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fim OREHON STATESMAN, SALEM; OuEflON FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1D20 i ; Thousands PdyHomqge i: To Soldier: of Fortune NEW - YORK. iDec 30: Thou sands of men aifd "women paid homage to. ''Mqnk' Eastman, murdered gangster-soldier, at' his - funeral in Brooklyn today. Remindful thatj his record as a leader in the east side's gang conflicts had in part, been cleansed by his heroic betiavior in-the world war. the - client throngs gathered about an undertaker's chapel where his body lay and , listened to recitals oC thebest in N his life. Eastman's citizenship, forfeited by his conviction of . crime years ago, was restored by Governor Smith upon, his return irorn France. . r The funeral rites were simple. His. soldier comrades of the 27th division were there to honor him as one 'regenerated" In the war. jf hey escorted the body .to the - emetery to the sound. of muffled J drums, where last honors were . paid by a firing squad at the' grave and a bugler's notes of taps." ; The "Monk." whose real nama was William Delaney, was bur ied in the uniform of a soldier of Company G. 106th infantry, with a victory medal over his heart and two wound stripes on his ' right sleeve.. An" American flag was draped over the casket. Two of Eastman's "buddies" ar ranged his funeral. His platoon lieutenant attended it with seve- v ral squads of former comrades. Friends and foes in the old gang feuds which shocked, New York 10 and 20 years ago were there. with police detectives watching silently. The dead man's war. record was i commended, the singular chron I icle of one of society's outcasts v "come back", under the driving intensity of war fervor and earnest patriotism. - i ?K3MGS THAT- NEVER HAFPBK 1 f PnEWJITIONALCUITOOWCaicr. TVp Lawy ferred for recommendation, had advised favorabl action. Senators, and representatives from the western states are par ticularly desirous of having the bill signed before tomorrow mid night for at that time the six months period during which min ers must do annual assessment er vs. Politician A J " r .1 work to the value of $100 on Arraigned m LCUrt their claim expires. : ThB bill ; BUTTE. Mont.. Dee. 30. De fay Stivers, counsel of the Ana conda Mining company, implicat ed in an exchange of. blows on a downtown street corner yesterday with V. K. Wheeler, defeated Democratic candidate ' for gover nor of Montana, was arraigned in police court today. The charge of disturbance on which he was booked was dismissed. Stivers is alleged to have struck Wheeler Tor remarks the latter is said to have made about him during the recent campaign. Wheeler will be arraigned tomorrow on a. sim ilar charge. would extend the period and pre vent claim jumpers from taking charge of claims on which the work has not been done." Say President Will " - Sigh Mining Bill WASHINGTON. Dec. ' 30. No announcement had como from the White House tonight as to action , nj 4 icsiucm wuson on me mine assessment bill, but western sen ators voiced the., expectation; djiit; ing brief discussion accorded tire measure on the senate floor .that the executive would approve the bill not later than tomorrow. The expectations of the -west ern senators seemed to those in tersted in the 'measure to - be strengthened by the understand ing that both Secretary Payne and Assistant Secretary : Vogel sang of the interior department. to whom the measure was High Water Cripples Roseburg Light Plant ;w ' - - ' ' - ?' ROSEBURG. One., Dec. 30. The water powers plant of the Douglas county light and water power company was put out of commission today due to extreme ly high waters of J.he north Um pqua river, and the company was compelled toresort to steam pow er to supply light and power to this city. The rains ' of the past few days have melted the deep snows in 'the? mountains; causing a great -volume or water m tne rivers and streams. The- power company has asked the city and heavy consumers to curtail use of light and power, warning them that, otherwise the city wlllbe in darkness until the water recedes. said today in a cablegram to the American, organization. Th message was in reply to an inquiry which referred to the British or ganization an appeal at Lord-Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork for as sistance. ' e - "The Irish joint committee of the' Red Cross and St. Johns am bulance reports that all neces sary arrangements for relief work inf Cork hare been made after Interviews with the corporation. the message said, "and the Ro man Catholic and Protestant bishops and other leading citi zens. -No 'need for assistance. kindly offered by the American Red Cross." mef for Victims of r V Cork, Ireland, Fire WASHINGTON.