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THE OREGON DAILY JOUffrJAU PORTLAND, OREGON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1821.
I
CO. GETS JOB OVER
BARBURS PROTEST
With CommiasJoner Barbur Sighting to
the ' last ditch, ; th city council, voted
Friday afternoon, after a stormy cession,
to award the contract for material for
the municipal 'paving plant to (he City
Motor Truck company. v , '
Bids lot the material were made
. f ATI IP r In fhA'nwinth Anii wrh.n nrunoH
St wu found ffcr tKa ti1 if pnn Vati
manager of the City Motor Truck com
pany was lower than the others by
4000. Barbur objected to awarding the
bid to him on the grounds that he bad
doubt as to his ability to meet the terms
cf the specifications. Yett then agreed
to meet any reasonable demand the- city
might make for bond and other guaran
. tees. .. " . ..... ..... ........ .....
This failed to satisfy the - commis
sioner of public works and for three ses
sions of the council be succeeded in
blocking all attempts of the other mem
bers' to award the bid to 'the lowest bid
der, lie even ordered other specifica
tions, which A. G. Johnson, assistant
commissioner, reluctantly acknowledged
were different from the original ones.
The new set provided that the -commissioner
of public works had authority to
rejct any or all bids where the bidder
coulJ not produce satisfactory evidence
of financial standing, experience and
v ability to provide the materials.
L v At the meeting Friday afternoon' lohn
M. Mann charged that the department
wan --"Irvine tn nut snmff.hinfr over on
"the council" and had A. G. Johnson and
M. O. Dulln, superintendent of the plant,
. called in for examination. It was then
that Johnson testified the new specifica
tions were different than the originals
aim uiai uiey fiau ueeu uruwii kilci
it was found the bid made by Yett was
lower than that of the Columbia Con
tract company.
Barbur bitterly resented the charges
of standing in. with a "combine" which
were mad by Mann. He sprang to his
feet and shaking with emotion stated
that his motive in asking for new bids
-was toe save the. city money.
"I had Information that if these' bids
wore rejected a lower bid would be made
that would save the city 17400." he said.
Bigelow then called his attention to
the fact that he failed to show equal
anxiety in saving the city 14000 when
the bids were opened and it was found
Yett'S bid was the lowest. Bigelow sug
gested that the1 commissioner of finance
amend his report bo as to award the bid
to Yett, the original bidder. Pier did
this and the award was then made. '
' The new bids made by the Columbia
Contract company, for material for gen
eral malntainance, exclusive of the pav-
'ing plant, were lower than the original
bid which was higher than that of 1921.
Tin. VArn o rvl a 1 n Bfl thin bv naving that
since the original bid, had been made
another contract had been received. He
was vague about the exact date of the
other contract.
Bigelow then stated that there was no
doubt that a pernicious organization
existed to' control the. price of sand and
gravel furnished the city. He said that
he wasglad Yett had come In to break
the combine.
One of the features of the Bklrmlsh
was a persistent attempt on the part of
the department of public works to con
fuse the original bid,, with the second.
So successful was th attempt that in
awarding the contract the council had
tr. nclfv that' thai bid was to be
awarded to Yett. Ordinarily the pro
cedure Is to state "and the contract will
be awarded to the' lowest bidder."
ORDINANCE LEG.VL1ZIKG FAY
OF CITY WORKERS PASSED
To legalise salaries paid by the city,
rh. niinrU rumapd an ordinance Friday
afternoon specifying what the rate of
pay in various departments shall be.
The chief of the bureau of maintenance
i. tn bt S265 a month, nurses In the
health bureau $118, and traffic officers
sift .a "month above the pay for patrol
men. The ordinance provides that the
pay of police officers shall be Increased
$10 a month after the first sir months
-and $5 each six months thereafter until
the pay is $155 a month. Firemen are
to receive the same Increase, save that
the first -raise shall be $5 Instead of $10.
(Continued Proa Pas On)
under several sacks of potatoes. Deputy
Sheriffs Chrlstoffersen and Schlrmer
and deputy coroners were then rushed
to the scene.
They removed the body and found
jthat the head was almost severed. The
butcher knife with which the crime had
evidently been committed was lying in
the bin under the . old man's head. In
the other room was a bloody ax. The
deputies believed the assailant first
ft A'PAnnnv txrltVi tlsa n-w tViAn trt
. Ul IV .... V . ...... V-..V . " ,
make -the job more complete, used the
. knife.
