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' L r - - " ' J- ' '"' .--t( ' '" V , -"V -:V.?t- v ';, y- " . - CITY EDITION lf Alt Hmrm and It's All Trum DRAMATIC INTEREST h sustained la a wealth ef readable ard reliable dramatic n4 niwlnl new a KorieV and features la ' Ths Hundsy Journal imowmnt section. It to the reconciled sMihority of ths theatres, t -CITY EDITION H All Utrm cad lf All Trut -.tHt WKATHER Tolht tad Friday.; ..-senerallr tairt not a coM. - . v Minimum temperatures Wednesday i -' .- Portland ....... IT , New Orleans ... 4 V- Pscstells .-.T..v-2 . New fork ...... l . Lo Angeles. ... 41 St. Paul........ -4 ' VOL XX. NO. 272. ea .f a Chea Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1922. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES . PRICE; TWO ?ENTS em TftAml irwi mitt rui um M (rVstoUke. Poftlua. On SCHOO t DANCE IS DEFENDED BYP-T. HEAD Mrs. J. F, Hill Denies Charge Made ''by Rev. C. T. Wilson That School Girls Check Cor ' sett; Says Dances Supervised. public school buildings Danoss ' In which bar stirred lip Methodist ministers . Into Initiating a cam pslgato have tha community social gatherings warded out aa menace to publlo morals and decency were staunch ly defended Wednesday night by Mrs. J. r. MIL president of the Portland Parent-Teacher eouncU at a public bearing before tha board of education. She wai answering spaclfle chsrges made by Dr. Clarence; Trns Wilson, leader In the Methodist campaign. Wilson's allegation that the Parent Teacher ; association had failed in its duty of supervising these dances was vigorous!, denied by Mrs Hill, who ex pressed herself at a loss to understand wtiere Information leading to such shock ing and dlscracefut chsrges could bars originated. lONT CHECK COKSETS "I am not la poslUon to deny Dr. Wil son's statements." said Mrs. Hill. I have felt we have been doing construe live work. If these charts are true and can be proved. I would certainly be for calling- off alt dance, but I do -not believe they are true. "Wi have only one high school or gsatsatloa and that Is at Franklin." "Do they chees their corsets at your dances?" broke In Director George B Thomas, commenting on a reference made by Wilson. "They do not." assarted Mrs. II til. HOT GOD'S WORK Thaee young people will find ways , to have a good time and If they cannot have It under right supervision they wtH find It under the wrong. There seem to be a misapprehension about grammar grade dances Because these Assess are held m grammar grade does not trteas they ere grammar grade pu pils. If they come. they coma with their parents, and at the last 'dance less " than II out of JJO ar grammar school eniierway, ' I "Now I wonder how many of the modem sonoaemesu today can be eon. ducted In tha name of God. I dont . feel that eur recreation Is any of Ood's work, MEET AflAHT TONIGHT "Tha principal argument I have seen Is ' because some of the children go home without proper chaperons I wonder If these gentlemen have followed up the baleful i Influence of libraries, church parties and Christian Endeavor asso ciations, from which the young people . go home without chaperons. - "Shall wo close up tha dean dance ' and let theee children who have been taken care of go to the vicious dance? If our school dances are to be prohib ited, what provision Is to be made for theee children T" After hearing both sides of the nrgu men. the school hoard voted lo continue the hearing ton' ah t at the auditorium of the Lincoln high school, so that all who are Interested In the controversy might be accommodated. Some of the Meth odtat pastors present objected to the date because of Its conflict with a con ference , of Methodists, but Parent- ' Teacher members Insisted. "They started it; let them eee It arough," exclaimed one, and Dr, Farmers to Reap Profits From Europe By.W. H. Atkins Washington. Jan. 1. I. N. S.) American farmers will pocket In ex cess of $100,000,000 In cash from grain purchases which Europe will make in the United States to supply her popula tion until next harvest, government ex perts estimated today. Europe's foodstuffs supplies are alarm' lngly low. Essential grains such as wheat and corn, aa well as some other foodstuffs, have dwindled to the danger point, according to official reports. New demands will be made upon American producers to supply the United Kingdom, France. Italy, Cxecho-! Slovakia, Germany and Austria and pos sibly other countries. Large export movements of grain al ready are reported bound overseas and advices to the commerce