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j:. t 1 i CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE BRIi '375 FIRST DAY -". The fifteenth, annual sale of Ckrlst mu seal, through which the work of - the Oregon Tuberculosis association. -financed, opened- auspiciously from dozen down town booths Friday, with - a net .financial return of $275. Mra Herbert- SicVfev was chairman, from a group--of " members-of the Council of J e w If b "Women; who were in eharge of the sale I The biggest individual' booth . etrii wasvrnr -the Hotel SSenson, -wtere'$120.S8Jwas taken In.. .The Port land BurtnessWomsn'a .cfcib, - with Miss Carldtte Harria. chairman, 1 in eharge of the- sale today,- the saleswo men Including:' Misses Bernice Adams, - Lydia Kerr, Emm J. ?ClarK; Blanche Griffith Mantle Murphy a4MKdna . Peterson, Mrs. O. J. Franketand Mra Mabel Lara. GirtsfroTn--fhe .Lincoln and Washington high schools are also occupying- several booths, r- , t . . Returns from the mail sale for the first three days of the campaign total 12500, which sets a new record lor unis . -phase of tbo work. vMedfnrd has ;aold its entire stock of seals and reordered. - Additional , seals have lset been, or dered by Yamhill county, r " - "Chrtsttnaa Seals. Stamp. Out- Tuber- culo,;.l the. lettering oa two stamp cancellaUen -dies, j the nee of -which was begun ! Friday lw the Portland post- . office. - The Union, Standard and As sociated 'Oil companies are using the Christmas seal post era as displays in - the 61i Portland I stations, foster . 4 Kieiser' have donated the use of 75 of their big bUlboarda . - : - Tulsa, Gives Up Its Fight , on Liquor; - Booze Flows Freely ... . '",' . tBy't'nttea Ns Tulsa, Okla., Dec 2. The first at- tempt. at state- Intervention has failed ' to dry up a single drop in Tulsa coun i ty's boose flood. -Attorney.. GeneratrC W. tKinjr as seat by. .Governor 'llobertson to . try - to, persuade pounty Attorney "Server to resume his activities agamex moonshiners,- which were dropped when Server .decided the prohibition laws "were impossible to enforce" and dis missed all cases. V ; But the conference was fruitless. . . Serves is willing for any one else to try; to. enforce prohibition but so- far j as he .is concerned .the flood, of moon ; Shine liquor, which has been flowing "j for four days, may go on. I - In ah -interview Friday night Server . charged that the alleged "good people' of the county, many of whom are now . hollering: against him, .had helped form his decision to prosecute1 no more booze j cases, by exerting their influence to see that many such cases did not come to trial. 1 Italian Chamber I To Ask Approval Of Eapallo - Home, Dec 2. The chamber of dep uties will meet tn January and the government will ask It to ratify, the treaty -of .RapaHo1 and perhaps, the .Washington, agreement. Elections' will te betd soon after the chamber meets, , n thet basis of a modified proportional arepreefcnttiaii. s Tba government matn - taina thai it has the right to change , the electoral rules, hoping doubtless to control the results of the election thereby. . The action Of the government in de daring amnesty for all Fascist! con- ; e victed f political crimes previous to the revolution occasioned no surprise, as it waa consipereu. a logical event Ui S. Attache at Pekin Is Coming 1 "3ulean Artiold, commercial attache of the United States at Pekin. will visit Portland Monday, remaining here from I 1. tn. until 4 p. m. to .confer with business men on trade- conditions in the Orient.'- Arnold will speak at the members forum meeting of -the Cham' ber of Commerce Monday noon. Mussolini Breaks Up Fascisti Resistance Ttome. Dec. 2. (I X. S.) The first attempts of members of the Fascist! to resist some of the drastic reula tlons lrri!K)sed by erder ot Premier Mus solini, who rose to power through the - Fascist!, were broken up at Naples to day, ' according to advices re&chmg .r.ere, Railway men belonging to the . Fasclsti refused to carry out the new orders.- -Drastic disciplinary measures were invoked by the govcrrtment. - Girl Slayer Tries :; To Commit Suicide - New York. Dec 2--(L" N. S.) Miss Oliva Stone, the Cincinnati nurse who shoe and killed Ellis Guy; Kinkaid, weU ,koown lawyer, was resting easy early 'today, it was reported fat Bellevue. hos pital, where she was taken . following her attempt to commit, suicide yester day by taking poison.. Her recovery; however, is doubtful, it was said. She told officials she: sought to end her life because she could find no work as 'a-1 result of publicity growing out of her trial for Kinkaid's slaying-. Longworth Injured By Driven Golf Ball - Washington - Dec 2-(L X. 