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cCITY EDITION
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7"""TItE: VTBATHER Faif tonight , and"
t - Thursday ; Easterly winds. -i . .. .7
Minimum temperatures Tuesday; ;
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PORTLAND,: OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 'DECEMBER 13, 1922. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES,
PRICE , TWO t CENTS V!0
U.S. DERIS
GERM DEBT
America Takes Stand That Al
lied Indebtedness to Her Is
Separate From Berlin's-Capacity
to Make Payments.
By DtI(I I.awreare '
(Ccrarnsh. 1S22. to The Journal)
Washington, Dec 13. Reparations
'from Germany and the amount that
European countries shair pay America
on the war debts owed to this country
will be treated as .absolutely separate
, and distinct questlona.-
This important fact revealed to this
correspondent today sheds light upon
the course which the - United States
government will pursue in all formal
or informal overtures . for American
help in the solution of Europe's tangled
problems.
President' Harding: has let It be "known
rnat the government here Is In a mood
': to. extend its Influence so as to help
Europe, but if any responsible states
man In Kurope has the idea that Amer-
,-ica will remit or cancel any part of
' the allied war debt in exchange for
worn adjustment In Europe whereby
Francs agrees, to accept a lower sura
from Germany or whereby Great Brit
ain agrees to cancel a portion of the
French debt to England, such an 1m-
preaclon Is entirely wrong. ,
; tOHCT OtTtlSEp ..
America stands ready to use her in
fluence in whatever way seems beet.
but certain fundamentals must be un-
, derstood at the outset. The view here
may be summed up as follows:
First The amount of money Ger
i many can pay France is a question of
: facts and figures. Nobody is suggest-
' ing and. least of all the United States
that Germany shall pay 'less than her
capacity to pay. '
Second Even if France and Great
Britain did not owe the United States
; a cent and asked for American advice
(Concluded on Pass Biz, Column Ot)
SCHOOL CLEARED
AS BLAZE STARTS
XewtxTg, Dec' IS. About 00 pupils
of th grade school1 here marched .out
of the building in less than a minute
this morning, all but a few unaware
that the structure was afire. The
; flames,- which broke'out In the fourth
grade room- on the main floor, caused
-fc.by a "defective flue, .were quickly sub
dued and the pupils marched hack Into
'." the building and out of the cold none
the worse for their experience. The
damage was slight, , -
The building- is an old two-story
- frame structure, with some class rooms
in the basement. Because of its condi
tion roost of the residents of Newberg
' turned out w'hen they learned the-location
of the fire, fearing a disaster,
x When the firemen tore away the wall
; about the flue at the point where the
r blase originated 'they found the. bricks
. of the flue badly disintegrated.
; Suspects Escape
; Grants Pass Jail;
; Called Desperate
i Grants" Pass, Dec.'ia.' Last night .at
i about T:t o'clock Oregon . Jones and
Ellsworth Kelly, held on charges of
highway robbery, escaped from the
i county ' jalL When Jailor 'Schroedcr
f- went Into their cell to remove a basket.
the pair jumped upon him, took his
; gun and fled. Fewey Jones, brother
of Oregon Jones, was in another cell
f. with two other prisoners and did not
; get away. The Jones brothers were
. charged with robbing several parties
I of tourists last fall on Sexton moun-
tain and had been identified by some
of the victims. They were held In
F Jail on $5000 bon each." Kelly is al
, 'leged to be Implicated. Mrs. Oregon
; JoDesf is in Jail, charged with connec
:; tion with the crime. . The Jones broth
: era served two years . in Oklahoma
''. prisons and were regarded as desper-
ate. f.'. . - -. :
Pretty Society
Youths Can't
, " Special Dinwfch to Tbe Joaraal
J. lCwrisM. lJsa -
f - Chicago, Dec IS. -Wanted : Beaux
. fo ;the . debutantes beaux- who u
- stand the t prices. - ,
Chicago, with a" bumper crop' of
UebuUntes, in the height of the gayest
t season "tlis city has known. In years.
' finds itself today confronted with an
. mbarrassing social problem a short
; age of cavaliers. .. -
Everybody is talking about a recent
charity hall,- sponsored by the "400."
; at which the debutantes all five dosen
of then were radiantly present. ,
- The young girls oj bewildering beau
,r ty were forced to sit s gainst the wall
- unless they chose to dance with mar
-! rid men and bachelors handed down
' from 'season, to season.? ; , .