An empty purse was round beside the
' bed. .. '
O'Connor had been on the Island only
two months. Ha came here . from The
. Dalles neighbors believed. Before that
time he had been' In' Astoria and Yan-
eouver,'B. C. He was divorced from his
wife and some time ago she remarried.
r Recently, It is said, she- killed herself.
3 He Is said to have brooded over this.
Resides the son In Germany there is a
daughter tn San Francisco, ,but ncigh-
bora do not remember her name.
2 The body Was removed to the morgue.
I .... Wilson is the only man found thus far
j una tsw mo iriunpi tie acscrioea mm
J as 35 years' old, "a down and outer."
J with a thin brown face. He was spare
J-sml about five feet 10 inches, Ellison
f said, ' s
Corbett, Bowerman
Si And Day Complete
5 Mission at Capital
Washington. Dec. 17. (WASHING
TOX BUREAU OF THK JOURNAL)
Henry Ladd Corbett and I. N. Day left
j rriaay ior roruana. cornet t has com
J pleted his tase before the war finance
Corporation In behalf of a loan, feeling
that favorable action will soon be taken
on. plans he has presented. Bay has
closed up his settlement with the shin-
Ping board on account of . shins con-
atructed for the government, his claim
2 being; allowed practically In full.
Jay Bowerman, ho has been tn Xew
York oa business and more recently in
Washington as attorney for Day. will
leave for the West today. George F.
. Kocipers or baietn, another of the wood
tn ship 'uUder, is on his way home.
with fair Maurac-4 completed set-
Uement.
MOTOR
HACKED BODY FOUND
POTATO
Extension -Plan for ,
East Twenty-Eighth
Street Put on File
Plans " for the. extension of East
Twenty-eighth street from. Holgate to
Woodstock avenue were filed this morn
ing in the office of the city .auditor by
O. Laurgaard, city engineer.
The extension win pass east of Crystal
lake; bordering on the property owned
by Heed college. The street when com
pleted will afford an outlet' for the
southeastern section of the - town, ac
cording to A. G. Johnson, assistant com
missioner of public works.
Bids will be. advertised for the project
within two weeks, Johnson said,' and
work will be commenced as soon there
after is practical.
The specifications allow a time limit
of 18 months for the work, which'con
sists of grading and laying pavement.
The plans show that a cut of six feet
and a fill of six feet will be necessary.
After the fill has been completed, six
months must elapse before paving la to
be laid.
The estimated cost Is $43,000.
FRANCE IS STILL
By George B. Holmes
Washington. Dec. 17. L N. S.) The'
five big powers of the Washington con
ference failed to settle the question of
French naval ratio at a lengthy secret
session in the Pan-American building to
day, and the matter was allowed to go
over the weekend for another meeting
on Monday.
There were Indications when, the meet
ing adjourned that the session had been
a tense one. M. Sarraut, head of the
French delegation, is understood to have
voiced a formal protest over the manner
In which news of France's demand for
10 new battleships was made public yes-,
terday, and there ensued what was de
scribed as a "general discussion.'
Following' is the text of the official
communique Issued after the conference :
"The sub-committee on naval limitation
met this morning, December 17, at 11
o'clock, in the Pan-American building.
and, after a geryasal discussion, adjourned
to meet again at 11 o clock Monday, De
cember 19."
PARIS IS FIRM
Paris, Dec. 17. (U. P.) France Is op
posed, to the abolition of submarines.
France sees no reason why she should
not have a navy as big as Japan's. In
these statements, made here' seml-offi-
cially today, France takes direct issue
with Britain at the Washington arms
conference.
LOKDOK DISSATISFIED
OYEB FRAKCE'S PROPOSAL
London, Deo. 17. I. N. S.) Dissatis
faction over France's naval demands
was expressed in official circles today.
"We much prefer the original Amer
ican proposals," said foreign office offi
cials. "We regret any revision, but will
fit In any scale that is suggested. As
long as competitive building is ended
on any basis we shall be pleased.
McArthur Leaves
To Attend Funeral
Of Eepresentative
Washington, Dec. 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Representative McArthur leaves this
afternoon with congressional party as
member of committee to attend the fu
neral of Representative Elston at Berke
ley Thursday. After a day or two he will f
go on to Portland for the holiday recess.
Representative Webster of Washington
is another member of the party and he
will proceed to Spokane after the
funeral. Senator Stanfleld, appointed
as a member for the senate, was still 1
undecided at T o'clock today whether
he wilj go.
