CITY EDITION
If All Iferm and All Tru
THE WEATHKR . Rain tonight and
i Tuesday; winds becoming southeasterly.-
3 i v. ; ", '. .- -. .'i
Minimum temperatures Sunday:
Portland........ 2;Nw Orleans.. 4
Boiae. 14INw York..w.. 28
Los Angeles. ,. 63i St. Paul. ...... -14
CITY EDITION
le All Here and IT All Trae '
MYSTERY .' THRILLS. ROMANCE . '
i these are the component of The -
Jtayner-Slade Amilgamation." a bright.
: entertaining fiction story by S. B.
Fletcher, starting- la The Journal Toe- V
day afternoon. . Start at the beginning?
VOL. XXi NO. 242.
Entered u Second-CIaes Matter
at toe toffies. Portland. -Onto
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY : EVENING,! DECEMBER 18, 1922. TWENTY PAGES.
PRICE, 'TWO ? CENTS."
ON TWA IMS AND NFl'J
TANS : riVC CENTO
America
Exercises Extreme Caxe ;
In Extending Help and
'Sounds'
Governments " in Effort
To Learn ' Situation in
Europe
-By David Lawrence-
(Copyright, 922i or ,he Journal!
- " Washington, V-J. 6 C Dec ,18, The
.' TTitAA flatmm vnvo n mo n f hasn't taken
J4 .half the number of steps In Its policy
Of aiding .Europe
which the aensa-
i tional reports ot
t f the last few - days
tals of the world
t would seem to in-
dicate. And the
"irreconcilable" ele
ment in congress
& I. nnnutAuartlv Ha-
ma . V "
niving nappenea or
ii is likely to happen,
political under
standings or agree
ments with Euro-
Dean nowen.
The simple troth" is that the Euro-
pean press, posalbly stimulated by ir
r responsible reports from 'America, is
, rr. any leaps ahead of the game. The
v idea f a loan to Germany ia the prin
cipal sourc of misunderstandina-.-. The
United States government contemplates
: no loan. , congress need have no con
cern about such a proposal.
- Europe sounded ' . I -
' J. P. Morgan's visit to Washington
doesn't mean that he asked the United
. States government to guarantee a loan
to be made by private bankers.
: The situation is exactly .where the
international bankers committee left
' It many months ago. : No loan Is pos
aible until reparations ia " fixed at a
. definite sum and agreement made by
Germans to pay the sum fixed. Who
would buy a loan among- the investors
of the world-if it was' subject any
v. minute to the whims of a French min
.;. istry which , could order the invasion
!,: cf German territory and the seizure ot
German resources? .
All that has 1 happened so far has
been a sounding out of European gov
ernments and the most informal con--vernations
looking toward the exercise
: ot American, influence in a proper way
.. in the reparations dispute.
TALK PHEMATUKE ,j ' r"
All talk of loans and other forms of
i American; aid Is premature : in fact Is
absolutely dependent upon : the making
- of an - agreement- between Germany.
.France and Great 'Britain, on: repara
1 tlons. Till that is setUed. it is reco.
fcised as useless to- talk t of .what
the French and British capacity to pay
. their war debts or interest wi !fbr:
i, the- whole . economic future of Europe
rests on whether Germany Is to ie dis
membered or helped to her feet so she
Xivmii a3r Jiar.debta,r- .j'iH?' i;.$?.r:ir'.
. ' SVretary t of I Bt ate Hughes i . out
f spoken inV Mat . displeasure 'iover th
. character of - the reports which have
n - published in . the' last few days.
. The effect - haa been, to - Bewilder
; the peoples of - th 1 world, and to
arouse fears ;-in congress that the
x administratioa was about to .reverse it-
.lf completely n its poli-y of avoid
ing foreign political entanglements.-
CLOAKED l3f JttTSTEBT
In answer tothe clamor of ths preif
- for a clear statement of what he
American' government has In mind the
( ars-nment is made by the Wliite House
itself that to discuss the situation .of
ficially might mean "spilling the
besns. ,
But the situation is not cloaked in
mystery- It is all too obvious to those
vcho have studied the ciheomstances
fading up -to the present crisis in Eu
rope. There are no new facta.' The
tTit.ernational bankers who conferred Jin
- Paris and called J. P. Morgan to aid
them came to the conclusion then that
they might be, able to float .a loan of
J 1.500, 000.000 to help Germany provided
certain things -were -done by France
and Germany. On the one hand Ger
many was to make certain internal
reforms looking to the balancing of her
. budget . and the stabilisation of the
'mark. .;. - ,
CXArSES OBKOXIOrfl
, On the others hand, France was to
ssrec that the loan would be a prior
lien on Germany's; assets and was to
' rive, up the so-called military clauses
: of the Versailles treaty1 which, permits
France and the allies to invade Gets
many as ' penalty for default In pay
ment of reparations. ' . ,
' 0OtH those (obnoxious clauses of the
" treaty are. wiped off the slate, ho loan
4s possible.. The United States govern
, me nt isn't a party-to those penal see
Uons of the Versailles; .'treaty, but can
"use her diploma ue Influence o per
suade France to agree not to use those
penalties. ,! -t - -.-
Some of the cable report from Paris
Indicate that the .French.,: government
Vants to know the American proposal
and -wants to see a loan floated before
it will decide what to-do about these
: military clauses. That's a line of rea
soning which will bring- collapse to the
informal negotiations now going: on if
persisted In.' ; , . , ' - -,;:v ;.;;"!:t : ;
AMERICA COHTIKUES ' : ;
" -" The . whole Sttnatoin really te vol ves
-f -now. as it has for four yeara around
French policy. 'The-American govern -jnent
knows the big task ahead and Is
.feeling Its way cautiously To reveal
i its method, of approach: and the de-
tails of its argument-would tnake dif
: r Vcult the continuance of negotiations.
