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Stat Teachers association naeetiss. Port
land. December 28 to 30. .
XorUnrart Association of Sheriffs ami "Fe
nce, PorUand, January IS to 20.', '
Oregon Stat Christian EndeaTor eoeve.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Portland and Tieinity : Tonifht and Sub-
oay mo; eootneny winds.
Oreaon and Wajhinatoo : Tomiht and Son-
flay rain west portion, rain or snowiest por-
WEATHEJ COIfBITIOS
' Low pressure prevails from Alaska m th
wart to the Columbia river and eastward orer
the northern Rocky mountain and northern
plains stetes. the Lake region. . and the" Ohio
' ier. pressure lowest off the Alaska
roast and is still highest in 8ou Lb western
Idaho. Precipitation bas occurred on the
norta I'acille alone and in Northern. Saskatche
wan. Orer the remainder of the country
fair weather has continued. The temperature
ganarauy above normal except in Southwest
ern Idaho and in the extreme Ront.lv Boite.
Idaho, is the ooMest place in the United
States from which reports were recerred.
Reietir. humidity at Portland: Noon yes-
leroey, 1 o per cent: 6 p. m. yesterday, 03
per cent: 5 a. m. today. 93 per cent.
Precipitation since January 1: Total, 34.34
inches; normal. 43.17 inches; deficiency. .a
inches. EDWARD U WELLS.
OBSEBTATIOIfS
Temp. ts
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32 28 0
51 28 0
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SO 38 0
54 34 0
24 0
48 4-' 0
64 &4 0
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32 30 0
42 0
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76 34 O
33 48 .08
34 .. 0
58 48 0
6 48 0
I 38 32 0
24 . : . O
50 44 1.00
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6 38 0
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48 43 .58
4 44 .0
48 44 O
68 28 O
46 44 0
SO 40 0
40 24 0
32 28 I)
70 50 0
52 42 0
50 48 .30
4 8 28 0
46 . . 0
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62 46 .06
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STATI05S
Baker. Or.
Boise. Idaho -g
Boston, Mass.
Buffalo. .N. T
rala-ary. Alberta
-Chkatto, 111
. lenrer, Tolo. .........
Ites Moines, Iowa
Imdze City. Kan.
Fresno, Cal. ..........
CalTenon, Texas
Honolulu. T. H
Huron. S- I.
JoJieaa. Alaska
Kansas City. - Mo. ......
los Angeles. Cel.
Mar-infield. Or
Vied ford. Or.
Memphis, Term. .......
"New Orleans. I -a
New York. . Y
Nome, Alaska
North Head, Wah
"North Platte. Neb. . '. . . .
Oklahoma City. Ok la. ...
Phoenix. Aria
Pittsburx. Pa.
Portland. Or.
Prince Rupert, B. C. ...
Rnaebnrg. Or ,. . .
Rom well. S. M
Sacramento. Cal. ,
St. Louis, Mo. . '.
St Paul. Minn. .......
Salt Laie City. Utah . .
San Ihego, CaL
San Francisco, CaJ
Heattle, Wash
Sheridan. Wyo
Sitka. Alaska
Spokane, Wash
Tanana. Alaska
Tatcoah Wand. Wash. . .
Tonopah, Ner
Valdw., Alaska
Vaoeourer, B. C. .......
Walla Walla. Wash
Waphincton. IX C
Williiton, N. D. . .
"Winnemurca. Ner. ......
Yakima, Wash.
p. M. report of preceding day.
Colombia. Star. iortland-Multno-mah
Falls-Hood Rlver-The Dalles divi
sion Leave Portland Stag Terminal,
Park and Yamhill streets. 9 :30 a. m..
11-30 a. m., 2:30 p. m. daily to Hood
River, and 6:00 p. m. daily to Multno
mah Falls, except Saturdays. Sundays
and holidays, 11:15 p. m. Saturdays.
Sundays and holidays to Multnomah
Falls. Leave Multnomah Falls for
Portland 7 :30 a. m. and n :15 a. m..
1:15 p. tru, 4:15 p. m. daily. Direct
connections with all stages to and
from The, Dalles. Mala 1611. Adv.
Portland' Aitorl -Seaside Division
and Yamhill streets, 7:30 a. m.. 10:00
a.' m.. 13 noon. 4 :15 p. m. and 12 :S0 a.
m. daily. Direct connections at As
toria for Seaside and Clatsop beach
points. Leave Astoria for Portland 7
a, m., 10 a. m.. 12 noon, 3 :30 p. m..
