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Burnett Of Spyker, La., was arrested on a warrant charging mur der. The warrant was issued on an affidavit of A. V. Coco, attorney cen tral of Louisiana, and T. S. Wamsley, his assistant. Mr. Coco and Mr. Wamsley arrived hers at noon and conducted an Inquest over the remains of Daniels and Richards. The victims were identified by Dr. C. W. Duvall and Dr. G. A. Langford of New Orleans. Burnett was lodged in jail at- Bas trop, the Morehouse parish seat. After the arrest had been made. At torney General Coco and his assistant departed for New Orleans. Judge Coco would make no statement further than that Burnett would be given a preliminary hearing at 3astrop on January 5. He declined to say whether ho expected other defendants would be arraigned at that time. BUB5S MEIC HAKE FTJTD . The finding: of -the two alleged Ku Klux Klan victims was due largely to department a of ; Justice - men. It was learned today. -i They had been sent Tie re to investigate by William J. Burns, their chief at Washington. The operatives who: worked on the case were Messrs. Fsrland. Rooney, Atkins and Huddlespn. They wilt be important witnesses" alfeo" trial -or" Burnett' It was said. Mr. Farland said that approximately swo pounos Oi. ayiunm was sm jb .blast the shores of Lake La Fourche. where the bodies were found. The ob ject of the blast. Mr. Far land believes, wa to destroy the bodies so they could never be recovered. Had the bodies not been recovered prosecution of any one in connection with the crime would have been ex treme'y difficult. . An attempt, to assassinate Mr. Far- land, who had been especially active in running down clews, is believed to nave been made early today. Je was fired upon by some unknown persons "while walking the streets. The bullet whizsed by his head, mieslng him by inches. TROOPS SrABD JAIL Company D of New Orleans, under command of Captain A. EL SchnetdaO, and Company A of Alexandria, under command of Captain H. L. Fetrie, are now In Bastrop, guarding the Jail where Burnett Is a prisoner. Company G of Monroe, under Cap- (Concluded on Pas Prat, Cohnaa 8Ten) Stunt Aviator Is Severely Hurt in Jump to Railtrain Riverside, CaL; Dec 23.- (U. P.) Jean Perkins, doubling for "Bill" Des mond. In drop from an airplane to a moving, train. Is In the Riverside hospital tonight with two broken legs and It is feared internal Injuries. Rex Smith was piloting the plane. He failed to get the ship directly over the fast moving train and when Perkins dropped he fell to the side of the rail road. He 'was picked up unconscious and rushed to the hospital. Perkins was doing" the stunt for "Bill" Desmond, who is featured in "Around the World to IS Days." : Europeans Watch Harvey - at sv t - - . e e at " t t - - t Look to Him For Relief By Ed; L. Kees - Ruff CormpoBdiiit t'nitea Neva. -Xiondon. Dec. i3. Kuropean nations ' feel their financial fate rests in large measure upon the shoulders of a slen der, - be-spectacled American, who paced the deck of t'te liner Berertgaria, a few hours out of : Southampton, en route to ' the United States tonight. KxUnt of America's , reUirn to Eu ropean affairs in its proposed inter vention to untang'e old world chaos ' will 1 be determined upon a basis of wusi inis man, , ueorge narvey, ue exeditor-Ambassador. to the rourt of St. . James, tells Pncsident Harding and Secretary of State Hughes upon his arrival in Washington it was eaer ally believed in KngUuid. In semi-ofXiclal circles, at least. Har vey is regarded as holding- the" "key ' to the situation. . If he pleads Ky rope's cause and- says' she is deserving of aid. the popular belief here is that aid will be forthcoming- from Washington. If - he condemns - the - aJUcd ' nations. " the American attitude may-not be so fa vorable toward them. WATCH AHBASSADOK Harvey, ? called . home by 'official Washington , to confer on the Kuro pean situation, left Knsiand this after noon, hs departure being taken quietly . nd without pererr!iy. Thi "llnrvr Morrison Campbell, 72, Freed by Acting Governor Ritner, Re joins Wife, 73, at Salem. Salem, Dec. 23. Acting Governor Ritner assumed the