'S.V Bepresentatlve Nick Longworth. Re publican of Ohkv son-in-law of the late Theodore Roosevelt, was injured here today at the Chevy Chase golf course when struck on the back of the head by a hard-driven.? golf ball. ' He waa taken to his heme where it is said his Injury ia not believed to be serious. Milk Dealers End San Erancisco .War ' San Francisco. Dec 2. U. P.") The cruel war of the. milk dealers In the San Francisco bay region-was re Iorted to have ended today. Dairy men announced that 13 cents a quart would be the price effective today. Circus Giant Is Colossus .Hd -By vrstreek: Pegler - -Crotad Xews Staff Correspondent : New York. Dec 2. George Auger is dead. He was so big- that ne never ha enyfuaa - from- the time he passed feet 8 in. ana became a fianw Anger was imm ooa in ma room jn a boarding, boose rrioay arier a sudden aeiaure-a His runerai wu neve to wait until the undertaaer can nave a coffin, made, for" he was t ; feet 4 laches tall by confidential measure, al though circuses always said be stood just 8 -feet, - " : - . Everybody who has eeen Jlngiing'i circus- ia the last . 10 or 12 yeare saw George Auger, the melancholy eolosaua, who held a grange "ure u overdoing hi sis in the bum. propor tion that fche skimped vthe else of his friends, in misery, the; side how mid gets. - ' ' . 173 KWKEB' SELF SLOWLT . t used to unklnk .himself Slowly, when the "professor" would come to hi platform in the course of his "lec ture" on the estrange-" people of; the sideshow. Gradually be would rise from his huge chair, rising up, up. up until it eeemed there Just couldn't be any such person. Then he would reach for his volcano hat, sombrero almost 3 feet tall, ana set it upon ins nau, way. up near the ceiling of the tent. TO eke out a . jrvttg ne woum con descend to eell rings' to the hated "saps -who had nothing- to do other than stare rudely at a man Who grew toe big and was sensitive about it. Auger k4 no 4v or; the aapev" but he had to mate a living, "and if people would insist on staring at him he was eoirur to make thern pay for it. The rings which he sold were slightly too large for his own fingers, ef course. He waated them to be as big a pos sible within reason so that hi quail- Screen Villain's Next Wife Not In Film Profession Los Angeles, Dee. IV. P.) Wal lace Beery.- motion picture villain, to day announced that flas , Virginia Sutherland of Kansas City has not been, frightened, by his tremendous screen appetite. ' Miss Sutherland ia the near future will become Mrs. Wallace Beery and superintendent of the Beery household cuisine 'Wallace Beery, who was formerly the husband of the gorgeous Gloria Swanson, made no attempt to conceal his engagement. " i ! " - . "I have the greatest respect for my Drat wife." he said. :"But I. believe chances of wedded happiness are much greater If one of the parties to mar riage is not in the film profession, in terests of the home aud screen are bound tO ClaSR. I "When a man comes home from work I he wants a lot of atteutioa and If hU wuo uUB JHCV ittuau-cu w ai u smj ao- 1 for the camera. too, both are cross and irritable,: M. Mandel, French Deputy, Resigns in Arms Pact Fight . V , Paris, Dt 1H(I. N. S.) M. Man- del, chairman of the Chamber of depu- aith-rfriTTtf tk etiararxd with' T- . . .- I amininge wasnmgwn treaty ror limitation I navai arma- 1 ken collarbone ; Donald Patton out Ro- 1 Taureaard has filed his report on the I assist in going after the larger "pros ments, resigned today after series I salia, internal injuries-; Lacy Marrow 1 proposej extension of Hoiman street, pects" and twill travel In teams. of bitter verbal passages with former Premier Aristlde Briand. - ? M. Briand is working, for the ratifi cation of the treaties i which he at tended in Washington as head ef the French delegation and helped draw up. M. Mendel, who was former chief of the former-Oemenceau cabinet, is leading the opposition against ratifi cation. ' Following" his resignation M. Mandel sent a cablegram, to M. Clemenceau In -Km TTnltal Crn f as a stir I n sv r'rvw tnatriii. to how he - France and Italy are the only in terested nations that have - not- yet ratified the Washington' conference treaty, Minister Is to Ask Woman to Wed Him Bv Plea m Pulpit (By United Hews) Orange. X. J.; Deo. 2-The Rev. George IL Lawson of the peoples. Evangelist church, still Intends ' to preach- next Sunday on the "Woman Thou Gavest Me. " At the conclusion of the sermon , he will announce his readiness to marry st rs. May Mason, his "prayer- iiancee, at once. If Mrs. Mason is not ready to step to tho altar ;with' him. he will know she was sent - ra answer to ' his Draver. "not bv God. but by the devil. He will then institute breach -or promise ' proceedings against her r for depriving the Lord's work of her in come of $1209. a month. Rev. Lawson announced, this plan Friday after Mrs. Mason had asked for a "short postponement" ; of the wedding on. account-of -poor health. She slipped away to Atlantic City. N, J for recuperation. Sending a mes- senger to tne pastor -witn vora i she- would not be on hand ror tne bridal party next Sunday. The minister first wanted to take the case to court right away, but on reflection decided to be a matrimonial Job. Mrs. Mason's Illness, is said to be due to the publicity given her be trothal by Lawson. who made no se cret of the fact , that he had prayed for such a bride as she would be, to help him help the Lord. Mrs. Asquith Makes Apology for Book London, Dec. 2. (I. X.,S.) Mrs Margot Asquith. wUe of former . Pre- mier Asquith. today made public apol- atrr lor referent-, in .ner latest MM to Lord and Lady Cave. It is under-1 six weeka stria! at high tension, em-1 AOCOrding to a -final report filed to stood. Lord Cave threatened action for I braced bis j wife hysterically,, i A mo- I uy with the clerk'of the house. The damages unless there was a retraction, SUPERVISORS ARE VAXES Ridgefield. Wash- Dec Z- Chester F. Bennett, county school superintend ent, has appointed Professor Lewis R, Wliiiams of Ridgefield. Mrs. Winifred I ported to the Industrial accident com Osborne of La Center and Mixs Ida mission for the week ending November Frost of Woodland supervisors of com- I JO Earl Peskins.