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WM THE WEATHER: mm TO FUttraaa fcrrr tl lrai wire repoit or the AasocUtad Pre, the greatest and Bessi re lube prex aiaociatJon la laa world. Tnesday, fair: continued rold; strong northwesterly wind. SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER I I. 11)20 l'KICK: FIVE CENTS HOUSE WILL DETERMINE FIRE CAUSE Urd Mayor of Cork is Sum . coned Before Military Board to Answer Charges Made Against Forces TOLL OF LIFE GREATER THAN PROPERTY LOSS Great Britain's Policy Will Result in Martyrdom of V Ireland Is Belief MRS. O'GRADY QUITS DEPUTY POLICE POST WORK' HAMPERED BY LACK OP PROPER COOPERATION 1'pon Investigating Morals of Girls in Movies She Is Told To "Go Slow" i LONDON. Dec. 12. As a re sult of direct charges that the crown forces were committing "va rious atrocities in Ireland, the lord mayor of Cork with the Irish com-t moaers Koch and J. J. alsh will summoned1 before the military board Investigating the fires in Cork Saturday night. : . Impartial Tribunal Asked. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Irs. Ella O'Grady, deputy police com missioner of New York city, to day resigned, asserting that she had been hampered In her work and could not remain in her place and retain her self-respect. Her action followed attacks on the efficiency of the department made by several newspapers. Mrs. O'Grady. who declared she had a thousand and one things to tell about the polii-e depart ment later on, said in her statement: "I have been told that my work is 'too strenuous,' looking after the morals of girls in moving pic tu re houses and told to 'go slow. hen my detectives went to en foice the law in a number of mov lug picture houses, the managers showed them receipts stating that they, had contributed to the po lice hospital fund, and they had been promised that no police action .would be taken against them HARDING AND ROOT CONFER ON PROBLEM Most Notable of America's Elder Statesman Discuss es International Issues With President-elect FALSE TESTIMONY IS GIVEN IN BORAX CASE WITNESSES WERE COACHED 1IV CXiRPORATlOX Hughes Charge I. S. and Pacific Const Horav. Comitaaiesi an Ann of English Conciliation KING CONSTANTINE IS ENROUTE TO ATHENS LITTLE EXCITEMENT j SHOWN IN DEPART! ICE Greek Ruler Inform Correspond' em Tliat He Doe N'l Pro"oe To Abdicate. ! POLITICAL SAGE IS CORDIALLY RECEIVED LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. Affi davits that witnesses testified falsely in a suit involving borax claims in Death Valley. Cal.. said to run into billions of dollars in jiossible value, were turned over today y Judge Oscar A. Trippet of the I'niied States distric t court heri to J. Robert O'Connor, I'nited States district attorney, for investigation. The affidavits were filed by J. I'. Hiihi's. a. Death Valley miner who was defendant in an action brought several years ago by the I'nffed States ilorax company, a West Virginia corporation, in volving title to 12 borax mining claim. Hughes, it is said, had filed on the claims on the ground that Die claimant corporation had lost its title through failure to perform necessary assessment work. Hearing of the case began In MARION. 0.r'D-e. 13. Presi- I Fresno. Then it was brought to dent-elect Harding today dis- i th t'nitefl-States district court In cussed the nroblem, of hi admin- I I'.s Angela, where Hughes lost. Mrs. O'Grady charged that no I Ration with Elihu Root, former j ?e eirenonrt .w'the secreiarj- oi state anu one oi me . --, - most notable of the nation's elder 18 J."1'"- . . , statesmen The affidavits the United States ! LUCERNE. Switzerland. Dec. 13 The members TV0 MEN DIE IN COAL GAS EXPLOSION International Court Is Fa- vored as Means of Set tling World Disputes attention had been paid to com plaints lodged with the bureau of missing persons and that she had been unable to assign women for it his. work because they had been ' . v. . , 1 1 uiii uer lor iue ponce H03- " The charges were brought be-jpital drive fort the house of commons to-L Mrs. O'Gradv. whose resigna aight by Commander J. M. Ken-. tfon will take effect immediately worthy, who demanded that an Impartial tribunal be set up to gtva an unprejudiced report of what happened. Commander Ken worthy said his information came hi a message from the lord may or and Messrs. Roch and Walsh. The message was not read by Commander Ken worthy, but when Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief- sec retary for Ireland, rose to defend the government's position, he re quested the message from Ken worthy which the secretary read to the house. It charged that wo men were held up and robbed in the streets and that citizens were publicly .whipped and shot, and "it was bellaved in some instances burned alive in their homes." Woman Killed In