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44 , I n - 0 "- 4k. X. , -; k : . . - CITY- EDITION It's All Here and If All True : CITY EDITION It' All Here and If All True . THE -COMPLETE . program ' of the , Ne ' Yar'a eve broadcast of . sta- ' tlon KOO will be printed in the radio . department of The Journal SomUv. , ,A feature will be The Journal chimes at midnight. . ; THE ; WEATHETt--Occasionai . ralna : ana Tiaay ; , soutnwesteny Minimum temperatures Wednesday: - Portland ,,.,. .48 (New- Orleans... 4 Pocatello : ;..J !Ne w Tork S Los Ancrele ..-.52lSt.- Paul . It PRICE HYO CENl'S. , JSV-";iS!0eKiS PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING; DECEMBER 28, 1922 TWENTY PAGES. i i riA. V-" V 1 OUTRAGES AT Terrorists; Said to. Have Admit - ted They Were in Band of 45 .Thlif Kidnaped and M urdered , iWatt Daniels and Richards i!er Rouge, Lav, Dec: Pr Two men have confessed to being; mem bers of . the terrorist band ' which , flogg-ed ; and , murdered Watt Daniels " and Thomas Richards after a wave of " outlawry here last i August, It was learned late todaj. " , : ' ' . The confessions- Implicate ; 45 other J men m - tne coram uny. j ne conies ilom were atld.to be In the hands-of three federal secret . service men now ' err route to New Orleans to confer with At torney ' General Coco : and Governor ..John &t. Parker. ')-''. V' - J, " Spacial IMfteh to Th Journal ' ? V r - - . (Copirristot. ll22) Baltimore, Sid... Dec 28, J t will re quire a mandate pf trie supreme court f the -United States to remove Dw,B. W., McKoln, alleged by federal agents who are probing the Mer Itouge terror ist killinirs. . to be Louisiana's Dr. - Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, back to the -jurja" diction of. that state. , ' : " f v Unlimited funds are at the disposal of he accused .doctor who,, since bis arrival In Baltimore, .has become ex - tremely - popular. ELxtradition papers . are en route from Louisiana. .Ifthey . are ,'in order. Governor Ritchie, is ex pected formally to sigir the order for the return to. Louisiana. of the accused. ' Immediately the,- legality v of ;C the . transfer will be attacked in. the courts. And- persons in he confidence of Dr.- McKoln made k.yery plain-today .that they will not end their legal efforts to . keep him oat of the Jurisdiction of the Louisiana : courts until .the z highest .; court In the land has passed upon the ' Questions in vol red , '""x "1 know ' nothing' about the" kidnap ing," he asserted again, and again to day. "T wasnl even in Mer-Rouge at the time. J, had been fired xm in at r tempt to murder me before that and tt Vwi because 1 owed it to my wife and children, to protect my life that t came " hr& to take, a. poat.graduate couraa. 1 -liad planned " to go back there and k Id. the fight ofl the ' lawless . element. .But now; they - have accused me t a dastardly vtrtme and "my..- fighting 'blood Is up. w' I -won t be' forced and I ; win fight, extradition to the ivery las! ditch." r - yv' :r t. ,;. i Dr. McKoin's friends here ar 'Very - strong for him. i Already also Jie has won the respect ;of the officials, who jaeciare ne is a yery rorcerui cnar; f acter. Desk t Sergeant Kdward Stem pel, who la look In a after him In the station, eald that among his callers ; have been many leading physicians of the eny. -a - . So far the-loc; Ku Klux Klan lead ers have not been near him. As a mat ; ter of fact, white he speaks in terms of warm approval of the work of the . organisation in his home city, ho In- efsti that he Is not and never has been - a-member the -klan. iy ". ? t f ''--''j:--- He admits killing a rival doctor but : points out that the jury accepted his . view tnat ne acted m seir-derense. "I knew Richards." he , said, "that ; la.. I knew him just as one know any man who does odd mechanical . jobs (Ceaeln4ed on Pace Sue Colaaa On) Holiday " highwaymen did a little belated Christmas shopping Wednes day nigh W organized In three separate teams fori the purpose of holding up pedestrians. One team succeeded the members .of - another team escaped empty handed when '-'they met ,? with resistance, ; and both members "of the . third team are In the county jail to- : sy. . ii- . . -r- ..