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J A Corps off Trained Writers. Will Provide Jooinriall -Rjsaqleirs Wifco AM .News, off the. Legislator .THE WEATHER Complete short story by Stewart Ed. war White will be the fiction feature of f be Sunday Joarnal magailne next boaaay. Portland and vicinity Ssadar, ratal westerly wind. 1 - Oregoa aad Waahiag toa-4-Sanday, rala la west ' portloai rala or lanow la cast portion; fresh westerly wlsda. I . - - .- ;: , CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921. SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. VOL. XVIII. NO. 41. PRICE , FIVE CENTS THE ROAD AGENT ! . UAYTr jl? LEGISLATORS JOB MONDAY Thirty-First Session of- Oregon Lawmakers to Open Like Lamb, But Stormy Days Are Looming. Calendars to Bulge With Bills and Political. Atmosphere Is to Cjacklej: Vox Populi to Fore. By Italpb Watsoii For the thirty-first time in the 62 years of Oregon's statehood, the legislature, will convene tomorrow morning at Salem to draft Its laws and brew its! politics as it always .has done, and always will do. It will open under pleasant auspices bereft of the customary turmoil and oftime bitterness of organization battle, for it Is, except for the for malities, already in possession of its president of the senate, Roy W. Rit ner of Umatilla, and-its speaker of the hoi.se, touts E. Bean of Lane county. It doubtless will get away to a flying start on the 40-day course it has to run. j e " 0PE5S AT 18 a. M. Tomorrow; theoretically at 10 o'clock, hut more probably close to noon, John Cochran, whose round and cheerful vi sage. Will be misstns from the chief clerk's station this session, will call the senate to order and, following the time honored custom,, ask for the election of a temporary president, who in turn will appoint a committee on credentials, which in. turn will report back that 30' gentle men clothed with the dignity of the sen atorial toga are entitled to sit. And then Senator Itltner will be- nominated for president, get 30 votes unless some kind hearted soul casts a vote lor Sen ator Stray er or Senator Miles, the 'two lone Democrats of - the upper house and the senate; will be ready to receive the governor's (message, and go. At -the samel time, and by the same custom, -.Fred Urager.whV has' been chief cleric of the house since those halcyon days when the Salem hog, the Multnomah .machine and the' Eastern Oregon delegation were young and ten der hearted together, will do the- honors in the south wing of the capltoL JOIST SESSION SEXT j i ' Then will come committee appolnt menta, a joint session, the governor's biennial message and long days and nights of work, up to the jumble and the Jam of the last long night. - Smiling as the ' legislative sky may seem just nowj however, there are hints of storm clouds to the westward som bre. omens of Impending political Strife and legislative battle and there" are grave and serious questions to be met and solved. ' Sobering problems in state financing and taxation to meet the ever growing cost-of government confront the appro priatipn and the assessment and taxa tion committees. - ; Senator Patterson, who will, lead the senate , committee, and Representative Gordon,' who will lead the money finders of the house, .will start their crews to work fronting ; deficiency appropriations of approximately $500,000 with new de mands reaching far beyond the constitu tional 6 per cent limitation. Two years ag the total appropria tions voted by ' the legislature , were $8,372,968. Since that time vthe emer gency board has authorized deficiencies of $459,766; a total of $8,832,734. This year the estimated appropriation budget ' has mounted to $9,810,350, without tak ing into consideration any of the varied outside money demands " that , always arisej.during the course of. the session. MIST !GET THE COIX .. It might seem " hopeless to think of putting such a big foot in the state's financial sock, but it has been done heretofore, and it will have to be done again 'by the elimination of corns, bunions and. maybe, of a toe or two. Yards could: be written, and undoubt edly will be : before the session ends, on the varied angles and ' the . various aspirations incident to the task of cre- (Continued on rasa Two. Column One) Airman Describe s Torture . 5 t t . . K , i ...' " " Lost Party Gave Up All Hope By I.Ieat. Xenls A. Kloor Jr, IT. S. 3T. Copy rieht. ! 