- traffic, officer.. Oak munity activities in their districts In I Grove : Ertfk Erickson. be;er, St. Hei west era. Clarke . and southern , CowUts I ens.' and Jack Mclvar, carpenter and counties. Found Dead Sensitive SpfJ ties as . a . gtant would - Aot "be ; Uder j estimated. But seme people could use them for bracelets. - , t ,t - And most of the saps coul ? slip I inem over uieir ucauv tvr vuuoxai; kw, be oace said,, In a moment of ret-ent-ment. . i - " . . 1 . HIS HlfcGETFKIEXD MUltons of people have seen Auger I take ' that' high, . hat and drop ft, over i lad v friend, who was alwaya piacedon I the adjoining; platform for the aajte of contrast. Tb big skimmer would wettle down sever the; human speck, like the big top over 1 a lone sap witfc the; rim riat 00 me itovr, nmiwujr ,ium. t day after day snatch p the pair of way laoa. wnauew 01 me nuogeu.ji.uuK. I them .under iu-sjrms ana run 011 in 1 10 wiui man . u I Just behind in the "grand opening-' pa geant procession. f A 4' 'v Auger was a iriena or everyone m bSL mm - '--r-' tinguished becauaethey would , Stare or ask uesttona He was eae fof the S the name rreaa. ana me supsuuie 01 -strange people. which is a term now I anntiAd to the .malformed, the tattooed 1 .th.itu .ffiMM ntr of , f-.TrT I UC BWCinuw. -.. -V ; V - I Rmh Kj wa hnrn im1im in I Wales Auger called, himself ; the "Cardiff .Giant, although everyone hfr knew snr American history taw h ,Un,l f,HII riMt hoax of conoentrate, pleated and duff t 11 n an an unstete New xorft farm. 1 Mntit. vteviu) tt aM nU th! thing was a petrified prehistoric jnsa. I 'Oh, I gn m enuuea tetite name," AUgur saio, laconically. ine 1 Cardiff giant was a big stiff aid false alarm, wasn't he." ,. 5 I Free Handling to; Be Given Fish Uaijs By Union ac Encouragement of. the state same commission's fish propagation work was gives today when the lTnion'Pa. clfic railway systenv through C O. Sutherland iftta.nt to th i krat I BUtnerianu, assistant w s;ei erai i manager, announced that free t ins-1 Donation wouia oe given state 01 mca 1 fish cars ia Oregon and that th4 ftaU-1 ruwi wuihu iwtmw uuuu auujAffuUf of live fish and fish eggs free in gen eral baggage service. . i This free transportation will be ntade effective . immediately . and . will -: tup plant the present rate of S5 cert's a mile, charged on movement of the fish car and regular baggage rates on a nail shipments. "is Prior to federal control five; ytars ago, the state fish car "Rainbow" was given free transportation. : For the 1Urt two yearti the car h&8 4 rwt of nrvfa hcMiijui nt h iicrh t,, handling- its shipments bynnVtor tmft Students Injured! Coasting at WiS.C.j Four m Hos 4-ii Washington State College. Pulfnaan. Dee. 2.r-Four students ;at the fitate pital, suffering from serious InJLaries as a result of a coasting ac&dent which occurred Thursday night aSThey flylng uadron. They will xnviwu, nwiiuTu &f ree, a wiu Hemn Whittsker of Vancouver, frac - tured skull. A report from the nospi- tai Friday stated; that the patients were getting along nicely. i '.; Several minor accidents ocdtirredlwin consider them, together with the fla?ns ous coasting party., since none 'H the! students were allowed to go hon for Thanksgiving. Coasting was -. dlsoon- I tinued following the accident, ?id- It I is understood that action will be jakfen to prohibit any runner coasting except f ere no traffic wl Attorney Blamed Volstead Act fdr Shooting Affair - IKv I mtMl Nml ' 4 Camden, N. J Dec 2. "jfv client was drunk on moonshine wher he did the shoottng. The Volstead 'act has forced the price of good liquor edj high that only the wealthy can get ili My client was forced to buy a poisonous concoction, and was erased by It This law, which is held tn . supreme con tempt. Is to blame. . j Such was the plea made Frujay in criminal t court by Attorney John 'A, I penn, in behalf of Adam RiggoAa ne gro. charged with shooting another negro. H Rlggo got six months in JaH, fj .i ii m i . i n f4 Irregiilars Attack GroundedDestroyer Dublin.! Dec. 2. L K. & Irish "- nuhlicah irrejrulare today attacked a British destroyer which went aground I near Kenmare, at tiie JuneUon ofthe Kenmare river and the 'Atlantic ocean. mare river ana tne Atlantic ocean, the southwestern pf .Ireland- Later advices said that tne irregulars were beaten