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lo" "T-Zi -Clio, -piOcpi-( wjioogWj -siu wuwi -rci:cjj. CITY EDITION G I T Y EDITION It's All Here and If a All True 'WATCH - NIGHT New Twfii Eve. ' coming on Sunday this tar, give - the churches in unomtt' opportunity to conduct watch night Korricee. These- meetings will be reviewed in detail on the church, page t .The Journal -next - Saturday, ,.:: .. ' . . '- ? Vftr YY - Vfl ; 9Xti Entered a Becoed-Claas Matte V UL. rfViV. A!. X1. M pxxtotih.1. ForUaad. Oncoo WarDebt Negotiations to Place , U. S. Administration in uzzl ing . Position "When British Commission Confers With -By David ' Lawrence (Copy OS lit, 1032. by The Journal) Washington. Dec. 27. tireat Britain's delegation which . has Just Bailed ' for tbe United States to negotiate an agreement where by the rate of In terest and the an nual payment on the war debt shall be definitely fixed for. a 'period of years - wttl . brins to a climax a balf dozen vital Ques tions which have been hang-ins fire for", several months. It e presentative Momiell, Kepubli- wbo 11 f - S talked with l,t &..Vi Zl mi ident.Hardlr Pres .Harding at length today on the question of an eco nomic conference, disclosed after leav- ing the White House some of .'the: dif ficulties Whleh stand in the way of " negotiations with the allied govern-. ' mtnts. The very people." he said, "who rfceently were limiting the powers of the debt ' commission are !ww loud in their clamor for an economic . con- . fere nee. '.."':- . , HANDS TIED ' : -V' 1- . :.X - . ''. In other words, the- administration new finds its hands tied by the act of congress which not only 1 fixed an in terest rate admittedly too high for the allies to pay . at once, , but fixed 2o 'years-aa the period of payment for the whole debt." ' The admlnlstratibW " has 'been con sidering whether 'to ask congress to amend the ...la creating the funding commission' and give that body more fKxibility. But to do so might dls clcse the administration's 'band in the . negotiations . with; the J'orelgn govem- To make an agreement a with the ' British delegation, however, and then go o congress -with request for amemrmene.rwould" rof- bvo atla tiu'tory to the foreign delegates. They lia v pleriarjt powers.; Tbey -1 are. ac i customed to deal wHh governments I lik h ve' the power to do(,hat they y they wiH, t.t'. r."yi.'- :li the -agreement Jiai to be thrown ""Into" cogrs ' "be d and poa--"'aMwdetayd oiiduly while foreign -' Change fiuctnatea.. from dy to. day, according t"the prospects for passage of he agreement g up and down, Jhe Hfitiah would .naturally alt1 on-eotfi - ffMm. , ., . .. - - .".J Tlwr - dilemma " la ; one -: of ' th-- moet perplexing that has .? evervfaced the 4 A riran aoVernmenU ; v.-The ' eitwcti- the haa the power ; to mswtate srreft- nt with, forelcn -sovemments nwn not commit the' United States to 1 , iwrtiin , ohlieationn..--If ' it had not , b-en for -the law. paes- by congress which specifically requests submls ; lnn tn'both houpem there would not be anv difficulty. It l a broad ques tion really whether the executive raMn't Rinkft in ureemenl anyhow mv.rinr th f BndlnST lof the debt, but irv Ka far of . what congress baa - specified Mr. Harding will not try It T TO CONURES8 i He will either ask for an amend ment to the existing law when It U arparent that things have reached -a Yital point or he will ask for broader powers before the negotiations begin. - In that case tie will have to keep the British delegation waiting . while plenary powers, are obtained from con- i The negotiations arise from the' fact at when the five billions were bor rowed y Great Britain, only a prom issory note was given In return. That note has now to ' be converted Into bonds with a definite maturity date and a fixed rate of Interest. Otto Kahn'a proposal that the Interest for a - few yeara .be deferred altogether or that the, rate be made very tow at the start and gradually Increased meets with a good deal of favor here. LITTtE mOO BESS M ABE ; While very little progress has been ' made In : the negotiations , with the French government on the debts ques tion h ftlnir nrevalla that the agree ment with the British will stand as irt of nrecedent or example that wbeav once England and the Unlt ed States have arranged their debt difficulties satisfactorily. . the . negotia tion with -the other governments will be simplified. . l . ' . . . Incidentally, there bi already a rood deal of discussion hera aa to what haQ be done with the five billion i dol ' i.m r Knnd to be Riven to the U.'S. mvernmimt trr the British. - There MT ihnu who advocate a refunding; cam . paJgri whereby these bonds are sold to the . public at learge. " the American ' tmrninMIlt thllt tttrBllUT, bto- -tilt treasury . five' bUlions f dollars v With v which to redeem some- of the Liberty - loan ttonda which now carry . higher Interest rate than the British bonds ' w-ould carry when offered-1 the pub- lie . ., : . , - wast :r. 8.,o; k.