role of Santa Claus for a few minutes this after noon, extending a Christmas eve par don to Morrison Campbell, 72, serving a life term in the state prison for the murder' of John Becker. Douglas coun ty randier in May. 1J14. Campbell was received at the prison here June 30, 1914, and has been a trusty during practically all of the time he has been inside the prison, having charge of the prison lawn. The gift of freedom was handed to J the aged prisoner by Warden Lewis , 1st fhl. ft.imnAn a . Ha left HiaI late this afternoon, and he left the prison at once to join his wife, who has made her home in Salem since he was brought to the penitentiary. Mrs. Campbell la 73 years of, age. They will continue to make their home in Salem. The pardon was issued upon the recommendation of the state parole board. According to Campbell's story of the crime .Becker, a neighbor, had persistently allowed his stock to tres pass upon Campbell's farm to the destruction of his fields and garden. On the morning of the crime. Camp bell declares, he awoke to find that Becker's stock had been on his place the night before. He and Becker en tered Into an argument over the mat ter and Campbell shot Becker, claim ing self defense, then gave himself up to the sheriff. " There were no eye witnesses to the killing. Rain Is Forecast For Christmas Eve; Warm Wave Here Rain Is forecast for Christmas eve in Portland, according to a forecast Issued by the district weather office Saturday evening,.- : This forecast Lwaa issued following the arrival early In the" evening -of a storm 'on thi Pacific coast- ; South west warnings were issued ior au North Pacific coast , ports : Saturday Afternoon and a wind of high velocity was reported off the mouth of , the Columbia river Saturday night. Temperatures will remain slightly higher than the average for this time of the year, said the forecast, and the weather office reported, that a warm wave extended over-, the; entire north ern half of , the country- r, Ex-Service Men j. -Enter Protest Washington. Dec 83. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THIS JOURNAL ) Sinnott and the Oregon senators con ferred today with Secretary Fall con cerning protests of ex-service men of Klamath Fails against nign construc tion charges - on tule lands t recently opened to entry. "Fall promised to re view the matter and send an Inde pendent board If necessary to report upon costs assessed against tnese lanos. Coue to Deliver Lectures in U. S. ... . - ,i .- . tBy t"niral Berrien) London, Dec 23. Em He Coue. famous French exponent of the art Of curing all ills by auto-suggestion, has arrived in London, preparatory to leaving for the United States Wed nesday aboard the Majestic M. Coue will deliver a series of lectures on his mental healing process :1a the United States. ,- v' , '-::i s-i; , .11 l i i l mm . ,., . HIM .a-" J; Market and Financial news -will be, found on Pages 2 and 3 of Section 3, today.: has come to be called, will be based on a vast fund of information obtained from, - allied, German ; and , American statesmen la Europe. He is in a posi tion to present' each European nation's viewpoint and an up the whole: into recommendations on the advlsibillty and 1 possible procedure of - American Intervention in the reparations . and other problems. i t Eyes of officialdom tr 5 British ! and continental capitals are admittedly upon the ambassador. These officials, who used to waggishly allude to him as the "American observer1 and smiled upon bis Insistence .on piloting a Ford about London with benign tolerance. haver suddenly ceaJised that he holds the future of their countries. . ' DODOES BJSPORTERS The ambassador was noncommittal when he boarded the steamer today. sminng genially and twinklins- through his famous horn-rimmed spectacles a.t correspondents. ' he ; skilfully, parried questions about his mission. He vol unteered, however, that the length of tus wasiungton- stay would-. depend on officials there, and that he wanted to visit Mrs. Harvey at Maderia be- : lore returning- to London. - . Harvey declared he wanted to rest after strenuous experiences in df-aliws w?th inters '.for,;,! poUries - w fcJc!i have ON CAPITAL Prohibition Forces Launch Drive to "Dry Up" Official Wash- ington; Evidence Is Secured. Names of Congressmen Said to Have Listed With Bootlegger Are Found, It is Sttaed. Washington, Dec 23. (U. P.) The prohibition forces in congress have de termlned to "dry up" official Wash ington. Aroused "By reports that government ofl'dals and some members of con gress who have taken oaths to enforce and uphold all laws. Including the Vol stead act. have abundant supplies of liquois, the drys have determined to force these public men to "practice what they preach." Evidence already his been collected that some of the congressmen who voted for the Volstead law have liquor in' their offices at the capitol and that officials who share the responsibility for the enforcement of the dry . act patronize bootleggers.- - Already the drys have played two of their cards. Representative U pshaw, Georgia, has called ' Upon government officials to obey the law lust as they try to force the public to observe lt- With reports of bootleggers operat ing under the great gray dome, of the capitol building. Senator Curtis, Kan sas, Republican whip, has Issued or ders to the police to arrest any per son suspected of selling liquor in the capitol or the senate and house office buildings. - . The drys still have a trump card which, .they will plsy If the officials and the congressmen do not quit drink lng In their faahiotta,ole homes. It will be the public exposure of those U of ficial life who . patronise bootleggers. In a recentrrfcla.n the apartment t a bootlegirerwho catered to the elite of ; eociety the- names of several ::;con- gressmen were round ,m, a iavectory,: The drys claim tar have other evidence regrdTgrrnW'" rJwsvwiations y of- - In their campaign the tlrys wtri jiae the aupport .of the . outstanding wet leaders -la fiongresa. "Representative Hill. Maryland, a wet leader, stated that he would call upon -Represents' tlve Upshaw to back up his charges by giving the names of those officials said to be-violating the law. '. News Index ESKerlal - Bcctioa S. fui 2. Peace Is Sol Aim of Italy, Says Musaolini Section 1. Pace S. Huuia Bepcata Straits Damands Section X - Pase 5. , .-. - National Federal Aid tor Astarht Section 1, Pass 4. Watson Opposes Conference Plan Section 1, Paee 4. . Senate Adjourn Section 1. Pas 6. OemesUe Los Aaselra- Ilea to Exploit Uexicas Oil Leads Section 1. Pase 8. . Pope Send-! Holiday G re turn Section 1, Pase. 6. Nortswest Christmas Trade in Northwest Section 1, Page 8. New Police Chief at Salem Section 1. Pase 4 Liquor Raids at La Grande Section t,, Pase 4. Application for Ante Platea Section 1, Pase 4. Plans for Student Trains Section I, Pace AstoriaT Kiddies Entertsined Section 1. Pass 8 Hontas for M'arda Proposed Section 1. Pase 8 Uante Warden Accessed Section V. Pase 8. Cost of Operatins Htstei Section 1, Pase S. . tcetianS : Prosecntor Runs to Escape Kia Section 1, : Pas 4. ' , . Al Kader Election Section 1, Pase 6. City to Make Offer for links Section 1 .Paw ..-"'- IbtHBomali Club to Honor Heroes -Section 1 Pace 6. Girl in Italy Contributes to Chest Section 1 Pass T. i Aatn Knocks Down Girl- section 1. Pace S. Creditors Fisht for Store Section 1, Pace S. 3fouer-mLiaw and Brkteereoia fnss Plortina 1. Pase 8. Bssines ttew Real EjUU sad BuHdint Section 8, Fact 1 Markets JSectioo 8, Page s. 1 Finance Section S, l'sse X. Marine Section t. Pae . , . Hails Mm 1 Todaj'a Cadio Prosrans Section . Pass n. Sunday Badio Depaitroent Section 4. Pace Welgnbernuss! Hews Section 4, Pace S. ' amusamewts Secuon 6, Fatw 1-9. Section .. Pases, 1-4. S Section 7. Pases 1-4. 