CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
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Minimum temperatures Monday: "
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GOLDFISH AND CHAMPAGNE then '
love. Tat'a the-title cl story, in Tbe
Sunday Journal Magasine, relating- the
-wild antics of the caar's renegade officers
at a wine-tipsy party, it is one of nu
merous Interesting features. ,
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PORTLAND; OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING; DECEMBER 13, r 1821. TWENTYFOUR PAGES.
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Where Seattle Family Was Buried by Mudslide
rnWO' photographs showing
JL' "atrI -ouuc .-, c upper picture snows wnexe nine iiremen ana street aepartrcent employes were caught in a second
. slide after an earlier one had crushed the home of Mrs. Samuel C. Andrews, carrying her and her two stepsons to their
deaths. Rescuers were caught while attempting to recover bodies from the wrecked house. The lower picture shows devastation
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-. Seattle, Wash.. Dec IS. (U. P.
Work of cleaning up Hood wreckage and
searching for bodies of victims or land
slides and-washouts In Seattle and West
ern Washington was In full swing today:
The bodies of Mrs. Samuel C Andrews
and her .two small sons. Tommy j and
Jack, burled m mud at the foot of the
tide" that wrecked their home in West
Seattle, are still un recovered. j
j Added to the death toll is a 12-year-old
girl drowned at Yakima, making the
tptaj known dead in the storm li.
: W. I lx belle, rescue worker, is mlss-
.tns.-.-H was helping in attempts tO re
cover the bodies of Gerald Willis. eigtn
eer. his wife and daughter, and H. Olson,
logger, front the wreck or a logging train
at Melbourne, near Montesano. , j
County i Engineer Beeman haa ordered
motorists , to stay off county roads in
order not to hamper the work of clearing
alides and mending washouts. j
, , The record rain storm for this locality
erased suddenly yesterday afternoon;. In
41 hours t.37 inches of water had fallen.
Xtaln gave way to gales) on the coast.
Southwest storm warnings are displayed
today along the "coast north of Cape
Blanco. "
S.AIX CEASES IN CEWTBALIA I
I ; DISTBICTl l'LOOPS SUBSIDE
i Centralla, ' Wash,. Dec. II. With the
geoaaUoo of rain aboat ( o'clock Mon
day evening, the first relief from wind
and rain experienced by CentraUaj and
trorrounding vicinity -for five days and
itlghUt, was ' felt Although the Skoo
komcbocki river and China ditch con
tinue to rise, a drop occurred In small
(Ceacloded.ea raae Tvmty. Coluaa JToar)
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damage caused by slides m Seattle yesterday when several were
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Tortured Vets Decry War Gas
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Prefer Lead to
- ByWu. K. Hatckiason
Washington, Dec. 11- I. N. S.) The
voice of America's shattered manhood,
back from the war with wounds, rose
from, the beds of Walter Reed hospital
today with an appeal for the abolition of
poison gas warfare.
A score of shell-torn veterans, some
modeaUy hiding medals, bitterly con
demned chemical warfare as too in
human. All of them went through the
"mists of death" on the fields of France.
Some , still coughed from gas-seared
lungs. , ;
One man, sans leg, sans arm. but still
dead game, spoke for a dormitory of suf
fering Yanks. r
, "Gas Is thlnavfrom hell." he said.
German Captain Who
Sank Merchantmen
Commits Suicide
-Berlin. Dec. 13. (I. N. S. ) Captain
Berg, who commanded the- German sea
raider Appam.. which put Into Newport
News, Va after sinking a number of
merchant ships, has committed suicide
at Hamburg in a fit of despondency,
said a dispatch from that city- today.
Berg returned to Germany two years
ago to find his homeland. Schleswig.
had been awarded to Denmark. He re
turned to Hamburg where, be - secured
a bumble Job, but be waa- unable te
maka both, ends meet. v y v. '
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'Death Mists'
with conviction. "It was born of a thirst
to torture. These boys (with a sweep of
his one good arm)' went through it.
They'll say. "Cut out the gas r "
With a roar, came back the answer
from the invalids. "We'll Ra-r no P
Some of the veterans, wearied a little
irum .inree years m no? pi til beds, were
bitter toward all war.