- ,. '. J- P. McDonald, -to. said to, be a partner of Rpy, McNaughton.' alias Kelly, was arrested at noon today by Wpuf y , Sheriffs trhristoffersen . . and i Schirmer In the Julian apartments. t Mc.Nauirhton was arrested .Wednci ay nlgBt after hU intended victim had turned the tables on him and snatched his gun from t his hand, keeping . him ! covered ,vntiL the deputies . were sum moned. ,f , , J' rf J AFTrRES 'HIGH WATiHAX v! f J." IX : Keny., hsrdware. merchant -of : Sivan, and hia sister were entering the gate -of hta heme early Wednes- r day- night when to men held them up with a nlckie plated revolver. The amter hsd.th day receipts from the tore In a cigar box. , At the Command, Kelly r a feed ht hands, but the girl reafoed, for help. wTbe wtan who held ' the 'gun jseiaed her roua-hly and tried to" get the igar box from her.' , Hia brutality aroused Kelly's anger nd the submissive victim ' auddealy heearaa a formidable antagonise He : jabbed .the . highwayman on t . the jaw and stretched him out on the ground. The othe? man re-' The. "first robber was kept prisoner, until the sister called for Deputy Sher iff qhristefferseji. s He gavo the name of .Roy Walter. ! but the depot lea say his real name hi McXiujrhtos. i Trom infbrmalion obtained while searching hfn they; : learned 'his "room - w-aa In -the Juian- apartments,;' This Information led t the -arrest of the second man.- v1 - tUXWITS ROCTED -' : .' ' B. Sines, JCo. ?4H Jiroadway, re-l-orted today to the sheriffs of ace two men attempted to ' rob him Wednesday rught m front of bis store at N 2S1 Broadway;., just across jrha street, from r (Cemehided en Pe tiT?w.'Co)a Twn) "" --"-V"'l '1 ,r"'''",' -'" "" ' " '"' itlWII l . . " . I.i; ij. . v .- VICTIM AIDS IN BANDIT S CAPTURE Birthday Celebrated By Wilson - SENATE fATB TB1BCTE - Washington, Dec 28.-(1. N. S.) A remarkable tribute was paid by the senate this afternoon to former President Wilson on the occasion .'of hi sixty-sixth birthday, when it passed, by acclamation, a resolu tion expressing Its "pleasure and ' Joy; because of his rapid recovery tto good health. 4 - . .- y Washington, Dec 28. I. - N: S.) Wood row "Wilson celebrated Ms sixty sixth, birthday today. He spent a part of -the morning In the study of his quiet home in 8 street .perusing the newspapers and the Congressional Rec ord and the accounts of the stormy de bate in the United States senile over America's duty to Europe. - He found them strangely-. reminiscent of the happenings of; three yearsi ago,-'' when the Iearue of Natkmi debate crackled and sputtered in the senate from open ing gavel to the close of business. . It was stated today by those who have ' seen Mr, Wilson this week that he la hugely enjoying the present situ ation In .the" senate particularly the spectacle of an old irreconcilable like Senator- Borah. Republican of; Idaho, leading the fight for greater American participation In European affairs.? - Mr.: Wilson . is In better health.:, and" In .better spirits -than at any time since be began his grim battle to "come back" from the near fatal ill-; ness that struck him down, three years ago. ' " ' ; Jf he-maintains the slow but steady progress toward Ms old time mental and physical vigor, he will be fully capable of exercising the tacit al lead rahip of hJs party two years hence-4 a contingency that! U more a'nd more beginning to occupy the attention of Democrats of all , factions In Washing ton. ,'4; ... .:-:Sx-f-T 4 ; MM WilaOn haa progressed enough physically, ,it