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(&TY EDITION 1' Tt&AUHer and If All True TfeA"k YEATHKR Tonight and Saturday, ' pay, southwesterly .wind. . :. . . . , I iionum temperatures Thursday: Po wlfiid 3 New Orleans ... T PocSello ...i...'l St. Paul is Loa. ngelea .... 38 New York 34 , S22. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. - 'a - VOL. XX. i NO. 285. Entered tt 8eoad-Cb Matter t roatsfnca. FwtltDd, Crceoa PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3 PRICE TWO CENTS oaj TWAINS AMD Ntn TANoa rim cent SOCIETY NEWS The Journal Carrie tCl 1 l! -1 il . '. each wk a chronicle of the social doing. V- ""-LTNl l S JLNJV) V Xl AVy'-N V I , W U V:yl JV ' 'Ji -1 II- A SrCA A VZJL X- V - Tl VV X or Portland and community not merely ( VB aNswK ; O'. -V V - VX" 7 Vl U-gqUNlOIt ; j I I i yyr V V y V Vl V tainments and Interests. " ; ' kZJ "wfft"" pajs WOMAN1 MEEK INSTANI DEATH IN Fl FVATflR I ka mm mm w mm Mrs. Mary Baird Is Crushed Be tween Elevator and Ceiling in Elmwood Apartments, Tenth and Hall Streets, and Dies at Unce. Crushed between the basement celling .rid tho floor of the clevatrr In the Elm- wood apartments. Tenth an Hall streets lira. Mary Baird waa Instantly killed at I :30 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Baird had been standing with one fool In the elevator and one on the floor of the biiment talking to tho Janitor, W. J. Kearney, who waa put tinir out a matl fire In the elevator rauacd by defective wiring, when, with out warning, the elevator; shot upward. Mrs. Baird fail to the floor of the ele vator, with' half her body on tt. and before she cviuld get to hv feet she had txen caught against the telling. Mrs. Baird waa living with her daugh ter. Sirs. Vern French, in the apart ments. Mrs. French was entertaining company at the time of the accident. Motorcycle Patrolman Scott Investigat ed the accident. I The body was taken in charge by the foroner and removed to the morgue. - McNaryMay Be Mead of Farm Bloc Washington. Feb. 3. V. P.) The administration has been successful to an uTiex pected degree In its cf forte to break un the powerful farm bloc in i- 'nsr'w. Thin s admitted by farm bloc leaders themselves. Disgusted by th- undermining of the senate farm bloc, Senator Norris of Ne braska may resign as chairman of the senate agriculture committee. If Norris resigns It will be In protest, first aalnat the administration's efforts to destroy the bloc, and second against the action oC some bloc members, who In N orris opinion have weakened too easily under administration pressure. Norria waa deeply stirred by Senator Kenyon"a acceptance of a federal judge ship which took from the farm bloc is official chairman and one of its strong est members. Norria declined to discuss today for Publication what action he, would take. He admitted, however, that reports heard in senate corridors that he was considering resigning the chairmanship of the Important agriculture committee wi-re not without foundation. If he does relqm, Norria indicated, it will not be lmnif diately. With Kenyon gone and Norris going, the leadership of the bloc may shortly devolve upon Senator McNary, Oregon, who probably would become chairman of the agriculture committee. McNary and Senator Capper. Kaneas, bloc mem bers said, would be the logical candi dates for chairmanship of the bloc. HUGE NEW PRESS lOcSSlUE, BOARD RULES MI SOUGHT AS SLAYER OF Ministers Turn Down Proposition to Join in Movement to Regu late Dancing; Final Decision Is Taken at Lively Meeting. 101' KING Star's Wife Gives Description of Suspect Seen Departing From Bungalow After W. D. Taylor Is Shot to Death at His Desk. MAY RU SH ROADS TO AID JOBLESS IN SERVICE I8DAY In the presence of the assembled Jour rial family The Journal's new high speed octuple press waa put in service today for the first time. Since November IS, Oeorge Jlamussn, erector for the builders. It. Hoe & Co., of New Tork, has rei engaged In superintending the erection of this huge printing machine, 'for which a special concrete base waa ' built In the frees room In the basement , of The Journal building. , " Cor more than two months the 20.000 