S :30 tx m. For further information,
Columbia States, Main 8811. Adv.
Dr. Bowman to Speak Dr. H. L.
Bowman, pastor of. the First rresby
terian church, will 'be speaker -at the
Men's Resort meeting Sunday at 4 p.
m. Sunnyside Congregational young
people will supply music and the men
will sing gospel songs. Tuesday at
8 p. m. the young people from East
k.. . .i -cnti. rh,.,.rVi -ii- i U hold their
.monthly meeting at the resort.
Colamnia Stages Portland - St.
Helena iocaL Leave Portland Stage
at. i -r it v. i 1 1 ,
J rrmmsi, jr-ars. anu laiuuiu ai..ww,
10 a. m. for St. Helens and 5:15 p. m.
dally and 11 :13 p. m. Saturdays. Sun
days and holidays to St- Helens only.
ieavina; St. Helens 7 :30 a. m. and 1 :30
p. rru dally, 8:15 Saturdays. Sundays
and holidays. For information phone
Columbia Stages. Main 6 11. Adv.
Care for Xeedy The Hotel Men s as
sociation has assumed as its special
Christmas work, the care of eight
needy families and has raised $125.
v hieh is being spent in food, clothing
and bedding by Mrs. Belle Callahan
snd G. O. Madison, who comprise the
Christmas committee.
State t Development Foad Methods
of procedure in use of the state-wide
development fund being raised by the
Chamber of Commerce were discussed
Friday afternoon at a meeting of the
Oiesron Development board. Members
of tha board will meet asrain Janu-
aa i-a - 1
Vn 0r Service Department Dur
ing the holiday festivities there is an
unusually heavy demand on our light
and power lines, therefore we urge"
all our customers to make full use of
our "Service Department," day or
night. If anything goes wrong, phone
Atwater 5100. Portland Railway. Light
& Power company. Adv.
Eleet Offirers At a meeting of the
Ramblers' club Monday night, the fol
lowing Officers were elec-tprt "Presi
dent,. A. K. Rosenberg ; vice president,
Dave Matin; secretary, Abe Davis;
PREMIUM CAFE
AT BE A VERTON
V NOW OPEN
Special Music Saturday Evening
Eree Dancing
Admission $1,00 Per Couple
Chicken Dinner' $2.00
Premium Cafe Special Luncheon 50c
9 Miles from Portland
treasurer. Hoe Mesher eergeant-at
arms. Louis Olishefsky ; publicity- man
ager. Sidney Wieder. i "
Boaeniaa Restaarast We will serve
our annual Christmas dinner on Mon
day, December 25. 1922, from 11 a. m..
to a,'tt 1.25 per plate. An
elaborate full course' dinner has teen
arranged and wo assure our friends
and patrons that everything will be
of the usual Bohemian standard, both
in quality and portions. Adv.
PertUBd-Salesa Stag Leave Stage
Terminal. Park and Yamhill, hourly
from 7:05 a. m. to 7:05 p. to. and Owl
car at 10 tx. m. dally. Saturdays.
Sundays and holidays. 8:30 p. m. and
10 p. m, 7 :05. :05. 11 rf)5. 1 :0S. S :05
make direct ' connections for ISugena.
CorvaJlis anj Albany. Main 881L Adw
Caarrh of Oar Father tValtariM).
Broadway -and Tamhill. Christmas
service Sunday at 10:30 a. rru, with
sermon, "Eden Raised In the Vast
wuaerness, Christmas mimi .hii
dren's processional and carols. Men's
class at 12 m.. Human Engineering."
Adv.
Attention The Synajroarne. corner
Second and Meade, will give a Joint
concert oy tanions W. Dolgof f and Z.
Tobin of Seattle and their large
chorus on , Sunday, December 24.
lasz. at 7 :ao p. m. Adv.
Satest-Min City Stage Leaves Salem
stage terminal for Mlil City: Ka. 1.
7 :30 a. m. ; No. ., 10:30 a. m.: No. 6,
4:30 p. m. No. 1 connects with east-
bound train at Mill City. Jos, Htm
man. Prop. v.
Portland-TlIIaiaook: Stage Line staar
oepot, rars ana X amhlll streets; 7:45
a. m. and 3:80 p. m. daily; 12:80 p. m
daily except Sunday. Main 8611. Adv.
Str. America St. Helens via Colum
bia river, 2 :30 p. m., dally ; 11 :30 a. m
Sunday. Alder dock. Matn 8323. Adv.
Roofisg, bsildlng paper, beilding
materials, cross & Co:, Inc., Front and
Stark streets. Adv.