-Won' it be' woederful , when h
: bo-s come home from school for the
. holidays r sifhed a fauHlessJy gTecnifd
but lovely bud. I m so Ured of middle-aged
roeiiV '
This lamentable falling off of the
eligible young- men from the gay night
; life of . the younger et is ascribed
in general by the de)pairinr hostesses
to tfee tnad pace set by V e c'r..l.te.
$53,280 Is
Portland's
Fire G ift
Portland's promise to subscribe more
than .950.000 to the relief of Astorita
was fulfilled today when cash sub
scriptions and pledges amounting to
$53,280.94 were listed by the Chamber of
Commerce relief committee.
With notice that the quota for ac
tion has been reached, the special com
mittee appointed to take care of the
funds was scheduled . to meet at 5
o'clock this afternoon to make a deci
sion to go to Astoria either Thursday
or Friday to confer with the Astoria
committee on the best- use of the sub
scriptions, " . j :.,'
This special committee was appoint
ed .by O. ,W. Mielke, president of the
organization, and Is composed of H. B.
Van Duzer, chairman ; Nathan Strauss,
Julius L. Meier and John Toung.
SOSTIT IS mDOES
Of the 153,00, a total of $17,195.94
has -been received In cash.- The re
mainder is in pledges, which the com
mittee hopes to have - fulfilled within
a few days. , ,
The relief committee also expressed
the desire that the efforts of business
men will not cease and that the fund
will mount still higher. Eve r?y dollar
subscribed is needed badly by the lower
Columbia river city.
Portland's assistance to Astoria busi
ness men has been shown in other ways
beside through contributions, as the
chamber was notified today that sev
eral wholesale business houses had
shouldered their part of the responsi
bility through cancelling debts owed
them by Astoria business men.
The first firm to notify the organi
sation - of debt cancellation was the
Freeland Furniture company, which
had accounts amounting to $400 with
burned out business concerns of As
toria. COMMITTEE IKTITEB
An invitation for the committee,
which has been given the authority
to disburse Portland's subscription
money, to visit Astoria and confer with
(Concluded on Pace Six, Column Two)
Nortonia Hotel
Is Transferred to
San Francisco Man
Transfer of the Nortonia hotel, a
seven-story brick structure covering
the quarter block at the southwest
corner of 1 1th aad Stark strets. from
Joseph Healy iof Portland to t3eorge
Burtt of San Francisco, was closed
today after, negotiations extending
ever several "weeksJ Consideration
was not announced, but is understood
to have : beea between $350,000 and
$400,000. The hotel is" held on a long
term lease by Mrs. A. S. Hogue. i
Tt ; understood that Healy received
approximately $125,000 In cash and
that three potato ranches, comprising
2700 acres-in the vicinity of Redmond
were taken as part consideration.. The
ranch, property formerly - was con
trolled by George Sbima, Japanese !po-
tato king" of California. :
Burtt te a well known .commission
merchant , With extensive interests in
California and' other Pacific ; coast
states. He announced that the.-purchase
of the Xortonia hotel was made
purely as an Investment.
"The advantages of Portland as a
manufacturing and shipping center, in
sure its rapid growth in population
and commercial importance," Burtt
stated, "and Investment ibnusinesa
property her is virtually - certain ' of
profitable . returns. :
" - The transfer of the Xortonia was
handled by Fred J. Reverman of the
Reverman Investment company, rep
resenting Joseph Healy, ' and H. H.
Burtt representing the purchaser. .
Pay Increasa Asked
By Express Drivers
Chicago. Iec. 13. X N. S.) A plea
for a wage increase -of 15 cents an
hour for ; the 1500 drivers.", teamsters
and chauffeurs employed by the Amer
ican Railway Express company will
be heard by the railway -labor . board
on January 12. it was announced to
day. - ' t- ..
Ishii to Be Named
For British Post
By Enitrd Xem -Honolulu.
Deo. 13. Viscount Ishii
will be named ambassador to England,
according to a Tokio dispatch to Jiji.
Japanese language newspaper here.
Buds Lonely
Dig Up Gash
It Is ascribed in particular "the
the beaux themselves to the late hours
of the balls every year thev -arrow
later" and later and more especially
to the . progressive cost of taxis, of
pocket flasks, of theatre tickets, of
flowers and of repairs on dress clothes
worn threadbare. " -
The life of the debutanU escort is
hard." yawned a gay but hollow-eyed
"Hto income averages from $39 to
$40 per week while his output averages
from $30 to; $40 per -night. His ieep
is nu m the z hours, tor he bids his
fair one. good night at her elevated
apartment only in time to change his
clothes and t "dash to punch the .time
dock-" i --'.,
In the event that the evening en
gagement does not include dinner, the
cavalier, it is explained, snatches
hasty site at the restaurant around
the corner and retired to his unac
customed bed, with the alarm clock set
for" It p. rtv. . At its first tingle he
arises, once more - grooms himself ' for
inspection., and hulling -the well known
tax tea b, sets forth on his usual rou
tine which ends enly at Ciwn.-
BY U. P. LINE
Lease Includes Erection of North
Half of Building Witf Addi
tion of Ninth Story Over AH
$2,000,000 Is Involved.
