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tinned cold, temperature eastern portion below
ero; moderate easterly winds. Thursday Max.,
19; rain.. 6r river, 3.6, falling; rainfall,' none;
atmosphere,, clear; wind, east. ,
Just jt more shopping days until ' Chrl3tna3.
You'll hare to hurry now or be caught In the
last minute jam.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR I ' ' SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER' 19, 1924 r PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BUDGET BOARD
VOTES fiGilST
Public j Service Commission
!s Placed in Jeopardy By
. Action of Majority Mem
bers 1
FEE SYSTEM URGED
! FOR UTILITY BODY
Use of Public Funds Held Un
wise Accident Cornmis- I
sion Loses Out
Refusal by GoTernor Walter M
Pierce and Jefferson Myers, state
treasurer, majority members of
the state budget commission, to in
clude in the general budget ' the
estimated expenditures of $140,
000 fori the public-service commis
sion for the next biennium has
placed this department in jeopardy
and unless funds from sources
other than general taxation ' are
forthcoming, the commission may
be dropped. .' Sam Kozer, secretary
of state, voted in favor of the com
mission, holding that it was cre
ated by the voters of the state and
should be maintained.
? . Pierce Non-Committal
Governor'Flerce stated that he
was not opposed to any regulation
of public utilities but believed ft
waa unwise to use public funds
for the commission under existing
conditions. The governor would
not definitely commit himself, but
eaid it was under the jurisdiction
of his office to seek of the legis-,
lature the enactment of a law that
would place the public service
commission upon the fee basis, by
which it would be supported by
the Dublic utilities coming under
its jurisdiction. 5 Governor Pierc
would not say whether he would
ask the solons for such a law. He
eaid that the desired appropria
tion could be granted by the legis
lature over the executive veto by
a two-thirds vote in each of the
houses.' r.-;.r.:x ? - .
4 i Fee System Urged -v;
Either completely abolish , the
public service commission or place
it upon a tee system was the at
titude taken "by - Jefferson Myers,
state treasurer, who held that
there is its valid reason why the
commission should be supported
by public funds while other de
partments derive their support en
tirely from fees received. Depart
ments supported by the fee sys
tem at present are the state in
surance department; state corpor
ation department, and the state
banking department.
The budget commission also re
fused a proposed appropriation of
1175,000 sought by the state ac
cident commission for the two
years starting Jaly 1, 1925. The
last legislature, in compliance with
the request I of Governor -Pierce,
suspended for a period of two
years the 1200,000 appropriated
for the commission. Governor
Pierce will ask the 1925 legisla
ture for a continuance of the sus
pension for a period of two more
years. .
Employers May Ixse
As the expense of the depart
ment is met by money paid by em
ployers and employes whaAyail
themselves of financial protection
under the workmen's compensa
tion act, the commission will have
ample funds available to cover
? (Continued on page 7)
Christmas Draws Hear;
Statesman Fund Grows
Nearly 9 ISO Received to Date;
' ; Need for Money
i Continues
' Christmas is coming fast and
those who desire a part in , the
neighborly ' helpfulness inaugu
rated by The Statesman will do
well to send in their contribu
tion i at once. Yesterday one;
wag received from Mother Hub-!
bard. I The letter was mailed at
Huobard. The good work will
go on to the last. 1
; Below is the list of contrib
utors to date: , ;
D. A. White $ 5.00
Henry Jaquet 5.00
I. L. McAdams ........ 1.00
Edls Belle Mathesoa ... 2.00
Ida Mary Matheson .... 2.00
Daniel J. Fry ......... 6.00
Francis Rollow ...... . 5.00
Royal Neighbors of Am. 5.00
J. L. Ingrey 2.00
A Friend 2.00
Mrs. J. R. Chapman .... 6.00
A Friend 5.00
Tom Kay.... t .10.00
A Friend . .. ,..... 1.00
Elmo S. White ........ 25.00
E. A. Rhoten. " 5.00
A Friend .... ........ 6.00
W. H. Henderson ... .... 6.00
r. C. Conner 5.00
Edw. T. , Barber ...... 5.00
Mrs. P.iH. Strand 2.00
Salem Women of KKK. . 6.00
A Friend . . . r . 1-00
Theo. Sampson 3.00
F. A. Doerfler 3.00
Miss .... ........ 5.0.0
Mother Hubbard ...... 5.00
Total .8129.00
APPROPRIATION
Ipv Grin Continues to
Hold Oregon; Miaaie
West Is Hit by Storm
PORTLAND, Or'., Dec. 18. All
nf CtTetrnri tonieht was held in the
Icy grip of winter, with little pros
pect of relief before Friday nigm,
if then. Portland shivered when
the mercury dropped to 11 de-
mwa Vi-iv pro.! the coldest in
five years. " Eastern Oregon fared
the worst, with Meacham report
ing 30 degrees below zero. Joseph
rennrted 34 below, and Baker 20.
