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T&E OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1112. '. TAX, BEST WAY TO I FIIIAIWCIAI 4 - 1 ' : Eugane, Or,! Jan. 14. Tht the Unl varsity f Oregon must In the futurt rely on endowments and not receipts nl from taxation waa the assertion made " Friday night by President P. I Camp bell 16 newapaper publishers and editors of the stats assembly at the banquet at the Hotel Outturn, as -pert of the in auml Journalism conference program. . Irestdent Campbell, in tola declaration f that monr, "much money, even Into the mllltons." was needed, made It plain n that I he University of Oregon would act ask or more money from an al ready overtaxed public. The university, he said, knows as well V anyone else that the state la M In no -ondltloa to give such help. He j made lit plain, however, that money & must be bad. ... ' iiavnvuk vituivnvLu After pointint out the crowded con- d it ions on th Oregon campus, where i enrollment baa already Increased 20 per , rwnt over that figured on when the mlUajra bill plan was put through,: he - declared It would be unfair to the am tbjUous youth of the stats to deprive them of the things for which they came to college. nt Ha ealled attention to gifts made' to i other Coast universities as examples of to what could be done, and said he thought 4 tt entirely practicable that wealthy : residents of the stats donate money. Ills final plea was that the editors carry on a campaign In an attempt to 4i procure endowments. J OFFICERS ELECTED He laid particular stress on the need for a new building lor the school of journalism. If additional funds were secured to make It possible, the. first , new building erected, he thought, would fi be one to house this school. u The aasoclatlon this afternoon elect ed officers as follows: L. D. Drake, m Astoria Budget, president ; A. K .Scott, !.. Forest Grove News-Times, vice presl wt dent ; Of-orge Trumbull, secretary. , -i',- Colin V. Dyment. dean of the college i of literature, science and art of the Unl - veraity of Oregon, and former newspa " pf man, today. at the conference spoke ii on a coda of newspaper ethics. University of Oregon. Eugene, Jan. 14. t , ml ntnm 1 Dyments code, prepared after months of sfuHy, was said by delegates to be V probably the most thorough and com- v 4 prehenslvs ons In existence. It con u talned seven divisions as follows: sincerity and truth, oA. competency and thoroughness. Justice, mercy and n klndllneea, moderation, conaervatiam and proportion, partlsansrilp and propa . ganda, public service and social policy, - advertising and circulation. Dr. Boyd's Funeral Will Be Held Here , ; Wednesday Morning . The body of Dr. John Boyd, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church. vbo died Thursday night in Chicago, la expected to arrive in Portland Tuesday night. Funeral services will bo held Wednesday morning at the First Pres byterian church. Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman, pastor of the church, will, con duct tha service. . Funeral arrangements will be In charge of J. P. Flnley Jc Eon. Interment, will bo at Rivervlew ceme tery beside the body of Mrs. Boyd. TARIFF DEW1AI1DS OF WEST GIVEN TO SENATE BODY BURGLAR GETS 25 YEARS IN PRISON ;., 1 ' Ernest Joehne, alien, who gained no toriety as tha "diminutive burglar of Mount Scott." was sentenced to spend 25 years in the state penitentiary when ho appeared before Circuit Judge Gatens this ' morning, following his conviction on a charge of assault and robbery, armed with a dangerous weapon. ' .The specific count of tha many crimes recorded . ralnst Joehne, who is said to have registered as an alien to escape military " service, was 'the robbery of Mrs. Ethel Fish on Nov. 3. On the following day Mrs. . Fish recognized Joehne on the street as the man who had relieved her of $4. She followed him until she met a policeman, who ar rested the man. Judge Gatens took advantage 'of the Joehne case to express his opinion that the state prison is not an Institution of reform, but one of penalty, and that in the cases of confirmed criminals long sentences should be the order.- If reform Is hoped for, convicted persons, should not be sent to prison, but kept ouside Its walla, the judge declared. Joehne, who committed many robberies in the Mount Scott district, won ill fame not only because of his stature, but be cause, after each "Job" he escaped on a bicycle. Mrs. Fish, who caused his ar rest, is the same , woman who fired a shot at the fleeing rider. Joehne con fessed to robbing Mrs. Nettie Kerr. 7029 Eighty-third street : Mrs. William Riley, 8104 Forty-first street; Mrs. Schumk wiler. 