Negotiations for the lease of the en
tire Pittock block iabove the .iTound
floor and construction of the north half
of the building to the full eight story
height of the south half, with the ad
dition of a ninth story over all. are
being concluded by the Union Pacific
system with the Fleishhacker interests.
Involved in the deal is said to be some
$2,000,000. A. E. Doyle, Portland archi
tect, is said already to have designed
plans for the north unit of the struc
ture, which was left unfinished when
the building was erected some nine
years ago, .
Mortin-K-r Fleischhacker. head of the
Pittock Building company, is expected
here tonight, the formal consummation
of the deal awaiting his signature, ac-cording-
to reports.
; Conclusion of this lease and construc
tion program : is expected to end the
wanderings of the Union Pacific -general
Western offices, which lately' were
moved from- the Wells-Fargo building
because of a rental advance. One proj
ect for the erection of a new building
orv the north half of the Corbett prop
erty opposite the old postoffiee was
entertained for some time until It was
discovered that no temporary deal could
be made with the new owners of the
Wells-Fargo' building for extension of
lease under the old . terms and it was
impossible fo get "the new. building
ready in time. . V
Another project that of putting Up
a structure near the Union station
was considered tor a time but aban
doned. The Union Pacific offioes were
i then divided between ; the Pittock block
and the Montgomery-Ward - buildaag;
whera they-will remain until permanent
Quarters - are " provided for. . - v . '
With the enlarged Pittock block af
fording ample -room for ail the offices.
those -now - housed with ; Montgomery
Ward probably would t removed to
thr jiew headquarters.
W1AHY SAFES FAIL
111 ASTORIA FIRE
Astoria, Dec 13. Safe experts re
today venting their wrath, on a certain
style of modern safe as less than
worthless against fire. All safes of
this . type so far opened are found .to
have offered no resistance against the
devouring flames and their contents
of coins and paper are reduced to melt
ed metal or heaps of ashes ; -while the
old-style steel ; safes carried - their
valuables through he " conflagration
without damage. - . .
T. F. Purcell of the Purcell Safe
oompany, of Seattle, and G. H. Perriam,
a veteran safe expert, who are here su
perintending the reopening' of safes
and vaults, made this announcement
this morning. - v . ', - :
These modern cafes.: whether : Six
months or a year old. proved an actual
conductor of the heat Instead of a re
sistant," said Perriam. "while the old
time steel safe, whether 40 or &0 years
old, held its treasures - injact. Tt ; Is
criminal for the public, to be duped
into believing that the modern form
of safe Is fireproof.' ' As a result of
this fallacv the merchants of Astoria
will lose - uncounted thousands ef dol
lars because of the destruction of .their
records and accounts, to say nothing
of other valuables.
Perriam also declares that all as
bestos-lined safes, ; regardless of type.
were futile. , .The asbestos, he said.
acted as an actual conductor of heat
and thus crumpled all paper and melted
all metal. The asbestos itself proved
fireproof, but when it became red hot
It acted like a torch on the contents
it was supposed to protect. i
the contents in the safe in the Ma
sonic hall were among those destroyed.
Among these contents were records and
doings of men who 'came here in 47,
This loss is irreparable, as the records
of this, lodge were among the oldest
In tne West. Many odd pictures and
signatures that had been kept for de
cades were wiped out. -
One large department store's papers
and valuables were' destroyed. The
safes ift Shatter's Jewelry store held
splendidly against the flames. r These
safes had been a source of much worry
because of the gems of untold value
they contained. ,
J-:. The reopening of "a pool hall safe
furnished a double-Join ted , instance of
calamity." All papers of any value In
this vault were, utterly demolished.
while the pool chips, now virtually
worthless.' went through the disaster
wunout uemage.
Frank Super of , Portland and John
Zulisky of Seattle this afternoon Joined
the other two safe experts in opening
the safes. 1 i. -Ki , . - s -;
"Work of opening safes on Commercial
street Js procoediag .rapidly, f
Dairy Promoterlls
by Police
' f ' - '" ' . 1 -' I- i : i
" Pasco, Wish; Dec- IS. J. Burns, who
is alleged to . have collected cash de-
posite of. $50 each from ma he em
ployed as drt vers. for a dairy he an
nounced be planned to establish, faces
charges her.-' -A warrant was issued
for his arrest but h was not located.
