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4 : ! " A ? Jr . -r BMmmm. The leather i OREGON TWELVEP A G E S TO DAY Ju8t"seventeenmore"shopplng"days until Christ mas. You will find many suggestions in this Issue of the Statesman that will help you choose appropriate gifts. Read the ads. Rain with' moderate southwesterly winds. .Thursday's Report Max. 52; Mln. 41; River 5.8 rising;: Rainfall 1.26; Atmosphere Cloudy; Wind south. V i t SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1924 PRICE FIVE CEirT3 4 i .V; r t - . k i i V: i- 4 A V . it V 4 A i. i' i lOfl CITY PLUG LI BE1G SOUGHT Special Committee Appoint r ed to . Investigate Condi i tions and to . Draw Up BEST WORK IMPOSSIBLE k UNDER PRESENT SYSTEM Plumbers Admit Quality Not What It Should Be But Say Are Helples3 " ' A committee composed by three members of;, the city council and six member, from the plumbers of Salem was appointed last night by Mayor John B. Giesy to formu late plans for the enactment of an uniform city ordinance for plumb ing. At present time there is no machinery by which the plumbing of Salem is properly Inspected and handled. The purpose of the com mittee will be to investigate thor oughly thepresent situation and to draw up the necessary ordin ance. !-'... ' : I .Aldermen Dancy, Van Patten, and Simeral were appointed to re present the interests of the city and Ed Pratt, Joe Bernardy and A,1 C. Nelson for the Master plumb ers and Fred belay, E. S. Patton, and Charles Humphrey are to ap pear for the journeyman plumb- ers. .' ' The meeting is called for Mon day night at 7:30 o'clock and id to be held at the city hall. ! f Want Qualified Men I Representatives from the local plumbers association and the Journeyman , plumbers of Salem; and members from the ways and means, police, and the plumbing committees met at the city hall to consider the matter. , After two hoars deliberation the committee was appointed. . " --s.:-...-'' " The plumbers want a qualified man to fill the office of plumbing inspector in Salem, and one who Is qualified to Judge the work which, they hare performed. At the present time the city has an inspector who takes care of the plumbing , and sanitation. There is, however, too much work for one man to do and the plumbers are demanding that the office of Inspector of plumbing be appoint-j ed. - - ', . i . ., ..,;.:. 'i According, to , the state law 'an officer is required where there is, a hoard of plumbers in an Incor-t porated city of over 4000 popula tion. j Work Sot Satisfactory j "According to their own word the plumbers of Salem are not giving the best service that is pos-t sible,. They claim that the "curb-' stoners" who come into Salem are causing them to fall down on the quality of work that is given to the citizens. JChey claim that their work has fallen down because of the competition of outside men; It becomes necessary that they re duce the .quality of their work tq compete with the curbstone work men. ; Salem citizens have, there fore, "suffered because there has been Inadequate . inspection of plumbing. 'At the present time a state license la required to do plumbing' in the city, and no other means of checking np on the work performed by the plumbers is in effect. K . ; j. I. J. Simeral, who has been on leave from the city council during the past three weeks, was brought to the meeting at the request of the council members. Simeral is not able to be on his feet very long at a time, and it will be two or three fweks before be can come down town. mUOADS FiGlIT REDUCED RATES Action Taken Against Low ering' of Express Rates; by Government Board ij ; ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. 4. (By the AP.) Fifty-three railroads launched a fight against a re duction in express rates author ized under, an order of the inter state commerce commission May 17 to become effective January;! In a suit filed In United States district court ' here today against the-, federal government and the American Railway Express company.- The case attacks the, valid ity of the interstate commerce commission's" order of May 17, and asks that that part .of it which requires reductions In class ex press rates In zones 2, 3, 4, and 5, be adjudged illegal. ' i The railroads ask that enforce ment of the order be temporarily enjoined pending the suit,, and that a permanent injnnction be issued thereafter. Forty-eight pace complaint in "the action was, fil l by W.