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GOIEC EFTAIN. IS DIE' - WIFE "AND. LO. VER; ' .rs -s- -....-j... v- .s.-i-r., .'.'-t ; - if.,.-,-. si , r ii HIMSELF em -! .- V'k- n 1 X nnn pADrcD .1 !-Ci;'&.-.v--.h...... iPe nn syl y arlra Sf enatbr DFesr i ti H Ifb tei Apartments at Capital P U AftefuBeiug lit Many Months. Entered U.S. Senate ia-1897, Is- ' . -', : I !' a as .'' M '"' n ana was una ot wiost rowertui f Waahingtoiv Jc, t- Sentor Bola etel ; apartment here at IVM o'clock tonlekt. '.' H had- tn )1I for numr nontBa, but wag able cart of thxt time : Ho attend to hla duties at the national r capital, f ' only hi phyiichin. Dr. , Rojr Adams. Tlx senator bad suffered severe' cOugh Uog spells, and each one ceeroed to fur- i joeath Cosies scddehlt. -- Penrose tondocted his work as chatr rnan .of th finance conun!tte ua until to develop then, bt kk condition was at no time' retarded-as -eiUcaL - Since , Thursday he remained tn 'his 'apartment at the wardman Park .inn, and up until short time before .his death seemed t be' improYinr. . 1 - - ' His brother, Dr. Charles B. Penrose of PhUadelphia, visited him Friday, but the senator's condition showed such Im provement 'that Dr. Penrose returned - home. I :'. Penrose's ' health beiran to faifr about ;two years ago He was suffering from ;- a complication of Ills, and despite Ions; I ets and CArefn treatment lost strength. & iWS SPBKAB9f kAPtDlTVt X The, -'news '.tof V the? senator's "deaU 4 read 'fftpldVy over Washington tonight .New-year's 'selohratlomi -were, en and " i y ot his frjenda nedj at-his,,ajiart f tt-nt to .express", tht'r eoriw.": ;u Funeral services (bav not yet been ar- s- sfed. but prohahly will be Tuesday. ,. The senate, -said house meetine again 4.,,en. after, Chrtstmas-recess, win ap itKtnt committees to attend the funeral. i . Senator 1 Penrose- was born ta , PMla VTelphia, Kovember 1180. He was. dur Ing the last few years, the most power ful factor la Republican national . poli tics . l:;!:,-,'.';;;' ;.-'.v .? Senator Penrose was acclaimed by his friends and conceded by his enemies to ?bo the most powerful leader of the con servative - element .- of ...the Republican Tarty.: ' -c.i'i'Vv;,;Jii' SACXXB BT Qttlr2;ii-;"w-: From the time he entered the political arena, a candidate for atate- representa tive from the Eighth district 'of PhUa delphia In 18S4, supported by Matthew Quay. then, boss of. Pennsylvania, Pen roe gave his attention to attainment of political power rather than high office. , lie waa first known as a. reformer. ' while stiir practicing law before 'becom ing an office holders i He l wrote ' . book n collaboration with Edwin P. Allison on municipal refomvi It was not long after however. Lb&u b became eiated with Daniel Cameron "and Mit- ti-.ew Quay and, following- hla election to the Pennsylvania legislature,' he was never out of ottJce. t . . ,t tM ASTEB I OP tBETAUi . : The Republican organisation tn Penn- 'sj-lvania Is held as anv example of the jnost . efficient and thorough political (Combination la the country. Its accom plishment was the work of Senator Pen lie never tired, of detail and when he .Completed his work m the state he turned . tCtoncladed est rats Tee. Oolsma Out, f Harding Gives Rumors Jolt I Jo Cabinet Changes, He Says By Pavld tawreaee ""-rht. 1921. br Ttm enal - iton. 1 Dec. , L As . the year an tnd talk of changes In t Harding's cabinet has reached err.; Vpro such a f eint as to draw flat denials from the chief i executive'- himself. V'Tet ' the !arsln or me gossip is neve ruie teas m- n' in official ttfe "here. ;T.Vi:':" :-y-: The latest rumor, namely, that 6ee- 'retary Hughes and Preaident Harding - were at - the breaking point.- has - been V ca led "Sill j" by Mr. Harding and the i, l fact Is the ' relations .between the two ; nien have never been r more rordlat or : ratl8factorr'--"ir f '' The rumor rained currency first when l fc interrretation ' on tri four-power j ict was announced by Mf. Hughes and J . fcther by Mr. Harding when., indeed. ( tcy had not talked over the ambiguous it in Question, and Ute urioua up f the cnetroversy. jfa that, Japan, , T -icflca, dislikes the legal inter V,V -n and. seeks a clarification and ;-"J ' aclo will shortly be removed. y -f ISO HAS OWS IDEA 'f Vf -s idea, that Mr. Hughes was dls- Is V ed because Presideat Harding In- k vniHam Randolph Hearst to the House at a ; time when the? lat ; riwspapers were" attacking1; some - Hughes policies at the arms con ce 1 far from the truth. v'.