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Newspaper Page TextCITYr EDITION !f$ All Htm and It's All Trum TUB SUNDAY MAGAZINE A mystery story involving a one prominent Portland -man and a (bout will be one feature of , .an especially fine magazine section of The Sunday Journal thla coming Sunday. Two ahort stories ara alao features. CITC EDIcTION tf$ AU Her and ie9 All True - THE WEATHER -Tonight and Saturday. .. rain tor mow; not ao cold i wind, south. Minimum temperature Thursday: , ' , Portland 27 'vKw Orleans ... ; Bote -J ..New York V Los Angeles.,.. J4. ,SU Paul,....,.. 10 . . VOL. XX Mn 273 aa-cw Mttt yVS., WA. PtJ. J. M rorto'tlra. Portia Mi. OngM PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY v; EVENING, ; JANUARY : 20, 1922. T WENT Y-tWO PAGES. DDtrT 1XTr rT?aTTC ., OS TffAIBjS AMD SCWS mm HEATED ROW At One Stage of School Board Hearing Rev. C. T. Wilson Is Called Coward; Ministers Ac cused of Slandering Students. Pandemonium ruled Thursday night at the Lincoln high school auditorium when preacher, teachers, social work- era. parents, students and School board directors mingled In forensic free-for-all over the question of dancing In the publle schools. The petitioning pastors ara fighting to have the dance eliminated from the schools; Parent-Teacher associations be lieve tha dance la a healthful socialising activity which young people require. Tha Issue became sharp'y defined, with tha board members as umpires. It 'was the most disorderly meeting held before tha board for many yeara Chairman A. C Newtll'a ruling against demonstrations of any sort waa disre garded. Some score or more persons joined the debate. Concrete evidence to show why danc ing should not be tolerated in school hutldlnjra waa turned to reneral argu ments when the ministers refused to state names, dates and places. mct rim EVIDENCE , Such evidence as the ministers did produce waa questioned, from many . sources and tha meeting became a wild verbal fracas In which characters of sainted mother who danced were com pared with ' sainted mothers who didn't danca, and ., the morality' of mlnlstera' families was compared with ordinary folks moralities. Direct Insults by the ministers were charged, and In on In stance, a speaker suggested that the district attorney" a office be, 'consulted to ascertain If they might not be prose cuted for slander. , After three hours tha meeting was adjourned. The mlnlstera were In structed to place their evidence, to gether with actual names. In tha hands f School clerk R. tl. Thomas before ' next Thursday. The board aa a com mittee of the whot will then Invejtl- Man Killed Instantly by FreightCars John Grant. . i head miller for the Crown mills, was Instantly killed short ly after noon today when he waa run over by freight cars at Front and North- rup streets. A sudden movement of the care while h waa crossing the tracks caught hhn unawares. He was knocked under the trucks and dragged nearly 40 feet His legs, arms and back were crushed and ha died bfore the ambulance arrived. Grant leavea a wife. They lived at 234 East Broadway. Police Motorcycleman Scott, who waa sent to Investigate, reported that T. J. Earp, a switchman who was riding on the cars that struck Grant, cried out a warning which was evidently not heard. Deputy Coroner Leo Goetseh took charge of the body. He said he would confer with his chief before announcing an inquest, aa the question of criminal negligence may be raised. The accident happened within the yards of the North- em Pacific Terminal company, the track crossing Front street at an agle. It ap peared that two cars had been "kicked' by a switch engine. Investigation is be ing made of whether this constitutes violation of federal, railroad regulation COLD IV MOVING E SOUTH FOR WINTER hourly TimreTUHia in Portland STUDENTS IN 0. A. C. HAZING Clothes Also Stripped From Bod ies of Two Victims; They Heed Warning to Leave Town; 15 in Gang, According to Report. 