and freight. Only Preparation Will Halt Japanese, Is Kahn's Opinion Chicago. Dec 14. I. N. S.) Declar ing that the United States will not make war on Japan but mat me oniy way u can avoid war with Japan "is to be al ways prepared for One,", Representative Julius Kahn, California, member of the house military affairs committee, said todav in art interview that there is in Japan "a constant and bitter agitation against Americrf, growing more - bitter all the time." "Only Sunday,", said Congressman Kahn, "there was a great massmeeting in Japan to' protest against American action. Tou don't hear of any. Japan ese maasmeetlngs to protest against the British in Hongkong or Middle China.' Bellingham Mills Cut Lumber Prices Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 14. (L N S.) The Bloedel-Donovan Lumber mills, largest lumber operators in Northwest ern Washington, announce a reduction of more than 10 per cent In the retail prices' of lumber, effective December 15, The new list is from 40 to 47 per Cent under quotation? of May, 1920.' Dingley Wool Tariff Will Be Requested ' Washington, Dec. 14. (L N, 8.) Im mediate reenactment of the Dingley tar iff on wool, 10 cents a pound on first grade wool and 12 cents a pound on second : grade wool, will be asked of congress. Representative Kordney, chair man of the house ways and means com HEW UN ON DEPO t I: U 5 Mitt ft turn T RATES FOR THE S. P. Milling" in' transit rates, effect ive.. on, all Southern Pacificrlines' in Oregon, will be established , for the benefit of the lumber industry, ef fective as soon as the tariffs can be published, announced H. A,. Hin- shaw, 'general freight agent of the system, this morning. - Mills on Southern Pacifie . lines have never hitherto - enjoyed this privilege. Such, an arrangement is effective on the O-W. R.- & N. and other northern lines, but the valley mills and industries on, the .branch line have long felt a handfr cap in not being able to compete with mills more ' favorably- located, , without absorbing the local rate from point of origin to the milling point. ' The. new arrangement, Hinshaw an nounced, eliminates ' this ' disadvantage against the branch line mill. -. - ' . The milling in transit rate applies on through shipments. - It does not afreet either the local rate or the through rate except that an arbitrary milling charge is fixed against shipments on the basis of the through rate. This charge will bA' f icnirMl nut nn " th hflMla nf - stofilfll H&ost of setting outwears. ' - Rough lumber from the point of origin can thus, at - trifling cost,' be stopped at the milling point and treated to further processes of manufacture. o that when it -starts again on its Inter rupted journey it will be ready for the carpenter's 'hand, Experts are now figaring out the new tariffs and ' these will be published im mediately on completion' of the task. Application was made for this milling privilege about a year and a half ago while the roads were under federal con trol. The railroad adminirtration at that time did not see fit to grant the privi lege. ; ' .; -,- v.; Hinshaw said the Southern Pacific is now announcing the new rate on Us own motion, in the hope of building up the lumber industry along its Oregon lines. Reclamation Fund Of $400,000 Seems Certain as Starter Washington." Dec. ; 14. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL, )-- An estimate of $400,000 for next year for beginning reclamation' work depends on the president and if approved by htm. as it doubtless will be, it seems certain to become part of the reclamation pro gram the coming year. This means con struction of either the Crane Prairie or Benham Falls reservoir, a may be later decided.'. The most desirable an nouncement came today when Director Davis of the ' reclamation service took the witness -stand before the appropri ations committee ' to explain estimates for irrigation. '. .' 'i ' tr '--'-"" ; Chairman Good , at once called atten tion to statement made yesterday by Congressman Sinnott concerning Oregon reclamation funds andiasked his opin ion. .Davis stated he had already acted.. He expects additional recommendation for the Deschutes project to be incor porated. -This indicates success for the drive which the Oregon delegation has been making the last few days to cor rect discrimination against Oregon In reclamation allotments. ..; . London-Dublin Wires Have Been Restored London. Dec 14. (I. N. S.) Telephone communication with Dublin, which was broken during the night, -waa restored this morning. No official explanation was given of the interruption. . IF I 8 IV t . 15 is 1 IF- ta 1 ILL NG N TRANS 4 1 U. S. AID ROAD BILL ' 'The' "Six Ter Cent Tax Limita tion.'" which rises like Banquo's ghost before tax levying bodies at the end of every year, was the sub ject of an address before the. con vention .of the .State Association of County-Judges and Commissioners Tuesday by Henry E. Reed, assessor of Multnomah county. Reed did not enter into a discussion of the merits or demerits of the law, but presented a symposium of opinion from the various counties of the state as ex pressed by county courts and municipal authorities, The opinion was much di vided. ; Some contended that the law is good -and curbs extravagance, while others maintained it is bad and retards progress.' '",.! :: ., RESOLUTION ADOPTED x Ideal. Charities on a Business Basis' was presented to the convention by Mar shall N. Dana, who outlined the waste and duplication and pauperization re suiting from the usual administration of funds devoted to charity by govern mental bodies and private organizations. He reviewed the "Community Chest" or ganization' of Portland, whose object is to coordinate all charitable effort and put business into it. A resolution was adopted in. line with his suggestions by the convention rec ommending to the governor .and legisla lure that the- present investigation of the subject by a commission appointed by the governor be continued during