He is also alleged to have left unsaid
hotel hills, and to cave failed to pay
workmen employed to prepare a build
ing for a dairy. ,. He ' said ' be repre
sented the Burns Dairy company of
x akhna. - but r no .such company
known, . accordlnr td word from Ya
kima. ' . .' ' -
MotherWho
Killed Tots
FacesTridl
Jf Mrs. George Feles is found by
alienists to be sane and the test will
be given her "as soon as she leaves the
hospital she will . be prosecuted on". a
charge of murder in the' first degree,
according to decision today of Assist
ant District Attorney Kirk after talk
ing to. the woman who Mad turned on
the gas in her home at No. 472 Sum
ner street Tuesday night and killed .her
two babies.'
Formal charges of murder were filed
in the municipal court , by Kirk, witb
Police' Inspectors Moloney and SchuV
piua standing sponsor for them. jWhat
thoughts -were racing through the mind
of the little mother trlor to her deter-
pmination to dispose of her children and
herself may be imagined.. Kirk said,
because she told him' she had tried
nine times to end her own life prior
to her marriage -to Felea.
MOTHER HECOVERIWG
Hal fan hour before she turned on
the gas. Kirk said she told him. she
was playing happily . With her -children
In the front room.. Then the thought
came back to ner tney ... are teewe-
minded ; why let them grow up as de
fectives.
Mrs. Feles was so far recovered to
day as to Justify her removal to the
county Jail Thursday. . She will be
given a .mental examination immedi
ately.
The grim drama was being enacted
In th kitchen of the horn of Feles
while the father Was -waiting to enter
his locked house. Gas was flawing
steadily from the open burners of the
gas. range.-. 'Slowly - suffocating the
frantic babies and seriously affecting
the deranged mother. The puzzled
father, unable to get in the house be
cause he had no . key. waited at the
house of a neighbor "for his wife and
children to reutrn home."
WAITS OUTSIDE
Feles had come home from work and
found the - house dark and the -door
locked. After waiting 10 minutes . on
his own porch and then another 15
minutes , at the neighbor's home, he
became suspicious and- broke-into' his
house through a -window. It was' too
late, to save the babies.. Margaret, 1,
and James. 3, had succumbed to the
poisonous , fumes.
Both; the coroner and the police are
firm is their . -belter that the tragedy
is suicidal and homicidal,, and' report
as the only explanation, the probable
mental derangement -ef the mother.':
Feles is a waiter at the Multnomah
hotel. Shortly after .J o'clock Tues
day right The -returned from ; shop
ping trip downtown. When he arrived
Concluded an Pas To, Coloaut Twr)
COLD VAVE It)
E
The mercury,, again touched the
mark of 19 degrees early today, but
failed f to go lower., as predicted, be
cause of a cloudy condition which pre
vailed during the night. k
All over Oregon and( Washington
the temperateures were slightly higher
an'l the weather office reported ; that
the Northwest has passed: the crest .of
the severe cold wave for the present.
although there-was the possibility that
another wave might follow.
"There is no indication of a decided
change," said K. L. Wells, district
weather forecaster. iThe minimum
temperature looked . for ' Thursday
morning will be "24 degreea T High pres
sure conditions continued today.
If .the present low temperature' and
clear weather continues for another
24 hours the skating will be "great
on Laurelhurst lake, according to an
announcement made this morning - by
Superintendent of Parks Keyser.. . No
skatihgwill be permitted in Laurelhurst
today. Park employes are flooding the
lake to secure a smooth, surface for
skating Thursday. The surface now is
too rough. It Is expected that the new
surface will freeze over during, the
night. .
Ice ia thick enouch on most nf tha
sloughs and other shallow and aulet
bodies' of water about the city, but ja,
itnemijr iw rougni lor SHaiinc.
Over the Northwest temperatures
were reported to - be below zero in
many - places yet. Spokane reported
4 degrees below zero to the weather
fficev "
Other temperatures reported were
Walla Walla. J2t Umatilla, 7 ; Baker,
tCwododed w hu Six, Coluaa six)
V ,l-..st- et - st
Fate Slaps His
By Pa Prrlh
- Jooraal 8taff CarretpoBdent
Astoria. Dec 13. A philosopher
should be here to walk among the cool
ing ruins of this city and read a moral
for mankind in her toppling walla. ,. It
is a fit place for such 'a man an old
man, wrapped In a student's : robe,
standing in the shadow of a crumbling
anchway to ponder upon, the fearful
ease with which the touch of Fate's
little finger has obliterated a cunning
city of men. v ." - ' '."