- Dec. 30. All necessary r , arrangements . have been made for relief work in be half of the i victims t the recent great- fire in" Cork, Ireland and no assistance from the:" American Red Cross is needed, Sir Arthur re- Stanley of the British. Red Cross DEPLORE TOBACCO ADS. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 0. The Utah education asso ciation, .which closed a three days' convention here today went on record as "deploring the na ture and extent of public adver tising of tobacco and cigarettes The association also adopted resolution supporting the Smith- Towner bill for. a federal depart ment of education. BOYS ADMIT "FRAME-UP" Big Teams Ready or, Hew Year Day Game PASADENA. Cal., Dec. 30. The Ohio State eleven is in con dition to "go 60 minutes at top speed." New Year's day in its game with the University of Cali fornia, Dr. John, Wilce,. head coach, declared tonight. Coach Andy Smith of California content ed himself with saving1 bis men were "fit."f " .1 . V ' . If A . ioin teams nau lue uuni kind of practice today and will rest most of tomorrow, the coach es paid. Frank Williams, Ohio fullback. who has had a troublesome knee. will be in eood shape for the cam Dr. Wilce declared. Blair, Ohio halfback, and Cott, substi tute, have caused some apprehen sion by turning their ankles but Blair, it was declared, will able lo start th? game and cott win be ready to go in whenever needed. The Califoroians came through the practice period xrlthont injury. Legislative Committee is Appointed by Grange A legislative committee was appointed to act during the com ing session of the. legislature, at a meeting of the North Howell Grange No. 274. held at Us hall at North Howell. Wedaesday. Many cf the Grange Lodges have gone on record as opposing an increase of salaries for county and state officials and this will be one of the issues to be given snc"ial consideration. S. H. Van Trump. Royce Allen and Ellis Stevens comprise the committee. The meeting Wednesday wai a special session ( called for the el ection of officers lor tne ensuing year. Jessie M. Allen was elect ed worthy master, Ernst C. Wie ner, worthy overseer; Lena Wks- ner. lecturer: J. E. Waltman. ste ward; Ellis Stevens, secretary and treasurer: B. WIesner, chaplin: W. J. Jefferson, gatekeeper; Maud Beer. Ceres: Walraa Cline, Pam- ona: Jessie C. Van Trump, Flora; Lnlu. C WIesner lady assistant steward.. ton director's office in New York. There has been no evidence, how ever, -that . any of the bribes of fered here were accepted, it was said. Pappano, who conducts a fenc ing school here, was released to day on $10,000 bond . following his arraignment. . Department Store 4 Employe Gets 5 Years PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 30. C. Betzcl, former floorwalker for a department store here, arrested several months ago on a charg of aiding in the stealing of about $500 worth of goods from the store, was sentenced to fire years in the penitentiary today by Pie- siding Circuit Judge Tazwell and paroled to Sheriff Hurlbart. A wife, a 3-weeks-oId baby and an aged mother, all dependent upon Betzel for support were the rea sons for the judge's action, he said. D'Annunzio Reported in Venice or Paris ROME, Dec. 30. The Giornale D'ltalia reports that D'Annunzio has left' Fiume In an airplane. going first to Venice and later to Paris. D'Annunzio's destination ' is unknown, but the speculation In cludes Ireland, for which ho tad always expressed sympathy. An airplane has beeji flying over Flume territory and in the district between Zara and Trieste scattering papers declaring Italy la unworthy the sacrifice of D'Annunzio's life in her behalf. ; LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30. Aub rey Culley, 19-yeaf-old bank mes senger, who on December 22 re ported he was . robbed on the street of a handbag containing $6,500 in -currency and $74,000 in non-negotiable checks, today confessed the robbery was "fram ed, according to an announce ment tonight by the police. Charles F. Wright,, 17, Who, Cul ley was declared to have said, took -the handbag, was arrested as well as Culley; and, the police declared, also made a confession. Attempt to Bribe Revenue Ollicers Use Statesman Classified Ads ' "WASHINGTON, Ded. '30. of ficials and employes of the intet rial ravorH hiiran here hate ben offered bribes up to $5f,- 000 to assist in evasion of tfre Volstaad prohibition enforcement act through Issuance or raise ip aaor withdrawal permits, local prohibition agents aeciarea p night. The statement -was made in discussing the -arrest here yes terday of Antonio" - -Pappano. charged with: bribing one of the emploves of the federal prohlal- Railroad Controversy Hearing January 14 PORTLAND. Ore., Dec 30. Hearing by the Interstate Com merce Commission of Issues Invol ved in the union station terminal controversy here will be .held in Portland January 14, according to telegram received today by