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STAfcb Cs.il
Hardi
ng . ;
Is. Taking Up Idea of.
Economic Conference
' ..-- r --
r or pig
Problem With Other
Power Interested' in -
-Br Drid r Lawrence-
(Cepyrlabt, 12S. by Th Jaamall
Washtnrton. Iec, 26. Oppoaiaon to
Senator Borah'a propoeol for an in
ternational economic conference (s.w
r ahned at the prin-
'Vi-Wlciple confer-
g nomic vnormatey In
t Europa . ana tne
. I world rtucrt lly.
but it the .-. timeli
n?a of the mea-
Ye
" ure. .. : ;
'Admin latratlon
eenaiora who are
f. linlnc 6p a4!nat
:::t the Borah reaolu
. lion ." which' would
author io4thi preal
' Jiftnt In lummon an
f f I international 'jaco-
' .': " ' I toraie cenft rem
7 ' ;'- I have been adTteed
nrivatetv that the
executive branch of the arovernment al
ready haa ben d'scuaalns the project
aitb other powera and that action by
the aenate at thla tfme might be -"con
trued ca comrolttlns the United States
- Koremment to a course Of action Which
H mlrht otherwise be free to ; void.-;
Curiously enough. (Borah's propoeal
and the clrcumstaneea whlclw surround
It "are atmoat identical with Jthe situit
tion which existed before Mr. Harding
called the conference on- Paiffle prob
lem and reduction of. armamnet. .
S OT AGAIX8T IDEA ; , 5
The ' president waa In netrotlation
with other governments when Mr. Bor
ah's resolution was projected - and it
' looked to the outside world s if the
- Idaho senator bad driven the 'president
' into the course he finally took.' The
record at the department of state wiH
how that the subject was being dis
cussed in diplomatic-channels lone; be
fore it was mentioned in the aenate.
. Mr. Harding Is not averse to tla
Idea of an International economic con
ference. He would siadly have Amerl-
ta participate In one, but h&ea't made
up his mind whether or not it would
be .a rood thing- f or . America." to take
the initiative , c ; ' -i t .
I'non the" country calltng' any inter
nrtional conference rests the; responsi
bility for the program. .'.
When the. armament conference-met
in Waahlnfton. Secretary Hughes laid
- before- the assembled nations at the
cutset the sacrifices America was willv
!na to make. : 8uelr-an obligation might
xeim t be Jm posed again in ait Inter
national economic conference, but the
1 Harding admliUatratfon has no such
program to offer at this time.
. It . feels- that -the ' European nations
have-problems which they must offer
to solve which depend on the political
relations of France, Germany, Belgium.
Italy and Great Britain. C j. -, ;
The nearest thing -to, a. suggestion of
. r solution for that phase .of the'-mat-;
ter.-w hlchithe-Vnited States has made
was contained in- President Hasdio'
. laat address to congress therein he
proposed that th four-power pact idea
be applied to other areas Of the world.
WOri.' ATTEHB PALLET; J .
: The belie tT for; the; moment at- any
rate. Is thst an economic coAference
would : be- futile unless It is preceded
by conference of premiers, or am
bassadors (trrrpowered to -clear : up the
K)itical , relational of Karope,- i CntU
such an atmosphere prevails the bick-
. erlngs over; the economic "problems'
; probably "would geto f urther s than
: they have heretofore.
The United States would . be -glad
to attend a conference to slabillie the
, political" relations of European And
American nations through an agree
ment to-, limit land, , armament.. It
would go somewhat again nt 'the grain
to, rush headlong into a political con-
; ference which would merely- arrange
another balance1: of power. But . the
: question, of land armament is not
merely a European matter.
"Its expense is vdirectly affecting tho
price of American products,'., If .-Europe's
currency were higher in value
ths purchasing power of the European
people would be greater- ami th. ex
port trade of Amerira would be im
proved that la admitted beyond ques-
, tlon in "official, quarters here. --"
If "land armament wre reduced.'
: European budgets would W balanced
and the currencies of all nations would
correspondingly Increase in " Value. -
So on the broad ground of reducing
land 'armament, conference on At-
. lantle problems to limit construction?
. of airplanes and : submarines. and at
the nmt time discuss land armament.
which.: was not treated at the Wash
' Ington parley a year ago is being dls-
ciwsed by. the powers.
