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CITY SEDITION ieAU Here and W All True THE WORU IS MADE SMALLi for ; 1 reader f the modem metropolitan newspaper. The Journal, through leaned CITY EDITION ' tea AU Here and It' All True TUB WEAtHEft Fair and colder to night; fair and continued cold Tuee--. day: easterly winds. ,- - - Minimum temperatures Sunday: ? ;. - Portland..-. 32New Orleans... SO - Boise 22, New York t t X) Los Angeles.' . i 641 St. Paul , . .... 32 , wire Mff services, reacnes every iter ef the world each day and bring" . the new to? your door." , g ; v , VOL. XX. NO. 236. : stm4 as Seeood-ClM Matter at PaaUrffioa, Portland. On) PORTLAND, " OREGON,- MONDAY - EVENING, DECEMBER ;il,ri922J-TWENTYPAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. tamos five C4.AT Wilson May Return to Political Harness Very, Soon and ' v Lead New Progressive Democrat? in Forming Plans for Bloc Move -By David Lawrence- .'Washington.' Dec. 11. Talk of third party ; and "progressive ntocij hltlierto been confined to Us effect on tne .nepuoiicM.ii party and has been looked upon reauy as a revolt Inside that party, but. there Is every rea son to Relie ve the 'progressive" movement will soon break out In' the ranks of the , Democratic party. Wood row WU- I son s recent oe- clsion to take an i active part in Democratic poll tics, or rather his I correspondence and letters, is significant of a change in the mood of passive silence which has characterized the Democratic party during the recent outcry of the Republican "progressives" for a new deal In politics. Mr. Wilson is not by any means the active man that he was when presi dent. Probably he never will be. But be is physically stronger today than at any time since his collapse. , WILSOX IS AlEST, He is capable of at least two ' hours of sustained work every day and he takes advantage of, it to write many' letters and to see people. He has been seeing on an average of one cal ler' a day, and some days he has had many more. - Most of them have been old friends, but some have brought J&ira information of the political state of affairs. Everyone has gone away with the Impression that the mind of Wood row Wilson is as alert now as.lt was when he was in the presi dency and that bis reasoning powers are as clear as they were In the days of war-time chaos. - ' The former president, naturally holds close to his heart the interna tional situation but he is much too good a political diagnostician to Ignore-the wave of sentiment on Demo cratic affairs which made itself mani fest in the primaries and th elections this year. ' y OMIXATEB OX ISSUE 5 . The Democrats - party? under --his leadership prided Itself on" the-name uroeressive.'?; . Mr. Wilson, won fills .M!patteio''B.tlmor. i-' 191 .be-4 cause he was progressive ana because the Democrats felt that1 they must of fer a; progressive; to win the popular support- that, was , attaching at that time to the Bull Moose movement tf historysi repeating itself; and if .the. "progressive" btoe of today is endeavoring to capture control of the Republican party, as it tried In 19ift. and. falling . In thatj helped to form a third party, then the- Democrats must chart a course which wUl,put-.hen in progressive-channels, top. ;-. ? Woodrow Wilson considers himself the leader of his part and the spokes man of the progressive elements In Democracy which he feels have domi nated for the last eight years. WILSOX TIEWS LEAD 1 Certainly the Wilson forces namely, a combination of Palmer and McAdoo men were sufficiently strong to con trol the last Democratic election when th platform was under discussion. And the Democratic nominee. James M. Co, promptly went to see Mr. Wilson and won. his indorsement So that the Wil son view may still be said to be pre dominant in the Democratic party. Jfow, here comes the most impor tant question of all prohibition. The former president knows what a part it plays in American politics, and prob ably agrees with President Harding's recent statement in his address to con gress that the matter has by no means been cast out of politics, but is play ing a vital past in local elections. Mr. .Wilson, it wltt be recalled, vetoed the bill which would have extended war time prohibition after, the armistice, but the drys were able" to "pass It In congress over