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r 3" CITY - EDITION; W All Here and If All True CHURCH NEWS handled In dljai v fisd and yet- newsy manner and properly divided by denominations that's the way ths . Saturday church page of The Journal is edited. And that is why It -is so widely read. . CITY EDITION If i All Here and It's All True - THE WEATHER Tonlsht and Frl ' - day; rata, cold : easterly wind, ;. 1 Minimum temperatures Wednesday: Portland. ...... .34 (New Orleans., . .64 Boise .......... ,181 Now .York. ... Los Ansul.. ...44 St. Paul...... .. .54 ! VOL. XX. . NO. 227. : Esters M Seeoad-ClMi "satis ' at resumes, Fsrtlaaa. Oracas PORTLAND, " OREGON, -THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 30 1922. -TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TRICE TWO CENTS on maiaa ao rw TAN OH VIVE -CtMT Subsidy Vote in House Does Not Mean Passage of Bill; Victory , : There I No. Forecast ofV Senate Action; Result Is Doubtful -Bv t David. Lawrence- - (Copjrrieht,, J932. by ThsJoomal) ' r ' Washington, Nov,'30. The merchant marina bill paused by the -house f&ces hard sledding In the senate. . Numerically Sen a ator La Follette's "V ' group of Republi- , can insurgents and t' " ' 4 11 remocratIc mi- f - , fi norlty would :, not f i be strong venough V to defeat the men- o, 4 wrc. j wf question is whether the op- , i ponents of the mil . will permit a vote. ; Filibustering tac- k tjes are. always more . , eriecuveiy employed in the i-A v short -session'; of congress"! A s 1 1 ns Mn from December to ,rch than in the of, unlimited - .length, so many important appro There are priation bills to beA considered and passed that the insurgents might com pel President Harding- to Call a special session in March of ' the congress Just elected this month. That congress contains .so many Democrat and anti-Harding- Republieansxas to em per II the chances of a merchant marine bill al together. -Jy.v ' v If the president is to have, his way about -.the ship subsidy- he f must .ma neuver so as to bring the biiltoa vote at the short session to be begun next week. SESTATE RILES DIFFER . : The senate cannot be hurried into action, as was the house., A special rule Jimitlnir debate was adopted by the Republk-an majority In the house, and the measures wfas given right of wayT There is no rule by ; whicluthis can, be done in the senate. This' means a prolonged debate; with the-possibility that the measure will still be pending- , whew. -'-'the-: Christmas recess ' is reached.. After that Republican lead ers -will have to decide whether they will lay, the measure aside or risk de lay to important, appropriation meas ures. ':,;. . ';'-", ' - ' '. ' Mr Hardiru? has staked so much oh vktory." however,; that Republican lead ers' may4 be persuaded to try night ses sions In an effort to exhaust a filibus ter and gret an agreement to vote, v The prestdettt has enough votes In the sen-atfS- to pass the bill, but several chanres ift0 doubt will have to be mads before it be r...t-eptahle to the upper house. The administration had to compromise in the lower house in order to set the hill ; threurh, and Is hoping: that- some of th, provisions : already eliminated win be restored in the senate. - TICTOBY : JS. aJOCBTFl'Ii ' ..X The revolt Of . 84 Renublioans In the house, together with the amendments which had to be accented '"by thoso in charge of the bill; in order to prevent oereat, make the triumph of the ad ministration of . doubtful value.- today. The important step taken by the house in recording: Itself in favor of the prirt ciple of the bin is expected to have" some psycholopricRl effect, but the feel ing In administration' quarters is Jhat lha flg-ht.ls only half tron and that the crucial test will ome in the senate. Of those who ; voted for the bill ' in the. house were -many Republicans who were 1 notr reelected . in . ttu recent: elec tion, and who have more "i o a in. per haps. by;: supporting' the. dmtntstra tton than opposing- it. TUe-re are many appointments to be made, and usually the outgoing .members 4re jrlven pref erence toy. the. admmlstlation, whether J't is .Republican or Iemocratlc. The -term c "lama duckH"" has- been applied t: these defeated members and there ara several -of them ia tha senate, who would: naturally ; help y the administra tion on its pet measure. - - ,, MLAT MA1-UAXDICAP ,. ; : ,lf the fclll could come 1 to a vote in the senate next week. It -would -surely g-o throuen but' Just what the" silua- C3oBchtded ,oa PaEe Eighteen. Cohiom To 1 IB Valted r-rw - Washington. (Nov. 80,-r-Senator La Follette has announced a list of 27 Re publicans and II Oemocrats who have accepted invitations : to - Trttend .. the - Progressive executive conference called by him f9r Friday and Saturday. . . The: Ust-includes senators and- con Rrssmea and several Progressives elected to the next congress. Senator elect Shipstead . of - Minnesota of the Farmer-Labor party will attend. , '-: ' -- The Hat follows : ' . Senators and" sanators-elect Repub licans; - Borah. 