Senator Stanfleld was today appointed
on a committee of eight senators to
attend the funeral. He says he may
go, though he has not finally committed
himself. Those who go on the trip will
not resume their duties here until con
gress meets again In January.
Senator McXary was also offered a
place on the 'committee to attend the
funeral, but declined the appointment.
Greek Grain Vessel,
Loaded in Portland,
Grounds Off Ireland
San Francisco, Dec. 17. (U. P.) The
Greek steamer Flotis, en route from As
toria, Or., to the united Kingdom with
a whtat cargo, ran aground on a reef
near Limerick, Ireland, according to a
London cablegram received here today.
Assistance has been sent.
The Orwk sreamRhln "Flotis cttarol
from Portland October 24 for the 'United
Kingdom with 197,154 bushelsof wheat
valued at $330,670. She was dispatched
by the Northern Grain & Warehouse
company and was commanded by Cap
tain Lykiarbopolus.
Plumbers Without
Permit. Are Fined
The second case In 10 days wherein
plumbers have connected water service
without first obtaining a permit from
the water bureau came before Municipal
Judge George Rossman Saturday morn
ing and he fined the Bailey, Sigler com
pany, 404 Davis street, $10. The arrest
was made by E. It. McPherson. chief in
spector f the water bureau, Friday aft
ernoon and he declared that a "war"
was to be waged against violators of the
water bureau edicts.
M. Saens, Famous as
Opera Writer, Dies
Algiers, Dec 17. (U. P.) M. Camille
Saint Saens, world famous musical com
poser, died here yesterday. M. Saint
Saens wrote many famous operas. In
cluding "Helene, ls BarbareV
"Fary satis," "Dcjanlre' and 'Thryne."
lie was also a concert , violinist and
pianist He had been a member of the
institute of Paris since 1&8L
Lincoln's Messenger
In War Dies Suddenly
Canon City. Colo.. Dec. 17. (O. P.
M. JR. Oerahty. 82. confidential messen
ger of Abraham Lincoln during the war,
and until recently bailiff of the dis
trict court here, dropped dead this morn
ing while'- attending, a,.' divorce '.trial
Heart disease was given as the cause.
-, i ' s : " .
BLOCK
PLAN
VIDUUIE
HIE' IS
E 'Ei
To the list of 11 office names now in
use Jn the Portland telephone: exchange
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany added a new name-Em'pire today
when 350 telephones were cut from the
Woodlawn to the Columbia office and
assigned this new prefix. "'
Empire will be the ultimate prefix
name "Which will be applied to all! tele
phones which will be served in the fu
ture through the present Columbia of
fice. The name change -has been necessi
tated because of the adtopUon of a
$3,500,000 reconstruction program by the
company to change the telephone system
to the "six-digit method" of operation. .
The 350 telephones cut out of the
Woodlawn off ice are all in the industrial
section of North Portland." Immediately
after the transfer was made triple jload
ing coils were connected to the trunk
cables to improve transmission, between
the St. Johns district and other offices
in the Portland exchange.
Announcement has also been made by
C EL Hickman, commercial superintend
ent of the company, that any newi tele
phone connections which are made in
the district in the future will take the
prefix Empire. . This is being done to
avoid the necessity of making (a second
change In numbers because all of the
telephones In the Columbia 'exchange
will be given the prefix Empire in (June,
1922. Next fall machine-swltphing equip
ment wilt hn Dlaced In the Kmpire of
fice tp handle all incoming calls while
the outgoing calls will continue to be
bandied by manual operation.
The number changes invoivea in u
.miwr of th 350 telephones Will
be listed in the next directory, which will
be issued for use beginning January i,
according to Hickman. i
ill
(ConUnned from Paw One)
portionately. The total burden upon aU
the naval powers would be up in the bil
lions and the naval holiday idea would
have little- chance of being renewed.
QUESTIONS ARE ASKKB !
What, therefore. Is behind the French
proposal? ;
Is It a bargaining scheme In order .to
achieve certain results or Is It simply a
result of French Indiscretion in under
standing her colleagues at this confer
ence? !.
These questions are being asked in oi
ficlal quarters and doubt would be
thrown upon the serious intention pf the
French with regard to a new navy were
It not for the fact that a few days ago
the French parliament unanimously
voted 755,000,000 francs for continua
tion of the 1912 naval program. There
are those who beiieve this was for re
placements until 1925.
On the other hand, the chances are
that the French are really trying to get
some concessions out of this conference
in the phrasing of resolutions on land
armament and that France will at the
proper moment- make the usual diplo
matic gesture of generosity and recede
from her drastic demands. Otb.erw.ise.
the denunciation of France may exCEe
in Intensity the tone, of Lord Curson's
recent speech In which he scored France
for her policy of imperialism and large
armaments.