his veto. . He was bit terly assailed for this, by"; the dry or ganizations.. . i BEER FLASK Hls record on the prohibition -question has not been what the drys would like. He started out in New - Jersey by Insisting that it was a moral and not : a political question, and declared for local option. He, agreed to war time prohibition or, rather, the mak ing of 2.7 a pen cent beer--chiefly be cause of the need for1 conserving th ingredients which were used ,'ln the manufacture of beer, v " i , " And when the San Francisco con vention of the Democratic party was tn session there is a well-defined story that, Mr. Wilsot sent a beer raok to that cfty, despite Bryan's'- k: vb atti tude on prohibition and despite 'the feeling of 0 many ' Democrats that t(he Issue had better be ignored in the platform altogether. The plank was never offered on Mr. Wilson's behalf. COMMITTED TO BRT8 ' ' ft-Smce those days Mr. Wilson , has been silent because of his illness, and such r. letters ,. as he has written - to 1 friends have touched generally-on In temaUonat affairs. But It will be re called that - Mr. ; Wilson was one of the first to "send, 4 -message -of con gratulations to Governor Edwards of .New Jersey fait his election as United States senator, on ;--wet platform. Mr. - Wusw also congratulated Gov ernor ' Al Snlth of New - York. Al though there Js 'nothing - tangible to the belief that Mr. Wilson would com mend a plan of light beer" and winws in the Democratic plank, it is more than likely, he will lean to that side thn toward the dry side of the cxm- Mr. Harding has committed himself and party- to the maintenance of the 'Volstead1 lawi Mr. . Wilson never fa vored that art and is fre to advocate its ' repeal or ; modif tatkwu , . i tf.- ' . W1THOCT DEFIS ITlOJf ' k n' - Progirsslvelsm and liberalism are mere political -phrases. 'tods v.;- wit boat concrete - definition. - Th Republican j (UsMaM rms rw, CoJun Two) , pr in a-sav. . ABQR SEEKS PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKERS Secretary of A. F. of L, Port land Visitor, Says Campaign Will Be Waged; Urged Res- ignation of Attorney General. Labor win make , a concerted effort to, seat progressive candidates "-In con gress during commg election! and Is confident that a majority of the dele gates in the senate and house at the next session :will be sufficiently pro gressive to guarantee; public interest and unsaddle wall street from power. Frank Morrison, secretary . of the American Federation of Labor, made this statement today upon his arrival from- the East to confer with local la bor officials on plans for the American Federation convention, which , will - be held here, beginning October 1. 1923. Morrison is accompanied by William J. Spencer, secretary of " the Building Trades department. . Both labor lead ers expressed their pleasure, over the recent election results- and- said the trend was indicative of an elimination of .special 'interests from control. MAST UNEMPLOYED , , jpartlcuj&r,y Beveridge and Potndexter! was decidedly satisfactory. said Mor. rlson. "With another election cam- paign, labor will be prepared-to throw its weight In favor of progressive can didates. "Labor's biggest problem is" that .of unemployment," said Morrison. "The 3 per cent immigration law aided in cutting down unemployment in this country, but labor was in favor of a complete stopping; of Immigration. There are L500,000 unemployed in the country today. -v , r "Gary, and Schwab have been lead ers in spreading propaganda, -to the effect that - there, is a shortage of la bor. Department of labor statistics show no shortage even of common la bor. f BAPS JJATJGHEBTT "Such propaganda is part of , a con certed plan to destroy unions. .. This propaganda has been the most- vicious attempt erer ,made to discredit labor unions, 4 ' " :, "The United -States Chambers of Commerce, through an unfair vote, fle- clared lit favor of the non-union shop. TWa'-plan was discriminatory against union men. Adxcates for direct ac tion have been defeated all along the line.: but the, propaganda continued to poison the publics mina. "The Harding' administration lias been against labdr In, every -particular. No legislation has been passed to r lieTe-uuemplayment. Attorney General .Daugherty bas been one of the thorns. which the administration- has placed In the.