off. k Ponzi Brings About His Own Acquittal ' (Br United Kemi ' Boston.! Dec 2. Victorious. as his ffMM? tional exchange operations rhicb fieeced hundreds of poor investors, was fmmil not auiltv of state charges conspiracy in Judge Xosdicks fluffolk miintv court. . A high IT arwnatic j scene followed Pensrs acQuittal, . The j financier, t wbo had defended I liiniseit I wunoui wsu j ment later! both collapsed In- each others arms. f , j, . THkCB ACCIBElfTS FATAL Salem. Dec. 2-- Three fatalities are j included tn the list of 4.53 accidents re- miUwright, Winchester. fflSMJF JW RISES is u; DECLARES' RJiJK "The action of the tax conservation commiesion tn refusing . to allow .the reasonable readjustment of salaries provided for tho- city auditora office la reprehensible. ' It iar pnfauV unjust and unreasonable." Andttnr Funk todav when b discussed the coin mission's denial of increases m t aalary ratings for the audltor'a f or5e, - punk Secured the salaries paid j bim attic are far below those paid I far similar vork m Seattle ana otner ot similar sise, and he stated. hst the commission should have con. siderpd sajaries It is paying its own sa s. rit-ion. Funk stated, that, his cWcf book keeper is allowed a salary tf only S200 a month- whUe m other depart menu of lesTl- eM.e - .atA aeA allAWAS V7l IMS mflTlT fl 1 'r 'T. ,dwiSui.ai: S2FSZ?Zri I SrS ,, it eiee -v. . , month. ; . .. i f- "We-are helpless, dedarea Auoitor 1 ITnnlr t 1ir in nothinv more We can.1 - " 7. . I OO, except TO puonciy express wi i uignauon over wnai x am irann. w 1 lueciare is uojun umH to! the mea. n my office."' " . I 1 1 r ' I SLATOB ITES . BESuJCT J J twx. v Six formal proclamations were 1 - ted by Mayor Baker today, declaring u4 wucau nt wt iws " 1 ensrar nmeuuiiwim w in.ii.6-,,t 1 erai election. : 1 The first is the amendment provid-1 fing for -the sale of water bonds and j authonzmg tne issuance ana ssae 01 refunding bonds, .on vrucn tne xoiai 1 nsnhemeasu9 7 The second ws the amenametit I thoHxBff the commission of public I docks to lease for? industrial uses lands acquired "by'lt, but not now needed for public use, on which the proclamation itr h b n inr- inniiMi nm uikh isuiuh f declares the vote was 29.154 for and 2M89 against the- measure. The third was authorisation to levy the a-mill tax, on which the proclama- tion declares the vote was 36,117 for I Bna againsi. wiu luurui . .. .vtAm establishing and changing street J sraaes, on wmcn ine proclamation 1 tte th,e vote. WaS 88'7SS foLJ,dJ1,!C 1771 o or- irtat t)i maamim. Th fifth I The fifth I was the amendment authorising re- 1 bonding of delinquent assessments on public work, on which the prociama- 1 tion states that .vote waa 34798 for I and 14,045 against, and the sixth was 1 the 1927 exposition measure, on -which 1 the. proclamation states the vote waa I 34,654 for and 24.02S against the measure. PBOMOTIOXAI TESTS WIIX BE HE IB BT CITT DEC- If The next examinations of the mu nicipal civil seirvice board are sched uled for December 12, when there will be a promotional examination i from the ranks for inspector of police, also promotional . examinations for bureau chief from the ranks of city employes under permanent appointment as civil engineer, sewer engineer, bridge ana highway engineer, topographical draftsman, instrument man. buiiomg Inspector and assistant engineer of the water bureau. Examinations are called December 15 for auto washer, labor service and December 29 for landscape architect, I ,.. Mri REPORTS OJr.EXTESSIOJT Notification was given by City; Aud- I i from the east line of cj&st aitn streeri It - th easterly boundary of the city 1 0r Portland, and is now subject to I examination. " Any objectlona must be Ifnwi in writlns and the city councU Its session next Wednesday. The estimated cost Of the proposed ex I tension is placed at $2050. I I . .' - i ' KLECTBICAL EXAMrWATIOS I The board of electrical examiners has called an examination for 9 o'clock next Saturday, December 9, at the city hall. for applicants-who wish to secure an electrical' supervisor's lioense. Ap-1 olications should be filed early in the ensuing; week. It was stated. The board Is composed of E. W. Pierce, president ; I worth and Franklin T. Griffith. Syd F. D. Weber, secretary, and . William I ney Rasmutsen and H. J. Carman, H. IBrust.. wLi Archambeau's Funeral Will Be Held Next Monday Friends will pay final tribute ' to I William Labert Arehambeau. retired Portland business man. who! died Thanksgiving day, when services will be held Monday t S o'clock at the Holman undertaking parlors. Archambeau's father was one of j General Fremont's "scouts in the: early: daya in the' West, md Fremont's au tobiography gives considerable space to a description ot the old scout. The eon was ' born April 21. 