part that compose the preaa have been put th place, the electrically driven con ire! has been InaLalled and todav H. A. King, presa room foreman, gave the word "Oo." The' new tireaa. which Incidentally re quired two years In the making, has a ' rapacity of 3,000 32-page papers per hour and 11.000 l-puge paper per hour. It la equipped with a color deck. It la the latest Improved high-speed ma chine and there are few- like .It on the Pacific coast. In capacity tt duplicates that of the other rw tuple press In The Journal battery and both will be 1 re quired to print the city editions of The Journal every day. The other two presses, a sextuple and quadruple, will be used to print other dally editions of The Journal and sections of The Sunday Journal upon which color work is required.' Attached to the new press, as to two of tho others. Is a ('utler-Hammer con veyor which carries the papers as they come from the press to the mailing de partment on the basement """balcony. Rufus C. Holman, county commis sioner, announced today that he will make a motion when the commission meets Monday that road work scheduled for next spring when, the froBt Is out of the ground, be started at once, to provide work for Portland's unemployed, especially ex-service and family men. Holman announced his decision after reading a letter to the commission from II. V. Wortman, chairman of the sol diers" and sailors' commission of Oregon. The Utter : 'It has been brought to our attention that Ui ere are registered today with the American Legion Unemployment Bureau, 0 Fourth street, 191 ex-eervice men of whom easily more than 1000 are without steady work and more than one-haU are. men with dependents. And the number of unemployed Is Increasing ateadUy. . . . . 'It la evident that concerted action will be necessary In order to overcome this situation and you . are therefore urged to assist in absorbing the un employed ex-service men In the resump tion of suspended public! projects In order to lessen the distress now so keen' ly felt among the unemployed. "What will you do to help?" "We not only give honest work to needy men." Holman declared, ' "but wages are naturally down at such times and the work is done at the minimum coat. There Is much repairing and build ing of roads that might aa well begin now as a few months later when every one will have work anyhow. Incidentally now would be a fine time td get busy on the Mt Hood Loop road l the tax conservation commission hadn't cut off our appropriation." H'nnrtndPd nn Tvff i Kichtrrn. Column fonrl Senate May Get All Pacts in Few Days Washington. KeK J. (I. N. S.) If the armament conference ends tomor row and the treaties are signed Mon day. President Harding in all proba blllty will transmit all of the treatlea to gether to the senate within three or four days. It- was announced at the White House late today. Denicola May Be Italian Premier .Rome. Keb. S. ( I,, N. Fl Virtually all th newspapers today united in the opinion that President Denicola of the chamber of deputies would succeed Signer Bonoml aa premier of Italy. If dancing is to be eliminated from the schoolhouses of Portland it will be by order of court. This appeared- the probable situation today following the action of the board of education Thursday night in refusing the demand of the Methodist preachers that community and school dances be barred from school buildings. The three- hour, session waa marked by heated de bate, which was ehut off by a motion to adjourn. One feature of the meeting was re fusal of several members of the minis ters' and laymen's committee to meet with a committee appointed by the board, snd with representatives of the Parent Teacher association and the deans of women of the high schools to investi gate and regulate school dances. Min isters claimed that, believing dances should be prohibited absolutely, they could not be a party to consideration of regulations. THOMAS DISSENTS Director George B. Thomas sided -with the ministers and wanted the investiga tion carried on indefinitely. The resolution as introduced by Di rector Frank Shull was to the effect that the prayer of the petitioners be not granted, but