- side , of labor. If Daugherty were to serve. tn . oest interests ox tne . public" he . would resign. ; . . rf AGAINST WAGE CUT Morrison declared there is no justifi cation for reduction of" wages, "because government figures show that employes should receive $1.70 for every Jl re ceived in 1914. Morrison has been secretary -of the American' Federation of" Labor for 26 years, having been employed in railroad work prior to that time. With Spencer he expects to. remain in the city alt week making . prepara tions for the 1913 convention, which will bring upward to BOO delegates of labor to the city. Preceding the federation meeting there will be conventions of the building, metal and labor depart ments of the organization. $25,807,101 Voted , Two Departments Washington. Dec. 11. U. P.) The house appropriations committee today1 reported the commerce and - labor de partment appropriation - bill, carrying a total of S25.8eT.101. The report al lows tha commerce department ,319, 1S3.S45 and the labor, department 6,43,556. Joung Burglar Shot Tackling First Job Chicago. Dec 11 I. N..-S.) A" 17-year-old burglar, believed to have 'been on his first job, was shot and probably mortally wounded while breaking into a northwest side home, early today; The boy. Joe Com one, fell with a flash light i oner hand "and a Jimmy in the others V- - v- ! A ,-7- toriaNeedsAiHlNotWe oirong ivien xjam ; to otrons r By Phil Parrth - Jrl Staff Cormpotxlwr. Astoria. Dee. Jll. The authenticity of the sympathy felt by Portland and the Northwest for; Astoria la without the shadow of a challenge, wrtheri more, the eiperienoe of Bobbie Burns Is reversed.-and Astoria is being given bread while she Js living instead of a stone after sho is dead. t- That is what ? the ; fighting , seaport wants. .She is not weepmg over her own plight and she. does not want Vo be wept over by the rest of the rttjmrjryi. Bat she does reach out her hand for support In her -hour of dlre. 'weskness reaches out - her t hand as from . one strong man to another;:'1. -.r- . But, as said, the , readiness of Asto ria 'a -neighbors Id giv vSBccor during the;1 ortcmrdng; weWj is -unquestioned. The, problem t to resolve the confusion of these last few days into clearheaded and unflagging labors What does Asto ria -need? Is fher actual suffering liowl; And what Will tn situaUon be FirstSevere Spell Is Forecast The first severe cold weather ot the season Js forecast for. tonight by- the district' weather office, which today predicted temperatures ranging close to 20 degrees within the next 18 hours. , The first mercury drop of this cold wave was registered at the weather office early "today. The minimum temperature was 30 degrees. , The prob able low mark ' for the downtown sec tion was forecast as 2 degrees for Tuesday morning. , Kx posed water pipes should be pro tected and fires should be maintained over t night . in, Portland ; homes If broken ' pipes are to be guarded against, according to the weather of fice. ' ' , '.. ? A skim of tee and a coverlet f snow on Portland streets. made auto mobile, travel treacherous early today. Numerous accidents were reported in the morning. The gathering cold weather Is mov ing in from the north as the result of the formation of a high pressure area in Kastern Alaska. .Cities . and towns in Washington already have felt the breath of bitter weather. Yakima reported the lowest temper ature in 'the neighboring stater with a thermometer mark of four degrees below zero, Spokane reported aero ; Walla Walla 12 above and Seattle 2C above. - The coldest spots in Oregon were Baker, with 12 above ; Umatilla, with 16, and Bend, with 1 above, t 05E DEGBEE ABOTE ZEB.O Bend, Dec. 1L One degree above zero was registered here : last ' night. the coldest so far this winter. v Six Inches of snow has fallen in the past week. - Some roads are closed by drifts, but the highways to Burns and Madras are being kept. open. The highway to Silver Lake was being broken for -travel today, and the stage will make its regular trip. Prinevtlle is without train service -as a result of the locomo tive being-derailed at O'Neil Saturday evening by striking a board frozen to the track. A wrecker is on Its way to put the engine back on the track. Bend's train service is uninterrupted. 8JCOW AT BELLTJf GHAM .