1881. at Mel-; rose, .In ; Douglas county, tnen "tne; French- settlement. I r Arehambeau at tended V Wilbur academy at Wilbur. ; Or, and the University of Oregon. He' later continued his studies in -account- ins- in Ran Francisco. - Unon his return to Portland he3 be came a bookkeeper for Beck Sons. He was later office manager - ror I Charles H. Dodd A Co., then In. the ij l t jQatnA tor himself, and I S?J 'wia?SVuU finally was associated 'Wrtlr-the: War. ren Construction company wAtHl , MUs Rubs" L. Arehambeau, a, daugh - ter bv a first, marriare. survives. Oth- ers are his second wife, Mri ttieCl1 Arehambeau i-. a sister Mrs.-.M. aJ Spauldina of Spokane : brothers.; F. b'rr .or-; Can ada. JC L. of Vancouver, . Wash, and L. M. -Arehambeau of Scio, Or. Democratic -Balance nQ rnrifll fTTI S5 I II .11. Ill Washington. Dec 2-U. P.) Total exnenditures of the Democratic na tional committee Jn the recent political mnam immntitd to onlv S114.S44.fiS. committee - listed contributions- total- ff over. - l - ' - TOCKG COCPLB- LICKTSEB -Vancouver. Wash., Dec 2. Cyril H. Vorpahl. - Is. and i Mrs. Beatrice V; cense nere j?Tiaay, im uiner oi xne youth giving his consent ana acung as witness-nous were uvm x-oruana. Publicnot A3 just cd To Autos: Llishaps Gome,Says Harding - ' ! (9s Xhdted Hews) ' -WathingteM. Xeo 2. The reason for he; many aatotnebUe accidents is that people have never adjusted themselves to the auto age. in the epinian ef President Harding- -" He witnessed a safety week pa rade -which passed the White House just after be bad read tn the news papers that there were is aectoems here C Thanksgiving day a record for the year. His conclusion -14 that the automobile has . trans formed city traffic and created a new menace which people have' net yet adapted' themselves re. Philomath Resident Commits Suicide; 111 Health Cause Philomath, JJeC Z. A. Alien, age m rMlflARt MM. 8PaI t CorvaUIa SYiday .evicted rnshot - nu. vi.ir irhnfut.. wWU. -v nijrht while at his home here, . The ,... entered Ms temple. He ' i - rnM.iii. , imanltil uini iubu v m vimu :i afh. the ahOOtfBS. Mrs. Allen was In another part 1 bouse wnen ner nusoana urea me shot. She found him unconscious with tlt nintnl Mtill in his hud. Despondency" because of ill health is oeusvee to nave proropueo. uw bui pm AlVn vm tuberculalr and his eaJt4 had been f ailinsr gradually, .Hi fomeral will pe peia isunaay morning w ocioa ,ai tn uniina onweq church. Allen is survxveo oy nis: wiio. hn - mm and two damrhters. and Qeorge ATlen, a brother, of CervaUis. . , . ir J a iiTgUmeniiS X0 Qi1n-nnm a 1 A T A loUpi 6II16 U O U 1 U bU , Uphold Bond Issue Salem, Dec S. Publication of the notice of election in the four Portland newspapers for four successive weeks w imnaew u Wl iv .,.10. hn.i bond elections, according to arguments preseniea oeiore me supreme courx afternoon by. Sam H. Pierce snA W A JahniAn. iwnrMMiOn tha and W. A. Johnson, representing the Portland school district tn the suit zuea to test the validity of the 11,000,000 bond issue authorised by the Poruana district last June. ' J. B. Hosford, repn I anting the plain- tiff in the suit, contended that the bonds were invalid because the law of 1913, requiring the posting of three election notices in each election , pre cinct, was not compiled witlr It is expected that the opinion . in this case will be given the right of way over other cases in order to determine as speedily as possible the status of the bond issue. Prominent Local 'Business Men to Aid Chamber Drive Portland's most prominent business' men will cooperate with the Chamber ef Commerce in conducting Its J 300,000 state-wide development fund drive, which will begin Tuesday, according to pledges given the organization I Friday afternoon. These men will 1 mmi ior i urn ncm mkiww I upon as follows: F. H. Strong and Ira F. Powers, A. I H. IJevera and Frank H. Ransom, W. I S. BabsOn and C. C. Celt, George G. I Guild and J. H. Joyce, Max S. Hlrsch and John F. Daly. S. M. Mears and George Lawrence Jr.. Ralph H. Burn side and H. B. Van Duser. P.. W. Price and Eric V. Hauser. Emery Olmstead , and Frank A. Spencer, A. C. Callan . and Paul de Haas, Charles F. Berg and Jay Smith, J. Shemanskl land H. C. Wortman, Henry JOtten- heimer and Louis Lang, B. C. Darnall and C. K. lant. F. K. Andrews and E. B. MacKaughton, Walter D. Whit- I comb and W. F. Woodward, J. C. Alns- 3. Frank and J. Zehntbauer, I. D. Hunt and Guy W. Talbot. Wil Ham Whit- : field and Fred Spoerl, D. L. Carpenter and A. A. Patterson, Roy T. Bishop and J. C. Luckel. Ed Neustadter and Nathan Strauss, J. D. Abbott and W. P. La Roche. ... County Grand Jury Will m Held Over Because of unfinished investigations and- the volume of business on hand. the present grand Jury will- be held flvw fnr finntH. month. hflrhv atab- lishing a precedent m the length of time one grana jury nas been caueo upon to act. An order was Issued to this . effect Friday by Presiding Judge Stapleton - at the request of District Attorney Stanley Myers. This Jury has - already: been In session two months. The final report will not.be prepared before the first of the year. kAlT WTTH BULLET 13T HKCK PLEADS 03T STATUTORY CHARGE CX-B. Wltte. who has In his neck a bullet said to have been fired from the gun of J. B. Inman last-July, in lam Saiem. pleaded. not .kuiltyto sutory charges when arraigned in Presiding Btapleton's court Friday alter. i " -m. w I rTL rr T V,. Ill w"n 5ounty R141 ?nc J? shootins: affair. Mrs. Inman; Who was indicted at? the same time on similar-charges, pleaded not guilty last week. - Wltte and Mrs. Inman are accused of having lived , to gether in this county. In July they EEStS-fiS Inman was not prosecuted WiUe's bail was reduced from $1000 to $500 - DELOSS COLET Vancouver. Wasla. Dec 2.