-? i Ffitary of state tent -the-kind i ttio mixes political feeling with irs. The president hlmnelf is .. & believer in the gospoi.nf un- CitylGreets Baby Yearinv Noisy Style? American Legion Celebration - Is , Main EventTheatres Hold .1 Midnight Shows. It arrived right on time. American -Legion gave its big show and dance some 4000 people halted , their dancing long enough to wish their part ners a happy New Tear and then the dance went on. In the Streets of Paris the whine of the - raffle wheel droned -anew as soon as the final stroke of the clock hadVas- urea ine usieners inac.'iDzi was ac tually here. Simultaneously with usher lny of the year hito being glasses of the patrons or cafe de la Palx clinked In toasts for this year and many more tn addition. . . ' ' The feature of tho big show was Ma damoiselle Flfl, petite dancer fftr the Legion. The madamoiselle was intro duced by her manager Jules Cheroa and the revelation that she was not really a Parislenna' was more or less a sur prise to the kadlence. ) " -After -a, charming bit of toe 'dancing it was announced that she was none other than Ml Jessie Marrtss, born and bred in the city of roses, which un doubtedly accounts for her winsome and delightful ways. Mine Merrtss Is a grad uate of Jefferson High school and has Just completed a year of study tn Mew York. She was ra pupil f Stephano Mascagna," acknowledged dean of the ballet in America, The Introduction of MadamotseTlo Flfi was part of a well balanced vaudeville program staged by the Legion for its friends. The show was well attended, the house being crowded to capacity by the end of the last ace. Features of the . show other . than (Oonelodatf -mm Pace Biz. Cctaata Pbor Harold McCormickv Gets $3,000,000 . . From Former Wife ' Chicago, Dec, ll.---U,JP.Vr-Mrs. EMlth uocKefeiler-McCorrntckr paid Harold F. McCormick, ; president -of tie ' Interna tional Harvester conopany; -ta.OOO.OO in That;McCormtek Is turd-lift 'jr lh business depression was revealed tonight fa a statement by John P. Wilson, his aiwrney, in announcing -arrangemenrs of the settlement; , For the town house. Mrs. Mccormick paid $500,000, and tS.5O0.0OQ for the Lake Forest country estate, with an additional $60,000 for, the marble! collection there, Wllsoq declared, i v v . - The Lake Forest mansion, patterned after an Italian palace, surrounded -by beautiful: floral gardens, was described as the meat costly dwelling in America. Rnmors of Mccormick's marriage, to. Mary Garden, grand opera staty were intensified along the "gold coast" with announcement of the property settle ment. Neither principal would make a statement, i-egarding' it President Asked to Attend Unveiling of V; Statue to ?061oner Waahlnrton, DecX f 3L (WASHINO TON BUREAU OF' THE JOURNAL) Qovernor Olcotf. Mayor Baker and Port land city comaiissionera. Joined by A. PhemisUr Procter, the sculptor, wnd Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, donor of the Roose velt equestrian , statue? which Is to be presented to the eityf Portland, have asked Senator McNary to act with other members of the Oregon delegation in inviting President Harding to attend the unveiling next July or August. ' McNary will ask others of the delega tion to" accompany: him to the White House for this purpose Monday or Tues day. -. :v- - i ' ' derstandingjthat when an editor differs with him he doesn't believe In conduct ing a long range duel, but in asking the editor in question to sit down and talk things over.;"" ' ' " "', ?''