that a committee of three, composed of Directors Clark, Eisman and New-ill. should meet the committees appointed by the Ministerial association and laymen to draw up regulations for the' us, of the school tiuUdings in the future. At the suggestion of Director Wood ward, the Parent-Teacher association and the deans of women were included. Then some one slipped In the word "in vestigate, wnicn resulted tn an attempt I to distort the. final meaning of- the reso lution. Director Thomas moved that dancing be continued until the investi gation of the committee. This was passed. Then was Shull's resolution passed, with Thomas the only dissenting mmber. . . - -Thia matterthas been before the 'board for weeks." said Chairman NewillU We harw been Investigating, but .we; arenoti given create Tor, tnai investigation, u we were to delay1: two , weeks, someone else would wake up to the fact that it ought to be investigated. This board has made ull investigation to the limit of Its power,- and also it has granted the free discussion. We know we cannot MOVIEtA'D TRAGEDIES TODAY (By United Press) Movieland today saw three of its leaders standing out as principals in three great tragedies. In Los Angeles Wiltiam Dcsnond Taylor, director of the Famous Play-crs-Lasky company, had been mur dered and detectives promised a sen sational arrest before night. In the same city, Paul Kramer, also a director, was hovering be tween life and death and Mrs. Mat tie Han nan, his mother-in-law, was held in the city jail as a result. And in San Francisco a jury was unable to agree on vhether or not Fatty Arbuckie could be guilty of having taken the life of Virginia Kappe ; "new trial ordered. CHEST TO GO ON TILL QUOTA !S SUBSCRIBED fTHESE questions are being 1 I " asked by Xos Angeles po- lice in an effort to clear up the murder of . William .Desmond Taylor, noted ; film director, who is here - shown with Mabel Normand, famous star, and his last known caller. There Vyill Be No Letup in Com munity Drive Until Every Penny Demanded Has Been Raised, Says Director General Smith Movieland May Go to East Coast New York. Feb. 3. tU. T Head quarters of the - motion picture world may practically abandon Hollywood and move east to Long Island. This plan, :-aid to have bfen pr"poscd4 by Will H. Hays, was given hnpctusi today - by news of the murder of the prominent director. William Desmond Tajlor, which capped a Ions string of, scandal 'surrounding movie activities on the Pacific coast. Hollander to Head ; High' League Court Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 3 Police to day are combing Southern California fcr this rn,r,.n, seen by Mrs. Douglas Mac Lean, wife of the movie star, to leave the home of William D. Tayior. mur dered film director, immediately after,, a shot waa heard : ? John Doe. height 5 feet 10 iitches weight 165 pounds, fairly well dressed, light hat or cap. tan vest, muffler., 'Someone will be under arrest before nightfall charged with the murder 'of William D. Taylor." SUSPECT WOMAX This was the positive assertion here today of Detective Captain David L. Adams, directing a corps of operatives attempting to solve the murder mystery which has almost completely paralyzed the movie world. . - - Meanwhile detectives were rertorted to be quietly seeking a young New York broker, whose Identity la being kept se cret; to question mm tn an effort to bring to light more; facts about the murder of Taylor.. ; . . . This- young man. Is. said to. have been Community Chert qnota, JT98 Todxy t total, S333.749. Amount yet to be pledged, 463,028. Collection j br -dirutom Thursday: ; Brigadier General Senaenicb ( 5.244 Brigadier General Colt..- 4,79 Brisadier General- Eddy. . , e.7C6 Brigadier General Munsell . ti;;!!l Woman's tiirision 3,371' The Community. Chest army will not be demobilized until every cent of the chest's quota is securely bolted under the lid of the. strong box. "This is a sweeping statement,'' aid The Hague, Feb. 3. (U. P.) Dr. B. C. S. .Logpr of Holland was today elected first president of the permanent court of ' international Justice, established by'j the League of Nations. . . t Concluded on Page Eighteen, Co reran Fife; 22 More in Suit for Klan Receivership . Atlanta. Ga , Feb. 3.