CITY EDITION
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 19201 SEVENTY PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL, XVIII. NO. 38.
BILL FRIED
Senator Gordon's Measure to Be
' . Introduced at Coming Legisla
tiire would Create Commission.
Jhree -Members Would Have
Sweeping Authority to Decide
Amount Taxes to Be Collected.
. A "Tax Supervising and Consefva
tion Commission" bill with teeth in
It for the supervision and conaerva
tion of Multnomah county taxation,
baa been drafted and will be, intro
duced In the comlnsr legislature bv
measure, should It be enacted Into
' law, wiirtake the plae of the pres
ent advisory statute and give the
new commission absolute power in
- the levying of all taxes for the con
duct of all units of government with'
In the county of Multnomah, In
cluding the county, city and school
district levies.
The Gordon bill Is drafted; la the form
of a general statute covering the as
sessment and. levy of taxes dn all coun
ties of the state having a population of
100,000 inhabitants or more.
THIIEE MEMBERS PROPOSED
It provider for a commission of three
members, appointed by the governor, for
.terms of three years each, each com
missioner to De a citizen or me -united
States and a resident and taxpayer of
the county in which he is to serve. -.Commissioners
may be removed "for
rood and sufficient cause" at . any time
by the governor. The commission is to
have offices in the courthouse or other:
convenient place, and is to be permitted
- to employ clerical and other assistance
up to $5000 a year. --
y The bill makes it the duty of the com-
V-' (Concluded od Pac Eight, Column Three.)
SENATE HOLIDAY
Small Group Making Determined
Effort to Keep Wheels
In 'Motion.
lly It. C. Martin -
i United fress Strf Correspondent
Washington, Dee. 18. Plans of
- eeiiate members, to take a - two
weeks' vacation beginning Monday
were blocked today by the 'determ
ined opposition of a small group who
w have long fought the. congressional
. - custom of holiday recesses.
-The effort to stop the legislative
wheels until January 3, is to be re
newed Monday, . unless it develops that
senators do not care to put themselves
on record as favoring a tieup of the
- legislating i-machinery - merely to irive
themselves a vacation within two weeks
of the beginning of the session. - Oppo
nents of the lontr recess fcerved notice
. today-they-will demand a record vote.
Arrangements, had ' been made to
shorten the ' usual holiday recess by
, recessing from next Thursday, Decem
T ber 23. until . December 27, then work-
, tng until Thursday-, December 30, and
recessing over New Tear's.
But today Senator Kmoot of Utah
askeol . unanimous consent to a recess
beginning Monday and lasting until
.December 27; Senator Thomas of Colo
rado refused to agree to it- Then
Hmoot. at the suggestion of Senator
Itobinson ' ef Arkansas, amended it to
tretch the recess clear over until
January 3-.. Thomas refused to assent
to that, whereupon Robinson demanded
a . vote on it. Thoanas said he would
Aemand a rollcall to put the senators
on- record. ' : :
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SNAG
Starving Children in Need
Oregon Prepared to Help
. Oregon today is bidding for the of Columbus, Y. f. C. A. and Y. W.
lives of 25,000 children in East Cen
tral Europe against famine and
death, j Oregons campaign" to buy
Ijer Quota 25,000. lives at $10
apiece ln the national effort inaug
urated tpday ; under the : leadership
f Herbert Hoover, is to be launched
In- 600 churches scattered in' every
city, town and hamlet. .
As they have pleaded for souls in the
padt. ministers without regard for sect,
creed or- denomination plead for the
lives of Europe's helpless baby war vic
tims today. - ... , '
ORGA2TIZATIOX IS READT
rThe pleaof starving children will also
be echoed in house-to-house and person-to-person
canvass, for out-state Director
Robert E. Smith announces the cam
paign of the weekkand the campaifrners
are in absolute readiness. To the .force
, f the eight great organisations Amer
ican. Relief - administration American
' ?Red Cross1,- American Friend's 'Service
committee (Quakers), Jewish Joint Dis
tribution committee. Federal Council of
, Churches of Christ In America, Knights
Man Injured
In Fighting
Vicious Deer
; ; ..... . . . .
Dog Chases Animal Away and
Saves Life of Its
; Master.
Medford, Dec. 18. A crime wave j
Is on among ' the wild animals of s
Jackson county.
This morningr an angry-four-foot -wild
cat faced Lyle R. Hillis in the Devils
Garden district five miles from Medford,
but one shot killed him before he could
begin business.