250th Pope Is Breathing His Last BENEDICT XV, sovereign pontiff 'of the Roman Catholic church, who is dying in the Vatican. Benedict became pope in 1914, soon after the outbreak of the great war, and will be remem bered by history principally because of the part played by the Vatican in war diplomacy. The effects of this policy have yet to be estimated. t ; mm f - ?v lam. 2 a. m. a. m. 4 am. 6 a. m. a. m. 7 a. at. SI t 29 2M 2H IS .8 8 a I 9 a. i 10 a i 11 a. i 12 m. 1 PL i ts 29 29 SI SS 34 37 tOoaeladad ea Pas RhMtMn. Coisms One) M IDS OR COM. S I E By Wllllan X. HaUhlasoa Washington. Jan. 2d. (I. N. 8.) A last ditch fght against starvation wagaa has been determined upon by or ganised miners, now masalnr their ranks for a nation-wide strike April 1 It waa learned today. Tha miners will first demand a t to 10 per cent wage increase to be effective April 1. when existing contracts expire. their leaders said today. Rejection of tha demanda by operators will precipi tate a strike of such proportions as (o paralyse the est ire coal Industry. There will be no compromise either a wsve Increase or a strike. War plana for the miners will be adoptad al an International convention ta ba held by the United Mine Worker f America In Indianapolis, February 14. All tha anthracite and bituminous workers In thla country and Canada will ba represented. Increased wages will be demanded on tha ground that miners are the loweat paid workers ' In America. The maxi mum wag paid tha average miner In lilt. It waa stated, amounted to IS27.50. Leaders termed this a starvation wage which resulted In terrific suffering and deprivation among miners' families, as evidenced In West Virginia and Kanaaa Influenced ty a, I south wind, which brought the, .minimum temperature at Portland 10 degrees higher than the minimum Thursday morninr, the cold wave moved to southern California to day to mingle with the earthquakes and naval target practice detonations. All over the Northwest temperatures were reported rising, but. in, the land of oranres and other winter products cold weather ana killing frosts were re ported. ' - For today at least the district -weather forecaster doea hot predict more snow. even though a slight mist and snowfall did spread another treacherous coating over the streets early thla morning;. . Aa to the possibilities of snow Satur day, the weather man la not so sore. Rain or snow is forecast and the tem peratures will still be hovering so close to the f reeslr.g point that definite fore cast of the brand of weather com ins; is unposei me. " - -f ' i During the 'night the temneratnre dunf at 27 to 28 : decrees with HUM variance. : I Prom outside points temperatures' were received aa followa: Baker. 4 below aero ;, Umatilla. 14 ; Walla Walla. 19 : Eu gene 17 and Salem 17. From California the temperatures reported gave Los An geles 12 and Fresno and Sacramento 28. 3 Bids Submitted To Clear Highway Declared Too High Stripped of their clothes and shorn of their hair, two Oregon Agricultural col lege students, the victims of hazers. were left to scamper for shelter as best they might last Wednesday morning on a chilled, wind-swept expanse of a Ben ton county farm. The hapless students were Winfred Dryden, a college correspondent for the Oregonlan, and K. C. Binns, sports edi tor of the Barometer, college publica tion. They, with two other correspondents, offended in addressing a letter to James Richardson, urging his return as athletic manager. The two correspondents were seized by a gang of 15, most of them said to have been masked, when they arose late at night In response to a reuqest that they do some "special" work for the Barome ter. . No time ras lost, according to ac counts, in running a pair of barbers' clippers over their heads and in yank ing off their vestments. Bundled into an automobile they were taken onto ad jacent farm lands and tossed onto a pile of refuse. "We'll give you until sunset to get out of Corvallls," the hasers shouted as they sped away. They heeded the warning and left college as did Melvin L. Hall. Journal correspondent, who escaped the clutches of the hazers. The fourth cor respondent. Miss Lois Payne of the Port land