Dr. Raymond . Watkias has return
ed. 403 Corbett building. Adv. .
Tons of Good Cheer for All Edlefsen
Fuel Co. Adv.
"Merry Xmas from f.dlef sen's." Adv.
Christmas Cheer
Is Provided for
Waverly Baby Home
Sixty delighted babies, ranging from
a few days to 3 years of age, were
guests of honor at an open house
Christmas party at the Waverly Baby
home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Toys were contributed by many Port
land people and each child received a
present.
Oriental appreciation of the Christ
mas festivities ran high, with two Jap
anese babies and one Chinese baby
registering bland smiles. Directors of
the home and many friends of the
babies were present.
A Christmas tree in each ward, one
in the dining room and one in the hall,
had been furnished and decorated by
Reed college students, who had spent
the afternoon before stringing cran
berries and popcorn and arranging
greens. Santa Claus was left out of
the party, as his appearance on a
former occasion caused fright. Reed
students who participated in the ar
rangements were Miss Verda McCal
lum. Miss Alice Abbott, Miss Margaret
Westgate. Miss Frances Barbey and
Victor Reid, all of Portland, and Easten
Rothwell of Butte, Mont.
Consolidated Levy
For Schools Called
Highest on Record
The consolidated levy in school dis
trict No. 1, Multnomah county, will be
higher for 1923 than ever before, ac
cording to figures compiled by County
Tax Assessor Welch, based on recent
figures prepared by the state tax com
mission. The estimated levy for 1923
is 45.2 mills. The highest record pre
viously was 44.8 mills in 1920. Mult
nomah county will pay 33.9628 per cent
Of the total state funds to be raised.
which calls for a tax levy of 9.4 mills.
The increase in school district No. 1
is due almost entirely to a special tax
of 3.9 voted by the people to raise
Jl, 000.000 for schools.
Wolcott to Give
To Needy Families
W. B. Wolcott's grocery gave no
tice today that all needy and worthy
families who may be overlooked in
the Christmas distribution, will be
given everything necessary for their
Christmas dinner if they call Christ
mas morning. This is in accordance
with Wolcott's honored practice.
SO ACTIOS" OX DEEDING
At a special session of the county
commissioners called Friday afternoon
because the regular session will not be
held Monday, the commissioners de
cided to take no immediate action on
the proposal to deed to the city a
series of land tracts for park purposes.
It is possible the matter will be re
ferred to the new commission for de
cision. O. A. C. TO GIVE DA3TCE
An Oregon Agricultural college dance
is to be given under the auspices of
the Greater O. A. C. committee in
the assembly hall of the Multnomah
hotel. Wednesday evening. December
27. Ralph Westering will be In charge.
The Seven Serenaders, O. A. C.'s rep
resentative orchestra, will furnish mu
sic The dance is open to O. A. C.
students and all others interested.
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CHAPTER 5
VNCE outside the) death chamber,
v' Allerdyke asked the manager to
give him a bedroom with a sitting
room attached to It, and to put Gaff
ney In another room close by he
should be obliged, he said, to stay at
the hotel until the inquest was over
and arrangements had been made for
hie cousin's funeral.-- The manager, at
once took him to a suite of three rooms
at the end of the corridor which they
were then In. Allerdyke took it at
once, sent Gaffney down to bring up
certain things from the car, and de
tained the manager for a moment's
conversation.
"I suppose you'd a fair lot of people
come in last night from that Chris-
tiania boat? he asked.
"Some 15 or 20, answered the man
ager. "Did you happen to see my cousin in
conversation with any of them?" in
quired Allerdyke. -
The manager shrugged his shoulders.
He was not definitely sure about that ;
he had a nation that he had seen Mr.
James Allerdyke talking with some of
the Ferisco passengers, but the notion
was vague.
"You know how it is, he went on.
"People come in they stand about
talking in the hall groups, you know
they go from one to another. I think
I saw him talking to that doctor who's
in there now with Dr. Orwin the pan
with the big beard and to a lady Who
came at the same time. There were
several ladies in the party the pas
sengers were all about in the hall, and
in the coffee-room, and so on. There
are a lot of other people in the house,
too. of course.,"
"It's this way," said Allerdyke. Tm
not at all satisfied about what these
doctors say. so far. They may be
r:ght, of course probably, are. Still
I want to know all I can, and, natural
ly, I'd like to know who the people
were that my cousin was last in com
pany with. You never know what may
have happened there's often some
thing that doesn't show at first."