Umatilla had 3 below and Enter
prise 35 below. !
f Marshf leld on the coast had 16
ihnva ero. while in the Willam
ette Talley Albany reported 4
above and Roseburg 20 aoove.
ir-MtnAfjo th-: 18j (Bv The
Associated Press.) Bitter cold
still held sway , tonight in me
northwest and Rocky Mountain
region, while the Icy blasts swept
eastward with indications that to
morrow would find the entire
middle west in the grip of near
xero weather. ',' i
Early tonight Illinois was swepi
by a cold rain, half snow, half
i -a o rctcu U Snrinefield.
meet., uu as -- -
Bloomington and Jacksonville
were completely cut oif irom tne
outside world by wire.
Parliamentary! Situation in
Germany Defies Solution;
Marx Confers
BERLIN, Dec. 18. (By the A.
P.) -The parliamentary situation,
up to a late hour this evening, ap
parently still was in a state of
hopeless chaos, j i
Following authorization of Pres
ident Eberf, early today to make
a thorough and ; final survey of
the situation in a last attempt to
form a ministry which would- dom
mand the necessary, majority in
the reichstag, Chancellor Marx
held a number of conferences'with
the major parties and late in the
afternoon, motored to the presi
dent's office to apprise the execu
tive of his futile search for a so
lution to the existing deadlock.
' Among the proposals made to
overcome the impasse was a sug
sestion that the present Marx
Stresemann cabinet be formally
reinstated as the functioning gov
ernment, but that it be given one
member of, the cabinet from each
of the German nationalist and so
cialist parties to serve without
portfolio. These would officiate
in the nature of liason officers be
tween the cabinet and their re
spective parties j but would not
pledge their , parties to - a formal
responsibility respecting govern
mental policies.
IS STILL HERE
Temperature of 6 Degrees
Above Reported for Early
Thursday Morning
An unfeeling and ' apparently
fur-lined weather man has no
sympathies for .the shivering pop
ulace and last night refused to let
the weather warm up. Not only
that but he predicted that today
would also be cold. - .
Thursday was the coldest day
reported for the last five years,
when the mercury touched 6 de
grees above zero and at no time
did the thermometer- record less
than 10 degrees above freezing..
The snow which fell Monday
still covered the ground and only
In a tew daces' under the direct
rays 'of the sun i was any thawing
noticed and this was almost neg
ligible. ;
The maximum temperature yes
terday waa f 1 9 degrees, " recorded
at 1 o'clock. The weatherman re
ported a temperature of 12 de
grees at 7 o'clock last night.
Prospects for skating are he
coming brighter as the cold snap
continues without a sign of abate
ment. . With' some of the sloughs
already frozen over and another
cold night last night, the ice
should be thick enough for skaters
today, though children are being
warned against venturing too far
from the shore, where the 'ice is
the thickest. -
Willamette University
' Students Leave Today
The doors of Willamette uni
versity will close at 1:45 o'clock
today and the students will leave
by special train for Portland this
afternoon.' The special Is being
arranged by the Southern Pacific
company and will carry students
bound for Portland and points be
yond. The Christmas vacation will
last 18 .days, classes resuming
Tuesday, January 6,
ml Bets JU!ed
The Associated Press in the
emergency was forced to try to
transmit its report to the news
paper in these and other cities In
the storm area by radio. t .
In the southwest, Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma suffered
the brunt of a storm of sleet and
snow, while heavy Christmas mail
ings everywhere were being de
layed. At Columbia, Mo , heavy
property damage was reported
when roofs of business, buildings
caved under a load of1; Ice and
snow. Sub-zero temperatures- for
the region were forecast for to
morrow. In Chicago hundreds of thous
ands of -people faced- serious In
jury and possible death in going
to and from work today. The
streets, coated with a glare of Ice
yesterday when rain froze as fast
as It feH continued to offer a
heavy hazard to botn automobiles
and pedestrians. " 1
Upwards of 100 persons were
injured by falling 1 on Icy pave
ments today, while three persons
had been killed here by falls in
the past 48 hours, f - :
Former Safem Mayor, Now
of McMInnvilleWiir Suc
ceed Judge Belt
Judge William M. Ramsey of.
