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CITY EDITION : if a All Here and It's All True . CHRJSTM AS SHOPPIXO from an au- " -. tomoUv angle will be the- feature of ' the automobile section of the Sunday " Journal. , Adventure of -a, kindly-soul in giving people lifts will also be told. VOL. XX. .NO.: 239. Ente-ftd m RocnudCUm Matter , at foaurffiec, Portland. Omaoo LLS. Ready To 1ke Decided Step f In European Squabble,; V: To Move in Hope That Frenchmen WiU Change Policy In nsis By : David Lawrence- , x Coprrtht. I22.'b Th Journ.1) , VV " Washington. Dec. 14. Within tha next 18 days moves of the greatest tm- portance to the future of Europe will : "vyximmi be made by the United States gov- I f x gemmeni m'consuj- i v V station with lh ,1. 'lled cowers.- ,."v i 11 The details of tha A mM-ir- n nrn. V gram cannot be I disclosed at-; this time, as H Is de 3 sired that the first explanation of 1 what the . United States has In mind shall coma through American -t diplo matic representa- tiTes abroad. Jt Is -s -therefore " possible today only to mention the objectives rather than the mods of procedure which the government seeks. jt First of all. the United 'States gov-J -i emment would be deeply disappointed v to see France : seise the Ruhr region. - not only because the taking of German - territory would be the breeder of more T war in Europe, -but because it may 'mean the' rum of Germany. The Ruhr contains Ave sixth of the coal supply of - Germany ap'd her industrial recupera tion will be impossible without fuel., t.S.CASTHEtP : Which does France want,, money or the rain of Germany T That ia the 1 question being asked here. If she V wants to dismember Germany as a : means of providing security against in vasion, then the eelaure f the Ruhr Is .what she will insist upon unless the al - lies use their .diplomatic- influence to v nrevent such an occurrence. There are Indications that France will not heed ; the British warnings on this subject and that only the voice of the United States interposed at this Juncture can dissuade France., - . - " The whole, situation-has been drift '? Ing along from bad to worse due to the V spilt between France and Great Brit 1 ain. The French tlaim they were first ' rebuffed and forced to go It alone wnen . t tim TTnlted States , and Great Britain failed to ratifythe three cornered de ' f enei ve treaty whereby these two pow ers were: to come to the aid of France 'in ease of unprovoked attack by Ger- - LOOKED TO BRITAIN ? When America f ailed aet. France thought Great.Brltain would give such a guarantee alone.- tout the Brton ' claimed they were to come to France's - aid only if America- agreed to do so. a ntmvnv ia helns: carried on to- day between former Prime Minister! X.Uyd 1 George . ano. ?"" Cleroenceau ;aa to what England did agree to do.and it womo seem Great Britain im Teady today, as he was at the Cannes conference-a year ' aro, to guarantee the security of Franca against Germany. ' , ' . But before doing anything so tar reaching Great Britain "wants- some- - thing -ia 4.return. Elie .wants ; a . more moderate policy on the part of France. She wants a more reasonable attitude en the subject, of reparations, -for if Germany is strangled industriaUy then . British' commerce witht Germany will be permanently . ruined. , " V WAlfTS' GEKttAJfT President Harding's suggestion 'of a treaty modeled tn the 4-power Pacific pact is ao effort to meet the French V viewpoint. Mr.-Harding thinks Ger- many enoma o jhwjmmwm n wiwwu guarantee treaty, but 8 cautiously re fraining from any commitment f to the effect that the ; United States wiU join in' such treaty. - He would, too, like to see what France and Europe In gen . , ral is willing to do for itself.- before -v making 'any definite pledges of Ameri can moral influence ia .European mat ters." . v ';. '- -...J -v .