.- The idea , that a rigid program has
' .been worked ut or that a formula has
been devised to save Europe from dis-
aster is itmforfainatelynot .true. ,: The
government here seeks such a program
. nd wants such" formula. - but must
first satisfy Itself of what can be done. ,
The central controversy. Is about- rep
arations. Until that' U settled there is
: no use thinking of loans or even eco-
nomte conference
-1 All the steps which imply a mora
active policy f help to Kuropeirm the
part of the United States can be mo
mentarllr .set aside while the govern
ment here . endeavors to mediate . be
.tvreen France and Germany and Great
- Britain on the amount of reparations;
TVB IIC WAJtSTE J "
" The United States is a party to that
, 'portion ot the treaty of Versailles deal
Ins: with the fixing of the amount of
.reparations and can take the initiative
' r (tocladi no. I'mf. Four. CoIibb FiTe)
IDT yA
. mm jz
CITY ESCAPES
CLUTCHES OF
Gaje From South Heads Off Se
verer Weather j Silver Thaw
Pends in Outlying Sections;
j Columbia Highway Freezing.
Icy winter winds, unchained in the
eastern mountains, descended in fury
upon Portland this morning. They
were met here , by warm rain winds
from the south and the two battled an
hour for control of the city.,
At -last (the winter blasts were
forced to retreat into the - Columbia
river gorge, where the fight is con
tinuing this afternoon, with, the out
come as problematic as the turn, of
a pair . of dice. At noon .. the east
winds were' still reach ina " Into Port
land ; suburbs, threatening a "silver
thaw" and ' reluctant to give ground.
Hood River reported two . Inches of
sleet on the highway, with likelihood
of the road being blocked if the warm
storm did not appear soon.
The warm storm came in from the
ocean in just the nick of time to save
the city-from much dsicom fort and
property loss, always attendant on a
silver thaw; - . -
EATCHEL BEPOBT8
County- Roadmaster TEatchel. who ex
plored the highway, this morning', made
the following report : .
"Conditions - on - the Columbia river
highway approximate those -of the ice
storm of last winter. A fine rain is
falling which freezes nito. ice pellets
much like tapioca. At Multnomah Falls
there' is a drift of this ice about five
feet deep, and it is Brewing worse. . A
heavy wind is blowing - through the
gorge, and' renders the situation more
difficult ! v
:"We have On-the ground equipment
and men. But under the circumstances
and to keep our machinery from being
buried under .a coating of ice, whence
it will be impossible to . remove it, I
deem it advsiable to bring it to the
edge of the danger zone ready to rush
In on the job the instant the storm
abates. But the ' storm is too severe
for jis to work against it until it .does
let up-. .t , . - , . , . .
HOLDS Airm HEADIKESS
have bouirht a snowplow and
other new uvr"ncry for . highway
Clearing: aiu.s ti.v toad will 'not' be
blocked van. irsla.r.t "longer than is absolutely-warranted,
on account of the
stornr."
Sometime tonight the south wind is
expected to turn the east'wiqds away
and; tvatMsh cold temperatures, but the
condition of the elements did not make
this ate positive forecast.
-The Portland Railway, -Light &
Power- company reported that steady
traffic was keeping all lines in service,
buti ce scrapers' were assembled ready
Ui replace : trolley wheels. The rail
rr ads reported all traffic, to be moving
on schedule up to noon.
On the coast a storm moved in from
f Concluded en Pace Sereiteen, Column Four):
Berlin .Toy Shops ' 5
.Almost 'Deserted
(Special Vf irelna Oiapatch to The Journal n)
Chieaao JTailr Km.) - ,
(Copyright, 1922.) '
Berlin Dec. ia Yesterday was Ber
lin's 'Silver Sunday," the day on which
everybody should ' -do -:h1a Christmas
shopping, in accordance with time-honored
custom. ' All the shops were pen
to she 'sure, butt Instead of being.
jammed . full ' as before the war they
were desolately, empty. ' In BerBn's
biggest toy shop which used to be .'one
of the biggest in the world, at a "late
hour- in the afternoon only-20 penaons
were actually buying preoents for
children. .
Borah Attacks ;
Ship Subsidy Bill
Washington. Dec 18.-(L J"J. S.)
Senator . Borah, ; Republican of. - Idaho,
opened an. attack n the ship, subsidy
bill in the senate this afternoon, declar
ing it was a "sublime' absurdity" to
urge the subsidy as a means of national
preparedness, .
116 DOPE' ADqiCTS AND OTHERS ;
ON 'UriSWE' LIST IN HOLLYWOOD
" V Copyright. 1922.