City Attorney W. P. La' Roche from Chairman Clyde Aitchlson of the commission. The order of the terminal company barring the Great Northern and Spokane, Portland and Seattle roads from use of the union station was sus pended this week pending the hearing.' Seeks Help to Learn , His Own Name SACRAMENTO. Cal., Dec. 30. Chales Harbough, vice-president of a produce company at 238 Davis street. San Francisco, walk ed Into the police station here to day and asked for help in deter mining his identity. He did not know his name. Uuon examination of hjs cloth ing, a tag was found la a pocket In bis trousers which read "C. O. Harbough, March 1919, San Fran Cisco." It was several hours before be was able to get any meaning from the tag. At last be wrote "Charles Harbongb." He has been missing fronv bis home In San Francisco since De c ember 14. He told the officers that be realized that something was wrong yesterday when he found that be was washing dish? in a construction camp at bunoi Ho knew that dishwashing was not his regular occupation, bnt he did not know who he was. lie came to Sacramento last evening. Members of his. family f Pan Francisco are expected here to morrow. ' capital, bat not Including land values for purposes other thzn the extraction cf minerals. The re gulations cover in detail the vari ous factors to be taken into ac count in ascertaining the amount to bo deducted fur depletion or depreciation. COXGUESSMK?; VISIT CAXAL NEW YORK. Dec 30. Repre sentatives Reed or New York, Chrlstopberson of South Dakeia. Parrl nf Ulihlin n .i PiiaM r Alabama returned today , from President Vetoes Railrocd ' lleazure ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Rail road s of the country after tomor row will be prohibited from buy in: equipment from companies tn which they cr their orGcers are interested, as the resale of the veto today by President Wilson cl ,a till to delay further th op eration of such a prohibitory pro--j'ion in the Clayton antl-truat act. The latt of three separate Panama where they Inspected th. !TTear '""J010" f canal zone. They said that when h'hltory auction expires tomorrow i imams a.. The president, in announcing tis veto through a message to the -natR. declared the railroads had bi-en (hr?a. serenJ eatentlons of defenses now being installed are completed the canal will be lb pregnable from land, sea and air. UKIUIAXV DELIVERS Ml IPI1AG HIGH WATER AT PORTLAND! PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 30. A point close to the flood stage of 15 feet probably wlll .be reached by the Willamette river by Satur day, according to Edward Wells, weather forecaster. He predicts a height of 14 feet tomorrow and 14 1-2 on Saturday. . The flood stage will not be reached, however, unless unusu ally, heavy- rain falls within the next two days, according to Mr. Wells. The rise Is" due, he says, to snow melting under the Influence of the warm wave that has ex tended over the mountain region and to the excessive rainfall of the. past week or so. Oregon Newspaper Man 1 Bays Calif orniafaper SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Dec. 30. The Evening Index, owned by W. S. Conger, superintendent of the state capitol building and grounds at Sacramento, was to day purchased by Clarence Hed ges, recently owner of the Chron icle at The Dalles, Ore., and for merly a publisher of Central Cal ifornia newspapers. ;,- ' Ainnj 1 rTZz. ' are '1 - i- 1 - 1 M - - I ;.?"'::;: , If JU- fM?' tit-Hut W -r 3 t - ,-. 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The Retail Value Is $1.50 For A Household Necessity, and all you have to do to get one of these attractive, ser viceable and time-saving gar ments is to ' get us two new Daily Subscribers for three months, or one new subscriber for 12 months. 50c a month by mail in Marion and Polk counties. 60c a month outside of these counties. 65c a month by cify carrier. I mi mm 'A A I 1: -i! p - J '-jw J st -i, ( - j . t "' I r'SESiiii 1 ,..,.. j,,, ...... . ..... i.' - . . v Mil ' ' .J6W ii . Will Attempt 2,079 . Mile Airplane Flight DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. 30. Lieutenant Alexander Pearson of the twelfth aero squadron here. winner of last year's trans-conti nental air race, today received official authority to attempt a flight from Jacksonville, Fla.. to Sau Diego. Cal., In 24 hours or less. It will be the first attempt at a transcontinental speed rec ord. Lleutenaut Pearson also "was authorized to rebuild a De ITrvI land plane, now at the Douglas field, for the flight, and he will commence the remodeling work Monday. Pearson is to hop off at Jacksonville on February 22, and will try to make the trip la tlify laps. The total distance Is 2.079 miles. The first hop of 804 miles will be made to Ellington field. Houston. Tex.: the second to El Paso. Tex., 660 miles,, and the third to Rockwell field, San Diego, 615 miles. Pearson will fly the machine from here to Jacksonville, leaving about February 5, he Raid tonight. Northwest Shippers riant Lower Freight Oregon Statesman ; Salem, Oregon ' ' Enclosed please find L ..... Name.. for which' send the Daily Oregon Statesman to ; . Address.