- -; Bellingham, Wash,. Dec- 11. (I. N. S.) Covered by the heaviest snow fall in nine years, Bellingham Is shiv ering In near ..'zero -weather today. Twelve inches . of snow v Is on the ground. Last night was the coldest evening of the year, the temperature falling to 11 degrees above zero. Squally cold or colder weather is pre- oactea zor ronignt. nPICAt-WIWTEK WEATHER I , PRETAIL1ICG OVEK T. . Waahingtoo, Dec 11. I. K. S.J fTyplcal- -winter weather prevailed Over much.of ,the, United States today, according to reports to the , weather bureau. . - .Jt ; .' - ' ' . ThA lowest' tempertaures reported were, eight-below" zero at Northfield, Vermont J below at WiUiston. N. D. ; 16 below at Helent, Mont.'! 2 below at Havre. Mont. ; 2f below at" Calgary, AltaJ and 29 belbw at ; Edmonton, AJta.-: " ' . -.'.-. ( Special Cabla to The Jonm-a xl ti Chioico - Daily. Se N . . (Copyrifht. 1022). -. Shanghai Dec. li.-r-Privart, cables from Japan-give more .details than the news agency reports of . an unprece dentedly severe earthquake on , the main island, dn wbich Tbklo, Yokohama and Osaka are' located, -fe reports say that simultaneous quakes occurred on Hakodate, the northern island and on the southern - island ' of Kiashiu. doing terrific damage.- Four' reports came from the Mitsui, company, which holds ttie .contract for supply ingr coal to the largest Pacific liners at Naga saki, telling of the damage to that city. According to ' the reports thousands were killed and the dared survivors were huddled in the forests and rice paddles. Volcanoes which had been inactive for years burst into eruption , at the time of the, quake. ' i Attempt Made to Free Harry S. New Los Angeles. Dec. 11. CtT. P.) Commutation of sentence for Harry S. New, convicted three years ago and now serving a long sentence in San Quentltt ' Cal., .penitentiary for the at- leged murder; of Fred" Lesser, his sweetheart? was asked today by Mrs. Lille M. Burger, his mother, and-Miss Edna Clancy, Oils sister. New claims to be the son of United States Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, in smother week, when the first burst of spontaneous giving has subsided? Thewe are vital questions. -.- ; 1EW ;TERIF1C FACTS, i'; I '3 Before they can be answered! there are a few terrific facts that must be grasped mentally., -;-v;;i w-'? te; ? Between 30 and 34 blocks wers abso lutely destroyed .. by the fire Fridav morning. To Astoria- this was as sweep ing as a firs would - be to Portland which, burned verythimr- between the river and lth street nd from "Tamhiil to GHsao. In aettial extent it reached about - Xrom the, river to, 12th, street sna from;- lamhtii to Washington, j i Outs'de insursnro mn-:i and Astoria business rrn now place -the ; loss' at fully 31S.O0ft.000, ' The entire retail dis trict is gone. The hurr.ed area Is sur rounded on the - east by the railroad station and a soft drink shop or two j on ine. souin rv in nry nan. t. -llarys QUAKE DAMAGES lAPANESECITIES m HEARS FEUDS ARE ELIMINATED Differences Between Various Committees Smoothed Out and Harmony Reign's in Work of Reconstructing' the ?City. "Astoria, Dec. 1L All feuds and dif. ferences which for a, time appeared to mar the serenity of plans for the reconstrucUon of Astoria, have disap peared and the various commissions, committees and individual citizens who are pledged to the newer, greater As toria; are now as one in purpose 'and activity. -, These devoutly , wished . for results were apparent today after the i alK powerful commission of 10 and the larger but less powerful committee of 50 had held respective meetings. Out of -the two sessions came the an nouncement that the temporary obsta cles - which were manifest Saturday were due solely to misunderstandings and had been wiped out to the end that all might concentrate on tne . single purpose 01 ..bringing jvsiona trium phant from -Its present period stress. , TO WIDEK STREETS of Several- beneficial and reconstructive results have already emerged from this unity. First of these was the decisions of the committees to ask the council to pass an ordinance to widen the streets of the new Astoria. A width of 70 feet was asked for Bond street from 14th street west. The old width, was 50 feet. Other - widening figures for streets were : ; Commercial street, from 14th west, from SO to ' 70 feet : - . Duane. street,1 from 13th west, from SO to 0 feet. Exchange -street,- front- 13th- west. from 60 to 0 feet. BighUw Ninth. Tenth,' Kievenfh and Twelfth . streets,-, from FrankMn ave nue to th river, from 50 to (SO feet. ACT OIT .FIRE. LIMITS " The location committee, with JLsW. Skellerud. as chairman.' and the prop erty committee, .with Frank W. San born as - chairman, submitted '- rer.or recommending tha enlarging of the 1.1 limits ofthe iitj' ,.tid 'tbe jpv'm of the. buildIng'"coda" s that ttmporary one-story buildings .wltb basement Jbe Constructed only with.