and agricul ture department today Indicated that a steady flow of wheat and corn and other foodstuffs Is likely to continue until the harvests abroad assure foreign popula tions of plenty for their needs. Kurope s aeraanas ior Dreaastuus; in cluding leading grains,- alone will run probably aa high as 75,000.000 bushels. Then, In addition, meats and other foods will be needed In large quantities. TEMPERATURE TOKIO GAINS IM DflDTI AIM MMPRQinM IM III I UlULnHU UUNULUUIUmit rSni-n i um irrt in 1 1 1 1 mr ti i I'llLV" Ull'lll III ul it If II I 1 1 JL J! I U iiiir nii-inrtf vu ru inrni i 1 11 11 i j i in li li hi iinvrii iiirnrt I , ' Speculators AreBlamed weeney ByS Mercury Was at 17 at 5 o'Clock This Morning and at 19 at 9 o'Clock; Valley and Eastern Oregon Still Gripped by Cold. Japanese Sensitiveness; Scores Victory in. Keeping From Quad ruple Document Figures Show ing Inferiority in Xnnarnent DELEGATES ARRIVE FOR SHP in MINIMUM TEMPKRaTURga TODAY IN PAOIFIO NORTHWEST The Dalle ..r- 7 VinctxjTrr Wus. 10 KUnuLh rails. Artintioa Condon . . 1 mi till . , Rakrr . . . Eocene .. Boim ... UanthfieU Wiilon .. Echo -16 La Gnnde . . . -22! - SIDarton -10 15 WasBtaco. . . -12 -10 Hood BiTer. . . - 1 -26 Newport 80 -20 Albany 15 - 8 Dallas 10 -14 1 Bend -8 5 -14jLa Grind -29 16 Spokane - 2 - 8lAtoria '25 lftfXeachaai -29 .-23 TEMPERATURES IN PORTLAND San Francisco. Jan. 19. U. P.) Rep resentatives 'of Pacific porta Interested In the proposed coast shipping syndicate to operate shipping board veseels were arriving here today for tomorrow's con ference at which, it was believed, the proposed syndicate will be launched. The conference will meet at p. m In th Merchants Exchange building. Seattle. Taooma. Portland, Coos Bay, Astoria. San Diego. Los Angeles, Oak land and San Francisco will be repre sented. Frank R. Relyea, district operations director, and Meyer Lissner and A. J. Frey will represent the shipping board. They are expected to .arrive tomorrow morning from Washington. If the plan Is carried out a shipping syndicate which will control operations or all shipping board vessels on the Pa clflc will be organised. "No coast port need fear the result of the conference," said Robert Dollar, head of the most powerful companies operat ing in the Pacific. "The conference Is not aimed to take trade away from any locality in favor ef another, but te bring aaaiuonai trace to each port. j, - "The United States shipping 'board wan t to fteu iti' fleet of commercial and passenger carriers, preferably. to' Amer ican Interests. Ameriean interests must se their way clear, hewerer, to operate the vessels they buy at a profit and that Is one of the awrpoees of the con ference and of the shipping pool which win do lormeo.- t r Members of the Portland committee who will attend the ship merger confer. ence at San Francisco FrldayMeft Wed nesday evening for the southern city to gether with two representatives from Se attle and two from Astoria. They were lo have been joined at Euarene by two representatives from Marshfield. ea Pat Twaatj. Oohoan Poor) 1IG DENIED CUT III ALIMONY Circuit Judge Tucker handed down decision this afternoon denying the mo tion of Dr. Sun ford Whiting that he be awarded the custody of his . elder eon. Curt la, and that the alimony he was previously ordered to pay his first wife, Iva Whiting, he reduced from $15 to 1100 a monthly. The Judge hae had the case under ad visement for several days. He held that Curtis, wbo la now 14 years old. Is at the age when he most needs the care ef his ovi mother. The court said: "Investigation shos that the children have am equal regard for both parents. Mra Iva Whiting. I find, la living in anoderate circumstances and. with the alimony left at Its present figure, she wHI be able properly to care for both boys .without going outside to work a she has been doing." The Judge said he appreciated that Dr Whiting's practice had been curtailed since the war, but expressed the belief that he could recover himself by diligent applloatioa. Local Boxing Board Bars Middleweight Champion J. Wilson Following tha steps of other boxing eommiasloaa throughout tha country, the Portland boxing commission has placed Johnny Wilson, middleweight champion. am the blacklist. Wllsoa's saspenaton la Portland will stand antlt such a time aa he has been restored to good a landing by pie Na tional Boxing assoriatioa. Wtlsoa Is barred tn virtually every state In the Union - where professional boxing la legalised. This action against Wilson was taken after he declined to