wi learned today, to walk about his home and UttW garden at some length, aided by his eane. FRIKSDS TO CAtl. ,':. ; : Z .' - ; I CAlthougl "the- Sornier' president exr pacts to pass bis birthday in accord- ance with his recent routine, at, least one event will mark a pleasant depar ture from this routiner for a few mln4 utes. ; ' " .. : . ' ' :f -i . Thfs ', event- Is ' ach'eduled for. this afternoon. ' when a" ddegaOoif 'Msam-i nosed - of, the . idiractinK- heads of th $ 1,000(000 Woodmw. WUmb SoHM'&m.tion. will call upon him to announce that the fund is practically cbnipIetad.;'.T ..,th Wilson :founda tlon. drive was ft'ontinnwl on tas rutMn, t-'elama Htx) YOUNG in "if , Wayne ' Parkinson. 19 reputed son of wealthy Topeka, Kan., parents, has gone without ; food and drink -for' four days in the city jail in an attempt to j "commit suicide by starvation." Police made public Parkinson's con-; dition 3this afternoon when . they be- j came convinced' that he .was in dead earnest" In his plan. "I will never oat or -drink again, and all the , doctors this side of hell cant save-me." the young man dev dared. , - ; He was put in jail Sunday. when he attempted 'to poison his wife, and then 1 In' disappointment and 'horror- poisoned himself, Hla wife," who U 2J and Uvea at the De Luxe apartments, got a box of Christmas candy from him, but she was suspicious of him and refused to take It. He then poisoned "himself. ; Emergency doctors quickly gave him an anttdote and saved him. He was held in Jail, however, and J200i worth of bd -checks; he was supposed to have passed In the "city, . were discov ered. He has since, refused to eat or drink. He does not uk t be released and police do not. consider, it a "hun ger strike." ; " :":!v';A'?' 1' Parkinson ; was examined by alien ists this afternoon and found sane., He denied In an Interview that he ever attempted to : poison himself, but ad mitted that he did try to kill hlmsetf. . "1 met the girl last Wednesday and we ;were i married - Friday,",:- he exr plained. - "Our-married life was fine until Saturday afternoon.. when irtcom pa tibili ty -of-.temperamenta ,de velopect We attended a vaudeville show -In the evening and my ; wife smiled at the ac tors trying-to flirt with them. ' -' "The -reason "why 1 am-starving my self is that I do not believe in divorce, but my wife insists upon ft. I see only op way outj - J,. v. ' -s -.i- -. His w Ife - a as formerly Miss Phyllis Van Dyken."1 - - They were h married at Vancouver., vf j " ' ',. j :"r-'" ij''- i '.M ' j' i ; g,;! i '' Vaiigiiara pf Smelti Eunlsliii Coliimbiaj Price Takes Tumble ' ;,. - - , The- smelt.; are coming. Some ! are already here.", The price dropped from 69 -cents to 30 centa a pound during; a single day becauao of. the increased supply. ',.--.-. s - Slowly the fish are making their way up the ' Col unibia. , They are no w a t Eagla Cliff- and- are coming, toward the Cowtitx river." The school jnst dis covered iai the- first big , ahowtna of aatelt , thia sea sop. although, a limited number was caught a short time ago. ; Indicating that the present run Is not the main - run Ui. the fact- that virtually an (he, catch thus far haa consisted -of the- male fish. ' This la usually , the.: acout party which ex plorea the river ahead r fh main school, -which 'consists of females. The latter '-. come Into - the Columbia and tributary streams for -spawning. ; The one big" "Question, ts, will they come into the Sandy river this season DN HUNGER STRIKE Beautiful LODGE URGES OREGON CITY WILSON IDEA BRIDGE OPEN Senator Turns?anVj Now' Advo-f 1 cates "Hands Of r' folicy Re- garding Foreign .Affairs. " ' By jDavtd tawreaee' (Copyriefct, 1 822, by Tho Journal Washington Dee. J-rThe pendulum swings strahgely baclr ? i Who h.n conduct itha 5 firi-eigrf" piol? jcy of the United States government tne -senate or. tne presiaem . 