"There was nothing missing in his
room, I hope?" asked the manager
with professional anxiety.
"Nothing that I know" of," answered
Allerdyke. "My man and I have
searched him. and taken possession of
everything all that he had on him is
in that bag, and I'm going to examine
it now. No I don't think anything
had been ta&en from him, judging by
what I've seen."
"You wouldn't like me to send for
the police?" suggested the manager.
"Not at present," replied Allerdyke.
"Not, at any rate, until these "doctors
say something more definite they'll
know more presently, no doubt. Of
course, you've a list of all the people
who come in last night?"
"They would all register," answered
the manager. "But then, you know,
sir, many of them will be going this
morning most of them are only break
ing their Journey. You can look over
the register whenever you like."
"Later on," said Allerdyke. "In the
meantime, I'll examine these things.
Send me up some coffee as soon as
your people are stirring."
He unlocked the handbag when the
manager had left him. It seemed to
his practical and methodical mind that
his first duty was to make himself
thoroughly acquainted with the various
personal effects which he and Gaffney
had found on the dead man. Of the
valuables he took little notice ; it was
very evident, in his opinion, that if
James Allerdyke's death had been
brought about by some sort of foul
play a suspicion which had instantly
crossed his mind as soon as he dis
covered that his cousin was dead the
object of his destroyer had not been
robbery. James had always been ac
customed to carrying a considerable
sum of money on him : Gaffney's
search had brought a considerable sum
to light. James also wore a very
valuable watch and chain and two fine
diamond rings ; there they all were.
Not robbery no; at least, not rob
bery of the ordinary sort. But had
there been robbery of another, a big
per, a subtle, and deep-designed sort?
James was a man of many affairs and
schemes he might have had valuable
securities, papers relating to designs.
papers containing secrets of great
moment: he was interested, for ex
ample, in several patents he might
have had documents pertinent to some
affair of such importance that ill-disposed
folk, eager to seize them, might
have murdered him in order to gain
poss3ssion of them. There were many
possibilities, and there was always
to Allerdyke's -mind the improbability
that James had died through sudden
Illness.
Now that Marshall Allerdyke's mind
was .clearing, getting free of the first
effects of the sudden shock of finding
his cousin dead, doubt and uneasiness
as to the whole episode were rising
strongly within blon. He and James
had been brought up together ; they
had never been apart from each other
for more than av few months at a time
during 35 years, and he flattered him
self that he knew James as well as
any man of James acquaintance. He
could not remember fhat his cousin
had ever made any complaint of ill
ness or indisposition ; he had certainly
never had any serious sickness in his
life'. As to heart trouble, Allerdyke
knew that a few years previous to
bis death, James had taken out a life
policy with a first-rate office, and had
been passed as a first-class life ; he
remembered, as he sat there thinking
over these things, the self-satisfied grin
with which James bad come and told
him that the examining doctor had de
clared him to be as sound as a bell.
It was true, . of course, that disease
might have set in after that still, it
was only six weeks since he bad seen
James, and James was then looking in
a fit, healthy, hearty state. He had
gone off on one of his Russian jour
neys as full of life and spirits as a
man could be and had not the hotel
manager just said that he seemed full
of health, full of go. at 10 o'clock last
eight? And yet, within a couple of
hours or so according to what the
medical men thought from their hurried
examination this active vigorous man
was dead wiftly and mysteriously
dead.
Allerdyke. felt felt intensely that
there was something deeply strange in
all this, and yet it was beyond him,
with his limited knowledge, to ac
count for James' sudden death, except
on the hypothesis suggested by the two
doctors. All sorts of vague, half
formed thoughts were in . his mind.
Was there any person who desired
James death? Had any one tracked
him to this place got rid of him by
orne subtle means? Had
."Pshaw r he muttered, suddenly in
terrupting his train of thought, and
recognising how shapeless and futile it
all was. "It just comes to this I'm
asking myself if the poor lad was mur
dered! And what have I to go. on?
Naught naught at all!"
Nevertheless, there were papers be
fore him which had been taken from
James' pocket ; there was the little
jcurnal or dairy which he always car
ried, and in which, t , Allerdyke's
knowledge, he always jotted down a
brief note of each day's proceedings
eberever he went- He could examine
these, at any rate they might cast
2i by jujnaa k.Yxorr.ritc
some light on his cousin's recent do-
ings.