Los Angeles, Dec 16. -r- Several
months ago a group of clean, high
minded, and conscientious ' njen, git oc
cupying responsible positions in the
motion picture world, under promise
of ' cooperation by . the meta in control
Of motion picture productiori in Holly
wood, made an earnest effprt to clean
house from the inside, j . V '
They conducted a, painstaking inves
tigation of the private Itvep and habits
of the members ;of ;the f iljn colony in
Hollywood whose names are promi
neii'tly linked with the Industry. As a
result of, this. investigatScm they, pre
pared a list. of "unsafe" .persons.. chief
ly actors, or directors, than in motion
pictures. .;. The list contained 117 names.
This list was to be' directed to the at
tention of the heads of prtoduitlon With
the recommendation thai the persona
named therein should, I to denied. fur
ther employment at the studios.
MOWSS AT. X.IST . ' t. '
r
Confident In the promise of coopera
tion so readily given U fern when the
matter of reforming thp moUon pic
ture irdustry from trte inside was
broached, the members if this wmmiit
tee approached the heai of production
of one - of the larger anotjon picture
concerns. : He received them smilingly.
IrishGheer.i
As', British
Army Sails
Dublin, Dec. 18. U. P.) British
military rule in Ireland came to ad
end yesterday after. COO years. . ,
The final spectacle in the historical
drama was enacted on the quays : of
I4f fy. as one after another, four trans
ports slipped away into the mist, bound
for England. ,. . , .A, . , J; s- : i
The last British troops to occupy
Southern Ireland. sailed in those trans
ports, sped by a tremendous demon
stration of Irish affection, bitterness
fostered for generations forgotten. In
their ears, as the tfoop ships swung
out into the tideway was the blare of
a Free State army' band playing "Auld
Lang Syne"; the cheers and godspeed
ye's of a great throng on the quays ;
the river - bank a mass of fluttering
handkerchiefs and Irish colleens throw
ing kisses, .j v
Swinging through the suburbs of
Dublin, f they were cheered ; but when
the procession reached Sackvllle street
the demonstration became terrific
Free State troops joined the parade,
others sought to hold back eager
throngs that pressed about for a last
glimpse of the Britishers. A woman
broke through the lines and kissed
the hand of a big, embarrassed trooper.
ITS 8UEE A EOCKT BOAD '
TO BAIL EATHA, OI.IATH
"tBy Ctnted Saw.) ,
Ball Eatha, Oliatb. Dec. 18. No, the
date line of this city isn't a typo
graphical error. It's just the way
that Dublin wiH be spelled in the
future if the Irish Free State is suc
cessful in its campaign to supplant
the English language with Gaelic
. The London office' of the United
News Sunday received from its Dub
lin . correspondent a story concerning
the departure of the last ot the British
troops from Ireland. V
The telegram was dated "Ball Eatha,
Ollath." which ' indicates that the
movement .to resuscitate Gaelic has
started In Southern Ireland. ,
AUTO DEATH TOLL
GAINS 2 VICTIMS
The automobile death toll for De
cember, was ' increased late. last night
by the .deaths of two victims of acci
dents. Anthony Bissio, 47, of No. 1047
East 84th street, died in St. Vincents
hospital, and Albert W. Balrd, 52.
of Lents, died at the Portland . Sani
tarium; . ',;;. . "--t 4 :
Both men bad families. ' Bissio was
injured when the automobile In which
he was riding, driven by bis daughter.
Vtri. Len - Parodl, ' Crashed with - the
Carver bus. driven-hy Stephen Carver,
at Kast; 2 2d and'Taggart streets, De
jcember i.-8-Mrs. Parodi had minor In
juries and. Bissio was - taken to ; the
hospital JvltH a fractured skull, i
Baird' was struck : down as he-was
walking on Foster road', December 14.
by.a inflk truck driven bsfSava Talch.
He suffered a fractured skull, inter
pal fn juries and a - broken leg. ' Four
children . survive him, " "'"
Restaurant Damaged
In Oregon City Fire
Oregon City, Dec. 18. When grease
from a frying pan on a gas stove in
the Quality restaurant caught fire the
flames spread to the walls and damage
of $1500 resulted before the fire was
controlled this morning. The loss is
largely due to water. Rooms above
the- restaurant were unoccupied at the
time. The restaurant is owned., by
George Newton and the building -by
the Logus estate. A week ago today
the Falls restaurant was damaged by
fire. .
Miss MacCoimel Is
Still Critically HI
' Although stilt critically ill with pneu
monia. Miss Christina MacConnel, one
of ' Portland's most widely known
school teachers,, is reported today to be
carrying on a brave right against the
disease which for 10 days has kept her
in a serious condition. Her physicians
report that she has not yet passed the
crisis which is expected to come early
tills week. Miss MacConneU Is at the
home of her grandniece. Mrs. Edward
J. Falling. Xo. 618 1 East 21st street
ncrth. "
took the list and glanced at it. Then
a frown replaced the smile. ' , :
hTo men ' should know that yoa are
asking the Impossiblo." he said. : "Why,
it would mean at least a two million
dollar loss to us to do ,a ; thing like
that ui the case of this one man.. We
are willing to do our part, of course,
but a thing like that would simply he
suicide. We must remember that we
are practical men and business men."
REID FIRST i . r : ? I -.