. Yesterday afternoon while John Ben
son, veteran placer, miner, was at work
on his claim In the 'Applegate district,
without warning an infurated bis buck
deer appeared and attacked him
viciously, knocking him down and rolling
and shunting him around with its horns
until his cries for help summoned his dog
which attacked and drove the deer away.
Benson will recover.
LEAGUE WORKING
Assembly Adjourns Initial Meet
ing and Members Leave
Geneva, i
Bjs Henry Wood
V t"nitd Press Staff Co-respondent
Geneva, Dec. 15. The League of
Nations assembly adjourned its ini
tial session this evening.
The final meeting was impressive,
the delegations bidding each other
farewell before crowded galleries.
They left Geneva on special trains.
Paul Hymans, president' of the assem
bly, in hisiclosing speech declared the
meetings 6f the last five weeks have (
demonstrated the complete success of
the League and that it is "now a living,
working, practical organization."
The relations between the assembly
and w the council have been definitely
established, .Hymans said.
"The . covenant has been -interpreted
and the necessary modifications will be
ready at the next session of the assem
bly," he declared.- .
- .."Technical organisations have been
created to help establish the world on a
sound economic and financial basis. The
first, steps have been taken toward dis
armament. Even ' if the League has
failed to find a mandatory for Armenia,
It at K-afct has. found ar mediator in
President Wilson."
M. Motta, president of Switzerland and
a delegate to the assembly. In replying
paid tribute to r Hymans and declared
that the September meeting of the as
sembly would take up the real task of
reuniting (all . peoples. The present as
sembly; be said, demonstrated this spirit
by accepting Austria and Bulgaria,
former enemy countries, as members.
At the? request of Herbert Hoover,' the
assembly voted approval and -sympathy
with the international effort on behalf
of Europe's war stricken children.
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Ice Cream Bricks to
Be Given Away Free
By Journal This Week
The classified advertising department
of The Journal will give away pint
bricks of Hazelwood ice cream as prem
iums for "dime a line" classified adver
tisements received and paid for ' on
Thursday and Friday,' December 23 and
24. for publication In The Sunday Jour
nal of December 26.
Persons placing classified advertise
ments on the dates named will be given
orders for Hazelwood ice cream which
will he honored at any .retail store hand
ling this product. The orders may be
used at any time within a week fol
lowing the date of issue.
Advertisements may be left at The
Journal business office or at any of the
following agencies: Owl Drug Store,
Broadway and Washington ; .Fred C.
Forbes Drug company. Grand avenue
and . East Morrison ; Matthleu Drf g
store, - Russell and Williams streets ;
Killlngsworth Drug company, Killings
worth and Albina avenue ; St. Johns
Pharmacy, St. Johns.
C A, have been added the active serv
ice of tprmer" Liberty loan workers.
SPEAKERS AXS0U5CED
Several communities in their eagerness
to relieve the distress in Poland. Lithu
ania Roumanla, Germany and Austria
have refused to wait. A telegram from
Wauna, Or., signed by Mrs. C. H.
Watzek, declares: "We have more than
doubled our quota. More coming.
The1 Speakers bureau announces that
Dr. Esther PohJ Lovejoy will speak Jn
the Orpheum at 2:15 and 8:13. and at
The Auditorium at 3 o'clock this after
noon. Alfred Aya wilj address a general
meeting in Baker. . A. O. Clark will
speak. to the Federation of Churches at
Cornelius Wednesday evening,:
Stimulating interest in the campaign
Oregon's school children have entered an
essay contest tinder the direction of
Fred L. Boalt, with State Superintendent
of Schools J. A.. Churchill handling the
details. The question the little folks of
Oregon are answering is,. "How much
we who are well fed should sacrifice for
those who are dying of hunger in
Europe."
A. L, Lambert has bean appointed
chairman 'for Jefferson county,
ASSERTS HYIvlANS
TERMINAL CO.
H0L0ST0RR
Declines to Follow Service Com-
mission's Reque'stjThat G. N.
and S., P. & S. Use Depot.
Insists Two Roads Must Vacate by
End of Month in Accordance
With Directors' Original Order.
Orders outsing the Great North
ern and S., P. & S., railroads from
the Union station December 31 will
not be rescinded, according to what
may be termed as final action of the
Northern Pacific Terminal company,
operators of the Union station.
From J. P. O'Brien, president of the
terminal company, a message was re-
ceived Saturday afternoon by the public
service commission in answer to its lei- i
ter of Thursday requesting that the O-
v., and a., r. & s. rauroaris De aiiowea
continued use of the terminal, The let-
cannot be rendered the two Hill lines
after, December 31.