'Idaho ; ': Brookhart, Xowa ; Capper. Kansas ; France. Mary land r Fraaler. North : Dakota : " Iadd. JVorth Dakota ;: ;la; Follette. Wiscon sin ; Xorris. Nebraska. ; .' - ,tv' Democrat Ashurst, Arlsona ; Owen, Oklohama; Sbeppard, Texaa; Wheeler, Montana. - Farmer-Labor ' ' Shipstead. Minne ota, . Representatives "and representatives elect: , , ' - - Republicans Beck, ' Wisconsin ; Browne. - Wisconsin ; Rurke. Pennsyl vania ; Cooper, Wisconsin; Frear. Wis consin ; James, Michigan ; Keller, Min nesota ; King. - Illinois; Knight.- .Ohio ; L Guardla, New Vork ; Nelson, Wis consin ; Peavey, Wisconsin ; Reid, Illinois; Schall. Minnesota; Schneider, Wisconsin ; Sinclair. North : Dakota ; Vergt, Wisconsin ; Woodruff. Michigan. Democrats Collins. .Mississippi ; Huodlestone, v Alabama;- McSwain, South 'Carolina; Logan,- South Caro lina ; M wis field, '" Texas ; Mead," Xew -York; Tboroas, Oklahoma. -;'. ; -, .Both senators and 'representatives are to. meet i-oa, Friday1 to attempt foraroiation of a program ef -progressive legislation - for the- short .session and for the next congress.- On Satur day there will be a general conference, open to a number of progressives not included. - ...... LA FOLLEnE GIVES NAMES OF GROUP greek king prisoiieIi of fug squad Monarch Guarded in' Palace by : Revolutmnary Officers Who ; Executed Former Ministers; Opposed Killing of Statesmen - Paris. ? JCov. 10. King George of Greece is held prisoner in his palace by the revolutionary officers who ex ecuted former Premier Gounaria and other 1 - statesmen Tuesday, according to" a Belgrade dispatch to the Matin 'today-...'' v - ?. !' : This "dispatch states that thet king mad every effort to prevent the ex ecution of five former ministers and the general who commanded .the Greek army when it ,wa defeated by ' Mus tapha Kemak "His activiUea in their behalf aroused the ire of the revolu tionaries. ' Tlteir anger . was Increased when, immediately after the death sen tences were carried', out.': he ' requested that he be permitted to leave Greece. In reply to this, the revolutionary com mittee put a guard over him. George, a son of King Constantine, became ruler, of Greece when his fa ther fled after the great Turkish vic tory.,. Prince " Andrew, brother of Constantine. ' is held In Athens, and is expeetflditoi be placed, on. trial shortly by the revolutionaries. POJ.tTTCAI- TEDKTTA BIAME1 : v FOR JKXEfXTIOS OF GRKEKS 11 ftjopyrisht. 12? Rome. . Nov. 30. The execution on fake -charges : of . the former Greek ministers, Gounaria. Stratos, Rotopa- padakis. Baltaxxts, Theotokis and Gen eral Hadjamestis, was- an aft of a. po litical : vendetta cloaked under patri otic moOTes. carried out by a group of ultra-partisans of the Veniselos party. who as long as six weeks ago practi cally controlled -the" revolutionary com mission of officers .who- tried to gov ern,. Greece. ;'.. i - "It; suffices ;te sa.v that the jnurdered men were the' greatest friends .nd par tisans or ; JOnetantlne ; then " the real motive for." their, execution becomes clear. : The A'eniselisls-never have for given the adherents of Constantine for winning the election's and recalling the ex-king. Nat orally the - Constatlans. governed ; aecdrdmg' Tto the exQuisite stKr(8 system,? -eliminating -aJldver- saries. from places of tjhust both" within and; without the armjr; Thia sam4ol- ley has l.een .foliowediby the venlael ists before then. The Gounaris -gov-ernment was undoubtedly partisan, but so -more so than the. preceding govern ment. The truth is that majority of GreeRs r passively: opposed ; Xh& - imper ia iisnt of V eniselos and, any' extension of territory at the.o8t of warfare.or sacrifice. -, Had ; Cojtstantine iupon -his return th courage 11 to ; evacuate Asia Minor he would have? become a na tional hero., i ' : ;y -:' j The revolutionary f committee" : ; is dominated b- furious imperialists who have taken vengeance on the .Constan ttaa ministers for the failure of enter prises which: were doomed from the be ginning to fail unless the allies took an armed, part. Neither : Britain nor France was in a poaitlon to do this. - Copy of JJourhal Pound an China Is '.; . Source of. Delight 'i -' ' : " 1 " i . V,' 'i--i:''i The world is just a small place, after all. according to an experience enjoyed by Dr. J. Vinton Scott of Shankhai. China.; who- arrived In -Portland this week. - i.