"What does it matter what ia used, so
long as there Ik war T was their hopeless
question. ;
"I'd face bullets any time sooner than
gas again." said Frank: Babbitt of Pitts
burg. "It's too horrible even for war."
"I saw men 'droop like parched Cowers
in gas attack. Let the conference rule It
out." declared Ralph ShorteU of Sllf
North Twenty-fifth street. Philadelphia.
N. P. Trains Detour
Owing to Ploods in :
Washington State
Because -of continued flood troubles
in Washington, the Northern Pacific
Railway company began .detouring IU
passenger trains via Vancouver and the
8. P. A S. to Spokane today. AD pas
senger trains of the Great Northern
have been detouned over the North
Bank road for three days and : wiU
probably continue to operate over indi
rect routes for several . more days as
adv!e has bees'-received by. the -local
effices that three' Una hrirfM hmn
boon washeifout on Great Northern lines.
drowned when caueht in mud
-HPaotoi bj Webster V Stevens. Seattle.
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PACTCOINGt
IN
By Earle C Beeves ;
London, Dec 13. i N. &) The three
cornered fight in London, Ulster and
Dublin over the Irish peace treaty swung
swiftly toward its climax today.
A meeting of the highest prelates of
the Roman Catholic 'church in Ireland
waa held at Dublin. In view of Cardinal
Logue's public defense of the peaoe set
tlement, it was expected a resolution
would be adopted recommending its raU
fication by Dail Eireann. ,
Both Dail Eireann and the British par
liament will assemble tomorrow for ac
tion on the treaty. Fiery bursts of ora
tory on both aides are expected.
Premier Lloyd George, who will make
a-personal appeal to the house of com
mons to approve the pact, has completed
what his friends believe will - rh
i greatest speech of his long- and gpectacu-
r puuucai career. ;
yWhlle., Llpyd George, Is leading the
fight for ratification in. h Rritiah n.r.
Uament. Arthur Griffith will-be making
a similar appear to Dail Eireann-at Dub
lin.' --t,: : .
While It la admitted that P,mnNn V.
Valera, leader .of the opposition in Dail
"rrann. Haa-a- targe personal following,
advice from DubUa said there waa ap
parently no reason to change the origin
al prediction, that tbe treaty would be
ratified by a safe majority. . . !
Lister. wiu nave no direct nart in K
fight tomorrow, except as the Ulster
Unionists in- the British bouse of com
mons apeak- against ratification. Thai
Ulster cabinet, beaded by - Sir James
(Concluded aa Pt Twenty. Coimaa Thfaal
PAMNTS
OREGON Bl
BILL IS
COURT RULES
Justice Harris; Hands Down Opin
ion as Result of Friendly Suit
Bonds Will Be Issued January
16 5 First Bonus in March.
Salem, Dec. 13. Oregon's bonus bill is
sound.
' World war veterans eligible for bonus
under its stipulations will begin receiv
ing their cash or home loan funds by
March 1.
Action by Harry Brumbaugh, execu
tive secretary of! the state bonus com
mission, to get the money ready for the
veterans was taken today Immediately
following an opinion by Justice Harris
of the supreme ibench that the bonus
measure, as . constructed and as passed
by the state legislature, is immune from
legal attack.
The supreme court opinion is the out
come of a friendly suit brought by
Thomas Henry Boyd of the Portland
post. American Legion, against Governor
Olcott and members of the state World
war veterans' commission to test the
technical construction of the measure.
POrNTS EXPLAINED
Among points raised by Boyd, and re
garded as the principal contention in the
attack against the bonus act. was one
to the effect that failure to enter the
amended house jjoint resolution No. 12
in full on the journal of the senate in
validated the amendment.
In overruling tis contention. Justice
Harris . points out .that an identifying
reference to the resolution in the senate
journal was sufficient to satisfy the
requirement of the constitution.
- Again, the opinion points out, it was
impossible for the senate to have acted
on anything other than the resolutio
( Condudad on Pica Twenty. Catalan Two)
T
IS SLAIN WITH AX
Molalla. Tec. :' tl -Suspicion was di
rected at an 18-year-oldybay i last seen
with Everett Tl Davis, murdered Molalla
homesteader, as a result of a coroner's
inquest held - here today. The boy has
hot been seen fn this vicinity since
neighbors last saw Davis, about Novem
ber 18. - !