carry out a contract to risk his cham pionship with Harry Greb, Pittsburg abalienga ' On Way to Salem to Confer About Bird Reserve Controversy W. C. Henderson, assistant chief of the United Stales biological survey, from Washington, D. C. and Dr. L. EL Hlb- bard. superintendent of the Malheur lake reservation, from Burns, arrived In Port land this' morning on their way to Salem to meet with the state land board and the attorney general on the Malheur lake bird reserve controversy.' Henderson la representing the biolori c&l survey In a conference with the state authorities in response to a request by tne Oregon delegation to congress to consider a possible agreement with the state. Malheur lake has been the subject of bitter strife between the state and fed erai government for years, with the sportsmen and prospective settlers com plicatlng the Issue. Patients at Deaf School Decrease is 5 am...: 17 19 6am 18 18 Tarn. 18 17 Sam 1- 17 9 a. m 19 20 11 la 22 25 1 p. m. 25 26 HOURLY 12 p. m.. 1 a m. . 3am.. 8 a. m. . 4 a. m. ID La. 12 m 2 n. m.. Although the cold weather was more intense in both Eastern and Western Oregon today, the temperature in Port land was one degree above the mini mum record of Wednesday, The minimum report was 17 degrees and the thermometer hovered at that point from 3 to 5 o'clock this morning. After that the mercury took an upward swing sad stood at 22 at 11 o'clock. But in Eastern Oregon and the Wil lamette valley a different record was taken. Baker reported the coldest Janu ary weather in years, with a tempera ture of 14 degrees below sera This same temperature yu taken but once oeiore m January, many years ago. in the Willamette valley a further fall of the mercury was reported. Salam and Albany had temperatures of 15 de grees and Eugene IS degrees. Umatilla, easi or we mountains, reported U be low sero; Boise t below and Spokane S below, j, The. weather forecaster, whom nrmiin. tlons have been well. borne, out no far- in this bold spell, said today that than would be little chans-e In the wea.the.i- . cept that itroutd be warmer Friday and a imummn temperature, of prob- thal ably only T1 desrees would a nuhnA M.ierm ar woawjet ww accompany the; rising temperatures and the winds expected to shift to the south. Th weather, man believes that the tempera- iwoo wm o nign enough soon to pre vent the south winds from Mnrin, snow. By Carl D. Great ' Washington. Jan. 19. U. P.) Ref erence to the 6-5-3-1.7S-L.75 capital ship ratio has been omitted In the Coal draft of the naval treaty, the United Press learned today. Omission of the actual ratio waa due. to Japanese sensitiveness, the Japanese holdfng this would tend to give an air of Inferiority to their nation. The ratio. however, is indirectly provided for by specific figures on total tonnage. . " The treaty, according to Its preamble, is based upon a desire for "maintenance of general peace" and for reduction of armament Competition. PREAMBLE STIPULATION The preamble says : "The United States of America, the British empire. France, Italy, Japan, desiring to contribute to the maintenance of the general peace and 'to reduce the burden of competition in armaments ; "Have resolved, with a view to ac complishing these purposes, to conclude a treaty to limit their respective naval armaments and to that end have ap pointed . their plenipotentiaries, who, having communicated to each their re spective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows :" Then follows the treaty proper divided Into three chapters. The first contains 20 articles. The second is divided into four parts capital ships to be retained, rules for . scrapping, replacement and definitions. Chapter three with miscel laneous provisions contains the articles relative to common action In case of desired modification of the treaty and in case of a power becoming Involved In 'war. CAPITAL SHIP REPLACEMENT The article dealing with capital ship tonnage Is number fow In chapter one and reads: ' j; .- '-:' ; "The total capital ship replacement tonnage oX ach of th& crmtrarnr Mow ers shell not Vexceed in standard is placement for the United States? 2" iah.. &2S.0M :toe,(H3.40a metric tons) : for France,' 175,0O tons 17700 metric 3 OF P1TT0CK (Onaeladcd ob Page Twenty, Oetnana Ponr) SAYS PUNISHMENT Olympia, Wash- Jan. 19. Decrease by 14 persons at the state school for the deaf at Vancouver at the end of De cember. 