- About ' ta-o years , ago. before the death ' of his. mother, who resided for a- good matny . years In the St. Johns district and was prominent In church and W. C ; T. IT. work. Dr.. Scott was riding on a train out of Shanghai one Sunday afternoon and - noticed that the man across the aisle was reading an Oregon Sunday Journal.. When the' man alighted ' from : the train he . left the section of - society and - club news, of which Dr. Scott immediately took possession. :.... . Turning 1 through the ; pages. Dr. Scott was brought face .to face with the picture ; of ; his- mother, which greeted hint tn. the, dub news. Mrs. Seottr was president of Deborah Liv ingston W. C T'U-. and It was upon the celebration of her 15th . year ,as president that s the ' picture was pub lished .and the 'story written. : Br. - Scott is well known in the SJL Johns . district, where . he attended school, and afterward practiced den tistry for several years after being graduated from .North. Padfle Dental college. With his -wife and small daughter Janetvhe left St. Johns four years ago and went to China, where he has since 'practiced dentistry. oman 5 Qhest Quick to " It was Tuesday afternoon on Broad way. fiTbs street - guttered ;- with ' the first 'lights of early twilight and. flash for flash, the glitter was returned by brightly lighted store windows. Mati nee performances had just been con duced. Women, in their furs, their faces aglow with smiles, crowded the thoroughfare.. - . - But ens among them -did not -smile. Her face was pale and wn One among them did not draw, her: furs closer to keep out the chill of the air. She had no furs. "J: ' She paused before a restauraxit win dow and looked longingly at the array of dainties placed, there to tempt pos sible diners within.. But her hand went to ths bottom of the pocket in her thin coat, v She could not be one of the diners. Not a dime could she find to pay fur food. ' Faints F Port land Eats and, Is Thankful ! The city today ate lustily and prayed heartily, " , . . . In accordance with the custom the nation's Fathers, the spiritual and the physical mas were given free expres sion at the "same time, and Thanksgiv ing: day, first , observed by.;, the j Pil grim a year after they landed In New England, was duly celebrated on this S02d anniversary. . " Union ; church" ' services , were - held throughout the' city, all well attended; and afterwards the womenfolk hurried home to prepare the bir dinner. k i The weather was propitious.- Though Forecaster Wells foresaw rain,, there was nothing worse than a heavy . fog in the early morning. -Daylight dis pelled this and the sun made a spas modic, ineffectual attempt to pry Its way through the ; cloud canopy then gave up and-contented itself with rais ing the temperature5o a higher level than has been, reached in the last few rlava. ... . "' . A few flakes of snow fell, mingled with a sprinkle of rain, at, 11 0, and indications w ere that Forecaster Wells' prediction Of rain might be fulfilled in sptte of early indications to the con trary.' : H - 11AU8EE IS HOST N ;The - most ; spectacular public enter talnment-of the day was at the-Mult nomah hotel, where Eric V. ; Hauser, former newsboy, now proprietor, of th Multnomah, gave - a great turkey ban que,t to the newsies of the city, as is his custom each year.; Scores of lads, some of them In little better than rags. ate and ate to their heart's content. Some were' tousled and .unkempt -the motherless ones but most had their hair carefully smoothed back and their faces washed, until they shined. Or perhaps they shined because of the jollity of the "eats. A generous cut of mince pie served before each place before the ravenous youngsters were seated, was .the cause of much s Speculation- and argument over- the- question ,of - etiquette which resulted in : much amusement for he sympathetic, and in some cases, hun gry spectators. ARGUE OTXR FIE One tow-headed i presidential aspi rant "chirped r :' .:. "Ixoky looky,,,in dis joint dey strive