- Deioss i Go ley, 24. Hxk 14 Esther avenue, 'died ! at St. Joseph -hospital Friday.- Three brothers. andfive-SfaBtera survive, - Mr, , Goley came to Vancouver in 1905 from Oklahoma, and helped erect the s. P. S. railroad bridge across the Columbia atKnapp'.iuneral i parlors. '4 . . U ASK FOR LICENSES - Vancouver. Wash., Dec C-Sixty- five automobile licenses were, applied i for Friday, the first day for receiving aooUcetions for-the 192 licenses. An average of S00 will need te apply if au applications are in try, January x. Hindu Writes as Life Passes Notes . of. Suicide Stir Gity . B raivmal Serrtas.) r V. ....i Marvsville. Cal Dec tThis eity la oday erperienctnr the most sxrin- geat vie crusade in recent years as result of the suicide ef Jinder uniuon, young Hindu university student, whose death notes, found beside bis body, exposed the conditions which resulted In his downfall as a hopeless drug addict.:- ' DhiUon ate enough epiura placed m bar of chocolate to kill ten ordi nary - men and then calmly sat down and. set about writing a series of re markable suicide notes, -. . Descriptive of one's thoughts before death was this nbte, his last: "Getting ; weaker. My. only regret fs that I can't return from my trip to hen and tell the world about my ex periences." Dhuion. according to an uncle wno took eharge of the body, had run through 320d in the last eight months at college. Ho was of highly strung temperament and, being: an assiduous scholar, finally took up the opium habit to relieve :fets n-vea. '.v;v- - Conditions which make ' it well nigh im possible for an -addict to break him- self of the narcotic , habit and the ease with, which those possessed of sufficient funds ' can. .. purchase ' the drag, were outlined in the notes,' ad dressed to the mayor. , - Among other rambling missives left, unaddressed beside bis body, were : '."Fellows, death ia easy. It is un avoidable when one is placed in my position. Don't make my mistake." "I am taking to bed at 11:45 p. m. a my breath is leaving; tne. . Death apparently ; Isn't as hard as it is pie tured. Ifs Just like pleasant little sleep," another said. . In another note he apologised to the landlady for his action. He added: "I did not have the courage to shoot Stolen Auto Found, Two Soldiers q,nd Civilian Arrested rH -Through the acUvity sf Police Ser geant GQmere of .Vancouver Friday, an automobile stolen October 1 from O. E. McDonald, Wheeldon Annex, was recovered and two Vancouver barracks soldiers and one civilian are in the Multnomah county; Jail pend ing a' federal grand Jury Investigation. The soldiers, J. H. Huber and R. C Dyer, are to be charged with, larce ny of the machine, and' the civilian, Romie Ewer, is being held for in vestigation and as a witness. The soldiers belong to C company, seventh Infantry. v Huber was arrested at Vancouver by Gllmore when he found him in pos sion of the' machine, after the of ficer detected an irregularity in the license plates. Admissions said to have been made led to the other two arrests. The trio was tyss over later in the day to Tom Word, department of Justice agent, and Joe Keller. In vestigator 'for the Pacific Coast Auto Underwriters' conference, who brought them to Portland. Later investiga tions haive led to the belief that Dyer stole the machine originally, it was stated ihte morning. -i- Two tires, said to have been stolen from a machine belonging; to Ben Du lon. and a stolen laprobe, Itwere also found in the machine. Assistant United States Attorney. Magulre will present the case to the federal grand Jury. Young.Mobnshiner Fined$1000.Given Six Months in Jail The hand of the law weighed heav ily today on Vern McCarter. arrested Frldav on a charge or Dootiegging. McCarter was given a total fine 'of $1000 and a Jail sentence of six months by Municipal Judge Eicwaii on two charges. He was fined $500 and sen tenced to six months on & charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor ana was given the other $500 on a charge of possessing liquor. -- McCarter is but 22 years old, hut had a regular distillery installed in a house at No. 83 East 2d street north. The outfit consisted of two- BO-galion copper stills, pressure pumps, hydrome ters, coils and other supplies wmcn would have done credit to a Kentucky plant before the days of Volstead. McCarter's - Jott was the heaviest ever given by Judge Ekwall. it was made possible on account ot me two charges. . "My idea is " to make it highly un profitable for these bootleggers," Judge Ekwall said, in commenting; - on the sentence. Church to Meet in Superior Courtroom Vancouver. Wash,. Dec 2. -The con gregation of the Christian church