4 Os the riner tlse i The Week ta Bociet Section 4. Pases 1-S. Woeaen'a Clnb Affair SeeUoo 4, Pass Asnerieaa , Teterani SecUw 4. Pass 0. Tba Beaka of Unaie Sectioai , Pas 4. Fraternal Sectioa 4, Page 4. ' la Portland Sehnob' Section . Pas . Can ef Baby Section i. Pice s. I Qo and Girts- Section , pace S. X . Feataee . "Christmas." poster by Fishery paeas by Mary Carolyn Mars Section . Page 1. Sews in Picture Section s. Pace . Town Halt Gosaip Section . Pase S. Rinc Ladner letter Section 4. Pass 8. National Capital Section 2; Pace 4. Letter Freoi the People Sectksa 2, Pas 3. VVa re AB Chbdrest on Cnsatasns, j far Fay ' Krnss Section 4, Pace 8. - Brinr Tear On Mais Jmsz See. 4, Pas S. Tbe Peace." ky Cay Stanaard Baker 2. Pas . Stat Penitentiery, by Fred Loekley- Sectios 5. Pa 4. Keforestattoa Scotion 4. Pas " Magazine ..'Section 8. rres 1-8. - Arnple Elision ft Age ericics, Whi le 1 Entire GifIsilinr dies Wateli tfN : a ' -BS.il '-'iVMb 'A The Christian world spread ? to the corners of th eart&r-t'ejo ices today and tomoirow m. remombraliTae bfithe far day of its beginning , Vpf it :as xactlv 1S23 years . ago-r-thes ovnirrels of calendariana Impatiently side rthat the child Jesus was born in a manner in the little village of , Bp thlehem in Palestine, bringing- to trewbled -peoples the fair promise and admonition , that must never weary: - jw-..-"t--f "is "Peace- oh earth, gooti-wHl ito srrn.; So that is why slelghbells are fhig ing over windy Siberian plains, -dunky folk of tropic Islands pray beforev mis sionaries broken croesesl psalms rise from the windows of fishermen's huts On. the .coast -of Maine, why. there Is pause ' in the mad -helter-skelter: of cities, and from the chyrch across the street from, The Journal swells clear. sweet chorus of children's voices: - Cnto theaa a eoli -te- born, -i -. -Unto them -a ebM-4 sirta. ,j All of which is fitting proiogua for . a - i "' .-"8"'.: 0 7 Y . e Children Play as; '? : Parents Fight Duel,' ; Father Is Killed , ChlcAfo. ' Dec.. 25. (U. I P.p Whiles Ihefr two chilaren ' played j 'otu'1; the floor with their Christmas- toya.'.Mr and Mrs. Peter Fillnow fought, a gun duel which resulted-in the husband's death, according; to a confession, tie woman mads to boi'ce tonight, a -"We shot it out with plBtols," de ciared Mrs.' FlUnow, who' claimed , her hustand had abused her a,nd the chil dren: T. - - Ethel -Kamtmskl. a neiffhbbr who witnessed the shooting, said Mrs. Fill now fired 4he first shot, whicn went wild. After a brief exchange of bul lets, the husband fell. . - Police found FillnoWB body in the kitchen, a revolver still gripped m vis hand. - ' . v -. . i - - 1 I3ister Would Have ManDeclafed1Jead Dallas,, Dec 23. A petition has been filed In the county court here to have Waling XL Syron. formerly, a resident of BaUston - declared : legally deaa. Syron owas a -small farm near Balls- ton and it is to clear the title to this land that his sister; Mrs. Lydla Plnm- mer of San Diego, CaL, has petitioned the court to appoint her administrator of his estate. - The last heard - from ijvrfv- was a letter he wrote his sistfr lVse7f j .... 'tit YbnJ ':i observation tonight of the festivities and legends of Yuictide,' most of which are made more' beantff ul -by the fact that-they have been observed 'in Just this same way ' for, io;vhese - many years. " " ;V ' - j- p.Most Portland 'tamflisawljS have their reunions, of course, and . their Christmas trees decorated ' with gay tinsel, -dim -colored lights- and- strings Of t popcorn. -antLtiung- with presents. The: Children will-be excited, as usual, on Christmas eve, and will hang back from bed; " - , : - - . .Then little BIHy, nodding in the cor ner, f holding a new Teddy, bear he has prematurely secured, will perk up and pipe out of a blue sky, ':When I get big like papa 'I'm 'doing to . do to sea on da back ofa dock." . : CHILBHUX ALL EARS ( That may not be exactly, what he says, but It will be something Just as bright,', and everybody will laugh, and (.Concluded on Pace Three Column One.) 1 Oliver Twisft Scene Expunged; Dickens' Admirers Are Angry fRv rnssenal Her.te.t , London, Dec . 