1S21. aa compared with the year previous. Is shown in the report of the institution received by the depart ment of business control. Inmates num bered lit December SI, 1921. and 132 a year ago. Inmates are being steadily discharged after learning trades by which they may make their own way. Tne school poultry farm produced 55 doxen eggs and 330 pounds of dressed poultry, valued at I2U.X0. Night and Day Bank Officials Indicted SL Louis. Jan. 19. I. N. S.) Former Governor Elliott W. Major and seven other officers and directors of the closed Night t Day bank, now In the hands of the state department of finance, we rein dicted today on charges of receiving de posits after they knew the Institution waa insolvent. The offense Is a felony unaer tne mussumi statutes. FROZE RITERS HALT BOAT8 CARRYING SCHOOL CHILDREN Kiageiieia, wash., Jan. 19. Ridee- fleld and surrounding country are ex periencing the lowest temperature of two winters, accompanied by snow, which fell Tuesday morning to a depth of two inches on the ice-coated ground. According to H. C. Clair Jr.. manager of the Ridgefleld Lumber comoanv'a sawmill on Lake river, the thermome ter early Wednesday registered 5 de grees above sero, while at the resi dence of Mayor N. C. Hall it read 8 above. In the outlying districts the cold Is not so Intense, ranging around 9 and 10 degrees above. The cold wave forced the suspension of operation at the saw mill of the Ridgefleld Lumber company ior an inaeimite period. uu nver is reportea frozen over and for the first time In two years the two "kid boats." gasoline launches, used in transporting children to and from school by Orlando Horn and Robert Mc Grotty, could not make their usual tripe because of the frozen Tiver. Ice skat ing and coasting are popular sports. Lakes near Lake river afford excellent skating and Packard's hill In East Ridgefield, good coasting. WIDE VARIATION IS SHOWN IN CLARKE TEMPERATURES Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. 19. A wide variation in temperature between points along the Columbia river and farther out was- observed Wednesday morning. A thermometer at the east entrance of the St. Francis hotel registered 18 above, but Weather Observer A. A. Quarn berg- re ported a temperature of 9 above at his place. Thirty-first street and Kauff man avenue. Reports from the country Indicated S above in the northeastern part of the county, but In the southwest rt was warmer. Thursday morning the government thermometer registered 10 above, with the sky overcast. Ice in the river is still moving, but is In large fields with narrow channels of water between. All farm work throughout the county Is sus pended, and few farmers are coming to Vancouver because of the icy condition of the roads. KILLED TWO VETS Washington, Jan. 19. (L N. S.) Two American soldiers died in France from the effects of being held under cold water by military police of the A. E. F., as punishment for coming into camp late at night, according to testimony given today before the senatorial committee investigating charges of Senator "Tom" Watson of Georgia. The witness was James Elliott, a doc tor and lawyer of Newark, N. J who told the committee that the incident which he described took place at Sa venay, France, in the summer of 1918. The soldiers, according to Elliott, were named Craig and Jones. Get-rlch-qulck hopes of land specula tors ia Central Oregon are responsible tor the threatened influx ' of Japanese farmers on the Ochoco irrigation project Of Crook county, according to a report mad today by Tom- Sweeney, chairman of the American Legion's land settle ment committee, who has just returned from aa investigation ; ef conditions sround Prtnevnie. - "Land which before the Irrigation district -was created could not be sold tor 19 an acre Is now held at fisa,' declared Sweeney. "Of course no one can buy It It Is too expensive. And so. while they are waiting for times that will allow settlement by purchase, the speculators are leasing It without restric tion. That Is what Is arousing the veterans who believe thev should have first call on the lands." TIGILANCE COMMITTEE Sweeney said the state land commit tee has resolved Itself Into a vigilance committee. If t speculators cannot be reached, the - prospective Oriental settlers can. Nothing of the nature of violence : or "direct, action" is content plated In this, be said, but the Legion poets art "on the firing line" and most devise vays to meet the emergency and prevent any new settlements of Asiatic who ;. cannot be assimilated Into the American population. i "The causa of the failure of many Ore gon colonization and reclamation schemes U speculation," Sweeney's report de clares. In Crook county .the legion is now confronted with a threatened im portation of Japanese . colonists, thus starting a. 