--''. -ii': If France is content to abandon ideas of seising the Ruhr and will rely upon . - Germany's literal fulfillment of the disarmament ' clauses of the Versailles treaty as a guarantee against invasion, then the question of reparations ean be treated separately. . Certainly be tween now and January 15 the repara-J ttons question s tne most acute p.on . lem of all and must be eettled en a o- Uebt v . j. lutton pioposed no matter what the de- (Omehtoed ea Pace - Eisbtcea, Cehuna Tvo) Without a show f emotion or even . comprehenelon.i Mrs. Dorothy Feles . learned, shortly before noon today of - tne -eeathby gas asphyxiation of her - two babies - and that she. la charged wita taetr murder. " ;- Patrolman pan Welch, representing : - tne inspector s bureau, read .the war rant to- Mrs. Felee in the women's di vision of the city, jail, Mrs. Feles kept ser eyes- ou - me rioor woite the pa trolmen read the warrant arid whew he reached the point-where he read ; you are: charged fcvlth the murder ef the. two, children the .eyes did not ' merf.-'.-.f '-i' -.4-:r -,vi.f.-vi . In, the brief time that eiapeed ; be tween the readinar of the warrant and - the exit f Welch. Wrs. Feles made no , sound or movcC- Another woman pris oner gaped and another giggled.-but . tbere was nothing- , to Jndieate. evea 1 understanding" from the principal fig . xire of the little scene. .... i i . - .x Mrs. Fele" was rr moved from St. Vincents hospltaV-to" the city jail in 1 art ambulance, and , every care : was y aliown her. A wnn was ia constant :t. attendance, to ijidi any emergency. 5 -s it -is probable -that Mrs.! Feles will ; be examneid before night to determine " If she-be sane; V Although -insanity is a defence In a. murder case, it is prob- - able that" the - state will conduct, the examination, it was stated rthis morn ni(. . v - : ; ... . : -No attrmry has been named for Mrs. - Fries as yet- :,' .: , M IRDFR CHARRF a mm mm m wt :.mm mm mm mmmmm AGAINST MOTHER J - ; ' . BOY BANDIT, BETRAYED BY PAi; CAUGHT Herfrert West," 15, Captured as He Was' Pfahninf Another Holdup, Gives Police Address of His Partner' in. Crime. In a desperate effort to escape from police inspectors who surrounded his home at noon today, Rhody Beer, It- year-old partner, of the 15-year-old "rube" robber, Herbert -West, alias Sloan, jumped front hie window to the roof - of the porch at No. 3SS - Cable street, slipped - on the' snow and slid without resistance to the edge of the roof, dropping directly into the arms of one of the detectives below. Young Beer is now in the city jail. where he will face his "benefactor' and betrayer, who was arrested Wednesday night and who has con fessed to three robberies. Implicating eer in one. ? , j- Both lads will be charged with as sault and robbery .and being armed with, dangerous weapons. , - . s v . HETBATS PARTNER ; West , told- detectives where his' partner for one night lived because the erstwhile companion - had double crossed him after participating in only one hold up and had run away with some of West's ' clothing. - Wet said hfe divided the proceeds of the Perlman Economy clothing .store. No. 148 Front street, with Beer and later took. Beer to his room. i " He said Beer Was down and out and needed help, but when Beer walked away with a lot of clothing stolen from Bialkin's .store, that was more .than West could stand. This morning he told the police where to find Beer. 8I4PS OK BOOF The house ' was . surrounded shortly before noon.' Beer discovered the 12 policemen posted around the -place and then determined to escape by the roof. He failed to take .the snow in account. for the moment his foot touched the roof he began' to slide. "After that he kept moving Bteadily Until t the" iron - - - Concluded o Pui Twenty-oo, Column ZSIt) .Lausanne, f ; Tee. .l 4.-rKU. p.v-war and massacre in the Near East, feared inevitable if the - Lausanne - peace -conference broke-up,, was, averted. at the eleventh "how today. 1 6 Ismet Faaha. Turkish spokesman, ac cepted a British proposal for protec tion f Christian minorities in Con stantinople . and other - parts ot Asia Mtnor dominated by the -Turks. Moreover, the Kemalist leader an nounced on ; behalf of his government Turkey's: read ides to join, the League of Nations. . 1 : 11 . ... . As a result the parley will not break; up; . ?y. iv t; : . - '. ,-, ; - Pendletbn? Man Is Drowned When Ice Breaks Under Him ;indleton, -Dec. li. ? Karl Corn Us, aged about 4 . well known Pendleton man., was : drowned in the Umatilla river yesterday while - hunting. -. The body was recover this '. morning. Coutts, an experienced - hunter, . went out yesterday morning with .. a party after duoks. . , When he failed to join his compan ions art the close of the day a search revealed his gun and pack at the edge of the river, whence his tracks led out 4 little distance over the ice, aa If he? had walked - out ts get " bird. 6 The returning trades were "visible " for but a 'short distance, when they disap peared, .indicating that he had brokea through the ice. ;Word was - immedi ately sent to his parents, Mr. find Mrs, George Coutts, here, and a thorough oy and' Grief K ; - at, ' ",n 1 One Saves All, By Phil Farrlsk . . ; , Joumat. Staff Csneapoedeat. . . , Astoria; Or.. Dec H.