4 ,wa only a little over three years agowhen ini; therl dst-.c -a" neeoti ation ,upon the part of . lli,,bief execativ with fpr-y' eh?n- goveriimcms that, "famoua" . roudJ room WIS sisnea oj opposuwB aeii- ators "warning Woodrow Wilson that the v. Versailles treaty would not be ratified. ';j;'. Today, Senator Lodge leader Irj the round robin episode, is pleading with Senator Borah, another Republican, of Idaho, to wrtlte president alone, to refrain irom embarrassing hlmiwith resolutions '.that - might be- premature or might. s m even remotely to com mit him to a course of action which he might find it advantageous to sAmeiica ta: po8tpynG;?itv'' : ; f f OTJTBSCAK INEVITABLE - ! t t The eypiosipn v In the senate Is .not partisan, - liiouRli , the - XJemocrata are standing by. dtriving-considerable sat isfaction out of the vindication of! their position of the last three years ; on irorld faff airs, '.Sit" is m fundamentai quarrel between two schools of thought in the Republican party.' The outbreak was Inevitable.' It-has been ""coming on for three-; years" ; and $sJ. Just now reaching itS climax..'; ' ri-; i j. The fight isn't bel wen those who. be lieve In international ; cooperation and those whofavoTr a-policy ot IsolaVth for America. -That -lfne-up-, has"" been more or less broken up in ' the present fight over Mr, s Borah's - resolution re-J questrn- the president - to, call an eco non'! conference. ' : - ' A.MEklCA COCREt .Tho Idaho senator ' has been' looked upoii as the foremost advocate of an isolationist policy, while Mr. Lodge and niest of the Republicans have really favored aome kind of international co operation right along, rproof that it Atoms Racing-at S! 20,000 MilesMainS : "Cambrjdgei Tf aas.,Doc. 5.-rictuVe of atoma shooting through mlcroscopio space at- the rate -oj SOoOO 4nHe sm hour were shown to chemists st. a meeting- of the A merlcait1 Association for the Advancement, ot science toany, ;Dr. Theodore W.'' Rie'harns of Hsr vard. who took. th. pictures, "explained to the chemists, tbn- jpbotographs of new types of atomlcr-coIHstonar oaken by : the Wilson and himidsu "methods of photograpmng van "-alpha 5 particle. The a torn ' 1 tself is' , ne rl - x million times srrtaUerithan ca le aea bv-.the naked "eyes nd thousands of pboto graphs. ar- necessary .Tseforeonegaer- fect lliustratton ot an- atoruic .nolllsion can be; obtaleL, Dr. Richards aaid. It was also declared khat these jiiw experiments revealed -thafc ."instead of. nature colleetiogi only- 51;einT.nts, ac cording -to th accepted -table. , there are really v more "t than 200 elements Kor practical purposes to date though. it waa said- lh iold group of 93- ele ments still: hoi d good. U." S. Attorney ;May B&NamedTMs;Week t ' '" ' : ; ' . - - t Waahinirton. rec. SR. TWASHINO TOM BCRSACfOP'TH E JOWRNA U Oregon' senators' expect -to announce their recommendation "for .a "district attorney of Oregon to succeed Lester W. Humphreys - Friday or 'Saturday,' Senator Stanftei: said today. -- The fieM - has been "reduced to one out of two or- three, he . said, and the selec tlon will te fmm Western Oregon south of Portland; 'That John S Coke of Marshfle'd,-will be the choice is rrarded as r -st . prbahe. Concrete Span v - Appropriate jCeremonies r Nl ark vompieiion 01 new opan Across Willamette, i-'-rs-yvsi'.'- If lo s highway bridge epannlnar, the Willamette river just, below tha fal la and corfflectimr- "thta ?lty -withiWest LiBn."wasJdedicted and thrown tpea to traffie today. : Thia-' huge combina tion, of steel and concrete, of jeculiar,t form, .hag taken the place-of the olcr. suapension .bridge .which- had. outlived 1ts-daj5 i.ngr generation. la the v.n trast' f - Jvr olrf -and hef n eraty n 1 i 1i I- of. highway transportation In the past decade. ;, -r. -' . The new bridge, which converts the link . of the -Pacific highway, between Oregon City from fiction to fact, rep resents an expenditure of .approximate-. ly J275,0e by state, county, and rntt niclpality.