1921, by SUr Company) tCopyrieht. 1921. by CniTrsal Serrice (All right 'of reproduction prohibited.). New York, Jan. 8. Lieutenant Louis A.. Kloor Jr., the youthful pilot of . the ill-fated United States navy balloon lost' in the Canadian wilderness, haswritten from Moose Factory, Ont., the first and only au thentic account of the thrillin voy age into the froxen north. In three letters received yesterday by Miss Alexandra Flowerton of 68 West Elighty-seventh street from Lieutenant Kloor, .the ypung aeronaut vividly de scribes the sufferings and hardships he and his brother officers, 1 Lieutenants HInton and Farrell, endured on their perilous journey; ICE EVERYWHERE . The letters which are given here ex clusively by 1 Universal Service, tell of the flight from the naval station at Ftockaway Point, Long Island, from the time the three balloonlsts set out until they found succor at. Moose Factory, Ont. , :.-.! . I -n now In a country surrounded High Spots in Program of Legislature Flnancc How to make an appropriation budget of $9,810, 350, which mum in (within ; the 6 per cent, tax limitation, square with the demand for funds. Reapportionment f- Problem attending the possible creation of a fourth congressional dis trict and of J redisricting the state for legislative purposes. , Road Legtelatlon-f3onsldera-tion of another ten million dol lar road borrd. issue and recon ciliation of factional interests to a continuing state-wide highway program." j V j . Port Consolidation legisla tion ;of special interest to the Port1 of Portland conferring en larged powers! on the port com mission and determining the se lection of its ; personnel, and the , finacing of its, projects. f Teachers' Tennre A renewed struggle impends over a pro posal to amend : the teachers' tenure law that now prevails in school district No.i (Portland). Soldiers' Bonus 4-The conten tion that Justice to former serv ice men demands financial rec ognition must be met in the face of a burden of taxation. Japanese Exclusion A con troversial subject bidding for recognition in establishment of a policy of alien land ownership in Oregon, j j Pish and Game-j-A perennial opportunity for a legislative jam. ' j ; Finance Code; Regulatory, en actments covering Investment banking and' bond transactions. LEGISLATIVE POSTS FILLED! BY RITNER Announcement Made by Pendleton Man Who Is Expected to Be . President of Senate. - Pendleton, Or., Jan. 8. Senator Roy Ritner of Pendleton, who is ex pected to be president of the Ore gon state legislature, 'has released a list of important committee chair manship and appointments which he has made after : much considera tion. '-" ' A complete list: of ' appointments was not announced by the - senator befdre leaving this city, for he wished further conference with his collaborators, and reservations were made until he was actually seated, in the president's chair. I. L. Patterson of Polk , county, a close friend of Senator Ritner's in the upper house of the legislature, is ex pected to be named chairman of the committee on ways and means. Senator Gas Moser of Multnomah county, an other close worker with the senator, is slated for the chairmanship 'of the judiciary committee.: " One of the most important" appoint ments will be that of the roads and highways committee, and it Is, under stood that Charles Hall 'of Marshfleld is booked for this place. In line with the plan of Senator Ritner to oppose changes in the state highway map, the appointments on the committee, which were suggested by Senator Ritner here last week, were Bruce Dennis of TJuion and Wallowa. ; Jay Upton of Crook and O. B. Robertson of ; Gilliam county. EDDY GETS PLUM ; B. I. Eddyj who withdrew from the race for senate president against Sen ator Ritner, will be named chairman of the' committee on the i revision of laws, a committee which he hea'ded at the last session. Charles Ellis of Harney and William Strayer of Baker, two Eastern (Concluded on Pan Ten. Column Fire) by ice fields and vast expanse of snow covered hills and wooded forests. Writ ing in a place like this is far different from scribbling a note in one of the New York hotels. i By this time my people and the nav.1 authorities, have given me and . my friends, Farrell and HInton, up as being lost and never to. return again. It ap pears that way to me. , SUFFER