POVTES. APf ROYE IEA
- Americae wants r such . as. conference
held in Earope,' where- Kuropean prob
Jcms can be better discussed and
whers American disinterestedness can
come into fun play. It Is hoped hers
the conference- will be called- for lxm
don or Brussels or The Hague, and,
ooBvereerjv it rt Is hoped the confer
ence wtlr riot -be -called for-either Paris
c Berlin; where the abnosphere is not
as productive, of. reconciliation as it
might be elsewhere. ' '4 , .
Aw, American delegation, consisting
of; Republicans and Democrats, prob
ably would be selected by President
Harding,;.. Because ' of i the -combined
political " And economlo problems in
volved, r Secretary-: of State Hughe.
Secretary of the .Treasury Mellon and
Secretary 'of Commerce Hoover are
. beiag talked of " for at-" least three
places on such a commission. But the
idea Is growlrigr that a political con
ference mut either 'precede i or run
concurrently with an economic confer
ence. That is why Senator Borah's
. resolution, even ; If passed, may inot
be -acted upon at once. The powers
have alreedy approved the idea of
Mime kind of a conference.. Thetbmgs
to be decided sre when f and where
such a eonferenc shall be called, and
what skall- be the scope- of its discus-
- sons. ' .
BO HAH HAS SrPPORT OF
; s FARMERS IX HIS. BATTLE
." " ty Tniwd Nr - .
Chu;sgev Dec it. When Senator Bo-
ran gees on the floor -of the senate
Wednesday to fight for his resolution
requesting President Hardin to call a
" world economic and armament iimita-
; iOscludd (h.Pjh Two. Criamo Fourt
Parley
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Protests Aganist Pardoning of
t'Fatty" Arbuckle Makes the
"Czar's"' Postionak 'It
Is Said? He "Spills Pottage."
(Special ... DiitpstcH to "The joornaL) ,'
tCewriht. ve
Los Angeles. Deep SS.-r't'atty' ,Jt r
buckle is not; coming: -i-back. in J the
movies and Will H. Hays as'csar of
the industrv is just about on bis wsy,
ITese are "the two best beta which
Hollywood insiders began to pass out
toJay , with Christmas behind them.
pTo their way of reading the dope and
in the past they have been wizards at
It both wasers look like a cinch
- The Rev. Dr. Oustav Briegteb. pas
tor of the Westlake Presbyterian
church, of ,.Ijor Angeles, wrho thas
studied the Industry . inside and out
daring his long tay here,? declared,
on hearing that ; the moviea had ac
quired a czar,; that , "TVUl - Hays has
sold hi Presbyterian birthright, for a
mess - of "pottage." Now, not alone' to
clergymen but to laymen, the belief
is growing that Mrf Hays has spilled
the pottage. . . I- i , , , -
TP TO HATS r I '
Putting aside the fact 'that Los An
geles, ' motion picture . capital of - tl-e
world, with a. jealous and material in
terest: at ' stake, has been--: stirred as
never before . through .? the action , of
Hays in restoring Arbuckle to good
standing; that the pulpits of the city,
on the "day of good win to 'men.
thundered against this clemency: that
the mayor, the city council and scores
of welfare clubs, have voiced vigorous
protests, there are separate, hardboiled
facts that Win alone settle and settle
for good, whether Arbuckle 'cair -corns
back and whether' motion-pictures are
to continue to-Indulge in the pretty fic
tion of a- csar and that is to be Mr.
Keys. J, : -
, Hsys has- accepted . a diversion even
St $156,000 ft ear. - - r,
.--Being popular ss ' a nollticlan.' and
standing welt with the. administration,
it was felt-- bi would be useful If the
Sherman anti-trust "law, or something
equally Eerioue, should pop up to hm-
per tne game.: . tsot rronrr tne say jai
bis.ipfM-)intn-ient his exact status: never
has been defined. Now his -reinstate-
(Ceallwnd on Fas rroarteen, Volumn Tiitt
ATLANTIC VESSELS
New York. ; Dec. 2.a. X. S-i-The
worst hurricane 'that has 8weptrthe
North .Atlantic in , many years 'was
abating today, after causing terrific
damage to shipping. .Steamship, lines
reported that all vessels were delayed,
but - that none was missing. . The be
lated - steamships, were reporting: vb'
wireless. - - -
Three t vessels were .so "badly -bettered
they wilt have to be refitted be
fore thay can, swt out- for the return
voyage. They sre the Cedric Zeeland
and the United States. ; ;
Reports of 'the 100" miles an houf
gale Jhal lashed the ocean Into moun
tainous waves led to fears that some
vessels had. been' lost. , , - '
Prominent Quaker
: Of Newberg Passes
Newberg, Dec. 2S. E. H. Woodward,
prominent Quaker, Pacific college of
ficial and for 29 years editor "and pub
lisher of the Newberg Graphic, -died
here at ' noon today. Mr. Woodward
had suffered for years with a cancer
ous growth on Ms neck caused by an
X-ray burn, and this led to his desth.