The ' name at the ' head of - the- list
was that of Wallaee RebX. a -The Trea
son giv,en for placing him on the list
was that be was a drug- addict and
was known to use seven kinds of nar
cotics. , - .j. ,
The members of the committee, wiser
than when they came, took hack heir
list and tieparted- Failing to gain the
cooperation of such a powerful figure
In motion picture production as the
jtrian - they had gone to first with jtbeir
list .made their efforts hopeless., The
use was xiiea away ror sale Keeping.
s Today i the cottotry is talking: about
another scandal in Hollywood. 1 jr i
f "Wanie'Keid, one o; the most popu
lar actors of th screen. Is a fallen
Idol. ' Newspapers thrwighout : the
(Caacloded on I -are Six, Cotaatn Tinea).
PIERCE FOR
Emission
Governor-Elect Declares He Will
Ask legislature to Put Mem-
bers on Salary) Says Road
Situation in Bad Condition.
' Insisting that the highway situation
is in a "deplorable condition" with the
era of the "honor of construction" past,
the time of payment at hand and the
maintenance and replacements to care
for. Governor-elect Pierce, who is in
town today, -reiterates his belief in a
paid highway commission, , appointed
by the governor. .
' We are facing the end of the task,"
he said. "The time of construction.
with its honor of achievement . has gone
by. The highways are unfinished, some
of them are breaking down. We are
facing the payment of interest and the
retirement of bonds. We are soon to
be called upon to rebuild some of them,
and right now must maintain those al
ready built. We are at the end of our
credit, and there is no more money in
slight. , - I
WOULD PAY COMMISSION
"I believe in. and will recommend to
the legislature in my message, a paid
commission, to be appointed by the
governor. I have ho recommendation
to make about the salary to be paid,
but will leave that to the legislature.
I will make the commissioners work,
however. I am not a low salary-man,
as I believe the laborer is - worthy of
his hire, but I expect him to earn it."
Governor Pierce : also declares that
he is unalterably against any further
diversion of the quarter mill road tax
for any purpose whatsoever. T
"We are going to need all the money
we can get to-take care of the high
way work." he insists. '' ? . r f5
. The thought that probably it will be
necessary to increase the gasoline tax
to aid the highway fund was expressed
by ; the governor, dependent upon, the
development of the facts when the sit
uation is threshed out-before the legis
lature. .' . .. ; ,"..' "''i'Vi.: i.'V-,:"'
The compensation act must not be
emasculated, Pierce says, referring
the repeated reports that- an onslaught
was. abputi to.be made upon that com
mission, and its work. He has always
beena believer 'in that law, and ope
rates, his own, business under -it,.: His
son." who is t take-the-active charge
of that" "business during the .coming
four years, -wfir also remain under- tee
UW. t v : - -( i ; . . ,
"I understand that th casualty
ICeaelndad am Pat Six,. ColomS Fmi)
REPORTED SAVED
Sault Ste Marie,' Mien. Dec. 18.-CL
N. H. ) -Twenty-three persons, members
of the crew and passengers on board
the tuff Reliance, who wjpre believed to
have lost their lives when the Reliance
was. wrecked" in a severe gale in Lake
Superior, ar safe on board th tug Gray;
recording to a wireless message re
ceived from that vessel this afternoon.
Captain Williams, was among those
rescued. . Xo mention was made of the
four others missing. r
The wireless message simply, said
that 28 were on board and gave no de
tails of their rescue. f t ... ::-?''
The Gray was sent to the aid of the
crew and passengers of the Reliance
early todayrw X- - f
: Previous survivors here reported, they
had last seen the tug on Wednesday.
She was then on her port side, lying
about a. quarter of a mile from the
northwest corner5 of Rowe island,3 one
of the Lizsard .group, A 1,
The survivors, among whom was one
woman. Mrs. John Hartens, wife of
Jack Hartens, the cook, were" forced
to traverse 46 miles of the roughest
country in northern Michigan, crossing
two rivers and scaling- high hills, to
reach the nearest lumber camp. -
They said the storm which swept
Lake Superior during1 the middle of last
week -forced the Reliance out of Its
coarse and onto the rocks. The large
number on board the ;tug was due to
the fact that the vessel had picked" up
lumberjacks from northern shore points
before the storm broke. -
Fear was -expressed today that 'even
if the Favorite reached the island she
would be too late, as the islands are
windswept and- the men may be dead
from exposure. ':i..
Two Midshipmen, :
One Seattleite, Let
Out for Inaptitude1
Annapolis, Md., Dec 18.-U, P.)
Two midshipmen, Meditt Steel of Ow
ings Mills, Mi, and Frederick -G.
Sparling of Seattle. Wash., have been
"dropped, from the rolls of the naval
academy for "inaptitude" upon the
recommendation of Rear Admiral Wil
sonr the superintendent. - -
Stewart Hawkins of Springfield
Mass.. and Bruce Robinson of Chand
ler, Arix have been dismissed after
being convicted in connection with the
recent basing scandal.
- All four men were of the first class.
Quake Felt in
Cambridge, Mass.
- Cambridge, Mass.. Dec. 18. (tT. P.)
Slight earth tremors were recorded at
the. Harvard seismograph, station, here
today, it was announced. . The tremors
indicated the disturbance to be about
1621 inilcs away, probably in the direc
tion f the West Indies, it was, stated.