will meet in the superior court room In the courthouse for an Indefinite period, beginnine; Sunday, V A new church edi fice is planned at 19th and Mam streets, and It ; was to have been built this fail, but owing to a change in the plans for financing the' new building due to failure! to sell some ' property belonging to the church, construction work will not be started until spring. Last summer the old Christian church on 13th street was sold to the Advent- Ists with the agreement that full pos session would be given December 1, both congregations using; it until that time. ; :Mr'iii.i ' -DOLLAR iAT STAGED Vancouver. Wasiw Dec 2. Today Is "dollar day" in the. campaign for a budget of $2S00i for the Salvation Army. J, G. Langsdorf Is chairman of the Elks committee in charge. If not ended today the campaign, which has been in progress for two months, will continue until December 10 The total sub scribed so farls $L962.7L .. . CHEHALIS LICEK8ES r Chehalia, Wash., . Dec 2. Marriage licenses were Issued here -to William C Hubert and Alice E. Tamblyn,Cen traiiai Elgie E. Morris and lira Ber ta Ingalls, Centralia ; Leon A. Beau regard. Rochester,; and Josephine Fltx- gerald, Centralia. BaiicbToMgM COTILLIOII HALL Bob Gordon's Orchestra myself or I . would have adapted that route.- , J - In a message addressed to a Marys- ville newspaper, Dhillon deplored the 111 behavior of hia countrymen la America , and charged them ' with vice and crimes. .He added that' lie would "Heartily appreciate and vehemently advocate any policy to rid the coun try of these no better than beasts." t. 1 j "It may iniure my countrymen, but I can't help 1C; t ani relating my per sonal experiences had by living among these people and by looking: lata, the characters of roost of them. The peo ple of India, are a whole lot-better and possess a higher moral sense than these over here." he wrote. "I wish I could come back and tell you folks; what becomes of a soul hereafter, but I don't thinkr It will be possible. I wllI try, "anyhow. X am so longer4 worthy ef living In this world. - That which cannot be mended must be ended. In a note in English directed to his uncle.. he said: . .. My foes should net rejoice. Because they have to follow the same path sooner or later." "To commit suicide ia said to be a crime," he wrote ! in another missive, "and some people believe that pun ishment, awaits those- who take their own lives. They also believe that it Is Impossible to live any longer than we are destined to. '-Then It is Im possible to live beyond the limit set for us by providence. It matters lit tle what way life expires. Whether somebody else kills you er r we kill ourselves. It makes no difference. So believing in this I take my own life." Scorea of dissolute men and women have been rounded up .as a result ef the clean-up- started by the authori ties. - - - : - ;." ' Complete Highway PavmgFromHeisson To Battle Ground Vancouver, Wash, Dec X The im provement of the highway between BatUe Ground and Heieson, 6Vfc miles, with bltulithio pavement was. finished Friday at an approximate cost of 1130,- Movement to pave the highway under the Donahue act, which provides for assessing benefited ; property i . for the cost, was startedlast spring and the work of grading began July L The first paving- waa laid August 6, and the Job should have been finished by Oc tober 15. but was delayed by shortage of material and rain. . . t C ; This Is the ' last Job : of paving In the county for this year, and little is anticipated for next year as a de cision of the supreme court - forbids uka of the Interstate bridge tolls for road building 'and the people are not disposed to increase taxes for; the pur pose. . ; . ; : j . f-, : f . To Argue Motion5 in Fantini-Fisher Suit Vancouver, Wash-, Dec 2. A mo tion to strike out portions of the an- swer of the defense in the suit of An tonio Fan tin! ' against A. J. Fisher Will be argued December .6. The suit is to collect I1551.C8 alleged to be due Fan tin! for hauling; logs, for Fisher and dumping " them in the -Columbia river near Camas. " Fantini alleged9 that he made an oral agreement with Fisher to deliver the logs at the dump for $5 a thousand feet and carried out his contract, delivering J10.308 feet of fogs fori which he received no pay. They agreed to place the , logs tn the hands of the State Bank pf Camas, to be sold, and $1828. is in the hands of the bank to pay Fantini for his work and any costs that may arise, but the par ties failed to reach an agreement, out of court. . 1 VASCOUVEB LICEIfSES 'Vancouver, Wash Dec. '2. -The fol lowing marriage licenses were -Issued here Friday: Ralph B. Bush, 39, and Pearl R. Allison, , 37, Oregon City Richard W. Craig, 21, Hlllsboro, and Mabel E. Galloway, 18, Sand Lake, Or.: Cyrii H. Vorpahl, 18. and Beatrice V. Peterson, 20; Portland : Eldon L.' Irwin, lerral, and Olive M. Bodey, legal, Port land ; C. H. Savage, 27, Si I tort, and Anna V. Olson.