MENTALLY If you had gone through the ordeal, mental and ! physical tortures of hell, that I have , in the last few days you would no doubt heartily agree with' me. When I left: the air station at 1 p. m. (Rockaway. :N. Y.) liftle did I think that my free balloon would come to such an ending. ; . Monday night, when up in New York state, a driving storm overtook us. - We were flying i at about 5000 feet. For hours during the night w-es traveled and saw nothing but snow above, below and about us. Early - in the' morning fields of ice were all we could see. Not a sign of life in sight for miles. . . It was time to worry. . Our ballast was low. - We were wringing wet, tired land hungry.f We could not "land. If we (Concluded on Puf . Cohuu Four), MEN STAVE OFF INQUIRY Table! Resolution Urging Investi gation of State Irrigation Se curities Commission After Talk. Congress Goes on Record in Fa vor of Consolidating Two As sociationsj for Artesian Well. Request that the Oregon Irriga tion congress appoint a legal com mittee to investigate the state rrli gation - securities commission, set a seething pot of trouble to boiling at the concluding session of the con gress in the Oregon building Satur day afternoon. - . ! ; j The request was embodied in -a reso lution submitted to tlie resolution com mittee by J. T. Hinkle of Hermiston. After much deliberation the committee, headed by P. J." Gallagher of Ontraio, refused to recognize the resolution and Hinkle brought it to the floor of the congress for discussion. The. resolution was' finally tabled. DFEXD8 RESOLUTION The resolution in question cited that' the board had arbitrarily set two-year limits instead of five on the certifica tion fhd guaranty of irrigation district bonds in certain instances. i "Let the board alone," was the plea Harry O. Ward of Madras made. It was this plea that started the caldron of trouble boiling. , Hhikle rose in support of the resolu tion, saying that if the board found it reasonable to guaranty bonds of any Irrigation district for one year it should be reasonable to suppose that they could guaranty them for a period of five years as originally provided in the state irrigation ; laws. Under a five-year guaranty he contended the bonds of an Irrigation district would be more salable. FAVORS COMMISSION "Don't fool with the commission." cau tioned Ralph Schneelock, bond dealer, "Under the commission you are getting better treatment than you eyer did be-j fore j and if y'ou"Start to change things you will only have trouble,-" f - I - "The irrigation securities commission is-not without ita imperfections, but you will not deny that you are getting better treatment now than you were before the commission was created." ' ; I Schneelock then outlined - the forma tion of the commission, telling how the plans were taken from the California standard and how Idaho and other states were now trying to copy the com mission plan from Oregon. . J ' , "There has been a concerted effort In some quarters to cause trouble and if this Investigation is authorised and it leads to changes we are all going to suf fer,' said Schneelock, in conclusion. . PEOPLE LACK COSF1DE5CE I "If the board Is functioning properly wtiy do school bonds sell at above 95 and (Concluded on Pass Twelve, Column Two) Blood Treatments Bring Quick Deaths; Two Women Victims Toronto, Ont., Jan. 8. U, F.) Two women, after receiving a special blood treatment from Dr. J. H. McConnell in his office this afternoon, collapsed and died within 15 minutes of each other. The dead women are Mrs., Bond land Miss Monica Kenney. Miss Kenney died first. She bad left Dr. McConnell's office and walked a few yards on the street when she collapsed.- She. was carried into a drug store, and died just las Dr. McConnell, who was summoned, 1 arrived. By . the ttme Dr. McConnell got back to his office, Mrs. Bond had collapsed and, despite all respiratory - efforts on the part Qf Dr. McConnell and Dr. Faed, failed to rally and died, also. Cousin of Harding Married in Salem Salem, dr., Jan. 8. Miss Mildred K. Harding, daughter of Mrs. Charles Hard ing of this city and a cousin of Presi-dent-elecfc Harding, ' 'was married here Saturday afternoon to Kimball Palmer, Salem newspaper man. The ceemony was performed ; by the " Rev. H. . N. Aldrich, pastor of Leslie Methodist church, and was followed by a wedding sapper at the Marion hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer will spend a few days in Seattle before going to Arixona and California, where Palmer is interested in mining properties. Indians Mourn Death Of Oldest Tribesman ' Tacoma, Wash.," Jan. 8. P.) In- dians . on the : Puyallup i reservation mourned the loss, today of .their oldest tribesman, Charlie Saticum. who is be lieved to have been 116 when he died Thursday night, i Saticum was the oldest resident in the county. He was a cousin of Chief Seattle, for whom the city of Seattle was.' named, it.'1. ; . j : ; " " ' Chamberlain Gains i In Strength Slowly ?. Washingon, Jan. 8. L N. S.) Sena tor Chamberlain maintains slow but steady gain. He hopes to be able to 9t up soon. s . Heppn er (Appoint e d to Highway Body W. B. Baratt, Forme Head of Wool Growers' Assn., to Suc ceed Late E. E.-Kiddle. Salem, Or., Jan. 8. The appoint ment, of W. B. Baratt of Heppner, prominent Morrow county rancher and Bheepman, as a member of the state -highway commission, to fill the vacancy caused by the death 'of Ed ward E. Kiddle of Island City, was announced by Governor Olcott Sat urday. The governor said that he bad assurances Baratt would accept. Baratt is a past president of the Ore gon Wool Growers' association, was formerly mayor of Heppner and at pres ent is a member of the etate livestock sanitary board. He has been for years an ardent advocate of good roads and has been actively interested, in, the civic advancement of his section of the state. Baratt, like Jay H. Dobbin of Wal lowa county, who declined the appoint ment to the highway post, is -a repre sentative of the state's agricultural in terests, which, up to this time, have had no representation upon . the highway body. - He was' one of the candidates who have been strongly urged upon the gov ernor for the position. Besides the in dorsements of his fellow ;i. townsmen, prominent men from all sections of the state have recommended his appoint ment, which, it is believed, will meet with approval throughout Eastern Ore gon. Victim of Hold-up Men Fails to Heed Orders; Knocked Out ! ' - Hit over the head with the butt of a , revolver when he refused .to comply with the orders of two hold-up men, L. K. Cornell, 1144 Tenino avenue, told the police late Saturday night that he lay for an hour and a half at Thirty-fifth and Crystal Springs boulevard before re gaining consciousness. The holdup men got 7 from Cornell. 1 , It was about 9 o'clock when Cornell was met by two men. One' had a gun and commanded him to throw up his hands. Cornell said he would not turn over any of his possessions without a flghUand he was , hit over the head, by the second one of the pair. News Index Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete in Eight Sections : Editorial Section 2, Pg'4. , : i Foreign Traffic Congestion in Vfexico Section 1, Pas 2.4 Ford Worker in Rtuua Section 1, Face 0. I National Hashes for Cabinet Section 1, Pace 1. Harding FtTors Diaarnument Section 1, Pace 5. $50,000 Asked for Camp Grounds Section 1. rage 11. ' Domestic Insurance Man Found Dead Section 1, Pace 5. California law; Faces Defeat Section I, Pace 7. Officer-! Wife Attempts Suicide Section 1, Pace 7. Dr. Bqtii Writes From Prison Section 1, Pace 9. Tone War Is Ended Section 1, Face 9. Mary Garden . May Head Opera Section 1, Page 9. : , Northwest Legislature Opens Monday Section 1, Page 1. Shrine rs Form Association Section 1, Pace 1. Heppner Man Appointed Section 1. Page 1. LegislatiTe Poets Filled Section 1, Pace 1. Attempt to Kob Molalla Bank Section 1, Page 3. Missing Man Sought Section. 1, Page 3. Legislators xo Meet t Olympia Section 1, Page 4. Change in Fishing Law Section 1, Pace 6. Inquiry on Wbite. Pine Section 1, Pace 8. Clackamas Farm Buresva Meets Section 1, . face 8. Ancient . Prison Criticised Section 1 . Pace Stockmen Seek Berisioii Section 1, Pace 10, Portland Taxi Bobbery Admitted Section 1, Page 1. Irrigation Congress -Section 1, Page 1. 9. Terwilliger Boulevard to Open Section ' Pace 2. : Jackson Club Banquet Section 1, Page 3, Deputy" Sheriff Criticized Section 1, Page 1. 