He began with the diary, turning
over its pages until be came to the
date 01 which James had left Bradford
for St. Petersburg. That waa on March
3a He had traveled to the Russian
capital overland by way of Berlin
and Vilna. at each of which places he
bad evidently broken his journey. From
St. Petersburg he had gone on to Mos
cow, where he had spent the better
part of a week. All his movements
were clearly set out in the brief pen
ciiled entries in the journal. From
Moscow he had returned to St. Peters
burg ; there he had stayed a fortnight;
thence he had journeyed to Revel, from
Revel be had . crossed the -Baltic to
Stockholm ; from Stockholm he had
gone across country to Christiavnla.
And from Christiania be had sailed for
Hull to meet his death in that adjacent
room where the doctors . were now
busied with his body.
Marshall Allerdyke, though he had
no actual monetary conneclon with
them. badS always possessed a fairly ac
curate knowledge of his cousin's bus
iness affairs J amea waa the sort of
man who talked freely to his intimates
about his doings. 'Therefore Allerdyke
was able to make out from the journal
what James had done during his stay
at St Petersburg, in Moscow, in Revel,
and in Stockholm, in all of which
places he had irons of one sort or
another in the fire. He recognized
the names of various firms upon which
James had called these names were as
familiar to him as those of the big
manufacturing concerns in his own
town. James had been to see tnis roan,
this man had been to see James. He
had dined with such an one; such an
one had dined with him. Ordinarily
innocent entries, all these; there. waa
no subtle significance to be attached
to any of them ; they were just the
rt of entries which the busy com-
mercial man. engaged in operations of
seme magnitude, would make for his.
own convenience.
There was. in short, nothing in that
tiny book a mere, waistcoat-pocket
sort of afTair wnicn AiierayKe wnn
at a loss to understand, or wbich ex
cited any wonder or speculation in
him: with one exception. That excep
tion was in three entries; brief, bald,
mere lines, all made during James's
second stay the fortnight period in
St. Petersburg. They were:
April 18: Met Princess.
April 20: Lunched with Princess.
Anrii ?3: Princess dined with me.
The entries puzzled Allerdyke. His
cousin had been going over to Russia
at least twice a year for three years,
but he had never heard him mention
that he had formed the acquaintance
of anv person of princely rank. Who
was this princess with whom James
had evidently become on sucn menaiy
terms that they had lunched ana ainea
together? James had twice written to
him during his absence he had both
letters in his pocket then, and one
of them was dated from St. Petersburg
on April 24th. but there was no men
tion of any princess in either. Seeking
for an explanation, he came to the
conclusion that James, who had a
slight weakness for the society of
ladies connected with tne stage, naa
made the acquaintance of some actress
or other, ballet dancer, singer, artiste,
and had given her the nickname of
Princess.
That was all there was to be got
from the diary. It amounted to
nothing. There were, however, the
loose papers. He began to examine
these methodically. They were few
in number James was the sort of
man who never keeps anything which
can be destroyed : Allerdyke kne"W
from experience that he had a horror
of accumulating what he called rub
bish. These papers, fastened to
gether with a band of india-rubber,
were all business documents, with one
exception, a letter from Allerdyke
himself addressed to Stockholm, to
wait James' arrival. There were
some specifications relating to build
lng property ; there was a schedule of
the timber then standing in a certain
pine forest in Sweden in which James
had a valuable share : there was a
balance sheet of a Moscow trading
concern in which he had, invested
money ; there were odds and ends of
a similar nature all financial. From
these papers Allerdyke could only
select one which he did not under
stand, which conveyed no meaning to
him.
This was a .telegram, dispatched
from London on April 21st, at 11
o'clock in the morning. He spread it
out on the table and slowly read it :
"To James Allerdyke, Hotel Grand
Monarch. St. Petersburg
'You wire received. If princess will
confide goods to your care to person
ally bring over here have no doubt
matter can be speedily and satisfac
torily arranged. Have important
client now in town until middle May
who seems to be 'best man to ap
proach and is likely to be a generous
buyer.
"Franklin Fullaway, Waldorf Hotel.
London."
Here was another surprise. Aller
dyke had never in his life heard
James mention the same Franklin
Fullaway. Yet here Mr. Franklin
Fullaway, whoever he might be, was
wiring to James as only a business
acquaintance of some standing would
wire.
(To be continued Monday)
TO
FOLLOWSENTENCE
(Concluded From Page One)
guilty of violating the conspiracy sta
tutes, the liquor and narcotic laws.
but also guilty of robbing the Japan
ese. W. . M. Williamson was also in
dicted on the conspiracy, but took no
part in the raid on the vessel, remain
A Conservative
DEPORTATION
You can open a savings account
at the Hibernia during regu
lar hours or Saturday eve
ning or by mail.
