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CI YUMNNf Wat Salem Ms and Mill Be the I&QBpbeB'B'y Oenter of the ?JqfM ? ! l n . . . FIRST SECTION 1 Pages 1 to 8 mm SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1920 PRICE: FIVE CENTS i i L TWO SECTIONS 12 Pages warn ENGINEER AT BARGE WHEEL IS CRUSHED aptain's Wfe With Baby in Her Ami in Wheel House When Huge Wave Buried Her Under Door ARAVENA TELLS STORY OF ILL-FATED SHIP (Hcan Mariner Wanders Afcsat Beach For Three DaysIndians Help PORT ANGELES; Wash., Dec. l Ernesto Aravena, Chilean Buriner, one of two survivors of the wrecked barge W. J. Pirrie, sank on Cake rock, near tho Bbath of the Quillayute river on the Washington coast last week, tonight! gave the first soherent ttory of the destruction of the Dl-fated -vessel. Aravena said he was : one of the last1 to leave the vessel after listening a life preserver on Mrs. a. B., Jensen, wife of the master of the jvessel, who I was carrying ter 11-niontbs-old baby In her trme. ' Engineer Dies at Wheel. Chief Engineer J. W. Cross land died at the wheel of the ves sel, according to Aravena. who uid . he. saw the chief engineer standing, with his arms tightly locked across the wheel, with Mrs Jensen, still clutching her baby. trine unconscious on the floor of the wheel house at his feet. Captain-Jensen, he said, was on the ieck directing the abandonment of his ship which had broken In two immediately after striking toe rocks. I M When Capt. J. K. Tibbetts, caster of the Santa Rita sig called that he proposed to cut the Pirrie adrift, in the height ot the storm. Aravena said Can tata Jensen called the crew about aim and said: "I .have given up all hope. - Ton must now prepare to sate yonr lives." With a brief kiss Captain .Jensen hurried his wife and baby to the wheelhouse and went back to the deck.: Chief . Engineer Crossland or dered Aravena to save himself. and when asked to come with the crew, Crossland replied, "I : won't come oat; I go down with the slip." and almost immediately after a huge wave crushed the wheel house, 'forcing the door Iowa on top of Mrs. Jensen. Aravena said he saw Captain Jensen Jump into the surf. Ara vena said he followed shortly after and was fortunate enough to find some lumber on which he was washed ashore after more than two hours in the water. He said he saw Captain Jensen once la the water and later when he found the master's dead body on shore. ..' ' Aravena said he wandered tlong the beach for three days seeking aid and finally met Carlo3 Pearson, second engineer of the Pirrie, find believed to be the only other surTivor of the wreck. i Both were completely exhausted nd unconscious when found by j William Penn, an Indian; from the Quillayute reservation. Penn, Aravena said, stripped himself to nit undershirt and gave his cloth K to the two sailors. . ' Twelve bodies; of wreck victims nave been found, according to ad ke from Clallam Bay, Wash., and have been buried on the wack, high tides and the con ation of the bodies making it practical ! to attempt to move . it is believed there are , uu Bine bodies to be found, in cluding that of the Jensen baby. Prudential Yacht Is 1 At Harding's Disposal '.WASHINGTON'. Dec. ,1. By rtetkm of President Wilson. Ury Daniels placed the pres WUial yacht. Mayflower, at the sposal of President-elect Hard ft today to complete his trip Panama to Washington. The eretary sent a radiogram to wot Harding on the steamer f. route to Norfolk, in- nlm that th Mayflower Wd be at Hampton Roads Sat .rT when the Pastores is due " and that President Wilson ft. J? hDDr to bave Senator nraiag ne the vessel for , the to Washington. ; . message said: R.J Mayflower will ibe in "mpton Roads upon your ar n the president will be JPPT to place it at your dlspos- po"n.i e "nderstands you Sro tJJJII t Washington from Nor- r--IV res,dmt 1 previously of t, Ee?ator Harding the use of tW ftJ,flowr and also or a bat C toJ al journey when be t0 " lnl the senator Intended trip, i Plnam on his vacation orf0, Y ""ding declined the ft ri 5 bU arrangements al J nad been made. M! "FLYING DUTCHMAN" VICTIM IS BURIED FISHERMEN ARE REMINDED 1 OF GHOST SHIPS Winters Reeat.s for Last Time I Tale of Ghostly Visitations On Sea GLOUCESTER, Mass., Dec. 1 The burial today of John Winters recalled to old-time fishermen a tradition of a modern "Flying Dutchman" and its ghostly crew that were believed to roam the seas in pursuit of a ship that had sent them to the bottom. Winters Vas the last survivor of the crew of the Gloucester schooner Charles Haskell, which In a storm In March, 1869. ran down and sank a Salem schooner and Its entire crew in