The first tremor was. recorded at 7:34
a. m. . . - : .r.-.:
23 OF 2
ON TUG
IS SPLIT ON
TAX PLANS
Pierce Disagrees With Other
members on Items Affecting
' Incomes, Timber and 1 Gross
Earnings of Corporations.
The state tax investigation commit
tee met today to take final action on
the report which it is to make to the
state legislature through Governor OU
cott on new sources of state revenue.
Governor-elect Pierce, who is a mem
ber of the committee, was present.
It developed that there is a differ
ence of opinion between Pierce and
other -members of the committee on
three "important Items. The report of
the committee will recommend a. per
sonal Income tax based on a .flat rate.
Fierce , advocated a graduated rate of
tax. ' 5 )s , ( .'
The-committee also wilt recommend
against a severance tax on timber as
advocated by Pierce. .. . ,
Another recommendation of the com
mittee; which Is not indorsed by
Pierce, is that no gross earnings tax
BhaU be - imposed on public service
corporations until there is a revalua
tion of all the property of the state. "
i While a severance tax: may be cor
rect in principle the majority of the
committee takes the view that the con
ditions are not" right- for It Objec
tions raised to it are it would handi
cap .the lumber industry in Oregon in
competition with other states which
imposed no tax.
t Recommendation on which there Is
a unanimity of opinion include the cre
ation of statistical department in' the
office . of the secretary of state 'where
shall be gathered data covering taxa
tion and- indebtedness of all subdivi
sions of state government including
county, city and district
UKIFOKMITT SOUGHT . ' "
. To .secure uniformity in assessment
here will be recommended a: central
ized, f fnanciat .supervision by the state
tax ; commission which shall have" au
thority to revise and compel uniform
ity ,ifl the various counties.. An ulti
mate development ; indicated is the
placing of , assessors on a ciVil service
basis under the authority of Ahe state
.tax commission, t,. , ,.' "
A -unlformi' j accounting, system?" 4y
cOiiBtia: is also .recommended. -Under
thev supervision f of the secretary of
state.' t . The : enforcement ' of county
budgets 1s ..als yecoTrnnendecL :' A new
feature is that deeds for real estate
shall give the true eonsJdetation'-'in
order -to fin ? '- basis -for general
property assessment. - ;..y-t . ''v:
8TKVET UBGEI' : - '
.... .. 1 , . . . . -
The county lax superyisirijr and con
servation commission now in effect in
MuRnomah county is recommended- for
all counties in the state.' .
In the. matter Of delinquent taxes it
wiU be proposed the California system
be adopted. Tills turns the delin
quent property over to the state to be
held a long time for redemption.
- For assessment purposes it -will be
suggested that there be a survey and
classification of ail lands and a cruise
of timber lands. To encourage refor
estation it will.be recommended that
no' tax be levied on the land during the
growth of the- timber.-
VALLY' R'EID IS
FEELING BETTER
(CopjTiht, 1S22. by iBtanuttioaal Nawa
8errioe.) '
- Los Angeles, Dec 18. "Wallace Reid
is suffering from a severe case of in
fluenza and not from over Indulgence
in alcoholics or the use of narcotics."
Such was the exclusive statement to
day to 1 International News Service by
the two medicals experts who are. In
constant attendance to the film star
who is fighting a winning battle for
lire at a Hollywood sanitarium after a
three months illness. '
,. ?When Mr. Reid was brought to our
attention 10 days ago, he was in a most
serious . condition, suffering so from
Intestinal trouble and with .fever that
It was amazlnsr for him to be alive'
said the physicians, who requested
tneir names be wiuineitt. 1
"His major trouble was the blood
count, which was half that of a normal
person,? : the physicians continued.
"Abnormal pressure is due to two ill
nesses. One of these is typhoid fever
and : the other influenaa. !: ..Every test
we made for typhoid proved negative,
hence we have arrived at the definite
ct nclusion that he has. influenza, ' His
Intestinal trouble has practically been
eradicated as .he is able to take nour
ishment now and get fairly good rest
Another indication that . Mr. , Reid has
influenza is the manner In which his
fever fluctuates.-, . : Vfe"W?' -" ::'" 'i
The actor's condition today was re
ported to bo very pteasmg. he having
passel a good night, getting more sleep
than usual ana nis tempernuire uus
morning' was down to normal.,,
i Howeven Rid is still very weak,
but he has a strong will and a seem-
(Concluded aa Fas Bix, Cetaaui One)
Pive Students Hurt
In Sleighing Sport
Willamette University, Salem, Dec
18. Five Willamette University stu
dents have suffered injuries of a minor
nature in sleighing parties during the
last snow. Some have been confined
to the infrimary at Lausanne' halt and
others have been able "to attend classes.
The names of the injured students arej
Esther ;; ; iloyer, Roseburg ; ' Will iam
Carey, Enumclaw, .van. : ; lucnara
Briggs. Kennewlck. Wanh.: Zelda Mul-
key, Portland ; Haael Malstrom, Salem.