412J Seventieth street ; Mrs. G. W. Mtyers. 4204 Seventy-seventh street; William Eatchel. 4541 Eighty-eighth street, and Mrs. J. Alverson, 6531 Seventy-second street , rCKtlSHEB SPEAKS The .delegates this afternoon were .,1 discussing the news gathering and dls i trlbutlng services of the press associa a tions. Ju Fred W. Kennedy of the University of Washington spoke during the mom At lng on tha problems of country newspa--w per publishers of Washington state, a Herbert J. Campbell, publisher of the Vancouver. Wash.. Columbian, gave , "pointers on how publishers may double their efficiency. . That Oregon newspaper laws are in acme respects Inconsistent, was the atate- i schoolers " ST t0olTtofha "Bewspaper conference Friday afternoon. Resolu tions on this subject were considered i by the editor Saturday morning at the final aaaaion. : About TO attended the banquet at I the Hotel Osburn Friday nlfht (Among the speakers Krare President P. u Camp bell i U I laav of the Eugene Chamber of Cpmraej-teiJUeorge P. Cheney, Enter- rrlss Record Chieftain : Helen Manning, University School of Journalism V Addl MS Bennett of tha Oregon ; B. F. Irvine. I editor of the Oregon Journal ; Gilbert Parker of the Associated Press, ana Ed gar B. Piper, -editor of tha Oregonian. I COMMITTEEaTtAEE 9AMED Committees wVra appointed at follows: .Nominating Hul K. Hoss, Oregon I My :, Oeorgs I Cheneyi Enterprise ; A. l voornies, urania rasa. Resolutions KL B. Aldrichi Pendeton ; George Putnam, Salem; B. W. Bates, lloaburg. Program Dean E. W. Allen, uni versity. Lake Malheur Row 1 Will Be Taken Up ' At Conference Here Kalem. Or., Jan. H. In an effort to arrive at a settlement of differences be tween factions with Interests in and around Malheur lake, a conference will be held In Portland next Saturday. "V J Acting Cniel Henderson or tne 010- ' logical bureau of the United States de t .pertinent of agriculture wilt attend the ! vonfcrei.ee In the Interegt "of the bird t reserve as' established by tha late Theo- dor Roosevelt when he was president. while other Interests In the lake will '.he represented by Attorney General Van- Winkle and members of his department I - The biological bureau. It la under 'etootf, waa on the polt cf bringing court' action to oust all other Interests 'from the lake which tt claims as a bird reserve under the Kooeevelt proclama . j tkm. - The conference. It la hoped, will bring about an amicable settlement. HUGE TASK IS FACEDBYPOiNCARE ( CoaUnotd Proa Pat On) period of uncertainty between the two major groups-in French politics, which have permitted the intricacies of their quarrel to reach even to the Washing ton conference on armament. Fortunately Sot" the United States it had not accepted i the invitation to at tend the economic conference at Genoa. M. Briand made it clear to the French chamber that America would come into the conference, but he was simply an- WaslUngton, ; Jan. 14. (I. St S.) Complete pew tariff schedules embody ing demands of the Republican "farm bloc of the senate were-presented to the senate finance committe yesterday by Senator Gooding (R.. Idaho). The proposed schedules provide duties on all western products' ranging from livestock and grains to trait and dairy products. Senator Gooding, speakingr on behalf of the 25 Republican senators who make up the "bloc, told the committee that a thorough study has been made of the needs of - the agricultural industry In. the West and the new schedules represented the minimum rates that could be accepted. APPROVED BT SENATORS The senators who have approved the schedules submitted today are: Johnson and Shortrldge. California; McNary and Stanfield, Oregon; Capper, Kansas; Nicholson and Phippa, Colo rado; Gooding, Idaho; Nor beck and Sterling, South Dakota; Jones and Poind ex ter, Washington; Oddie, Ne vada ; Ladd. ' North Dakota ; Bursum, New Mexico; Cameron, Arizona; Ken yon, Iowa: Warren, Wyoming; Spencer, Missouri; Willis, Ohio; Harreld, Okla homa; New, Indiana ; Weller, Mary land; Keyes, New Hampshire, and Town send, Michigan. A complete new wool schedule was one of the important features of the proposed schedules. A duty of 9 cents a pound on unmixed and unwashed or nnscoured wool, or 8 cents if such wool were imported on