-S. Scandrett. solicitor f?r tl," Orrat Northern railway in Naval Affairs Target Of New Investigation; Results WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Inves tigation by the senate naval af fairs committee to determine the availability of naval yards and per sonnel for future naval construc tion and repair work Is proposed In a resolution introduced today by Senator Jones, democrat. New Mexico, for Senator King, demo crat, Utah, who was absent. ' The resolution stated that the government had expended more than $150,000,000 In the last 10 years for submarine construction. but that of 1924 under water craft delivered : within that time none of approximately 100 built by pri vate shipbuilders "have proved satisf actory." i r S 'Asserting that the government is not obtaining proper and ade quate results"' from, its expendi tures for naval construction, the resolution named the Lake Sub marine company of Bridgeport and the Submarine Boat company of New London, Conn., as having taken "millions of dollars of prof it" on the submarines which have LICENSE FEES RECORD GAINS Total of 193,000 Motor Vehicles Expected Before Books Close This Month Receipts from licenses issued this year show an increase of $684,305 over the amount of business transacted by the state automobile department In 1923. Total registration up to and in cluding November 30 was 191,- 450 passenger and commercial vehicles; 2756 motorcycles; 600 dealers; 14,566 chauffeurs, and 47,156 operators. The total re venue derived; from these was $4,753,915. ; i Fees from registration of 230S motor . cars, in. . November -totaledl z l.o .&, watch is slightly un der that for the same month a year ago. Based upon the regis tration for December last year, it la estimated that the total regis tration this year will be 193.000 vehicles. i During the year a total of 74.- 143 .visitors permits were issued to foreign or out of state automo biles. Of this number 39,939, or nearly 50 per cent, were from California, and 17.119 from Wash ington. The registration station at Ashland checked the greatest number, having a tally of 18,052. Other states in order of registra tions are Idaho, 3597; Canada, 1048; Colorado, 1004; Montana, 989; Illinois. 825; Michigan. Min nesota, Ohio, ! Oklahoma, Texas. itan and Arizona all have around 500 each. Every state In the union was represented, besides machines from Alaska, British Columbia and Hawaii. CHRISMS CHEER Statesman Christmas Fund Increased $5 More Today; Fam'ly Reported , Here is a familv that nrnhohtJ " uwpea oy tne statesman Christmas fund. It is for just gttcn lamuies.iwno will not have a Christmas unless it is given them from that the fund is intended. Of course the committee win nTti. gate and see if the family is really ueeay ana u tneir report is favor able, which it no dnuht wfll ha help will be given. Read this let ter: Editor Statesman: As you are raising a Christmas fund wish to inform you about a family that lives at such and such a number on such street. Thora are four small children who will nave no Christmas' cheer unless some outside assistant e them as their father hardly earns v.uwub -u iuiuuu luuq xor tne family. There are two girls and two boys whose area are from about 4 to 12. A Friend The Royal Neighbors of Ameri ca added five dollars to the list today, bringing the total amount of the fund up to $30. The contributions to date are: D. A. White .U. ........ .$ 5.00 Henry Jaquet . .1 ....... . 5.00 I. L. Me Adams .......... 1.00 Edis Belle Matheson ..... .200 Ida Mary Matheson ...... 2.00 Daniel J. Fry ........... 5.00 Francis Rollow 5.00 Royal Neighbors of America 5.00 :. Total ...i.... $30.00 AIR SERVICE STOPS RENO, Nev.. Dec. , 4.--Heavy storms over the Sierra-Nevada mountains prevented the usOal air mail flights between Reno and San Francisco today. Mail planes for the east from Reno went out cn schedule-! tim, TOBEGIHII Not Obtained failed "to meet the requirements of the government." A recent sale of more than 300,- 000 tons of steel brought the navy the mere nominal price of about $5 per ton, was cited with the statement that this amount "would have been adequate for the con-. struCtion of the new cruiser fleet and four modern airplane carriers to complete our quota," and the Washington arms treaty. SUBSCRIPTION'S OPEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. -Sub scriptions to the new treasury long term bond issue X $200,000,000 opened yesterday exceeded a half billion, dollars today and Acting Secretary Winston announced that the offering for further cash sale will be withdrawn at the close of business tonight. 