DEtlSIOS BELIEVED TISA1
While it was generally understood that
final action tn the request of the Public j expressed opinions of would-be econo-;vif-
. nmom ininn vouiil taken hv mists in business men's clubs and other
Carl R. Gray, president of the Union
Pacific system, and William . Sproule,
president of the Southern Pacific, this
message is taken to be. final.
Gray and Sproule are members of the
board of directors of the Northern Pa
cific Terminal company and as such
affirm theii positions through this
message O'Brien prepared the corn-
rhunication after telegraphic communica
tion with the individual members of the
board of directors.
' Therefore the terminal company's re
fusal to rescind the ouster order is
taken as the opinion of dray and
Sproule.
SO PROTEST FROM 3. P.
Members, of the terminal company 1
board of directors are Gray, O'Brien and
A. C Spencer, representing the- Union
(Concluded on run Tvelre Coram Two
News Index
Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete in
. t -Eight Sections:
editorial
Section 2, Pagt 4.'
Forelan ''....
LeiitlB Is Working Sertion 1, Pt 1.
lUptllo Treaty approved Section 1, Paxa 1.
Duncan's Soa Kidnaped- Section 1. Pace 1.
National
Hots lo Stimulate Farm Market Section 1,
re 1.
To Proixxe Mora House Member Section 1,
Page 1.
Holiday Plan Hits Snajr Section 1, Ptt 1.
Maternity Education Bill : Pases Section 1,
-Pace 2.
Aid to Germany advocated Section 1, Pace 2.
Domettlo
Army Airmen Itost Section 1. Pace 1. -
RiTer Boat Sinks, 13 ImL Section 1, Ttgt 1?
Gloomy Talk. Is Handicap Section 1, Page 1.
Journal Wire Flaahes Section J, Pace 4.
Clemency fried tor Rumely Section 1, Page 4.
Oiun Bristle in New Tork Section 1, Page 12.
Ferry Boat Strike Imminent Section 1. Pace 12.
Northweat
Deer Attacks Miner Section 1, Tub 1.
Ship in IMstresB Section 1, Pace 1.
Han Held for Explosion Section 1. Pace 1
25,000 Bnaheia of Wheat Sold Section
Page 1-
Gordon' Seat Questioned Section 1, Pag 1.
The Dallea Has Snow Section 1, Page 1.
Woolgrowere' Contention Section 1, Page 10.
Gas Standards Too Higb Section 1. Tage 14.
Would Rocall County Judge Section 1, Page 14.
Portland
Terminal Company Itolda to Orders Section 1,
Page 1. .
Dr. Cline Sues for f 15,000 -Section 1, Pag 4.
Trout Shipments Explained Section I, Pag 8.
High AswsMnenta Prore Hardship Section 1,
Pag 8. .
Grocery Stor Held Tp Section 1, Pag 11.
Two Policemen on Carpet Section 1, Pag 14.
legislator to Hear Plea Section J., Pag 13.
Business Newt
Real Estate and Buildings -Section 3, Pag 8.
Market Section 3, Pag 13.
Finance Section 8, Tag 4.
Uarine Section 3, Page 4.
Sport
Section 3, Pag 8.
Section 6, Page 4-5.
' Automotive '
Section 0, Paget 1-6.
On th Finer SW
The Week in Society Section 4, Pages 2-3-6.
Women's Club Affairs Section 4, Pag 7.
Fraternal Section 4. Page 7.
In Portland Schools Section 4, Pag 8.
American- Legion Sew Section 3, Pag 14.
National Guard News Section 4, Pag 8.
Drama and Photoplay Section 5, Pages 1-2-8-4.
The Realm of Unsie Section 4, Pag 6; Sec
tion 5, Pag 5. ,
'.'.''-. Features
Who's Who on Broadway Section B, Pag S.
Ring Lsrdner's Letter Section . Pag S. -
European Comment Section 2. Pac 7.
News of Nation's Capitol Section 2, Pag .
Portltnd Boy in England Section 6, Page 8.
Santa's Aotomotirs Christmas (pictorial) See
e. Page 1. - ' . .-
Millions for Roads in 1921 Section S, Pag 1.
Uan Earies Impounded Dog Section 2, Pag S.
General News' (pictorial) Section 7,
raVl.
Viscountess'
n
Gowns Btarti Paris -
Section 7,
: Pag 2. -4
Nrst Story about Old Gold Section T, Pag 3.
Wales KmbarrSSsinr Position Section 7. Pac 4.
Boy Perpetrate Biggest Bobber; Sectma 7,
Page 3.- ;; - , -;
Mrstsrjr 0f Vanished Bride Section 1, Pag 6.