Molalla, Dec. 13. His head cut in two
places by a sharp ax. Everett E. Davis,
overseas lieutenant, 26 years old, was
found dead Monday in his bed in his
homestead cabin, eight miles .southeast
of here. He had apparently been struck
while - asleep. Beside him on his bed
was his purse, open and empty. A hunt
ing ax, believed to have been the mur
derer's weapon, was found fbout 40 feet
from the cabin. : j
Davis was found by neighbors who
became curious when he failed to call
for his mail. He was last seen here
about Armistice day.
'Since then his I automobile' had been
standing In front of bis home.,
He was a traveling salesman for a
rubber " company in Montana territory
before he resigned to make final proof
on his -homestead: Before he went into
the army in 1917 he was a principal In
one of the schools of East Helena,
Kriends from Portland, called on him
from time to time but he had but few
acquaintances here. He had a substan
tial account in the Molalla bank.
Davis, according to information found (
on papers in his pockets, had been em
ployed at one time by the B. P. Goodrich
Tire company in :Portland. His father
lives in Indiana.
Everett E. Davis went to work for the
B. F. Goodrich Rubber company in Port
land in the fall of 1919. In the fall of
1920 he was transferred to Butte, Mont.
He returned in the early fall of 1921 to
prove up on his homestead near Molalla.
In passing through Portland he visited
the Goodrich offices. Employes of the
company recall jthat he .was accom
panied by another ex-service man, whom
Duvia took south ' to assist him on the
homestead. On November 8 he made
his last visit to Portland, and on that oc
casion he told his friends that he had
discharged the ex-service man helper,
remarking that he: was "no good."
Nation-Wide Thrift
Savings Bank Drive
Government's Plan
Washington, Dec. 1J. L Ni S.) The
government is about to undergo an en
ergetic nation-wide thrift j campaign
which will make trie federal' treasury the
savings bank of the small investor, it
was learned officially this afternoon.
The treasury department will shortly
announce the issuance of millions of dol
lars worth of "thrift bonds" in denomi
nations of g. 50 and 1 100. These can
be bought at $20. f to and (80. f
It la planned to have the bonds mature
in five years and there will be a pro
vino that if the bonds are disposed of
before maturity the investor can collect
X per cent Interest1 on his Investment to
the time of sale. I
Storm Area Moves ;
l Inland; Rain Clouds
Still Threatening
. The Storm area Iwnir n nrmlkd p
the Northwest for several days has
moved inland with the result that the
barometer is relativelv hirh at Port is nH
today. ' But B. U Wells, district weather
forecaster, said this morning that. It waa
not quite high enough to prevent a little
raw lenient ana Wednesday. : - .
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VET HOIS
FADER
RED PEPPER
Two Thousand Relatives of
"Rump" Strikers Mob Mines in
Southern Kansas, Forcing
I Nearly (BOO Men to Walk Out
jGirard, Kan.. Dec 13. (U. P.) An
"Amaxon army," throwing red pepper,
bricks, stones and lumps of coal, swept
through the Southern Kansas coal fields
today, mobbing six mines and forcing
nearly 600 miners to quit work.
Skirts and shawls flying, the women,
wives and relatives of "rump" strikers,
swept down on the mines and In many
instances put working miners to flight
with their fists.
WOME5 ITSE TEETH
Fiercely, like tigresses, the women
clawed and in some instances used their
teeth on miners who failed to heed their
warning cries of "get out of here you
dirty traitors."
Several miners were bruised by mis
siles, others were almost blinded by the
shower of red pepper.
Four Jackson-Walker mines and an
other near Mulberry were "cleaned out."
The women.- mostly foreigners, jerseyed.
shawled and picturesque, then turned
their attention to another Mulberry
mine.
! PARTICIPATED
"We'll run every Lewis traitor off the
job in Southern Kansas," their leaders
shouted.
' About 2000 women participated in the
riots.
Virtually every coal mine in the South
ern Kansas fields will be closed tonight
as) a result of tha trouble. Reports to
Sheriff Gould's office were that the
women had eeased mobbing mines tem
porarily and had gathered at Franklin
for a mass meeting.