PERSONNEL CONFUSING
i Unfortunately, the handlisg of French
policy here is somewhat confusing be
cause of the many changes in personnel
in it. "First, Premier Briand was here
and then left matters In charge of Rene
Viviani, who has shown an impatience
to get back to. private business In France
and made all preparations for sailing
long before the naval ratio program was
arranged. He left the announcement of
so vital a proposal to a subordinate
without giving the other powers any
Intimation that their plans would be
Upset at the last moment.
: Tt In nreclstiv this: kind of tactics?
which the British say has been keeping
Burope in turmoil since the war and is
delaying reconstruction.
(Continued Prom Pwre One)
Woo, who. is a high official in the Suey
Sing tong, was in hiding and all efforts
of the police to find him failed.
"Then a request came to the Immigra
tion office that we assist in the search.
PATS 1 100 FOB IT ,
"Woo, after we succeeded in inter
viewing him. told me that he had not
purchased the gem from the negro, who
offered it to him, because ne suspicionea
that he had not com by It by fair
means. , ' ' .
"Then; Lum Lin, who was employed in
Woo'S' restaurant, entered the plot. Lim,
according to Woo, was about to ireturn
to China and was willing to take a
chance with the stone. He bought it
from the negro for 41000.
"According to Woo the negro refused
to hand over the stone when he received
the money and tried to run from the
room. Woo then grabbed him and held
him. Both the Chinese then forced- him
to give up the diamond.
ESCAPE FAILED
"Woo says that because he was in
strumental in foiling the negro's plan
to get 'away with both the stone and
the money the negro soug&t to implicate'
him in the plot by telling the ponce tnat
he (Woo) had bought the ring.
"Circuit Judge Evans, who then was
district attorney, and I then pointed out
to Woo that he .and Lin would be in
volved tn the theft if he would not aid
us In getting the diamond back; to its
rightful owner. . . '
"He consented to induce Lin, who had
left for China, to return the ring.
"So, today, it Is safely tn Woo's safe
ty deposit vault, awaiting foif Mrs.
Shove to identify It.
"The negro. It is understood was
taken to Denver to face the authorities
there." , ,
Seven Sailors Hurt
In Destroyer Crash
.' - .
New Tc-rfc, Dec 17. (I. JC S. i-Seven
injured sailors of the United States d-
"stroyer Graham were in the navy hos
pital In Brooklyn today following the
collision" between Ute destroyer and the
coast liner Panamas, five miles off the
Jersey coast, last evening. One of the
sailors is in serious -coneHtJcn. j None
of the 107 passengers on 4ke Panamas,
was injured.
LAS
MAD
BE
NATIONS AT
PARLEY
AROUSED
MOO
DIAMOND
FOUND
PORTLAND
BURGH S FATHER
RIDES OVER TRAIL
ill
-. By Fred Woodward
" Special CurTspondKt Cnivenal Serrice)
Los Angeles.. Dec 17. Riding in the
same roadster automobile. Rev. W. A.
Burch. Evanston, (111 ) minister, was
driven over the course which , the
prosecution contends was driven by
his son". Arthur C Burch, on the sight
of August 5 last, when, it is charged,
the son shot and killed J. Belton Ken
nedy. Accompanied by attorneys represent
ing the son, and investigators. Rev.' Mr.
Burch went to the auto agency that
Arthur Burch had patronized ' last
August
Besld the driver, the father ' was
taken from the city out through an
exclusive residential district to the foot
of the Hollywood hills and th"n Into
the lonely region, where the a." tlng
occurred. . '
GOES BT CABIN - :"
The machine was driven into the side
road leading to a gravel pit. It then
was turned about and driven past the
Kennedy "death cabin to a little coun
try store in the glen. From there the
roadster went to the beach at Santa
Monica canyon and back to the city.
Throughout the trip notes were taken
cf the mileage record by the hubdometer
attached to the roadster. This mileage
was checked with speedometers on the
roadster and fallowing machines.
A record of Friday's test trip will be
used to combat the state's testimony
already presented to the . jury ' hearing
thei' evidence against young OJurch. By
the mileage record made the de
fense will endeavor to show when the
trial is resumed "next week that if
Burch had driven by the Kennedy cabin
after the slaying and also visited other
places where prosecution witnesses testi
fied they saw him, the machine must
have traveled more than 44 miles.