'new Oriental settlement, . a move against the policy of the American Legion as set forth in its national con vention last jrear..: At that time the le gion went on record as opposed to any further Japanese settlement schemes. asking that the Orientals be confined to the . areas where they wer .then .living. The Crook county problem is due solely to speculation In lands, promoters evi dently trying, to tack on 100 per cent, in many cases, over an established ground valuation. SPECULATORS BOOST JRICE "Prior to the building of , the Ochoco dam near ' PrinevUle land -was V worth around $10 to SIS an acre. Water rights under state bond have added another 175 or 330 an acre "to the costa - Now the speculators have "obtained options,' and are attempting to dispose of the land. or lease it, at a valuation; of $150. -tnimi-nate the speculator from ' Oregon Irri gated land pro jecU and the problem or land settlement win he simplified. The legion's -Stat land ieommlttea- does not Intend 'M send m& mt t& uay project where there is from $75 to ISO an" acre nrofiV for tns speculator. They add ' to visue. -w , . . ,..-,.. - '-Thm r state land committee win have plenty of land to the Ochoco pn3ct. a well as tn other 'localities at the right price for the ex-eervtce men vao who wants to take ; advantage of his state loan under the bonus law. What we Q. cist on Is that the former soldier settler bo given a chance to make good and pay off his indebtedness. Our lands will not be In the hands of men inter ested in speculation. We will try. In every case, to arrange for equitable con tracts between the ex-service man and the original land owners, and win insist that the speculative profit be eliminated before the deal Is made. LAND AT 121 PER A CRE f We have land1 offered under Irrigation projects now being constructed at $30 an acre. On land of this character a man who knows farming should make a com fortable living from 40 acres, and in addition be able to lay aside from $500 to $1000 each year- ."As far as Japanese are concerned on Ochoco or any other project tha Amer ican Legion national organization. s well as the state organization, depend on the posts near whore speculators are attempting to bring in Japanese, to use all friendly persuasive measures to dis courage importation into localities where there are no original settlements at present."' . . . ;x -v - i i i i - Pope B enedict XV PONTIFF whose condition alarms - -Catholic , world, , although his physicians deny his life U endangered Benedkt is in his 6Sth year. PONTIFF HAS Petition : to v Court Alleges -Thej Have Received No Money Since Father's Death j Payment Would Delay Closing. Says Executor. Three of the five children of the late Henry L. Pittock today Clod a petition asking that the $500 a month provided for each in their father will be paid to them beginning from the date of Pittock's death. January 38, 1919. The three petitioners declare they have received no money from .the estate since the death of their father. The wording of the will leaves a deubt as to whether the $500 a month should begin from the date of Pittock's death or from the date when the trustees took charge of the estate. The estate Is still In the bands of the executor, O. L. Price. Circuit Judge Taxwell set January 23 as the time for the hearing on the petition. Anyone who objects to the payment to the heirs is told to be p: ent at that time. THREE SIGN PETITION The petition Is signed by Fred F. Pit tock. Mrs. Kate P. Hebard and Mrs. Louise Gaotenbeln. The names of Mrs. Susan Emery and Mrs. Caroline P. Lead. better do not appear. O. L. Price, the executor, in his fwer to the petition, states that he la willing that the payments should be made and Indicates that he believes Pit took Intended that the $500 a month should begin at Pittock's death. He says, however, that it would delay the closing of the estate and the taking of control by the trustees. Inasmuch aa all of the Indebtedness has not been cleared, otr ana l.2SU,lo tn accrued taxes, e aw . taxes sin we leaerai government and stats Inheritance taxes have piled up. ' I1S9,M ON HAND There is at present only $189,000 In cash on hand. Price states. Ths peti tioners allege that the estate, amounts to $5,000,000,' free.of ail encumbrances - ... , v V - .. , , " - ! A - . -.