McMinnville and mayor of Salem
in the early 808, ' was yesterday
appointed by Governor Walter M.
Pierce as circuit judge of the 12 th
judicial district to succeed Judge
Harry H. Belt of Dallas; who
takes office as justice; of the ' su
preme court on January- 5. While
in Salem Judge Ramsey was asso
ciated in - the law practice with
the late Judge George G. Bing
ham, his brother-in-law, and later
with B. TF.5 Bonhamr " ' .
After leaving Salem Judge Ram
sey practiced in Pendleton and
La Grande, later returning to Mc
Minnville. He is a personal friend
of the governor's and has long
been identified as a prominent
democrat. He is nearly 80. years
old. Judge Ramsey was appoint
ed to the supreme court on June
3, 1913, with Charles U McNary,
to fill - additional', places on the
bench created by the legislature.
The appointments were made by
Governor - Oswald West. Jud ge
Ramsey served on the bench for
nearly two years. .
Judge Ramsey was selected from
a - field of several 'aspirants, who
included Roy Sparks, also of Mc
Minnville and who had the en
dorsement of several American
legion posts, as well as other ret
erans' organizations in his dis
trict; Joe fiibley and W. F. Harr,
combe, both of Dallas. , - He will
take office- January 5, the date
that Judge Belt's resignation is
effective. - ' . -
Judge Ramsey was born in Iowa
in 1847, coming to Oregon with
his parents the following year.
In 1 8 6 9 he was admitted to the
bar. . : J . S
CLOSE MEET
All Officers are; Reelected;
Corvallis Chosen for
. Next Convention,
THE DALLES, Ore.. Dec. 18.
Reelection of all officers and se
lection of Corvallis ae the site for
the 1925 convention, to be held
gome time In May, featured the
closing session of the fourteenth
annual convention of the Oregon
farmers' union here today. ;
Robert Egber of The Dalles, will
continue aa president, W. P. Laird
of Eugene, as vice president, end
Mrs. G. B. Jones of-Montnotb as
secretary treasurer.
Legislative and other changes
recommended by the convention
were: Change in automobile li
cense law putting automobiles on
the tax list, according to value:
Change in election laws so that all
initiative measures would be put
on the ballot with the "yes' mark
ing first. V
' Repeal of the state law guaran
teeing interest on reclamation
bonds. -
Favored truth in fabric law;
law for licensing by state of all
commission! merchants; ratifica
tion of child labor law and state
regulation of trucks and buses.
Lower assessments on farm
lands than on other property.5
The union opposed repeal of the
state market roads law and In
dorsed the principles of the Mc-Nary-Haughen
farm relief bill.
OREGON FARMERS
ff TO REST
AID CEREIMY
Historic Sleepy Hollow Cem-
etery Is Place of Inter
ment; Elks and Mason
Lodges in Charge
MANY PROMINENT MEN
BURIED IN FAMOUS SPOT
Funeral Cortege Makes Two
, Hour Journey; Services
are Impressive
TARRYTOWN. N Y.. Dec. 18
Samuel Gompers was buried today
on a little knoll in Sleepy Hollow
cemetery. His body was laid to
rest in company with some of
America's most noted personages,
in a spot famous in tradition and
history.1,. . -. -;
: To the right of his grave flowed
the Hudson; to the left wound the
picturesque wooded ' glens of
Sleepy Hollow round about peep
ing! from the grass or ' reaching
toward the sky were the simple
markers or massive mausoleums
of Washington Irving, Andrew
Carnegie, ; William Rockefeller,
Carl Shurz, and of the Dupays,
the Vandorns, the McCoombs, the
van Cortlandts. the Beekmans,
the Delavans and Boocks of ear
lier generations.' , -
i ; Cortege Arrives '
'After a two hour service at the
Elks club in New , York City where
the body of Mr. Gompers lay in
Btate yesterday and last night a
funeral train of scores of automo
biles brought him here. Preceded
by an honorary escort of motor
cycles ; from . the metropolis, the
cortege made the journey in two
hours, passing en route ..through
many suburban hamlets, where
streets were lined with those who
stood with doffed hats.
'Through the crooked streets of
Tarrytown, the cortege drove "a-
cross t h e. headless horsemen
bridge where Ichabod Crane made
his, traditional ride,, and through,
the ranks of the waiting antomo-j
biles, men and women to a cano
py and heaped evergreens which
marked the Gompers plot. -
Rain Falls
'The burial place was -a short
distance beyond the massive pil
lars which marked the entrance
to the cemetery.; -
A misty rain was falling as the
silence among the hundreds who
waited there was broken , by the
chapel bell tolling , "Nearer My
God to Thee," and the van of the
cortege entered the grounds. There
followed limousines bearing Mr.