-(1. N.v S.) Twenty-eight members of the Kii Klux Klan, living in and near Kvansville. Ind., today were granted permission in Ful ton county superior court here, to be come parties to the suit for a receiver ship for the order, recenUy filed on be half of 250 other members. Argument in the suit is scheduled for tomorrow. Woman Slayer to Go To Colorado Prison Mrs. Alma Louise Wurtzbarger. sen tenced to 10 years in the Colorado state penitentiary at Canyon City for killing her husband with a hammer, upon the absence of intervention by the attorney general before the expiration of the stay of execution today, will leave for Colo rado aa soon as . arrangements can be made by the marshal's office. Community Chest Doubts Flee r ? : "t at Charity's Preventative Seen HUGHES CALLS liSI PLENARY SESSION Washington. Feb. 3. The final nle nary session of the arms conference was called today by Secretary of State Hughes to meet tomorrow at 10:30 oclock. At this "clean up" session ot the con ference the two nine-power treaties giving China a new status by freeing her from foreign domination, will be presented for the approval of the world. After changing their minds several times in the last few years, the delega tion neads today decided that the Far Eastern subjects should be covered in two Instead of three treaties. One will deal with custom?, the other with open door existing commitments, postal, wire less, foreign troops and similar resolu tions already adopted. The full com mittee this afternoon was to approve the treaties. A complete statement of the confer ence's stand and far reaching achieve menu probably will be made by Sec retary Hughes. me meeting tomorrow will be the sixth plenary session of the conference. It comes exactly 12 weeks after the first meeting of the conference on November 12 when Hughes startled the world with hi comprehensive program for limita tion of naval armament. 9 The heads of the nine delegations met today to do the final burnishing on the three Far Eastern treaties. The full Far Eastern conference was called for this afternoon to approve the docu ments. The ' Association of Nations" M broached by the White House is dead as Utile Stupid, the reporter, believed In the Community Cheat plan from the tart, but, to be frank, he could not con et tkougMs of starving families, home lees rhlldren and the aged and Indigent ith the T. M. O. A., Uoy Scouts, Cmp flre Girls and similar rraMmaUonaT He told cheat workers aa much.? Their answer waa: "If you will suspend Judgment and , rome with us we will show you why all ef the Institutions designated for Chest ' funds need the rrjoneylM .Little iHuptrt agreed, although In his heart he acoffrd. Too many hands reach Into the Chest be thought: too many Institutions claim It funds. Nevertheless, he went ArPCAL l STRIKING Jn the Boys' and Olr!a Aid society home was an appeal to move the stoniest or the stony. Here were youngsters, bright happy. and normal, yet nobody wanted them. or. if they did. they were . unable to care for them. That was why they were sent there. . In the hallway Inside the front door a big book lay on a stand. Above it aa the sign? ."Visitors pleaae register." Names-with an assortment of addresses frcm all over the city anJ state were en Its paxes. Here waa a Hat of names run in to gether. It was the names of the zrand jury. The Jurors' visit to the home waa purely omctal. Were there clean towels on the racks? Were sleeping quarters airy and sanitary? Waa the food whole some and plentiful and waa the matron pauentr These were the things which concerned me grand Jury. S1V 1 vmrr names on in s register were tnose or characters in one of life's trag dles divorcees. They were not the dia mond and silk butterflies, the gay. hec tic pleasure seekers pictured in cabaret romance, nut Just drab mothers, de serted by, their husbands, perhaps, and unequal to the taak of providing for omer. tnan themselves. SCENES ARE- PATHETIC Many a scene of pathos Is enacted in mis mile outer office, Here many mother who came to: visit her darling learned that he or she had been