Health, Bcaaty and Horn Section "7. Pag 7.
ETeniog Gowns and Chip lets Svetioa 7, Pag S.
Cam's
Sjcfaqn 8. rags 1-4. . .- '
GLOOmY TALK
IS HANDICAP
TO BUSINESS
Almost Baseless Pessimism of
Would-Be Economist One Cause
of Depression, Says Lawrence.
Psychological Period to End After
the Holidays and Bustling to
Resume, Government Heads Say
By David Iiawrcncc
(Copyright, 1920. by The Journal)
Washington, Dec. 18. Business
conditions throughout the United
States are none too good, 'but the
frank expCcution of. official Wash-
ington i3 that lmprovement will be-
gln to be noted about the first o
fae year
Not since the depression of Decem-
ber, 1914, when the outbreak of the
hm,. h h a iv,
ciosely fastened upon the national busi
lean, commerce, has attention oeen soi
ness. situation.
And while officials in the treasury
and the various government bureaus,
where contact with business is close.
expressed the opinion that there has
been some justification for pessimism,
the universal Judgment seems to be that
cunuiuuns nave urcn iiihub ourirej uj
.,,.,.,!,, taIk nnmu hv Ihe hastilv
places where commercial men gather.
In other words, the- government
meaning most of the officials of influ
ence in it have told the writer that
the present depression is in large part
psychological. It is stimulated by psy
chological factors and is being main
tained by psychological influences. And,
Incidentally, such predictions as Sen
ator Penrose has made from his isolation
at Atlantic City .concerning the "hard
times" ahead do not sit well on, either
Republicans or Democrats, who believe
it . is the duty of the members of. con
gress to cease calamity-howling and
give attention to the tariff and other
economic measures which . may afford
quick relief in this period of read-
Justment,
However, the questions Involved are
not political, and the attitude which the
government in its branches is taking
r tjeward the business rltoatioh ts notf
political : just aa .many demands have
come from - the Democratic South as
fromfe the Republican w West for relief
(Concluded on Put "Fmrtttm, Column Three)
Quo Warranto Proceedings State
Gordon Was Candidate for
Two Offices at Once.
Salem, Or., Dec. 18. Quo war
ranto proceedings were instituted in
the Marion county circuit court here
this afternoon by Leslie W. Murray
of Portland, through his attorney,
Paul C. Dormitzer, also of Portland,
in an effort to prevent the seating
of Herbert Gordon as a member of
the Multnomah county delegation in
l, I the house of representatives at the
forthcoming session of the state leg
islature. The proceedings are based on the
contention that Gordon was a candi
date for two offices at the same elec
tion and therefore disqualified to hold
either office.
A similar protest filed by Dormitzer
with Governor Olcott, in an effort to
prevent the t issuance of Gordon's cer
tificate of. election, failed of results,
the governor declaring that the con
test must be' carried to the legislature,
so far as he was concerned, each house
of which is the sole Judge of the quali
fications of its respective members.
Murray, in whose name the proceed
ings were filed today, was a candidate
for the legislature from Multnomah
county in the recent election and stood
thirteenth in the list in the point of
votes, .with 12 to be elected.. Should
Gordon be declared disqualified for the
seat. Murray will claim tbe office as
next In line for the position.
"This is the first intimation I have
had that legal proceedings would be
taken to try to prevent my taking my
seat in the legislature," eaid Herbert
Gordon Saturday night when informed
of the filing of quo warranto proceedings.
"I have my certificate of election,
issued .by the governor, and I knew that
before it was Issued ah attempt was
made to persuade him not to issue it.
He took the stand that the legislature
itself must be the judge as to my right
to a seat in that body.
"I waa a candidate for mayor of Portf
land at the .same time I was a candi
date for election to the legislature, but
I had the opinion of Attorney General
George W. Brown, now or the supreme
bench, that this was legal in all re
spects, and this opinion has been con
firmed since by the present Attorney
General Van Winkle. I do not anticipate
any adverse decision."
Governor Asks Firm
Stand on Japanese
Sacramento, CaL, Dec. U.-(L N'. S.)
In an open letter addressed to Pacific
coast congressmen today, . Governor
I William W. Stephens called upon them
to stand as a unit against further en
croachments bv the Jansiissa
QUESTION GORDON S
LEGISLATIVES
Feared Lost
Airmen in
Death Fight
Army Men Are Believed to Be-j
Battling Elements in Adiron
dacks and Quebec.
Albany, N.Y., Dec. 18. (U. P.)