the skin, was asked. A duty of 18 cents a pound if washed or shrunk, or 27 cents if scoured, waa also asked. WOOL 19 ADTAXCED. Wool advanced beyond the washed or scoured condition would be' taxed 3d cents a pound plus 10 per cent ad valorem, if the proposals of the bloc are accepted. Other duties asked were as follows. the first figure showing that in the present bill and the second being the proposed new rate : Wheat, 25 to 30 cents per bushel oats. 10 to 13 cents a bushel; cattle under 2 years, 1 to 1 cents per pound ; fresh beef, 2 to 3 cents per pound; sheep and goats, 1 cent per pound io $2 per head ; fresh mutton, la to 2Vi cents per pound; Iamb, 2 to ,4 cents per pound; swine, to cent per pound; Iresh pork, to 1 cent per pound. 2 Bootleggers and" One Moonshiner Are ; J Fined, Imprisoned Two bootleggers and one moonshiner pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Bean this morning and were fined and imprisoned. J. H. Grubb, resident of Canyon, Wheeler county, admitted he was man ufacturing liquor in the woods back of his ranch and was sentenced to six months in "the county Jail. The sheriff discovered 10 gallons of finished prod uct and about, 300 gallons of mash when the raid was made. Alex LegaultJ who was arrested with George, Teeters.1 former Portland police man, 'was fined $259 when he pleaded guilty to maintaining a -nuisance in the Lumbermen's Exchange building, now known as the Kx chance building. Sec ond and Stark streets. Assistant United States Attorney Flegel told the court that Legault. and Itoeters were running the "A. G. Everett Construction com pany," Teeters has not been tried. John Rubich. who was caught while delivering liquor to a north end tailor shop, was fined $100. COURT IH'fS nine .CHILDREN IN DOMESTIC ISSUE DIVORCED VIE JUMPS IN RIVER Presiding Circuit Judge Tucker was closeted for an hoar this morning with Curtis, 14, and Thomas, 12, the two sons of Dr. Sanford Whiting and Mrs. Iva Whiting, who are fighting in the courts ever the question of custody of the older child and reduction of alimony. The Whitings were divorced in 1IK and Dr. Whiting afterwards married Mrs. Mary Merges. Mrs. Whiting ob tained the decree. The case came up again last Thurs day on motion-of the doctor that he be given the custody of the older child and that the alimony to his former wife be reduced accordingly from $185 to $100 month. Judge Tucker said he wanted to talk to the children before deciding the case, and he fixed this morning as the time for the Interview. Be did not make pub lic what developed from the Interview. JAPANESE VISITOR PUNS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AUTHORITY TO BE r OREGON CITY KILLS Oregon City, Jan. 14. Mrs. E. Pitts, divorced wife of Thomas Pitts, an em ploye of the Crown-Willamette plant, at tempted to commit suicide at 10:20 o'clock last night by drowning herself in the Willamette river. Mrs. Pitts was rescued by a passer-by and police. ' To Mrs. M. E. Church, county police matron. she told a faltering story of a deep love that was tin returned. She was married to. Pitts, her second husband, about a year and a half, she said. They disagreed and were divorced. But she loved him, she said, and wanted him to take her back. He refused. She said there was another woman. On her way to the river, she passed Henry Stretbig, who was leaving the Elks club. She tapped him on the shoul der, and said, "Don't tell anyone where I am going." As the woman seemed In a daze, Streibig watched her, and seeing she was going toward the river. called police. Mrs. Pitts went down onto an old row-boat wharf at the foot of Seventh street, and threw herself into the river. Some brush and logs held her from sinking: out of sight, and ohe was pulled out and taken to a nearby house. Her former husband was called and told the officers that she had several times threatened to throw herself into the river. While they were talking, she started off, as if to return to the river, but she' was held. She was taken to the home of her daughter,' now married, who is living in Canemah. DATJGHTER GETS ESTATE Fanny F. Page died December 20. after a residence) of 40 years In Portland, according to the petition for probate of her will, filed in the circuit court today. The children are Fred H. Page and Fannie H. Shindler. Tooth of Portland. The daughter gets practical ly all of the estate, the will setting out that the son is already wealthy. A few valuable corporation