taken away oy roster parents. -Tes," said Little Stupid, "a worthy cause for chest funds. Society must pay tor us mistakes." He turned to the chest official. "No one -ever argued against Riving to a place, like this, but what hava the Boy Scouts got to do " - i , - VCcacludee- em Pas TW. Colaau Three t Concluded oa Fac Biiteen. Column One) DISGUSTED KENYON I Concluded oo Page Eighteen. Oohnaa Six; Trial Jury Asks For Testimony of Burns. Accused Jurors who have been debating the fate of John L. Burns, aileged murderer. since 4:05 Thursday afternoon, came in at noon today and asked Circuit Judge navanaugn to nave certain parts of Burns testimony and the testimony of Harry Patterson, the stale's star ;wit neas. read to them. Attorneys fori the state and the defendant agreed and! the testimony was read. Patterson, 'who was sitting on a flat car on a freight train in Mocks Bottom the night of June 14, testified that Burns and Dan Casey.. Burns' codefendant, passed him within a few feet A mo ment later he heard firing from the dl rection they had gone. He went for ward-ana found -James Harry (Buck) raiuips, o-wv K-i a: N, special agent lying wounded b the aide of the train. Phillips later died. . : The Jurors v-auied to know whether or not Patterson identified Bants in the courtroom at any time and whether or cot he had assistance of any kind when he Identified Burns in the county Jail, f("Dld Bums' have handcuffs on T' they aektd. , . . - X ' ' '" " By Bavid Lawrence (Copyright. 1922. by The J on mail Washington, Feb. 3. Out of the frying pan. into the fire may be the upshot ot the maneuver whereby Senator Kenyon of Iowa, brains of the agricultural bloc, was prevailed on to leaveUie senate and accept" the federal Judgeship offered him by President Harding. The political pur pose plainly was to remove the leader of a movement which had been threaten ing the solidarity of the Republican par ty. Senator Kenyon waa a thorn in the side of the adminis tration. He waa the man who gave the Democrats much political ammunition by the way he founght against the seat ing of Senator Newberry. He threat ened to support Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, a Democrat, as against Frank Mcndell, Republican, because the latter was too conservative. Kenyon talked about campaigning from one end of the country to 'the other on the subject of "condoning corruption" in the senate. He was always active and independent ana was one of the chief figures In bringing out tho facts of the -Missouri primary soandal which preceded the Ht publlcan national convention of 1920. RESYOJf'S BEASOX SOIGHT Then why did lie abandon these ag gressive tactics and accept a quiet place on the bench. Most everybody here In political circles knew why the adminis tration wanted to have Kenyon out of the way. It's not a new kind of strategy, rvrooval by promotion. .Democrats have availed themselves of it too. But Sena tor Kenyon's own reasons remain a mystery. The most .plausible explanation ad vanced by those who know him best is that he waa Just tired, plainly tired with life. In the United States senate; that the vote In . the Newberry case dlsheart- ened him and that the disgust for poli- jjjupuptu - I MB: I & j'''" 5v -? V' ' -T'-rr,;" -. t - fi - " : : V .lf - r " - ' --- - -- - -'vUv- vil.- i?;'?-. T lr5aMaca- " " " ' mummJ - - i " i-i-. -------- -jflaw.- s.-c----.- ----- - I 1 0 VOTE FOR conviction: of arbuckle t - LDefense Stunned by. Result of; Balloting; Shows Complete Re-i versar of First VerdictjJury Discharged: New Trial Ordered' Saa Kraseiieo, Tta. I 'L y. 8.), Koscoe "Fatty" Arbaekle will kate to tasd trial a third time for maailaaghter la eoaaerUoa with tke death ef Ylrglala Kappe. District Attoraey Matthew Brady aa auaaeed this decision late this afteraeoa. San Francisco, Feb. 2. Koscoe "Fatty" Arbuckie has failed a second time to win vindication on charges ' of having taken the life of Virginia Rappe. The Jury In his second trial, after more than 40 hours of. deliberation, oame lnf court at 11 :30 a. ra. today and reported ' a disagreement ' Ten -members of the Jury stood for conviction and two for acquittal on the final ballot The vote waa a reversal of the decision of the Jury which heard the first case. The vole then, when the Jury disagreed, waa 10 to 2 for acquittal. . The Jury was discharged Immediately after the report was read by the foreman. Arbuckie did not change expression when the foreman announced disagree ment It was an old story to him now, his attitude seemed to indicate.