Georges fishing banks. He died at the Fishermen's Snug Harbor in his eighty-second year, repeating al most to the last the tale of the ghost ship of the fishing banks which was supposed to have pur sued - the Haskell throughout its career. . Once off Eastern Point, at the entrance of Gloucester harbor. Winters said, a schooner ran down the wind, hove alongside the Hasltell, and her phantom crew climbed the ; rigging, declaring themselves the ghosts of the Sa lem' fishermen Winters and others of the Has kell's crew refused to fish in the ship again, and a new crew was taken on. These returned with a similar story of ghostly visita tion at sea. took their dunnage bags and quit. ! ; i Another, and still a fourth crew were shipped, but each came to port with a renewal of the story of a ship shrouded in white and a jspecfral crew, and the Haskell was hauled up, unable to get men. Sue finished her sea-going as a sand freighter, and the Salem ship was not heard of again. ' CORK BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL Continued Destruction Will Mean Wiping Out of Bus iness District CORK, Dec. 1. A drapery es tablishment owned by Thomas O'Gorman, . who is prominently identified with the Sinn Fein movement, was set on fire and destroyed shortly after the ter mination of the curfew hours this morning, when the military , pa trols had been withdrawn. A shop adjoining this establishment and the offices of an English in surance company in the upper part of the building were burned out. Two previous attacks 'had been made on the premises of Mr. O' Gorman, the last one a week ago when the store was forcibly en tered and large quantities of goods destroyed or removed. Mr. O'Gorman is alleged to have sold Sinn Fein badges and flags and to have contributed heavily to the Dail Eiraenn. There was considerable shoot ing in various parts of the city during the night. A young man who has not yet been identified, was brought to the hospital fa tally wounded. i "Whose 'place will be the next to go?" businessmen were asking each other today. If the destruc tion of property continues at the present nightly rate. Cork bus iness district soon will be wiped out. " ' All of the town shop keepers are advertising bargain-sales in order to convert their stock into cash. The exodus of ipeople from Cork continues. 673 CLAIMED IN IRISH RIOTINGS Arrests in Ireland Average Over 100 Weekly is Official Statement l LONDON. Dec. 1. Persons to the number of 673 have been killed or wounded in Ireland up to November 27, of the present year by anti-government elements acocrding to a statement issued today by the home office. The deaths do not include 20 persons killed in Londonderry and 62 in Belfast during the summer rioting nor 15 cadets killed in the Kil michael ambuscade Sunday night. ' The statement says that 151 po licemen have been killed and 230 wounded: that 47 soldiers have met death and 103 wounded. Civ ilians to the number of 41 have bean killed and 101 wounded. Sixty seven court houses , have been desaroved and 528 police barracks have been destroyed and 161 damaged. There have been 830 raids on mails and 45 raids on coast guard stations and light houses. In addition to these there has been 2.961 raids made for arms. " - ' Another official" statement says the arrests in Ireland averaped considerably over 100 weekly Durinc the last three weeks of November, 406 persons were tak en into custody for political of fenses, including 169 during the last week of the month. GOVERNORS PROPOSE AID FORFARMERS Emergency Legislation to Protect Farmers From Impending Ruin Urged by Governor Harding STARVATION WITHIN 48 HOURS OF CITIES Condition Makes It Impos sible to Supply Towns With Necessities HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 1. Governors and governors-elect, representing more than half the states of the union, voted at their auffuajf conference today to begin an Inquiry into what was various ly called the "acute,' "alarming" and "tragic" situation facing the farmers of the country with a view to recommending federal legislation to assist them. Harding Suggests Plan.. As a first step toward carrying out their plan which was sug gested by Governor W. L. Harding of Iowa, the conference appointed a committee consisting, of Gov ernors Harding. Bickett of North Carolina; Holcomb of Connecti cut; Parker of Louisiana, and Goodrich of Indiana, to make a preliminary survey and report back, before the conclusion of the conference. After that it Is con templated to send the committee to Washington to urge legislation before congress which. convenes this month. The object of the state, execu