1 . . ; ; , , ' NOMINATION CONFIRMED ; WASHINGTON. Dec, 4. r The nomination of Howard M. j Gore to be secretary of agriculture was confirmed today by the senate. GET 40.000 San Francisco Bandits Es cape in Mad Dash Through Crowded Streets SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec 4. Police Were combing; the city for trace of four robbers who today held up two messengers on the Pacific Gas, & Electric company in front of-the company's offices and escaped with more than $40, 000 In currency and bonds. In their flight the robbers dropped a package - containing $23,000 in bonds,' but escaped with $17,000 in currency. As the messengers stemed Xrom the office in the downtown section, the - robbers raehed- lrw' acarby -doorway and covered them with pistols. One struck W. A. Johnson, one of the messengers, on the head, felling him and the other seized the satchels containing the money. While two of the men covered the mesnencers. and a chauffeur wait ing to carry the money to a bank. the other two dasnea : across ine street., through courts and pas sageway and np an alley where a car was waiting. t j v The citizens who attempted to follow the robbers were fired upon. Speeding through the busi ness section. th men abandoned the car after a few blocks and ef fected a getaway On foot, t ? t CODLIDGE SPEAKS TO STOCK RAISERS Government Will Do Every thing Possible to Encour age Cattle Industry : CHICAGO. Dec. 4. Wiser pro duction, more efficient marketing and more Intelligent utilization of meat products were laid as a foun dation of which livestock Industry might he raised from depression by President Coolidge in an ad dress tonight at the international livestock exposition, i T Advancing these suggestions aft er he had detailed what the gov ernment had. done and had pro posed to do for the livestock men and the farmers of the country, Mr. Coolidge declared he desired from the forum provided by the livestock exposition to make a pledge and to issue an appeal to the farmers of the nation. My pledge is that your gov ernment will do everything pos sible and proper for a government to do, to encourage and direct your strivings toward the goal of pros perity, stability and security," he said. v. My appeal is that farmers everywhere shall find ways in which to organize and themselves together in to employ effectively every means of improvement that has been placed at their disposal." COROilER'S REPORT DECLARES SUICIDE Formal Official Statement Says Mrs. Addie Sheats- ' ley Died by Own Hand i COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec.' 4. Mrs. Addie Sheatstey, wife of the Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ Evangelical Lutheran church at Bexley, whose body was found in the furnace , of the Sheatsley home, committed sui cide. Coroner J. A.- Murphy held in his formal report of the tra gedy, filed with the county clerk of courts today. FOUR ROBBERS SIX AHE DEAD IP! C I: TRAINS CRASH Seven More May Die; Forty Injured When interurban Electric Is Crumpled by Following Train SLIPPERY TRACKS SAID TO HAVE CAUSED WRECK Passengers Mangled When . Rear Car Buckles and Leaves Rails OAKLAND. Cal., Dec. A. A Sacramento short line train crash ed into a Key route train near the Key route pier here In a rear end collision today, killing six per sons and injuring 40 others so badly that seven may die.- i A score of less severely hurt were able to continue to their work in San Francisco, or return ed to their homes on the east side of the bay. Halted by a semaphore signal one mile from Oakland pier where lis passepgers were to take a ferry boat for San Francisco, an interurban electric train from Oak land was run into toy a following train from Sacramento. A light rain that was falling may have. been the cause ; of the wreck, for -trainmen could offer no other explanation than slippery tracks as a reason for the Sacra mento train rushing through two blocks .of tracks in which sema phore signals were presumably set to stop )L Probably with airbrake locked .wheels, they said, the Sac ramento train slid into the local, crumpling half of its rear car, in which most of the casualties oc curred. The first car of the Sac ramento train was hurled upon the trucks of the local car and was not so .badly wrecked., Buckling Mip 4he rear-end local car-It nran gled so badly some of those killed that - identification was difficult; others it maimed so terribly that their death is expected with hours. f - Statement Issued, Responsibility for the crash was definitely placed by W. R. Alberg- er, superintendent of the Key route system, on the crew of the Sacramento train, in a statement issued this afternoon. The Sacra mento train passed block signals ordering it to stop, Alberger said. V. C. Brubaker. engineer of tb Sacramento train, stuck to his post and was Injured, probably fatally. List of Dead 1 The dead are Cyrus C. O'Lough- lin, manager of the Spencer Lens company.. San Francisco; C. M. Doty, chief cashier of Schwabacher & Co., brokers of San Francisco;. Frederick J. Gibson, mechanic at Goat Island lighthouse; Frank B. Hoppe, Oakland, an engineer of the Key route who- was a1 passen ger on the Ideal train; Miss Lillian Johnson, Oakland, employe of the United Grocery company, San Francisco; Airs. Eva Roberts, Oak land. According to railroad officials the semaphore signals were work ing perfectly before and after the accident. The local train had been halted by a semaphore, they asserted, and they believed the following train in from Sacramento must have passed two semaphore signals; the first a yellow board directing it to proceed cautiously, and then a red board, the Imperative stop signal. At their investigation tomorrow they expected to fix the cause of the accident. Coroner Grant Miller, the rail road commissioner. Major John L. Davis, will also hold investiga tions. 