-H. Ekstrom, Astoria jeweler, whose . store . was at 12th. and Commercial streets last week, was f ound-eiMing on an old ? tin can in the Tuins yesterday afternoon, sur rounded -with tray of Jgllrterlns; dla: monda, glowing pearls and sapphires. A5 few -guards and privileged idlers gathered -areunde ; "; ; "The experts just opened my safe," Ilk strom explained, r- Everything ? is hwlyr;:"r.-w-.i,fr: -r Xi f "How fauch to there. one wide-eyed aHe.askael?'- -.-i.-'V.'-s?;2.'!- . - Oh,: about $25.00 worth." f ; The sailor closed his eyes. ; Bui. a Uttle farther ' down': a "ditfeiH ent scene was taking piae.;-A A shopkeeper one of the kind -whose face .brands- him "sober and hard working-smiled ?.t the little audience that was' watching a: safe opener hammer at the lock of as old safe on aft ash heap, " ."I ; test my srore," .. the Fhopkeepcr sld. 1rt 'I cot a little left In here. It's only -about i'X'Hl. but - it's enogh to set yta,i't-l aia with." -, . WEI MASSACRE : SiilEADEIiStlFF OREGON, I 1 or 4. i'" 3 Convicts Judge Morrow. of (he Multnomah cir cuit court has recommended pardon for Jack, La Rose,' Jesse Webb and Irle Alley, ; all sentenced to prison by him. The Judge, said today he had made these recommendations after- confer ences with -the prosecutors ; ana the parole board, and believed himself jus tified In each- case. .-5 "La Rose has acquired a different slant on life." Morrow said. - "He now understands that to get along In the world a man roufit' regraro. the rights of others, and must himself be a good citi- sea.- H did not -believe that when I sentenced Mm. . , . v . "Jesse Webb has distinctly- made good since hjs incarceration. I Aave ascertained that since he has been in , pryjon. and in spite of his, limitations in that institution, he has accumulated some property. 4 He has written a book. He has always had the ability and now he has the in clination to get along aa tn-, honest and - law-abiding dtisen.". ' " "As for Irle Alley, he was convicted three years ago foe. highway robbery with two other men, both pf whom are now free. All were- equally guilty. Alley ' has undergone , an operation which- should free him 'from the-en-tanglements that lead to crime. It ia unjust to make one .man bear an the blame for a crime in which other were t guilty." 3 esse Webb, i who is to be pardoned by Acting Governor 'Ritner After hav ing served 12 years of a commuted life sentence imposed upon htm for the murder of W. A. - Johnson. .In the New Grand Central ' hotel in Portland in 1910, was the center of one of the most dramatic Incidents in the history of that grim brick prison building; the Salem "pen. ; i . ' 'Webb was a printer,, coming to the coast from the Middle West. He was married and had one child, a daugh ter. In Tacoma. where, they lived. Mrs. Webb suffered -a long spell of sickness and Carrie Kersch. a nurse, came to care . for-,, her .during her 111- tConelodad en Page Nlaetaca. ' Ootoma Fire) M. Fleishbackei5 ; Sees Prosperity. . Era facing U. S. The United States ia entering a long era of prosperity,- with.' probable fluc tuations In living costs and intensity of 'Commercial activity, according 4 to Mortimer Fleishaacker. vice : president of the Angle ac London raris national bank of Sani Francisei-wW-:rrived from th East today. An improved tone ts .-neUable'-ln--aJi eastern - industriai and! financial " activity,-1 Flelslmacker etatedV and in the investment market there is a growing interes. in tne pa cific Northwest, yi - J :f.