The speedometer records made Friday
the defense will attempt to show, will
total a 44-mile trip only by eliminating
that part of the "death route from the
gravel pit road through the glen beyond
the Kennedy cabin.
MINISTER TO BE CALLED
Witnesses also will be called in an
effort to refute the testimony of prose
cution witnesses, that the roadster auto
mobile rented by" Burch and driven 44
miles by him on the fateful night, fol
lowed certain cars into the glen.
Paul Schenck, defense attorney, re
vealed also that Rev. Mr. Burch will
be called to the witness stand in his
son's behalf and asked to produce in
evidenee a diary kept up by him during
recent years.
It was stated this diary will-show no
tations made by the minister as far back
as 1918, concerning .changes in the ac
tions of his son. It will support the in
sanity plea of Bunch's attorneys.
At least 20 witnesses will be called to
testify for the accused man, it was
said. Nearly half of these will be
alienists wfio will contend the prisoner Is
suffering from paranoid dementia prae-
cox.
Two witnesses are being sought -by de
fense Investigators. They are reported
to have told friends they were visiting
in the Glen a day or two before the mur
der and that they saw two roughly
dressed men loitering about the Kennedy
cabin.
Should these witnesses be found and
they should so testijfy, weigh, would be
given to the initial statements ot Airs.
Madalynne Obencha'in. fthe "Woman in
the ease." who is awaiting trial as co
defendant with Burch.
WALL STREET BOMB
SUSPECTEXPOSESPLOT
(Continued From Pe One)
wellknown German anarchist, who was
killed in Berlin in 1919.
In New York Lindenfeld was presum
ably associated with a Slavic news
agency and is alleged to have used this
connection to cover up his real activ
ities in connection with anarchistic
propaganda work. He lived in New
York and cities in the East -. for more
than three .years, to the definite knowl
edge of the Burns agency.
'Lindenfeld asserted that he directly
represented the Third Internationale in
the United States," it was said today
by a detective assigned to the case.
"At one time It was known that in
an. effort to ascertain what the govern
ment and certain private agencies were
doing to combat anarchistic activity in
this country he "planted' himself as an
employe of a nationally known detective
agency.
DISCREDITS C05FESSI02T
"This agency ascertained his purpose
almost at once and for a long period
used Lindenfeld as a decoy on his own
'red' associates. It was through this
connection that some very valuable In
formation was secured.
"Most of the men named by Linden
feld in his statement to the department
Of justice operatives in Warsaw as being
associated with the wail street oomo
esplosjon plot are now in Europe, it is
said. Only two are believed to be still
Im the United States."
"New York's bomb squad," which has
been working" on the case for a year, to
day discredited the alleged confession of
Lindenfeld.
SUSPECT IK WARSAW KAMES
FIVE AS PLOT RISGLEADEBS
, Warsaw, Dec 17. (I. N. a) Gov
ernment poUce officials are today check
ing up on the story told by Wolfe Lin
denfeld, alleged agent of the Russian
Reds, who Is said to have confessed
leadership in the Wall Street bomb; ex
plosion outrage in September, 1920. He
is said to have named five ringleaders,
including a woman. v
'The bomb was said to have been
manufactured in a woman's home.
Lindenfeld was reported to have' said
that: another woman member of the
conspiracy had had J. P. Morgan under
observation for some time before the
explosion.
Newspapers attribute Lindenfeld with
the statement that a mechancal mistake
caused explosion of the bomb ii min
utes before it was due to go off. ,
Lindenfeld is supposed to have re
ceived funds from Moscow. ' He said
that all his colleagues are now in Eu
rope. ;. '
Bl'3S BF. LI EYES MTSTF.RY
OF EXPLOSIOK IS SOLVED
Washington. rec 17.-U. P. Confi
dence that the Wall street bombing mys
tery has been solved and that those re
sponsible for the great . crime will soon
be apprehended was expressed today by
William J. Burns, chief of the depart
mentroent of justice bureau of Investi
gation after a confereno with Attorney
General Daugherty.- ....
He says Wolfe Lindenfeld, arrested in
Warsaw, will be brought back to - the
United States at once.