.. rsE his powers -Whether Mr. Harding convinced Mr. Hearst or whether Mr Hearst gave Mr. Harding an outline . of his ap prehensions about . the Hughes poli cies is incidental, to the larger fact that when the president sees an editor going on the warpath he tries to persuade him personally to the contrary, i During the campaign Mr. JHaarst wad jach a warm supporter of the president that it was freely predicted he would be a frequent caller at the White House and that an Intimacy might be estab Bshed such as receding prealdeBta have had with prominent editors, , ?. Burthat Mr4: Hughes was dispieaaed Over ttetacident la etretchtnr it a great deal. - Everybody knows, Mr. t Hughes rrora the start has not considered his functions or prerogativea to extend be Tnd the department of .state. HTJGHES OJT iOB.l-.'-,;.. "''' V ' Wea Mri Hughes' - first suggested that the Versailles pact be adopted with reservations, and Mr. Harding pointed out that the senate situation required a different formula, 1 Mr. Hughes faced about and fixed up a treaty to fit the circumstances outlined by Mr. Harding tSTZ. J?r?.JJa Washington believe' that 11 the picking of ambassadors had . ?. (Oociacita osr Pus Five. Vhu TM YAP CABLES ARE ALLOTTED Japan Is to Retain One of For mer German Wires to Island. U..S. One. Holland Another. 7 Special Treaty to .This Effect Will End Troublesome Matter, Is Announcement From" Hughei f . TBy A. X. Bradferd ' l ' TTnited Vnm ! Staff OanraAat Washington. Dec SL Settlement : of the last phase of; the famous Tap ques tion, which dangerously strained the re lations between the United States and Japan some time ago; was aoonnnced to night by Secretary of Stau -Hughe. This last detail is an agreement be tween the' United; 'States and" Japan al locating the three! former- Oermas cables radiating from the island of Tap, and was made known by Hughes to the dele gates or the principal allied powers and The Netherlands at a conference on Pacific cables today. ' to ungues is given the credit of solv ing tne . zap problem, which caused a dangerous strain on -American-Japanese reiauoas.. ? "l - ."'-' The Uerms of rthe allocation of the trtree uerman cable lines announced by Hugher were : '"' The United -States is to have the cable between Tap and Guam. Japan1" is to have the cable between Tap and Shanghai, the Utter end of which was diverted by the Japanese dur ing the war from China, to Jiaba, In Japan. V -Holland is to have the cable' between Tap and . Menadot , tn ther Dutch East V"- -.-w '-This, allocation of-'ths ' three - former Oerrnan cables is ri.be effected hv . a special ronventfon or "treaty-to te signed by Lhe United Statesvlar aH, Great firtt ain, France, Italy and' The Netherlands Kidex Today's Sunday Journal Is Complete s - , in Eight Sections; - . - '- SdHeHat . V'" . . ""Seettae . Pass x.' , " . Fereitn - . it ' Stauner, Sinks fc Baldo Sectioa 1. Face J. PUa to Open Ganaaa.-aad Basriaa Madtets Sectloo 1, Pag, i tariff , . Pioblnaa ' Man - &cUom l, pa 2.: Beasts . Experts razaMn Oppoa Qanlstwiee geeUna 1. Pan a. Laiksr -- awaits , aUpfirm Mtplf , Bsetioa 1. .;-.-t-V-..v,-;V-';;-.t.,-' - -. OemesUe - - Bond Tatft Uvolvas! Fonaer SeeCUm I, .Pas .! -;- -. -.- Mn. AtUB Mew York PailaatluxaitstrHsi Heetkm 1. PageS. alkcsd Swindte Suiaeeto Vi4 Section 1, ' Pass.. - '.''; .- ;t '. -. .. C. -'- . .'::.-i'-yj.t h. 'I : H) stiamm 'Bald 0 far 1. Past' s..'''S;'.i -;-,, e1;-;; Dttadoa Foo Wortm' gnaia 1. s. a VMUmna -sUa KJHa Wil ctioa 1. Omm lmvm to Bdl Pbmti a kcvhmoo Sacnea X, Pace a. rT7 at BtTsw ssatloa X Pacs .s. . '-'- Penary U ClianjMHSwtiaa J. Page a. '" Psin Tt.TlT rWillia t im- a CoMoaay CW Dilvs BetUoa 1. Pats 4 PWtbad te dots SaapBsetiee . Past 4.' Tax Badactioa Jlew .jXear fSctka -1. :,. Pass 5. - r ' '':, BaaUy Maa Often Pair TSit Seetioa 1. Pats 4. Ptaa to pu ante Oaau B.ti i Ointiue I PaseS. ? ''---;"- - . f 1- Salts rOed Agaiaat Bow BsluW' l.Psc 8. TaadMis Clow Hwsine i SucUue 1, pass 8. Cow Scasol to Be Wrwkxl Sctioa 1, pass a. 7 M. C A Opas Hons Ssettoet 1, Pace .- ,,. DaUbstate Plan ' af; w1naraabia McEItsw 3,Manw BuiOim 1. Pace S. Opes' Cla Par . Baal . Pace t. Matfaf gsettss a. Pats 8. ' Wnaew Btetiae I.; Pace Marias "Bsetioa Pate 1. a. Paces 1-4. , v s -: Os tae rum sjes ; .