--;..!'.;;;; r On such an operation, the American :" government might save a good deal of . money, but the opponents of the plan : point out that . the British bonds . wouldn't be purchased generally un - less- they- were - guaranteed or under Written by - the treasury department of the United States government, in which case they would amount to the tame thins: aa Issuing a newaetles -of government' bonds at a lower rate of interest, something- wncn is pracucat y being- done by -the treasury certifi cate plan- anyhow. m - -.- i v - s Most of the. members of the Aaeri ' tan funding (commission favor keeping iie British bonds ia J the American treasury and turning the interest In tu ' the general fund as an offset to the in V terest payments. . which the Anerlci u government makes regularly- on Xjb ; crty bond. They think this will In , valve less risk to the public and will at . the same time tend to preventflurtu a Uotis In the value : of . British bonji - whenever Kuropean politics - deploy." ertsls or;war cloud. ' f . The arrival of the v British ''miasm:, ill comiiet : tbe r.dmini-itratwvn, how ever, to- formulate . af definite policy. t Coc iuded on . X isetrao. Column , Qtt J Harding INSPECTORS F $241,348.16 , tit i . i Salaries. Paid Inspecion Depart- ment of Public Service Com mission Eat Up All Fees; Burrfeh Less Since .Election. It iad coat the fc-rowera of hay, grain, potatoes' and onions -of the ' state, on November 30 laat,j 247.J4.16, to pay the salaries of the armyi of S3 hay and grain inspectors maintained by the grain inspection department of the public service ; commission. ,. On Ie- cember 15 4hat Httle army bad-been cuti down to 53 men, according to the statement of the lepartment officials. According- to the trial balance of the department, made as of November 30. 1922, It haa cost tne growers or tne state: a. total of xsi6,733.)&o ror ! tne iwpectton of hay and grain ;arnce the creation of he department under an act of the legislature of 1919. "The act became effective I May of 1926. and the department has grown and expanded into ? full flower since mat time. ' FEES BATES t"P. Apparently." in spite of- the large sum that has been taken into the cof fers of the ' department , through fees collected- for-inspectiorfe made, all of this earning has been eaten up . in overhead and ' administrative charges and 9152.96 in Addition. That sum has been- carried over into the dis bursement column of the trial balance under: the title of -Profit and Loss. No 'notation shows the source of that loss. Tlie salaries paid range " from $273 a month, paid to J. W. Church as chief ( Concluded on Para Nineteen,. Cotuata .Three) Continuance of heavy ralnsv In : the Willamette- valley, ftuHnlH ttmi fesr day robblyi WtU, bring, the fWiUsnv- tt fl-telr; np ,tt ld stage soon. E. J vveils distrlot,., weather .forecaster, an notmqed ' today. ''; I;, i : t - The river -waat prising at 't atW points tii thaH-alley except' at Albany as th result of rain averaging 1 inoh in depth, which fell during . the ' last 24 hours. f The river had -slightly more than 5 feet to go to flood stage today. Indications pointed" to 'more' heavy rains, too. aa storm warnings were continued at all Oregon and Wash-" ingtM- points 1 for a uthwest torm.' The heaviest w-lnd of the fall season struck the month -of the Columbia river during, the .night, a velocity of $ miles from the . south being re corded. At S a. Inf. today the wind was blowing at1 6 miles:-. At sTaroosh Island. W ashington ,te wjlndT. gained a velocity! dfarnUea during tbe oigti New Auto Licenses .Permitted-Today Automobile owners who have their 1923 licenses on hand. will be. permit ted to place them on their cars after today according to an - announcement made Tuesday afternoon by. Chief of Police