Somewhere in the fastness of' the
Adirondacks or Quebec, three mem
bers of the navy aviation squad are
believed to be fighting the elements
for their lives tonight.
On Westerlo islands, .Just south of
this city, 'are two wrecked army air
planes which 'left New .York today for
the purpose of scrutinizing the moun
tains and valleys .of tie Adirondacks
region in an effort to locate Uie, miss-
J nig men. . .
Leaving the Rockaway field last Mon
day fk a spherical balloon, the aviators
Lieutenant WaUer Hinton, who piloted
the NC-4 in her flight across the At
lantic, and Lieutenants Steaphen A
Farrell and L. A Kloor have not been
seen nor heard from since between 8
and 9 o'clock. Monday evening.
At that hour they were passing ' over
the village of Wells, in the foothills
of the Adirondack, and about 200 feet
above the ground. One of the aviators
inquired the name of the village and
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vu.icia.i.3 ui nits vuijsci vaLiuii cunuius
sjon tonight expressed the conviction
that the baloon, being completely at
the' mercy of the winds, has been blown
up into the sparsely settled regions of
Quebec, where it has come down and
the aviators, fighting their way through"
snow said to be, more than two feet
deep, are attempting to reach some set
tlement or habitation.
The airplanes, de Havilands, were
badly smashed when they landed,, in
mud on the aviation field here today.
Both had their propellers broken and
one had its wings and radiators broken.
The "ships," in charge of Lieutenants
L. V. Lucas and F. B. Johnston, Were
being1 repaired tonight and it was be,
lieved they could be made ready to
resume their search by Monday.
Symphony Orchestra
Will Give Popular
Concerts on Sundays
Portland's first opportunity to hear
high grade music by the Portland sym
phony orchestra atv popular prices will
come through a series; of cSncerts to be
held on Sunday afternoon in The Audi
torium, With the . complete - orchestra
under tbe direction of Carl Denton, con
ductor, ' - -. -
The first of this-, series will be held
next "jSunday afternoon, December 25.
In addition to thn orchestra a; group
of .prominent Portland singers, appear
ing in vestments, will sing Christmas
carols. ; '
The remaining concerts- of the series
will be given at the rate of one a month
during January. February and April. -
The sale of season tickets offered for
J2.00 each, is brisk. A season ticket en
titles the holder : to" the choice seats in
The "Auditorium at all of the concerts.
-. The Portland symphony orchestra has
long been successful in its symphony
work. However, the prices necessary to
defray the expenses of ,the symphonies
are out of the reach of many people
who enjoy good music. Because of this
fact, and with a desire of the directors
of the symphony to cooperate with the
city of Portland in its effort to furnish
high grade music to Portland residents
at low cost, the popular concerts " were
arranged. The prices of admission :for
the symphony" popular concerts will
range from 75 cents for the most choice
seats to 15 cents for seats in the upper
balcony. -
Season tickets can be procured at any
of the music stores,, or by directing a
letter to the office of the orchestra in
care of Sherman Clay & Co.
Baker, Stapleton,
Grant, Hofmann
To Attend Shrine
Al Kader temple. Order of the Mystic
Shrine, elected F. S. Orant potentate at
tho annual election of the temple Satur
day night. The other officers elected
were: A. L. Tetu, chief Rabban ; H. T;
Hutchison, assistant Rabban ; Ivan H-u-masor.,
high priest; George L. Baker,
oriental guard; A M. Brown, treasurer;
Hugh J. Boyd,' recorder 1 Ptm Metschan,
first ceremonial master ;W. I Hammers-,
ley, second ceremonial master; Dean
Vincent, director; Herman von BorsteL
marshal : Harvey Wells, captain of the
guard : Walter J. Holman, orator ; the
Rev. Oswald Taylor, chaplain ; KP. P.
Kilbourne, outer guard. , ;
The delegates to-the Imperial ehrine
over which the keenest contest was
waged, resulted In the casting of 1228
ballots and resulted in thev choice of
George .1, Baker. Frank S. Grant, G. W.
Stapleton and w. J. Hofmann.
Major Pitmann and
Family Reported on
River Steamer Lost
(By Universal SertSoe) . '
Cincinnati. Dec 18. The government
steamboat Marguerite sunk tonight near
Augusta, Ky, 00 the Ohio river Of .the
crew of 21, 13 were, drowned, according
to a report reaching here. .Eight bodies
had been recovered up to 10:30 tonight
Major Pitmann. U. S. A, In charge of
government dam construction; his wife
and two children were reported lost. .