- -The Week ta Bedsbj geetisa . Pagss t. Westaa'a Qns ifftini i Bsatioe , Pats 4. tas Bsabe.sf Mnitc gsrttoa S. Pace I. . , Pass a. 4. Pass 4. Pace t.f. Bsetioa S. Pacaa -The IW-2b Bar Staaaatd tisa 1. .Pats X. : 1 . Te TswBS II.Tla Hwiius g.' Pate A- Bint Ludaef i LrtUr Bsstion , Pate 4. What They Did at 11 Bsetioa , Pat 4. I Iiisi i ta Golf BeeMea t. Jace . Tear Bveata am Ebrats, VXsatia.t. - Ssotiaa t. Pass Is. Boss Sm. TiafSe law. Ansbrnd Osutisa a, PasV t- Brripw :t AatoaaoUve ' Bans i Hi tins ' C Pan a. ,' " ' Aqts Prion. Are Qat- ectiaa 1 Pan f. Uctkn . Turn 1-4. 7.: yf er ittt PENNSYLVANIA! SENATOR DIES ; BOIES PEliROSE, senior senator from Pennsylvania, whose death occurred in Washington Saturday night after a, long period of ill health. He1 is here shown in an invalid chair in a photograph' taken some months ago, . , - - 1 Vt vv- f "If V'. I ' -. l,r , - , 4 Iff ' '" "r . 'a. A. -1 -I - LAC-ttiRV FLATES Approxrmafely S0,DCO Jbf Oregon v ; Total on2O,00Q .Owners .V i -. File Applications.' ' : C- Salem,.Dec SX Approximately 60.000 Oregon "motorists or considerably less than one-half of , the- automobile owners In the state, bad -'filed applications for new automobile license plates with: Sec retary, of ' State Koier when the depart ment was closed for the day, and the year, at '5 o'clock this afternoon. , ' ' , Of these morethaa 900 received their new license plates- ever the counter la the automobile ' registration department here today, the eleventh hoar rash ?of local applicants, thronging' the' depart ment and the adjacent lobbies through out the) day ,ln a rush that resembled I nothing so much as a typical bargain day nan tn- aimodera department, store. .Ths total applicaUous on file fully IS, 000 if which, have reached the de par traent-within the last three days is only ciightlr- larger than .the. applica tions on file at the close of "3920, esti mated tat 47.000, whereas there has been a much greater proportionate Increase in che . state's aatomoblle population. . ' Of the state's 120,000 motor vehi cles-': not more than 35,000 win ' be able to flaunt the new , yellow tags of the 1522 season on New Tear's day. fthis -number of applications having been filled .BP to closing time tonight, and many of th esse being yet in the mails. The other 15,000 or more must ttd their time for the next week or 10 days while the ..department, digs , itself-, out of t the deluge which has swamped the depart ment' during the closing days . of th year In spite bf-nretnes on the part Of Secretary of State Koser that applica tions be made as early aa possible tn or der to avoid this sitttatlon:is;.5r;.f. " Oregon's peace-officers, however, act tog upon the suggestion , of Koser, will make no effort' to clamp down the lid too tightly until the word goes out that the department has cleaned up on appli cations on hand within the allotted time The traffic bureau of the Portland po lice, department reported Saturday sight that tK had . sold . approximately a00 license tags when 'the bureau closed Its windows -at midnight. The bureau will be open all day Monday, la spite of the legal holiday, r The peak of sales was reached Saturday, estimated' at about $40.0001 Friday the sales amounted to $12,500. The police department urres motor , owners s. to secure '.their,-1922 licenses at ; onee, as, beginning: i today, every owner driving a car -wlth a 1321 license r Is , violating the ?Iair - and lays hiatself Habie te arrest. . .' . Struck by- a Taxicabi? Baron Rosen Dies New- Tork, - Dee. JL- tX P- Baroo Rosen,' TX. foraner Russian ambassador, died here " today. - He never recovered from injuries sustain when hit by an automobile recently. The baroness, who hurried here' from Pari, wheo notified of the accident.' was with him vtaea be died. Baron Rosen had been an' exile from! Ruasia since . the Bolshevik revolu tion, y 1 He was a world famous fi iplomai and '3 one of the peace delegates after j ' j 1 tne Kusao-Japaneeer war; - ' ; v Sf liii ?r iitnifATin,i as a aw a s w a a -. -'-fTT.,i..