Looting. The secretary said -he would wire the military authorities st . Cork tonight to summon the au thors of the message before them. Aa Inquiry had been started to day, which will be completed to . morrow. Ueferrlng to fire generally, Sir Hamr said he would put loss of Ills sbovt loss of property. He was glad to say there was no evi dence of loss of life in Cork Sat orday alght, except one woman. ' who was shot while looting. He maintained his previous position that personally he d.id not believe . tha fires had been caused by the crowd forces but If it ; were so ascertained the perpetrators would suffer the penalties of 1 martial law. - ' r . The chief - secretary answered a demand for a civilian inquiry by . laying that that was impossible in a military area., as an investiga tion could only be held by the mil itary and that was-being done. De fending the governraent'sxcours. said, he had not heard one con demnation, official or unofficial, from any civilized country of Great Britain's .action in Ireland. Martyrdom of Ireland. Reverting to! t assassinations, he declared: "I believe that these reorders alone preclude the people of England through their repre-1 wntatives and he people of Ire land through their representatives from coming t oan amicable and peaceful settlement. - T. P. O'Connor declared that j . lh fires had been caused by the "black and tans;" that Great Brit ain's policy in Ireland had affect ed the American elections and that when the "martyrdom of Ire land" had been mentioned in th? Italian chamber, it was loudly cheered. "1 Ceremonial Jewels Are Stolen From Sanctuary was appointed in 191 S by Com- Pieces and Injured Badly Burned When Bunkers in Steamship Ignite OPEN HOLD SAVES SHIP FROM DESTRUCTION Voyage to Southeastern Alaska Points Interrupt, ed hy Fatal Accident imri uauuuat iiriiiiuu4 ami uii district attorney will investigate prospect for an acceptable world a1'1 to statements by wit peace association held the centering's for the corporation that of attention in their four hour they were "coached" in the tes talk. Mr. Harding drawing ex-'timony they were to give, baustively upon the recent exper-! Hughes charges the Fnited ience oi ms visitor as an aaviser ahroari in the formation of a inissioner Enright. At that time world court under the Versailles ne isuea a statement saying that I league.' The president-elect asked many questions aoout aetaus oi the court plan and about the pres- hec time "will be particularly de- oTfd to the investigataion of the white slave traffic.' Mrs. O'Grady's daughter Flor ence, who was her assistant sec retary, also resigned and both 'walked out together." Mr. Enright denied ever hav Ing interfered with Mrs. O' Grady's work. on enforcement oi the law. in motion picture houses. Mrs. O'Grady did not resign." he -added, "she Just bounced into my office, threw her police shield on my desk and said: . 'I am through. Hefore I had time to ask her what it was all about she had left the place." . "Of course," he continued, "1 am not going to enter into any discussion with a woman." States Rorax company and the Pacific Coast Borax company of Nevada are "arms" of the Rorax Consolidated. Limited, of London. England. SALETJ PLEASED WITH OUTCOME The Dalles Ruffled at De cision and Threatens to Cancel Basketball XEW YORK. Dec. 13. Pearls d diamonds, said to be worth from 110,000 to $100,000, werje toIn from a golden vessel In thje Catholic church of St. Vincent Ferrer here, it was discovered to day. The precise value of jewels and money stolen could not be learned today because of the absence from th eity of Father Hof fernanj the Pastor. i f" Most of the valuables ' were Wed from the luna. a vessel of old, and used in the church's eeremonlals. They constituted Mrt of the furnishings of the thurch, regarded as amoag the finest and most beautiful in the ity. J. C. Kelson, principal of the lo cal high school, expressed himself as being perfectly satisfied with the result of the meeting of the board of control of the State high school athletic association relative to The Dalles-Salem - football game. He said that Salem had been conceded everything it asked for. The decision declared the game not to have been played in accordance with the rules of the association. which specifically say that the quarters of a game shall be of equal length. The Salem school did not ask that the board award It the game. claiming that as the game did not comply with the rules it did not feel that either team had the right to the game. According- to those present The Dalles delegation was not at all pleased with the outcome and their only remark seems to have been when the Dalles principal informed Mr. Nelson that "The Dalles did not care to play basket ball with them this season." How ever, as The Dalles