-- ' , - A -sliort ceremony -of address and response by Jocal and -atate -officials. of christening; by- Queen Harriett, aided oy a mgn school chorus of lOQ. voices and the. final unlocking of the bridge by Mayors James Shannon, of Oregon City and Harry Greaves ofWest Unti,, aided .-. by two little flower , girls, at noon - was the' , elima 'of 4"' program of celebration which began' with' music by the band at 9 a. m. and which will end late tonight with a public dance. , . - "Other. features of the .celebration were the crowning -of -Miss . Harriett Pliipps of "Oregon City as "Queen Har rietf on -the - conrthoose-'stepn 1 at 1 o'clock': the ; automobile jparade. the banquet ai'West ilnn-and -the public wedding on the bridge at 3:30 p. m., symbolical of the union of Oregon City and West Linn - - r - Acttef Governor Rltner .waa present and spoke on behalf of the state.' . HOLIDAT DECLARED ' K -The day was made a general holiday and local ' people joined with many visitors from th surrounding country and from . the metropolis and the capi tal of the 'state, - Prom Salem came Mayor Halvorsen and the Cherriana Portland" sent, its chief j of. police, itg mayor .and Its: Ad Hub an 'scores of .. hurabler-jcitisena.- There also came members nf the state highway- commission and - through the large crowdjwas scattered,, few 'of Jhe early." good'.roada.tj.advocate - of "the Stste. . ' ..''." "-"i-f-i-r'V-"''-- riU i t Following the j?ornat ion of s.the irueenrjn. the" forejsoonl'rfaBd the recep tlortvtn her honor and that -of visitors ac the Commercial, club rooms att auto- jnbite,parad. headed, hy; Ctrc,uit.Judga J. ' V, campoeii aai-. grano marsnai. made ita way 't hrough the streetsto a musicar 'aocompanimenl to the-. .new bridges, -,n-tha -line- of; march ware 30 vehicles carrying Queen Harriett and her attendants, -prominent visitors and members of ; the - local committees. JUTORU'mfi s . - Assisting .Grand Marshar. Campbell HT keeping the procession i order - was John : Ji 'CookOi-5 postmaster of ; Oregon rtty. and. 1. U; Porter, ., recorder.: of Weet Unrr.- . 4k .- --. : The , bridge opening ceremony took place, at the. center of the span, over. -lookfhir-tne ? Mstorrf falls of he Wil- Joseph J-i-"9 Hedgeajj president' oft the Oregon vijy uommerni ciun iiarvey K? jCross.s county rjudge o dackatnaa county": John B.Ton, member xf h state-ntgnway.commtssion. ; m ayor Ba ' tCenchKM om Paca Tkree, "Cottiwui nwt f Beads ; Beports ;of;J :prtachihg Death vi: i A .:.-jf -.- -' i :. t A -v 1 Kr t'ltwal Mlln.) -. Parte. Uec. tt-Mmt - Sarah ; Bern hardt sat up in bed last nighr and read, the ' newspapers, evidencing keen in terest In the reports f her approach ing demise , . . t. -.: i --1 - , . - Tf they think Oiey can kill "me that easy; they 'are mistaken. she, com mented: v,- "-' i-:-;--; ' . . i-j . ' Madame Farah Bernhardt was till holding her ,own oday.-- it ! r8 an nounced at her residence that she bad rrent a rood nicht and that her general con ir.;..r was tnc hanged. Across Willamette Is, Dedicated Today " - - , - ' v - W$4 ABpy e vi z W of ' the iiew'.bridgl : which "arric&' tKe Paciful $ Highway Vacrfess. !th'e ' .Wilj v.;V.l amctte river atfChre6n CityJ . eto w. Miss Harnett Phipp i; queen of the-fete Wd to celej , v" "' i it " ' r i 1 , (itprate the' ' opening ot tru LOST: If ATLANTIC GALE ; " London Jp4."'28.(L, 'ifj S. Fourf teen additional tljvea'haye - been loei in storms- thaf fwcHpy1st sweeping the orth XtlaDUc.jBind.Korth Sea to day. ' The . death liat I since tne '" storm began Is put .at tttore Jthan two scpre. '".A Central News dispatch i from Hani burg .reported the -, loss; of a -German nayal i:salyage" "steamships near--? Kiel. The-A-essef foundered 'with ' the .loss -of all her crew, of .12- mn.