He retired from" the newspaper field
about t wo j easjB. ago. A daughter.
Mrs. W. A. King, reside in Portland,
and a son,. Waiter Woodward, s here
on a- visit from, Indiana, 1 v
MOV
MAY
HURRICANE LASHES
Cheer Is 'provided for lAll
Gliristmas Joys Are General
Christmas is Christmas, -and neither
leaden,, dripping skies nor rising tem
per! ture may detract ; a whit from It.
Thtr; much Portland established to Its
own satisfaction yesterday when it
celebrated th old. old day in the Id,
old wayfdf hAppiness,' v. - r
, Snow,, crisp air and sieighhells bear
no real? signifies nee. j In ether words;
4t matters not how -oor best beloved
is attired In dreamv whft or somber
array s when she draw near, after a
long abeemfv your heart beats faster:
Much rain fell yesterday in the city
and the mercury was high, but it was
a eily' MJgsiety and good deeds, nev
ertheless. Today the homes are strewn
with tooxe- end C tops. Mother, tired
but smiling, got p early; to begin the
work of clearing th debris a way; But
the children.' loath t lie abed when
they had so many playthings waiting,
were up with bei. It -will be harder
to get. them nut w ben school starts
Sgain, 5 ,f--, r "T
SOME CHEER IX ' BOTTLE -''c'.'
; Among. the'puattached:an the more
modern of the attached, dull eyes and
swollen - heads are common for it
must be admitted that much of the
Christmas spirits came in bottles and
the roost optimistic cannot claim that
prohibition entirely prohibit--!.
, "Have another!" ranr ci,t from nirs
Iows litte into- the i,,,-t.
. CtJt that vas after i!"e peri v '
Ex-Mayor of
Mer Rouge
Is Arrested
, , Baltimore.? Mr.. Dec. 2. I U, . P.)
Dr.. B, .AL- idcKoin. Xotprter mayor,, of
Mer Eouge, La., was arrested in Johns-
Hopkins hospital here this, afternoon.
The arrest was made on the order of
Governor .Parker of Louisiana, who in
a: telegram, asked, that he be "arrested
at once and held for murder.7 r,-
Detectives"! Potterand Quirk left
headauaHers-as soon as the telegram
had been received and . arrived at the
hospital a moment , after Dr. : lucKoin,
who had described sn attempt made on
his own life last August, told a report
er that he would not co back to Lou
Isiana. unless the rnilitla came,a"tter
him, '-. i-. ' , 5
The . words were hardly . out of chia
mouth when ti detectives arrived.
The doctor was - wearing a surgeon's
coat aad waited only x to change to
street clothes. He left the hospital for
police headquarters at' 3 : 1. m. -
Aked if he were a member ttf the
Ku Klui Klan, he said he refused tfo
make any statement at all.-' ' "
Dr. McKoiivwas located at the Johns
Hopkini medical school, where he .was
taking s postgraduate course, He said
that he knew nothing of the murder of
F. FV Richards and V w. Daniels which
was the first chapter as far as the pub
lic knew, in the disorder of the town, He
ieft Mer Roujre last August after h
had been! shot at one night as he. was
return Ingf rom having -paid a sick jcaa
on - an .old negress. -
The trouble, so far as I was . con
cerned; began six , years ago when :I
was elected mayor of the town, a po
sition 1 did not want. I did my best
to stop, the association of white men
with hegro .women, gambling and other
evils. - Mer sRougei a town' .or"-n
tween 750. and -1009 people, fit Is sur
rounded by prosperous farming com
munity. Tou knows how, things are in
a smalltown when any change i at
tempted- One half is with those- who
are'4n. the others are against them.
i VereLtheichutch- iople.,with -,-j'ott
wnen you were mayor r
j Yes, generaHy," he answered, v
i ' Was the Ku Klux Klan active In
the neighborhood r. '.'