Telegram, was not molested. The summary action of the hazers was In resentment against the participation of the correspondents in the athletic controversy at Corvallls, involving Rich ardson, who has severed his relations with the college. Coach R. B. Rutherford and Or. V. Q. Duback, chairman of the athletic board. jWax j v v w w ' mm TEMPER ATX BK IS RAPIDLY RISING IN EASTERN OREGON The Dalles. Jan. 20. Steadily mount ing temperature here Thursday evening. ith Increased cloudiness and a Chi- booky feeling In the air gave rise to the belief that for the time being at least the cold snap la over. .The Thermome ter stood at 25 above at 5 p. m. The Columbia river is comnletebr frozen over, but tha ice Is very thin in places, and. after working for hours. the ferry was able fo make a trip from the Washington side and return. Ccming aa It has late in the winter. COAST SHIP MEETS. Oonemdd ea Pace Two, Column One) The county commlssionrrs today brushed Into the waste basket the thnre -bids received Thursday for the clearing ef the Ic and snow off the Columbia river highway between Mist falls and Multnomah falls. The bids were all too high, the com mlseionera agreed They said they could not afford to spend IsOOaot the tax payers' money to clear a mile of high war, when nature's way would in Itself c War it In a few weeks. Kven with thai mile cleared the highway woeJi aot be 'opened. It-was pointed out. inasmuch as there are several miles of anow east of Multnomah falls. ' The' eommlaaloners Instructed Road master " Katche I to make an Investiga tion ' to see If the stretch could not be cleared by force account at a much lower figure than that given by the companies ' who submitted bids. ' The sewest bid waa $000 and the was by a company that wished to exoarlment with flame throwers and try to melt off the anow. House War Veterans Form Bloc to Push Soldier Legislation By A. O. Hayward Washington. Jan. 20. (I. N. S.) The organisation of a "veterans' bloc" was perfected today In the house of repre sentatives. The newest "bloc" Is composed of members of the house who have had military service and Its spokesmen de clared today that they proposed to en ter actively upon an aggressive and persistent campaign to get what was desired and nevded for veterans of the World war. Loaders of the "Veterans' bloc are Representative Johnson. South Dakota, and Hamilton Fish Jr., both Repub licans. ' Members of the "bloc"- expressed dis approval of the announced intention of the ways and means committee to delay action on the bonus bill until the foreign debt funding bill Is acted upon by the senate. TAKES UP 3 PLANS San Francisco. Jan. 20. (U. P.) Ren- resentatives of nine Pacific coast cities held conferences here this morning pre liminary to a meeting late today when they hope to launch a $30,000,000 ship-1 ping pooi to develop the American mer chant marine on the Pacific Leaders in the movement today out- 1 lined three propositions which the con ference will consider in addition to the details of organization. They are a government ship subsidy entailing an expenditure of $30,000,000 annually, the opening of trade with Russia and the institution of a partial payment plan for the purchase of ship ping ooara vessels hy private concerns. Ports represented at the conference are Portland, Seattle; Coos Bay, Ta coma, Saa Francisco. Oakland, Berkeley, uos Angeies ana san Diego. Government Permits Monopoly in Radio , Concerts, Is Charge - ; vN .... .y m-f- I ': -'m ... - j -y 4 - - t " fI- .my km ft ' -?V-, V' A t iDnoc MCAD ncAtu. 1 ncc oiiotAiMrn dv I I W- "'.'-mi 1 ' I I 1 1 1 1 j I m mr W - - , -. , , m swi 11 in r .a 1 II I - III II I I Till II II III .. - Bkeal . mam WWW II III llbia- ' mm ' n nTirini n i nnr n iin - - II U I 1 1- 1 1 111! I1IIL. II mv Last Sacrament Administered at Request of His Holiness; Church Dignitaries Start Solemn Procession to Sick Chamber .When Announcement is Made That S piritual Leader Cannot Recover; Chill Affects Heart and Lungs; Cardinal Ready to Take Charge,' Rome. Jan. 20. (U. P.) At lapsed Into unconsciousness. 