AS10RIA IS
TO ASK FOR
STATE AID
Committee of 10f Portland,
; VVants Oregon to Build: High
way; Give Aid or We'll Go
, Bankrupt Says Major Gilbert
Astoria will request state aid to the
extent that the next legislature will be
asked to legalize' the reconstruction of
Commercial . street - for the :. one-half
mile length destroyed by . the ' recent
fire. ' '. -' V ; ' ' . '-":'
This plan of seeking -state' aid" was
outlined to the Chamber of Commerce
relief committee by members of ; the
Astoria relief committee, county com
missioners and ' business men of the
lower Columbia' river city at a lunch
eon in the Chamber of Commerce at
noon today.,' :""' - ' ;.'
Major W. S. Gilbert, chairman of the
committee, told the Portland commit
tee that Astoria could not rebuild un
less it obtained federal and state aid.
The Portland committee promised its
full cooperation In obtaining permis
sion of the legislature to authorise the
highway commission ' to rebuild Com
mercial street. ; -
GIVES PROBABLE COST. , '
Teb probable cost of this construction
work was estimated at between 1175.-
000 and : 8180,000. y The committee said
that the measure should . provide .that
in case . federal aid was obtained for
bulkheading and making the fill neces
sary, that the state should be relieved
from this expense.' -w..
The Astoria -representatives Were as
follows; - " '
Major Gilbert, 0- B. Setters, mayor
elect; G.'C Fulton, W, F. McGregor;
John Tait, C R--Higglns, George W.
Sanborn, Frank Parker : F.' L Dunbar
and Frank Patton, all of the committee)
of ten; County Judge T.' S. Cornelius,
County Commissioners John ' Fry and
K. P. Johnson and J. M. Anderson, J.
E. Roman, Austin Osborn, Mrs. "W. S.
Kinney' and M. R. Chessmsn. . business
renresentatlon. ' ' ' . ' ' - - "- ---.
f Major Gilbert expressed Astoria's-ap
preciation for Portland's aid-" to j the
members forum: of the Portland Chiro-
ber lof Com merce l; an ' address J.fore
PLEADS WITS TEXrs :T'
-1 'Major Gilbert earnestly-pleaded the
cause -of his cify.wHh tears Ha his eyes
and when, he finished the- forum Tosa
fen masse and. "cheered, Jtiia . and his
cause-to' the echo. ,"..-
"I do not believe we will be forced
into .bankruptcy, simply ; because I be
lieve? wo are going to get financial
aid.' Gilbert declared. ., Tha people- of
l Astoria are a unit, in wanting to re-
: outm. 1 nope and pray the state and
nation will help ner. -
Major Gilbert sad! that' .' Astoria
would never forget - the t kindness of
Portland throughout; the trouble.
Brigadier General U." O. McAlex
ander. tke rock !f the .Marne," ad
- dressed the forum ;on "Preparedness.'
DISCUSS BOH D BALE.
Plans for financing a new hotel and
other buildings 'by the sale of bonds
were discussed at a morning confer
ence attended by a group of Astoria
business men and . a. committee repre
senting the- Portland Investment Bank
ers association. A proposal to finance
the entire reconstruction of the burned
business district was presented by L.
M. .Phillips, local representative of S.
"W. Strauss A C of Chicago. "
No definite plan was . agreed .upon
but further "conferences wilt be' held
during the week. . Members-of the com-'
mitto i of . iinvestroent bankers were
Ralph H. Schneeloch, Robert E. Smith,
WiUis K. Clark, F. A. Freeman and M.
P. Griffith., .. . ,
Astoria- Is heavily- bonded .and the
cost of filling streets, paving, sewer
and water mains, would be approxi
mately 11,150.000. according to esti
mates of government engineers. Many
of the property owners are In need of
financial , assistance to : rebuild; their
places and - it was proposed that the
Ir vestment Bankers association send a
committee to Astoria for. a general
survey and determine on a method of
meeting public and individual needs.;
M'HART'S RESOLUTION FOB '-' :
ACTORIA BLOCKED 13 HOUSE
Washington. Dec -18. (WASHING
TON" BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Representative Hawley failed in an ef
fort to secure consideration in the
house today, of Senator McNary's res
olution for Astoria relief when hut re
quest for .unanimous consent was
blocked by objection from Byrnes ."of
South Carolina,' after a 'wrangle ever
the authority .of the" war department
and the question 'bf imposing . some
limit upon expenditures.,: -:
." In the absence of any response from
officiaJ sources concerning conditions :
and needs at Astoria. Hawley was at
some disadvantage in responding to
questions about what relief is needed.
. Gardner of Texas declared that un
der a general law the secretary of war
has authority to give emergency help,
and: if more Is intended, he said, there,
should be a limit Imposed. Representa
tive Mondell. Republican house leader,
said he believed the resolution would
net gTant -: authority .. to ' spend more
than possibly a few hundred thousand
dollars and that only to relieve distress
and" prevent danger from disease.
General Beach,' chief of army ena;l
neersv has informed Senator Stanfield's
office that a cursory survey indicates
It would be entirely, practical for
dredging operations to be-- undertaken
for the Improving of the hannel ner
Astoria and using; the material for .fill
in the devastated section. . - : ; : -i
General Beach faHed to Indicate-that
this would, be recommended by his of
fice as a relief measure.' HOweVer", the
policy of ; the department . in - relief
measures heins:-to - draw .- aharp ,dis- :
tlnction between relieving- distress and
matters r of permanent improvement,
congress could order the work under- ;
taken as' a river and" harbor Improve-
tCarchntad oa Fas Two. Caiomn Two)
Votes
Against U. S.