Member Federal Reserve System
FOURTH AND
ing on shore and. watching the auto
mobiles. " .
: - All the defendants save Lightner
pleaded guilty to the liquor indictment
and the narcotic indictment' against
Brown waa dismissed. Williamson and
Claeys stood trial on the narcotic
charge, the former being acquitted and
the later getting a disagreed verdict.
Later United States Attorney Lester
W. Humphreys dismissed tht narcotic
charge against Claeys.
OTHERS SESTEJfCED
Williamson waa sentenced to foor
months in the county 'Jail and fined
$200 j Hardin to six months in the
county jail, and Claeys to 15 months
at McNeils island and fined S500. T.
Saino. Jffpanese sailor who brought the
contraband to America, also pleaded
guilty shortly after he waa indicted
and is now serving 15 months' sentence
at Leavenworth, Kan., federal prison.
In sentencing Brown this morning
Judge Dietrich said he was going to
take into consideration the fact that
Brown aided the government by plead
ing guilty and taking the witness stand
against Lightner. - He did not minimize
Brown's offense, however, atating that
"I am satisfied that he knew high
Jacking of those Japanese was to be
done before leaving Portland."
The judge also told Brown that while
he had pleaded guilty upon the liquor
indictment and been freed from the
narcotic charge that "guilt upon one
indictment amounts in this case to
guilt upon the other, on account of
the moral turpitude involved."
PLEADS FOR 1E5IEXCY
Lightner's attorney failed to make
the promised technical legal point this
morning in an effort to free his client,
stating to the court that he found
upon examination of the law that his
point was not well founded.
Instead he made a plea for leniency,
stating that Lightner's downfall was
due to the influence of Portland police
men and customs inspectors whom he
said had used Lightner as a "spy" in
narcotic investigations ever since he
was 10 years old.
United States Attorney Humphreys
resisted the ' latter statement, alleging
that Lightner had offered his services
to the officers on various occasions In
an effort to gain immunity from crim
inal charges he feared were pending.
1922 Lumber Cut at
Grays Harbor Will
Total Billion Feet
Aberdeen, Wah.,- Dec. 23. The lum
ber cut of the 17 sawmills of Aber
deen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis will be
one billion feet for 1922, according to
estimates Friday. The cut of 11 plants
will be 610,000.000 feet and the lath cut
of the sawmills 150,000,000 pieces.
The payroll for 1922 will amount to
more than $11,000,000, and when the
exact output is computed it may estab
lish a new record. More than two
thirds of the 1922 output was shipped
by water. The water shipments at the
end of the year will amount to 750,000,
000 feet.
The Grays Harbor mill at Hoquium
leads in lumber eut, putting out 120,
000,000 feet during the year. The
Grays Harbor Commercial company,
Cosmopolis, ranks second with 95,000,
000, and the Donovan Lumber com
pany, Aberdeen, third, with 94.000.000.
Eugene Men Deny
Statement They
Seek State Jobs
Eugene, Dec. 23. Strong denial of
the charge, as. printed in the columns
of the Oregonian, that they were seek
ing state jobs of Governor-elect Wal
ter M. Pierce is made by Ben Dorria
and Ed Turnbull, Eugene. Dorris vis
ited Pierce in Salem. Thursday, to seek
tlie governor-elect's attitude on legis
lation to be presented by the American
Legion of Oregon. Dorris is chairman
of the Legion legislation committee,
The Oregonian dispatch stated that
Turnbull was being boomed for tl'C
state industrial accident commission.
According to Dorris, Turnbull's name
was rot even mentioned in the con
versation. It is doubtful if Turnbull
would accept suoli a position if it is
offered him. as be is .said to 'be satis
fied with his position as circulation
manager of tre Eugene Daily Guard
Conrad Emig Dies,
After Residence in
Portland 42 Years
Conrad Emig. retired business man
a resident of Portland for 42 years.
died at his home. No. 172 North 15th
street, Friday. He came to Portland"
from the East in 1880 and retired
from business here 10 years ago, after
30 years of activity. He came to
America from Germany, his birthplace,
when 16 years old.
Mr. Emig was an active Odd Fellow.
He was an honorary member of the
Social Turn Verein an da member of
the Sons of Herman. He ie survived
by his wife, three sons. Otto, William
and Walter, all of Portland, and a
brother in Germany.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at
2 :30 from Finley's, with interment in
Rose City cemetery. .