- vii Flelahhacker ! was "a witness before the interstate dommerc commission at Washington , in a .hearing on the pro posed Bnmerger of "the Sou th'erna Paci fic; and-Central Pacific rail lines.,. He declined to comment on the probable. decision of the interstate - commerce TOmm,tssionii; . ' J, - Negotiations have been- under -way forv some time between the . Pittock Building - company; headed by the Fleishhacker Interests, and the Union Pacific system for a lease "of six" addi tional stories to be erected on the Pit tock block. The general offices of the Union- Pacific are located in the build ing on a short term . lease. Fleialt- hacker , stated the larger lease- is under discussion iwith probability of being closed at an early date. 1 - . Astor Sends $5000 And Word of Cheer ? To Stricken City Astoria; Dec. I4.-r-One of . the largest cash donations received or announced at local relief headquarters Wednesday was the one made by Vincent As tor ef New Tork, head of the house of As tor, whose illustrious forebear, John Jacob As tor, founded this city in ItlU Astor telegraphed $5000 to be used in general relief work here. His message follows : !, am forwarding you by Western Union telegraph J 5000 to be expended at your discretion for general relief. May I not express to you and through you to the citixens ef Astoria my suv- cerest .sympathy In this l great catas trophe, with, a conviction that the ini tiative resourcefulness and energy die played , py , your .city throughout ; the past shall overcome even the disaster and' assure a future of ', happiness and prosperity." : . '... Run Together a ' ( , K st One Loses All Just thea the' safe' door came oeen Inside was a heap of burned paper. The snopaeeper fell en the ashes with moan. He was carried away-uncon scious. ----- 4 t Several families, prominent here., who nave been regarded tn the community aa wealthy, lost practically everything in - tne nre. . Their affairs were- o ar reared that if alt bad mu wti hv could have paid the interest oil their 1 mortgages and perhaps they ,; might always hare given the impression' of having plenty of money. But the fire has ; interrupted this program. u ' - ... '- , . " - . ' - ' The medical society. .today, voted to favor condemnation of St. itarys hos pital as a fire hazard. St. Marys was scorched by the fire last. Friday snd most of -the. windows were broken. It Is said to have $5S.e00 Insurance and this would be a. beginning towards con struction of avoew hospital.; It is an Id frame structure.- and . apparently rather rickety. It stands opposite the city hall on 16th street. The "lOO patients the hospital housod were all safely renoved linn the fire tConcixKieti-ee Te tii", t alaaan Twe PORTLAND, Judge Asks raraonj THURS DAY4 EVENING, SECRET DATA CASE MISSING Impeachment Proceedings Fea tured by Disappearance of Flies Containing - Protest Against Burns Appointment Washjsgtos, Dec -1 fl K. S.) The laipeacHmeat proeeedlsgs before tee aemse Judiciary eesiBiUtee against Atteraey Geseral Harry M. Daarhertr vlrtaally earae to aa end this afteraooa wkea Repreetatlve Otear E. Keller, BesaMlcaa of Klaeesota, tbe' anther ef the charge, refmsed to testify. - Washington. UecJ' 1. fU. P:)-r-Se- cret files wanted by . the prosecution ia the .Daugherty : ina peachement ' pro ceedings : have-' mysteriously :' aisap- peared from the department of Jus tice, it developed today In the hearings before the house Judiciary .committee. The . missing : , papers ,a contained charges made by As K. MaeAuley of New Tork and Toronto against Wil liam J. Burns,, chief of the secret serv ice- They were -sent to Paugherty in appointing Bun' f - - When demand 1 for the files ; was re newed today by counsel for Represen tative -Keller, author, of the impeach ment resolution, r- Attorney Howiand, representing Daugherty, stated the documents had disaDpeared. Be naa previously, admitted the existence of J the MaeAuley papers, and had said be would produce them. - TAPERS DISAPPEAR "A thorough search was made for the papers, Howiand said, "but we were unable to find them." "Well, there were such - files," , de clared Jackson Ralston, attorney for Keller"and we wiU insist that they ht hrnueht1 In. ' , Impeachment bearings nave.'.uevei- oued into what committee members characterise as "a trlalof; William J. Burns. . i- j- Senator Hiram Johnson of California. has testified as a "character witness" in behalf of Burns, and Burns hlmseli, although not sworn In . by Chairman Volstead, testified at great length throughout the afternoon..