4. Girl of 10 Attacked Section J. Page 5. FiTe States Should Back Exposition Section 2, Page 6. , ' . Ziegler Opposes Port Bond Section 1, Page S. Etlieridce to Take Stand Section 1, Page 10. ' Business News Real Eestate and Buildings Section 3, Page 2. Markets Section 8. Page 9. ' Finance Section 3, Page 10. Marine Section 1, Psge 12. Sport Section 6, Page 15. Section 6. Pages 8-7. I Automotive Show Section 6. Paces 1-16. i On the Finer Side The Week in Society Section 4. Pages 2-4-5-0. Women's Club Affairs Section 4, Page 7. Fraternal Section 2. Page 7. National Guard News Section 3, Page 7. Drama and Photoplay Section 5, Pages 1-2-3-46. The Realm of Music Section 5, Pace 6. Features ' Who's Who on Broadway Section 5, Page 8. Bins Gardner's Letter Section 2. .Pace 8. Newa of Nation's Capitol Section 2, Pace 2. Portland Boy in England Section 2, Page 6. A Bird of Interest (pictorial) Section 5, Page 1. Legislative Reminiscences Section 2, Page 3. Memorial to Circuit Riders Section 2, Page 2. Marine -Bombers Did Their Part Section 2, , Page 6. i - j New Steamship King' Looms Section 2. Pace 7. Automotive Show Starts Monday Section 0. ; Page jl. . Magazine General News (pictorial) Section 7. Page l Science and Tour ; Furs Section 7, Pace 2. "CirL. Girl. Girl!" by Booth. Tarkiagtoo Sec tion 7. Pace 3. Where Time Has Stood Still 3. 000,000 Tears Section 7, Faces 4-3. Norma Talmadgs's Poker Party Section 7, Page . :' i ' - - Health. Beauty aad Horns Section T, Page 7. Newest Ball Gowns Section 7, Pace 8. . - . Comas ( Beeticm 8. Pages 1-4. FOR CABINET i i i i' ' Many farly Probabilities Have Fallen by Wayside; jSlate Sub ject to Change Without Notice. Former Comrades Learn Man at Marion Cannot Be Pulled and Twisted About as They Will. By Dai-id Lawrjence (Copyrieht. lB21, by The Journal) Washington, Jan. 8.-i-Twixt Ma rion tfnd .Washington Whither runs the great1 political highway of the nation many a change has come dur ing the last week.. Some of the early cabinet jrobabilities have fal len by the wiyslde. Some of the early jlegislat ve enthusiasts have been sidetracked and the hard and serious business of readjusting the nation's economic affairs with a group of able executives has come to be looked upon by Fitesident-elect Harding as a ranscendant responsi bility. , ' ; No longer do the former comrades of Senator Harfciing at Washington re gard the man it Marion,! Ohio, as one who can be tw isted and Spulied In - any ; direction at will to satisfy political cravings or individual whims. The bur dens of state rest, heavjily upon the president-elect, and the members of congress who have returned here from Marion after long talks with him speak of the earnestness with which the next president of the United 'States is tack ling the preliminaries of his job. HUGHES OMfY CERTAIN OSE All Washington has - learned during the week of tjhe upset la the cabinet slate. The truth i that today only one man is a fixture possibly two. ThI first is Charted Evans Hughes, who is already arranging his affairs for. the acceptance of the portfolio of secretary of state. The other is Harry Daugh ertx, who : can- be attorney general if he wants tO'pe. ,la. a . general , sense, nobody else-ha-s a cabinet: promise from Mr. . Harding Jthat cannot be 'revoked. Indeed, Senator Harding has adopted. a policy which the wiseacres here say is an astute ' piece of personal strategy' coupjed with yearsof political acumen. When Mr. Hjarding talked with some of the celebrities who have been men tioned for cabinet positions, he said to each somethirjg like this i "Of coursej cabinet slates are like time-tables, tiey are subject to change without notice : and just about the time one has fixed part of the slate, some geographical considerations enter into another part and a shift must be made, All things being equal, if things do shape thehrcselYcs right, will you be in a position to go Into the cabinet?" Now. to Bme men. that might ap pear as a djpfinite offer of a cabinet portfolio sufficiently certain to go home and tell one's wife and one's in timate friendjs. And that is how news of positive selections finds its way Into (Concluded n Page Seven, Column One) Planet Venus Dances Brilliantly in West A large. lne e planet playing no-peep through fl leeey clouds over the Western hills and ckstinir fantastic flickering shafts of pa e blue, mystified Portland- ers Saturday; night because of its super- ficlal resembl ance to' a ; comet. It was only Venus as the evening star doing one of her us jsual brilliant winter tricks. Her escapade of growing more brilliant. then becom irtg lees distinct, was .due to tufts of dow