-- ' 'i - .i - rv.j' I . , . Y i r Rome Newspaper Announces Thtt ' Patient's C Temperature In creases; Earlier Vatican Re ports Were Most Encouraging. Best, Jan. 1 fT. PJ The Trlksaa stated teslfit that ths peps' tempera ture has rises '. This, ths newts per said, ra hells vad to lad lea ts pslsieaary eesi. hUcaUess. 1 - Rosne, Jan. 1. LV P. "His boll-' aan Is much better today," Cardinal Oasparrl told waiting throngs ootaide tha YaUcan at doosv Cardinal Gasparri said be had lust come from Pops Benedict's apartment, where be found ths pope cheerful, and that he bad conversed with hint tor half aa hour. ' -. Pops Das edict. Cardinal Oasparrl de clared, is recovering rapidly from a alight attack of bronchial catarrh and wtH soon be entirely wall unless com pli cations set In. . V" I CONDITION ITN CHANCED . Thm condition of Pops Benedict XV hi said an earlier buOetlA tmchsngsd.' issued at the Vatican. " ' "His tampers tore is lower and there has been no extension of the catarrhal symptoms. - Ths pontiff was esropslled t taks to his bed after contracting a severs cold, which led to- Influenza and bronchial catarrh. Hs had a tern per a to re of 103 this morning which saassd anxiety. He has had difficulty ba breathing, but his condition improved later. The pops Is In his sixty-eighth year. Numerous inquiries war nfMe re garding the pontiff's condition. The in quirers wars assured that every aft art was bains; mads, to reduce the symptoms f (ever. , . . ,..'., -. - ,-. Eoyal House Will Have New Eomance Wallowa. "Jan.irC Wallowa hlA PTXRS OrrXKID . iPrtce- nolnts out that ths validltv of school was destrsveJ hv fhs at 1 rfdock I " Ths' trouble began Tnesdsy when the ths wiU hmm ,heen tssWed deflnitaly by tlJs morniiut. Tbs4sxihW"was si twolponttlt'eo,,treu a cold. As a preeau- : remaining; suits- sendinr In: oonrt auM torT brck bulldlnf -with basement. - It I srdered his tastiest to bed and all andl. - not affect to any measurable extent thwa built ra ll 'n4; was ct ths enees were canoalled. Tba Vatleaa n ' bulk of ths estate.- UUUU I IUI IILIIU I1U I best aaulpped schools Eastera Orean, tovrav unrsii that tba pops' con- 1 put a tM,00osd, Insurance la $14,000. ; Tha i. basement. ;had - two large rooms Hlness May Compel Crow to Quit Senate (By Catted Hawa.) Pittsburg, Jan. 19. Despite reports denying the seriousness of United States Senator Crow's - illness, it Is still be lieved by friends that ths senator win be, forced to resign soon because of In ability to attend his duties. COLUMBIA RIVER 8PA5KEI BT ICE AT THE DALLES The Dalles, Jan. 19. Ths official min imum temperature here this morning was seven decrees below sero and at 8 o'clock It bad risen to seven above. The Columbia river here today -is completely frozen across and for 100 feet Is strong enough to hold up a man. It is partially cloudy here today, indicating possibility of moderation in the weather. There is no wind. Following Wednesday morning's low record for two years of 1 degrees be low sero, the mercury crawled up 28 de- (OoachuM ea Pass Twenty. Oahnsa One) Georges Carpentier ; HI With Influenza Paris. Jan. 19. (L N. S.) Georges Carpentier,. light heavyweight champion boxer of ths world, is ill ia bed at his heme hers with influenza. London, Jan. 19. Another romance fleeting the royal house of Windsor aill be disclosed, so it is said, at the wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles next month. The announce ment will be made of the engagement of the Duke of York to Lady Mary Ashley. daughter of Lady Shaftesbury, who is lady-m-waitmg to the queen. Walaska Sues Hubby To Obtain Bric-a-Brac (By rjntrenal 8t trice) New York, Jan. 19. Action to recover furniture and bric-a-brac seized last August by her husband, Alexander Smith Cochran, multimillionaire sportsman, was begun here today by Ganna Wal aska, operatic prima donna. Mme. Walaska also asks $10,000 damages. She !s in Paris aiding her lawyers In the preparation of the defense of her hus band's suit for divorce. an Francisco. Jan. 19. U. P.) Cali fornia was in the grip today of one of the coldest spells in recent years. In San Francisco the weather bureau said the temperature waa 33 during the night but at points in the city it was lower. A thin crust of tee formed on the lakes in Golden Gate Park. The city Jail and the flrehouses were filled with men unemployed who have been wan dering the streets who were taken In for a warm night's sleep. Temperatures of from 20 to 30 were reported from Interior California towns. A cold wind accompanied the freeze. In- the CathoUo churches to ths pontiffs letotsi y. - - . . . equipped tor minrrat-4 tptng