I V., Jenkins Heretofore 'it haa been unlawful to display: new tags previous to the expiration ef the old tags.' A large number of 1923 licenses are In' evidence on the streets -now. i CathoKc OliurcK tf i in "Ontario Toronto, Ont.. Iec. 27. (I. N. &) Another mysterious fire in tbe long Hat of church conflagrations In On tario and Quebec destroved the Bo.' man Catholic cnurch at La Saivre, OnjL. louay. aii me urea are believed to be f incendiary orta-in. A letter indi- I eating that the .Ku Klux K3an waa re- sponeioie brougSit forth a denial frorri the Imperial kleagle at Atlanta, Oau - ara Desert avan BPeeW Labis to. The Jewnal and Tae Caicaea ::" ;; lujr Nm. . - - ICowristit,? U!l):;; s;: ; " Paris, Oee- . 27--Qarloua details f life In th Sahara.; desert quite at Va riance with moat preconceived notions of that mysterious region; re being flashed back - to Paris this week by the caterpillar- automobile expedition which left Algiers recently for Tim boctoo In an effort to establish means of transportation speedier than tbe camel between the Mediterranean and the, immense Frencla colonial posses ions In Wett Africa, A raw winter md from fhe north often wakes the" father ol$ even daring.tbe daytime, .ccordlnp tb these reports while at ght the temperature Is said to de--S-wl below aero. At times there are hsngres from beat to cold in an bour. .iThe-: Sahara territory doe not con-:-t entirely of waste land. In some ttHeta there ia luxuriant vegetation J.'d In others there are plentiful, crops f eactua and aagebruah. : ia the midst a f -the desert jjag m barge mountainous COST ARIV1S RIVER IS LIKELY TO tnr- nn i-i rnr at i ni-i hi ii'LJi i linn v i ni't I iiriu.nri iMni.M iinr IIUIUIII LUUU.IiUwfti Sah Auto Car PORTLAND, , OREGON Tillamook Is Shaken : By Storm Tillamook. Tec- 27. A. gale that shook homes In Tillamook and vicirity, tore roofs front bams and other farm buildings, caved , In tbe doors of the Methodist church and blew the ticket office at the fair grounds at. the edge of the city across the street, visited this region last 'night. " " v ' . The wind and rain during yesterday was terrific. 1 but increased as night fell. ' So far as learned no one was In jured and no serious damage-occurred but all : telephone and telegraph lines except one, -.to Portland, are down. No word of trouble at sea was heard. ? : One of the doors of the damaged church Nwas demolished-. The ticket of ice was headed for "a residence as It was borne through the- air, but a telegraph pole halted 18. wrecking- the structure. . '.. . , BTJrSIS AT ASTORIA ARB - TOmED .'BTPWIXV8TOXM Astoria. Or.,- Dec. :.27. Astoria and the lower Columbia river section was last night visited by; a southerly gale. the wind attaining a, terrific .velocity during , the nisht. toppling : over 5 a number of brick walls In the burned area of tbe' business district,-carrying. away signs and causing 1 few ; small temporary business ahacks erected since the fire to' collapse.. A portion of the' walls left standing in. the ruins of thte First National bank, and the Elks temple toppled, before, the wind. whHe a -wooden store- building erected just west of the EHkB temple by J. V. Burns was partially destroyed., Drenching rains accompanied the gale, which has materially subsided this morning.. The rain ceased altogether. - H Woman Will Be Prevented From Moving Her Home . Believing that Mrs. Ursnla Gloor i acting under an hallucination. Circuit Judge Taswell of the probate division of the circuit court, announced today he will' take Immediate steps to prevent the tearing down and removal of her house at No. 151 Orover street to a new site on -too east aide, and If n ec en- bar y direct that- she be removed as executrix of the estate in which aha has a life Interest. - . It 1 was reported -to-Probate ClerW ftailey that; the woman, twlthi -eertaii associates of a mutual religiona be-i ytef, mere having the howae toj-itt dawn nd had xplauned th;it they were act Ing, under, direct guidance of .Provi. denee.r' Bailey said she had no rutht under, the terms., ot the wilt t makd epy change to the esta te without ap proval f the court.'