- He migfat remark t himself if . We
may be allowed the conceit of thre
being such a philosopher and our know
ing his thoughts that the ruins are a
replica of those ' of ancient Rome- -as
pictured in the school day - history
books.; : '.. i-y'i,:-';-"-'
. ;'But Rome's ruins were na4' in a
thousand -years and. these In a night,"
he adds. Then . h "slowly shakes his
head. -"' - J ' . " -. -' ' -
TAstoria has boasted that she is the
city of destiny.? She is that. Indeed.
But it must be by a super-human ef
fort if her destiny Is to be the great
ness she dreamed a few days so."
An-i thn ;erhsrs te 'sm s'r.fcs be
STATE
CEDING
Ruins Point Man
Bill Introduced Seeks Approp-
priation of $3,000,000 for
Reconstruction Work Under
Advice of Secretary of War.
Washington. Dec. 13. (WASHING
TON' BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
An appropriation of ?3.ooo.roo woum te
made by the federal government to as
sist in relief of sufferers" from' the fire
which devastated a portion" of Astoria,
Or., under a bill introduced in the sen
ate this afternoon by senator moary
and referred to the committee on ap-
Drotiriations.
The bill would sutnonze tne worKj
to be carried on under advice of the
secretary of war, who also would be
empowered to bring military resources
to this-extent to the. aid of tne lire vic
tims.
Members of the Oregon delegation.
today received. an appear from Mayor
James Bremner and organisations at
Astoria asking federal an for the re
construction of the city, similar to the
assistance given Galveston 'and San
Francisco after they had suffered cal
amity. Three million dollars is named
as the sum necessary to afford relief.
Representative Hawley, representing
the Astoria district, stated he had not
decided what course to pursue, but be
lieves that some measures of relief
should be undertaken.
"Destruction by. fire is surely as
great a misfortune 'as the flood was In
the Galveston . case." he salu. "I wish
to Took into the matter carefully to de
termine the proper course to take, and
will hten act promptly."
MeXART WIRES ASTORIA HE -
HAS ASKED FOR FKDERAL AID
Astoria, Dec 13. A bill will be intro
duced In the United States senate today
appropriating $3,000,000. for the relief of
suffering caused by the great fire here
according to a telegram from Senator
McNary received today by Frank Pat-
ton or the committee of ten..
A telegram from Senator Stan field
(Concluded oa Pace Four, Gohran Twe)
Astoria Has1 New
Scare; Eire; Found :
In' fiigh. School
Astoria, Dec IS. Astoria, already
sorely tried and stricken, had another
ure scare early this morning. -
When H. Brabaw. janitor at the
high school on the hill at 16th street
and Jerome,-avenue, reached his post
at 5:30 o'clock he found the basement
fuUtrf smoke with fiery, embers slowly
eating their way into the floor, v
He -dashed down - the hill to Ex
change street and called the fire, de
partment , from its temporary quarters.
The blaze was quickly, pat "under con
trol.'-- ? ,
. The blaze was found to have or
iginated from overheating in the fur
nace- A brisk fire had besn kept tip
to shield from the- cold the patients
who had been f temporarily removed
there from the ' hospital.' .-Fortunately,
these . patients had been taken from
the school structure' and placed ia
private homes the day before. -'
- i i i I. m , i .
W. A. Andersoji.
. Arrested, in South
" San Francisco. : Dec 13. (U. P.)
Local detectives today arrested W. A.
Anderson on a warrant from Portland
charging him with the theft of $1200
from a Portland, Or., bank.
Anderson's arrest was . sought on a
secret indictment - returned here De
cember 5, charging larceny of $1120
from the United States, National bank
through juggling of his wife's account
at the; bank. ' '" : -. :i'
British Steamship ;
Manchester Ashore
... " . " . . '., J . -j
Boston, Doc; 13, TJ. P.-The Brit
ish steamship 'Manchester" Spinner is
ashore on Ixng island, pounding irk a
heavy sea, according to S. O. S. signals
Intercepted arly today. ' -
- st st . s; t ; s
Cunning City
hind the point at the mouth of the
great river and the. powerful search
ght .of the destroyer Tarborough,
which lies in the harbor with her sail
ors on guard in the streets, is played
upon the town... Kot eveif darkness is
allowed to hide the hideous gray scars
at the toot of the hilL - -' ; !',-;. v
Perhaps, this purely Imaginary phil-
osopner came to the city on the tram
yesterday afternoon.' He most have
been struck, with the singular beauty
of the scenes beyond the window. It
was a clear, warm day, with the broad-
boaomed river moving calmly down to
the sea between green dills and with
the. higher hiUs sloping, away into the
blue distances beyond.;: -s-s -.- -3
Hanger, -cold, human sorrow, seemed
figments, of the . day's neers. . Nature
was too kmd, too smiling and cheerful.