and farm I Ths visit of King Alt art ot Belgium shop and agrieirruralv work, tooys.' and ts Rome later tn ths month may be post girls' lavatories and ahowr -baths, third poned as a result sf ths pope's lllneaav. grade raotna, and ths necessary room tor I Arrangements bad been made for ths the' furnace." On ths- first: floor were I king to be received at ths Vatican. three recitation rooin8. oonimerc.ial de I Dr. BatJstnL who visited ths poos with partment with endowed typewriter room. I Dr. MasctsroBL denied alarmist rumors superintendents, office and laboratory. I regarding hia holiness. on the second floor were two rooms for domestic science and art,' library, prin cipal's Office 'and general' assembly room. .The gym and ths grade school. I two frame buildings nearby, were saved by efforts of Wallowa's volunteer firs I department." 1 ENTER SECTION PROMISED RELD2F FROM COLD SPELL .Denver. Colo.. Jan. 19. (L N. a) Rising temperatures are promised today by. the weather bureau for Denver and the Rocky Mountain region, which have Been m the grip of the severest cold wave of the winter for the past 24 hours, with the thermometer readings ranging from eight below zero in this city early this morning to thirty-six below at Wor- lano. Wytx Mr. and Mrs A. L. Miller of Wichita, naru. narrowly escaped death from ireezing on the prairie east of Colorado springs when their automobile broke oown. They were rescued afu-r Heine- exposed to the biting cold for several hours. The Millers were driving to Salt LaKe uity. Star Defends Mary Garden Says 'Directa' Makes Good MRS RYAN DIES IN $183,000,000 Size Of Store's Business HOSPITAL AT PARIS Paris. Jan. Is. CL N. & Mrs. An- - ' drey Cretghton Ryan, is years of aire. - Washington. Jan. 19. (TJ. P.i afar- I California music student, wbo accused - shal Field A Co Chicago, one of the ber husband. Thomas 8. Ryan ef Mas- , largest retail stores in the ' world. did m, Okls.. a writer, with forcing ber '.. a net business of $183,000,000 in 1921. it to swallow three bichloride of mercury waa revealed today in a' statement read tsblets at ths point of a knife, died tn to ths house of repreeeatativss by Rep- the American hospital at Nastily this resentaUve. Mann, nUnola, .The stats- afternoon. Ryan, wbo was arrested s '- ment declared ths company mads a net Information furnished by Mrs. Ryan and s profit of Xt cents on every dollar for a br ntber. denies any guilt and eon- total return of IS per cent on- ths cap- tenda t11 bis wife swaDowsd the pot- . - itaL son with suicidal Intent. BLIZZARD STRIKES TEXAS; SNOW AND SLEET REPORTF.Ii Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 19. (L N. S.) The winter's worst blizzard struck Texas early today. Snow and sleet are reported through the Panhandle and a minimum temperature of 19 degrees above zero around Fort . Worth and Dallas. Thus far no damage Is report ed. Trains were maintaining schedules and livestock will not suffer unless the severe cold Is of long duration. Republicans Call Bonus Bill Caucus Washington. Jan. 13. (L N. S.) As s result of insistent demand of members ! who saw sen-ice in the World war. Re publican members of the house will hold a caucus next Wednesday nieht to con sider soldiers bonus legislation and other matters affecting ex-soldiers, it was an nounced today. Martha P. Bateman Is Granted Divorce V By James L. KQgalles Chicago, Jan. 19. (L N. S.) Mme. Rosa Raisa, world's greatest dramatic soprano, today announced her convic tion that a woman is fully as compe tent to conduct an opera company as a man. There should be no sex line drawn, she said. Mary Garden a failure as manager of the Chicago Opera association? "Oh, no, no, no!" exclaimed Mme. Raisa. in an. exclusive interview in' her dressing room. "Not so she is too typically American But. she was told. Lucien Mu rat ore. the internationally famous tenor, saysi Miss Garden as s "directa" is ""impossi ble" because she is a woman and. wo manlike, inclined to change her mind. PRAISES AH ERIC AN WOMEN The prima donna registered mild astonishment- Her dark eyes smiled in dulgently. "Woman is a much maligned creature at times. she said. ."As for Mary Gar denwell, here is an exceptional wo man, typically American, with all the high qualities of ths women of this great country, ability. Imagination, re sourcefulness and tact. "I, myself, am a Russian. I am proud of my nationality, of course. But I know what American woman can do! Your women have so much more free dom and they develop their Intelligence so!" "Why should not a woman