ny clouds that flitted over ner face Woman of 70-Struck By Ease City Car Mrs. Anni DeSpain, i aged 70 years, was struck (by a Rose City Park street car while crossing Sandy t boulevard at Kast Twenty-fourth street at 5 1 o'clock Saturday. Mrs. DeSpain lives at the Malcolm apartments. She was taken ;to SC Vinctnts hospital, where it was found that, aside from-a cut over the left eye, her injuries were not serious. The street car was traveling at a slow rate when tihe accident occurred. Electo al College To Meet . Monday Washington. Jan. 8. To complete an other step-ip 'making official the election of Warren p. Harding and Calvin Cool idge as president and j vice president of the United (states, electoral college will convene Mbnday in the various state capitols of the nation. Klectors voted for by the (people will : cast their ballots as designated in November. The final step to complete the: election will be taken Febrbary 9 at a joint meeting of the senate) and house. Certificates of the votes df each state will be counted at that tl FarmjBureau Week Will Open Monday Farm Bureau week for .Multnomah county will open at' i Gresham Monday to continue through Friday. Lectures will ; be given . by professors from the Oregon Agricultural college and special ists from the United States department of agriculture. The program will be carried on i at the Grange hall. , , fray ID ELLIS ADMIT TAXI ROBBERY Second of Suspected i Soldiers Finally Breaks Down . Under Constant Grilling by Poljce. With full confessions reported from the two soldiers held on charges of stealing a taxicab, robbing the driver, and later holding up a ar! age. later engaging in a running gun fight with two patrolmen who Were later suspended by Chief Jenkins on charges of cowardice in allowing the men to -escape, events j Saturday night reached rapid culmination ih Portland's most recent bout with banditry. Walter McCleary,. who was turned over to the Portland police I by Major Delaphane of Vancouver barracks, Sat urday afternoon, finally broke down under the grilling of police inspectors and admitted, they declared, full partici pation in the series of events that led to such a fiery police blow-up Friday night. . ACCUSE EACH OTHER The reputed confession. however. makes it plain that McCleary "was . too full of moonshine to realise! what - was ajoina; on at all times. He i was inclined, Ue police say, to set much I of the blame upon his companion, Boyd ; Ellis, i who earlier in the day had made a similar confession setting the major responsibil ity upon McCleary. M j Patrolmen Skoglund and Slmpkfns were still on the suspended j list Saturday night,- pending the return of Chief Jen kins apd Mayor Baker from! the Shrine ceremonial at Tacoma. . McCleary denied in his Lieutenant Pat! Maloney fired any of the shots at Simpkins. .1 confession j to that he had Skoglund and McCleary was turned over to the; Port land police after the signed . confession of Ellis was Bhown the commandant; of the barracks. BOTH SENT SHOOTING As the situation stands both mea deny having bad the gun in their possession or having tired any of the shots. Each Insists that the other did -the shooting. " ; McCleary when first brought to; Port land denied absolutely that he was im plicated in the escapade ion the 1 loiver east side Friday night. He maintained this stand even after being shown Kills' confession implicating him in the two holdups and the gun battle. . v Later in the evening McCleary "opened up." the police aver. Me said i Concluded On Page Seven; Column Two) Man Runs Into Driving His (Auto; Takes Him ;to Jail ; ' T ; On his way down Park street ;toi the Knights of Columbus night school where he. Is employed, Frank ;J. Whateni en countered his own machine Friday night being driven by Wilson Carl. Whalen called to the 17-year-old lad. and!, got mto the machine, ordering him to drive to police headquarters. I At Third! and Oak streets the boy is said to have tried to escape by jumping from! the machine, 'but the attempt was frus trated by Whalen. ; Carl is alleged to have confessed to thej police that he stole four machines In Portland recently. The palice say he admitted escaping from fne boys' industrial school in Salem with Jimmy Wright and' "Bud Culver. . -j ; : i". Wright and Culver, whom he Im plicates in the alleged ! thefts, are said to be In Vancouver, B. C. - Steps