Is not In this district and the only chance or their meeting would be In the state tournament at which The .Dalles would either have tor play Salem or surrender all right to the state championship, the Salem men did not seem worried. Pol County Hard Hit by Severe Wind Storm UXDESHURLES Ot'STED. i PORTLAND. Dec. 13. Fifty- eight men rounded up by the po- "ca as undesirables since Satur oay nirht fared Judge George Rossman in the police court to ay. Some were released out- rUht. but a large number were 8ien suspended sentences as vag rants, with the stipulation that they leave the city. Officers here ve been Instructed by the mayor nd other officials to see that oodesirable characters driven out f other Pacific coast cities by l" recent nnlam rlntlnr down DALLAS. OR.. Dec. 11. Dal las and all of Polk county were yesterday in the grip of one of the worse storms. known to mis section of the country. Rain fell in sheets and the streams are all out of their banks and overflow ing adjacent farms. Residents living along the Luckiamute in the western part of the country are in manv cases isolated from the outside world except by tele phone, as. the water has overflown the roadways to-such a depth that travel Is impossible. Fear is he in e entertained for several bnd eeS along both tne LUCKiarauie and LaCreole rivers which at last reports were in imminent danger of being washed away. The wind attained such a high velocity that trees, telephone poles and in a few cases small outbuildings were blown over. enr attitude of European states men toward the league. New Agreement Advocated What advice Mr. Root gave with regard to reservations of the framework of the league was not revealed nor would either com ment on the result of the confer ence except to say that no conclu sions had been reached. It was indicated hat Mr. Harding was at tempting to form no opinion for the present but was content to gather information and advice. Coincident with Mr. Root's vis it. It became known that Colonel George Harvey, the New York edi tor who has been the guest of the president-elect since Saturday. Is urging Mr. Harding to advocate a world agreement that no nation would resort to offensive warfare until Its people had so decided by referendum. Colonel Harvey did not Indi cate to what degree his proposal had been approved but he ex pressed hope that some such pro- vision would be written into any world association sponsored by the coming administration. The war referendum proposal has been advanced many times during the peace treaty fight and several reservations embodying it were introduced in the senate. On" of its leading advocates has been William J. Rryan, who is to confer with Mr. Harding Fri day. - Conference Wes t or dial After his talk with the! presi dent-elect Mr. Root would make no comment except to say that the interview had been "very de lightful and interesting." In re- Dlv to repeated questions on spe cific subjects he reverted to his original description of the con ference. Except for the cordial manner of the conference, his vis- It threw no light on reports that he might be asked to become sec retary of state. In presenting the details of tne new world court, which was unan imously adopted today by the as sembly of the league of nations, a plan for the organization oi which has been submitted to the league ass-embly. the former sec retary is understood to have sug gested that a considerable step toward Deare mlgnt De taicen oy amending arbitration treaties; the world over so that the justicaoie questions would be all referred to th tribunal for decision. There are about 200 such treaties now in existence but most of them pro vide for decisions by non-permanent commissions of various char acters. International Court Favored He added that the court as planned by the commissions of which lie was a member probably would not prevent wars of policy, such as the recent world war. but would go a long way toward re moving the element of danger from questions arising from real difference of opinion. Th-3 court, he explained, would have juris diction only when both litigants agreed to put their quarrel in its hands. In all of his contemplation of a world association of nations Mr. Harding has had in mind some such international court ana m outlining his campaign policy on the leaRue he suggested that The Hague tribunal might furnish the basis for such an institution. The tfaene court is not a permanent one, however and has more of the aspects of a diplomatic conference than of a local establishment. IRISH IGNORE LLOYD GEORGE Imposition of Martial Law Only, Places Responsibili ty on Military DUBLIN, Dec. 13. It is not regarded here that any response will be forthcoming from Sinn Feiners to the offers embodied 1n Premier Lloyd George's speech In