pie-T.. roist ; r get on- to - that ;; wlliyu; -vAw, nix," returned: Jimmy,j. youse is supposed to eat dat last. " Pey puts It n de table mo youH know its com ing and leave plenty of room for it. Yo eat it last" - - frwi:- --- - : f"Llk fun jthi do.Vi Jimmy's frlertd headed In with a fork clutched daggei UK In a dirtyrftet. and that was the last :of the mince: pie. Seats were placed - f or - .0 newsies and a few visiting "celebrities?" Krio Hauser and Mayor Baker were cheered long- and lustily whenjthey entered the room, cheered with the same enUiuei asm which was recorded the entrance a few moments ." later' of dozens of waiter bearing1 the trays filled uith steaming , plates of '. turkey, and asso ciates. - . ,..' -' ACTOBS ARB GUESTS' ' . Members of the 'company of TTm Gold Diggers.' which is playing the Heili theatre; this week, were also. guests of Hauser and from ail , indi cations, for -.once. in the history of the theatre, the company of a road show fcad -a rpal Thanksciving dinner and celebration. It would-be impossible to say who enjoyed the . day most, the cheering-, shouting, eating boys, Hauser, lha mayor, the , actors or . a a host of guests from the hotel who were per mitted; standing: room ia '. the corners of the grHV f .;;: :: :" r The ; Multnomah hotel ; orchestra played snappy musio during the din ner, not too fast, but fast enough for the boys to keep time, with feet, forks and teeth. . MAT OR SPEAKER Mayor1 Baker delivered : a short ad dress in which he told - the boys the significance -of' the day. its origin, and sketched briefly for them a contrasting; picture of the less fortunate youngsters in other - feeon tries where there ' is not such holiday and where there are no generous men like their host today. The prisoners in the city and county Jails ere" treated to -special dinners by their Jailors and by charitable organ isations. . the " Salvation Army setting aside funds .for "extras. ' ? The fraternal organizations' of the city have been busy for weeks locating needyfamUies and individuals to make bappy on this annual feast day. Some, perhaps, but not many.: have been for gotten. :f .Those who have been : over looked are those in - temporarily poor circumstances who are -too proud to let their need be known and accept the bounty of those who have more than they need. - , Nestled about a bright fire .In : the (OMKhided Pace Eighteen. Gelama Ttn) rom Hunger ft "6 Gome to Aid ? The girl started wearily down the street- . Suddenly she reeled and . fell. Instantly ,tbe crowd : that had passed her unnoticing surrounded her- ' . ' "Call a doctor,- said someone. "Call an ambulance.; suggested another.' But the girl weakly opened her eyes. "Not medicine. she gasped.' "Food."" - Willing hands helped her to her feet and to a place in a motor. Swiftly she was driven to Community Chest head quarters, f "Here's a real subject for you. Gen eral -Sarmnons of the drive was told as the girt was brought into the room. .The: Community Chest is organized for gathering" of money and direct dis tribution of, relief in left to ssencles that share the funds collected. But the "(Concluded enfPas Fuen, Colua&a Tin) OLYMPIC A i lULTnOH MEET TODAY Oregon and California Clubmen Are Ready for Clash oroGrid Some Players Who Will Retire Will TJo .Out Seeking; Glory. STATISTICS OS" TOD AY'S. GAME Teams Olympic -club (San Fran; cisco) vs. , Multnomah club (Port land). V . ' - ,-;- i.J-r'i t .Time -1 :S0 o'clock p. m. J Plac Multnomah field, 20th and Morrison streets. : (Take D-M car on. .Fifth or Morrison streets- to Chapman, walk one block west and one south. Take C-C .Portland Heights, 23d or N-R cars on Wash ington street, get off at 20th . and walk two blocks south.) - ; Officials iJam .. - Xtolan, Notre Dame, referee ; K. K. Mulligan, Spo kane. umpire ; DiKIley Clarke, San Francisco, ; head; linesman. - . Two of ; the ': greatest- dub football combinations, seen in action' on the Pacific coast in many seasons are here today to offer the fans a real athletic treat r Thanksgivlngr dsy. , - . The 'contesting- elevens represent the Olympic club" of San Francisco and Multnomah. Amateur Athletic club, of Portland, and they will get together on Multnomah field at 1 :30 o'clock this afternoon." The visitors arrived from the South last night, and all are said to be In tip-top condition. . . : ISven though, the Olympics are confl dent that they will be returned victorl ous. the Multnomah outfit Is. just as certain that' the crowd will see a de clsive Portland win. Both sides have neen practicing rattniuiiy ror tne ac- casion, and each is eager to hear Ref eree Sam DotaaS whistle start' the en gagement. The finishing touches Were put on the Multnomah players by Coach Ted Faulk last night in the sliape of light signal practice under the arc lights. '-.