- the understand ing that all such temporary structures liall be made satisfactory to the state fire marshal-and shall be wrecked and removed by March 1, 124. These re ports were approved and will be placed before the clty. council. . i Before the committee of 50, the' Rev. William S.-: Sllbert, chairman of. the committee., of : 10. this' morning made reply ; to i previous charges that this committee - ? had usurped . dictatorial powers to which it was not entitled. ; Signals ' f roTn station ' K6G, official broadcaster of The Journal - news- bul letins, are regularly-heard by. the ,Et-perh-nenters Information service, ag 220 West -42d street. New York cityv ac cording to a . letter , received Saturday by' Hallock Watson, owners of the station. . ' The letter'says : i VWe receive your station quite regu larly at our receiving laboratory, with excellent audibility! and Quality. For-our records will you send de tailed information about your set?" The letter is signed by C. R.: Lents, director of. the laboratory. ew York city is .some 3000 miles from Portland. t ,. Station KGG has been selected by the SeatUe Post-Intelligencer as the Norths western station to conduct the New Year's eve broadcast provided , for in the National Radio Week program. The P.-I. wrote to Hallock A Watson, saying that, as their station is the one getting the best results in the North west, it is desired that, they take charge f the program from 10 US on Decem ber 31 and in truth ring out the old and ring in the new year at midnight, Arrangements are now being .made for this event to secure Bezanson's Melody Ph lends, the . orchestra that made the, big hit in the Sunday night broadcast , through The Journal studio staUon of KGO., ,,,, ., 1 The novel feature of the New Year's eve program will be the sounding of The" Journal clock Chimes on the hour of 12. The Journal chimes, broadcast at and p: m. on week days, and at 10 o'clock Sunday nightv is .one of the most popular radio features on the Pacific coast. ' - Ward Iieaiiiedt Private; Secret ary: I For New Governor Tpr- -A -'v-Kit-,: -j' ' f '.' - ' ' . 1 ' " ' !-;.' ' ', V I", Ward ? Irvfae 'Of.Portlajid '.hsi'ac cepted -5 the ' appointment 'tendered " toy Governor-elect.. Pierce to - become : his private secretary ? For several years Irvine has been a member of .the edi torial staff of The Journal, which place he wijl relinquish the first f the year when ' he assumes bis . new duties in Balemi v , :VvV.i; -'" -" jiftiftf. i -After completing his studies at 'Jef ferson high echool Irvine ptrrsued studies at Oregon ." Agrtcuiturai college and Columbia university,; He- was- a member of The Journal , news staff , for a ; period . prior tk jthe.: war, in.-whlch he was ; enlisted - and assigned to the navy;;, intelligence - service. , Upon Ms discharge he returned' to .the editorial staff , of The JonrniU He Is a json of B. FIrviBeeditor of Jhe ; Journal. IN ASTORIA Prominent Japdri&e & 1. SUZUKI; Japanese steamship operator and wealthy business man who is in Portland for the first time in 25" years, and iees Wenprmous growth in the city. Suzuki is shown in the large picture below. w His "party, shown above, froni left:4 Mrs. W. J. Nakagawa,' wife of the local manager of Suzuki 6c Co. MrV T.' Nishikawa; T. Nishikawa business associate "of Su zuki; I. Suzuki; ,W. J. Nakagawa, local manager;! M. A. Kashiwa, - general manager of Suzukroc Co. in Am'ericaand Dr.7Tai.Watanabc;-physician and'personal friend of Suzuki x- - :-:-'" ,? ?v4 j. Ai v 1 p Washington, Dec.