;"Well. Jhey uned to parade! around a
great deal: with their robes and -their
masks on, but I never knew of any
thing like this they did." - c
MOONSnlNE FATAL
BOOTLEGGERS SOB - :
8hJOhiO,: Dee. SS. U."P.)-e
Two boctleggers sobbed like broken.
r hearted children as, hey; viewed the
corps f-llph;jie3e-poison.
tootcftlctni,L al -th morgue her
today; - jf.i- vv-ia-
r yTney eonfewdL to making 5 and
sel H n gi. ' t he . moomsli m t whiskey
which t brougkt-i -; Christmas -eve
revelry to st tragic cUrr.a-a. killing
Longley and at least temporarily
blinding , , two others but -declared
.their t,;itnocence ; tf th murder
charge that has- been placed against
themr? "r,ii f;. Vjr , - - t '.-'.
. The bootlegers are Phillip f Wei
ganott and Lester dston.; i 1 1 '
New.Tork; Dec. 2v-The death toil
from poison liquor drunk- here' during
Christmas celebrations .was. brought MP
to eight , this afternoon. T Two of the
vtctfmsl'eTe woitieni AOWeihKmed
by drinking j'liootch" containing wood
alcohol. i"-V"-f "--" i ' ; f?j
Th: victims wrf fTKoma : Mc5
mark, Minnie ScnreOr,0John Glennont
Joseph. Page, Johp J. Burns Elisabeth
West. Frank Held and, Charles Bennett
. Contrasting to this alcoholic toJI waa
a . polio. statetpnt declaring that, the
bright light district was a Sahara en
Christmas night, not ra 'single .intoxi
cated person being brought . into th
West Side police, (urt. M6st of th
drinking that formerly, formed a , part
ofth revelry in. cafes and cabarets
was done in homes., ; .1
AU the dead and ill persons were
found by pedestrians,) pol Ice w friends
in alleys, streets or .apartments. .
c- . r
sMTTHE IMPBOTKS 8TEAOILT .-'-t
Chicago, 'Dec 1 26. t f.; N. S. The
condition . of Dan Smythe Pendleton
sheepraiser and banker,' was reported
fair today. His nurse said he is im
proving steadily, and sn operation prob
ably will he performed the latter part
of this week. .
t
t. th v day had been don J and th
children tucked a war. foil f mod
L things and pains. Charitabl organi
sations and individuals ef . the city
aw to It thav. not a . child 'wa left
lamenting, :j ,, .
VMost spectacular of the entertain
ntents was the giant Chretmss tree of
the. Elks , at' The Auditorium. '.Every
scat on the floor 'of the great building
was taken, and here were examples
of all tb needy of Portland. A de
scription of rthem would suffice for
alt the mmort Christmas trees, h- '
Fatherless children were there, their
mothers herding them - into the seats,
worried and uncertain. Lonely boys
and girl, who seemed to have wan
rtered In, no one knew Just how. Then
there were children under th com
mand of th.Ir fathers, with th moth
ers not there. The ws teher w-aa left
to goes lb, secrets behind th scenes
in ail these cssea .-,-
TXBfT IS-nET L'P ' -
Mayor Baker, Dr. EH V. Morrow.
Frank;: .Hennessey and Monroe Oold
steln ere the directing spirits of th
' . v Every year th Christmas
tws ven. Under the direction of
iJOi : Coldsteln.-4 a i. b'g. tree ,was
htoiifc.i. from tb hills and set up-'just
as. the i'l ,t stHl was jrroins-. Th
Auditorium was -'decorated wi-i I'gbts
or' l-1 rren. ' . -f - : -. sn,
TO aJN THE EAST
Mil OFFERS
S0LUTI0N0F
WEIR CASE
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t'Jane Doe" Writes Police She
L WasnAttacked by the Elder
'"hi 'i i ii-i " - n -' t
weir, out Dy neien Leary oe
cause of Jealousy Over Son.
- A letter from a 'girl -who sign her
self "Jane Doe" was made publia this
mornfRg by Chief of Police Jenkins, In
-which the writer declares that She is
the girl who was in Cash Weir's house
boat on th night of September 23 and
the one supposed to have "been mur
dered. ' ' t ' ' r
'""Helen1 Leary lsa liar," the letter
says.v The girl saya she did npt want
to go to the police, station in person for
fear of breaking her mother's heart.