In League
Washington, Dec 18 I. N. a The
house voted ? overwhelmingly today
Against' foreign entanglements of any
kind. .
The vote came on an amendment to
the navy bill by Representative Linthi
cum, . Democrat, of Maryland,' to au
thorize President Harding to enter the
United States in any International as
sociation , designed to aid in, world
peace.. - I
The voices of the members who voted
In v favor of the amendment were
drowned in a chorus of "noes.'
Washington. Dec lSv--CLjN. S. -Responding
to aq invitation from the
president, governors of 15 state came
to Washington today for conference
with -President Harding ', on ways 'and
means for effectively clamping down
the - prohibition, enforcement lid. .-
The governors came here fresh from
theln, three-day conference at . White
Sulphur Springs. where, in a rather
informal manner, the same problem
was discussed. , I'M ','r'..y .v., :v:s .
Cognizant that the present system
of enforcement "has not brought about
the highest . desirable results antici
pated. President Harding will mince
few words- in making it quite plain to
the, t governors t that hereafter dry
agents,, federal Or, state,, must work in
closest cooperation. .- Only in this way,
Mr. Harding will point out, can the
"national scandaW of prohibition lax
ity stressed fn the message to congress,
be dealt wjth. "
; Tha Question of the propriety or ex
pediency Of the, ;rry law is not an
issue in' this . conference. President
Harding; i -concerned with effective
enforcement.- At-' the outset he will
make this clear to the governora
v While President -Harding "does - not
feel that any specific agency or indi
vidual can .be. blamed for the appar
ent let-down in the dry. campaign, -he
Is represented- as being of the opinion
that the laxity reported to -him .from
many sections of the nation has been
duo in no small degree to lack of
proper ' and harmonious cooperation
between tbV regularly constituted pro
hibition units, -state "-as . well as na
flonaLi Because of the magnitude and
scop Of ; tha work, it is believed he
wllt..brlnc.. eut ,.ln. the conference that
It is well nigh a hopeless task for the
federaJagencies- to -tighesn'up' the-itae
without earnest and. active assistance
from the statea .One this, ground he
will appeal to the governora for aid.
believing-wOie state unita are a- vital
and essential part of the general" pro
hibition xnachinery. -;.,c..i.f .v..
t Closer; coopers teln pet ween state and
federal .governments ;.in "onforcing the
prohibition laws is not alone sufficient
to clamp .flown the dry Hd throughout
the country. Governor Henry 1. Allen
of Kansas,, here-, to attend President
Harding's . prohibition conference, de
clared to Iuternational News Service.
Governor Allen said the public must
be ; made to realize prohibition en
forcement would mean . greater eco
nomic prosperity,- Individually and na
tloaallyj . . ... ., , - ."
The following were President Hard
ing's guests at luncheon: . v-
; Vice President Coolidge, Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon,7 Attorney General
Dauaherty, Prohibition ' Commissioner
Haynes and CSovernors Denney of Del
wrH Cox of Massachusetts., Ritchie
of t Maryland, Trinkle of ; Virginia,
Hartness - of. . Vermont, McCray ; of In-diana-v
Kilby of Alabama, Hyde , of
Missouri,' Preus of Minnesota, Olcott of
Oregon, Allen , of Kansas, Morgan of
West Virginia, McKelrte ef Nebraska,
Davis ot Idaho, Campbell of .Arizona
and former Governor Town send of Del
aware, ' ;v .ev fy .;. 4"'..',;-lf-'i(t
"ShimmyIs'Back
So Blind Joe Is
Happy Once More
(By trniUd.lSewa)
New: Tork, Dec 18. There's a. feel
of Christmas In the air and Joe Mc
Donaugh . is stepping, high. . ... -,. :
'Joe Is a big bulk Of a man, but his
eyes went out six - years ago in an
explosion, , For the last couple of years
he and his little dpg, "Shimmy.-, of
mixed ancestry; have been familiar on
an uptown ' "beat" But last week
"Shimmy' ? got lost from Joe in a
snow j storm and 1 Joe'a - heart nearly
broke, for "SMmhrjr' was not only
guide through the traffic, but his room
mate and buddy as weH.5
v Someone kindly picked up "Shimmy"
and brought him to Joe Just half an
hour before Beniamino Glgli, the Met
ropolitan opera singer called -around
to see what he could do. v.'.;-.'-""-
Glgli has a brother in Italy who Is
blind and he intended ' to buy another
dog for Joe On finding "Shimmy"
returned, t Glgli bought -him the ' best
collar and leash and dog sweater he
could find on the avenue, and pledged
Jo enough - money to open a news
stand and candy store. . .
, Mrs.' Jacob -M. Khrlich promised to
provide the business site. - :
; 1 , :.. . ,.' . ... . . . .v. - ":.',:,
Spruce Property Is
Free From Taation
i "" . - i . -
p Property of the United States Spruce
Prduction division in . Oregon Is Im
mune from taxation; Federal Judge C.