-' lL-r Portland;, shippers- will be nearer ; a .parity with, San Francisco shippers in; Southern Oregon Northern -Cliforn.i&.e'rrltory4sVrjtK suit of a recent -interstate" commerce commission decision. . ' ' ; - i '' Justwhat -the ratio : will -be is to. be determined --upon;; reclassifjcatioji of rates as ordered Thy the Tcommissiohi The' rate front Salt Francisco win be slightly raised "and the rate from Port land 'will be- proportionately lowered.' ? For years, San, Francisco jobbers have had a decisive advantage in:. serv ing Klaraatft Falls and other Southern Oregon ccnfrtalnlties, 'By present routes San Francisco in, point of.' distance -: is nearer- Klamathf .Falls 4 than is Port land', since shipments -from the. Mast named city must' go via . Weed, Cat Upe -the-completion- the projected Natron cutoff1 Portland will have the advantage of distance ajtd It .hasibeen assumed the rate - from , Portland o Klamath'. Falls w4uld . be 1 about., the same a,s jfrom Portland to Med ford. f The action ' which ' resulted in the interstate - commerce commission's ";de ''I r. ' '. T-'-- . - ' I DECISIONffiep LOCAL SHIPPERS cislon . was. brought b tb,e Portlandi.yi"a counsel f6r thewo' -carriers that Traffic and Transportation Association: W.C McCultofch of .counsel! for the as-socfation- said this' morning hat he. had not been officially advised of the;, dej cision, but that it will be- of greait im-? portarice in, enabling, Portland to do larger business wit a what Is natUrally her wrt, tributary, terrlioryi For jyears discrlmihatery. rates -f romj the .south ha-e barred this' lty ; from its fair share of Southern Oregon "and North ern Caiif oraia. business. ; . ' ... r 1 ' .' ImsSJMau Fostfi r-ttoritriBiitesrfe25 IToMsti)ria ?Fiinfl t . : ' 2f.i Li American r-oruana n i'ost. Legion, has : donated 3250 '' toward the relief fund ' of Astoria, the . executive committee in joint session " with Vth Mwly elected committeemen who-wiU take Office January 1 ? ratifying-, the expenditure of such an amount i Mon day : noon. At th same meeting held In the' American Legion rooms. Fourth and ; Washington streets, it was f voted 'to--' give ; a percentage - of - the receipts taken in at ?th . A . Night in.i. Paris" celebration 't be held - li- The "JAudf torinm December 30, under the auspices of the ,Xegionii : r : ,, : ' -' : j CiatsopsPost -of the America n Legion of A s toria.- has een 1 instructed to give all members .of the Astoria post - who, because -of last1 Friday's conflagration, arermlnjE t& 1 Portland 4 to: seek etn ploymeat' special rardsyf introdiictioh to Glem -Tlcer;- in vchairgaof . the em ployment bureau ; ' of the ' Legion ; in Portland. Iso that extra effort may, be made to gt the visitors . estabHebcd e ; to get the visitors , estabiifibed I Britain underVth4Waahingtonrnis j viving stage driver .oa the old Oregon - the crisis.- t treaty. ' " v " J California line. - -verthe N A ' . " , " I ' 4. ' " " f ' S - l ' " ", - '-' X. f If -. UNWiERGER CASE IN LAST STAGE Wwshinjgton. fDecVi 1L U. iP.l The last lap qf the Southern Pacific-Central Padficv hearings;, before; the interstate cOnm-lrre cQrtirnisaion- wasreached to day riththeftcnol usion, of .cross-exami-natierf of Union.Pac.lf ict witnesses , by cpunselfar itbe Southern rPacific. It is expected itbat "the hearings will . be finally Wound up by . tomorrow night at the latest "-!" ; : ' -! ' .'5' : The ; Southern - PaciflC'tntenda to place khouti "20t rebutfal witnesses on tbe Island rtoiJay And' tomorrow in refu tation bf;statementsot Union Pacific witnesses, preparatory to Cresting ; its case." j ;'J- v , r A: H. ,Wood. Southern. Pacific (Coun sel.' again -made efforts to expedite ac tion n the case. : He urged, that argu ments be -started immediately upon concluaipn.ot the hearings and further suggested- that briefs be , filed . by . the. two .roads, -,wib no . answering . briefs laJer. x H A i Scandret, ,.Ij4rion, t Pa. cihe codnseli took ? exeejitiqn - to the proposal, declaring that he. desired-as mcKhBtimhas.'poselblejjfellowing. sub mission of tli5 Southern Pacific brief to-; prepare; his. ownx -arguments. , .--; Odmmissidner potter presiding;, ad- h e would take the matter -of further procedure u wfttf 'thii" ihrcommls stonefs ahd; 'rdakekaom c their','' de cision by tomorrow rTedecfafed" that he ,.raliMIH 1'xine;'portaicf of tthe case;;, and indicated thattha watch On' strdeelbp The hearings -,ust closingar::leT lieved to have established a record in the matter bf , length and detail. vFour thousand pages xf testknony will have ben ' completed - by. the time hearings close tomoj-rowlt Is estLimated."1 - - ' i StluiiiI toTia. Dec 11 It will be a- week, ori 10 daysi'be'fbre '. the 'ruins f Ais- toria's business district ssiiL be.suffW k - - -.'