9:40 p. m. it was learned, the pope, had Rome. Jan. 20. (U. P.) Hope for the recovery of Pope Benedict XV has not been abandoned; the Vatican declared this afternoon at 1:10 o'clock. The announcement, however, aaid that the pope's condition was ' ex tremely grave. , . - '"" l' Although Pope Benedict suffered difficulty with respiration and . ex pectoration thla afternoon apd oxygen had to be administered, the papal en tourage took faint hope from the Vatican's message. Earlier in the day the Italian government had been officially informed that the pope's condition waa "hopeless. i Following a consultation of the pope's f5 CAPITAL IS TOLD OF POPE'S ILLNESS Washington, Jan. 20.CIX- P. The papal legation here today" received a cable from the- Vatican stating that Pope Benedict XV was "gravely ..ill.". . The sudden and serious turn in the pope's illness brought ' expressions of deep regret frofn the" legation and other Catholic dignitaries. - , . Pershing Would Save Millions by Dropping Inefficient Officers Pacific Coast Flyer Hops Off Track Near Milwaukee; All Safe Chicago. Jan. 2d (L N. S.) The Uvea of 125 passengers were endangered to day when the Columbia Pacific Coast flyer on the Chicago, Milwaukee Jt St. Paul railroad was derailed three and one half miles west of Milwaukee. The flyer waa due here at 7 a. m. Seven coaches left the track, accord ing to reports received here. No in juries were reported.. The passengers, considerably shaken up. were orougnt into Chicago on a spe cial train. Traffic on the main line was held up for aeveral hours. The accident is believed to have been due to a defective rail. ' ' (By United Nmi Chicago. Jan. 20. Chased from the air with their phonograph concerts, amateur radio enthusiasts here charge that the government has given a monopoly of radio-concerts to one big electrical com pany. This was denied by U R, Schmitt, cnief inspector of this district I he new regulations approved by Secretary Hoover do not give a mo nopoly of radio music to one company." ne saia. -xney merely corbid the ama teurs 'Who were breakinaT up all tele graph and telephone wave length com munications with their musical concerts from continuing this practkue. There are so many enthusiastic amateurs sending music on the 200- wave length that it was getting next to impossible to get messages on this commercial wave length through. 'So secretary Hoover has set aside the 360-wave length for musical con certs and lectures to standardise this class of radio sending. Anybody can come in with music or lectures on the 360-wave length. But the amateurs claim it costs too much to install 360-wave length appa ratus, and say that the regulations. which carry federal punishment for vio lations, have spoiled all the fun. Washington, Jan. . 2k (L N. J3. Katabllnhment of a "plucking board of general officer of the army to weed- out the least efficient officers et the higher ranks was recommended todsy to the he use military affair committee by dotterel Pershing, chief of ataff. - Pershing saM thla would save mil lions In sal arte. The United States army cannot with safety be cat down below Its present au thorised strength of 1&0.000 men, arma ment conference or no armament confer eooa, PerahUur also told the committee. No Services Here Unless Pope Dies No special services will be held fat Portland churches in "recognition of the Illness of Pope Benedict unless definite announcement of his death Is received. Archbishop Christie! announced todav. Such an announcement, he said, would be .followed by services in all Catholic cnurcnea la ueaiocese. . CHICAGO CHILDREN' OFFER : ' UP PRATERS FOR PONTIFF. Chicago, Jan. 20 (I. N7 S.) Prayers were orfered up. in Chicago today for Pope Benedict by hundreds of thousands of children in the parochial schools and the students ot the Catholic convents, colleges, seminaries and" universities. special prayers were said; in thou sands of Catholic homes -and at the morning masses today. A. suggestion that Knights of Colum bus councils: meet this evening to pray together for the pontiff was sent out- by State Deputy and. Supreme Director Houlihan. . NEW TORK CATHOLICS PRAT New York. Jan. 20. L N. S.)