: At almost thfe samshour the letter
came out, Helen , Leary, the' state's
star witnea against Cash Weir and
his eon Earl, th former charged with
murder and the latter with being an
accessory , after, the fact. wa in an
automobile ..down the Linnton road,
four miles below Linnton,. saying to
Detectives , Sehulpius and Moloney;
POINTS OCT SPOT '
J "This is where Earl and I were rid
ing a few. days after the murder, when
Earl leaned over to me so that the wo
In th rear seat wouldn't heai ana
whispered, 'Across Ahere is where I
have that Jane's body weighed down
with rocks.' , ,
Helen- Leary claimed to be able to
identify the spot by two trees standing
alone - beyond - a fence. She had de
scribed the place before she reached it.
- The detectives were surprised. They
had been led believe the body, if
there waa one, was in the Colusibia
river, and the spot that Mrs. xeary
indicated was four miles from th Co
lumbia., with the Wlllamtt and the
Columbia Sloughs between. - They wtre
more bewildered than eve.': They re
turned to Portland and on top of 'their
present troubles discovered the letter
from ."Jane Doe." " ;
PREPARE FOH HEAttlSG ' j
Mrs. Leary had not yet been shown
the ',lettr when .Deputy;. Distrfcr .At
torney" Joltn' Mowry. and attorney fe;
tb two, Weir were preparing forre
preliminary hearing before-Municlpal
Judge Ekwall at. J o'clock this after-f
noon. ' ' - r- t '
- Both j Weirs. - however, 'bad declared
that. thrwayno--girl, on the houseboat-
the. night of September -Jl and
that, they couldn't even make a guess
a to thejAuthor of the note.-
- Police, who, iiav held - the theory
throughout th investigation that Mrs.
Leary and both Weirs have been hold
ing something back,- were inclined to
tak the letter rather seriously. -t -. -'
Chief Jenkins is now askbig that
the writer of the .letter' get in personal
touch with? him so that the whole arfalr
may be settled once and for all.- rTell
her tthat I will protect her Identity."
the chief added. ..-'- - .:w,-;.,..;
Tb s writer said she had seen'-her
mistakes. . the . change .. of li ving preeiv
tated by the events of the houseboat.
JK SPPfsred that tb unidentified writer
bad also an infatuation for Karl Wir,
sonvof the - nverman, and she was In
the houseboat with the father, wait
ing; for the arrival of EarL when Mrs.
Leary appeared. A;bttter quarrel en
sued, the letter states, and Mrs. Iarv
(Cnnkudcd o Pat mtsB. Column Bight)
Ezra Meeker . Will ::
!lBe "Mine Host for
90-Year-01d 'Boys'
New Tork. Dec. The old quip
about the ' good .dying young will be
exploded here on December 29 when
Esra Meeker will entertain the youth
of New Tork - who- have reached sO
yesrs or more, at his birthday dinner.
Meeker is 92. '-
Thebject of the dinner will, be to
prove to th world that men "and
women, should Hv to 'be over 100, or,
rather.' that they should live to be at
least S0.
Esra, who . went- ever' the." Oregon
trail in an ox cart in' "52. founded
Payallup, Wash., and wrote book In
long hand., will giv 1h- world a
Christmas present at -the coming din-"
ner by telling his secret of life,
v Chauneey M. Depew will . be the
bshy st th table, .he- being only" 8.
It is because be is such a good story
teller that Meeker : has let down ' the
bam a little tn his favor.
, Meeker- was born In Butler county,
Ohio, -'and started traveling when he
was XL He spent most of his life on
th Pacific coasts' He cam East-, to
aid the cause-f -the -Oregon trail, a
bill for which will soon come up in
the senate committee. ' : , z ". ,
Well-Dressed Man J
Commits Suicide
In Club Quarters
A neatly dressed man about 45 years
old, believed to be E- L. Collins, killed
himself at 130 o'clock this afternoon
in th lavatory of - the Metropolitan
club. No. 103 Sixth street, ly shooting
himself twice . In - quick . succession
through.vthe heart.: f . -.. ii
: Lack Stovall, proprietor 'of the club,
hearing th shots, .rushed into . the
lavatoryv wber he found Collins upon
the floor." '
The police emergrency hospital was
called, . but Collins died within -. five
minutes. .The only means of identifica
tion was a notebook in bis pocket bear
ing the name and a -note-that read:
"Notify . Mrs.- Clara -V. Schneck, Gasco
anartments, L!nnon, tn case of acci
cf nt," ' - : - - . - . . . . -.