will be taken to locate them. ; ; Seek Portland! Funds .For Famine Victims 1- People of Oregon are to be. given an opportunity to contribute to a fund for the relief of famine sufferers in China. Following an appeal by President Wil son and - his ' appointment of a large committee, with Thomas W. Lament of the financial firm of J. ( P. Morgan & Co. of New'Tork as chairman, arrange ments have been made ! here - whereby funds will be accepted by A. L Mills, president of the First' National, bank, who, with Edgar B. i Piper, editor of the Oregonian, , are Oregon representa tives. There will be no; drive in the accepted meaning of the word, .but any who wish to do so many send checks, money orders or cash to A. L. Mills, at the First National bank, who will remit weekly to the New York headquarters. Road to Oregon City s Is Opened to Traffic Oregon ' City, Jan. ! 8.4-Water' which has covered the highway at Parkplace has receded sufficiently! to -allow the naainn nf automobiles, i The water is still as high as the running-board of a ear, but traxnc naa : Deen enaoieu to get through Saturday. The road has been tied up since Monday, with traffic going through Oswego and into Port land over the Boones Ferry road. ' 1 ..... Anglo-Irish Peace Conference Is i Held London. Jan. 8. (U. P.) Father O'Flanaghan, representing various Irish factions, has held a conference with Premier Lloyd George as a preliminary step to opening Anglo-Irish "peace negotiations," the Daily Mail declared today. f 4 HANS BOEIIM FORMER steward of Uni v er is i t y and Arlington clubs and of Chamber of Commerce, whose activities in German 'espionage upon war preparations in United States are mentioned in British "White Book'! just issued by England! exposing pro-German activities. . 1 . . -.Vv"' i if. !:. i J .ijS-'a ' 7 ; M : s i . - ' i " X - j ... X BOEHM CALLED MAN I'ffHOUT COUNTRY Can't Returrt .to FatheVland Be cause! He Played Traitor, Says , mted States Agent Bryon. Captain- "Hans Boehm, former steward! at, the Vnlversity and Arl ington clubs and the Chamber of Comriieijce who was mentioned In the Brltsh white- book made ? public Saturday, Is almost a man without a country, according to W. R. Bryon, chief! special agent for the depart ment ot justice in the Northwests .. ' "He can't go back to Germany because he turned "traitor . to the' Germans after the English captured hlTh and told all h knew(" Bryon said. "After being re-f leased by tne iiiingusn, ne, was so giaa to escape the death penalty that he left that . Icountry f and from what I under stand he is afraid to come back, to the; United States.-- Bryonj said he recently ' heard through a former friend of Boehm 's that he is in Spain, where he is engaged in the oil mining business. Boehm is said to have! written 1 former friends in this country (. since the close of the , war to ascertain whether or not the .depart ment of! justice would arrest him if he returned. Bryonf said he never could ascertain why (Boehm 1 f t Germany for America, as he was a member of , a prominent German family and stood high In the community Boehm's father held a high positiont with, a Berlin newspaper, to (Concluded o Pae Tour. Column Three) Urged e- T T nast on H- Home Industry By Marshall X. Dan . Haste is Imperative In the sup port which people, can give Jocal in dustry! to keep workers busy and avert depression. . , i f The ilull In "the lumber business has reacted f on machine shops which find much ef their employment in the. manu facture or t-epalr of ' logging equip ment. f-V..-; - ',..-!'.. . " Empikrymenlt Is now uncertain in these enterprises, and their managers are eager for all the repair and other work 'possible. Whenever a machinist goes home .and tells hie family that he is out! of a lob', the future darkens for them and for the groceries, the meat: markets and -the stores w men ne nas been patronising. . , - s GIBLS ABE 1AIB OFF Aj short time- ago. W. J. Ball, a manufacturer of women's waists In Portlands wlas employing 0 skilled young; women. He reported: Saturday that be. had reduced his force to six. -Xt i could have afforded-it I would have kept those girls at work accumu lating' stocki" be said. "It ts heart breaking to tell a young woman who may be the chief dependence In her home i that She must be lam oil Tfie riri who is out of work and needs to work j is In much, more perilous posl Portland .Noble Electe id Temporary Chairman of. New! Body; Eight Ceremonial. Templls jii Big Rose City Members in Night Pa rade Led by Mayor 'Baker; Im perial Potentate 'Given Motor. (y Karl 11. Goodwin Tacoma, Wash., Jn. 8. An or ganization to be known as the As sociation! of Westerij Shrine Tem ples was! formed hel-e tonight with Noble v.'