-: Bailey reported that the house had . been about . bait way, torn down, already. ' - i v Arnold -. Gloor, "the 'husband, died , in Monrovia, Cal.. June s 1917, - lea tag lite wire a lira .Interest-tit the estate, and in the event of her death or mar rlaee, leaving1 the e3tate to the chil dren, . ; ... ' ... . ' Mrs. Gloor . claims an officer of the court told .her she conld wreck the house. but;, clerks in the probate divi sion denythat any Huch approval via given. . . . i-; The-clerks said they nmlersteod the teasoii for the removal Vfni that as sociates -of Mrs. Gloor expected - the property to be-enhanced in value by the new bridge, since the , property might; be required by-the approaches and that they suppo-eed this was . th reason thty .bad .persuaded - ler to wreck, the house and build., it agatr on property owned by thorn on the ea-?t side, Runaway Team of Horses anci Wagon Sideswipes 5Alitos -" . mmmmm i-f ii an areas oi ciusens stepped in their tracks, during the noeS hour to day to stare after a runaway team f bays hitched to a wagon of the Ore gon . -i-ransier company bowing up Washington ? street. At t First and Washington streets, after side wiping: five automobiles w-lth the clatlerins: wagon which reeled behind the f ran tic . horses, ; the . runaways '. crashed headlong Into a machine driven by F. A; 'Lincoln."? The - wagon was ' thrown aa-ainsf the machine ? causihe consid erable damage,, to both and the horses' were stopped In then? mad race. i The driver of the transfer wagon Is G. W. Patterson. f When tbe horses bolted the team mas waiting ait tbe dock at the foot of Washington street and 4the driver was riot in the wagon The sudden fright of tBh horses has not been explained. . f - Not All Waste It' Cold tract called Hoggar, which' Is inhabited by ' a , race : of ; fieree - do mads eaBd Tuaragea. Only in the middle western parti, towaro. the Atlantic ocean, is reaa waterless desert known as the re gion r uurat found to exist : ' renen military posts called . br wireleaa 5-were -established -daring" the war along -tho Une' of the caravan route.. A handful of officers kept the country down during the war despite attempts on the . part of Turkey to arouse It. Raiding parties , of local natives under the direction of white men tar now teaching respect for the French rule to the tribes along- the Trl- poutan -ana. iKto-De- Oni front 'era. These tribes are still Inclined io steal camels and rob poorly protected cara vans that comer their wayi r j ? ? -': ; About half tf the 1560 paile Journey has sow. been covered! ay the caters pillar expedition to the great surprise of the Arab inhabitants to whom any kind of an automobile Is entirely new. It has been."fouid Impracticable to travel more than 100 miles at a stretch..! -at , at hinds WEDNESDAY ...EVENING, ilftRAGil Senator Fires Administration's First Shot in Organized Fight of Old Guard to Prevent Arms and Economic : Parley Washington. Dec. 27. tU. P.) ,A confererlce to consider land disarma ment, as suggested by Senator Borah in connection with . hi . proposal, for an economic conference, would be Xise- less, Senator Lodse declared today In a speech to the senate, "unless, in j . - advance. France withdrew her objec tions and agreed to cooperate with th Other powers In lowering land forces. Lodge' thus opened the combined at tack of 5 the Hoarding administration on Borah's, two proposals for an eco nomic and. disarmament parley. 9 re vlously .about 20 Tlepublican senators in a "war council in Lodge a office agreed to fight Borah s move. REVIEWS COSFKHESCE 'Perhaps France has changed her attitude since, bareiy a year ago, she refused to consider land armament re duction at: the disarmament , confer ence," said Lodge. "If she ehas, .1 have no information to that effect. Perhaps Senator - Borah has," The. United States, Lodge said, has already reduced latia forces to "some thing less than proper peace strength.' Lodge -similarly reviewed ' the arms conference's failure to reach - agree meirts on the submarine- and aircraft questions, included in the amendment to the naval bill which "the. house adopted - and .which Borah, seeks to broaden. -, . ' " - The American delegation presented a complete- program to the arms con ference, relatms to .limitation -of aux illary Crafts," Lodge, who,w as one of the delegates, eatd. : SEEKS INFORMATION : JB'tit the 'French-were opposed .to the proposition:--; Briand pointed out that fiiii government -could not accept any proposition ' relating ; to - abolition or lMnttatton of cruisers and "-submarines without coming ; i, jwiaifllflt '.with, both br-of rlf ,iegWaU! oodi''i. , Lodge poiniedoiit that f ranc ana Italy , nave not . yet-. raUfled-tb'jwaval limitation treaty, J without which ratt (Concluded . oa PuMneteti,' IWtwia Omt GROCER SHOT BY- Edrar O. Wright. 