The feminine mob is beyond all con
trol, Gould, who is in .the mine fields.
telegraphed his office.
!The women at noon announced their
Intention of continuing their fight on
working miners after the mass meeting
arid it -aa believed that most men now
at) work " would quit through fear of
this wildly charging "pepper and brick
brigades."
Sf ATE MAT BATE TO ACT Ht
XXSSkSXOJU FIEIB TROUBLE
Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 1J. U. P.) The
state will undoubtedly have to take
action, if conditions remain as they are
in the Southern Kansas coal fields.
Ennmett George, secretary to Governor
Henry J. Allen, said today following
continued mobbing of working miners
by an "Amason army."
State ' officials were plainly disturbed
over the prospect of sending state-troops
into the field, with a possibility that
the guards would be forced to quell
riots by women.
Warm Kains Melt
Much Snow Which
Obstructs Highway
The warm rains Monday did more to
clear the Columbia river highway be
tween Mist Falls and Eagle creek than
a thousand men could have done, accord
ing to County Roadmaster Eatchel, who
went over the highway Monday to see
whether he had better keep a crew of
men at work with shovels clearing the
roadway.
fThe rains are doing more than we
coald do," he said, 'and for the present
I don't think we will try to help nature
along. The two viaducts are both prac
tically clear and entirely out of danger.
"?When the rain falls on the snow and
icej it gradually soaks in. This was
slojw at first, but it is very rapid now.
Miniature streams run down from the
highway. The ice rots rapidly."
Roseburg Forgery
Suspect Is Held in
Jail at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Dec. 13. (U. P.) J. P.
Hardy, alleged bad check passer, is held
In Jail here today pending the arrival of
Sheriff Starmer from Roseburg, Or., to
take him north.
Hardy was alleged to have passed
W 000 in worthless paper on local banks
since his arrival, and to have bad $8000
more in "souvenirs," prepared for fu
ture use.
He was to have been . married here
December 22. The man boasted a record
of t-hree jail breaks in Oregon.
Roseburg, Dec 13. J. P. Hardy, ar
rested in Los Angeles, is suspected of
passing three spurious checks, bearing
the' forged signature of County Treas
urer J. E. Sawyers, on Los Angeles and
San Francisco banks. The checks used
were apparently stolen from Sawyer's
office, XMecovery came when the county
books were experted. The name "used 1n
the) check wag "J. D. Cameron" and
the) check were marked "road bond
funds." The checks were for $1500, $268
and $18-
Instructions Issued
To Reopen Yap Cable,
Asserts .State Dept.
" Washington. Dec 13. iT. v si i.
atractions have been issued: for the reopening-
of the Tap-Guam cable, tbe
state 'department : announced late this
afternoon. ,
This cable, which has been closed since
It ' Was Seized from German ilnrfnw th
war. is to be opened under a temporary
agreement ; between "the United States
and Japan, who- holds a mandate for
IN COAL RIOT
Irwin Lifts .
Ciirtain on
Future Wat
Will Irwin -lifted the lid -off hell" at
The Auditorium Monday 'night and gave
the people of Portland a look into the
contents thereof. Graphically" the fa
mous war- correspondent showed how In
the World war the science of killing waa
advanced over all previous struggles
and how in a possible future war human
life would fall before the improved
agents of destruction as ripened grain
before a scythe. j
, "The next war will ! see the profes
sional soldiers in the background." aaid
Irwin, "and the conflict being waged
by chemists. You may picture the pos
sibilities of the use of Lewisite, the gas
the Americana bad ready to' use when
the armistice was signed, a few tons
of which, according i to experts, could
have destroyed -all animal and vegeta
ble life in Berlin. Then, according to
British scientists, there- will be deadly
Invisible light rays and bacilli to be used.
DEADLY DISEASE CEBM9
"Even as the armlnke was signed
Germany had a disease epidemic ready,
and probably-withheld it only because
England served notice that she would
bombard the Rhine and coast towns with
the deadly anthrax germ." .
"The time has come for armaments
to go. Once It was only the nut who
advocated scrapping of ships. . Now
those hard-boiled soldiers, Pershing,
Halg, Maurice and Dubonnet, are say
ing that the quickest way to get into
war Is to arm to the teeth.