- He denied the allegations of former Attorney un eraL Wlckersham.v that he was- guilty of Jury fixing in the Oregon land fraud cases ; and charged with -criminal ox- fences . by one of -'the- witnesses fmen tioned ,by Jlalaton - -'- - : y ATTACKS TEBSOKAL fy ' 7 The whole ' proieedlngs - were -' given (OoselDdMl am Pas Teeaty-Two, Cokuaa Fire) Tiger's Interview; Wirelessed , From ' Ship Stirs Paris Faris Dec 14. (I. N- & Although former Premier Georges Cleraenceau Is far away from France, return ins; home upon the liner; Paris, he made his po Mttlcal influence felt by Wireless today. Francois Crucy, correspondent ..-.oj the Petit Parlsien, who is accompany ing the Tiger,f sent an interview from the linerwhlch created a tremendous sensation in the chamber of deputies today - and threatens to destroy party alignments. f . The former premier made the follow ing points in bis statement: ' r First Opposed . occupation of H Ruhr by France. .. Second Urged ratification of the Washington conference . treaty by France. w Third Approval of - proposal 'that President Harding .should arbitrate Anglo-French 1 differences. ' Fourth Warned France to make costly sacrifices to . retain ' American friendship. 1 ' political capital will be made of the interview when Premier. Poincare ad dresses the chamber of deputies to morrow. . - ., ,.: Chamber's Drive . Por State Fund Is ; Slackened by Cold Jletums from the Chamber of Com merce canvass of the city for the $300, 900 - state-wide . development, f und are coming - in -: slowly - because of cold weather, the 'Astoria relief -work and other drives, - but despite" these handi caps it is estimated ., that more ' than $100,000 has been subscribed, according to reports made by workers at a lunch eon at noon today.' "..., Some of the workers reported that they had obtained all of their prospects 100 per cent. ;, Very few turn-downs Were reported. -. Members f the flying squadron have been devoting their at tention to other issues and .have nor completely organised their, canvassing work. ' - "T." ' First Snowstonri of , ,3 1922 Hits, Chicago - Chicago. Dec. It fL N. 3.) The firsrt. real snowstorm of the .whiter visited Chicago. and vicinity today. Weather forecasts promised further precipitation:- tomorrow and - Saturday. IuOce. shipping was 'reported held up by a severe bllsaard,::. '- ; .: ". Landlord Leaves V: ; i Houses to Tenaifts ' - ttfty 'tute lsri - - Los Angejes. Dec. 14. Geor-re Koe died here. leaving an estate of five hoiisesi. Tenants learned today - Noe left the houses to them. There are no known relatives. -. v DECE3EBER 14? . 1922. -TWENTY-SIX PApEa ; Ik BOOTH Chairman of, : Stater . Highway commission Answers wharges - . .. - - ... Made During Recent Cam- paignConcerning Road Work - t 7 . -.t-, '. Wv--.....';.-f An answer to charges made during the ',, recent ' state? election , campaign relating to the statchighway commis sion - and . its work was . made f toSay by R. A. Booth, "chairman of the,: high way commission. In an address before the state .convention of county judges and commissioners. The charges, said Booth, were "glaring misstatements" and- he resented, them, not - in the . in terest ef any Individual or set of em ployes, but 'in defense -of the ; reputa tion of the state. "-' . "To lhave , one's Estate unfavorably compared with its neighboring state or the accomplishments of its v repre sentatives ' in any great undertaking belittled unless justified by facta, must be deplored by every good jtisea," be said. ' . " " -r -( AID OFFERED , " : In his- address Chairman Booth indi cated a willingness on his part and that of Cimmlssioner Teon to remain on the commission a' short time until Govgrnor Pi-srce's 'vappolntees T . have picked up the threads.. , -Jf'.'H "Mr. Fierce,! as governor-elect," ex plained Booth, "because, of: his Atti tude toward the present' commission and its work. Is entitled to its resigna tion,- . It is - also a courtesy due him. The resignations will be ready for him at his inauguration to take . effect at his pleasure within three months. He is entitled, aa .are Incoming commis sioners, to, any service we can fender? It will be given cheerfully and to the utmost of our ' ability. - He- - Is to be our governor, aa well aa yours. Oregon needs . an . deserves his best ,, and I believe he will give it In full measure. &EFE&8 TO CHARGES . .. . i Takingf up . the election charges against the - commission. Chairman Booth said ; . "The impression has been given, the public that the-- .commission Cmchnlgd m Tiff WwitT-Two. Cd. fhwl XaytotttOr.riev 14. At their quar terly meeting held here Wednesday eve-;" ning, the bankers of ; TabhllI county. Unanimously : passed a resolution urg ing the, Oregon legislature to pass , a graduated state ' income tax law. and directed the . senators and representa tives to- support Its. adoption, A, -com- panion resolution Indorsed. - the jro- posea - sa.uw.wwr . ieuerat :. aia tor? As toria and called upon the Oregon dele gation to : work ' for 'its speedy' past sage.