53. proprietor of a grocery store at No. 414 Hall street was shot in the right arm at Tuesday flight by sa highwaymen who entered the store In the guise of a cus tomer. The bullet,- fired from a .38-calt ber, entered " his arm just above" the elbow. Inflicting a tjad flesh wound. The robber fled ' after "the shooting Without getting any toot. - The robber, m company with a com panion, entered the, store "and ordered a pack of? cUfarettes 1 Wright handed the man the -pack, taking 26 cents for the purchase; He opened the cash register to '-get sorine change and when he returned the robber drew a revolver from his -"pocket 'and -said r- - t "1 want your, money. ,v R A3S TO BATH HOO V . 'Wiignt was taken aback, but quickly replied i ' i.'. v. : . All right. I'll get it for you." and started for a rear" room", where Wright and hla wife have their living ' quar ters. The bandit .followed, while his partner remained on guard at the door Wright Was . several feet in 1 advance of the .holdup- when he reached ; the kitchen, -and thinking that be could escape, ran 1 Into a ' bathroom on - the other side of tbe kitchen, - He slammed the door behind him and commenced to shout for help. The robber then leveled his gun at the door and fired two shots. A cry Of pam from WrlgHt told tbe robber his bullet had reached Its ' iharit arid he turned and , ran : out the door. , His companion went with him. .' ':-:', ,-' :ix -v- . Mi-s.-Wright waa In the kitchen dur tng the profrress of the holdup .and shooting-; . -but ; waa too frightened to make -any -outcry. w.Wben- the robbers left ahe recovered . herself and calleI the-: police. "Wright was sent, to the emergency Hospital where his - wound waa dressed. . 8EEJT BT BOT - The bandits were' seen to go east on Han -street after they left- the store. according to Ml tea McCutcheon, a boy jiving in tne neighborhood, who saw them come from the store. They sepa rated a short distance down the street, he sato. .... ' Both were about 2 years' old. Wright said, and were) dressed in dark, overcoats.- One wore a cap and the other a bat. He said be could Identify them if he saw them again. - ' An . Investigation. f-'. the 'bathroom door howd that both bullets had pen- entered the. two-inch panel. The one which went astray Wired in the walL It was taken and Identified as a bullet from an, .automatic, pistol, f - Bry "Agent, in-Kaidy ; ; Is Shot by Woman -v 5 ' - - . Washington, -Dec. 27. (I. N. S. Ralph Ruby, ,a- paobibitlon ' enforce ment agent, waa shot and perhaps fa tally wounded, this afternoon by Mrs, Minnie - CavlR Tbibby at her home at 3209 Morrison 'street Chevy Chase, after She. bad declined to admit 'bim to ber home to -search for liquor4 - When" the woman refused Ruby admisiMon'he at tempted to force an entrance and lie shot tlm, according to tbe police. wnm n rf RAwniT I I UUUV trnflrn Ul II lll .' -' r ' ; - -";-,-- ' DECEMBER 27, 1922. TWENXYTWO PAGES. JVES AND SHIPS LOST Worst Storm in Many Years J.ashes,Atlantic Along English Coast; 28 Reported Dead; Distress Signals' Numerous. London, Dec 27-tU.v P.) Twenty- eight lives and five ships have . been lost In ', terrific gales and hurricane raging In the Atlantic and along the coast of England, according td reports today. . . :,; t ': . Toll of the storm continues to grow as additional-details of its fury come in front ports on the western ISngllsh coast. The disturbances are extend- nr far into the "ocean.'' battering end of fleers of vessels arriving from the officers of vesse alarrtvtng from the west sa y. , The liner Celtic arrived, from Ameri ca, passengers and officers reporting the worst weather in thirty years In the Atlantic " rr r The wind and' bus -waves played havoc with smaller coastal shipping. The captain of one battered steamer that limped into port reported bis wire less' had picked up three different dis tress " signals, but was unable to aid them because of Iris ship's condition. - -The etorm waa especially severe along the western coaet. H blew in from the Atlantic sweeping the coun try with snow and rain, and wind that rose to more than 100 miles an hour. Parts of the eoast were Uttered with wreckage and life guards ' were- kept busy assisting seamen on ships In dis tress. - - - Railway schedules ""were completely. upset m some' parts of the interior. Trains- arrived - at - the-terminal points many hours late. '- ".