The races must halt wars If they are
to endure. This suicide of the whits
races which has been going on for cen
turies constitutes a real yellow peril.
PRAISE FOR COXFEBEIfCE
- "The limitation of armaments confer
ence at Washington has surprised us all.
It has taken the first step to free the
world of the menace of extermination
of the peoples upon it And incidentally
tt has. done 3 something to reduce the
burden of armaments, which is three
times what it was in 1914.
"The world is actually In a state of
anarchy. The nations have no laws
amonfc- them. ; That is tha real need. And
until this lack is supplied limitations of
armament will be only- temporary relief.
A league or association of nations is the
need, and it is coming, because the
peoples want It." . -
A resolution approving the general
conduct of tbe armaments conference
was passed by the audience at the con
clusion of the lecture, and will be sent
to the president ,
HUGHES' PLAN IS
TO BE MODIFIED
By Carl D. Groat
, Washington; Dec! 1J. The naval pow
ers are In "general agreement" over the
naval holiday, Britain's semi-official
spokesman Indicated . today..
This agreement carries 4ut the spirit
of the Hughes 19 year naval vacation,
but he indicated that 'ome modifica
tions might be - necessary."
There is still talk that the Mutsu will
be conceded Japan, whereupon America
could probably retain the West Virginia
and complete another modern vessel,
while Great Britain would have the
right to build, one or two Hoods.
The speaker indicated Britain would
only be content with a paring of the
French and Italian fleets. ' ,
Britain is bearing in mind her policy
of having a fleet equal to the next two
continental - navies. In these circum
stances she is wary of any upward
trend for France and Italy. For In
stance, if France were given the right
to a fleet as great as Japan's, that is
60 per cent as great aa America's dr
Britain's and Italy forced through its
claims for equalling France's, then the
time might come when France and
Italy would actually build up to ' tb
60 per cent basis. i
That would mean that under a pos
sible entente, they would have a fleet 120
per cent as great as Britain 'a Britain
looks for no Unking of the two against
her but the British statesmen and
naval strategists , are taking no chances
on the future, -
The British will oppose, too, France's
aim for more submarines. The British
drive for a submarine cut .is on.
New Tariff Draft,
Fixing Lower Rates
On Lumber , Received
Advance copies of tariffs covering new
reduced rates on lumber; which will
become effective on shipments to East
ern territory December 24, were received
today by W. D. Skinner, traffic man
ager of the S. P. & S., who is making
preparations "to handle" heavy lumber
shipments eastward during the last week
of the year.
The new. rates for which the lumber
Industry of the Northwest has been
waiting for several months provide - a
rate of 90 cents to- New York and New
England territory as against $1.03 at
present Other new rates are 88 cents
to Pittsburg and Buffalo territory
against 93V& cents at present arid 15
cents to Detroit and. Cincinnati territory
against 88 cents at present A' pro
vision is also made for a rate 3 cents
lower to i astern territory 'from Eastern
Washington and Eastern Oregon.
Shingle ratea feave also heen reduced.
Skinner said today that the lumber In
dustry has been held in check for some
time because oif the pending adjustment
of j-atea. f He Is of the opinion that the
new rates will igreatly assist in bringing
about a revival of the industry.
Girl Has to Sue to
Get $22,000 Verdict
Lincoln. Xeo.V Dec 12. (Li N. 8.)
After waiting 22 years to marry Louis
Henry Howe . jof Humboldt, and then
suing him for failure to wed. Miss Jen
nie Fellers cannot collect 'the $22.0000
awarded her by the t state supreme court
Mis Fellers is now cuing Howe's 0
y ear-old mother for that amount' alleg
ing that. Howe has made over all his
property to bis parent . ' , ,
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IS CONFESSED
Pool Room Man's Dying Words
Free Innocent' Suspect; Cow
boy Admits, Crime and Says He
Conspired to Shift All Blame.
Ontario, Or., Dec IS. Dramatic events
surrounding the killing of Biilie Hicks, '
poolroom proprietor, during a drpnken
brawl In a house in the rear of Hlln'
poolroom, were revealed today by the
he fired the bullet which caused Hicks'
death. Nichols was arrested Saturday.