Boy on Homestead,
Despondent, Kills
Self With Pistol
Roseburg. Dec. 23. Howard Kellogg,
20. committed suicide late Thursday
afternoon by firing a bullet .through, his
brain while with some friends in the
vicinity of Tiller. ,
Kellogg, with his two companions.
Fred Choose and F. Pullen, left their
cabin early in the morning; for a trap
ping expedition. Kellogg asked for the
pistol arid was told that it had been
Custodian
WASHINGTON
. ' The PuzrJed, Hunters
By Theralea.W. Bargess
Tear disappointment, it la Plata.
Msjr pro re 10 be another's sain.
, ,.,,--. Bobby Cooa.
rTX THIS day the hunters who had
JL caught Unc Billy Possum and then
lost him haven't the least idea what
became of him. You know they had
supposed he was dead, when ail the
time he wasn't dead at all and had
stolen away the moment their backs
were turned. He had been tossed on
an old stump, while they gave their
attention to Bobby Coon, and when
they missed him they were the most
puzzled hunters that ever hunted In
the Green Forest. It was some time
before they t gave up trying to find
him. , You see, they had counted on
a Possum dinner.
"He certainly was dead," declared
the hunter who had carried Unc Billy
by the tail and who had tossed him
on the stump. "And a dead Possum
certainly couldn't run away. It must
be that a big Owl saw him lying there
and carried him off. You know an
Owl makes no .sound with his wings."
The. other hunters agreed that this
must be the case. It was the only
way in which they could account for
Unc Billy's strange disappearance.
"It Is too bad to have lost that
Possum." said one of them, "but we've
got a Coon up in this tree and well
get him. We'll have a Coon dinner,
anyway."
So they once more turned their at
tention to the tree in which they sup
posed Bobby Coon to be. The one who
waa half way up the tree kept on
climbing and flashing a light along
each branch as he came to it. The
others watched him and shouted to
him from time to time. At last the
hunter was as high as be could climb
and he hadn't found Bobby Coon. He
flashed his light all About in the top
of the tree. He flashed it over in the
next tree.
"You must have overlooked him,"
one of the hunters on the ground
called. "That Coon certainly went up
this tree and he must be in it now."
The hunter in the tree was eure
that he hadn't overlooked Bobby Coon,
but to make doubly sure he flashed
his light along every branch as he
climbed down. Of course, be didn't
find Bobby Coon or anybody else. So
sure were those hunters that Bobby
left at the cabin. He returned for it
and shortly after his companions heard
a shot and returned to find Kellogg
on his back with a bullet wound
through his head. The pistol was lying
between his legs. They thought him
dead and hurried to a nearby ranger
station for help.' When they returned
several hours later he was still breath
ing, but died before medical aid could
be brought. He lived nine hours after
the bullet entered his brain.
The three boys recently arrived here
from Eastern Oregon and took up a
homestead near Tiller. They had no
money and sold an old car to buy
clothing. Letters. were found in Kel-
logg's effects from his mother, Mrs. M.
Dugon of Condon, Or., and two sisters
at St. Paul, Or., in which they chided
him for his wanderings and the worry
he had caused them. He had been
despondent since receiving the letters.
his friends said. The body probably
will be buried here.
KGG-KGN
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He certainly i as dead. . declared
the hunter who bad carried
Unc Billy by the tall
- ' J i
Coon was In that tree that another
took the light and climbed the tree.
At last one of them guessed what
really had happened. "That Coon must
have jumped across Into the next tree.1
said he. "He certainly isn't in this
tree."
. So one of the hunters took the light
and climbed the next -tree. It was a
hard tree to climb and he declared it
would be the last tree he would climb
that night. Coon or no Coon. Of course,
there was no Coon. How the tongues
of those hunters did fly! They were
puzzled. They were sadly pusxledT
They had caught a Possum and he had
mysteriously disappeared. They had
treed a Coon and he had "mysteriously
disappeared. They didn't know what
to make of it. Suddenly the dog began
to bark, and away he raced. He had
found the trail of Bobby Coon. Then
the hunters had guessed what had
happened.
"We may as well go home," said
one of them. "That Coon has made
straight for the ledges and we can't
get him there." And so it was that
four disappointed, disgusted hunters
left the Green Forest and the night
once more became quiet and peaceful.
(Copyricbt. 1S2 2, by T. .W. Burseae.)