-' 25, Brush Prairie, Wash.: Henry Geislef, 48, and Char lotte Achen, 87,' Salem, Or, 3 ' Tho rf Inn Tolbfsen, 23, and .Alice Wilson, legal, Portland ; C. F. Bowers, 22, and Pearl L. Kidd, 19, Portland. - - ' TEACHERS OO TO IKSTTTUTB Vancouver, Wash. Dec 2. All the schools In Clarke county will remain closed until December .7 to allow the teachers to attend the county institute In the Vancouver high school, Decem-1 ber 4 to 6. Ail teachers are ; required to attend the institute and are allowed. pay the same as when teaching. , A ConservaUve Custodian ' Opportunity knocks Ready - cash is the key thattihlocks the door. Build up ready cash in a Hibernia savings account: ' Member Federal Reserve System . FOURTH AND u Dry Slab Wood and Block Wood .Green Slab Wood and Block Wood -GO UNION . " ' PHONES CROADWAY 3030 513-61 -S0O NORTH FRONT ST - Deliveries to All Parts of tho City EuEEfi HELD OtfffiESS FOR Harry Mooney, , engineer ot the Southern Pacjflo red ' eUctrlc train which' struck the ahtomobfle at the foot of Nebraska street resulting in the death of Captain J. W. Shaver and his brother. Lincoln, was absolved of criminal negligence by a, coroner's Jury isie rnaay nignt. - , .:;- . t , . . The Jury - recommended - that steps be taken to protect the lives of persons Who use the crossing where the tragedy cceorred. . .... '-'-'v.i:.... .-, Mooney and the conductor of the train. K. M. Renf ro, testified that the, train - waa not going more ' than 20 miles an hour, but other wlttnesses testified that the rpeed was greater. The Jury held that the train was moving at an excessive speed within . the city limits.' Tn rate waa declared to have been between 25. and 40 miles an- hour by Captain Astrup, w United States hull Inspector, Captain Charier M. Cox of the Shaver Trans- ? portatlon company and Charles Mc Donald, federal district boiler inspector.' AIL threo were witnesses to fbe crash. No blame should be attached to the Southern Pacific employes involved, ac cording to a statement issued by the company's board of inquiry. Although Engineer Mooney has had much experience tt is said hia first trip ever the Southern Paclfio lines between " Portland and CorvalUswaa that which ended so tragically. He did not know where the city boundary is, he said. At the request of the Shaver broth ers their ashes will be strewn on the waters ot the Columbia, - which they learned to know so well through life long- association in their shipping en terprises. The ashes will be thrown from Coffin rock, near Kelso. Services were held, this afternoon at 2 :30 at F!nleys mortuary. .... Eastern Business Men Laud Pep of . Western Leaders "Spotty" Is the report on 'business conditions tn the Middle' West and At lantic seaboard, by W. J. Plepenbrink of : Whitefield, Whitcomb 4b Co, who has Just returned from a two months' business trip to these regions. "Farming communities are not very healthy,, but , manufacturing cities near Chicago,; such as Milwaukee, South Bend ; and Kenosha, are "very busy. In. South Bend it Is impossi ble to care for the influx of working men. and a great housing plan is un der way. T In various places . In Wis consin ' factories are not running, .to full capacity because of shortage of labor. .In Chicago a near boom condi tion pre valla In Northern Michigan and Wisconsin potatoes are not being dug for lack -of a market. But on the whole there Is a hopeful attitude throughout the East.' No one encoun ters pessiroistlotalk. There Is a -general faith that prosperity . Is Just ahead., ,.v-f - - "But the foremost Impression of my trip Is the new Interest taken by East ern business men in Western men- and Western ideas. One banker expressed It rather :- concretely , this way J TThe idealism and freshness of you men of the far West, Is ot great value UN. us In the East. and we have Jong since gotten over the- fallacy that we can not Use your ideas or your men.' i $811,000 Pledges A nym ax ' a. v aa --' a University r Fund That more than $811,000 In pledges toward Willamette university's $1,250, 000 endowment fund has been recorded. , waa officially made public Friday night by the Portland Area office director,' Dr; A L Howarth, at Methodist Epis copal headquarters yin the Artisans building. ;j ' That - amount was. sub- scribed up to Thanksgiving eve; it was announced, after a complete check had been made and which was finished in the evening yesterday. i ' i. Official announcement - was also made of. Dr. Howarth'a having been ; named as the city-wide director, and", be. will cooperate with the state-wide workers Who. have been in the field for -some time. The intensive cam paign is now -under wa in Portland and .will continue until December '20. GOVERSMEHT IS "STCTra- ' .' Seattle, Wash., Dec 2-L N. S.) Because hospital bills, are costing the government $100 a week, Harry Bro laaki. San Francisco politician and al leged bootlegger serving two" years' t sentence at McNeil Island penitentiary, may be paroled, it was learned here to-, day.."- The federal -parole : board has recommended to Attorney General Daugherty that ' Brolaski be pardoned December i. ' Brolaski-i undergoing radium -treatments. WASHINGTON AIL FUEL CO. SHAVERS DEAT S