tives, which is said to be with out parallel in the history of Am- Jerican government, is for the or ganization or governors to sug gest to congress and actively ad vocate passage of legislation ne cessary to refund the debts of farmers who are pinched by fall ing markets with heavy stocks of surplus products on hand to as to give them a year or more in which to recoup losses and wait for a strengthening market. It is proposed to do this through ex tension or1 adaptation of the fed ral reserve systems. A second proposal also scheduled to receive , consideration by the committee is another by Governor Harding that a foreign trade corporation be formed to finance purchases of American, farm products by for eign countries unable, through present lack of funds, to come in to the American market. Acting on Governor Harding s suggest ions. Governor Bickett introduced resolution providing for ap pointment of a committee to act rnder instructions of, the con ference and take the propositions up with congress direct. This motion received a second, and was about to be voted upon when It was objected that the constitu tion of the governor's conference forbade formal resolutions or action of the sort. At this. Gov ernor Sproul of Pennsylvania pointed out that no snch formal action was necessary and at the call of Governor Vamberger of Utah, who presided, a vote was taken on the suggestion to ap point the committee informally. Approbations of the governors was overwhelming. One voice, that of Governor Edwards of New Jersey, was raised in objection. The eastern executive, who is a banker, said he thought federal legislation such as is contemplated by his colleagues would be" economical ly wrong." Conditions should be left to adjust themselves, he de clared. Conditions Menace to Farminar. Apprehension regarding agri cultural and industrial condition? throughout the country, charac terized most of the expressions by speakers addressing the gov ernors today. Several states, represented by their chief executives or gover nors-elect. were rpoortd in a con dition verging on the extremely critical, while spokesmen for most of the others assented to the general proposition that there is genuine cause for alarm in the outlook. r Conditions in Iowa. Governor Harding faid, menace tne very existence of the agricultural in dustry; He urged on every state offle fal the necessity or emergency legislation to protect the farmers from impending ruin. Few noople, he said, realize the extent' to which they are depen dent upon the " farmers. Most cities, he declared, are "within 4S hours of starvation." The far mers, he warned, are facing con ditions under which they will be unable to supply cities with the necessities of life. THE WEATHER: .Oregon: Thursday, rain; fresh southerly winds, PRESIDENT-ELECT TURNS TOWARD HOME - PASTORES ENCOUNTERS LEXT STORM VIO- Hardlng Will Write Unique Para graph in History in Utterances From Senate Floor ON BOARD THE STEAMER PASTORES, Dec. 1. With his vacation trip about over, President-elect Harding turned his thoughts to his coming business today, as the steamship Pastores plowed its way northward off the Florida coast, bound for Norfolk, where it is due to arrive Saturday. The senator interrupted the games with which he has amused nimseu on tne voyage in order to do some work on several speeches which he will make soon after his arrival in the United States. The first of these speeches probably will be delivered at Norfolk Sat urday afternoon and another Sun day at Bedford. Va.. and it is not impossible that on the following Tuesday he will make a short ad dress from his place in the senate chamber in the capitol in Wash ington. Senator Harding has told his friends that he takes a certain pride in being the first United tates senator to attain the highest office in the land and they say they would not be surprised if the President-elect takes occasion during his short visit to Washing ton to write a unique paragraph in history by delivering some pub lic utterances as president-elect from the floor of the senate. The stay of Senator Harding in Washington will be limited to three or four day at the most. The Pastores encountered a vio lent storm last night. Mrs. Hard ing, who bad been ill most of the way from Cristobal, again took to her state room, but it was said she was feeling better today. BIG APARTMENT HOUSETOPPLES Several Persons Buried Be neath Debris Which Cov ers Street 6 Feet Deep NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Broad-, way - at Fifty-second street '"was suddenly transformed late today from a scene of bustling activity to one of desolate wreckage