-Jii.)f;n., JS-. (ain0bes ;Jotfimpe An3dr.;in TirstStefi Toward" New, Mil-. ,W lion. Dollar Temple; vr,;, arlng , Jtd-Cre gleatclngly .reflected on ain-waanea asphan-duii staeatto of clattering - ' sticks ; on - dampened ; drsnv haadA the rythm of thous&nds of march- Ingmeji bann-ns, torches,: gay uniforms spattered with rain alia a blur of smO ag faces a' pageant an Elks parade on New.-T'ear's night.' Where else than la Portland could one sense the near ness of , the spirit Of gayety In such four thousand Elks marching through the -rein '.at 1030 p. in, to dedicate $1,000,000, temple somehow typifies the Portland spirit, r The parade started at Broadway: and Stark streets and wend ed luj way eastward to Third." street, sonthward to Alder and west to Eleventh, where the ceremony of turning the first spadeful of earth for- me . new;- Elks home was duly solemnised. SITB; iS HOPED j OFF .; The 100 by 150' foot site was roped off from the street for the occasion... ;-.-: A grandstand, surmounted , with an. il luminated picture of the proposed tem ple, was erected against the dead wall on the eastern side of the tract and an other stand accommodated the ' speakers and the committee in charge of the pyro technic display. ;'r :;-''. " v 4 Promptly at 11 O'clock John Pansin tapped . the big Elks' beU, used Cor many years to sound "alarms for the Portland fire department. , Eleven -mystic strokes reminded the brethren of their, obliga tions, i Governor Olcott and Mayer Baker 'made brief addresses. . Exalted Ruler W. P. McKinney. recited the Elks toast and Chaplain J. Z. Davis 'Offered the prayer, 2 i. qOHEJT tTSES SILVER SPADE t ; The sires of a steam excavator, placed ready for operation by the C-X Cook Const ruction company, gave ' the cam to D. Solis Cohen, eldest past exalted ruler of the Portland lodge, and be sunk the silver, spkde Into, the moist earth and lifted eut a generous pdt UosC The thing was done. - The new-temple was nnder wa y. A 120,000 permit, for the excava tion-work was issued to the buiiders Friday and oonstrsctloo work wilt begfn In earnest Tuesday morning, y t George ' L .Hutch in was i master of ceremonies at .the celebration- Satardaj; night, being assisted by aecamittee composed -of John Hibbard. K. f. jaeger and John Roach. Slg Wertherinen, ,ee ouire, marched at the bead 'of the pa rade. LProfesaor Robert . Krohn ted the drill team.' Lieutetjant Starr "headed the drum corps and JrankLucaa directed the .band rousit Wmuun . Mullen, as sisted by William Poy. waa In Charge of the flrewoika. jLn American flag and a symbolic elk's bead were among the principal features of the diantay. KEADT IB-IKS 1 . .Plans for the new J3Es temple, pro- pared by Hough tali ng at Dougan, call for. a fpur. story fireproof' building, 75 by 100 feet. In dimensions, of brick and terra- eotta: exterior and elaborately eouiDOed for club and lodee purposes, Coet of. the building, including- t arnixh- Intra; is estimated -at tl.l50,00a It proposed to baA-k. the new temple com pleted early, in 1321 CANDIDATES DHS DIE Louis Bean Fails to Tie His Cam paign on His Income Tax Bill; Multnomah County Is an Issue. Sen. Patterson Isi Thought to Have Increased His Chances) Kelly and Geo. Baker Enter the Lists. Kow that the late lamented special session of the legislature ha come and gone, , political chessmasters here and there are waiting t listen to 'George H. Kelly eome.right out In.the open and admit thai he wants to be elected governor,-, There " are varions ' reas why the political prophets" are awaiting this event One is that dose friends ef Kelly know, and have admitted, that be is ambitious to be governor. - Another is that some' of I these same friends re port ' that Kelly.1 has ' been waiting to see what happened at the special ses sion with the idea In ihls mind that the politics of the session would have much to do with' bin final decision to hop tn of. to stay out. And there were .eneeah political happen lnars during that week ef turmoil to ? satisfy the . most -jgnajfiag political appetite. ' : -. - t -. . . - Reverting again, to political p-ortbets. chesam asters and .such adept folk, -they contend that tne : special session put skids under more programs than that of the 1925, fair, and they- point to vart ou potential candidates for governor In sucn conienuons..: . h. .." . .', - When ' the legislature met. . political gossips, " taking stock of : the guberna torial , situation, grouped the , potential and prospective -caavftdatee with Olcott m iirst place. Oeorge Baker, and L. E. Bean of Eugene following along tn eec- ond position. Senator . I. L. Patterson probably- in-thiri. an -wfth lie r X the boys trailing along In the -field. UK'S TBkdcClf.