23. The British f IlrA censor has created a - furore 1 among artists by the excision from the Oliver Twint -film of the scene of Fagin teaching Oliver trying to pick pockets. v The Dickens fellowship' declares that the action is absurd. ; ji George Bernard 1 Shaw, however, says that, the film ' people have only themselves to thank after the Infamous crime series they have- been presenting to child audiences, l - - . a. K. Chesterton, replying to Shaw. says-the action of the -censor Is "ludi crous nonsense" and doubts if the hu man vocabulary' contains a word- "suf ficiently strong enough to characterise the Idiocy of this action." .. . ; Chesterton adds that If there la any growth to crime among the young it is due to the -break down of family , au thority and '-decay-in the religious at mosphere" and not 1 to the crjms pic- turea. t. - ' . - - Eadio Will Garry f;: -; Christinas Carols New VlTork, Ded (L S Christmas ' carols by radio will. be broadcast for -the first time "in history on Monday.. -Also t!ie famous chimes of Trinity church will be broadcast for U e r.rst time. Most of n " Urge ' . S V .1 i i t' t C ' " I M- I10ME TAX Huge Overhead Would Be Saved by Having State Tax Certain I Per Cent of U. S. Tax, Holds. Consolidation of State Bureaus Into Something Like .Cabinet Form of Government Favored. All people In Oregon who pay an in come lax to the federal government will send, at the same time they make that payment, their check to the stats treasurer for one-third or one-half of the amount of the federal tax, if Gov ernor-elect Pierce has his wsy with the, coming session of the legislature. That, in brief, is to be bis recom mendation to "the legislature in solu tion of the state Income tax problem. He stands for a graduated income tax and he wants to see such a tax col lected with the least state machinery and . the smallest ; administrative ex pense - possible, . He - believes that the plan - suggested,; were it to be put into law, : would accomplish these things. - The srovernor-elect was in- Portland Saturday, leaving lost night to spend Christmas at his borne in U Grande. Hi- will close his business affairs be fore the ;New. Tear and be prepared to assume the dotles of the governor' ship early in January. COS80LIHATIOX PLAX The" trovernor-elsct emphasises ths importance and value of a consolidation ox boards and commissions. He points to the , fact that savings have, been mads in other states by a. reorganlxa tioa of the state system into a limited number . of , departments. Ho -corpora ticiu- the xovernor-elect says, couia successfully conduct its business in the uncoordinated fashion, In which husl ness is conducted In the Oregon state. house. He has in mind a plan oi sim- slmple ; eovernmen.t; economically ad mlnUtered. anr he insists that by Its nnnllr.BtlAnastrv considerable sa vines C8JT b ; WstW WsWrpTaS4l lessened number, oi employes ana ox ficials. and in - a lowered salary .total. in the Droposed reorgsurisat ion, is understood that . be has in mina - tne abolishment of the public segyica com mission and the transfer 6f the duUes of the commission to one of the de partments, as u the case in the stats ot Washington. .--:,.. fatoks .aoinwoEt; The state hierhwavs must be com pleted, maintained and repaired, Pierce insists. ' Gaps mnst be filled. The Roosevelt highway must be- finished. Wear and tsar must be met with ade quate repairs to maintain the .highway In standard condition. And .this, he believes, means at least 2 cents the gallon more In rgasoline tax and no decrease or modification in the annual license taxes upon automobilea,? t" -i Then, too. Pierce favors creation of a paid highway commission, the com missioners to be appointed by the gov ernor. , He ' also will . recommend - the creation of a' state market , agent to have jurisdiction over grain and hay Inspection and to be supported from fees coming from that work. He would take the grain inspection department from , the public service' commission, where tt now Is. making it stand alone. should there bo no change In the gen eral form of government, or fitted into the new cabinet scheme, should that bs put Into- form and force. ... FRESE1CT MUXAGE TAX " The - educational institutions now fa vored with millage taxes should be content, . Pierce contends, with the amount . they received from , rolllages during 1922 'for the coming, two years. He points out that ths assessors of the state have dropped the total sssesnoi valuation of the stats by some $20, 000.000. and that this has been dons In large part for the purpose of hold ing down the millage payment to these Institutions to which s they go. He points out that an increase lav the total assessed