- - .'irJl.',-;:---. Ty- jJ -- .-The advocacy by The . Journal of -a graduated in com 6 tlx as a, means of prbvi-ilng an equitable redfstributiow-l of. the state tax burdeu was the sub-; Ject of much - tgboravie comraerit at the conference. . . ', - . ' That taxes pa land have become un bearable was the sentiment of "the? as sembled baBkers.who declared - that the farmers of the state would become bankrupt unless relief from exor-sslve land taxation . were afofrded - through an income tax which would adequatelyf' tax larger Incomes that' new entirely, escape," taxation. - . ' That an persons, should . contribute to the support of the state government prompted the suggestion that only $500 exemptions be allowed' In the pro posed income tax and the conference went on record in favor of higher rates for larger incomes but against making the Income tax return a public record although the vesting of . state authori ties, "with 1 ull power, to examine books and accounts was approved. & Sam Lauhlm of Tamhill, W. S. Link of McMinnviile arid W. H.: Woodworth of Xewberg w tire named to assist the Tamhtll county .delegation Jn getting this matter before the legislature. In the evening, the bankers of Day ton- and' Amity 'were hosts at a -dinner to 60 guests in the Dayton Community house. "Officers ' for tr.e "Ensuing year were named as follows Paul Fund man, Willamina, president ; J. L. Stu art. . Iayton, secretary; , and Sam Laughlin, Tamhill treasurer. The next meeting will be Held in Kewberg in March. -.- y - - r- v - - Bloodless Duel1. Is Fought; Shots" Wild; Each Is Satisfied 7 Slontevedeov Crflguar. Dec. : 14 The great Brum-Herrera duel -was only a. bloodless memory today" - Baltasar Brum, dashing president of tJrugusy. who resigned his office" to fight Luis Herrera- political opponent, was invited to retain his office, since the affair , of honor passed off . peace fully' with two fruitless shots by each principaU lending vit the proper air of mortality. . 1 . , '- Substitution at the eleventh hour, of piatoV , for t two sabres saved . the duellists from injuries certain to have been -sustained had they fought, with the latter weapons. ' . ' Brum and Herrefa were old' enerniea, The former won the presidency over Ilerrera , at ' the . last general ; elections Herrera, promptly issued a maaifestn, thanking, his supporters -and mention log 'the -fact that Brum was elecled largely . through fraud and police cor ruption. The president replied tn kind. Herrera . challenged him to a - duel. Bium accepted. : The "court of honor" ruled Brum could "not meet -Herrera bf cause of the presidency.: Brum re ycned the iresidency . t " .. " Ji - HURLS REPLY AT CRITICS BANKERS FOR TfiX FIGHT OF JOURNAL winner of a beaur contest jp sterinillionairc blisher f Bti Kas been named by. Mr&; Brewster in her irit for separation from her husbandL ' Mrt anl Mrs. Brewster re shown below. ; MisV alnaer 'Iwai'tf ormeHyfarstancJ f girj at rthe hotef ia Macon, Ga. She. moved to Morristown. N J.,; with' hei f amilyeTe'she livesmla8 by the publisher, icpwclihg'tto Mrs Brewster charges2 vMsalhas been made rassociate'editor'of one o y ''V" UPM ri';."!- - eweBBaBBasssB ''-s'':-' -'.White Sulphar Srtg, W Ya'BeeY t'U 8.1 Goveraer- Bea TV. OH eott of t.Oreira. who to to ddre the eeaferesee !' govrer here toalght ea "The Meaaee of the-Klas," apseaBeed this afternnea tbst he has received -- letter tkreafeakig ktm, anles he eeated his. activities agaiset the- ergaalaattoa. "" .' .4 " White Sulphur-Sprtngs.- WJTa-Dejcv 14.-rProhlbltion - enforcement " andr"-the Ku KIux KUn. were -the chief topics to day before the conference governors which ,f opened . a three-day session here. Re&lectration of all xnetabers of ' secret societies, by tne department .