Burns left for New York today to take
pcrjKWMii -charge- of future activities to
ward apprehending those believed re
' I " '"
) MURDER SCENE
sponsible for the explosion. ' It was In
dicated that ether arrests mtebt be
made soon, f
A report ;from! Detective' Oosgrov.
who arrested. Lindenfeld. was received
this afternoon and forwarded to Burns
In New York. It was learned that Cos
grove's report Indicated that as many as
38 persona ware implicated in the borrib
plot. f . i
1 '
BBOKERS WARNED THAT NEW
OUTRAGE BEING PLANNED
New York, Dec. 17. New 'York brok
ers have : reported to the police the re
ceipt of warning "letters announcing that
the Stock : Kx change and the entire fi
nancial district wQl be blown up by
bombs oa Monday, December 19. The
letters were; received last' Monday;. The
police have jfceen work on! the case
ewwr slucBL-'l . j- f-?
- I Word of the new bomb plot was con
veyed to representatives of the depart
ment of justice, which la engaged in
rounding up fthe perpetrators of the Wall
street bomb explosion of September,
1920. " C
T
By Webb Miller
Paris, Dec. 17. (U. P.) The allied
reparations commission refused to con
sider the German request for exten
sion of time in reparation payments. It
was announced today.
The cbmmiesion demanded in a
counter note to Chancellor Wirth that
it immediately be furnished with de
tails regarding promised payments,
guarantees to be furnished in the mean
time and definite information as to the
delay which was asked. '
Until these details are received the
commission cannot discuss the German
request.
F
Ardmonei 1 Okla.. Dec. 17. (U. P.)
Authorities I today endeavored to link
the activities of a spcret organization
with the deaths of Joe Carroll and John
Smith of Wilson, and C. G. Sims, Ard
more policeman, who'were shot to death
near Wilson, Okla.
In a statement issued today. Assistant
County Attorney Hodges asserted that
Sims was wearing what Is purported to
be the Ku EUux KJan ' unlonalls" at the
time of his death.
Murder charges today were preferred
against J. A. Gilliam, John Smith, Jeff
Smith and Curley Smith, held in connec
tion with the killings.
Authorities learned definitely today
that Carroll had received numerous
threatening letters warning him to leave
the neighborhood at once.
Carroll and Smith were shot to death
at the Carroll home near Wilson Thurs
day night: Smith was said to have been
a member of the attacking party. More
than 35 chats were exchanged between
the Carroll family and the assailants, it
was said, i '
Waverly Baby Home
Is Lauded Highly by
Welfare Commission
That peace, is established once more
between Waverly Baby home and the
Child Welfare commission and that the
latter holds! the former's administration
in high esteem are statements in a
letter received by A. W. Brookings,
treasurer of the baby home, from
George Ehrjinger, secretary of the com
mission. .,
The commission is very glad to say
that the attitude of the entire Waverly
Baby home ; personnel is one of coopera
tion and a . desire to "comply fully and
completely with the policies of the com
mission," the letter reads. "The ex
pression of Mi is attitude by the Waverly
Baby home has shown itself in most
efficient management of affairs at the
institution land the baby home office.
We particularly commend the policy of
placing out, with as little delay as pos
sible, all children eligible for adoption,
thereby saving the state the money that
would be necessary to support that child
In an institution, and, what is of much
greater import, providing the child with
much needed home life and individual
care. f
"We hopei that tblsi expression of con
fidence may assure those interested in
your work that there Is entire harmony
between your board and the child wel
fare commission,"
Man Is Found Dead,
Woman Wounded? in
Latter's Apartment
Globe, Ariz:, Dec 17. (L N. S.) Po-I
lice authorities will endeavor today to ,
obtain a detailed statement from Miss -Alma
Smith with reference to the shoot
ing of Henry L. Christensen, an auto
mobile dealer, who was found dead in
Miss Smith's room in a local hotel. Miss
Smith was seriously wounded and early
today badr been unable to give hpr
version of Jthe affair. . i
According to the police Miss Smith
claims to be a cousin of Clara Smith
Hamon, who was tried and acquitted
several months ago in Oklahoma - for
the murder of Jake L. Hamon, . million
aire oil man and politician,
Christen3en, who was married, : was
arrested recently on the Mann act
charges preferred by Miss Smith. Hel
was subsequently released.