K. Woiverton ruled, this morning. The
ruling is an outgrowth of the attempt
of Lincoln county officials to collect
taxes o large tracts: of timber which
the spruce division acquired there during-
the war. The- court held that In
asmuch sua the property was purchased
by the government to further the war,
and since no individuals derive profit
from it. It would' come under the law
granting immunity to all government
holdings. . ' -.: .. ; : .. ,
OFFICIALS CONFER
ON ENFORCEMENT
IT AFTER
$200,000 Currency Taken From
Auto - About to Leave r Plant;
Volleys of Shots -. Echangedj
Guard Killed; Thieves Escape
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. Four masked
bandits today shot and fatally wounxt.
d Charles T. Linton, one of the guar.
at the United States mint here, and
caped In an automobile with currency
totalling 1200.000. .
-- The bandits drew up In front of th
mint in a closed ear Just as the banit
automobile, which, had ' been loaded :
with currency, stsrted away. One of
the. bandits commanded the driver of
th car'to stop. ; The others, covering
the driver and three guards with shot
guns, transferred the money ' to their
own car. :'-,. j .'.'' ''' ': ;' .'
' Guards In the mint, armed with rlflea
and shotguns, opened fire on the ban- -dit
.car. ; The fire was returned. Tha
bandits stood on the curb and laid down
a veritable barag. oa the door ot the ,
mint Employes of the mint shot at tha '
bandits from windows and doors. The
hall of- bullets from th bandits' guns
riddled the front of the mint and brok
nearly every window In on side of
the building. . ., T. ;
CROWD SEES DUEL '
Scores of pedestrians and motorists,
attracted by the shooting, watched ti-g
bandits as they leaped into their cai .
and sped away. The license. number :
of the car was obtained and police lm.
mediately started a city-wide search for '
the automobile.- ;. , " .
5 Police reserves, were rushed to the
scene and kept all persons away from'
th' mint, : . i . . ..:.: :. V'.'-."""-"v: ""''!
The robbery was the ' moat darker
In Denver's -history. The bandit ap- -parently
had-planned the .holdup carp- '
fully and tbelr; action was timed m a
that when the bank car started avCa y
t (Ooaeluaa on Pas Two.. Cohima OdI -.-
. UPFORBGII PLMI
" ' t it - 1 i 1-
Washington, Dec ' ia (U. P,)The
senato, M hlch three years ago wrecked
Wood row Wilson's hop for a League
ioflNatlo' and American participation .
tn post-war 'Kuropean settlements, will
speak, its mind this week- on the Harding-administration's
decision to". seek
A way to prevent an economic collapse
;ln the OMUvorld. 1
' : Leaders of th- senate irreconcilable. -
who during the. Ion Versailles treaty
ria-ni aenouncea in in .strongest terms,
any American entanglement In Euro
pean affairs, are .expected - to be the
first to broach the new administration
move In" the "sens to. - .', - ,
' Th "nuetlbn has been informally,
discussed amonar - the senate - grouse,
but Senator Borah, Idaho, may "deliver
a speech- on it tomorrow. His iwh
probably will necessltste replies by ad
ministration leaders and th result is
likely to be a move in the senate 1o
"obtain complete, information on the se
cret negotiations now be inn conducted
by this government, with some form of
American intervention as the goat.
-Advocates of an isolation policy are
at a disadvantage because of the deep
mystery- surrounding all toe admlnlx
trt)n - moves, f No one In Washington
except President Harding and . Secre
tary of Stat Hughes seems to know
Just what Is under contemplation. Sen
ator. Lodge, chairman, of the senate
foreign relations committee, admits he
does not, and ambassadors of fore I am
countries here are rushing about for
Conferences With One another, seeking
information.
.- .The manner , in : which Europe has
grasped at this government's move an
(Concluded oa Pas Four. Column Three I
K(rt;Taken From ; Xv
Autoists Found in
'.Southern Oregon
.-':J'.:;:;i'- ": 1 " ' . ' r ;
Grants Pass." Dec 18. Th sheriff's
office here succeeded today in locat
ing, part of the loot taken from sev
eral automobile parties In th vicin
ity of Sexton mountain last fall by
the "Jones brothers. ' - y.
Following the escape . of Oregon ' -Jones
and Kl Is worth Kelly from the :
local jail the officials put Mrs, Ore
gon Jones, who has also beenunder '.
arrest, through the third degree. After
a short time she broke down and gave
out much information about th hold- .
ups.. She. also produced a map, drawn'
along: the lines of the famous Captain
Kidd's treasure chest ' rdaps, which
showed where part of the. loot had
been cached under an old tree west of
th city. This loot consisted . for the
most pert of a larg humber of Ivory
toilet articles and silk clothing, the
Jewelry and money having been re
moved. - ;.::,.--' r , : : , ' s
, So - far. no trace of Oregon Jones
or. Kelly, ', who escaped ' last week by
overpowering their . Jailor, . has ; been A
Say Ford Is Aiding
bavarian Fascisti
(Special Wireleia Tiiat(-h The Joarsal anl
.-;- Chtraao iNtllr Ke.)
J pyrih. 1922.1
Berlin, Den 18. Henry Ford Is sup
plying financial aid-to Hitler's "Gray
Shirt Bavarian Fasdwtl.V according- to.
a dispatch from Munich to th Berlin
TageblatC . The Tageblatt adds, that .
other Americans living In Germany are
making official representations to th
.American embassy in Berlin.
SENATE TO TAKE