-.I..-..: ; - .;. ., FIELD OTEBH aTLED f .. " . , Early this morning "GenlallSeorgeK Hawie.t' the,- Multnomah club ground- keepers directed a squad of. assistants in puttitir th- field ij?f?r8t class dition for te contest, The lines were mrefl..itbe: field- rolled - and every thins; placed In .readiness, for gryel fCoBetnded on Phs FtTUwn. - Celuna Fknr) ran: By George Berts Jovrnal "porta Kdttor Seattle, Nov. 30. Real snappy foot ball weather greetedw the University of Oregon and University of Washing ton football players as they lined up on the Washington1 stadium this after noon to decide the gridiron supremacy of the Northweet. In . addition t to decidjiur the .North west title, the contest will, decide whether Oregon or Washington will be considered, with the UnlversUy of Cali fornia, . jn i the .selection - of : the . team to play Hugo Besdek's Penn i Stata college team at Pasadena, New Tear's day. ,. v , , . As . the team will be decided bx a vote of .the conference. It ia niurM that the winner' of today's game will be chosen provided there are - no upsets in their calculation -of the votes. Rtaiui. ford will; vote on the selection"-of the coast - team, according to lnfnrmatinn offered by a . prominent faculty ath- lenc representatives of the coast con ference, r ;'?-. :.-..- -jf. .:.,r.: :-,- The Cardinals, while thev tendered a - conditional, resignation- to the con ference, do not desire to be accepted and it is doubtful whether the resigna tion would be accepted, i- Stanford has been voting on all conference natters since filing its conditional ' resigna tion. - -r . -t ShouM Washington be selected, to op-. pose Penn State it: will- be the second meeting, in - two years between the Huskies and Besdek's men. - Oregon has not played at Pasadena tines 1920, when it-held Harvard to a rcoro of f to . Coach Huntington is confident of just one thing In this afternoon's" game and that is thsr his aggregation will fight to the last minute of the game. The Oregon team will j outweighed by : Washington - by between five and ten pounds, but the advantage in weight is expected " to be - offset : by fightins; spirit. The same line-up used la this game, with the exception of Terry - Johnson who' is filling. Rud Brown's.- place at - endv will r start against Washington. - Football Scores U. OF 0 IX TODAY . FIRST QUARTER , , , ' Cersen S, . Pesssylvaals s. -ralrersity ef Detroit 3, Termeat ia. Washisgtos sad Les 7, Jobs Hop kiss 0, - - : ' ' - ESD HALF r' , ? rarremity of Detroit Teratsat I. West VIrglala W. asd J. . Georgia -Teek 7, A a bars -: -Mlssesrl Ksscss . -, -, etre Jams t, Nebraska 7. .' s. 3tlsorl, Si Kansas, . THIRD QUARTER - CorseU t,-Peas"ylTaala S. t . Pittsssrg S, Pess State . A : Wet Tirgfsla, 7; .W. A tm 9. j TTalrersity ef IetreU 11, Termeat . 4:. ..v,.V I " -. Colgate Colambia a '-'iT-'r-'i-r. -jz t.jt .-:i''",;'";::;?vi;:-: i"; "A Bird in the Hdnd"7--IIeid by f H&.aB rff-S i-' v.? t- - msss 20,000 YET-TO GET CHEST PLEA Twenty . thousand people, or CO per. cent of the people who contributed, to the Portland Community Chest last year have not ' yet been solicited, a nd tout-Q per cent of the, budget remains to raised Hbejjtotat to sdate being $4OT.ta"Ih.;'ll.;.fgiiTji and Tier- centftges-lies th hope of-lbA'-succewt of the Chest campaign, according to Geo eral Ji X Sammons. : e j...:', v - Tho people have not -been solicited. that 'ia the answer: to our failure thus far to fill the Chest." said -. Mr. Ssmi mona. at the first -biir : get toa-ether luncheon for workers held Wednesday at the Hotel Multnomah. ; - , "It Is not an easy-task; to organise an army , of -volunteer' solicitor' to cover a city" the sise of Portland within a week, or even two weeks. The task falls upon.tjso.jfew,.. , Some of us have been at work on this thing for a monthi the solicitors have given faith ful service f6r more than -a week, and unless Our ranks iare-recruited. w'ith new; blood.tiho 'campaign - will have to continue for " sOm ' time : to come, be cause we are going- to. art .the money if It takes a; month to. do It. We have undertaken this task, and we are going througivwith it - ' The people of Portland