trie next biennium under the direction of the University of Oregon or other competent agency with the view of formulating a state-wide plan which ' will promote economy, end abuses and bring about tl Lficiency in the administration of need ROAD MEASURE FAVOBED Following an address , by . George Quayle, secretary" of the Htate Chamber of Commerce, the convention passed resolution to be forwarded to the Oregon delegation in congress indorsing the Chamberlain .federal aid road bill. This bill provides for an annual : appropria tiOn of $100,000,000 for four years for post roads and $10,000,000 annually for a period or,10 years' for forest roadm. John McArthur of the Lane county road department read a paper showing the good results achieved through an effec tive road organization and the use of im proved machinery. A few of the problems of county ad ministration were outlined -by District Attorney. Evans of Multnomah county. Prosecution Goes On in Cement Case Prosecution 'of the ' Oregon-Portland Cement company was' continued today in "Federal Judge . Bean e court. . The morning' session was used in . reading correspondence between : the company and Ha patrons. . The government is at tempting to show-that the cement com panies on the coast formed a combine in restraint of trade and that the territory in the coast states was divided between them. The trial will probably last over the Christmas holidays. Check of Farmers' H 3 Credits Is Ordered Washington, ' Dec. 14. (LaN. R tn an effort to determine how much farm ers' "paper" is ; outstanding, the senate agriculture committee passed a resolu tion today calling upon the federal re serve board to furnish it with a com plete report of credits extended to sep arate industries as distinct from 'avail able - reports showing- the outstanding credits by federal reserve districts. II 9 COUNTIES INDORSE r AUTOS ARE WRECKED ON ICy STREETS Car Wreckage in Many Parts of City Is Evidence of 'Skiddiest' , Day in Recent Historyi 53 Ac cidents Reported; No One Hurt With pavements lined with auto-. mobile wreckage, Portland experi enced this morning one of the "skid diest" days of recent history, Mon day night's rain having frozen dur ing the night and made of the streets veritable skating rinks which even the most widely j- advertised tire chains could negotiate with diffl- . culty. i ' . . ;. . : r, i - i - - -; Sandy boulevard was littered with automobiles with broken wheels. Ter- williger "boulevard at Hamilton avenue looked like a junk heap. The Columbia . river highway was not without Its quota of derelicts. - The west approach to the steel bridge "got 'em all." NO ONE INJURED And yet through all the slips and skids and collisions, I not one person was re ported injured. t . - ., - .'. ,- The ice disappeared soon ! after the sun came out, but the garage men and towing companies had accumulated work enough for many a day. The glittering ice covered streets and sidewalks made motorists and pedes, trians chart their courses with care as they skidded to work, and I made the police department hustle to record the minor accident reports which came -in from all over ! the city. For the first time this season Portland experienced a temperature below the' freezing point 81 degrees. But the one degree below the freezing level congealed the rain which foil on the streets late Monday afternoon. , . il ACCIDENTS REPORTED! Frost drew the remainder of the mois ture out of cement, wood and steel and made of the city one great skating rink. Police marveled as the night and then the early morning passed without a seri ous street accident being reported. A total of S3 "accidents were reported to the police Monday evening until mid night, but not in a single instance was a person! reported to have been hart. ; ' Many-auto tnobllista decided discretion was the- better oourse this morning and did not bring their automobiles out. The- ones who did proceeded cautiously and ( Ccnoludad on Put Te, Column Beree) By Newton C. Parke Geneva, Dec. 14. (I. N.. B,) World disarmament struck more snags today. ; Leon Bourgeois, rep resenting France, .notified the League of Nations that France could not comply with the disarmament committee's recommendations : that natipns should not exceed I heir pres ent armament budgets. . t .1 '- "It would be Impractical for France to do so until Germany fulfills the terms of the Versailles treaty," said M. Bour geois, . . :. ;;,.;,- -- Fatal Explosion . . Caused by Match ' . i r r'-:r Seattle, Wash., Dec. 14. (I. N. a Mystery surrounding the explosion of coat gas aboard the steamship Victoria " here late yesterday was solved today when Andrew Hansen, chief officer, Who lies in a hospilal -severely burned, -declared Bertrand K. Prince, head Steve dorev lighted a match while the two men were inspecting the hold for cargo space, finding the flash light he carried Inade quate. Prince was blown te pieces, as was William Lawrence, station man aboard ' the vessel. George Matheson. foreman carpenter, and E. W. Raymond, , chief . port engineer, were severely burned. - ; '- The Journal's Ffews Resources Abundant ' .. .The Journal receives the daily reports of four telegraphic news associations, all of. which, oper ate leased wires into The Jour nal building. Each of these services Is . a complete news" gathering agency with estab-, lished connections in news een- . ters all over the wqrld. These services are: United Press. ' i International News Service. -Universal Service, : United News. j : . ." In addition to carrying ;a thorough news report each of ' them . employs talented news. writers whose "signed articles 'on news events are of exceptlon X al merit. ' . The Journal maintain - its own bureau in Washington that Js devoted .exclusively to news events affecting The Journal's field. ' The Journal's service on, national affairs Is further sup plemented by; the David Law rence daily dispatch. ' '-if ' - - ' " FRANCE DECLINES DISARMING PLAN mittee, announced this .afternoon. 3