shares are lett to a granddaughter. ALLEGED DOCTOR FINED On conviction of practicing medicine without a license. L. C. Misner was fined $50 by District Judge Hawkins. Mixner has offices in the Swetland. build ing and he is listed In the directory as "Dr." Deputy District Attorney Graham handled the case. DIVORCE MILL Suits filed: Wallace A. against Muriel Ruff, Frank against Bertha Andrews and Anna A. against Lawrence B. Rouse. SUNDAY BLUE LAW Oregon City, Jan. 14: The city council dealt the Sunday blue', law a knockout by voting out the now so-called pool hall ordinance the clause which would have prevented the halls from remain' HOT BELATED TO HIM Edward Wolff, arrested on forgery charges, la not related to Edward R. wolie. deputy sherin, .the latter an nounced today. lng open on Sunday. At the same time tlclaaUn ais.acnann,t as dam aging: to the pool halls, prohibiting the maintenance of lunch countars in con nection, though soft drinks' Bind confec tions were allowed. , 3f The ordinance, which last ohrht passed its. first reading, comes, ask the direct result of agitation here tag a moral cleanup. Following several drunken brawls on the street, and the&esignation of the chief -of police. Mayor Shannon issued an executive" order closing the pool halls on Sunday. This, with several other chankes. was embodied an the ordi nance covering pool hall licenses. The attack upon the blue law section . was ed by Dr. Krasslg, who w followed by every other member of fte council who declared himself against it. Wilbur Kerns, Old; , Portland1 Resident, ; Dies at His Home Wilbur Kerns, well known real estate dealer In Portland, died this momtng at hut home. 114 Kaat Main street, f ol- lowlng a five months' Illness. He waa J 3 years old. . v i Kerns spent all his lite In Portland. In his earlier years he was a postal employe, stationed at what was than the Esat Portland postoff Ice. He .was later employed In the courthouse, la the county clerk'a office. Eight or it year ago he started In the real estate bust re, and was fr a time associated with Joseph Buchltet. . He ta survived Ty his wife, a son. Ward Kerns, a brother. Elmer Kerns, all 'of Portland, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Ward of The Dalles Funeral services will be held at I m. Monday at Dunnlng's chapel. used the phrase "America has agreed. The. truth la the United States infor mally indicated her Intention of Join ing an economic conference, but wanted to koow more of the program and scope of the conference before announcing of ficial acceptance. As It is now, the. Pitted State finds Itself In even more inquisitive' mood. If the -Polncare group means td Inslsr on the letter of the Versailles treaty and use military force to make Germany pay her obligation, American participation in the Genoa, meeting is unthinkable. EXITED STATES J5T6LTED'" In a sense the new Poincare' ministry In France will find alongside the gov ernment of Great Britain . another pow erfal rovernment the- United States in examining the practical aspects oi tne economic reconstruction..' It would not be surprising If the bring' l M im.rl -intrh.tttj, r.nnr confer ence was the very first stumbling block the Poincare narty would encounter. The United States must be convinced that the Genoa meeting actually intends to relieve the economic distress of Europe before attendance will, be assured, and it is the fundamental belief of the of ficials here that German reparations navments must be adjusted before any thing feasible can be J considered along other economic line. Another factor which Is ,erpected to moderate the Poincare policies and show tne new party wnax -wianat was up against Is the .British, attitude toward Germany. . The ' growing commercial friendship between. Germany and Britain was the first soorce ot Anglo-French dis cord. Prime Minister Lloyd George did not hesitate to show France that if the latter Insisted upon a policy that might bankrupt Germany the British would not play along wirrrthe French but would come to the moral support of Germany. U. S. WITH GEBMA5T It la a IV open secret that 'American officials concur In the views of Lloyd George and that the moral support of America and Great Britain will be found on the side of Germany in ' the repara tions controversies of the Immediate future. Premier Briand tried to head It off by .closer relation with Britain and ia modrfledl"policy' oh' reparations. II is-opponents called this a surrender; he