valuation r of ths state of $200,000,000 would . mean, under ths millage laws, an increase of approxi mately S400.000 a year to primary edu cation, or $400,400 to the University of Oregon and the Agricultural college, and of $20,000 to the market road fund. And It U this thought that Impels him to insist that these Institutions get along for the coming blennium within the units of their 1922 millage, allow, ances. Statins; his plan for a graduated in come tax a little more in detail. Pierce would have ths law provide that every person paying an income - tax under the federal law would be required to execute 1 a uupUcate statement of In come and forward it, with the state payment, to the stats treasurer. SOUTH - CABOX.IKA ' PIA V , Pierce would nave, and will so sug gest to the legislature, a definite pro portioa of payment fixed by the legis lature as the basis ' of the stats in corns tax payment. In other words, he would bare the legislature provide by statute that the taxpayer should pay as a state" Income tax one third or one half of what, was paid by him as a federal Income tax, r This is, - in essence,! the provisions of the ' income tax statute of South Carolina, now said to be working smoothly and, efficiently. . Its virtue, as Pierce sees it. Is that it would re quire no extensive admiuistratlve ma chinery. A few examiners and clerks; added to the present personnel or tne state - treasurer's office : and given power to check up on all payments made, or that should be made, would cars for the administration of .the act. In addition, ho-ever. pierce -would have written .into the --statute straight penalties for those who falsify or evade . their, Just payments. ' , . '. JfEW. TAXES ITiyEfj' And as a double ch k on this frail 1 ty of huir-an nat', t 1 ave tl Highwaymen and Yeggs Are Ac tive in Many Parts of Coun try. Obtaining Big Hauls, i - - (By United Press) Bandit gangs .were active in many parts of the country on the eve of Chris Unas. Yeggs shot snd killed a paymaster In Pittsburg, escaping with $20,000. . v Y An armed band terrorised Ludlow, Mo, robbed a 'bank and escaped with $3000. Four men , robbed a pay car la Detroit. . . . In large cities of the East an un usual . number of arrests for petty thefts and burglaries were reported. - 1 :, " . Detroit, Mich.. Dee. 83. U. P.) W. H. Behring. president,' and A. H. Forest, treasurer, of the Brass Prod ucts company, were held up and robbed of $1600, the company's weekly payroll. today, - Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec. 23. (U. . P.) Scores of detectives tonight aided In the search for six bandits who got away with a Christmas payroll of $19,400. after .killing J. TL Dennis: chief clerk of - the Harrison mine of the x-tiisDurg uoai company . at Headline:. near here. Cleveland. Ohio. TW? 531T T -i nree motor car bandits : held up two motorists in a suburb , here tonight and obtained more thin $400. Emil Krueger, one of the wictlms, tost fn and Louis Pnseauer $S0. - Chicago. Dec. -23. (U. P.) Bandits After Christmas money got $3000 when they held up Miss Mary PlckeralL cashier for the: Heco Envelope com pany hero today. A laundry safe was robbed cf $250 by cracksmen. ; Minneapolis, Dec 23. (U. P.Har- vey Welsmin, "jeweler; was robbed of SlO.ooo worth of diamond rings and lao in cash today.' - - New Orleans. Dec 23.- (V. v T.Y-- Bandits robbed the Consumers Bis cult company here of $3000 today. Ludlow. Mav Dec, 23. (U. P.- Bandits dynamited-, the safe of the First national bank .here today and escaped with $3000. -. Jtorsltf ield Mahi Tilkeii' for; Deer, y Killed by. Hunter J-:vv i . v' ' '. v J Marshfleld.' Or- Dec 23. Al Beyers, i engineer at the Conlogua logging camp on the Coquille river, was shot ana xuiea wnen mistaken for - a , deer by A. Martin, a ' fellow, employe. The two - wers hunting deer at night - in the mountains several miles from heir employer's camp..; ., Beyers leaves a wife who had left for- Ontario, Canada, to visit rela tives over Christmas. - Martin, . who killed Beyers, is married and. has five Children residing at Bandon. This is the second accident due to hunting out of season during the past few weeks in this county. - f -i. in i " 11.1 rn - - 0 ij i u f..' s."j" " "'in 1 ' J """vj " H-J Counter Eevoliition Brewing in Greece Athens. Dec 21.