the house of commons last Fri day in which he stated that safe ronducts would be given Slvn Fein members of 'parliament for discussions of the Irish question with the government. So far as can be learned from Sinn Fein circles, his speech is not regard ed there, as containing any terms which can be considered. The Sinn Fein members of parliament, it is declared, will not take ad vantage of the safe conduct of fer, as they consider it an attempt to induce them to sacrifice their leaders. It is suggested that the Irish republican parliament might meet again to answer the pre mier's speech, but the disposition is to ignore what he said. It is pointed out that the Im position of martial law in the southern counties of Ireland adds little to the exisfine powers of the government, as those coun ties already have had an experi ence of unrestricted military rule. The only novel feature is that which prescribes the penalty of death to anybody found in pos session of arms or harboring per sons escaping from arrest. Here tofore the penalty for these of fenses have involved penal servi tude. There are many in Ireland who will welcome the imposition of martial law as fixing the definite responsibility ,on the military in the areas to which it applies. of Constant ine's i KUite with their families' uud ner-1 Dead Men Are TofTl to vants will Iave tomorrow for Hrinisl, from which irt they will depart Tor Alliens. The departure of Constitntine himxelf from Ven ice tomorrow afternoon will lie in fornial. Coa.Hiantine will arrive at Phal eron,' four miles from Athens at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The party will piek up the Gretk .council of minister and CrowrKPrinre George at the Island of Melos and they will join in the triumphant entry into Greece. Re fore landing at Phaleron. Con- stantine will don the uniform of a generalissimo in the Ureek army. There is an absence of excitement here in connection with the prep- are. To the casual observers it ! would hardly have been apparent today that the royal family were in their hotel. The various mem bers of the family go in and out without fuss or feathers, while little P.rineess Catherine continues to play through the corridors and In the lobby with her English uoveraeus eloe at hand. i . Constant ine Jokingly referred to a telegram purporting to have been sent by !.ord Alfred iMtntlas. son of the ute Marquis of Queens- berry, advising him not to abdi cate. Constantine showed another fel- egram reading: "I am chief of the socialists and am imprisoned in Greece. I order you to resign at once for the future of Greece." The message' was signed "Alex ander Matlatos. 705 South Hal- stead street. Chicago." "May we assume that you will follow the advice of Ird Alfred Douglas?" a correspondent asked. Constaniine laughed heartily and then said: I till not abdi cate. I never had such an intention." Ah a special message to the En glish correspondent- be said: "I have never been England's enemy and will be her best friend." SPIRIT OF SEASON IS ANGRY NATIONS NEED till K IV IRELtMl MI ST in: IMVTKVKIl I'alher (lXaHii.cMM I:ejet pre mier fur Time it 'uall Wilt lrVlrra and ;riffitBi LONDON. Dec. 12 The Rev. Mihae O'Flaaagaa. acting pres idn: f the Sinn Fein, ha re- quisl I'remUr IJord Georc for time in which to ccnlt with Kami .-in IwValera and Arthur Griffith rpecting the endeavors neing iuati to trtng xut a tr i. in Ireland. Father O'Ftannagan made thU reiu.-t in rt.!y t. a ltter from I h- rimlrr. in which Mr. !.!.. d retn tilling t th fir-4 pn m-.1 I- nKing to a lfnf, aUI Hnii'h rrmi!ir-ni did put lag lb. LEAGUE ADOPTS COURT STATUTE Permanent International Court of Justice is Ap proved byAssembIy Fanght Wins Watch in Guessing on Bicycle Ry snesFing within one-tenth of a mile the actual distance the bicycle in Harry Scott's shop win dow, on Commercial street, trav eled in ISO hours of continuous running. M. W. FauKht. SfiT. West Luther street, won the gold watch offered as first prize. His guess was 2247.. miles and the actual distance was 2247.6 miles. Arthur Darling, 693 'North Six teenth street, and Roy Lucas. 