cave up the fight by resigning and permitting his political opponents to try their hand. When they come face to face with all the 'factors, the British leaning toward Germany and Russia, the American con currence In the British views on Euro pean economic reconstruction, and the tendency of the largest creditor nation fa the world, the United States, to stand aloof while France gropes for a stable policy, the universal conviction here is that France win make her viewpoint conform to that of the other powers and the day of the world reconstruction will then be hastened. , i . Alleged Embezzler, Here With Bride, Wanted in Denver Charged with embexzlement, M. V. Stolz, at one time president of the Den ver Realty, board, is now In the city jail here awaiting the arrival of detect ives from Denver, who are expected to arrive here tonight Stoli is alleged to have "jumped" hia bond and left Colorado after he had been released pending his trial. He was arrested here living in a fashionable apartment house with his bride of one month. At the time of his arrest, city detectives learned he was organizing a real estate and bond firm under the name of the Northwest Investment com pany, with offices in the Northwestern Bank building. According to the po lice Mrs. Stolz is a member of -a prom Ir.ent Denver family. The police were informed that Stolz' operations in Den ver involved several thousand dollars. John Kendrick Bangs Is Stricken Again AUantic. X. J.. Jan. 14. (I. N. S.) John Kendrick Banks, author, is again critically : ill, it was announced today. His physician stated that unless there is an improvement in his condition -Immediately, there is no chance of his recovery. 5V" A - "iV & n . . r - -' . i GS0 v ASKED FOR BIDS School TexfrBoo&n For Portland to Be ; Selected in April i FGR CITY LUMBER Text book selections are coaxing- ts the tors Is school altalr. adopOoat of which must be srvade ta April for several high school -and grade school awhfeeta.. pertBleadeiit IX A. Oroot explained to the principals aasoclaUoa this saorsinc Authority to advertise for bids ts fur-l HtoC4D.hi wn eatress thear chatnaav' 1 slsh 1 2.100 feet of lumber for the repair I which, together with the swpertatead- ' I of the Thurman street bridge serosal recommendations. vH be the basts Belch Gulch will p. ssked by the I 'J TnJrJ. pmrooeni punoc works, A. Q. Jonnson.1 bat not during school hours. I eael taut commissioner of the depart-1 The lamintary cooneraava coaaml- I ainance will be submitted to the city council Wednesday. Work on the bridge, which was ached D. Tsgswa, Jspeuicae M. P. UNIVERSITY FOR ALL I HNS PROPOSED superintendents on sublets of school concern will consist for the coming year of C. af. Kbrgtns of Ldd, Charles H. Boyd of Highlsnd. OBcneUa as? Vss.su fa A a.. -t- S. . w IPJIaTCs- eissi saewmvj, - SK. raeUksT VeV hT Z.t.ZJt.Tl Hosford, and Ids J. TalanWy t Btas, I conditions sad the Inability of the trac-l uos company to decide whether eana-le or doubls tracks should be Installed. The decisios has bees reached to make It a I sinrie track. Johnson said. The work on the bridge will consist I of Installing new stringers, laying new pUnkfaujrand putting a S-lnch asohaltk: I concrete wearing surface oa top of the ptanung. The cost of the repair work lis estimated at uos. LATrXDST TO BUILD Plans for a W0.0O0 building were filed with C W. Raynor, chief engineer of the building division, this morning by the Liberty Laundry company. The build ing, to be a two story asml-ftrs proof structure, ts to be located at ZM Eleventh street, between Hawthorne and Madison streets. The plans were draws by Charles W. Ertx. WE IN DRIVE FOR WILSON FUND Vshcovver. Wash, Jsjl 14- A cam paign to raise WOO. darks eoosty a quota for the Woodrew WHsos tosueds- tloo, waa taaoruratsd TTrtdsy at s mart- lng hold ta the St, Dae hotsL J. A. Cooper will be the active snasager of Om drive, assisted by sdea R. Smith. Dr. R. D. WlswsJl will serve as scretry- Nuturer. The csmpelgs wva start r Monday. (ODSthnied riaa Pate Oae) ing we are. certain to arrive at s solu- tion by peaceful methods." DIFHTflEEIA IS FATAL With the death of Mrs. Loretta Wood I at the city Isolation hospital Friday I night the record of fatalities from dJph- The purpose of the proposed Interna-1 theria since January 1 reached seven. tlonal university, according to Tarawa, I The average has been one death every would t the study of social, political I two days and economic