when a nine-story apartment house un der repair collapsed, burying sev eral persons beneath the debris. At least one person is believed to have been killed and six other are unaccounted for. Broadway was crowded with shoppers and afternoon theater goers when a terrific crash rent the air as the building toppled into the street. The bulk' of the debris fell into Fifty-second street which was comparatively free from traffic, although tons of wreckage slid into Broadway it self. Six persons, three of them bur ied in the wreckage and later res cued, were injured. Searchers expressed fear tonight that other pedestrians may have been caught beneath the wreckage, covering the sidewalk in places to a depth of six feet. Only the ground floor was oc cupied, an automobile concern having its offices there. The in jured persons were mainly em ployes of this concern and work men employed in repairing the building. Police tonight held back crowds In Broadway while workmen un der powerful lights risked their lives inan effort to relieve ,th6 weight on the upper floors and prevented the hagging wall on the Broadway side or the struc ture from giving away. The man believed to have been killed was Jeff Smith, foreman employed by the wrecking com pany. Millions of Gallons of .Water Used Here Daily The estimated daily average water supply for Salem is naid by members of the Salem Water company to be 5.000.000 gallons during the summer months and about half of that amount is used during the winter months. A great deal of care Is used In keep ing the supply of water-pure and entirely free from contamination of any kind. About 10 years ago the com pany installed a laboratory for tfstlng the water for purity and apart from this samples are sent twice , a month to other labora tories to test the water for bac teria. During all this period no tests have shown the presence of harmful bacteria. immis surpass deaths HONOLULU. T. H.. Dec. 1, There Is little danger of the. pop ulation of Honolulu dwindling If the ratio of births to deaths now being maintained continues, ac cording to Miss M. Hester Lemon, registrar of vital statistics for the municipality who has announced that there were nearly three times as many births as deaths in this city during October. Deaths num bered 94. while there-were 253 births recorded. Marriage. licenses were Issued to 107 couples dur ing October. HOURS AFTER SUNSET GOBS SCRUB CLOTHES MISSISSIPPI STEAMS FOR SAX PEDRO Four ,IUttlchip .Play in Even ing's GW a The Glide Thru Shrouded Mist ABOARD U. S. S. MISSISSIPPI. En Route to San Pedro. Dec. 1. Battleship division eight of the Pacific fleet, bound for San Pedro, following the conclusion of maneuvers off the California coast! near San Francisco, was cleaning;! up tonignt in preparation for ar rival at San Pedro tomorrow and consequent liberty. After the day's routine had been carried out. the "gobs" nut in hours strenuously scrubbing their "liberty clothes." polishing shoes, overhauling sea bags aand mak ing other preparations for shore leave. The sailors worked at this task hours after .sunset, scrubbing away until it seemed they would scrub through the tough cloth. The fleet broke up at Bolinas bav. near San Frunrltrn at f o'clock this afternoon and im mediately afterward the different sections started for Seattle. San Fedro, and other Pacific coast ports. The four battleships of the sixth division went to the north-' ern port, the destroyers which have been maneuvering with the dreadnaughts, headed for various coast points, and the sixth division started for San Pedro, its home base. Abreast ot the Mississippi on the right, the Idaho steamed. The New Mexico, the flagship, was in the center. The ships ot the division held to a distance of 9,000 yards until nightfall when they went into column for the night, the New Mexico leading. From the Mississippi to the green hills of California, on the left, was approximately two miles, and these hills, sometimes shrouded in mist, slid by like a continuous motion picture. .The fleet overtook and passed an oil taAker at twilight, the Mis sissippi and Idaho slipping by on either side. Against the many- colored sunset the great dread daughts dwarfed the tank ship as though; it were a toy vessel. Thirty -minutes after the tanker was abeam it was out of sight astern. Tonight occasional shore lights blinking through the darkness told of the presence of light bouses or. when they formed small clusters, of little communi ties. LOAD LIMIT ' IS DECLARED County Court Takes Action to Save Highway From Stayton to Mehama The condition of the road lead ing from Stayton to Mehama mas called to the attention! of the county court yesterday, and facts shown are to the effect that un usually heavy loads are being hauled over the roads, rendering them almost Impassable, and that Immediate repairs are neccrsary, After consideration the court de- cided to regulate the weight of loads hauled over the road during the period from Docember 15 to March 15. The maximum weight for one load -was fixed at 3000 pounds. The county court has Issued or ders for the patrollng of the dis trict with Instruction to start the work or repairing the road at once.