- f : ! The steamship ' Ha Imon of Baltimore arrived at Plymouth today en rput for Germany badly t battered by etoriu thai had swept' -her .-att the -way across the -Atlantic.-. 'An. English-.paasenger waa killed. ' . . . - ' s: An officer of the British 1 steamship ?6ttsfleld was ' killed while , the jve sel was -eo" route '. for German ' portsU .A- number of,. small fishing-vessels were-i wrecked, -.-j ".?..: ... ..i Mariners - 4 touching-; , at Brt ish. French and German ports say that th g-a(ea -aro 'the v'worirt An 40 years. ' Tha wind reached a velocity of more than too miles,.. roHinx - up waves i5;-feet high. ATI' the trans-Atlantic liners art Overdue, .-j'.- v ,."., . $ Idafio Cowboy, -.'Ini 5; 5 -HiCups,' -Loses;; Rotl. to flickers' . k v Two' ymmg '-cltr'siickeraot X.i Al fBilderback.- 4, i of Welser, ' Idaho, rancher,; drunk last . night.- and E when Bilderback woke up tnis morning .in a house near 1UB. and-.Marsbail streets, the 4 00- in ' greenbacks : that the folk back. Aema hae sewed lovingly- Inside his shirt- was gone. i - -Bilderback. who wears a cowboy hat and', the ' other t dressup. attire Of a rancher In town, awakened with a pain In. hla head and hla body heavy.. .He instinctively felt where pie money should, fce, t , 1 , -Dang them lads!"1 he whooped.?.. i;' He reported at.pollce. headquarters a few: minutes later that be' hadmet" a charming, - and neat ' young . fellow about 9 o'clock : lasf night and ! this young man had hi turn introduced him to another -one. wh had taken him to the hoVine at lth and Marshall. There: they became roaring drunk and jrot deep in their cups, like the best of good drinking paTa. ' t i - At" last he slipped: tmder the tabe. and that- was the' last he- could 're mum i " 7 t member. , ' " -" ' .'' , mm BAR A BU KLE StO'WAR' Offgpcl StateJ;Teachers' Assocja- tiofi- on -iRecowf Against Re- 5 appeafihcejDt ..ComediaiTiv:; e Expraaaiag-itn " hope that ' "Fatty.! t i ArbocWe .mri ? "V tn, appear aw tne screen xor : tne .ntertainment ,i,o the American public, the Oregon Stata i Teachers association now in session; tihfs morning registered Its disapproval of the" "pardon- granted: the comedian, in M resolution to that effect w hich 'was presented by Jl C. Howard, president of. the prajlKatiojfc.-rT.-k,i5i:v;,1v "The --hole - country - Is a fire oVer the recent decision of Will Hj Hays,? said J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the National -'Education association,'' in a ttiessags to-' tha; assembly. ' ' -"Tfine months 'ago he. barred Arbuckle from the films - and. now he has reversed his action. " All -leading national, civic, social, religious -and educational - as- soeiatlazut look to the.?.- E.; A, and to state teachers associations for ' lead f ship -In' a movement to persuade Hays to . adhere ; to his - original de cision. . i t - . ; V "Unless ha complies wi th -this de sire, the school people and the public wiU be forced to the conclusion tha the motion picture Interests are insin cere ' in their efforts to produce bet tr'fUms and improve moral conditions among their' own,- ranks.,; " , tafeESCOMMITTEE 5'":;U:f'?i.y f ?. j ! We; s.av!4' the . appointment of ; a I committee for cooperation with the na- j tional' organization 1n this -movement so' vital to the .welfare of the children of the'natlon." 1 '"- ' ? .' s; :' ; - ; - '; the Amount of. time4 given to training i forcltienahlp .through the. study of American, history and .Civics." said I JHoward in his., address, . and aaaea tnat Americanization 01 . uci training for citiaenship had been taken up in committee study during the lasj yean and would be reported, on today. , - The ' ReV. , W. ' & Gilbert of Astoria spoke in behalf of the American .Le gion,, which, lie said, waa cooperating with the educators of. the country, . Two - Interesting speaker , at he morning session were Will Wood, state superintendent, of. public Instruction In California, and Dr. A. E. Wlnship. edT Itor of ,the Jouraal of Education, pub-t lushed "In '. Boston, 1 and a r natkmallX known' educator. .v V -.