conditions, science, art and literature of various countries snd the exchange of opinions snd ideas among students and faculty members. Each of the governments participating would send a large number of young men from Its schools and colleges to the international university each year for post graduate work snd the Institu tion would be open to private Individ uals who wished to attend. SHOT FROM AUTO KILLS SPEED COP Chicago, Jan. 14. (L N. S.) Five men who occupied a mystery automobile from which a shot was fired that killed William Peterson, a motorcycle police man of Winthrop Harbor, I1L, are being sought today by police of Chicago and a half dozen North Shore towns. Peterson was shot from his motor cycle as he was pursuing an automobile that dashed along the North Shore at a speed of 70 miles per hour. Police be lieve that the men in the auto were rum runners. As the car dashed through Winthrop Harbor, Peterson gave pursuit. After a wild dash of several miles he overtook the machine and commanded It to halt- One of the men in the car turned and fired a charge from a shotgun' point blank' at Peterson. The charge struck him in the abdomen as the motorcycle veered into a ditch and he was cata pulted ten feet into a field. He was dead when farmhands who had wit nessed the chase reached him. The slayers' car continued southward without slackening its speed. IRISH PAR AH RATIFIES TREATY WOULD REIVE Chinese Arrested; Opium Confiscated Another purchase of opium waa made In Chinatown Friday night by federal narcotic agents and as a result On Lee. 107 North Fourth stret. ta In the county Jail, charged with violating the Harrison narcotic law. The agents say they pur chased three cards of smoking opium, and later confiscated a complete ophim outfit consisting or yen shoe, pipes, bowls and lamp. The defendant cannot furnish $1500 bond asked by Assistant United States Attorney Austin FlegeL Bluffs Thugs Into Leaving Timepiece v Finding a burglar in the bouse oa re turning from as auto drive was the experience Friday sight of Mr. sad htra. C VL Davis and daughter, of t Com mercial street. Davla was commanded to hold np his hands, bat told the visitor he had no money sad "would sot give up bis watch," which defl the thug accented and left the timepiece. A search of the dwelling Indicated nothlsg had been stolen. SETTER IS I5JCEID E, T. Mervln. It-year-old truck driver, who lives at Ninth and Bmersoo streets. waa thrown from hla truck at Thirteenth and Clatsop avenue Friday when a Sell wood street car struck hla machine. He was Injured about the aide and hip. Trntno eoad .tkkritost A study ef the Union Pacific railway vatem territory Is being made by EL C. loag. Industrial agent for the system, who waa selected to fill that post Jan uary L ItoMg arrived la Portland this week and la conferring wtth local Indus trial leaders concernlnsj thf offering Portland has to snake for new Indus- Auckland Geddes to Retire, Is Report London. Jan. 14. (L N. S.) It is un derstood - In well Informed circles that Sir Auckland Geddes is about to retire as British ambassador to the United States, the Dally Express stated today. No Formal Charges Against Principal No complaints will be filed with the school board against Principal L. D. Bpberts of Chapman school because of corporal punishment administered to Jack Kndicott that left brutees on his body that kept him at home for several days Although sentiment in, the neigh borhood is strongly against Roberts, school officials and teachers In the Chap man school have upheld him.' declaring the boy was troublesome snd needed the punishment, New Rules Covering 300,000 Rail Clerks To Be Named Jan. 23 Chicago. Jan. 14. (I. X. S.) New rules governing conditions of employ ment for more than 300,000 clerical em ployes of railways will be announced on January 23 by the United States Rail way Labor board, it was announced to day. The rules will become effective February 1. The new clerical rules, effecting em ployes in railroad offices, freight houses and terminals, are a revision of the na tional agreement adopted when the rail roads were under government control. Since Dec. 1, the Labor board has finally disposed of revision of rules for shop workers and maintenance of way employes. These, with the clerks, com prise nearly 1,400,000 out of the total of 000,000 railroad employes. Officials of the Federated Shop Crafts unions who have been in conference herrj over rules recently-promulgated