--(TJ. P.) A counter revolution is - brewing-- in- Qreeoe - to night. Athens was filled with rumors -of an uprising. .The city was rife with ths air of nervous tension. Several of those : In the - present revolutionary regime are reported to have fled ths city. . : Although the king is popular, feeling- against the militarist regime nas oecomo intensified ths past few days.'-; ... . - - Chicago Spends Hundred Millions Chicago, Dec 23. U. P.i Chicaa-6 has spent $100,000,000 la preparation ror uie celebration or the j. Christmas holidays, according to . reports from merchants in this city. .. NEXT Yiear's End Number Your friends : elsewhere i vw appreciate it Send them copies. An order blank unit be found on page 4 of -section 2 today, v ; , Order Extra Copies Now ANSWERS Younger Man Said to Have Vir tually Admitted, a 'Girt Was on Boat Night of Alleged Murder Anchor Believed to Have Taken Victim's' Bodys to Bottomj Po lice Have More Faith in Tale ' Earl Weir, son of 'Cash Weir. the . latter of whom is charged with ' the murder of a 15-year-old girl In a -houseboat.' September 23. made- what has been called a slip while answering questions of Police Captain Harms Saturday afternoon, which may event ually cause his breakdown and furnish additional i proof that some unidenti fied girl actually' was attacked by bis father, as related by Mrs.- Helen Lear)-. Toung Weir was asked If he was certain he- did not know who : was the mysterious girl and If he did not know where she came from. y He Is said to have'replied he did not know who she was, but that "Helen to id him she came from Hood River. ' .Immediately after making this state ment,, he Bald he didn't know any thing at all and had never seen any "girl in ths houseboat that night ex cept Helen, . t . '.. Radical . charges ' made by - Helen Leary in her mysterious story of the murder have ..tended to - convince ths police that the real truth of what oc curred that night - in the river home of Cash Weir has not yet been learned. CHANGE AFFtCTS CASK The change In the glrrs story has materially affected . ths case - which deputy district attorneys and police detectives had mads out against the waterfront habitoe. ' . " Flret tt has changed the entire as pect Of the case by shifting it from a case of -direct evidence--to one of cir cumstantlai evidence,' and second, it has left an opening 'tor. the defense to direct a vigorous attack upon the credibility et Helen Leary herself, the enter witness , Xor the prosecution. first Wery'Heren'Ivearr-sa1d' she aaw an unidentified - 15-year-old girl attacked by , cash. Weir, telling the police she watehed the entire at- (Con tinned on Pace Four. Calnma One) Thousands of Cars . Eusli. Deliveries of Christmas Qifts y- :- tBir-Cniveaal Serrioe) u " Washington. Dec. IS. By employing thousands of freight cars of every description and operating mall trains of 100 cars, all Christmas packages have been delivered, 'the postoffice ' department announced today. Refrigerator, grain and even horse cars . were ' Impressed . into service ' to enable : Santa- Claus to arrive - on scheduled time-.;- . . :. - The volume of mail exceeded all prev vlous years by about 40 per cent, but due to early mailing the peak of ths rush was passed on- December 21, it . was announced. :VAt the principal points of distribu tion. New Tor k,. Chicago and Pitts burg, upward of 200 solid carloads of mall have been ' handled every day since December 14. - AmericaBeconiing i More Carniverous Washington, Dec 2$. TJ. P.) America Is beconlng more carniverous, ths department of commerce reports. Every person In the United States on December $1 will 'have eaten over 151 pounds of meat during 1922.. In 1915 meat consumption , totalled only , 138 pounds per capita. - In periods of eco nomlc prospsrity and high wagss meat consumption, shot skyward. ; - r SUNDAY A complete" news 4iapcr pulsing, tcith lhe life of the Ore- gon country,-tohose story of a year's achievement it will tell in facts, figures and photographs. .