- - i'-it- 8TORW SPREADING Washington. . Dec. 27. IV. P.) The storm that has been raging In the At lantic ocean toe the last few days and endangering ' ntany ' steamers, will strike tbe -.middle and northern At lantie coast late tonight and tomorrow; Ihe" :: weather , bureau warned - todav Strong northeast glrv wlth , wwer weather' were forecuHt for the entire coast north of the Vhrsinla -capes. - .- WIt"lTE ATLANTIC' WOBT ' ivew lora. ec j z'i.t v, --ru t ne Mtrrnv toasing and'daraaging:. ships . In md-Atlanifr,i'.s ihe worat - for - several decades, according fo officers of "ve- sela arrtriagt-bereftoday.T ,:y-:' :i Praotk-aOy all Mners. carrying thou-' sands of' passengers. ' are from one Hof tnree.oays: laie. . .no, rar;. no-rfever, -.nor major,: ships have been - reported lost. Tlioso reported cdownr In London dls- patches -are.1 beMeved to be freighters. Thrilling tales f rescue In the storm of the " Britten eebooner Gordon C Jr"Pudg; by i the v. Atlantic - transport W m i t. t - 1 , Ki v. day. ..',--''""'."- - 'v. ... ' '; t'After the. srhooner'a masts and 'sails had 'been ripped away and the hold filled with .water;:. the' Fudge's crew gave up all -hope. Tri-n far off their course, the crew manned the pumps in a last desperate, effort- to keep afloat. The British . flag- waa blown away. Captain Fudge found an American flag. however, land Inverted ,H on -a. broken PiaSt. ' . ' i '-.s- ,:'H It was thia flag, that attraeted the attention of the men on the Menomi nee, which was also out of Its course. Despite the danger, the freighter waa swung. about, .and, .with -great wavea ripping over her decks, her men suc ceeded in 'rescuing the achooller crew Handing Expresses ;His Sympathy - for ; Astoria' Disaster An expression of regret and ayrapa- thyr for Astoria was -received from tbe White House today by O. -W. lielke, president of the Chamber of Commerce. The-letter -wras signed by George- B. Christian Jr., ' secretary"- to the presl-' -dentand is as follows : "With reference to jour telegram of December S3. I wish to say that Im mediately upon ita' receipt : the v presl-; dent directed the war ' department - to dispatch .'army' officers ' to Astoria : to make to . him an official appraisal of the situation. These reports, have, been received, and.. the ..whole matter has been laid before th propr commtttea of conjrress. The president aaks me : to express-to" you hia deep regret at the great misfortune which ' has befallen Astoria," . Denied Kiss,; Wife ; - Attempts Suicide George Sesun failed to jcias his wife rs he left for work this morning. , Mrs. Segun, young wife and mother of two little tots, ia near deaths but expeeted to live, from the effecta of drinking poisdn at., ber'j, hornet, ,Na- SOS: Sixth street. ..It la aald that Mrs. Segun's jealousy, perhaps aroused by -the pres ence in - Iter, house of, , two - young women, . ted to a wordy quarrel and when she asked for the usual morning kiss it waa refused.: Aa soon as the husband was out of sight Mrs. Segun drank ,the. coptenta.of. a. small bottle oi poison.. -. .. f - - ......H,, ,,'.,.' - , . ... : J - 100 Reported Dead " From Holiday Booze . Washington Dec. 27. (I. N. S.) Poisoned boose 'reaped a ' toll of nearly 100 lives during the Christmas holi days in the United States, according to reports complied by prohibition head quarters today. Prohibition directors estimate -trials thousands . are tinder' proing treatment In their homes or hos N SEA GALE Guiding 'Young Idea ? S PROMINENT in affairs bFOregon State Teachers' asso- ciation, which opened annual convention at Lincoln high school today. Above, from left Mrs. M.ilFdkeTson,or Salem, county superintendent of Marion county and former president of association; G, W; Agerof Bend, vice president: Miss Julia Spooner-of Portland, president Grade -Teachers association. . Below E. F. Carletomof Eugene president of the Gity Superintendents of Districts of the First Class; E. D, Ressler of Corvallis, secretary-treasurer of association, A. G Howard of Marshfield, president of association. : , ; : : " : ... m" j. , J ' -v W J , " ' fi r C: ' f- I A HEl' SCHOOL VOTE ; LAVJLADVOCATED j-frha- every voter ii the. t ate may have's bard ld..caaipt .bls.;.rUot oi school