The next story : "A Jolly Christmas.1
Speaker Bean to
Act as Governor
On Christmas Day
Salem, Dec. 23. L. E. Bean of Eu
gene, speaker of the last house of rep
resentatives will be given a taste of
gubernatorial honors to which he as
pi red in the recent primary campaign
when Roy W. Ritner, now holding
down the executive seat crosses the
line into Washington, Sunday night, to
spend Christmas with relatives at Gar
field. -
Bean's succession to the governorship.
however, will be short lived as Ritner
expects to be absent from the etate
but two days and it is hardly probable
that his presence in the capital will
be required at all unless some emer
gency should arise.
Governor Olcott, who is in the east,
where he has been attending the con
ference of governors at White Sulphur
bpringa, w. vs, is expected to return
to Salem about January 1.
Man Attempting
To Hold Up Bank
- At Kanier Taken
Rainier, Or., Dec. 23. W. May was
arrested here yesterday after he had
attempted to rob the State bank of
Rainier about 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Pointing a revolver at AI Fuller,
cashier, he ordered Fuller to "stick
'em up." Miss Leo! a Weston, a bank
employe, slipped out a door and ran
to a department store for help. Fuller
meantime had set off the burglar
alarm. The alarm frightened the rob
ber and he fled, throwing away his
revolver and overcoat. O. B. Grani
gan and S. Nassar, business men, both
armed, caught May and turned him
over to Sheriff Wellington.
May, about SO, has a wife and two
small children and has been employed
by the Menefee Lumber company. He
recently moved here from Kelso. He
said he needed money for family ne
cessities. Hose can be wound on' or unwound
from a new reel without disconnecting
the latter from a water supply pipe,
around' which it revolves freely.
For making cakes, - pies, puclclirigs,
frosting, ice cream, sauces, fudges,
not ano cold drinks.
For more than one Kuncired and forty
years tkis chocolate has been tlr standard
for purirj?, deicac$ of. flavor and uniform
quality. v ; .:
It is thoroughly reliable.
Christmas Present t
Of $140,000 Given
Creditors of Bank
- The Dalles, Dec 2S.As Christmas
gift to local creditors of the defunot
French & Co. bank. O. B. Robertson,
deputy state superintendent of banks,
Friday placed In the mall checks total
ing approximately $140,000. ' f: "
. The checks' represent the second divi
dend payment to creditors, both In the
commercial . and savings department, .
amounting to I101v87.93 on the com- ,
mercial : side and- S40.SS2.1S ' on the .
atavinara. The dividend ia IS Tm cant
to commercial accounts and 20 per
on - savings - to 90 per cent, and tha
total on commercial to 60 per cent.
Another dividend will not be paid
probably for a year, Robertson said.
He stated that nearly everything of a
auickly negotiable nature bad, been
disposed of. Ultimately under arrange,
ments made with the French heirs,'
however, Robertson expects to make
complete par settlement. '
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HBILJU Hroadwar at Taylor. Charles Ull
pin in -The Lpror jonoe. :! p. sa. .
Matli.ee Baturday
vatroETHXB
PANTAGES Broadway at AMer. Hlft trade
vaudevUle and photoplay features. After
noon and erenins. froaraaa c trass Monday
afternoon.
HIPPODROME Broadway at Tamhill. Vaude
ville and Tom Moore and Edith Koberu ia
"Pawned."' 1 to llCo. m.
STOCK
BAKER TSIeTenth at Morrison. Lyrlo Wnsf.
esl Comedy company in -"Bits of. 1SSS.
2. T and I pi a
PHOTOPLATS .
BIX7S MOrSE Kleventh at Wsshinrton.
Mary lick ford ia "Teas of the Storm Cons '
try." 11 aj m. to 11 p. m. -a.
m. to 11 p. in. Appealins lomaeea.
LIBERTY Broadwsy at Stark. Madee Bell
amy in "Lorna Uoodu" U . an. to 11
p. an. Opinion later.
COIXMBIA statu near, Washinxtoa. ABee
Brady in ''Anna Ascends." H a. an. to
11 p. m. Opinion later. .. -
MAJESTIO Washington at Parte. Harold
Lloyd in -Dr. jack.'. 11 a. m. to 11 s. m.
Uproariously tunny.
B1VOLI Waehincton at West . Park. Cut
Bates Post in "Onaer the Tenlmaker. It
a. m. to 11 jp. an. Tborooshly In tat anting.
PEOPLES West, Park near Waehincton.
Recinald Denny ia "The Keataeky Derby."
11 s. a. lo 11 p. n. Opinion later. -
CIRCLE Fourth near Washington. 7ntnk
Mayo in -Wolf Law." 9 a, m. to ft
o'clock the next morniruf.
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'Mechanics are allowed time and
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Strike conditions prevail.
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