-ws''l.V'',V''"i; But Speaker4 Beanl ditched hi apple T41, according to, the1 general belief of poiincal observers. What Bean thinks; of It fat f course, not known lor- sen era! publication, but the lobby 'hounds join in the chorus that he Is done. " - It IS reMSKSTVA anitnW mnK- ably true.- that Bean picked m his in come tax- bill aa a vehicle upon which to haul picou votes Into his camp from the outside state; The state grange; and tae farmers generally, have seen talk Ing Income tax for some little time.' Led ore 12. epence, stau master, the grang ers have been getting1 ready to Initiate such a bill" at the coming general elec tion. '"'"- IK j.. ..v.... Bean U a thrifty- politician and be- lievee In going to the hay field for hay. He knew that Olcott has a lot ef farmer friends who, with Multnomah county scrapping over various candidates, would very probably hold the balance of politl eal power at the primary election. And therefore be trotted out his income tax bin at the special session. ? r CREATED TALK While that bUl! never gotvio second base in the house. It did get Itself Ulked about a whole lot, which was worse for Bean s political fortunes than if It had been allowed t sleep' nnsung, : He, its (atfaer. pointed out, among other things. tCeaeledsa sa Pass; Iws, CohBas Ptfe) flahcispUcht tMotheDieK MWenin&iaAtfeck Mrs. ' Fred W. -PJchter, 122 Failing street, died suddenly Saturday -night at the home of friends ! from pneumonia coniractea vYeonesaayi . afternoon. Mrs. Richter- wa sealllnr en Mrs. and Mrs. Longhis, Ut East Forty-eighth street. wnen she Became HI. . She was cared for at the Longhis homei until death oc curred at ao p. m. SatBrdayf X Mrs. Richter . was the widow of Fred W.- Richter. --a' well-known figure a in local musical, and theaxricat circles,: and the mothers of .Francis'. W. Richter, known to Portland as the blind pianist Mrs? Richter was iborn in Germany 65 yeurs ago and was married In Mrane apolia. . She came to Portland with her husband IS years agos. ' Fred W. ' Rich ter xtlayed ats ld Oordray theatre. Francis Richter is the only 'member of the family la Portland.. Other rela tives are in t Minneapolis. No funeral arrangements, have been made. iietlyarn -i. . - ? -4-: . ' " J :. ' r. !" i . !. - - , - . ; -. ' I ' - " -J. , -Chicaa-o, Dee, aL--Mra. Georgia Ha moe, . widow', ef John i L. - Haoaen." the Oklahoma politician end otr- magnate, who wai slain tn at love triangle a year age, -was married today to William L. Rohrer.-banker and cJnbimaa.:?i - Navy Men! Quarrel, .-.AEd!OneIs:Killeu - -f r "'i f San Pedro,'' "CaL,; DeBr.JLMlJ.1 P Alfred Henry Oehls, 24, a chief petty of ficer of the , navy,. Is dead aboard the tl. S. S. Idaho today following a quarrel tth a shipmate in which Oehhf was 'truck on the headwUh a marlin sp'ke nd ki'.'.ed. Oehls home is in Detroit where he has a wifa ax 1 chit. . WITHSESSION City. Fared Well during Last: Year Became Second' Wool Center, Saw - Port Grow and Lumber Revive? Hopeful of 1922. Portland. bade farewell to lli without one tremor of regret for failure of pur poee and greeU the New -Tear with a : sense of pride fn past achievements." tn' the midst of national and1" world-wide readjustment ef financial and Industrial reUtiona. the - city has , attained new levels : of prosperity r and ; set higher tandards for . future, development All previons records were broken In the movement "ef commerce from the Port of Pprtland and re ports' Of customs of ficials show exports valued at $5.000.000 darlnsj the year. . Revival of the lumber industry and establishment of the sec ond largest wool market tn toe vnitea states: are two outstanding features, Every branch of Industry and. commerce has prospered