Women Kidnapers
Suspected in Case
Paris, Dec 18. A band of women kid
napers is believed by the Paris police to
be responsible for the- disappearance of
Raymond Duncan, the 15-year-oM son
of Raymond Duncan, brother of Isadora
riunRan. wldelv known American dancer.
HOUSE IVES
FARM MARKET
Gronna's ResSlution to Revive
War Boarcf to Aid in Exporta
tion, Is Passed by 212 to 61,
At Same Tinhe Committee Com
pletes Emergency Tariff lo
Protect Mjist Staple Products.
By Herbert W, Walker
United Pre Staff Correspondent
Washington, Dec. 18. -Two defi
nite steps to stimulate : the market
and check the price decline of farm
products were
taken in the house to
day through the combined efforts of
the Western and Southern repre
sentatives ln downing opposition
from the
sections.
Eastern manufacturing
By a vote of (212 to 61 the house, after
three hours' debate, passed in amended
form the resolution of-Senator Gronna,
North Dakota, providing for the revival
of the war finance corporation to aid
in the exportation of farm products. The
measure must
because of the
go back to the senate
amendment which struck
out the section expressing the opinion
of congress tjhat the federal reserve
board should provide liberal extensions
Of credit to farming sections.
TAEIFP PtAiN DEAW5
At the samel time, the house ways and 1
means committee completed" an er.ier- j
gency tariff bill on farm products in the
record time ef six hours. The rates
were placed tjo high they are expected
to act as an embargo against the Im
portation of ijhe same products.
The senate j is expected to send the
resolution reviving the war finance cor
poration to flie president . early next
week and it j Is regarded as virtually
certain that lie will veto it.
Votes in both houses, however, indi
cate that it qan be, passed over a veto.
BILL TO BB PI SHED
Representative . Fordney, chairman of
the ways and! means committee expects
to push the emergency tariff bill through
the. house et "week. Many xt the prod
ucts affected,1 are now on the-free list.
It established -the following tariffs for
one year: f ' ''--..''.
"Wheat, 0e a bushel: wool in the
grease, 15c a pound : wool, skirted, 20c
a pound j sbefcp. under one year, $1 each ;
over one yea. $2 : mutton and lamb,- 2 V4c
a pound ; catjtle, 30 per cent ad valorem ;
wheat flour,
20 per cent ad valorem ;
corn, Ijc ar
bushel ; potatoes, 25c a
(Concluded
on Psge Ten, Column Two I
Auto Misses Child
Who Had Fallen
In Eront of Wheels
Four-year fold Eva Spady, 891 Cleve
land street. escaped serious injury Fri
day when jshe stumbled as she was
r
running across the 6treet near -Union
avenue andj Failing street, falling di
rectly in frtont of the wheels of a ma
chine drive by U, S. Hicks. 915 Thur
man street! The driver swerved his
machine tor the left and guided it so
that both wheels . missed her and the
machine passed completely over the body
of the childt She was not even bruised,
according 0 the report made to the
traffic' department. .
Because Hicks' was driving only 10
miles ah tyour he was able to avoid
running over the child. -Traffic Expert
Freiberg, who investigated the accident,
commended!' Hicks for his presence of
mind in managing his machine.
Miss Katherine Hoiden, 9 years old,,
1708 East Nineteenth street, was slightly
bruised about the head when she was
knocked diwn by a machine driven by
C. J. Peterson, 672 East Twenty-sixth
street north, at Seventeenth and Clatsop
streets. be was taken to the Sellwood
hospital, Iput later sent home. Miss
Hoiden wis crossing the street in the
mtitill. ' tim. K1su.L- nfr an n with
her head jdown and had - failed, to see
Peterson's! machine. Peterson swerved
to the right, but his left rear fender
struck, the girl.
Christmas Throngs
CpmS Too Fast for
Post off ice Forces
All twelve postal windows at the old
postofficej proved inadequate Xfda.y to
serve, the! throngs of Christmas mailers,
who Jammed the lobby throughout the
day. To! supplement the handling of
parcels. Postmaster .Jones stationed a
clerk behind the big slot, where parcels
are usually dropped, and tbnigh this
narrow opening she sold stamps, weighed
packagesj and did the other business of
the day. ( . .
The lobby of rthe new poetofffee was
only comfortably populated by mailers,
though . the old building was jammed
throughout the day.
The Dalles Has Its
. .First Heavy Snow
The .Dalles, Or Dec - H. Tbe first
heavy enow storm of the year descended
on The iDalles Friday night,' and con
tinued almost until noon today.