- v'- - t t ctntly ; cooled to ; permit; oc aaivaging extorts, jfixpertj sae ; ana- vauir, men, who tare - here -. Jmveiad.viBed' i strictly against anyrattempOo pe"n th'isafe and- .vaults t befose ;at - least week. Until Jthat 4 period jtiaa fe3apsed;.f hey , contertd. thereat wHl be sef ficient to endanger the contents- and make re cUmation. extremely ;ijhaarflue.ii,3i it 1 . ' . . ' u , , e . n i. in - ' , '- .-.A. ' ' LOBdorWiDec. . If U. .-' P. ) 3reat Britain has .'decided to build. two capi tal - ah Tps; Premier C Bonar Law an nounced In'lithe .Jvrose f jcommons to-day. V4 The premier pointed out that two new', battiesnips ? wera.. allowed I i U. S.-JAPAN TRADE . Trade - possibilities - between .-" the United States and Japan are just be ginning to be realised, according to I. Suzuki. Japan's foremost! , steamship operator.-., . A big Increase in trans-Paciflc-traf-fic ;- between America and the Nip ponese -empire in . i 1923 : and - in SMbse-- quent years is predicted by Suauk. 'Such -waa-"the' optimistic -view". of business condiUons on - the Pacific ocean- -expressed this"; morning'-at- the Benson hotet- by the. Japanese capital- fst baS is iir PoxUandtoday for' the first tiro in 25- yean, M5compalldY by a - party of four Others, including . A. Kashtw." eenerai manager of "Su- zuki & Co.1 m - America ; T.Nishikawa business ' associate of 'Suzuki Mrs. X&hlkawa, ' and Dr.: ' Tai ---Watanabe, physician 'and personal ' friend of Su- auki." , ' ' SEES BIG 'CHANGE , ? ' V Twenty-five ; years ago - Suzuki stopped in . Portland, en : route , to' ; his home land, immediately after the open ing of hts first office in London, EJng laad. Then Portland was a 1 city of something like; 80,000 persons." i When' Suzuki alighted from his train Sunday -night lie noticed a metropoli tan hum; that was not present here on Ms former trip. . This morning Suzuki had as yet had no opportunity to" run over the city -to really see and realize the changes that have taken place but a. glance from "his hotel"" window, and his experiences-n-f route- from the depot - to his hotel told him . that, great-change had" taken' place.1--, - ? "JEvterywhere, e very thing, ; has changed,'. Suzuki declared, speaking through ,Nishikawa as .art. interpreter. "jew lork ana unjeago ,are direrent cities now, .with tthe streets crammed - Concluded on Four, " Cohrem FourJ t0wiirS DiscsOTdTOing Of Madison Street A rour of property owners "n : Mad- Eiaoni street,-between Ffths street And the wii lamet te .river, met., wim , t op missioner Barbur ra the city crtuhcil chamber. tMe forenoowr and - discussed the1 advisahijity.of takipg, steps for : the widening of Madison street to 100, feet ' . CommissipneBarboriPpinted out the advantages, which."' wonldjaecrue. to the property- owners, through the -creating of jt. wide . thorotighfaf e . in the! way of Increased, rentals because bf the street (attracting more" traffic.f He Mectared thisbelief 'tHat 'within' atew 'years;ft would be necessary to rebuild the Haw- Ihorne t bridge' f rona "Hraf f lcWrena alone ami, he .urged xthat.-lt would ibe wise to get .thei.project3Bf street widen ing "advanced h 'that a:"setfcCack,f line may .be "established and andnew struc tures miyv confprm- totJ:'";;, Escanes lujirrfes;" Hiirlalnl "'. ri -' " '."r a M - ijutxeriiy " V 'By-tJn-SiililS r- Beloit, ' Wis., Dec ,11. Jolm iMe Aulfffe. wBeroit footbali star, went through, the iseasqn- unscathed. xi Recently, however McAullffe started ct.csing bufterfly" for ' some- work ;4n biology, and Jiad to t-taken home. - ii Nt7.rMt5Auliffe Is kept from basket ball practice by a - p rained - ankle and lndergraduatea reply to the plea of spme ;oj yie -ractuty anemoers-ior -aDo- 11 1 ion of footbsji. - wttn a oemana , lor abolition' of the biology course. ,;fg r r Pioneefofr: ' Bedding.' Cal. Dec.rtl. i I. K. S. John Craddocki the second ? oidest pioneer of the country, was dead at his home here today; ,H was the last 4Hrr- GAIN PREDICTED Kills mm ITS AGT10M Business : Men Pledge $10,000 More Than Asked by Stricken t City and Plead' for $15,000 More, Making Total $50,000. f 1 KMM IS ASKED Donations to the 150.000 Astoria relief fund now ' being raised through the Portland Chamber of -Commerce, wilt be received tn room 609. Oregon building. or through any- bank in the city. Checks should be made payable to the As toria relief fund .committee. An appeal for popular subscriptions is made today by. the Chamber of Commerce.