But inside the train the signs were
dismtfettasAThe coaches' were, crowded
with . worried men and women. with
hearty, salesmen, earnest bankers sum
officious relief workers., - -
The train rolled in through- Astoria's
ct;sisrhtly et end and,etopned at the
Weakness
Wilhelm Had
i - ? '?..-' . tt ;.'' It
His Advisors
Cast-Off Love
Era u Ga briele: von Rocho w
. i-'-x--w.'e':-: : :r5f.x --; f
: : -:S r.;.::JH.:?;::.. " .' ' '
. (CeivricbV 122. bf laiaraattoaal, Xw' Berriee. rowUii. lHtit EmwWi1 ' ? -
v Berlin, IMc iT--.Tb. human.triangle being "no respecter of persons,
bobbed up one day at Castie Doorn. 'entered wlthont knocking: and rudely
broke up the secret romance In the life of Wilhelm Hohenzpllern, former
German emperor.' 'And then It began to play its old heartless game, ea
UUed rpxyrpmiKy? 'yi?z f ' " ' ' . ' . '. ' .. . "
- The womart who,, in this; case." paid vaiia paid, and " paid---itnd is still
paying in heart blood. In friendship, in respect and in social prestige
Is Frau Gabrlele von ocTiow."Svho, for six months, was secretly engaged
to marry Wilhelm Hohenzollern. She broke-off the engagement 'after
the "kaiser's c&merilla," as Wilhelm's entourage at Doorn is now known.
had attacked her fr two reasons.
VTOFI-B BE MISAI-tlASCn -- .
Firstly; while she, belongs to the so-
called "adel." which is the oldest and
proudest aristocracy in -the empire
her forebears were knights in Bran
denburg long before the advent ofthe
Hohenzollerns she is net . or - royal
blood; therefore, it would have been a
misalliance if the former kaiser . had
ever been returned - to the German
throne; ';' ' 'T: " "J "
.Secondly, the members of the cam-
etilla hardly -.approved of,-. any mar
riage, preferring to keep the exiled
monarch tmder'thelr own sway without
interference from . a .wife jwbo might
look into their cards. ' r -. i .' "., ,
Strange as it may5 seem, these two
women Frau "von Rochow. who. lost,
and Princess "Hermine of Reuse, .who
won in the game of love have, one
common emotion and uttered it to me
in almost - identical word a - It Is the
most bUtef.V undying hatred ' against
the members - of the former " kaiser's
entourage- at the House of Doom. 1
Right : here it inouuit m mlw irat
FrauvoARoschow has" not the slight-;
est bit of Jealousy or- envy toward the
woman Who" won and who., was led. to
the altafe On . the contrary. sh aI-
ways speaks of Princess Hermine t now
known in ' the Hohensofliern household
as Kaiserlne Hermiae).-in the kindest
and not cordial Wordsrr , The ?griv
ance ties'elsewhere.' A :
THREATENS TOrX "' r ?
! Someone -said that man's: meanness
may - turn-1 -ewomaa .inti a: tigress.
Frau von Rochow has not reached that
stage, but she has arrived at the point
where she demands satisfaction from
her calumniators. Today she teok the
first legal: step. The whole affair now
threatens to branch- out nto a; public
scandal, t The facts of this story have
been In the correspondent's pauses si on
for hree.-ontly,'"butrb was ruaabls
to publish them because of the '"other
woman.""-,,. ' j": ?
While alia poured outher soul and
told the story ot herjTOjnance- iri all tta
tatimats deuUls-arspnaetimea amid tears
Fran - von Rochow--, was absolutely
loyal to the' former Wiser and begged
the writer, not to paint bitn 1 his true'
light. . namely, ; "as a " coward ; and a
cad,' who, after imploring her ; upon
bis knees ..to marry hint - and finally
winning ner consent with the plea that
be could not' live without her. listened
to the whispers, of camerUla. These
whispers, appealed.: i his vanity , i
"emperor. . and . .they i- persuaded ; the
former-'war -lord to ''throw over: his
fianced "sweetheart in cold blood after
having 'details' of "the -wedding plans
prepared, for. tne trerman press. . into
the ex-kaiser blamed it upon his a&deai
XORE BITTESXESS COXES ,
.But that was only the first drop of
Fran von .floe how's -cup; of , -bitterness
and suffering. - After that followed
systematic" campaign slighting and di
crediting her. For; in the meantime.