Mrs. A. R. Slaymaker,
Former Portlander,
Is Dead in Seattle
Word hats been received in Portland
of the death in Seattle this morning. of
Mrs. A- It- Slaymaker, following an
operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Slay
maker, whose maiden name was Miss
Daisy Green, was the daughter of C. W
Green of 3184 Ross street, Portland, and
had made her home in Portland iintU
the last few years. She was a graduate
of St Helens Hall. Mrs. Slaymaker,
who wasi 19 years old, fs survived by
her husband, A. K. Slaymaker. for
merly of Che art staff of The Journal
and now head of the art department of
the Seattle? Times ; a 7-year-old daugh
ter, Mary JElizabetn. : and her father, a
sister, Mrs4 R. P. Thompson of Tacoma.
and two brothers, William and Harry '
Green, Caspar, Wyo. . Funeral services j
win be ekl in Portland Monday. The j
body will be cremated, , 1
GERMAN PAYMENT
REIMS
DENIED
OUR ARRESTED FOR
ARDMORE MURDERS
HARK flUt
'CONFERENCE I
, MEXICAN AFFAIRS
' By Bajasosd Clapper
Washington, Iee. 17. U. P.-The
calling of a conference on Mexican af
fairs la being considered by President
Harding.
The suggested . conference would be
held at some date following the conclu
sion of the armament' conference and
would take place either In Washington
or some accessible place near the Mex
ican border, close friends of the presi
dent said. ,
Its chief purposes would be to obtain
a treaty with Obregon by which .Mexico
would pledge protection of American
rights and to grant recognition to the
Mexican republic.
BCASOX FOBi BELIEF
One reason for the belief here that a
conference is to be called is the fact that
all other means have" failed. Secretary
of State Hughes drafted a .treaty and
George Sumznerlin, American charge at
Mexico City, tried to get it signed with
out success. President Harding then
adopted the informal method of dealing
with Obregon to accept ,the treaty.
Both attempts failed, because Obregon
flatly refused to sign the treaty until
recognition had been first granted. -He
declared that Mexican pride would not
permit him to sign the treaty as the price
of recognition, and that the government
would be overturned within 24 hours If
he did. i
ASKS FOEMA1 INVITATION
President Harding then suggested. In
directly, that Obregon send a represen
tative to wasmngion to aisouss tne mat
ter, but Obregon refused to do this un
less there were a formal invitation from
this government.
At this point the suggestion for a con
ference between representatives of the
two nations appeared..
Under Secretary pf State Fletcher Is
understood to oppose this course. - It is
expected that Fletcher will leave the
state department soon to become ambas
sador to Belgium, and those here person
ally interested in Mexican affairs say
they expect a change of policy to follow-
shortly culminating probably In the pro
posed conference. ,
Chicago, Dec. 17. (U. P.) The "cor
ner" on eggs, which has caused the
price to advance steadily fcr several
weeks, has been broken, officials be
lieved today, by the injunction which
prohibited speculation on the Chicago
butter and egg board. Prices have
fallen 10 to T2 cents per dozen since the
iniunction ' was issued and now are
selling around 47 cents.
Most Prominent
Woman of Japan
Portland Visitor
.a- -V-,KaJ':
5"ajlma,' the most prominent
woman of Japan, arrived at Union sta
tion at Z -.55 p. m. . today on her way
home; from the disarmament conference
at Washington. She was -escorted from
Uniorj station to tire Multnomah hotel
by Jap&nese Consul ..Yoshida and. a
group fcfsnembers of the Japanese Meth
odist cmfr-ch. . . ' .".'.
Kajl k'SJajlroa was one of the founders
of the TJbung Women's Christian Asso
ciation of Japan and has been prominent
In social work In that country for many
years. At the Washington conference
she presented a petition signed by thou
sands of Japanese women asking for
permanent peace" In the Pacific. Tajlma
is 89 years old and is still active and
in possession. of all her faculties. She
will rerqain here until Monday, when
she will leave for San Francisco to sail
for home
Company President, 1
Arrested on vCheck
Charge, Is Released
Robert E. Cavette, president of the de
funct ' Multnomah Motor , company of
Vancouver, Wash., who was arrested
Friday morning on a bench warrant is
sued in a civil case, was released from
custody today after a hearing before
Presiding Circuit Judge Morrow, i
Cavette was arrested on request ot S.
C. and Ada E. Carroll, who have a
$1100 suit pending against him, and who
said they had reason to believe he would
try to leave town. Cavette gave assur
ance today .that he. did not intend to
leave. :
The Car rolls claim Cavette sold them
$1100 worth of stock, well knowing it
was virtually worthless.
INJUNCTION BREAKS
'CORNER' ON EGGS
He Loses Ten S1000
Bills, but It's: Not
As Bad as It Looks
Ten JlQ0O bilh were stolen from John
Dwyer. room 23. Olympic hotel, .Third
and Burnside streets, sometime daring
the night, Dwyer reported to the police
this morning. He left his vest hanging
in the hotel lavatory Friday night, he
said, and when he recalled it, the Inner
pocket where he .carried jhis wallet was
empty.