1032 Saginaw street, er.ch guessed 2247 miles, but Darling made hU guess at S o'clock in the morning and Lucas at 11:4 5. so the for mer was awarded second prize, since he guessed first. The prize was $10 worth of bicycle tires. Of about 1500 guesses made, the highest was 60.722 miles and the lowest 200. difference of only 60.522 miles.. The average speed of the wheel was a fraction lees than 13 miles an hour. RIG BOIJCAT KILLED. SXOW VISITS PORTLAXR PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 13. Portland had a brief taste of win ter today when for a few minutes after 1 o'clock snow and hail fell. The storm was of short duration o recent orders Closing uuwu me oiuim " " ---- boxing shall not find reluge here. I and the snow melted as It fell. ' DALLAS. Or.. Dec. 13. J. A. ' Hainum, a prominent resident of the Unoer Luckiamute country. brought a large bobcat scalp to the county elerk this week for the bounty. Mr. Hannum is a veteran hunter and each year kills a num ber of cats. The bounty, togeth er with the hide of the animal netted him $1C. SHIP SWALLOWS EEL. PORTSMOUTH. N. II.. Dec. 13. The good ship. Alice Howard, swallowed an eel today and ferry service between Kittery. Me., and this city was stopped until her throat could cleared. All the marine doctors of the port were called into consultation before the trouble that kept her at pier was diagnosed as digestive and traced directly to the jinjector. There it wa found the pipes were clogged. Fires were drawn and search of the feed tank made with the result that a large eel was found coiled there. GENEVA. Dec. 15. The as sembly accomplished today the first important constructive act in the work of the league of nations in adopting a statute for a per manent international court of jus tice. The organization as planned (till lacks the obligatory appear ance of both parties to a dispute and provides no penalty for non compliance with the decisions of the court. The advocates, however, be lieve that it is the most complete plan that could be accepted by the different governments and are confident that the good will of the nations will remedy its defects. The plan will go now to the different states for ratification. If 22. or a majority of the league approve It before the next meeting of the assembly the judges will be elected and the court will come into existence la September. Adoption of the plan came af ter an oratorical duel with I.atin America on one side and Europo on the other, over the question as to whether the jurisdiction of the international court ought to h-j obligatory or voluntary. Raol Fernandez. Ilrazil; Dr. Carlos I'rueta. Colombia: Harmodio' Ari as. Panama: Aridities Aguenx. Cuba; Senor Rlanco. Uruguay and Senor Aramayo. I'.olivia. insisted With great force upon the tieeei fcity of obligatory juriidiction to make the court really effective. Some speakers made reference to the small majority In thecont Mittee. which had forced a larse minority to bend to its will. It was also declared that the big powers had used their greater in fluence to defeat the measure's most important features. The greater number of the 15 Fpeak ers were skeptical as to the value of optional jurisdiction as pro vided in the project. Leon Bourgeois. France: A. J. Ralfour. Eneland: Dr. Georce F. Hagerup. Norway and Giinepp Motta. Switzerland, defended the plan as the best that could b i ' r m ir-.iMii k. .! r. 1111 J four also made a defense of Eu rope against what he termed "a united attack." No country, he said, had been more strongly in favor of arbi tration than Great Rritain. SEATTLE. Wah.. IW. 13 Explosion of eoal gaa in the bun kers of the steamship Victoria, of the Alaska Sfeamhip company, here late today killed two tm-n and eri"ily injured thr othr. Th dad are: Rem rand F. Prince. 4S. b-ad stevedore. Seattle. William I-awm-ce. 40. nation man tn the Victoria. ner of a ranch at Rood River. tr. The injured: Albert Hanson. 47. chief offi -.-r of th Victoria. Seattle. George Mathe4-o. So. for man of earpenteraS'-atil. E. W. Raymtnd. 44. rhief port entineer. Seattle. Harm !aap IMI IY la Air The dead men were literally torn to pieces and the injured men 'were badly burned in th, sheet of flame accompanying th explosion, which, acrordirig to witnesses, shot 1" feet into the air. Chier Officer Hansen and Prince were in the hold of the vessel, which was tied at pier 2. inspecting cargo space. Hansen Prince found bis electric flash light inadequate and struck a match, which, he said, was the last thing he remembered. Hansen was blown thrcugh a port hole into the pier slip. Prince was blown high Into the air and fell back Into the sold of tha veesel. while Lawrence, the other dead man. was blown into the water alongside the ship. Open Hold Saves Ver City fireman who searched the hold of the vesel for ot bet "Vic tims declared it evident that the explosion was caused hy th. ig nition of coal gasea which had ac- sumulated in the hold. Iron Prince's match. The damage to the Victoria was negligible, ac cording to thise who Inspected the vessel shortly after the explosion. The fact that the hatch was enen probably savd the ve.l from destruction, they said. The Victoria arrived her last night from Comox. R. C. with more than 1. ) tons of coal in her bunkers. She was schednled to sail Friday for Southeastern Alaska points. She is art ircn vessel of 3.50f tons. She was for many years in the Cunard service Ixlwwn Tonnito ami lon don. and was purrha.