1 Panic Reigns When the crash came there were shrieks of fear and agony, then a period of 6ilence that was broken by cries of injured. More than a mile out on the Mole from the shore line ambulances could not reach the scene, and while a train was 'being made up to convey the dead and injured to Oakland doc tors and nurses aboard the train were aided by volunteers. . Some of the injured waited be side the tracks in the dreary rain but most, of them were cared for in the undamaged train. The un named hero, a telephone lineman of the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company, with first-aid kits of: the company hound up wounds of many,, and spectators said he probably saved the lives of a num ber of the badly Injured. He was at work on a pole when the trains came together below him. Ambulances met the train load of injured and Tushed them to Oakland and Berkeley hospitals where tonight several of them were fighting for their lives. AUSTRIAN'S WANT MEDALS VIENNA. Dec. 2. (AP) to ap pease large numbers of citizens who crave decorations, abolished with the establishment of the re public, it has been decided to create a medal of the .federated re pnblic of Austria. There will be ten different classes. xIGILANTES TIE V BOOZE RUNNER TO TREE BY THUMBS Posw Arrives to Prevent Possible Disorder Between Citizens ' - and Smugglers ; REDWOOD CITY. Cal.. Dec. 4. Sheriff T. C. - McGovern of San Mateo county left with a posse to day for Pescadero, on the sea coast, 50 miles south of San .Fran cisco to prevent possible disorder there as. a result of what is re ported as a war between citizens and alleged liquor smugglers. .The clash between citizens and alleged smugglers culminated the other night' in an attack by a band of -unidentified citizens of Pascadero on Victor Diaz, accord ing to reports to the sheriff. Sher iff McGovern said Diaz told that' he was seized by a group who took hint outside the town and hung him with a rope by the thumbs from an oak tree. When l he pleaded for mercy Diaz said, he was cut down and confessed to liquor smuggling op erations involving a number of other men. . . -. It is assumed by officials that, If Diaz's story is , true his assail ants constituted a vigilante com mittee who objected to the town being used as a liquor smugglers' cove. j V Other reports received by the sheriff said that smugglers had threatened reprisals on the town and that many of its residents were going armed and had made counter threats. PROTOCOL IS mi issue Notes From Great ; Britain and United States Re ceived by League GENEVA, Dec. 4. (By The As sociated ; Press.) Flashing sud denly into prominence again, the famed Geneva protocol for the pa cific settlement of . international disputes was made the subject to- diy of two governmental commu nications io the league of nations one from Great 'Britain concern ing Egypt and the other from the United States. The note from Great Britain is regarded in Geneva as a polite, but stern, reminder to Egypt and the powers generally, that Eng land wants the "hands off" slo gan to be applied to the Egyptian problem. i-. The note from the United States was merely a courteous acknow ledgement of Washington's receipt of a codified copy of the protocol and of the fact, that states non members of the league may sign it. However, while the league of nations officials are hoping to have later some detailed expres sion of Washington's views on the protocol itself, they seem content that the United States In continu ing her collaboration with the league, has promptly. taken notice of- the protocol's arrival. Coming virtually on the eve of the session of the league council, which opens Monday in Rome, Great1 Britain's reminder to Egypt has created extra-ordinary inter est, ' The United States. Egypt as a non-member', state has officially received a copy of the protocol. Briefly England I has told the league that if Egypt signs the pro tocol. Egypt does not thereby in the view of England, acquire any right to invoke league interven tion on those matters which were expressly t reserved by . England when the British protectorate over Egypt was terminated. EKE SWINDLER Draft Forger Is Said to Have Served Time in Kansas , State Prison UTTTf!F!MF! fr: Tfr!