-of justice will be one of the methods'" to suppress the !invisible , empire,-? y proposed ; by Governor John Parker' of .-Louisiana who f : will present a . program of action. :; The decision of the United States su preme court in -the-Cbronado coal-case may. - provide .the. way forf prosecution of the klan -as a corporation and hold ing - its officer responsible' for - lawless acts ' committed - by-' Jts members, - ac cording to .theKgovemora " :" :The " decision declared 1abor unions responsible far .violence srid - damages committed by-their; members and. the same principles. -it Js decfalred,:,raay ap ply " to the ; kIan'or. -any other Incor porated secret ."organisation... u - The klan was The chief, topic of dis cussion byrtlia stata executives. Three of ; Its . bitterest -t oprnents--j!ovjrnor Parker. Gcvernor'Heiry.Allnof Kan sas and. Governor Bea Olcott "of, Ore-ge-flr--are on' the program f6r addresses i i oocl tided en Pase-TwvntT.-Twr.-Cohimn Fear) 16-Tear-Old-Girlai;-. Seaside Takes Life Seaside, Dec. 1.- Verna L-tle, 18-5;eaf-old -irl, coinmlttcd suicide here at 11 o'clock. .shooting Jierself with a revolver in her lefX tmpl. r So rea son i?1 given. .-.-,7- . . a-et-r... -SJsaa. t -J .... . . mW GOVERNORS TAKE: PROBLEM price : Two Net" iJ.-" ' V rt-H H"TviA.i St'?-'- 1 M 'V '.x t :,- ' it i 1. SCRAFXTO RF1AII1 "Astoria. - DecJ.MaiorrWilliani Sw Gilbert, -chairman'' of the- committee- of 1 and popularly known-aa -the fighi ing parson.". (wanta, a JiavaT crate de stroyer; cruiser .-or battleship -kept in the -Astorialharbor All winter In fact. Until; - the;, reconstruction .; ,work.-: tha buUding-of . the naval base j at- Ttonguf Peit1and. thet;rebuildins; -of the-Ham jmond milLhave beecombletea.' , Theseentrprtse .will Tecessltata he maintenance of hundreds of camps of laborers. - An 4 the -bringing, .togeJLher of so many jnext under fhore or essfeverr ieh and chaotic- conditions, may resuli in-.'hll breaking lbov unexpected ry arkr stjdderyr MaJotJOlert'toldlhjs eommltlee. He :exprested'- hiirslf!-S f irmly-opposed so- the. US.4iestroyer Tarboteugh-belBg' wnhdra.Worrom: TiarborjtmlHis"ir- lTeplacerb-some other- naval raft.-'- X - -" TO TAKBMATTEtt'irprr;' " T- , Thecmmrifttee-jif lO kppoltited ;Q. CU Fulton to take the matter up-with Cap tain - Toaalerr 'commander . of. the, "Tar boroug?Vand see,, what-TbuId J""dona toward retanfng-that-rrraft avtAatOTlaj- - tiiw niai.ur caroe- 10 a- neaa wnen fJaptain Vffsslerarws'red'jsefore . the committee-' and. aeked-rt-to,-iriye';htm some idea, of how long the-' ertce f , ;'.: vwIL, f- - , -, C-eeclsded Paf -yins'e,. . Cotaw -One 1 FixDatafotpecree; ;:In:UrimeedCase -,a '-.- - Z'-f -.- .. y i ' .. Washingtot.' De.4.WIl-K4a--The "mandate -of -the supreme-'ceurt' in thecase of the Southern Padficland Central Pacific , merger, which ' the court ordered dissolved." ha been-sjrnt Out by- the depajrtment-o-of juKtice to the ' presiding - justices of the . eighth federal circuit court at -St.' Louis and final- hearing upon-the terms of the decree- will be- held on January 25. be fore Judges. Lewis and Sanborn. Attor ney General Daugherty announced to- J - 1 I - 5 - -.- ' ' ' ' ; i ' - - 1. ASTORIA 7A CITY EDITION lfsAll Here and if All True "TH6"VEATHER--Tonight and Friday, V- '" I continued cold, easterly winds, x'- Minimum temperatures Wednesday: . Portland .21 i New Orleans. ,Sj Boise ...i....S.18 New York ZZ Lo Ange.es. -s lit. Paul ,..,..., cents:; ; Z&ZlVtXcVi 0FP0RTLAv!D Ftakes Scurry Like- Frightened ; j BiHsf iRChilling; Eastern itslNo'leV- H Street CaivSlightly Delayed ' ' , HOURLY TCM-pgRATONKS . - - 1 .aw-iaw.-.; r 2S: a,....:o a, ,.''a'.Vi ;'-' ss ---.- ..'. . IS S . a. mx. . U V . 3 IS,, aw. 3 1 4 ..V . .j i8:.;ll m. ...... J 1) 9 a nt.:, . , . -. .', - S S ' 6 ft, m.. .'.'.-.v. 2S -T a.. !..---- S . 1 p. ;a,n.-: 1 1 a f, tn..