- W. J. Culver, road master, has Investigated this road and says for the past year or more complaints have been sent in re garding the manner In which it had been cut up through the heavy hauling by the logging companies. It may be necessary, for the county court to place restriction upon heavy hauling on other road 1 11 1 complaints being made districts as numerous of a like nature are from time to time. Treadway Confesses Killing Henry Peirce PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1 P. D. Treadway confessed today, ac cording to the police that he killed Henry T. Peirce. manufac turers agent, who was found beaten to death here on Novem ber 22. He is &ad to have ab solved Marie "Bcts" Phillips, also known as Sue'-Rogers. and J A. Mos. of any connection with the actual killing, but mad no mention of "Al" Smith, th-3 fourth member of the party al leged to have been In- Peirce's apartments when he met hiJ death. Treadway. officials say. as sumed full responsibility for the act. OYKRXMEXT 1 KFKA T E I . LONDON. Dec. 1. The rovcrn. ment suffered a defeat in the house of lords tonight when an amendment to the Irish home rule hill Kiihmittfil hv Rat-on f'ran- more and llrnwne r.rovidlnz for the establishment of a senate for. southern Ireland, was carried against the government bv a vote of 120 to 36. It was explained that the object of the ameudm-nt was' to safeguard the minority southern unionists. PROHIBITION DIRECTOR IS IMPLICATED Mrs. Glad Warburton For mer Federal Director of Prohibition Conspired to Violate Liquor Laws TEN ARE INDICTED IN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY Restaurant Owner Told to Set Aside Profit for Demo cratic Election Fund SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. Federal grand Jury indictments against ten persons in an alleged liquor selling conspiracy, removed today from the secret file, revealed charges that Mrs. Glad K. Warburton. former acting fed eral prohibition director, had con cplred to violate the prohibition law and that John , D. Costello. secretary to United States Senator Phelan. had told Harry Mar quard. restaurant owner, to set aside from the profits of his li quor sales ten per cent "for the Democratic election fund. Liquor Unlawfully Drawn. During Mrs. Warburton's ten ure of nine days, according to the indictments 124 barrels ot whisky was illegally withdrawn from bonded warehouses. She was ac cused of feloniously approving a permit for the withdrawl of 20 of these barrels. 'Costello waa charged with hav ing promised Marquard protection from federal raids, having told him to go ahead and sell liquor, and with having adrised him to stop selling temporarily because a raid was imminent. Harry Brolaskl. another ot those Indicted. Informed Mar quard that he had arranged "pro tection" for him, the indictment stated. Brolaskl said Marquard was to pay blm for the protection. according to the Indictment, and told Marquard that Costello and Loren Handley (then federal pro hibition director for California) "would be In to see him about the matters." e The others indicted were Doug las Newton. J ales Carnage. John D. De Maria. Sol Levis. Dan E. An, glum. William M. Dean. Jo VI tin P. Sollivan and J. L. Ramsner. The charges against them were Ille gal withdrawal or liquor from bonded warehouses and purchase and sale ot liquor without keep ing the records prescribe! by the federal prohibition law. Target Practice to be Required of Policemen PORTLAND. Dec. 1. An order. Issued by Chief of Tollce L. V. Jenkins today requires all police- men In the department to go to target practice twice a year and make a record of six nhots out of ten in the outside ring ot the tar- , get Those who fall to place six of iheir bullets In the ring will be required to rMort to the marks manbhlp instructor for practice until snch time as they are able to make the score. Scomp Testifies Rancid Batter Was Worked Over PORTLAND. Dee. 1. R. C. Schomp. former employe of the Haze! wood company here, testi fied in the federal court here to day that h had afdd in remak ) ins rinri I in the cr ! which Is ing rancid butter Into new bulter reamery of the company. on trial charged with violation of the federal pure food act. . . 