during the year and the population of the city has matertai.y in creased. . ;r : v'ir-i;-; BUILD IKO i PBOSPEES -':' :. S One of the dominant factors In the prosperity "of Portland during -the pear is the buiidinc campaign wnwn aao- ed S17.000.000 worth of new construc tion te the residence and business dis tricts of the city. A larger number of boitdlnr permits were Issued during lt21 - than in any previous 12 montns In the history of the city, and ; the rear ranks third in the value of new eonstrnction, being . exceeded only by Itlt and. 111. when several of the prin cipal west side business buildings .were . (Ooeetadcd as Pan Fto. Ostaaw Oos) Declares: He Saw U. S. Colonel KiU : Yank With Pistol Washington. Dec 1L !. N. S.) The lnyestlgatlon by Senator' ."Tom", Watson (a, uaj. or a report- toai xive ucn- Lmond; yu, mea ooald testify that they saw. Liectenaat cownei opie ot Staun ton." ViLT kill, one tot isore- ef hit n men. In Franee, produced results today, Watson received a telegram from Charles W. Fox, Richmond, who declares jm saw opie - KUUi jnessenrer, i . - . - y ? His telegram reads t- ,' r.-, yvf "As esusreauest I, wish te state that I was standing within half a block of where Major Ople was standing in the Arronne forest "north of - Verdun, when I saw a private, one of the liason men; approach Major Opie and deliver, a message. . This man was in the drive, which started October S, It was either October a er-9, J JV not positive about the dats.L: ',v"--j.. n:,::-7r: ".''.'.; '-. ' The private turned ' to leave and Major : Opie drew, his' automatic from his holster and shot the man tn the back. The roan fell dead,. The other men standing near me saw the killing. One ef them was Sergeant Charles Kane tram New Jersey,? He turned and asked m It I saw it i I said I did. 4 ' 1 am absolutely sure of what I am saying and am willing' to make 4t n matter ef neori." .- .- a .-' " - ' '- -. -r'- Storm King Getting; Readtrdakel At idWrm -i.--. .:a' y. i, i" I'. '' .-' f - V ' The elements were prepared: Saturday night for a rough xsceptiea to the New Tear onOhe North Pacific coast . Storm ; warnings were dying' at all Oregon-and Washington coast stations in anUdpation of the first severe galesJ in two weeks and the barometer feeling the depression was falling" lower: and lower as the evening progressed. . . - Troublesoine galea, restless -seas and equalling rain storms were tn prospect ofl the British Columbia coast and the weatherman believed that the wild party would begin about.- the--midnight hour.- , For, Portland and other mtertorpoiata the storm is bringing ram and . higher temperatures ''"- f u.. The stoi-s acoordlng to E. L.Wells, district weather forecaster will definitely break up the cold wave that has spread over the - Northwest for , two weeks. Southeast winds are In prospect tonight and warmer 'weather for; Sunday. '-; - Boy Hunter Is Killed' KScMneQverGun irTt j ..' , i 'r ' ' ";":" - Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. SL James B. BusseUW IS. : was killed , this ' morning when gun in the 'hands of his chum, Calvin .Fix. 1& '. was accidentally die charged. . The boys had . gone hunting and were sitting ; on the' banks of the Chehalis: river . when aw flock of ducks rose from the water Both boys reached for the gun. Young FIX secured It after a scuffle; but as be wrested tt from bis friend's hands it was discharged, the charge entering Russell's head. - Russell was the vow of Mrs.- Naomi Grantiei of Elma, Fix is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Henry, Fix." also of Elma. ,t "-r, $ ' '. . ' k' Noted OMrcli in Hew York Burns at 'i f-:' ' i ill, r.lnw.1 S-,.L- Kew Tork. ' Dec 2L Fire today de al royed one of the most noted churches in New Tork.' the Zion and St Timothy Protestant ' Episcopal church in West Fifty-seventh street. ' It was discovered by" the Rev. Fredertck Burgess Jr rec tor of the church. - The property damage will .reach more , than 1300,000. Silver ceremonial service, ' some of it dating back to IS 10, was lost . ; iurnnnniM nitnT WUIVIHIidilUI, AXE WIELDED nM nnnnriniirnM . i u 1 1 i j i j 1 1 1 1 nimiiii. I sW BW -Bw 1 W ss ssy w ' tharles; Wesley Purdin turders ?" Agnes Purdiaand H.Wi Sigsby In Home at 448 East 47th' St May Not Have; Known Uate hi Secured Default Divorce Dec. .19; Note Claims' Self-Dcfesse. When Charles Wesley Purdln went to the home of his former wife at 44 1 East Forty-seventh - street early , Saturday morning, shot her to death and hacked H.