Te roiiy is at thc-morga"i
r RIVEN: out.in their i night
f-T,;. ana iyionigomery sireeis,
Guy McAdams andher- little
right is the fare escape on the
siaewaiK, wrucn. lenanis na 10
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FiVE-ME'li iiuiiED -V'lp
;:iiii.i,iviii,P;.or;
i f ill I u if iiui mi ok . f n n to ronre
Pive persons were . injured,, jione se
riously, and- another was arrested, as
a : result of four. . automoblla : accidents
that, took, place in: he .cfty . late Mon
day night.-- . . f -j-.
n.-' L. M;ulMns. of Oregon City, suf
fered cuts 'and bruises when his , ma
chine collided" with a. streetcar on the
east,a,pproachof Jie HaworBe.bridg.
Mullina' machine-was knocked through
th front of a restaurant and he, was
rrested for being; : Intoxicated. The
police state there was an ;dor. of
liquor en his breath. "
Charles Milhalland, a painter, of No,
180 Sherman street., suffered a frac
tured hip and wounds to hi bead when
he :was struck, by-an sutornobiledrlvenr
y r'. A. Doers .of ColIWs VI-: JH
W3 Taken to the mfrrliimr tuunllal
and later to St. Vincent. Hfs.wTDns.
r serious.
Rose Aptaoalp.of ' rout JCp.. Tyot-
Lightner Loses Last;
Chance to' Dodge
Prison Sentence
Thumb down tor Dav nUghtner
narcotics smuggler.- dealer and ped
dler. J " - - -
Lightner lost thfinl,rMind,'lrv hf
battle for freedom this morning when
n-..-.,. . -.,.-: i- j-.. w. .
rwcni jjjnpe iv 0. Bfn overruiea
tli rnotioit ht h&' altorrieyr fdm.Re
triAl and -arrest ' of judgment. .The
motion, were -made iir 'connection ri
Lightner s' first trial- about, a month
ago, ,'on three , rndif tment,' Lthtne,r
mmxf wm rcvcu ,iwo uarges, . aeanng
in plunt and conspiracy to .violate the
Harrison narcotic. lawi ntl". acquitted
onia charge f deallng1a;ocaev Th
judge ordered Liarhtner brought "before
hirti Wednesday morning for sentence.
Lightner was tried last jseekrbefpr
KoUeral Judge P. B. DfetricV of Botsc.
Idaho, on- two more tndlctmeiits 'grow
ing out of -st- second offense, -convicted
on both and sentenced ta. lt montqa
at Mr Nells island. , r j -.
Coi,nsel- for the-: defendant moved
this morning, for afjnewtrjal on the
optnm charge.: holdingthat. it; had not
been proved-tbet-Lightner. wae a deaf
er hi imps. . Judge-Bean' overruled
th.plca,etatln'g thatlhe jury,--and hot
the court, were the judges, of that Con
tention, The jury, he staled, had.de-'
cided, Lightner was a narcotioa- dealer.
An jirreat of judgment .was eqyght
because the - Jury foreman, failed to
sign the conspiracy vertuH TTie court
said the rormality or affixing the fore
man's signature to the paper did not
jeopardize the defendant.-
Three rEmed" in-;
: " Ghxistmas Fights
, " '--.
Trinidad, Colo-. D02 tC.'-P:--Three
men- were dead her today after
a series of gun fights Christmas da ST
William Jamison was shot and -killed
by August Ma leal a at the tatter's road
house after-Jamison ran amuck, -according
to Materia. Candelario. Ars-gon-
w-as killed and Jerry Sals was
jailed, chareed with the crime."- fol
lowing a c jarrel here yesterday. Do.
nictrio Arf was t a -i ry i"T T'ar-t-rt
pf t- a i.iTil iiv'vi-. ;i r
i.r.t; w I'e.
? clothes, nearly ) 00 'tenants of
nea aown;xnc nre cscapes eariy icxiay. i-u me leic are.mrs,
on,9 Bobbie among those I who '.had narrow escapes. lAt the
bixth street side,' showing' the long drop from the escape" to the
laice or await rescue via nrexnen
H
Vash ington,: JeC 26. (Lv N. S.I
Three members of he progressive Re
publican -groto-fr in the senate Senator
McNarj-, Oregon; Brookheart. Iowa,
and Ladd. ; North; Dakota today, ,ex
pressad.' strong approval of , Senator
Borah's proposal "for a world economic
and "disarmament conference ' snd an
nounced their 'intention of -votlnarfor
It as.n Amendment - to; -the pending
na-al bilt , t
T Senator McNary said: "i, believe thst
Such -a conference as penator Borah
proposed would be -of great benefit- I
intend to support it a It is. t. see-no.