1 . , . .... a I .iiurap aeeiarea inai n fn ; February, 1913. and February. 1919. he personally bad dumped rancid, moldy Cutter, which he declared to have been "In very bad condition." Into a vat with rour cream which he said was treated chemically and ratenr- iled and made Into butter The trial was continued Former German Empress9 Condition Is Unchanged DOORNY Holland Iw. i.Tie condition of Augu'ta Victoria, ttie former German ernpre. was lit tle changed today. She was still fully conscious at o'cWk thi evening, though much ethausted by the heart attacks. One of the residents of tb cs tJe said to the Associated Pre: "The empress, realizing the se rtousnesK of lier condition. Is quite resigned and actuallr lnss for the end of her suffering, which began in 191 K. SHEEIMj:X ARE CHARGED lORTLAND. Dec. 1. Six In- formations aaint sheepnicn charginr violation of the govern ment restriction azalnst grazing in national forests; were filed In federal court today by Assistant United States District Attorney Hall Luik. MAJOR WOOD SOUGHT AS ADMINISTRATOR ARMENIA SEEKS SERVICES Ol AMERICAN" CiENERAL Cieneva Reporter Would Place Wood at Head of Campaign Against TurkWh ladrr NEW YORK. Dee. 1. Arme cia deIr the services of MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood. a adminis trator "f a :o.ooo.000 fund which It I rroroel to raise for the aid of that country, according to a cablegram received tonicht by the Near Eat relief from Dr. Abaronlan. diplomatic represen tative of the Armenian republic attending th league of nations amembly at Geneva, It preTlouly bad been reported frcm Geneva that General Wood had been mentioned as a posibl4 selection by the league of nations Armenian committee to lead a rroposed Armenian campaign against Mastapba Kernel Paha, Turkish nationalist leader. Dr. Aharonlan's cablegram aald that if such a fund could be pro vided "to save Armenia from its preaent peril and to etabllh a national existence. the Armenian delegation ' suggested that it thouli be administered "profer ably by aa American of hlch rep utation, such as General Wood." Charles V. Vlckrey, general sec ret a ry of the Near East relief, raid that so far aa known, noth ing definite had been taken to carry out Dr. Aharonlan's sug gestion. GARLAND CASE UNPRECEDENTED Organizations Besiege Tu dor to Obtain Estate for Charity NEW YORK. Dee. 1. Henry D. Tudor, managing trustee of the 1 1.250.000 estate which Charles Csrland of Luizardt Bay. Ma., recently refused to accept as a bequest from his father, declared today la a statement tat he thought young Carland acquired his Ideas regarding inheritance from associations formed is Creenwlch Village. New York's "Dohemlaa quarter. where he passed foir months a few years ago. Mr. Tudor, who is president of the Commonwealth Finance cor porations, and a distant relative of young Carland. said that the trustees were -embarrassed" by bis attitude in refusing to accept the property. Mr. Tudor declared he was be ing besieged by charitable organ izations and people desiring to establish hospitals and rphan ages who desire to obtain the es tate, or at least the Income from it. "The trustees are conflneed. however." said My. Tndor. "that r-othing can be done bat to con tinue the trusteeship Indefinitely. We hope that Garland will change bis opinion, but If not. we will keep the properly to give to his heir. We are bound by law to make no other disposal of the estate." Mr. Tudor said that as far as the trustees knew, there waa no precedent in American jarUpru dence for such a case as the re fusal of Charles Garland presents. "Chariest Garland is an excep tionally bright oung man. said Mr. Tudor. "He knowa what he is doing and has well defined reasons for his actions, but he certainly la making it embarras sing for the trustee who have guarded the estate for 11 years. He refuses to discuss the matter with the truvtees in any manner. He has simply told us that he Is not Interested in the property. We asked him to put his views in writing but he refused. We hor will change his views, but If te doe not. we will keep th r.r;erty for his heirs. We can i.ot dipom of the property as we ?e fit and It can be used for chanty onlr at the direction f Mr. Garland Mr. TuJor. referring to Car Iir.d"s life In Greenwich Village, said that he undrtood the oung man had .een a clos friend cf John Reed, newspaper and magatine writer, who recent ly a -l in otiet KimhIj. Mr. Ta dor aij he considered Garland entirely competent but poeei of "per