-rBy order of Archbishop Hayes special serv ices were held in every Roman Catholic church of the New York diocese this afternoon, following receipt of official cablegrams Announcing -that the condi tion of Pope Benedict had taken : alarming turn for the worse; Goodness, We Can Women Jurors Say Oh, goodness, we cant," Such was the cry. insistent and unani mous, that came from the lips of women who were, chosen 4 this morning to serve on the Multnomah' county circuit -juries during -February.. . i . -Fouriof the' first five women chosen were reached by 'telephone 'by The Jour nal and every one of the four said, "Oh, goodness, we can't. The jury list was completed Thursday by the county commissioners and turned Over to Lou Harlow, deputy county clerk. The list is made, up of 12&0. men and 1250 women. Out of these 2000 a- certain number will be called to.tbe courthouse each month to sit in judgfnent on cases. 164 WOMEN CALLED Today, in Circuit Judge Tuckerfa court. Harlow picked "300 from the Jury box. 154 women and ,146 men., These-are to serve during February, reporting Febru ary . : :J J ,V Three Fined $250 Each for Proposed) L. D. Gage, Narcotic Law violator, Gets Penitentiary Term I D. Gage was . this morning sen tenced to IS months at McNeil Island for violation of the Harrison narcotic act This closes one of the most noted nar cotic cases within the last year. Gage. together with his wife and a man named A. J. Price, were.. arrested, last July, when 190 grains of morphine were found concealed in Mrs. Gage's shoe and in Price's trunk. Mrs. Gage pleaded guilty and waa sentenced to six months in the county Jail; Price pleaded guilty and waa sentenced to nine months in the county JaiL Gage pleaded not guilty, and was tried by a Jury which convicted him a week ago. - : . - .' -..v -' - According to Austin Flegal. assistant tr. 8. district attorney. Gage has a rec ord in the leading Pacific coast cities for dealing ia narcotics and liquor. Their proposed New Year party cost "Frisco" Edwards, catcher for .the Salt Lake baseball team, Fred -Arndt and Fred Burns.' $250 5 each, fines - of this amount being imposed upon them in fed eral court thia morning. for violation of the national prohibition law. : When officers 'called at' 392 Eugene street, where the three men were resid ing December 29, they discovered 35P quarts of beer on hand. 15 more gallons brewing ana four pints of moonshine, all of which was intended for a New Year's Party-.- - TV ' '--1 - w t ' "'a - - narry ijauaer's wue HI at Omaha Hote Omaha, Neb, Jan. 20- a. P. JLadv Lauden wife of . Harry Lauder, Scotch, actor. cummea - io ner room - at Omaha - hotel with a slight attack of the grtp. According to Lauder, his wife condition is not serious -t ' 4 FEDEkAL MONOPOLY physicians at o'clock this evening, the following official bulletin waa issued : The pope's condition Is very grave. The pneumonia has not extended. Hia Holiness' temperature la 313 centigrade, pulse 104. respiration CO: Professor March lafava stated that Pope Benedict now. would probably live throughout thejlght Four physician who remained con stantly at the papal" bedside this after noon ascertained that Pope Benedict was constantly weakening. By Haary Weed United Prist Staff Corratpoodeat Rome, Jan. 20. (Noon) Pope Bene dict XV la dying. - The last sacrament was administered at his holiness own request early today. At half past 10 this morning Grand Penitentiary Cardinal Glorgl began re cital of prayers for the dylag. ' . - . The Vatican aoOfiM -the Italian gov ernment that the pope's condition, was - Cardinal Merry Del val. "who as ear dinal caroerlengo - becomes , temporary custodial! of the papal authority in ease of The" death- ef the pope.' took up perms nent residenee in the Vatican this aft ernoon. '.The cardinal eamerlengo will assume authority during 'the -election of a new pope, At 11 o'clock this morning, when no tice was sent to the government that Pope Benedict's condition .most be considered hopeless, - his physicians announced that serious weakness of the heart had set In. ' As soon as the pope's entourage had ascertained thai hia holiness' condition was critical Cardinal Gasparrl was no tified. The cardinal hurried tearfully to the pope s bedside. POPE 18 CALM IN LiOUOR IS SOUGH I The first name picked was that ot Os car- Olsen. 