rrutUej-fc' Jnafead of it btinf con-f fined to those person who are tai pay- era, ;recommeidatteji itlff b -mado: to-tne next legislature by the'legleia-s tlve committee of the' St arer Teacners superintendent "of city schools--at fBalemi assorlatlcn, of - which 'George A. Hug. Is chairman. - . The matter was ..brought before the representative "council of the associa tion .which, assembled aft Lincoln high, school auditorium this, rooming for tho first of the week'sv'jgessions. ..This com-. mittee will 'also, offer recommendations" whlch'.will advocate4a high school in-. specior who- will -tsif the smaller high schools thrOugh the state In the ' in-; teres s of keeping them up to stand-; ard. . ' - ; '.' '-.. i WOCLD JcHAUE TIME ; 1 c . T ' The ' committee is? aiixious. to- change the tlme. of acceptance f of the - text: books offered by the commlwion,' which is appointed, by the. governor,- so that the books may' be announced in Novem ber instead of -in June. They also ad vocate passing" upon, one-third of, the number ' of books recommended "-every. twe years Ipstead .pf every six., be-' taase: under the present - arrangement booka become ' -antiquated ! and inade quate to the--growing- needs of tbe studehts. if is- pointed out. ;. ? ' v; tenure-law similar, io. that , which pre-- vails In. Portland wit under discussion at the morning's session and the ad vantages and disadvantages of, teach' ers' placement bureaus . caused con-: siderable discussion. -t ' t. . TO SHO WICTCBJE ..-V.':- i:.s"L:,' Tbe .'genera! assemWv ; wflt- 'mt Thursday morning st the high school auditorium at which Dr. A-. E. Wlnsbio. dltor of the Journal of Education, .Bos ton, ana Hupt. will wpod f CAUf ornla will be Speaker. ' - - ,''-.- - - - - Th first 'sbowtng: of the notion Pic ture txtbook o be made in this coun try will lake place -Thursday afternoon at.J ltd .O'clock as' part of the associa tion program.': The motion pictures are supplementary bp the geography lessons of the schooJa and .nave been .nerfected by Miss "Maude Ryan,, a former teacher Of. remwood school of this olty, -who lias been In Ifew ': fork ar, a "year working on the . new venture. - 'The captions ror tne picture were written by Professor M". . H. Barr of Jrylngton (Coodnded on Paft Foortrn, Cotrna Four) Says .Clara; Phillips Was in San Francisco Sarr rntfscoTTJecr2f:(r N. S.) CapUTn of ,Detectjveaf Duncan Mafli eson ; an nhonced oday that' he had every reaseo . . believe- that Clara Phillips,. hammr murderess." rlsited San; Fraitctscd -following:' her' senaa-i! uoaai . escape from-1 the Los Angeles Jail recently- and that the automobile which brooght her here was still in the city.- He declined to hazard a guess aa to her present -whereabouts. : Fred S. Morris Is -: : Slightly ; Improved f - - - t . - $ Tr Fred r&vMorr la, financier,- was re ported slightly Improved this morning at Good Samaritan hospital, but still In a -very-grave condition. He passed a much better night than during pre vious mights this week the - superin tendent reported. MoVriS condition has -been critical since he ' underwent an operation for appendicitis last weak. Thuradav Minimum temperature Tuesday Portland.... ... , 49jNew Orleans.. Chicago. ....... . 4l New York .4 . . Lot Angeles... ,. faui. PRICE TWO - .'V . . . -. ':!! 2 YEARS 013 ISLAtlD FORD.LlBHTtJER :A severs rebuke- for. his. trttr dla-. regard- for faderarlawl.'svn.d orAls double-crossing-; . atool-plseoir' Slsctlcs etapioved as. a iUfone waa meted outH 9 4 uave-Jtgn,iner. narcotic, smuggler. posed .the "maximum ' federftlpentren Wary-sentence on the defendant Ught rer was sentenced jo two years At Mc Neils' island.' the sentence to rommenee upon the expiration Of ame IS months' sentence-already imposed 'by Federal Judge Frank S.- Dietrich ' of; - Boise laano. i - . -. , ....i-. MThis evidence in' this case was per fectly clear,- ssld the court, "and in my mind there is no doubt as to the defendant's gullt.' v C - K - The judge's eyes snapped nd twin ked qulcMy. ' - - -, - . . Jjpoklng , t he defpadapt and Jiis at torney straight in- th-5jes.