-'".- ? - "Education will never cost: the publle less than tt'd.oe now.; said lr,' Woodj discussing the price - paid for-" the schooitng- of1 the modern child' and the radical changes made in California in flrtahang;the-choola.rtr fit r t , ' A constitutional amendment' voted hrMht eoote,- in 12- resalts in avail able funds which- are .-apenty with, the ida of .impeoving the rural cnooifc whith must be -greatly-improved In order-.to "preserve .the. American rural f corwnnnlty,:; . which-, Is- faet becoming f illed with Japanese tninese- ana wntr raeee-whichicannot be: assimilated.. .. . i.-Wejshaye jl rural, supervisors wjj work in . connection S with .county off ficera.- They are. rirtually ;teacherf helpers, not "snooperylsors.' "- ... ' - - - - ,'. 4 ; ' : J M'ET.ritGEDI.t? - , - "rrheir-jworlf 4s to rv4sifc the. -rural teacher -whom,: we, have fopnd to have the 'least-, training and the least exr peHenee. andwho', worka aa a ryle without, thelp. ;vThe.;:.upervior helps the' lescher arrange the . year pro gram and- hfs criticism Is construc tive. '! . . - 1 r " s ' Speaking of ' the lirbarrlsation of a -MCawchMM Mr race aixtem. -CohuBB .Ona) SjmotttoiifSsFbml ' Bag Stamp vRuliiig 1- Waahlngton. Texi ' 2trASm?fG TON BCREAUOf THEJTOCPJAX. Ttept eaen tattve' Slnnottiftadar. yon f erred "wlth.-Ete 'Wi. Camp chief f th customs dlvteion of the treasury, with reference to a ruling- that . all grain bag imported matt fee Individually stamped with labels ahowing ' ; their : foreign origin.' Grain7, growers' represent that this will . load : them' with : a lanr ex pense for begs. Sinnott Is hopeful that the -ruling, may be 'modified so bag containers may carry. the atamp In- ! J eteau of each bag. -4 tit Warships En Route to Constan tinople Becauserofi Deadlocks at Lausanne Parley Jts Athens, Dee. Ift-tlT. P.) The Greek geverameatt today - planned to rash l.soe troena to Eastern f Thrace te flgut tk Tarki ia event of, a break down . of 'tse. I.aana ceHftreace. Geseral Plastlras Is to, fee sent to the frostier next week.:.? . . t -) J Malta. 'Deer 2tU-(LU P.J A '.British fleet. letL-ber today .and. a teamed, full speed xor Constantinople, v- .- r, ... The' - fleet Included ' Admiral Brock's flagship; a light cruiser squadron and a flotilla' of destroyers. ..--'- : Other rwarshipf i-will follow-'- today Just as rapidly- as they-can be 'pre pared. - ! t , - ""' ' " f . I London, Dec 28. (tT. P.)-i-A fleet ot British' warships that left . Constanti nople last week hka been ordered to return -there Immediately as , a conse quence i. of. tha Turkish" attitude - at Lausanne, according to unconfirmed advices received here Moday.: I CLASH WOTLDl BE J8ETWEES TCKKISH AJTD BRITISH 1BHS London, Dec. '. 28. (I. ' Jf.' S.) Black clouds of war again loomed ominously over the Kear East today,5 The menace comes from the .threatened collapse of the Near East' conference at Lau sanne. The . British and ' Turks are deadlocked over . certain issues and neither side will give ground. If hoatll ities break out 'they probably will be confined to Turkish and British forces. All available British warships in the Mediterranean of all descripUoris have been- ordered to proceed ' at once ' to 4 : 4 IConchxiad oa Pace Three, Caluraa ,Tlre WiUAskInquiiyg On lquoiv Onarge -WaabinaoiC. DeesjSlii''IxS.) Repreaentative Hill. Republican of Maryland, announced -, this afternoon that h would 'introduce-'' a resolution' In 3the house' teallihg upon "the ; house ludlclary comrriUtee to . Investigate fchargna. ' by - Representative ,: Upshaw, Democrat of ; Georgfa : that r senators, Congressmen; government" officials and pthers charged nvlth la w; enforcement were violators or the prohibition laws. NEXT: SUNDAY Year's. End Number f-: I'? - 5'. - - I5 i. rv--.l,;..'Sr:7A-XV J--:.t:.:i;.:.rrT', I .'" ' Portland and Oregon nliimbatftJ rvill be found on page :!