.'J. Hofmanjn of Al Kadcr temple,; j Portland, jis temporary chairman, and Noble John Mclean, Nlle.temble, of Seattl e, as temporary secretary and chalrnii' an. Hofmaon was Instructetl to call meeting pf all -the potentates, . imperial representatives and recorders of the Westerrt temples to msct in San Fran cisco in Ihe near future to perfect the body.- r I . Temple! from eight Western states tonight at the were re -esented he gigantic ceremonial Ih honor of Im perial Pdtentate Ellis of Taconfa, and more Iewia. Oarretson than 2i0 novices held on to the rope, npuch to the cdlfl cation of same, 6000 members of the nobility. I 1 PBE8ESTED WITH AUTOM fiBILK Noble Jupe Ptuvlus took things In his own hands this fnornlnig, but when noon came he called; off hs forces, making this afternoon free frdm rain, althouelt It was still .wet. j A paride was held J tonight, and one of the features of the lineup was Al Kader olf Portland: T(te 395,Oreg9niat)3, led by Noble George . jU Baker, t'hayor;' Noble Lo V, Jenkins, chief of police ; Noble Jdjhnny Young, chief of the fire. department ; Noble ciforge Washington Staple tort, circuit , Jwdge,- and Noble Frank; . Grant, potentate and new city attorney, all of rortland, made an Impressive shoingr Chief Jenkins and Chief jTpung wearing! the uniforms of their respective positions in the Itose city. , T ;' f. , At the' ceremonial is the Armory here tonight, I Kills Lewis tarretson, imperial potentate of Shr'inedqrn, was presented with a I beautiful seoan automobile by Potentate Frank S. Grant on behalf of : S. On Page Tjen (CoBciuda4 do I m, Cflumo lhr) Seattle to Petition For, Seconc. Hearing In Basin Rate Case petitions will be filed with the Inter state commerce commission asking that body U reconsider its decision of the Columbia basin" rate cane, according to a statement credited to J. L. Mansfield, traffict manager of the Seattle Chamber of Corftmerce, which appears in the Se attle I Post-IntelHgencer. - "We cannot explain the details of our plan at this .time," Mansfield Is quoted as saving, "because ie don't propose to tell the enemy what ammunition we will fire Irf this fleht. However, the city of Seattl. possibly Joined by Astoria, Ta coma land; other cities Involved, will shortly file petition with the Interstate commerce commission demanding a re hearing of the Columbia basin case." - Local opinion Is tjhat the contending cities withhold details of their plans because "they as yet have no peg on which I to hang opposition to the federal commission s order except their resent ment bat the' removal of the artificial rate parity which enabled hem to com pete; lit Portland's hatural- territory in spits of the diference in transporta tion cts between their mountaia routes and the water grades of the Columbia." Trade Meeds Support tlon than a man out of a Job, and that is bad enough. "Every one of thn rlrli whom I have llaid off could be nut back to work net week. If Portland peopU would acf on. the suggestion that to keep Portland prosperous local indus must be kept in ; operation and tries their FORI workers busyJ" - LAJTD ESCAPE SO FAE .Pptftland, unlike ther cities, has not yet felt the full forte of depression due to ! pest-war adjustment, while unem ployment is growing, conditions are still fair. Local banks have large deposits Jiave not been forced to discount and through the federal reserve banks. Such discounts Indicate that credit demands are igreater than supplies of local mony can take care jf. Ne i&rly every lilne of industry iri Portland Is at the parting of the ways, to keep them going The thing needed ts 1 s ttch patronage as will dispose of theiri! output - and maintain the speed wtlhll which the payroll . dollar circu- latest While bo campalg-n to exclude the products of other districts In favor of hom industry is contempiaxea, u is un- dentible that the local market could absorb the products of local Industry and still handle Portland's and Ore- gon'S proportion of tbeproducts of die- tant manufacture. 4 -