- he. then delivered .a tirade against the form of aerense employed. - . "Lightner charged every public of ficial with whom . he" had any connec tion with' frand. with "miscond'uci; and with very other aort of act that pub. lie officials shonld not, commit." be (Concluded on ,r5rrnitna, .Column Two) Eussia to-Import 1000 Ford Tractors Sptdal Cable lo Tl Jonmil aBa'-fb Chteaico '--:'.. -Cnin(rti."ll32.1 " t - Moscow, Deer 27. Tlie-American AI lie? corporation . r.as cenclaoed a con. tract with ,ibe Russian government for tbe . Importation of I000 Ford: tractors. If permitted -. It 'wUl establish autorao- btle .training schools nd servioe sta tions. Tha contract; cailst for an" ex penditure-. of 1,000,000 Jgo'd. - roubles (50C,000v , -v , ;. NEXT Year? s EiidlNumHer ' f " ,t'v ::i'fi?Xp!l . Kour , friends elsewhere r- vUV, appreciate if. Send them copies: - An jprder blank will bi' : found on page 17, today. - " V ' Order Extra Copies Now ff All Here and If All True THE WEATHER Rain tonight and : southerly win da 44 mo ss CENTS. W TWAIItt t STANDS fivt CutU WHOLE mm ! 'abricated-Story Because Elder Weir Misled Her and She Loved VSon, Says Girl;; Is -Ordered to Cedars; Case Dismissed. Tbe Weir houseboat-murder mystt ry and wonder of one week explodeo w th a bang today' when Helen Leary adm;- ted - to detectives her strange- story . was all a "damn Jle" and Ueorge Vin stead, a boat carpenter told the police lie- waa. living la Cash -Welr'a. house boat th night, ef September 23 and didn't Vnow anything about the mys terious story. . , , Vinstaad told the ' police - be bad rented the boat from Weir and was at home up until 8 o'clock and came home later in the night. Nothing - i s out of place in - .the 'room -and tlcre . were, no suspicious circumstances Uat would indicate here had been violence j there during his. absence. . " Municipal Judge Ekwall at 2 o'clxk this afternotm, on - tnotlOn of Dcpui.? . District Attorney John Mowry, ord: ! the charges against Cash . and ' l-V.ii Weir : dismiased and ordered Helen . Woir committed to the Cedar. l 1 Weir' will be released immediately,-b it Cash Weir- will be held for treatment by city physicians, since be is repontrd to be suffering tram a. communicable disease.'.. -v - ..:.- -. SATS HE MISLED HER vasn weir ruined my me and that is the reason I told this lie and Irled to get him In trouble," Helen Leary told tbe detectives. "He made an . Immoral woman out of me. Before I met him J was a good -girl-i i Then stone nlgbti I .met him at -7 a oownivnj' restaurant anu ne vited me down to i bis houseboat"- i didn't realis .Wbt lj;was getting Into, DOt. it 'Was-. -tOO Jl ('..'-" '-' :; :-! :.- "lie usadttO' bring tbtfmen do n, to' see . me In .the boathouse. I thi't this will, bt a good lesson to Mm ay wayjshe tossediher head and amllt-il', at- the; detectives. t ' ' : ', ; , . ) , -"Don't 'youf He; won't' ruin anymore ' gi.t.-r;'--:."---.'r :: ADMIT ANOTHER LIE ; -i: The girt told tbe polic ht had lien '. to ithero whoa, the Party Waa returning. frw a, "trip to the tnouth of the WU lamette .where she., had calmly, pointed -oat fle ; plaeo;"the body was supposi ' to have' been thrown from the Weir lannchfthe night at September SJ. '- i "Inspectors ttchulplus and M alone. v. w,Uh -the - girl and .newspaper ' m" started out in the' early forenoon lit -automobiles to inspect-tha spot "where..', "the. body was thrown into the river '" Helen Leary pointed, out a. .place near the' end of Sauvies island and told .the detectives that -was where Cash Weir had told, ber he had thrown the body. . 1 .'-:. :- -, . ' - She reiterated an additional chapter to her lurid romance-' related to : the ' police shortly 'before they: started on the trip, And told them of making t trip down the f river with Cash Weir (Ceoelttded en Face Four. Column Four! $2,500,000 Gift to ' ' . Medical Unit of U ,'" ' ;--':-V: ..' ': . ,.1: ,...- ' Cadar Rapids.' Iowa; Dec, 27. (T,, N. 8.) The general., education , board and the T Rockefeller foundation have made , a Joint gift of S2.SO0.O00 to fh college of .medicine, of the University A of Iom-a at . Iowa r-.itv : it 'waa o re nounced here this afternoon, by Walter " A, Jeseup, president of the university. -. ,. ::-,:., , .f . i - New Zealand Peels ' Earthquake Shock Wellington, ft. Z., Dec 27.(I.N. S.) Fresh earthquake shocks were reported from tl Interior, of New Zealand to day," Severe damage was reported : from tbe region, of Waikart. ' Owing to oiterrupted communication It was not known if. there -had been any loss of ' life, ' ' ' . - - 4 ' ' . 1 SUNDAY fat chronicle; o' -the major achiecemenli -of the year in Port land and the Ore t gon country . ; St SAYS pitals. - " - 1