- which has raised al ready $35,000. , , , - , , j- 'r Instantaneous reply to the Call from Astoria for a relief fund was made today at a meeting of prominent busi ness men la the green room of the Chamber of Commerce when, practi cally $35,000 was pledged within, a few minutes and a-definite program was adopted for raising the remainder of ' a 350,000 fund pledged by the Cham-' her. - : Resolutions pledging the chamber to raise this fund and authorizing the president to appoint ' a ' committee of five to take charge of it, were adopted unanimously. .- . President Mlelke appointed' H. B. Van - Duser; John Young, Nathan Strauss and J. L. Meier on - the com mittee, '- ; , Although the call was for only $15. 000 j from Portland, the' men at this meeting : decided : to raise a'. $50,0u0 fund to be used for both' immediate relief work and to assist la reconstruction.- - , -"' , -. . It is the desire of the chamber to make the fund the contribution of the city of Portland to Astoria, - and for this reason the chamber urges popular subscription from any persona - who feel inclined to give anything. -..Donations pledged today t include: Orcsoa State Hotelman . . .i..,m $5000 PorUand Clearing -Uouas . f ........ . SOOil Mfr 4 Prnlc eomrny. , ; .V.'. . . Portland "Elry Board ... . .. 4 ... . .1700 P. . L P. Co T"sw . ' AricB t'n Company ........... 100H ManhaU.itVclU Company "...r. ..... 100 FlaisGhner-MaTer Company 10n Allan Levis ................... lPOit Lass - Company .. . . - 1 00U Maaoa-Ehrman Company .,..,. . 10 Albera" Bro. Mtittnc .nwimw. . o0 . i. Coniiudil A Pas TUroa. Column One.) , FREE STATERS' HOMES BUD 'Dublin, Dec' 11. (U; P.) Rebels used the . torch. "-today in their cam paign " of terrorism and reprisal. Homes of . prominent . Free State sup porters, including that of Mrs. Jeannie. W, - Power, ' woman ' senator. were burned. ' In one instance, a mother and two children were injured.' The dwell ings f -J. SJ. ; Walsh, "postmaster gen eral. .Michael Dunphy. parliamentary secretary, and ' Sean McGarry. a dep uty.', were rendered inhabitable. ' Stoppage of ; Loss .Would Fully Pay. Subsidy, Says Jones Washington. Dec. 11. (I. X. S.) Both sides "dug in" today for the bat tle over the 'ship subsidy bill, whk-h is expected to develop into one of the biggest struggles ' ever waged in that body. ' ' Senator Jones, Republican of Wash ington. 'chairman of the senate com- . merce- committee.' . warned if . the - b:ll failed' theviAroerican - naval defense and commerce would alike suffer mevi ously. SV-- -,- -- Aside from the Importance of a mor chant " "marine , . as a "preparedness measure,' v Jones emphasized' "the.,- ne- Lcessity ' of -adequate provision beinw made tor'retrtgerator ana other type of -.ocean carriers "so essential to tbe agricultural and business interests of our .country ; ' "It ta nly recently.'Vhe -said, 'that British interests offered to construct a 1 fleet of vessels adaptable to the handling of the California grape crop and stood - ready to pay . $200,000,000 to that end.':-- r- '--'Tn the state of Washington today there, are thousands of carloads of ap ples .': spoiling in the warehouses from . .lack Qf transportaUon. Give us prop 'er , ships and with the; short haul to the coast- ur ; fruit, growers will be saved :a loss of millions of ; dollars annually.,., it- '.. "The people of California alone have suffered a. loss, equal . to what , it in estimated the proposed , subsidy will coxti he. entire k. country during the " first three yeara or so of its opera-. tin.T , " .'.-. Pair Sentenced to Death for Murder -rf.- ' -v , r ' - . - - . ; Ixindon! Dec! 1L (UT P. Mrs. 'Edith Xhompson . and . Frederick' . Biewaters. her lover, were today found guilty of murder of the former''" husband, a ml sentenced to. death. . . , ....... -. , North (Jhile Feels Fresh Earthquake Santiagv Chile. Dev 11 il. -if. fi.) Fresh earthruake . disturbances - were felt In North Chile today. . i '