-d in 101 by the North Pacific Stainih;p company for !emie) to the ri-nt. hehind any second of the Irih ro-ople In the !ir that Ireland ha uld enjoy ! bl-inirs of e" al pro-parity and wa prepart-d to tffcr facilities for complete diacuiuuoa. Sking the cooperation of the government to this end Father O'Flannagaa says: "In tb m-antlme. I ak thai you personally Join with me la aa apical to all parties concerned In this Mrnggle- to allow at this opportune lima of the year, the spirit i ( the tim of our civiliz ation to mitigate their anger to ward one another. I bat the de- ir for pace may have-root and grow in the hearts of two neigh boring nations that ourht to live in harmony and mataal belpfal- ne. FOUR BILLION TAX LEVY IS INADEQUATE Treasury Must -Meet $7,- 500.000,000 of War Debts Maturing WitHa Next Two Years and Half FLOATING LOANS ARE DANGEROUS TO BONDS Unanimity of Opinion Fa Tors Repeal of Excess Profits Tax BEET GROWERS DEMAND PROFIT Sugar Companies Hare Been Getting 60 to 70 Percent of Profits ZIXA PETERS IS Gl'lLTV CORVALLIS. Or.. Dec. 13. Mrs. Zina Peters, who was to have been placed on trial her to day, charged with the murder of Frank E. Seitz. a rreameryman. at Alsea. Or.. Julv 14 last, plead ed guilty in court to a xharg of manslaughter. Tht shooting of Seits was alleged by the prosecut ing officers to have resulted from a jealous quarrel. DENVER. Colo.. Dee. 11. Western leet growers want half of th siicar prlnrtin friu their beets or there will nt ! any I els'" next year. Thi was the decision today at the annul meeting ,f the Mountain Kia: Reet Gr wers' association The grt-wers deeid"d to do away with the sliding .scale ro IX sit ion and the minimum proe proposition after a lengthy fUht. The growers this year were guar anteed ,$12 with a pre portlonate increase based on the ,ealoard price of sugar. The present slump in th sugar market was re.sjionniblA for the. changed form cf contract. "What we want." sail Presid ent Cummin f Fort Collins, "is a cr n tract proposal we can stand back of with the threat of putt ing in nq beats unless the company accepts." Mr. dimming declared that if the growers insisted upon a $12 minimum, the suzar factories ould not operate if the price should go to six or seven cents a pound ami the grower wotld have no market. Other speaker declared the su gar companies have lieen getting 60 to 7' percent of the sugar output as their profits. Growers in each western fac tory district will appoint a com mittee t f five to present the new contracts to the factory.- The assoc.iaion voted to stand back ot the members in making the new contracts and enforcing them. FLAMES DEVOUR RAVAGED CITY Cork Lies Wasted by Terri ble Fire Which Destroyed Orer 300 Builclings CORK. Dec. 13. Ry the A soeiated Pre). Eye witnesses cf the burning ot Cork graphically relate how men. masked with scarfs, remrved lcot front . th fUr.ie-envf loped shops. Some had leather bags overflowing with plunder and additional plunder slang over their shoulders. It Is reported that a large n a ruber of the emplcyes of the destroyed es tablishments, anticipating their destruction. Insured their salaries with English companies. It Is said that looters removed from a jewelry ate re several large trophy cups which, being too heavy for them to carry off. were ; brown Into a biasing street car KtanoiL.g la a thoroughfare. Mm. Wren, the proprietress of Flannagan's hotel, said that at uine o'clock Saturday night she was ordered to clear her hotel or its guests, but that see re mained Inside the building. Short ly afterward the front door lock was blown away by a revolver ballet and a crowd of men. some in uniform, entered and Lroks bottles until she stood ankle deep In champagne, whiskey and beer. She was then permitted to leave the hotel with her four rhildren before the place was set on fire. More than three hundred build ings are said to barn been de stroyed in the fire which laid waste yesterday to a great part of thU city. . Mont of the fires have been extinguUhed. but there are occasional sporadic outbursts of flames. The police and military are hav ing the greatest difficulty ta keep ing the thousands of spectators from t h wrecked premises, the walls of which threaten to col lapse. St. Patrick street, one of the main thoroughfares ot Cork, pre sented the appearance of having been wrecked by an earthquake Looting has been general. out- side the fire tone the police seis ed a gang of birglars who were killing a woman. Th week end of terror and wild destruction thrcugh whirb Cork passed left In it train a ternMe welter of ruin. There hae been no freh outbreaks of shooting and the conflagrations mostly tu rn-i tnerueive out. but today the finest part of the iiy lay a mass of ruin. In St. Patrick street, solid blocks of busings premlvs. the