be able to properly conduct an opera company?" she continued. "What difference does it make Mary' Garden ot Gatti Caaaxza? SORRY FOR MCRATORE "Woman or man? The question is not, is she a woman; It is, does she know her job? I think Mary Garden does." Mary Garden, commenting on the dec laration of Muratore mat he could not return here to sing under her direction. aaia : . - "Foreign dictation is s thing of the past. We are to have a little American dictation for a while and see how that works out It is a pity to se an artist of the value of' Monsieur Muratore so badly counselled. sturators is aerenaant today in an action brought by ths United States dis trict attorney charting him with vio lation of the contract labor law ia bring ing his valet. Ernest Petit, and Mrs. Petit, to this country. Ths famous French tenor was vigor ously applauded when he appeared last night as "Romeo", In Romeo sad Juliet. Mary uarues joined in um applause. Dry Commissioner Is Refused Aid of Deputy Marshals- Washington. Jan. 19. I. N. a) Plans of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes to concentrate deputy United States marshals to assist "dry" agents in the enforcement of the Volstead law will not be approved by the department of Justice, Attorney General Daugherty announced today. Appropriations for the department of justice are not sufficient, Daugherty said, to permit the expenditure of money to employ the additional marshals who would be needed under the Haynes plan. Negro Confesses . Theft of $500,000 - . . Elkhart, Ind . Umn. . 19. ( U. , PJ Dan Ingram, negro porter, .today confessed participation in the . theft of a mail pouch containing $300,000 from a -truck en the platform of Elkhart station en W-dnedy. Ingram implicated Georpe E. Scrubba. 35, white, former convict who had been .taken Into custody in con nection with the mail robbery. Colfax. Wash.. Jan. 19 An inter locutory decree of divorce was granted to Martha Pet Bateman of Pullman against Arthur James Bateman.- formerly of Columbia county. They have one son. ' a student st Washington State college. Full man. In September. 2917. Bateman was declared mentally Incompetent and committed to Medical Lake. Mrs. Bate man later had him taken to a private sauitorium in Spokane, from, which hs disappeared In 11$. He was located la 1930. living in Kreaao, CaL. under ths assumed, name of E. A. Deau, and bad married In 1919. This eriarriage waa annulled, - Mrs. Bateman was awarded 193 acres of land In Columbia courty. Last August a Walla Walla court de clared Batemaa restored to mm tat com petency. Jury Allows $3750 For Death of Boy . Dallas, Or.. Jan. 19. A Jury in circuit court Wednesday night swarded $37V damages to the estate, of Ch--Ura Wf gant, against the j Oregon " Orovers' Packing company.V The Welgat boy. six years old, wu drowned when be fe'.i into an open cesspool on the company's property in this city last October. Dublin Hall Is Seized By Unemployed Army By Charles K. MeCaaa Dublin, Jan, 19. U. P.) Unemployed men seized a meeting ball here last night, formed a "volunteer army" of four companies, raised the red flag and refused to evacuate, despite orders from the provisional government. About 120 took part in the demonstration Daugherty Obtains Retail Price Data Washington. Jan. 19. L N. & A report on retail price conditions In the United States ss a basis for possible action in federal or stats courts has been made to Attorney General Daugh erty byt William . J. Burns, chief of tie boreau ot mvestlgatlon,' It ' waa offi cially announced at the department ot Justice today. Says Congress Is ?v U surping Authority . Washington. Jan. 19. (L X. RV If ' congress Is going to usurp the authority of ths Interstate commerce cbmmiastoei ' and fix railroad rates by legislstion. the . commission might aa well Toe abolished. ' fcenator cummins (Rep.) of lows, chair- man of the senate Interstate commerce' committee, declared tn the senate dur ing debate of the pending bill to fix railroad mileage rates and make mileage , books hntercbsnsesble. , .' Masked Men Kidnap Kansas Evangelists Salida. Colo, Jan. 19. L N. S- A . sensational kidnaping was r eves It 4 hers . -today wbea two crvanceltsts wbo have been conducting a revival tn Salida re ported to pottos that they were seized by ' masked armed men after their meeting t -last night and carried la as sutotnobile to the ton a of 8 wise-rale. 19 miles south, i' The victims were ths Rev. J. W. Kra-' -mer and his song leader. Ralph MTtnhell. " both of Denver. v f 4 ., fc ... ' t,