necessity ,.-forrny-jstnenaments. reser
vations .or n-.oijfieatlons. It is clesr
to m ' that 'unless omething f done
soon t stabills sconamtc condflions in
Eui-bbeftfc iAmeiiOtn people, ar goine;
to suffer herefrom." y K
McNary; said Taeihad received a num
ber, of telegrams in support of th
Borah gr vpotsaj rjorn r farmers "" and
small bankers. ". ;.- , ; , ;
i fSjtfttfori Brookhart ;s1d Jie .'was
heartily in favor of Senator Borah's
plan for-an economic conference. , i
i Senator. Ladd said :. he thought i
BoretV proposal ; .'conveyed a con-
atructlv Idea -wfciehr' should" b en-
4-courageL.V . , ,
.- I i ii i in. i i n t. . :;-:;.. ,
Autb -iRains. Irairi i
-Bseese boti MS Vie president of " the
Exchange Nations! bank of Walts burg
WAslw is -ded and -hlt sotv Jt H.
Breeze, about M.. Istn cr local hospital
Hrifh-ihj-slc)an ; working over iim to
av his- life, .th result of, a -collisibQ
of the BreierautomeBfl: with a Pen-
dteton -bound freight tram at the. in'
tersection-of th 'O-jvTTrtj ft N. tracHs
nd Ninth, street 'here this morning.
TT!er"jC'itaburic , banker and'Tii eon
were coming- into the .city frorntheir
home; -four : wnles, south;-. and as th
crossing at Ninth- street t unobstruct
ed it is. thought the :rsin. on the wind
shield f '.the ; ear prevented the elder
Breese, . who' was drtvipg,' from seeing
the- train, -which,' ' according - to'' O-W.
officials, was "approaching th crossing
at -a rate of : IS miles an hour and signalling.-
' The automobile- - was - hurled
to oneside but:did riot turn over. Phy
sicians say that the death of the father
,wa'due-to'-concuslon,i-' v.- i;
Toledo Coming to;:
--PByCorvallis-ll
-" 1 '-'t
. Football enthusiasts of -Toledo, Ohio,
cannot ondersianl.why an attempt to
arrange 'a football game between the
trtm ;of Scctt high s-rhool of that city
and some high school team la - Port
land.' failed, but the Eastern team J
coming to the Pacific -coast confident
f - a victory over ; CorvaHis-rtirgh
school on New Year's day. This ln-j
formation was received by the. Cham
ber -of Commerce today from Geors
E. Hardy .of Toledo, former manager
of the Portland Chamber fCommeree.
1 ":-rdy asked the chamber "to arrsoce
8 tr,- ovt-r tne Cr:::r':,.j rv-r 1 .-t-
Trr TihnA f-n In iTTrnH
I - -XJ CKU I UUUf XJJ. 1 Ul JU.
, , i v m t ul&m ft -v. ,-u,
a.;-- ror tht- vt:-.r,r 5
the Lillian apaitznents. Sixth
s laaaers.-; ' -
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SiiiuuMSlLEfiiS
,iL be mm
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Conferences on . all ' tb departments
and divisions 'of the. teaching profes
sion -including elementary,', and college
v.-ortc -wi 11 occupy - the -remaining -days
oT.thi week for severs! hundred teach
rs from all parts of the state -'who- wl.(
be In attendance st the 23d annual
sonventlori of the Oregon Stat Teachi
srs association.- Headquarter for h
teachers-winb;AtrthevPortland hol
but .the sessions will be -held - a th.
Lincoln- btgn scheol. J - Vsrr'i ;
Two special speakers for the conven-f
th who will appear on the program
during v-th convention will : he l"n
LB. ; Winship. cdltprof the Jnurnkliof
e-aucauon.. uoston. Majvi- who j hi
niucator ' of ' national reputation and
WU1 .-Wood. state - superintendent of
puftlic instruction, of California.?, 1 v-
ipr ciaVbr axchiis; Xp
ir During' this cort ven tlon -tle ,is depart
ments and divisions of .the associ&tion
will . hold - separate sesalonlj in tolas
room -at tb Lincolie high : srhor-1 '
which - specialised branches' lot educa-.