- 4. The swindler who got $2,710 out of W. E. Miner, local capitalist, Tuesday, by a clever bank draft forgery, was named - today by Sheriff Frank E. Taylor as A. L. Chance. ered B3. of Ontario. Or.. now out on a parole from the Ore- gon state penitenuary -10 wmcn InRtftntion he was committed four years ago from Ontario for 1 5 years for forging an $1800 check. He wa positively identified, ac cording to the sheriff. No trace has yet : been iouna o nance. rhanra baa served ttmei in the Kansas state penitentiary, accord ing io enenii layior. no manacer for a lumber company at Ontario, i ' MOTORLESS PLAXES SPEEDY BERLIN. Dec. 4. Two inter esting flights in gliders have been recorded here. In the Crimea an aviator remained aloft in a glider for five hours and 15 minutea. while in i Italy a German flyer traveled 17 miles in 18 minutes In an airplane without motive power, BELIEVED 111 John Van MacMurray, Recently Appointed r Assbtant Secretary of State, at White House ' ' j ' Mi l 'A ' ' ! ' I1! "i i: X - i Mi A" ' x 1 !t Mr V if 1 , 1 .- , i. 1- --r -r---i . . ' if. v..lfnmv namiul ft PrM. Ident Coolidge as assistant to Sec- retary of State Hughes, is seen here as he called to pay hia respects to NOT ILLEGAL ENTRY British Columbia Will Ad vance Legislation to End Japanese Invasion VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 4 The fight, against Japanese pene tration in British Columbia is to be carried on with more determin ation than ever A. W- Neill, fed eral member for Comox-AlbernI, and chief anti-Asiatic campaigner in the house of commons, an nounced here today. : He arrived here on public business. The only way to check the ille gal entry of Japanese into this country ,la.;to put Jn, a, measure providing for the registration ol every Japanese in the, country, just as was done recently with the Chinese," Mr. Neill said. The in crease In the number of Japanese along the coast is astounding, he assetred. - Mr. Neill has been visiting a number of his mainland and island constituencies, studying the effects of the amendments he had intro duced at Ottawa to cut the num ber of Japanese in the fisheries in dustry along the British Columbia coast. The number of Japanese fishing has been reduced by from 15 to 25 per cent a year and the number of Japanese fishing licen ses is being heavily cut this year. DEBATE CONTINUES i Muscle shoiiis Norris and Underwood Bills Argued for Four Hours; No Action Taken WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. De bate on the Muscle Shoals issue broke out in the senate today with the authors of the Norris and Underwood bills both arguing the claims of their respective plans for operation of the project. Chairman Norris of the senate agriculture committee which re ported the Norris bill providing for government ownership and op eration, opened the question on the floor and was followed imme diately by Senator Underwood, democrat, Alabama, in support of the bill which he introduced re cently as a substitute. The discussion consumed more than four hours. LID OFFICE BILL IS LOST 1 HOUSE Sinnot Measure to Abolish 39 Offices Is Eliminated by Vote of-68-47 WASHINGTON, Dec 4. A sec tion proposing : abolition of 3$ land offices, was eliminated today from the interior department ap propriation bill by the house.; The vote was 68 to 47 on the amendment, offered by Represen tative Sinnot, republican, Oregon, to strike out the section. . The Oregon offices at which such consolidations would be ef fected July 1 next are: Lakeview, Portland, Roseburg, The Dalles and Vale. The Sinnott amendment as well as the other proposals adopted today, under house rules, are sub ject to another vote before final passage of the bill, and It was in dicated that the fight on the for mer would be reopened at" that m , 1 I the Chief Executive. With him is J. Butler Wright. Third Assist- secretary of State. t . , FOR OFFICIALS Plot Declared Discovered to Assassinate English Cabinet Members " LONDON, Dec. 4. The British cabinet ministers have been placed under special police protec tion, says the Daily Mall. This precaution has been , taken be cause of information received from the, headquarters of Viscount Allenby, British high commission er in Egypt,: that a plot has been discovered to assassinate promt nent members of the British gov eminent. i ; itXhe home secretary jittached..so 'much importance to. the informa tion that he immediately ordered, according to the paper, certain of his i cabinet colleagues to be guarded day and night by armed police in plain clothes. There is .every indication, the Daily Mail says, that, the plot is the outcome of i propaganda, fo mented by the Wafd the execu tive of the Egyptian nationalists' organization- whose emissaries are .spread j throughout Europe, including England. ram STATES HE ILL RETURN Fears Rearrest by Federal Authorities on Charge, of Leaving States i VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 4.