tiii.r, ideas regarding money." . "Perhaps a few years fromf sow CarUnd's vlw may not bJ eon- si.IerM peculiar." he commented. The estate. Mr. Tudor said, bad r.reatly inrrs.cd In alne n re. cent rear, with every indication of continued growth. .. Obregon Gets Hundreds of Congratulatory Leilas ".AiuMiii. iw. i Among hundreds of congratulatory me- ase rourinr la today to Presi dent Obnt-mi tit one from Franeiiwo Villa, the former bau- ii't. from hl ranch In Diraaro Although the contents of the tele. gram are not diclowd. th"v are derrll.ed "Tery effusive. One of the last acts nf the re tiring tprr-riKional frefien. De 1 llnerta. was to rorward to Villa the title to tb hacienda at Canutillo. Durango. which the government rave to him when t surrendered Utt suratser. ARMENIAN CLOUD IS BANISHED North and South America Join With Europe in At tempt to Settle Difficulty in Corner Black Sea WILSON TAKES ROLE OF GREAT MEDIATOR Arthur Balfour Expresses Gratification at Attitude of Nations GENEVA. Dec. 1. The league of cation city showed a far more cheerfal aspect today than at any J me since the delegates to the as sembly began to gather from the four corners of the earth. The sua came out strong for the first time; the dail. anxious expressions dis appeared from many face and petty annoyances were lost sight of because of the Armenian cload which menaced the assembly has been broken by President Wil son's acceptance of the role of mediator. XatJtuM Joim Hand. Evn Arthur J. Datfour ot the Dritlah delegation, who all along has been skeptical of the result ot mediation with Mastapha Ke mal. Turkish nationalist leader, expressed gratification this eve ning at seeing the United States. Draxil and Spain two Americas and Europe joining hands la aa endeavor to settle the vexing problem. The British a tat earn a frankly said that ail his doubt regarding the possibility ot arriv ing at any sort of a satis foe to ry aaderstandiag with Mnstapha Ke mal has not yet disappeared. Dst os.e result, he pointed eat, had been obtained and that waa "the wonderful tpectacJe of North and outa Amrelca and Earop rat ting together to try to settle a dif ficulty la an obscure corner of the Black Sea." Iraru naaxbdtrs Drear. "It on had so r res ted it. five years ago." he added, "he wocld have bee a regarded as dreamer and would have Uded have been a dreamer had the leara of aa tioca not come ia the meantime. Rene VIvlanL repreaeatiag Prance, cxprc d the warmest satisfaction over President Wil son's meaaage and waa daring the day the object of many contra to ut ions, it being generally con ceded tbat it was his effort la the aembly that saved the Armeaiaa question from falling a victim to delay. The opposition of Sir George Ti. Foster ot Canada, finally succeed ed la modifying the resolution presented by Caitave Ador. Swltt rlaad. providing that the eco nomic commiasioa stady means of preveatlng monopoly ta raw ma terials and measures to laaurw control of their dlatrtbaUoa throughout th world. Revolution la Adopted. Th aaaembly having noted the resolntioa adopted by the council at Brusaals considers It lndUpenabl that the conoral commission continue its work without delay, ia the manner In dicated by the council." Th!s Is taken to meaa that the Investigation of the question ot the raw materials will b contin ued without prejudicing final ac tion upon any recommendations It may take. ' Sir George, pointing oat that aa entirely new economic doctrine waa lavolTed. warned the com mission against any action that would cause apprehension ia Caa ada aad the United State. The commUsloa on the admis sion of new ttate unanimously declined to recommend the Imme diate membership la the leagu ct Coata Kica. The commission also decided not to recommend the en trance ot Arerbaljaa. Ukraine or L2rhtente!a at this time. ! th car 01 tte terrttoriea relation will be permitted with the league. Town Hall of Edmonton is Seized Without Violence LONDON. Dee. !. -RetJeaev among the clty'e unemployed, -tupJed with the lack of boating aceomtuodatlan led to t he a!t ore of the ton hall at Edmoa hb. a northern suburb of Lon don, bv several bond red men to dV. The occupation of the bMil lng an without violence. Ttt mm announced that they will um the towa hall as tblr headquar ters until something is done for tfcem. The town hall at Tottenham, another working district Bear tha tity. waa the scene of a similar peacable seizure yesterday. Tfca anemployed men who took po tesion of the build. ng. however. eacuated it today when the coon ell announced that accommoda tions had been found for them la the coroner's caort aal la two Urge st ore h oc ks.