There !are;several inches - of slushy
snow. The weather Is warm and it Is
rapidly imelting. Heavy snows In "the
higher portions of the county were also
reported. A foot is said to have fallen
at Mauoin ..
Lumber Ship ,
In Distress
Off Coos Bay
Steam Schooner Svea Loses Deck
Load; Heavy, Sea Running
Coast Guard to Search.
Marshfield. Dec. 17. The steam
schooner Svea, bound, from Coos
Bay to San Francisco, with a Crew
of 17 men aboard, is believed to be
in distress off: this port tonight.
Darkness and a heavy sea prevent
the coast guard rendering any aid
until daybrgak. .
The ship put out to sea late this aft
ernoon after having loaded a -full cargo
of lumber at, tle North Bend Mill &.
Lumber Co. mill. She was caught in a
heavy sea and tossed out of the chan
nel, first onto the couth spit and then
the north spit, loeing Jier deckload. She
worked herself off In each Instance and
when darkness settled down she seemed
to be moving with difficulty, leading to
the belief that she may have lost her
rudder.
When last sighted the craft was a mile
out to sea, where she may have sought
to anchor until daybreak, In which
event she is in no serious danger un
less the sea is sufficiently heavy to wash
her . ashore. The sea is not running
high tonight.
The Svea is not' equipped with wire
less and communication with -her tonight
was impossible. No lights from the craft
were visible. A wireless message from
the coast guard station brought response
from the st,cim schooner Avalon, bound
from San Francisco to Grays Harbor, to
the effect that she would reach the vi
cinity of the Svea late in' the night
The Svea was built in 1906 at Ff.lr
haven, Cal., and her home port is San
Francisco. Hei dimensions are 618 tons
gross; 370 tons net; lengthi 174 feet;
beam, 38.2 feet; depth, 13.3 feet.
Eastern Washington Farmers Dis
posing of Portions of Crop;
' Pools Are Started. .
Walla Walla Wash,, Dec, 1S.--The
pooling and sale of 25,000 bush
els of wheat at f 1.48 at Waitsburg
more than a week' ago and the at
tempt of a number, of wheat grow
ers to repeat this Jweck, but with a
quantity of 60,000 bushels -and a
demand for a price of J1.60, ai"e tbe
latest developments In the wheat
market situation in- Southeastern
Washington'. Added to thi is the
Individual sale to a, Portland con
cern of 25,000 bushels at $1.48 per
bushel by Fred Aldrlch of Walts-
burg. ' , '
" Owing to the drop In the price of wheat
during fhis week, the 60,000-byshel pool
was not sold, but reports from WalliH
burg tonight were that the wheat la still
being held and that the rise in price to
$1.45 Saturday brought indications
among those interested in the pool that
were favorable to selling. These, how
ever, ' refused to sell at $1.43 and while
the price remained at that figure were
planping on breaking up the pool. ; It is
thought that the grain will be sold if the
price nears $1.50.
- Grain men here, when questioned on
the meaning of the sudden loosening up
of the market, were of the opinion that
it could hot be construed as an indica
tion that the great bulk of the grain of
Walla Walla is soon to be sold. They
thought rather that It was simply the
efforts of the farmers to get some noney
to meet Christmas and the first of the
year obligations. '
It Js thought, however, by some, that
the pooling at Waitsburg may have been
started by the interest created in the
recent action of the Alberta wheat grow
ers to start a pool for marketing pur
poses 'and stop what .the Canadian
farmers termed the Jugg'.lng of the Win
nipeg market to enable the speculators
to get rich. . -
Auto Fatalities
25,000 BUSHELS OF
WHEAT GO ATM
t . . r. $. v. n $. r. . n $t ,
SafetyCampaign Obtains Ends
There is general gratification in
Portland over the report of the traf
fic bureau Friday showing a reduc
tion of 33 per centin the number of
fatalities In automobile accidents in
the fiscal 'yeaf 1920, in comparison
with the flscal year ending Decem
ber 1, 1919.' -j.'
The decrease in killings was accom
plished by an accident prevention cam
paign in spite of an Increase of 36. per
cent In the number of machines n the
city. Had the death-rate increased pro
portionately with the increase in motor
'car. 6$ people would have met death on
Portland streets. Instead the death list
included 28 names. Forty-two people
were killed withia tli city in the.flflcal
year 1919.:': .-' 1- '
-Expressions yesterday were highly
commendatory of The Journal, the traf
fic bureau - of tbe police department,
and the national safety council. Some of
them follow ;
KESriTS AKE OBTAINED
' Franklin T. Griffith president of the
Portland Railway. Light It Power com
panyThe coB5tant agitation, led by The
Journal, for greater care on the streets,
coupled with the tffcrts of the police de
partment and tbe national eafety council
has unquestionably produced result in
accident prevention. The leaders the
FOR
EXPLOSION
Coroner's Jury Fixes Blame for
Quadruple Dredge Tragedy on
J. Fred Welch, Only Survivor.
"Why Did I Do. It," He is Said
to Have Exclaimed; Girl Who
Spurned Him Among Victims.