Princess Hcrmin had4 appeared upon
the scene. AVith the ctjri"- -which ia
Secret Affair
'" ''5 - 91 WL- ' "" t
Shattered It
Is Very Bitter
the prerogative of a bride-to-be. Her
mlns began to ask. questions regardinjef.
Wilhelm s relations wfth - Frau von
Rochow, whose two extended visits to'
Doorn Were common knowledge.
- It is then, that the campaign of In
trigue and - calumny was driven into
Frau yon " Rochow's heart by a printed
story inspired . from : Doom that Ga
briels had been only the .housekeeper
at Castif Doorn. -.This story stands to
day unchallenged and undented by any
members of bo ex -kaiser's entourage
orbythe former, kaiser himself. t ;-.
When : the. correspond est. first' .talked
with Gabriels she '- magnanunoasly
waved 'off the 'slight suspicion. This
as ' an - impartial alibi for. the v In
tended wife-fori Hermine had. not yet
married Wilhelm- Hohenzollern .- when
this statement. Was made. 1 -
WAIT FOB liEinAl,.
Butvsnlthen doubt. nagged. at Frau
fJn" PvOchowW heart.' Day ; after day
she waited patiently for one slight ges
ture ''from vDoornf :, wh ich would '"'put' a
stop :t ; the rvjejous '"version1 thafc' -she
who had -been, Wilhelm tried , Tor
years, and" .she; , Who,", for'slx. tnorfths,
had been his solemnly betrothed fiance.
was, merely; housekeeper, at 'Doorn.
-.'"Motrst -igl wordhas, eomoj from
Wilhelm to aet her straight , in her
social stratum whera . th vvry,r word
rhousekeeper-'.means social death.,.
Instead; Wilhelm , has jwrittsn ; her
many : lettertr and only a week or so
(Celadd es Pt.cn Tvo.-Oahuan One) .
Woodrbw Wflson to
' i - -L - 'v i - -35.-- - - k
Qui t Ea r Business
New Tork"DecA n.-WoodrowiW1i.
son.VilI,ijult.th law firm of Wilson A:
Colby on December 11, and "turn his
energy- -one -foora- tosubjects which
hayeUongr, invited him. - This an
nouncement .made by' Balnbridge
CoTby. secretary of state in President
vFUson'si JcaMnet, feThev law partner
ship of the --two men expires at the
jend of this year,: and Colby wilt con
tinues the practice alone. " The former
secretary ' gave no details of Wilson's
plans. . - . r- -'-' - -
McAdoo's'Sonfls ;
: Fined for Speeding
; Sonta . Ana, .Cal; Dec 13 IV. P.)
WUllam Gibbs cJIAdoo. Jr.,son of the
former secretary-of the treasury, to
day paid $10 to Justice of the Peace
J, B. Cox for the-privilege of passing
an intersection . at- ia muee- an hour.
Young McAdoo was arrested by motor-
-?i-e oinc-r' ernon Meyers near
liurt'.nt-ton Eeach. He pleaded guilty
JAPANESE
SMUGGLERS
ARE NABBED
-' 1
Eight Arrests Made in Attempt
to Land Five ; Aliens From
Japan; Spend 36 Days in
Coal Bunkers on Ocean Liner.
One of , th' largest -captures of Jap
anese smugglers made in Portland for
many years waa revealed this morn
ing lo the United States court win
United. Stales District Attorney, lif
ter W. - Humphreys.?, filed charites
against, three alleged smugglers. ;
They " and tlte five Japanese, .whom -they
are charged - with , unlawfully .
bringing Into the . country. - have bot-n-. -captured;'
Bond on the three alleg'-d .
smugglers Yoshnsuga Nimura, Jufra
Kajlno and K. " Kakira was set at
$2500 : each by Federal Judge "C. , K.
Wolverton. The- aliens G. Hori, R.