Von will, betaken --uplji:,:-? ;J'-f f;, j
During-the meeting of the represen-f
tstiv council of th association i hirh
opens its; session Wednesday atl t ; a.
m. - the report f the - committee ; nn
legislation ' will be received with cn
sjoerabl ' intecest. Among th . topics
o :". legislation . which will probably be
considered are" free textbooks for h4
mentary grades, .repeal of property
Qualification in school Oeciions and
changer in ' th' methods tt adoption e
xtbookai.A - v .. y -. .1 v-
The resolutions: committee' of ' which
Profgssor-'J.M'' Bfumteugh of '. A.
C. ' is chairman; -wiill present, a set Of
(chM wi PS Eicktee. tottaatPi)
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FIRE ROUTS
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Men and Women, Many Scantily
Attired, Flee . From Lillian
Apartment Building in' Early
' ; Morning,. Cling to Fire Escsps
-Ninety or.mor scantily clad person i,
in most cases dressed only in night
clothii-.g.f congregated In the rain - on
the lower level of the fire escapes of
th -Lillian- apartments, which to:a
below the second floor, and wer re.-
cued early today by firemen on lad
ders ' when .- fire of uncertain origin
partly destroyed the building at Sixth
and Montgomery streets. Ther were
2S apartments in the buildlnjt .which
was tour stories high. ;
Mrs. L. J; Hobson and hr daughter,.
Mr. Mary Newham. jumped from th
econd story fir eacap. landing into
th arms of a crowd of spectators on
th sidewalk.' Neither wa- injured.
Twenty,' or mot persons ' on th aare
landing' wer preparing to follow th
two women, and jump in th same wsy
when men in tb crowd yelled to them
and by, repeated warning kept . them:
waiting ther until the .arrival of lad
ders., ... ' . . t.: -v--,:: - ';?'.'.,-... ,,
WOXAX OTERCOMK : - 7 ' '
Mrs,' tC, THurbr," 0, was' exhausted
by fuma and amok and .was, found b"
a rescu party Vunost overcome ami
apparently partly .paralysed onr tne
floor et her apartment. Sh was taken
Into the-fresh air and revivd. - - .
i 'An "early 'check of "the residents - of
th apartment houa md by th po
11c and firemen accounted for all per
son who liv in the building. The loss
is estimates ir )w,u, jaemDcr or
engin company No. 4 report defective
wiring in th bavement as th prob
able origin of the fir.. ,
COBBIDORS DRAW FIRE .
Many rsldnts of th - apartment
house reported when they wr .first
thir. rooms they war forced, to rf--treet
in . the fac f a ' terrific blast
of flam and smoke and sought eca
out of. tb windows to fir escape
Apparently,-, the -corridors, acting a
drafts, drew th flam all around the
buUding, - cutting off any - cap ' bv
levators r talrways. ; . - K
. Th? building' is four-story brick
shell sround a wooden frame, and sc
COrding to th report f th firemen. U
in "via slit, which fs not ven consid
ered semi-fireproof. It U Constructed
In a V. shste. around th old Lillian
dwelHnr; , Which is connected to th
new building by passage wsys.
FISDS BABT .. . , . ,
The flames starting In: the basement'
spread out' in all directions and ate u
(Coadsled n fin Fserteea, CtaiaJi Ou)
Morris
.Creditors, :Must
.jj Wait i or, Money
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Atinouncemcnts that the creditors of
Mortis Brother. Inc.; would ' receive
aggregate : payments - amounting tii 5'
cents o the -dollar before January 1,
wer t rescinded today by Earl C
Bronaugh, trustee In bankruptcy for
th corporation. . .A-payment of 3 per
cent, now being made,; bring tH se
gregate, to-40 per cent.' A' larger .dis
tribution 'planned by th trustee was
prevented by av declaion of the L'nite-1
State Circuit 'court ' of ' appeals upon
the claim of the Hopkins estate, rc
eTSiinth decision of the; United
States . district court i t or, the . Oregon
district, ari allowlng-.th claim for re-.
Covery of speefflo bonds to th amount
of 150,000. has. materjaJly cut down the
amount recoverable , by tb general
rrAHvrm '". '' ;i ';.'J:.,-'i,::..ii.-'.:'- ,
S't A large sum of money, being with
held from .payment to th general cred
itors of th bankrupt 'Corporation
awaits the decision of the court of ap
peals in a suit brought agianst the
trustee .; by the preferred stockholders.
Claiming to b preferred chedttors. The
ease, was decided In favor of th trus
tee in th district court and afterwsrd
appealed to th court ef appeals.
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