for the shop men, have announced that no strike vote will be taken at this time. Instead the unions will attempt to ob tain a rehearing from' the Labor board on several rules that they are opposed to. Is 'Cave Manr Kiss' Worth $25,000? Jury Is Unable to Agree Chicago, Jan., It. (L ( N., .) The question of whether a "cave man kiss is worth 25.000 wss still undecided to day aa the result of the failure of the Jury trying the suit of Miss Mathilda Benkhardt against Pr.'J. I Mitchell to agree.. Judge Lewis .dismissed the Jury. . ' .f., ; i; j- Miss Benkhardt. claimed that the "cave man kiss", was .administered vby. tr.. MJtchcU while, she. ...was assisting him In the treatment of a patient at a hospital , She values the kiss at ffa.00S is nr sun. j . : ..... Traf f ic Off ices of S.P.&S. Are Moved Traffic offices of the S. P. ec S. rail way system were moved from the Pit- tock block to the ninth floor of the Chamber of Commerce building today and will be ready for activity in their new quarters Monday. It is planned to move all. of thee offices of the North Bank line eventually to the Chamber of Commerce building. ..which ; was pur chased several months ago by the rail' road.1 - . Prince of. Wales Is Safe, Queen Is Told , London, Jan. 14. L X. S.) In re gno nee to argent teiepoons messages from Buckingham Palace, ? the India office today reassured Queen Mary that the Prince of Wales was safe and that he had suffered no Injury in the riots which greeted his appearance at Ma d'raa. Friday.,. - - . - TOLLS ON BRIDGE Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. 14. The real ty board of Vancouver is in favor of removing the tolls from the " Interstate bridge, favoring the plan whereby Clarke county could be reln&arsed by federal or state aid, accoJing to a resolution passed Friday. A request for the free passage of sol diers and government employes over the bridge was refused by the Interstate bridge commission, the members holding that all should pay toll or all cross fre. T KORT CROOK By Baalel tVCesseU DubUn, Jan. 14. I. N. S. The Southern Ireland parliament today rati fied the Irish peace treaty. Eamonn de Valera, former "president of the Irish republic." snd his followers. boycotted the meeting. The southern parliament created a provisional government to administer the affairs of all Ireland except Ulster province, until the British parliament at London enacts a law officially cre ating the Irish Free State. The temporary provisional government or administrative commission includes Michael Collins, minister of finance in the Sinn Fein cabinet, and chief leader of the Irish republic army; Alderman Coegrove; C J. Suggan, formerly chief liaison officer of the Irish republican army: Patrick Hogan. Flonan Lynch. Joseph MacGrath. Kevin O'Hlgglns and John MacNeill, chairman of the Call Elreann. Before the meeting opened it was re ported that, for diplomatic reasons. Ar thur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein, would not seek a place upon the com mission and that MacNeill would be proposed as its head. It is likely that the life of the gov ernment will not extend over three weeks. As soon as the Westminster parliament convenes on January 21, steps will be taken to bring the Irish Free State into being .as rapidly as poa sible. The ratification of the Irish treaty by the Southern parliament was more or less of a formality. Its fate was decided by the Dall Elreann one week ago .today when the pact was adopted by a. ma jority of seven votes. It had been stipulated in the British-Irish treaty, however, that the parliament meet to approve the pact in order to confirm the validity of the law which had cre ated the parliament Little time was lost in discussion of the treaty. The followers of the Collins Griffith faction tn the Sinn Fein had things all their own way. ARRIVES AT N. Y. New York. Jan. 14. L N. S.) The army transport Crook, which sprang sev eral leaks while several hundred miles at sea a few days ago, arrived here safely early today. Returning soldiers of the army of occu pation crowded the decks aa the ship made her way to an army dock In Brooklyn. Many of the soldiers had German brides with them. Fleet of 10 Modern American Undersea Boats Reach Cavite Washington. Jan. 14. (I. N. S.) Ten modern submarines of the S type. including some of the best undersea craft in the American navy, have Just arrived at Cavite, Philippine Islands. where they are to be stationed as