- for. ......months at your regular subscription price in according to rates above and please send The Prim-Lady Rubberized Apron to Name , " : - "y , ' ' i Address. Cornell Team Beaten by Oxford-Cambridge LONDON. Dec. 30. The com bined cross country team of Ox ford and Cambridge Universities today defeated tbe-Cornell Univer sity runners in a race over the 7H-mlIe Rocbampton course, but only by a scant margin of three points. The score was Oxford-Cambridge 26; Cornell 29. N. A. Mclnnis of Oxford led the runners over the finish line in the good time-of 42 minutes 9 4-5 seconds, with - Charles C. Cotter. Cornell. 100 yards behind hi in, and Thomas C. McDerraott, Cor nell, in third position. F. A. Mon tague, the crack Oxford harrier, was fourth and the other runners finished In the following order: W. T. March. Cambridge; V. P. Brown. Cornell; W. R. Seagrove, Cambridge; R. F. Brown. Cornell. W. A. Graves. Oxford and Howard V. Ronsall. Cornell. The closeness of the content may be judged by the fact, although the course was heavy because of the rain yestenlay, the last man to finish was only two minutes and 2-5 seconds behind Mclnnis. "All the Americans finished fcrrong. Montague, who ran with an injured foot, was the only man who collapsed at the finish. Mon tague finished In fourth place, ahead of Marsh, his Cambridge rival. For the first two miles of the run, all the men were bunched. Then Seagrove, Mclnnis. Carter, Montague and McDermott' be can jockeyng for the lead. When Mc lnnis drew away. Carter went af ter him and they set a fast pace to the finish. At the wo miles it seemed an American victory, but after the nrst water jump, followed by plowed fields. James II . Dicken son, captain of Cornell, weakened, evidently as a result of his recent illness and CorneU's expected per fect packing of the team for the finish was Impossible. Coming into Wimbledon com mon for the mile and half rinlsh. with Mclnnis and Carter loading the race and with third place bo ng fought for by McDerraott. Mon tague and Marsh, respectrely. of Cornell. Oxford. and Cambridge, exciting sport was furnished the several thousands of spectators who lined the route. McDermott at the mile sprinted, leavinr the Englishman behind him. and fin ished 100 yards ahead of them and 50 yards behind Carter. The other runners were trailing, Amer ican and Englishmen alternating tor half .a mile. The reat of sportsmanship was displayed, the Americans and Ene IHhmen belmr. cheered impartially as they ran to the tape. A novelty of the day for the Ithicans was the climbing to the le of the old barn at Kings Head Inn." RoehaniHon. and dressing for the race In quarters established there 53 years ago when the firs Roehampton run was staged "and which has since been used by rhe English varsity men in preparation for their annual competition. PARIS. Dec. 30. Germany has delivered a total ot IV. 43 tons of river shipping to the al lies under tin terms of the treaty of Wrsal'les, the reparations com mission announced today. This constitutes one-fourth of the ag gregate tonnage which Germany moit hand or?r to the repara tions commission for distribution among the various allied powers, the treaty providing that she must give up 20 per cent of the total river tonnage she bad on the dat- of the armistice. Fisherman Drowned Near Scene cf Illegal Fishing PORTLAND. Dec 30. The rtate fiih and game commission today cancelled its rase against Fred Roesler of Newport, arrested October 8 for salmon trolling la Yaquina bay without a license, and the reason therefore was th tragic death or the fisherman, drowned In the same waters whn his boat capsized Christmas day. "The case which has been pending against him Is conse quently disposed of." runs th re port of Deputy Game Warden Emery of the Newport district. WHEAT TRICK RILL time to prepare for obrvaaee of t!.e law and that no adeqaate reasons h4 ben, presented for farther pestpcaemeat of Its op eration. . , Sugar Board Drops Big Lump in Treasury WASHINGTON. Dee. 2t Th federal sugar equalization board in the process of liquidation has turned $30,000,009 Into the treasury. Gwga A. Zabrlskl. ita chairman, wrt te today to Hnator Mr Nary. RepoHk-ao of Oregnn. chairman of the senate committee whkh lavwtlgatM the sugar sit uation at the last teuton of congress. ADMIRAL nilJJXC DEAD WAS 1 1 1 NGTON. Ifc?e. 20. Farmer would be guaranteed a minimum price of S3. 20 a bnsbel tor wheat until July 1. under a bill Introduced today by Repre sentative Sinclair. Republican OI North Dakota. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec Rear Admiral Lather C. L.lUati. U..S. N.. retired, died today st hlj home here. He vm It years olJ. Rear Admiral Hillings was torn la New Tork State in 1142. ll was appointed acting paymaster on the U. 8. S. Water Wltrh when 2 years old. aad took part la na merocs naval engagements dsriaj; the Civil War. in the last of which he was captured by Confederates who boarded the steamer, and takn wounded to a hofp.uj. af ter which he was coaflaed la Db by prison. He was exchanged be fore the clone of the war. Read the Classified AcV Sebastopol MINISTER OK JUSTICE KWrr. COPENHAGEN. Per. !. V. rerevelieff, former Rnailaa m!a lter of Jiittk-e ia Prince Lvoffs cabinet la 1917. la reported to , have beem shot by Ilotahevikl at MIMMmHMMIIIMMMIHIMIMIHiHIMmM BOISE. Idaho. Doc. 30. Final plans for a meeting in Uoise Jan uary 10 of carriers and shippers from Idaho. On gon. Wasbngton. Utah, Nevada and Montana, when demands for a reduced rate on east bound wool, apples. Drones. potatoes, lumber and sheep will be mauc, were formulated at a meet ing today of the Boise Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau.' Ship pers from every section of the six states havpj already announced their intenfoi of sending reme- sentatives. Reading Advertisements has helped to make this a united country::::::: 5 X Wealthy Men Drugged and Robbed by Woman SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. Vivian McDonald. 25 years old. was arrested today at a hotel on a burglary charge. The police charged that she Induced men of means to accompany her to a ho tel, furnished them with drugged drinks and robbed them. IJpr husband also was arrested. " Russian Girl Stowaway Will Wed at Seattle SEATTLE. Dec. 30. Eva Georgianla Prints. Russian Rlrl who came to Seattle as a stowa way on the steamship Cross Kfs on November 2 and was ordered deportM. Is to be allowed to re main in the United States and Lloyd D. Jacot. her fiance. Is "tveding northward from San Fmnci.seo for thoj weddlnc, ac cording to announcement by local Immigration officials. Today the state department wired local of ficials that Miss Print wonld be permitted to remain under a bond of 500 that she would not be come a public charge. The bond has 'been arranged it was a'.ated. Prof. Haskins on Treaty of Peace PHILADELPHIA. Dec. SO. A treaty of peace between the allied lnw-rn and Germany was oIM. only through the fundamental agreement of t;reat Britain. France and the United States and it can be maintained only by con tinued ro-npcrati'in amonc thoe power, declared Charles II. kins, professor or hiMory at Har vard university, at a meeting f ihe Philadelphia Putlic Ledger forum on the peace conference. Professor Haskins is chief of the division of western Europe, Am erican coramiMsion to negotiate peace. Pointing out the progress made by the world rlnce the concrete of Vienna in 1S15. he declared that a "peace of the older kind no longer accorded with the moral sense of mankind." and that the most decisive element in the ad vance had been furnished through the "United State, both through it? military aid in the war and through its insistence on a peace or Justice as the best preventiv of war. Deducting Net Income for Depleted Mines WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Reg. ulatlons covering deductions from net income permitted taxpayers for depletion of mine, nil and gas wells and for depreciation of! improvements were? iMucd llay by the bureau of Internal revenue. Owners of mineral deposits un der the regulations are to seen re. through an aggregate of 10 deple tion deductions the retain of cither capital invested In the pro perty or the value of the property on the basic date, plus allowable Jim Hawkins props bis feet on iKe rose festooned porch railing in ac Oregon suburb and reads the sane motor car adYertlsement that Cousin Peter is studying as he rides home from work in the Nrvr York subway. In Arizona yon can buy the same tooth paste and tobacco that are used by the folks in Maine. California fruit growers adTcrtise their oranges and lemons to the peo ple of the EasL New Hampshire factories make ice cream freezers for Texas households. There can be no division in a coun try so bound together by taste, habit and custom. You can meet up with anybody in the United States and quickly get on a conversational fooling because you both read the same adrerlisc ments. Adrertising is the daily guide to what's good to buy. Advertisements gire you the latest news from the front line of business progress. Reading advertisements enables you to get more for your money because they tell you where, what and when to buy. And it is a well-known fact ,that advertised goods are more reliable and better value than the cnad vcrtiscd kinds. . x s t t X X I