believe In the Chest method of financing its char ities;-that is proved by tlwfact that the flying squadron, which is the only division; that'' -'Is - even7-:' -practically through, its : labors, v has raised 1 $55,000 more than it raised last year,' the- aver age increase in subscriptions oveT last year beiher 11' per cent' ? f ft!. Eddy.' brigadier-general of di vision 3, reported thao 8i- ter cent of the orosoects in hia diviidon rin,ve hun seenr and i trtiat' by Monday be expects ine report to be 9h per cent.'" J..R.'E111 llaon, brigadier general of division 2, reported a .general Increase In - prac Ucally all susserlptions, -ciUng the Wil cox building, where the increase wm three-? to one over lastyeaf. E. M. Welch, brigadier general of division 4 declared his workers wimnot stop juntil their Atask; is completed, as dld-slso Henry Humphrey of -division -1.. The workers ' will' meet for a conference luncheon Monday at 12:15: at ifhe - Ho tel. Multnomah, at. which -tlme.'ilt is' ex pected the length of the drivewlll ' be : ---') - s '"""'. ,i Three' IrreiECtilars ' ; - SIibtrat Dublin Dubltn-Nov iOitJsJ 8.1-VThree! Republican leaders -nere executed this morning- by a. Free-Stare "firing squad. They are the 'first death sentences to be carried -out : since -Erskine "Childers was executed last weeki -v.- - . ' - ..' SEE .ALLEGED-PLOT . - v Dublin. Nov. 30 Free iState troops have captured documents "disclosing an Irish. Republican , plan - to' Jtidnap SO members of Xhe Dail Kireann. . . '. Gamhlers Kotited;: r y lguanpes &m i . "; ' ? . ..' r Smackover Ark., Nov. 30. ( TJ.P. Denizens of the underwonid were ort an exodus " from, the Smackover .crusher- field j today following a .V dash4. with v-ipiM4.ii tea in wnicn one "garaoier-was killed, and IS other . persons injured. Forty ? deputy sheriffs patrolled the field to prevent , further organized fighting. " The authorities took-charge after .'pitched .battle-Tuesday night andf yesterday -morning. ? - i 9 - - , - - , Japanese' Warships'- . : ; Sent: to; Tsingtao - - p.- - . Honolulu. -Nov., SO.As a -result of the. mysterious burning of the .Japan ese consulate at -Tsingtao. two destroy ers have-been ordered there for police duty,-according to a cable to the Jijt, Japanese language newspaper. t a 'Old-Tiger' Is Pleased With Trip r Chicago. Nov., ao. -'tJ. ; P.-Geprges Glemenceau is profoundly satisfied with, 'the success -of his. mission to America. Whatever the minor reactions stirred apby'Jtuv three 'formal; pleas for eym- path y " Tor. France, '. the'" .Tl ger adm 1 1 s ho feels he nas succeeded it Lis pur pose. . - "1 give- thanks' that it is so.' ne Said : simply.- departlna: - for ,' Spring-) field, lit., -Where be-, will Jay a wreath upon tne tomo-or. 'JDranarn Mnroin. . Friends anxious'" to know ; whether demenceau' felt he - was- accomplish ig what he set out todo, put the question blunt ly to the - ex-premier. how. in the light of his visit to -three Htles nd - the -reception- accorded his addresses, did he feel about the wnoie affair? ' '- f '' -- ': ' ' t : - 'It Is success ; of course.; it ls sue-, cess,' the- i3iger' answered1- them, . It was- in a reverent - mood that the old statesman setont" today :for Spring- field, i It was a Cleraenoeau of which the American public knows little; an appealing, ; very-. serious, almost- patrt-arc-halt kindly old arentleman. . - - ! - 'Today my mission " of peace takes me to the tomb of one of America's greatest peace "makers, he said to a friend. ' -" : - " ' .'." v It was all he planned to do, today; pay homaste to Ijincoln. - .. '-. - Clemenceau only ! bade "au t revoir" to Chicago. -He will, be back here a wee from Monday t address a farm-, era convention. Leaving- at JO o'clock Uiis morninr, .thet Tiger, arrives at Dpnngrieia a p.- in., imwi: i hours in-that -city ; pulls- out -for St- -Louis.', although ;.nis private car will lay -over, somewnere or xne; nigni ana wilt not 'deliver him at his next objec tive until early Friday, morning. . I Vi Thanksgiving- dfpnef for. Clemenees u will not be much of sn affair conse quently. ;, -.x r : ,; "TIGER" SPEJffDS BUST BAT ' ' : SEEISO SlOHTK OF CHICAGO y.- . tHy-X'attsd New) ... a, , . f Chicago, Nov. 30. Frora,. slaughter house to "Snow Maiden., the tger of France' ran the gamut of Chicago's sensations On -his ."day -off".' Wednesday.