408 East Fiftieth. The sec ond was Mrs.: Nettie D.- Olson, 620 Sast Fifty-second i street north, who lias .the distinction'of being the first woman, ever called upon to sit on a Jury in Mult nomah county. The following names were then taken from the box t, . - Mrs. Emma Purvine 675 Weidlrr street; Mrs.. Dorthea M. Darling 1256 East - Taylor street; ' Mrs.. Barbara E. Chandler. . 267 ; East Thirty-fifth street ; Mrs. Anne E. Ziegler, 629 East Twen tieth street north ; Mrs. Maud Olive. 256 Eleventh street;; Mrs, M. Anna Shearer 525' Going street; Mra. "Margaret Wash burn. 725 East Fifty-nlntji street north. and Miss- Getta .wasserman, 54 .King street north. ' FIRST SINGLE WOMAN Miss Wasserman is the irat .woman called who is single. ' She, is in- insur ance . work . and formerly a newspaper worker. All the rest give their business as "housewife."-; - . -i '- ' 1 Mrs, Purvtne took the news of her. lection with some disgust. " ' "i T don't know ; out maybe I'll have to. what? Sometimes we have to do what we don't want to. she said. C Mrs. Darling I-really don't, think 1 will be able to serve on a Jury. 'I -have two small children to take vcare of. think my place is in the home. Mrs. -ChandteiVTOh. . goodness' I cant do that. I've got one child here to look after, besides 1 work away 'from home and. besides, my husband is sick. , Mrs. Ziegler. .wife of Dr. 2Uegler No, I certainly can t serve. I don't see bow they can make a? woman serve when she has a home and a family to -watch out jWashington, Jan. 20. (L N. &) Plana for the reorganization of government de partments, and bureaus have been com pleted by the special congressional com mittee charged wftJn"lhislaskand are ready for presentation yto" President tiaraing. . Walter F. Brown of. Toleao, Ohio, chairman of the commission, an nounced today. - 'The "recommendation of the commis sion. Brown said, will be laid. before. the president either today or tomorrow, alter which they will be submitted to the cab inet for approval. Two far reaching proposals are in cluded in the reorganization plan, it wasi learned today. They are : . MONOPOLT OS LIQUOR 3L Creation of a government monopoly in the sale of liquor. for medicinal pur poses through the. public health service, taking the entire trade in whiskey and wines out of private hands and . placing it exclusively, in charge of federal offi cials. . - ' 2. Organisation " of a bureau of -na tional resources to mobilize all muni tions and supplies in event of war and keep constant check on potential war re sources of the nation in peace time.- ..Plans for creating a government liquor monopoly developed out of Presi dent Harding's feeling, that enforcement of the prohibition law . is not effective enough. : Fake physicians - are issuing hundreds, of prescriptions- for liquor every day. -Under the proposed plan the government would buy up au stocks of liquor '-and- wines, tm the United States and prohibit any traffic in them entirety. ARMY AND NATY MERGE The .'reorganization plan will propose the consolidation of the army and navy departments ' into a department of na tional defense and "will provide for the merging of the labor .department into new department of public welfare. Under this' arrangement the new de partment of 'national defense would.be beaded by one secretary with two un- Pope Benedict was resting tranquilly when the papal secretary of state ar rived and Immediately requested that the last sacrament be administered. Monslgnor Sampinl. the Vatican sacris tan administered the sacrament. . His holiness was conscious and calm throughout the ceremony. Pope Benedict's temperature at S :30 today was announced as It centigrade. pulse 102, respiration is. Shortly before noon the