Police- investigations disclosed that the
hills were of German issue and their
value, tn the face ot the present quota
tion on marks, la about $60. -
BE DEPORTED
Pittsburg. Kan Dec 17. (L N. S.)
Deportation of 'Amason warrior's' was
the plan of the' triple offensive federal
agents. Kansas militia and mine own
ersin the fcansas mine war today.
.With four women in jail, and with
Deputy Sheriff O. M. Lyons, in the field
hunting 12 other "Amazons," the gov
ernment,' through United States District
Attorney Al Williams ef Kansas and
George H. Wark, prohibition director,
stepped Into the situation,
la addition to the four women arrested
late Friday night, Wark. with militia
men for aides, took seven men and three
women into custody near FYontenae.
Wark said he found 3Ckf gallons of illicit
liquor in the miners' homes.
The womeh were still held In the city
Jail here this morning, Attorney General
R. J. Hopkins refusing anyone permis
sion to communicate with the prisoners.
The strike zone was quiet on the sur
face. The temper of the strikers, ac
cording to observers In the field, was
at fever heat, however.
A biting snow, driven before a stiff
wind, swept across the open fields' in
the mine district.
Mrs. T. Zellerbach
Is Dead in New York
San Francisco, Pec 17. U. P.) Mrs.
Theresa Zellerbach, widow of the
founder of the Zellerbach Paper com
pany, is, dead in New York city, accord
ing to a private telegram received here
today.
Arbuckle 'Avenger'
Is on Probation
Madera; Cat , Dec. 17. (U. P.) Bam
bina Maude Delmont, the "avenger" In
the Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle case, to
day was placed on probation for one
year as a result of her pUja of guilty to
a charge oi bigamy.
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GUNSTURIIEDOU.
1" ' ! i' . t
Belfast.-Deo; 17. (L ill S. Machine
guns were turned npobrsarioter here
early today during the heaviest out- .
hurst of -disorders since the armistice
became effective.
There was heavy flrtnjr In 0 widely
separated parts ot the city. A police
lorry that- was rushing to the scene ot
disorders was fired upon. The occupants
turned machine guns upon the rioters.
ine lusu lades in the region of New
tonards road were especially heavy.
One man. wag killed and 10 others
wounded. 1 1 - -
Reprisals were begun during the
morning and- two men were seriously
wounded In exchanges of shots. - - -
Unrest throughout the city Is In
creasing, s
' Dublin, Dec. 17. (U. kM A subsUn- -
tial majority of the Dall Etresnn has
tentatively agreed to ratify the Anglo- .
Irish treaty, a reliable authority in .the
parliament discussion declared i here to- '
day.- '.ii'.''
A vote, however, probably will not be
taken until Monday, when Dall leaders
have agreed to call a public session for
final discussion of the, pact.
This statement was made fallowing a
noticeable attitude of relief among those
who have championed the pact. The ten-"
sion which has prevailed since the sign-
ing of the s treaty tn Dublin broke.
Michael Collins himself appeared almost
boisterously gleeful.
College Friends of. ;
Alleged , Teeping
Tom Aid Defense
Chicago, Dec. fV (I. N. S.) Friends "
of Gerald Louis Wendt. 'Harvard gradu
ate and assistant professor of chemistry
at the University of Chicago, whose res
ignation was accepted by the university
after charges that he wss a "Peeping
Tom" had been made, came' to his de
fense today. Frofessor Wendt Is said
to have been discovered on the roof of
a shed in the rear of Kenwood hall,' a -vantage
point that gave him a view of
a bathroom window in the girls' dormi
tory. According to Professor Wondt's asso
ciates there was "no moral turpitude" '
Involved In his act. They declare he v
was suffering from a relapse of a severe
attack of Influenza and tonsilitis and
"was not himself." Professor Wendt is
confined in a hospital today.
HOT LAKE A B RIVALS
Hot Lake, Dec. 17. Arrivals at Hot ,
Lake sanatorium Wednesday i were : C ;
Neagle, Twin Bridge ; J. Stoddard, La i
Grande ; Dr. Avey and Mr. and Mrs. K. 1
A. Blair, Payette, Ida. : Mrs. A. L. Cum
mings, Huntington ; Thomas Greenland,
Baker: Grant Carothers, Zillah, Wash..;
Mrs. C. L. Allen and daughter, Lostlne ;
L. A. Carnahan, Calgary. Aita. Miss
G. A. Thome, Pendleton.
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