-W. Slgsby Into eternity with an' ax, did bo know that the woman be &ad ' loved - was bis wife se ' longer? Thdse who visited the grim house later in the because Agnee Purdta bad divorced him jvccoiver is. jusx a lew oaya ago. wnui be was ta a government hospital at Eaw- teue. cat1. m ",-:r That the divorce decree was awarded "by default" meaning that the defend- ant waa hot present to contest the ac tion, adds further to this theory rv . Physicians at St Vincents hospital ere striving to save the life ef Purdln. who attempted: to kill himself with gas after his gruesome work was done. Until he is able te explain bis conduct should . he recover enough to do so may not be known whether or not he still eon. sidered Mrs.. Purdln. bis wife. Perhaps. aw. u miouw avwsp uai ne nu learned of the divorce; ft might be found that be had gone to his wife's home with .. that spirit of "Vengeance In his hart which was turned to blind rage when he found the "other man" there. - However that might be, two bodies are now lying In the public morgue, muta witnesses of the Inevitable tragedy of we eternal iriangie. 11,. noune, pena ing completion of officiar.lnvestig-at.ion.4. is In the same, disarray in which It 1 found shortly after nooa Saturday v a the bodies were dlscovfred by neigM.tra. . There wit. the over-toppled ChrUtmaa tree wlth.Jts tinsel and happy frii.', . sadly;' put of place in that house t death, c There was the cage In which as.'.- ip an.saa'.-' rx 1 1 r II i 1 1 i 1 ' 1 1 1. " i 1 1 1 1 II - I'i ill -j 'I 1 1 'm IV 'II' UUt'-llUlUW U.LU, V I IHllUa III1L.L.V Illa.I.L. i ' "V: . . -:. --. : . Daughter $ tf- Mittori A. " Killer - Meets Almost I nstant Death gtNcarSt' Helens. -: St 'Helena, Dec. 31. Returning to her home near Warren after a viait with the family of H. F. McCormick here till afternoon. ' Mrs. Juantta Miles, wtr , of Sherman Miles, president of the Colum bia County bank, here, was killed almost Instantly , when the hig touring car tn which she was riding swerved unexpect edly: and turned over The. driver was George Perkins. -' but be - managed to crawl, from, under the car and- summon help to lift the heavy, machine off -i: "3, Miles.' She was dead, however, when re leased, Mrs,; Miles was the only du.-v ter Of forme Collector of Internal lie ve nue Milton . A. Miller, ef Portland. She was- born inLetanon. Or and , was 32 yeascr,.,',.- ;:Zr&T, .:? ;.'.'. r ,. ".V ; "lessaaBsnBesBeeawswasasspd ': llnMraciEiot :; Erittsl El Paso, TeL, Dee. LU. P,) Three workmen were killed and SO wounded by gunfire' before serious rioting tn Mexico City, was -quelled .by federal, troops no day.. according to word received ton!-' by a, local Mexican newspaper, v , ' , A mob. ot several, thousand prasants stormed around the; chamber of drput --s In an effort to compel 'tne chamber te open 'galleries to' the public during, an executive session. , x.. , , ' . - Pleads Guilty to .. ; Eobbery. of Banl: - Salem, Dec IL Walter v Brlnson,- Al bany rancher, pleaded guilty to a charge Of robbery. In connection with the dar light hold-up Of the Oregon State baak at Jefferson on the morning of Septem ber 27, when $3211 In gold and curreney were taken from the Institution by ;a lone bandit armed. wlta m revolver. ' ' 1 Brlnson's plea was made before Ju2-4 Perry Kelly ot the Marion county m t court Sentence will be passed upc a Urn. net : week, ? 'V : t'-.''i. 4 . --tIu EatroliiiaL Seriouislplnjiff Patrolman ' & B. Smith of 2Sl Hait Third street ' was"', serionslttjured. t 1 o'clock- this morning. when-jin. auto mobile In which, he' was' rldirnr strut'c a - telephone ' post at "; Washington ar 1 King streeta lie'.! at St -VI-wmi hospital.- D. A. I. nk of 742 Lverei.t ntr. was the driver of. the car. - : Si V 1 i