-5 "" V" BIGPW IS OPPOSED iB! HARDING President Sends Note -to Lodge in Which He Says Time Not Ripe for Economic Gather ing; Fears' Misunderstanding. . : Washington, Dec 2. .V N. - S.) Because , of the .vfalse, impressions which may, be conveyed to Europe.- "and the wrong impressions It conveys to ;Our own .people, an economic and - disarmament Veonferenas v as "j, proposed by Senator Borah Am "undesirable,'' President Harding declared In a letter to Senator ' Henry ' Cabot Lodge . of . Massachuaetta . :, - '".". '., , '. . l- - -The president's letter was addressed to Lodge "as chairman of the sen te foreign -relations committee and was read by htm In the senate as soon as debate' waa resumed on the Borah pro- - posal as an -amendment to the navy appropriation bill. . r StOGESTS KEMEDT " w i President "Harding s id he. knew, of ; "no prohibition against" an expression on the part of congress requesting the calling of such a world conference, but said he did frankly question the -de- -slrability of exich an expression., " I think if Is undesirable," tha pres ident declared. 'bcause -of the falne Impressiona which mr be conveyed thereby to Europe,! and .even more undesirable because of f the wrong tro pressfon it conveys to our . own peo-ple).j!j-'.i.-i Z.'.v v "- s ft i y-v -.i If congress wants, to facilitate tlie task of the government in dealing with the fcuropeait v,. situation. , President Harding said, the first practical step -will be to free the hands of the Ameri can debt funding commission in neg;' tlatinf with' European. powers fortl. payment of their debts to this coun try. ' - '-,,'.. The president's letter, in part, fol lows:. -,,..-. , "On the face of things it is equivs ient to. saying that v the. .-executive branch of the government, which .1 charged wltii the conduct of foreign relations, is not fully alive to a wpr'.l situation -which is of deep concern to the-. United -States, Aa CVwatter Vt. fact,, the European situations has been tCVantiancd ea race rtfUen, t)oituaa nt ' Willaiiiette: Eising; . ; Tb;Reach .fl6od4in' Portland on Friday '.-- : ' - -! ; Water, : in thet Willametta river is expected to rise, to" within -three' feet of, floo'd stage ;ln,'. Portland hy ;rridy and remain, stationary 'at ;that point. If . heavy -rains and continued ' warm ' winds linger In the' Willamette val ley during the next tew days, -accord- ; ins to a report made by the weather bureau today.- S i During the ---last. ?4 ' hours ! the Wll-; tamette rose 1.2 feet at Portland, and at 8 a. m. today sfood at 10.5 feet. " The flood atag-e is 15 feet..' 'More rain is forecast for- the ; next two; daya ' -- Storm warnings . were ' down on 'the ' Pacific coast today for. 'the first liins this ek, the last storm trouble be ing reported Wednesday, night when a wind .jof 48 ' miles velocity swept - the . mouth of the Columbia rhw1 t -, . ' ' ' ' " ' ''' j NortK Pacific Mill. ; ; Plant Will Reopen 1 - - ' - - - . ' . ,- -i ' .Operation of .the .North Pacific Lum-' her-company's, plant,, covering a' 100 acre site at Jhe. footof fiherlcak Street, wt begin In abouflOaysac-. cording1 to ' announcement , made today by.XAvKyan', presldent'of the Ouluth Oregon . Lumber I company, ' which has secured a five-year lease on the mill property. A single -shift of about' 300 men wilt be employed Immediately and the force Increased later.. - ' ' - . . . ' '-'. '" ' ' - 1 -. : i a -r i Feature Extraordinary . David Lloyd George, '.: 4tirmrr Tititish'' tsre.mte.T. - " - .i - ,7 "':. . miu reviewing years development in tinier na affatrs. in Picture and 'Text - orderHank; 'todays0pi?i:y Now' 0