most Im posing in Corkj have been wiped out. The ity engineer stated today that the destruction was on a sc too treat for him to make n immediate estimate of the nam er rt building destroyed. la other quarters it was said more than three hundred buildings had burned with the los of more than 3.oO. pounds Meriing. It wa a matter of wonder in Cork ti-day that no one appear to have perished In the flames. WAS 1 1 1 NGTON. Dee. 1 J. Concern of eoagretttaaal leaders as to ability of the treaasry to Bst the-S7.;o.0,aa of war debts maturing withia the ait two and a halt years was lad test ed by Chairman Fordaey ef the ways and meaaa com nit lee today both In the bouse aad at the open ing of hearing bf his roam lit- today both in the house and at the opening of hearings by his con mttte oa revlion of rev ess leg islation. . I'owr IUlliosi JieA Kafrirjewt Mr. Fordaey expressed doatt as to whether the estimate of a four bilbon aaaaal tai levy wosli be sufficient to meet the repair, meats of tb government over the period of maturing treasury eer liricstes sad victory notes. As a solatlon. be a'trora ted refuadlag Into long term bonds of lb certi ficate, now aggregating $3.3aOA fl,1'V00 a well a of the first is se of war savin r spmps an4 the victory note Usee. Adoption or sac a aolation, Mr. Fordney declared, probatly would enable a redaction of taxts oeiow Secretary Houston's ti- tnate of foar billion dollars. It a!o. he said, would penult a tat levy fcr several years safficiest only to cover current fiscal seeds of the government aad latereit on the public debt aad slaking fsnd operations. Afaas HUaxre Xk'Uh FVsrdjeey JDiw first witness before the potamlttee disagreed with Mr. Fordrey. la reply to quest oat by Representative Lougwortn. Republican. Ohio. Thomas K. Adams, treasury tax eipert and economist, said tha program f the treasury appeared to provide sufficient revenues to take ear of the maturing obligations except the savings stamps which woald be paid for through the Bale of other Issues of such stamps ss each yearly Issue falls due. lis added, however, that tha treasury estimates for taxation cos id stand no redaction If the program were to be carried through aad the maturing obligations met. Polities entered Into the discus, sions of the methods to be sued in paylag off the war debt wba be com mitt; reached the sub ject later. Representative Csr ner. Democrat. Texas, vigorouily opposed the Fordaey suggestion, saying It meant that the govern ment was "breaking faith with the people whom it had sua a red that it wonld take up ttr floating debt to make the liberty bonds re tain their proper level of marktt value- To float another loaa. Mr. Garner aserrd. would ma terially weaken the quotation of the liberty bond prices. Faith Matt IV Kept "When we passed those, loan bills and tax measures, we told the people certain things. Mr. Garner continued. -We surely can not go bark on those assurance. It would be breaking faith with the reope. "Well.- Mr. Fordner countered, "these things were the work ot the Democratic admlniftratloa. That floating debt was the prod net of the Democratic administra tion. Rot. Inasmuch as w have it. It has now become an obliga tion of the Republican party and I mean to do all I ran to get rfl cf it without burdening our peo ple with tatatlon.- DIscuMion of actual tax revis ion questions by the committee de- veloned an almost unanimity ef opinion among Its members with rteet to repeal of the excess profits tax. Representative Adam, speakiifg for the treasury, concurred on this point, but warned the committee that con. grei should kep In mind diffi culties attendant upon rollectloa of a sale tax. SENTENCE 1 IIIOSKI PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 12 Sentence of two years at McNeil's lslanl prison was today im posed la federal court on Fred Peter son, convicted recently with An- gello 11. Ho! of buying and sell ing altered war savings stamps Peterson Is already serving one year in the county Jail oa a charge of having the stamps In his pos session. Sentence of Rosa! wai postponed at request of his attor. ney. who asked ten days to file motion for new trial. Four Children Burned to Death When Rescue Fells WINNER S. !.. Iee. 13. Fear children rsnrine In are from 1 te vears rre birred to death near here tody. Ther were the chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. John Vhs man. both of whom were eo badly burned It I not beliered they will recover. It I theught thai Mrs. Schu man used k ermine in starting the f're In the rook store. An explo sion recurred a-1 Mr fVhnen e-a euvetored in bumlnr M. Tha 'lttblnr wss nearly burned from -e bvie. vr Sefcumann heard -r scream snd rosbed to her as Utanee. The bulging wss a ms of flame b?foe neighbor! could rescue tha children. -! a r