--; i:-.i:-jf ?::: i i : Lake Michigan at dawn ; ' a brigade of bare-kneed scouts'. In chilly -parade on ; tho': Potter Palmer -lawn ; j Packing Town-iinall Its sanguinary .detail .the. . (Concluded on . Pace , Eighteen,: CdomS. Six , HILLED BRIDE Seattle," Nov. -30. (U., P. V James E. . Mahoney, awaiting., execution -at dawn tomorrow for the murder of .his aged bride, confessed yesterday -to Warden - Pace, It was . learned j today. In- his 'confession Mahoney. says .he killed his wealthy, bride of a' few days in the; , bathtub of their apartments here fit, Seattle and that he? had no accomplices." f- ,' 'J' . . . News - of the confession - was given out today in Walla -Walla-by 'Warden Thomaa'PaceT; whb said 'that'Mahoney 'had made a written statement yester day 'to - bls-'a-ttorney;' Lee' Johnston - of Seattle, admitting ? that 1e". slew ; his ife.with a'liammer " ' .-' 7 It" Is understood to' hare been " raade by -"Mahoney i itf t an Attempt to fore stall i a reported effort by his. slstest Mrs. ' Dorothy Johnson to" win a re prieve .... for him : by ; confessing the murder herself. 1 .-'" - ; The "Final"; afternoon edition of The; Journal is suspended for ; today in cons i d e rlt t i on of the Thanksgiving holiday. MAHOflEY ADMITS & F. Marcell Jr. U. S. FOB ITS TURKISH POUCY Washington: Nov JO, (IS. P.) The United States, may soon state, its posi tion on .the question of the freedom of tbe Turkish straits at the Near Kast-r ern peace conference at; lAuaanne, It v, ax believed in Washington today. .Thl srovsrnmcnt, through Ambas sador founds actttig under mstrucuons from" Secretary of BsteHoghes, - baa already declared to the Lausanne con ference its. position. on one of the two mest important questions before ' the pansy- the ppen door in the Neart Kast and. now . there : remainsja- definition of American policy on the other most important problem that of the straits, 'Child has ' Instructions on .what ' to say on all questions affecting the rights and interests of the United- States that come before. tb conference.. FACTORS .CITED , v - . -'. ; Some of . the? ways of settling t the straits question and the .factors enter ing, into the problem are as follows; i X The sons of tbe staaits could tbe completely demilitarised ' and all na tions given free access to this passags between the Mediterranean' sad Black seas. Great. Britain, it a assumed, would denlrS such, an arrangement for the strongest naval power in tbe Med iterranean, which Is England,: would then In effect control the straits. -For that - same: reason ' France would op pose 'such 'a settlement "of ; the- ques tion. - -..- f. - - '-' ' f "' ' ' 2 The straits-could bo' turned: back to the old control and fortifications of Turkey, i an. arrangement, however, which" Great Britain is certain to op pose" vigorously and. to a lesser degree probably, the United States also. ; Turkey-Toad control of the straits before the 'war and - had treaties with most of - the. power, recognizing; this, con trol. ' .Mercnani vessels naa rree access to the "straits ythen, ' but ' ships of , war could only pass wih' the express ' per- (Concluded on Facs Eishteea, Colmaa Four) Turkeys .Under40 gGents I At? Sdii?F rp,ncisco ; ' :.-:....-. i , -jr - . .. . . -. .. .; . . ... ',. tRan FranciscoNov.-30--U.'T'. For the first i'.time - since "before .the 'War turkeys retailed ..under: 44 cents a pound lnPan .'Francisco during - the -last . 24 honrs.;iFnnctioniirg-'or.the .law of sup ply and. demand (was responsible t Practically 800 tons of 'Oregon and California' turkeys reached the .market Tuesday -and 'Wednesday 'with-. the re sult that prices'. went-to smash. Testerday afternoon -wholesalers were selling:, to retaQers almost, at their own price: ana 'at xnajiy.iarge' stores last night retailers ,ware, letting. house wives name -the ; figure they .ere willing to pay for--a i Thanksgiving blrd. -i ; "L -? 20,00 0 Dry ' Harding -'Seeks ' Washington, Nov... 30.-U P.) The extreme congestion of prohibition cases pending in American .courts, enabling bootleggers to continue Illicit opera tions indefinitely will- be; placed be fore congress, U - was learned today. --President -Harding now ..expects - to present in, hia formal. message opening the regular session , next week, some of the" startling: facts oa ths situation which, have been furnished him by ths department of 'justice. .-"--'i, ',-"- ' These facts, obtained by the . United Press from the . justice : department, are;. -,- - x..-- -- 1 There are '20. 000 prohibition cases now pending in . federal.-courts of the country with 'more piling: up all the time. "".. 