- Mlnta Durfee clung to his side and the . moment court was adjourned they made at once for the door. fTo the barricade of report era Arbuckie shouted : No statement now" and they . made their way out Attorneys' of both sides joined In the conspiracy of ailence. It was Indicated,' however, that there would be no defin ite Information' as' to whether the case would be pressed a third time until As sistant - District Attorney IT Ren has conferred with .District Attorney Brady. There was a .deep murmur of relief (Concluded on Pace Sixteen. Coram n Two) Proprietor of Soft Drinlc Place Is Victim In $800 Bunco Game Robert J3. SmtthgeneraVbut our is ai sweeping, business." j '. ' ;! Chest workers will , toll thrjugh , the" j spring; the summer, and eventriext.au-: tumn. If necessary," squeeafrfs -pennies' and dollars from obstinate purses. General Smith . groped;- about - for an expression to. voice his t determination. He finally struck one, 'he words of General U. S. Grant. "We "will fight tt out along these lines if lr takes all sum mer" - ., : ' WORKERS ARE RETERMISEO Practically all field Aoxkers and work ers in the army gathered for luncheon t each paid for his own In the Multnomah hotel this noon. Absent from their faces was the Jovial,, bantering comradeship of the first meeting when the opening gun was fired. - Instead, each worker, sobered by the rebuffs 'of many refusals and realiza tion th?t hia. Job was not merely a glad how-do-you-do, a slap on the back and a "well, - hbw much -are - you - giving the cheat this year T showed that sort of grimness which . comes rafter the first brush with the enemy. ... - - CAST QUIT, SAY& SMITH Words were few, but full of meaning. "Well, bbysi" said General Smith, "it is up to ns now.- We-did' not reatize at the outset the difficulties ahead-of .ua. But we are Into it now No one will be released from the moral obligation of hia Job until it la done." " And this afternoon the workers, with the knowledge that' their task would be finished only when the "cheat is full. went out with increased vigor.- - , Here are some of - the excuses they hear daily : See my husband. . , . . I don't believe in this or that institu tion. - - .. . , - . . if root beer costs a nickel a class. Pete Parafiniki will have to sell 1S,00 such drinks to recoup a loss he reported today because he lent a stranger named MlKe xgov with a wonderful dollar bill machine as security. Parafiniki runs a soft drink stand at 103 North Sixth street -This-morning "Mike." whose ? other name the dealer never heard, told of his machine for the manufacture of paper money. -f-But I'm a little short Just now and neeq ) to put mis over, he said. --Maybe I could help you."'. . uood taea : . so Mike entrusted the machine, encased in a lOne mahogany box. as security, taking the ' J800, for which1 he had' agreed to repay Parafiniki flow be tore the day was over. ' At ,noon Parafiniki; opened . the bo, having become nervous. Inside were some , old newspapers. V The police are seeking . Mikef-on a rather slender' de etripuon. - -' - - . . , Preside n t Halts Work On Warcraft Washington, Feb. 3. (U. P.) Presi dent Harding has directed the navy de partment . to stop all construction of ships which would be scrapped , under the naval treaty, it was learned at the White House today. No actual scrapping will , take place until all countries have ratified the naval treaty, : it. was" stated, but President Harding, in : ordering, construction halted, - suggested to : Secretary of the Navy Denby that great .economy; woold result from .'stopping all construction of doomed' ships-at-once. The saving, to the country as the result (f. of the order .will be more -than 15.000.