Okawa. T.- Watanebe. "S. - Kawakami
and O. Murklani are being held In
the city jail - without bond, under - a
physician's care, being victims of Mal
nutrition from the long Journey acio.-s .
the Pacific .ocean. .. . , . .' ,
HIDK IX CO A I ' , y
For J das-a the quintet lived In ti e .
eoal bunkers, frpf the Japaneie '. lliu r
Ypres Maru, subsisting only on sm h ,
smalt - quantities of cooked rice ami
watetp as Kajlno ; and Kakira could ,
smuggle to th-n-u Wen the ship ar
rived in ' Portland.: after spending a
few days; in Aberdeen, the five -were
in a serious condition, two of : thent
being so weak that they had to bo
helped off the vessel " by their smug- .
glers. "All frve' are close to 20 years
of age.. ' ' ' ";.L-: : .-t-y;r-;,:
Discovery of the wholesale attempt
at smuggling was "made by lmmigr- ,
Uon Inspector R.' P. Bonham after tv
men were ashore. Calling in all his dtp-'
uties. Bonham laid out a web . to all
Northwest cities into which he hoped
one of the men would fall, that he
might set a clue to the remainder. .
SCSFECT8 XOCATEB
Bonham learned' the men had "been
taken off the boat about t a. m. De cember
4, and rushed by atuomobile to
the Telkokn hotel, Ko. 63 North Third
street, -and, tl foUowlngvday taken
away, presumably ot Vancouver, Wash. ,
.,Scrntlnyiot Il trains froing out of
Portland resulted last Friday night ta
the. captare of Kinrnra. one, of thecal- ,
leged mugrsrlers.; and t Okawa, one . f ,.
the contraband, as they wer abou t it
leave for Californi on a- Southern
Pacific 'train; '- v,: -i w;-.
By ' careful 'maneuvering ' Bonham'a -. ,
men obtained enough information from
these two - to locate : the other foar
aliens' in- two Tacoma hotels the fal
lowing night.' and returned them hero. -Kajino.
a fireman, and Kakira, f lr.it
oiler on the Ypres Mlru, have been ar
rested since, . " -PliAKS'
FAIL -;-' .
According to signed confessions which
Bonham says Nimura, Kajino and Ka- .'
kira have, made, Okawa's brot her. re- .
sidingl lni San;, Bernardino. Oal., ar
ranged the- "smuggling warty," havini;
engaged Nimura of Portland to hand.j
the American ;ehd. -. and " Kajino . and -Kakira
to keep them concealed aboard
the 'vessel. , ,
Plans called for smuggling the five
ashore -at Aberdeen, where the boat
I first docked, but owing lo a litl'e :
inninie m. . iinu fori, inm plan couic
not be carried out, so Nimura came to
Portland by tram and laid new plena
to carry- out the scheme here.
Nimura, Kajino and Kakira are said
to have . been offered 1000 yen apiece
If thev - succeeded in the smugglin;r
plan.- During Vthe proceeding , the -
watchman at the ship. is said to have
been bribed, . . .
PBWAXTT J SEYEBE t - 1
After getting the five ashore.' out of
Portland and 'into " Tacoma, Nimura
left" Hori, ' Watanebe,, Kawakamt and
Murikant in the eare of trustworthy
Japanese and started for California- to
deliver the younger Okawa to his bro
ther's farm. Arrest of these two proved
to be the unraveling of the entire plot
Humphreys, in asking the court to
set a high bond on each man. ex
plained, to the court that- the penalty
l severe, the law prescribing a rnaxi
mum of $2000 and five years imprison
ment for each man brought in. If con
victed the thrte alleged smugglers are
therefore liable to a : 910,000 fine and
25 years, imprisonment , at . McNeils
island.. .:':,;:-" v;1
s and Dogs
Thirst; Ice Covers
Drinking Places
rStray .docs, .pigeons and 'other na-
owned more or less wild fowls are suf
fering, from lack, of water because of '
the freezing -of puddles -or troughs
where they were wont to quench thetr
thirst. . , '
An Wednesday morning scores of .
thirsty pigeons winged thetr way to '
the little rear porch on the mezzaniuL
floor of Tha Journal, attracted there by
what appeared to bj small streams of .
water, but, alssr, it was a delusion; it
proved to be nothing trat what was
once water which had trickled, from
th roof and frozen on the flooring.
The birds patiently bat vainly pecked
at the glassy vision only to 'ultimately -give
up in despair "and . fly ayt dis
consolate. . . . ' . . '. ... : . :
One young nian with more sympathy '
than resourcefulness lent his aid to, a
thirsty tloar that .was sniffing: at a
street fountain. . He picked the mongn-l :
canine up and held him while he lappeo
at tha miniature cascade flowing at
the topi -A; few: passen-by laughed at
the kindly,-ac - w-hil other prttestet
that it m as no place for thirsty hounds.
The grateful dog wagged its tall and .
trotted . away - to :earry the news to
dofrdom. -' " -.
Thoughtful ; persons mirht perforin
an act-, of . mercy by --teeing that 'pans
or tubs of water are kept ready for the
thirsty. wild fowls of tl.eir neigtb-ci-hoods.
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