809th Bend, "Wash., Dec. 18.
Oh, why did I do it p was the ex
clamation which three witnesses
swore J. Fred Velchmade the night
of tbe explosion whenj his employer,
Frank : Uehnke, daughter, Blanche
Behnke, Adolph Jatjvl and Elgcl
Chrlstenaen were Veiled by an eXr' ,
plosion of dynamite on board the .
drege Beaver Thursday night. I
Welch was the only survivor and some
witnesses said that he was not even wet'
above his Sahoe tops, though Welch
claimed -that he was blown off Into
North river and had to struggle to tv
his life. Four wltnesewho swore that
Chrlstenaen. the man who survived the
explosion a few hours, pointed .out
Welch and declared that he'was the man
who had caused his death, and two wit
nesses said that when they found Welch
he said. "One son of-a tried to get
away, but I killed him with a club."
On this testimony and more like It..;
the coroner's jury of prominent citizens
of South Bend brought in a verdict di
rectly charging Welch with being , the
cause of the explosion j which killed the
four mentioned. j
' The- jurors were : : A., Mcdee, George
Devers, Berry Bverett.iJ. W, Masterson,
J. J. Clark and & M. palmer.
Welch's motive for the quadruple trag
edy is said ' to have been based on re-
venge actuated because his attentions to
Blanche Behnke, one of the victims and
daughter of the owner of the dredge, bud
not been countenanced by cither the
young girl or her father.
The explosion, took ptace at the mouth
(Concluded en Pag Eleven, Column Two)
Siegel Bill Would Not-Benefit
Oregon Says i Representa-
' ' tive Mc Arthur. -
- Washington, Dec 18. r(WASH-
JNGTON BUrtEAUj QF-TilE JOUrt-KAL,)-Kepresenvtativo
C. ('N. Mc
Arthur declared today that while
house Republicans in caucus . lant
night went on record in favor of re
apportionment legislation, the action
means noining more man mat at
present. An Increase in the mtiii
ber ship of; the house was not discussed,,-;
v-:,-. ',: '
"So particular bills were presented,1"
be said; "but It is understood Represen
tative Siegel. chairman of the census
eommlttee, wilt propose adding about CO
members, so no state will lose any mem
bers. 1 am opposed to this and will
vole against all proposals to. Increase the
house membership. it la already too
large for efficient work and sacta an
increase would cost taxpayers over
$1,000,000 annually, j A large sum would
also be required for a new office build
.tng, or to enlarge the present building,
"Oregon would. gain one member by
the Siegel bit, but Ibis would be of no
advantage to the stale, ss there would
be a larger Increase in, other sections of
. . . - inr. ( . . i
me. country. j uera ib a strung opyoii-
tion to an Increase, among those against
it being Speaker Gillett and former
1 bpeatter ciara.
Drop in Year
traffic campaign are to be congratulated,
and they should be stimulated by the re
duction in fatalities to further efforts in
conserving human life.
1L B. i Van Imzer, president of the
Chamber of Commerce I regard the
educational campaign carried on the past
year by The Journal In the effort to re
duce the number, of fatalities in automo
bile accidents es a very great service to
Portland. It has been constructive, has
been Intelligent, and the results appear
In; the reduced number of deaths. 1
commend Captain Lewis of ; the traffic
department and congratulate the people
of Portland. The greater safety on our
streets Is a splendid advertising asset. .
WOBK lS COMMESJJED 4
Robert Smith, president of the
Title & Trust Company The greatly re
duced number of deaths, in spite o a
Zi per cent lncrase in automobiles, re
sultant . from The Journal's publicity
campaign and the work of the traffic
bureau headed ; by Captain Lewiu, Jias
shown how lives can be naved. 1 com
mend It all and hope that .- the good
T VI tiks
C. ft Wright of Ballou & Wright and
former " head of the Oregon State
Motor Association Th Journal, na
tional safety council an traffic bu
reau are entitled to a great deal Of
(Concluded ea l'U roarUen, Culnma Tonxl
TH0USE fclSffi
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