Vatican - nounced that the pope himself had re quested the last sacrament, realising that be was dying. . .The administering of the last sacra ment was. then authorised by Doctors Biganlnt, Marchiafava and Batti stint. who found bis holiness had taken a sud den turn for the worse at 4 o'clock this morning. The pope was breathing with great difficulty. CHILL C ACRES ILLNESS The bronchial inflammation with which Pope Benedict suffered yesterday extended to his lungs and heart. Early today his holiness weakened after his condition had remained stationary throughout the night. The illness of Pope Benedict was the result of a chill which his holln caught last Sunday when be was cele brating mass. (CanclatM aa Pas t, Colons Thra) . Southern . Pine Men Sue All - Railroads New Orleans, Jan; 20. (fK .a) One of. the most important - and com prehensive freight "rate suits brought by the lumber' industry of the Sooth has- Just- been filed with .the Interstate commerce commission in Washington by the Southern Pine association against all the railroads in the United States, according f to announcement 1 made by the comoUunuu. - " - - -. . . HIGH POINTS IN POPE'S LIFE (Br CniUd PrwO Born at Pegli in the diocese of Genoa. Italy, Nov. 21. 1&54. Ordained to priesthood la Home land in llTt, . Became secretary to Monslgnor Bampolla. afterwards Cardinal Raro polla, when the prelate waa papal nuncio to Madrid, Spain, In lSU. - Returned . to Rome with Cardinal Kampolla and entered the secretary ship of state, one of the "mlnulaal. In LJ87. Appointed substitute of the secre tariat and secretary of the eyper In 101 -under Cardinal Merry Del VaX Appointed archbishop of Bologna, December If. 1907. by Pope Plus X. on December 2V 1M7, eoesecratsd In the Slstloe chapel by the pontiff. ---- Created a cardinal by Pope Plus X at last consistory of pontlf fa llf a. May 25. 1114, ' Elected pope of the Roman Catho lic church September 2, 1114. - -- Took name et Pope Benedict XV and gave hia first apostolic bWsmg septemBer X, 1I. Throughout tha week hia heltneeaal-thotwh-enfteing rom-:wlAt c eras deeoribed. by ptaysleiana as ronehlal catarrh.' remained cheerful. Yesterday ha asked to be allowed to answer some correspondence, but the request- was re fused by Jus 'doctors. - - The) turn -for the worse cama In the early - hours 'this morning. Pope Bene dict sank rapidly, v ASKS FOR ACKAJIENT ' L . "'.;, . Pope Benedict, who waa conscious and tranquil during the early - morning,- re- (Ocndnded ea Fas Six, Oataam On) Lloyd George Will V- Head Proposed New 'National Liberals' (By tatted Vnm) London. Jan. 20. The definite slon of Lloyd George from the old lib era! party and the formation of a new party to be styled the "national liber als" is the somewhat startling disclo sure in publication of the agenda for the coalition-liberal conference sched uled for Friday and Saturday. ' Lloyd George is to be president of the new organisation and Winston Churchill will be vice president. The decision, which is of far-reaching importance ta British politics, is the principal resolu tion to come before the meeting. In which it is declared that: The conference, believing that liberal -principles are vital to national, imperial and international affairs, and having been denied the rlrht of developing these political activitt within the lim its of the existing liberal organisation, decides to form a national liberal coun cil for the promotion and defease of Utese prioclplee." The platform of the nw group w eludes: Free trade, social reform, dis armament and unemployment rell-X. Sunday niil ' Siiriddy i -. ' :How - the Paris coqferpnee handled the ' h problem" of naval VaiininentBy Ra y . .StatLhard 'BakerV;?-1 .'ftlhy Kazing -of jiiansion ; fon -Mount : Tabor reveals ghost story reminiscent of an earlier ; EoandyWaUace Si Wharton. How to play bad liest oiifestioris to the goLferBy. FL. Chandler .Egan.' - -v j: ; 7 ' Attractive girls ot tJbe Oregon country; -'Oakland,4. Yoncalla-and Sutherlln-a page oi picToires.; i s- Sunday -Journal i : i 1 - arvi i at.;-. Sunday -nm i . i