- Mr,l P. R.. Anderson, Vancouver attorney whose arrest -In connec tion with the seizure of the Van couver rum ship . Quadra caused .a sensation, this afternoon denied a report published which was to the effect that lie did not intend to return to San Francisco to face his accusers under the prohibi tion laws. h .' "On the contrary," said Mr. An derson, "I do Intend to return but not until just before time for the trial." i- - " . . Mr. Anderson claimed to have received information that he would be rearrested, if he return ed on accountjif leaving the juris diction of the San Francisco court without permission. In the event of his early return to the south and rearrest there, he had information from Mr. Mc Nab his counsel in San Francisco, that a new bond of $50,000 would be demanded, which would be pro hibitive, he said. ; '.';. LEGION AUXILIARY Annual Election of Officers Held at Chamber of Com merce Last Night Mrs, D. R. Ross was elected president of Capital post No. ' 9, American Legion . auxiliary, last night at a meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Other officers elected were Mrs. C. K. Logan, vice president; Mrs. John J. Rottler secretary; Mrs. Edwin J. C. Bayliss, treasurer; Mrs. Carl Wonner. chaplain; Mrs. Paul Acton, historian, and Mrs. Harold Harpole sergeant at arms. Members of the executive commit tee aro Mrs. H. R. White, chair man: Mrs. C. B. O'Neill and Mrs. Jesse George. - - The next meeting will be held rooms on December 15, r I ORDER GUARDS HSJossns GOUTIlEDill TOFlfR did COGLIDGES ; I i President Speaks to Com mercial Club at Lived::': Exposition;. Cocpcraticn Advocated MUTUAL AID HELD OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE President and Mrs. Coc!!ii9 Are Much Impress;! With Exposition CHICAGO, Dec. 4. (By Asso ciated Press.) Promise of con tinued governmental aid to agrl culture, an appeal to the nation's farmers to take full advantage Z such assistance and advice to l - -Iness to cooperate with those on the farm were made today in two addresses made by rresiJ ;.t Coolidge during a 13-hour visit to day to Chicago. The visit to 'the livestock ex position and the address to U j representatives of American En culture was the primary purpc 3 of the president's trip. In the address to the Cl.' Commercial club he declared tsi ness must henceforth consil r i -self an integral part of the I. - i iZ agriculture of the country. "The commercial and induEli! "I side of our nation has been f-h much thought to wheat and L i and corn to transportation and to their prices and not enoVi thought to the men and worn i who are engaged in agriculture t j their welfare and to their pros perity , he asserted. Mutual Faith Af.fcea The same principle .of taut ! aid, lie continued, must ta er: to the relationships among v.. j i -tions. Even among the r -" he said, "there must be mt. i i -derstandlng, ' mutual faith. 1 confidence." - He emphasized, however, C 1 1 ! i this relationship there siioull 1: no sacrifice of Independence anl freedom of action." "I da not believe." he eai. "that we. are strong enough cr that any people is strong enough to accomplish any permanent goo i in the world through the indis criminations of mere unorganized, undirected generosity. We can only help those who will be!; themselves. In any other rule, I am convinced, would lie dlsastei for us, and increase ml&fortuna for those we are Beeking to serve." Arriving at the livestock exposi tion just at dusk after a five-mils drive through the cheerir.3 throngs, the president and Mr. Coolidge and the members of their party were taken to the prize car lot exhibits in the cattle yards. They made their way anions tl.a pens over the regular visitors run ways, then stopped at the no,: l meat shop, .the boys and girls club and -finally passed between rows of steamheated, electrically light, 1 stalls for the individual prize ex hibits. THURSDAY IN WASHINGTOI! Debate on Muscle Shoals was begun in the senate. . The house continued consider ation of the Interior appropriation bill. j Howard M. Gore was confirmed by the senate as secretary of agri culture. . j Subscriptions to the new treas ury bond issue were closed, tha issue being greatly oversold. Secretary Mellon in his annual report predicted years of prosper ous and healthy conditions. -: The internal revenue bureau re ported to congress it cost $1.24 t 3 collect each $100 in revenue taxes. .'. Senator Ladd, of North Dakota, insurgent republican, was drop ped from the republican steering committee. . A navy hoard reported it was unable to decide the cause of tha explosion on the cruiser Trentoa off Norfolk, The interstate commerce com mission submitted its annual re port with no important new rail road legislation requested. Men Battle for Life fcr Three Days in Open Cc:.t SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4. After battling for their lives for three days In an open whale h-. . t, in which they were attemptir-T voyage from this port ir t --t Diego, Gerald fcrennan, !:. '' Mass.; Frank' Barry, Kan i'ra.. cisco, and James P. Dooth. Cr -bridge, Mass., returned to r i Francisco today Just as tv r guard cutters were rrr; iri - r put out to s?3 t .) f.- :v : t '