part of the Asiatic fleet. It was learned to day at the navy department. These boats cruised more than half way around the world in reaching their new stations. One craft, the S-2. made the trip alone ana. without escort, ex cept for the final leg from Guam to Cavite. Society Function Is Raided; 'Mock Wine1 All That Is Found Chicago, Jan. 14. (U. P.) Fifteen prohibition agents raided the Gold Coast Casino club today while Mrs.' Wallace Winter, society leader, entertained 14 other women at s tea. The prohibition, agents interrupted the party and searched its members and the club thoroughly. - They discovered two gallons of what they thought wss wine, but analysis showed it was "mock cham pagne.' The raid was otherwise fruit ULSTER PB.OTI5CE REFUSES TO BELEA8E ITS PRISONERS Eelfast, Jan. 14. (L N. a) The Union let government of Ulster province (North Ireland) is refusing to put the royal decree of amnesty into effect, but is sending Sinn Fein prisoners to Southern Ireland for disposition by the British authorities there. A special train bear ing Sinn Fein political prisoners. In cluding 18 under sentence of death, left for Dublin today. Barnes' Puppet Show Is Delayed by Illness The Grace Barnes puppet show, sched uled for presentation at the Lincoln high school auditorium next Saturday, has been Indefinitely postponed by Its sponsors, the Ellison-White Conserva tory of Music, "because of illness in Miss Barnes' company. Word was received today that the company will be unable ts fulfill its local contract at the present time, despite the iact that the show has been extensively heralded. It is expect ed, that the date will be called for again ir. late f ebruary or early March. Relates Experience With Chinese Bandits Interesting tales of his experiences with Chinese bandits were told by G. A. Kyle at the annual meeting of the Port land section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Friday night st the University club. Kyle recently returned from -China, where he had the expert' ence of being captured and held by ban dits in the interior. Officers elected at the meeting were: Fred Randlett, presi dent ; W. G. Brown, vice president : C P. Keyser, secretary, and C N. Ben nett, treasurer. MARE DIES AT S Harriaburr. Or, Jan. 14. Joe Hairs mare died Wednesday tn Its thirtieth year.,' , - , ; - Goethals to Make Columbia Basin Survey for $20,000 Olympia.- Wash, Jan. 14. Announce ment that General George W. Goethala. builder of the Panama canal, had agreed to terms of $20,000 to make a survey to determine the feasibility of the Colum bia river diversion and the Pend Oreille diversion for the Columbia basin proj ect was announced today by Dan A. Scott, director of conservation and de velopment. General Goethals first offered to come for 35,000. but reduced the figure when informed that the state had but 115.000 and that the Spokane Chamber of Com merce had pledged the remainder. A telegram from Spokane announcing that $5000 had been deposited in a bank to the credit of the department to com plete General Goethals compensation caused Director Scott to wire acceptance of Goethals terms. Goethals will make hia headquarters In Spokane, where the offices of the Co lumbia basin survey are located. A Conservative Custodian BANKING SATURDAY EVENINGS f . -, Have you ever wanteJ -to cash a" check so as to have funds over Sunday ? Have you ever' wanted to deposit currency so as not to risk carrying it over the week-end? Have you wanted to talk to a bank officer, buy or -sell a Liberty 'bond, leave an item for collection and not been able to go to the bank between 10 and 3? To serve its customers, the Hibernia Bank is open in all departments Satur day evenings from 6 to 8. K ' ' kfagton 8ELLDTO BALL TICKETS Tickets for "our city bsir were placed on sale today at the Sherman-Clay com pany store. Details for the ball, which will be held January II for the benefit of the unemployed, have been completed. SEE SCSDAT JOCK9AL . . SECTION FOCB ' Demand Real Quality in Your Plumbing Inferior plumbing : fixtures are always costly.; While de- s a fects may not show when purchased, they will appear 2 J later on, resulting in increased repair bills and incon- f m vcmcncc. m 5 - ' i S Zk Get. a 1 dollar's worth for every dollar spent buy our A 'A -i-AUtiLt' rJ-UMUING FIXTURES. They are A Zk m a ranted tn nv eaficfsrttnn a mm o . j - - 2 For sale bj leading plumbers S THE M. L. KLINE GO. T Wholesalers 80-824-86 Front Street 2