Nichols confession completely absolves
Jim Mills, who was grappling with Hicks -when
the fatal shot was fired, and in
criminates in a treacherous plot Tom
Hayes, who with Nichols, according t3
the confession, agreed to put tha blame
on Milla
BELEA8ED 03f DTI50 WORDS .
As a result of their pact Milla waa '
arrested . On the dying statement - of
Hicks that Mills did not kill him. bow-,
ever. Mills was released. Prosecuting
Attorney Robert D. Lytle obtained the
confession, which 'revealed a vivid pic
ture of the'killinr. aiter a coroner's inquest-
"
Nichols. Hayes. Mills and Hicks had
been drinking for several hours, during"
which spasmodic quarrels arose. . As
the result of one of the squabbles. Hicks
and Mills came to blows. A revolver
belonging to Hicks lay on a table. Hicks '
and Mills swayed back and forth and
finally crashed to the floor, Hicks on
tOP. " ' v"- - .r
"Then," said Nichols, "I shot at Hicks
with my own revolver because I didn't
want to see him hurt Mills," according
to Lytle. - y .....
GOT TO FIT PLOT
According to his confession, : Nichols
placed Hicks' gun on the floor, so u :
would appear as though either Hicks
or Mills had been using If. Hayes, he
said, agreed to indicate that Milla did
the shooting. t
After Hicks was shot, he arose and
walked across the street to the home
of Mamie Hubble and, telling her he
had been shot asked If he could lie
down for a: while.' His death' followed.
Hicks, who was 28 years old, had
ltved all his life In the Jordon valley
country, - . ...
By A, L. Bra4rer4
Washington, Dec. 13. (U. P.) The
four great powers of the world today
affixed their .signatures 'to a treaty :
which scraps the AngloJapanese ajli-'
ance and solemnly pledges all to pre
serve peace across the vast expanses '
of the Pacific ocean.
With typical American simplicity, the "
great document considered one of the
most important in the history of tbe
world, was signed in the office of Sec
retary Hughes. Only the plenipotentia
ries of the four powers were present
The pomp and ceremony which- usually
la attached to such important events
was entirely absent
Just as the signing, of the treaty Was
completed it was learned, on highest
authority at the White House . that
President Harding does not intend to
submit it to the senate for ratification
until after the close of the arms con
ference. RESERVATIONS ALSO SIGNED .
All the delegates also formally signed
the two American . reservations to the V
treaty ne on Yap. the controversy
over which was settled yesterday, and
one to the effect that the treaty shall
not be construed to interfere with
American domestic questiona
After signing the treaty the delegates -of
various countries : were kept busy
for nearly half an hour nignlng photo
graphs, both of the plenrry sessions
and of themselves.
The treaty now goes to the respective
governments for ratifications by legisla
tive bodies, and will he put Into effect
when deposit of such ratifications la
made here.
That action will formally cast Into
i ht scrap heap the Anglo-Japanese al
lience, which this country has long con
sidered a menace. '
HVGHE8 SIG5S FIRST -
Secretory of State Hughes, admittedly
the dominant figure in the conference, .
was the first to sign the new pact af fixing
his. signature In behalf of the
United States. Other members of the
American delegation followed.
Then came Balfour and other members .
of the British delegation. ,
Vivlanl led the French-delegation to
the signing table.
Admiral Baron Kato and the Jap- '
anese delegation were the last to affix
their- signatures, -
The signing of the treaty started at,
11 :18 and was completed at 11 :28.
None of the delegates seemed to fear
tCooeiude-o pass Two. Column rwl .
Aged Storekeeper ; - -
Choked and Robbed ;
MarshfielL.' Dec' I. George "Chard.
an old roan who conducts the Delroar ;
store, was choked and slugged by rob-v
bers today and his till robbed of $13. V
The store is east of Marshtield and is
directly on the Marshfield-Coquille high--way.
No one happened to be about at
the time but a passenger automobile
passed few minutes later .and the -driver
learned of the holdup.- Two men .
entered ? the store and, pretending to
purchase bread, attacked Chard. He
was wounded on the head and choked
aa he was not strong enough to put up f
a fight , The men took an the money
in the till and several loaves of .bread. '
disappearing In the woods. Tha rob
bers were not masked.,- .;- i t
Seaty