2 jiI Is twice as many as at this time Just year. - TRAIN KILLS TWO SHAVERS, RIVER MEN Auto Bearing Captain J, W. and Lincoln Shaver Halts on S. P. . Track in South Portland; Car - and Human Cargo Crushed. ; After hasty - Investigations- by the . police and a representative of the pub lic service commission into the accident at ; the" foot of Nebraska street at 4 O'clock . Wednesday .afternoon, when a u a JV train killed Captain J. W. Shaver and ' Lincoln Shaver, it a ppeared this morning that "a mistake In Judgment" caused the tragedy.' - It, was definitely learned that the automobUe- was t driven by: Ijincoln Shaver, the younger of the two brothers. . The machine,' an cxpenslvtv touring car, belonged to l.im and was driveu by him contlruaily. Captain II. F. Astrup. United States inspector of hulls, was driving his machine a few feet behind ; the. Shaver brothers and was an eye witness to the accident. He said he knew that Lincoln was driving ths automobile. v - , : s-: 1 INVITED FOR RIDE Astrup was leaving the waterfront In company with C J. IficDonald, fed eral boiler Inspector. Ttiey had been talking with James W, Sliaver a few minutes before the two machines start ed from the seen. ; " X"ome and ride 'up town with us, Astrup proposed to Captain Shaver. "No. Ill go and rid with "Link', Captain Shaver replied, and then went to the brother's automobile. ; . y ' Captain Astrup . declared he was about to drive his automobile through the gate-leading from the waterfront to the railroad tracks. : "X was about to drive through," ho said, "when I suddenly heard a whistle. I looked up and saw tha crash, then Mr. McDonald and myself climbed out' of my machine and rushed to the tracks.'!. ':,'; : " ' ' ..'' ' Captain Astrup refused to be nuoted , as to the speed of the train. . He Inti mated, however, that it did not take long for the train to reach the scene after he heard tho .whistle; . -; : r. '. .' PER. CF-ST ' OR ABE' . i" .'" Therexls m grade ef percent where the street" crosses the railrosd tracks.. The grade prevails ' virtually atlvtha Way from. where the-pin nk road starts, near tnwrtver'bank to Macadam street. The.only levet'plaee is on the tracks. -Scanty -Information gleaned throogh hasty investigation indicated that Sha ver, misjudged the speed of the train and did not tske Into considers tlon -the effect that the slight grade might have on his automobile, i If the train :had been rolng, say, fct a rate of approximately 2S miles sn hour, as 'was indicated by the official of the Southern Pacific company, it sou Id not take more than a half mln-, ute at the most for the train to reach ( Concluded om Fas Bi Cohuan On) BYTV0 BANDITS k Seattle. Nov. 30. (U. P.) Patrol ma ti 3. F. - Stevens was shot and probably fatally - wounded at S o'clock this morning by -two motor bandits driving, a stolen limousine." He "drove his au tomobile tp -a hospital before he col" lapsed. - '-r ,:; . s. r The motor band its who shot Stevens are believed to be the men, who, in a stolen csr and wearing (Hack masks. held 'up K. E. Johnson and robbed htm of 60. ' ;.. ... .- .'. Stevens was unable to give any ac count of the shooting, exceptto tell the .police that two large meiWln limousine shot, him.. Revolt Spreads Jilni Western -aco Constantinople. Nov.. 30. (I. 'N. -8.) Ths Turkish revott in western Thrace is spreading and its progress Is marked by. furious fighting between revolu tionaries and Greek ' troops, said dis patches from the "front" today. The Turks-are being supported by Insur rectionary Creeks and Bulgarians who are . demanding complete autonomy in western Thrace. They are threatening to march, upon saionikl , and Dedea gatch. .' , Cases Pending Congress Aid; 3 Despite - the order of . Attorney General Daugherty to speed prosecu tions with air celerity,, it appears probable that some change of system must be found. The latest figures compiled accu rately Tare those of ; June 3V 1922, when 18,713 criminal and 5.694 civil prohibition suits were pending. These compare with July 1, , 1921. when J 0,4 72 criminal and 207 civil suits, were on the dockets. . , : t On the basis of these figures, su thorities of the department iow-estimate that the number will reach 20,000 with further Increases every day. -With a continuance of this situation in a few ye4rs it will be practically Impossible to bring a bootlegger to justice within "number of years and perhaps a lifetime after ha has been arrested and released on Teoai.