-.. lb Bllssard weather' gripped VortlsJia early, today, but by noon the driving : ; east, wind had disappear td and a"sea-iy ; snowfall 1 followed. UntU I o'cloclf. a ' ; total of fourlhchea'esow Jiad fallenv Clear -weather ' s forecast for tonight. The ragtng w-ind of the earlier morn- smote liiil Ing swept the snow lato drtfts which : the etrtetcar Company found hard, to combat.' ' r'i'he: eroperature v drov"! s steadily during the f oreuoon to a iow marki. of ' IjKdeeeswhich It held n8t of ttiaMri0:t$7f The . district weather-, office greported that there- was no end ofthe cold. wave In ; sight, but predicted: that the fall - of snow would be of short duration. E L. WeJls, district weather . fore caster. - Issued - 4he forecast -. that tn - fmoming snowfall would not be heavy and thatnurrieB would i,be oyer by tonight Falrt weather .-was-predicted for..Friday--.:";'':----if tV:f.-- .. hall today, however, to openlhe mia ' traffic arteries Tshould, -the fall' be come ao heavy, as jto .impede vehtclar travel." ' City commissioners- isarour , an Bigelow' were: put in, charge of ... this ..work and ;tney .at once nnea up even - snow-olows. seven caterpillar . tractors and a considerable quantity of road grading machinery which -can ue used ott.drllta.'v -.i: :.r: -..t-- It is proposed .to operate caterpillar trains on . east side streets. a tract jrx , hauling : plows a.nd graders. ; Powell , Valley, and Foster .roads will be opened. ; should ' the blocicaae J oecome senoua and one. artery--wlll be opened to Awith. Portland, one t& Linn ton, and Jpxn to , open the Peninsula district, . ' i -,Ev niece fef snow-fighting equip ment, indading six snow-plows.' tour was placed In service by the Portland RaUwayv-Ught A Power company on the city lines. .Snow drift on the east side line gave; tne major- trouoie. . Eastof ,the traountains below 'sero weather prevails over the entire water shed of the- Columbia river. Heavy ice floes' are' reported at Umatilla and - lighter' floating- tee" at Vancouver, was already reported to.be causing trouble for riVerteamersi - -'- - v. . - , The. drifting isnow on-the'East Side . delayed streetcar serykss, all day. - The,: majoryy . of automobile drivers lczt their machines at-- home today and -. jammed the - trolleys to'overflowine- . (Coaeiaeei. ea Twentjr-ese CoU: Bmrrm) N TRAIi) WRECK 14 DEAD 19HUR i Houstosw-Texa JDe l4L N. S.) Fire, deaths at ahospltal this mornjn s broughjt ib !:totai tj 1T dead1 to" date , as a result of the crash of Houston . " st and West -Texas, passenger, train Nov2r with a switch, engine at Hum- ble; -nearby tail towB,late-Wednesday $miyZ:fi.FTZ ;v4?t ; ; - " ;- : --J.; . CoiduCt(br WJllianr'Ca.mpsyi5 Hous ton;.; M." Young.'. Van .Koy company agent: an unidentified white man and six negroes were cooked- to death by live r steam. Approximately 23 - other riegroea -were :--ba)diy-scalded. five of , them so seriously that, they died, bring- . ing the 'eath' total upvt 1 4 by 9 9 o'clock:' this morning, .4 ; ' , . ,': 1 The tralff was knows at the "Naeog aoehee Lufkln . P-abblt." running be tween Houston and hreveport.. :v . Although they received a ' severe shaking up, none of the passengers lit the Pullman cars were inlured. All of : 1 rthe deld and. Injured were passengers tn -tha rirst. -ami - second . coaches ef the-tralp,; into -w'hlch the "live .steam from, the switch' engine's steam- chest -poured. '.,..'-,.--' . ' . - " . ' r Outstanding' among many Instances of : bravery and presence of mind re- . corded during the work of resculeig the victim was , one . man ; who refused to , give his name. -.This man catapulted himself into th coach while, it. was ; still ; a . seething . cauldron., stumbl i n t the entire length of the car, breaking windows, as he progressed -and thus mm a result of bis bravery the ateam pour ' ed out of the-, car ami relieved ' the stifling -victims. ' This- action is be lieved tp have saved many lives. , . . . President-Here, : ? "To ; Alrarige ;f or Sheriff Meeting 1 . t - - .n. : ' ".ii"'' a-'. V A '- . ' v ll S. - May, president of the, Korth--. west -'Assort a tton' f Sheriffs and Po lice,' arrived in -Portland Hhts tnornirar from Seattle to-make-arrangements In .. cooperation wit hv local officials for Uic convention, -to be held, here January It .20.. inclusive, - . ' -.. . v Hay? stated -that .invitations' o the convention., are being accepted "in a most satisfactory . ma ftner . a nd It ap-i pears that there will.be ahmitf 500ele gates In attendance, Thfe "deleeatcs will come from Csnadiau - provinces. Washington, Idaho. Montana and sev eral Oregon cities. " ' : - -. May, will attend the 'convention vcf -the Oregon district' attorneys' convn--Uon in gene December 15 and 13.