- u 000 a month." ; . As a reautt work . win be stopped on the battleships doomed by the naval lim itation treaty:- - Washington. South. Dakota, Indiana, Montana, "North., Carolina, - Iowa and Massachusetts.. -v -v J .Work on these battle; cruisers will be stopped: Lexington. Constellation, ' Constitution, Saratoga, Ranger and United Slates. President- Harding may speak at the final arms conference ceremonies Mon day, when several treaties will be signed. STRIKE IN RUHR IS (Ooceroded ea Pace Sixteen. Ccliuan Tec) EARLY PASSAGE OF BONUS FORECAST Washington. 'Feb. 8. (L N. &) A soldier bonus bill carrying : provisions for raising funds for cash compensation will be passed by the house within two weeks, according to predictions made today by Chairman Fordiicy of the bouse ways and ' means committee, following a conference with President Harding at tbe White House. - , Fordney suggested to the pnrMdent that he should call members of th sea- ate finance and the house ways atwl means committee to the White House in the next few days to discuss methods of raising the money required by a bonus . Members of the committee nave ' not yet determined whether the reve nue should be raised through direct tax- . ation or by the utilization of Interest payments on the $1 l.ono.oon.ooo foreign Indebtedness to the United States. .. The administration's foreign debt funding bill was also discussed by Fordney in his conference with the president The measure now is In con- ; ference. LIKELY TO SPREAD Berlin, Feb. 3. 1 1. N. S.) The gen eral railroad strike threatened today to spread to other branches of unionized industry. It Is reported that the coal miners in the Ruhr. district are taking a secret strike vote. If this threatened walkout materializes it may force France's hand, as France has been threatening military occupation of the Ruhr ever since the armistice. Will. Hays Refuses To Comment Anent i Hollywood Murder Miami. Fla.. Feb. X. (I. N. S.) L N. S.) Postmaster General WUI Hays, who recently announced acceptance of a con tract to act as director of motion picture interests at a large salary, today de clined to comment on the murder of William D. Taylor at Hollywood. I am working for the government now and am giving my attention strictly to 1 -est off ice business," said the portmaster genf-ral. H Entertaining I (Concluded on Pace Two. Column Fire). Oriental Fowl Get Into Lively Scrap; ; Honors About Even While the tangled affairs of the. Shan tung' peninsula were .being unravelled by the arms conference at Washington, hostilities between the - Japanese and Chinese broke out in Waahington park.' The 'skirmish,. C. " P. Keyser; superinten dent of-parks, -reports, -reiulied, in 'st draw and peace, once' more reigns. 4' ' s 'Recently ,the .city acquired two Jap-' anese chickens. vThe fowl. were; ordered placed ; in the same pen tlr two CM-t nese chicken?, and, the .'battle 'Thursday afternoon was- -the result : Tn- one case the Japwas victor, while 'in the 'other the laurels went to the Celestial birdVi.' No Liquor : Tax For Bonus;, Says Committiee'Head Washington. Feb., 3. (I. "N. a Any faint .hope that v payment- of- a -soldiers' bonus might be effected through a loosening:- of .the- liquor laws to -permit the manufacture of flight wines and beer under a high tax went a -glimmering to day. 4 "s- i.-r , 2--' " . .-you are Just wasting your -time and ours," , said Representative . Green, act ing chairman of the ways and means committee., to witnessee'appeaHr.g today to urge ' the liberalization of the . Vol stead "aw, to. provide funds for. a, bonus payments' tt'i r.- s -. ''Mere than, two thirds. cf the present senate, and house voted the liquor laws on "thw statute books -and they won't be modified. ' w.i;. H.M--M-f ...--, example, among -the good things unday s' Journal will bc: :- fcifCactountf thersewnd chapterof iNlirrors i? Washin!ton " y J ",r- : ' - "4: : . y WAR'S AGENCIES --Ray, Baker, in the sixth - installment f -vi of his narrative, The. Peace," tells how ibisbhxs the; submariner and s airplane occupxea uie . j-aris; conierence. , ; THE IrlJ KISEW: NOTHING : ON EARTH--Short story by Tristram -Tuppcnr. -y'X, 'A'pV;:': y I RING LARDNER: writes a letter: ad- to . prospective home builders. 4.-3 - a J