Gomper's -widow, his sons and
daughters, his brothers and grand
children, his associate officials of
the American Federation of La
bor, 'delegations- of labor chiefs of
all trades, gathered from far and
near, and Free Masons of St. Ce
c He lodge of New ' York having
charge of rites at the grave.
i The impressive services lasted
but "a few moments. As the bronze
casket was lowered into the pit of
evergreens,' banked with - huge
florar wreaths, the Masons sang,
"Lead Kindly Light.'
" : j Theyy chanted.: the 23rd psalm
and sang "Beautiful Isle of Some
where." 'l' '
,-A sheepskin apron fluttered
into the grave,' and sprigs of sym
bolic evergreen from the lapels of
Masons followed. The chaplain
uttered a few c words "He had
discovered thd secret of peace
without which there is no under
standing; now the laborer's task
is o'er." Then there was a brief
prayer, another softly chanted
hymn, and the relatives and
friends of Mr. Gompers were led
back o the waiting automobiles.
I
JURY ARE UrJTRUE
Allegations That Jurors in
I McCoy Case Tampered
; With are Quashed .
: LOS ANGELES. Dec. 16.
Charges that the jury hearing the
evidence at the trial of" Kid Mc
Coy, ex-pugilist, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors,
had been tampered with were ap
parently quashed here tonight.
! The charges, brought by the
prosecution, temporarily disrupt
ed the trial, but at the time of
adjournment, attorneys for both
sides declared "their backs turn
ed on the affair,". .and Judge C.
S. Crail refused to make any
statement." ' ' "
The admonition . given . the ju
rors by the court before they part
ed,' however, bore va marked dif
ference to those of previous occa
sions. The Jurors were told to
"refrain from discussing the trial
in any matter whatsoever ' with
anyone, and to ignore the- head
CHARGES AGAlftST
lines of newspapers." '
TOB OF HANGMAN
J IS BEING SOUGHT
BY SEVERAL. MEN
Applications Pouring In to Prls
f ( on; Convicted Slayer Is Re
4 reive! Here - '
j Warden A. M. Dalrymple is re
ceiving applications, for official
hangman1 at- the state penitentiary
In nearly every mail and even by
telegram, since it became known
that William Lamb, who has per
formed this duty for a great many
years, is no longer connected with
the institution. ,
; Three letters were received by
the warden yesterday and two tele
grams the day before. Warden
Dalrymple is optimistic and anti
cipates further aDDlicationa today.
rOne of the applicants sent 1 his
pnotograph along with his other
credentials. Any one of the offi
cials or guards can, and probably
will, perform the necessary act
When the proper time comes. War
den Dalrymple said yesterday.
I Archie Cody, of Vale, convicted
slayer of Sheriff Goodwin, of
Malheur county, was received at
the. prison . yesterday under sen
tence to hang on Friday, February
20. Cody is the third inmate of
the prison under the death sen
tence. Covell and Pearce, whose
cases are being reviewed by the
supreme court, are the other two.
ilECRO LYIHED
200 Men Overpower Sheriff,
Hang Negro and Drag
? Body Thru Street
' CHARLESTON, Mo.. Dec 18.
A mob of more than 200 men
overpowered Sheriff B. B. Jack
son in his office here tonight and
d?agged Roosevelt Grigsby, 20
year old negro who had been Iden
tified as the man who attempted
to attack a white girl two hours
previously, across the court yard
and Banged him to a tree within
50 feet of the sheriff's office.
A bullet was fired through the
body, which then was cut loose
rrom tne tree, tied to an automo
bile . and dragged ' thronrh the
streets of the negro section fol
lowed by the howling mob, some
members of which were brandish-
A'i:i"4' ' "' .ft
; The - body eventually' was' hnn
on a- post in front of a -grocery
store. ;. - - - --
Before the mob denarted. how
ever, the body was cut down, a
huge bonfire was started and the
body soon was charred embers.
No one attempted to Interfere
with the lynching and the mob
dispersed within an hour without
fresh outbreaks. ,
At 40 o'clock the situation was
quiet. - ; , .
Seventeenth Street '! Busses
to Operate Every 15
Minutes Until Xrnas
?
Fifteen-minute .service on- the
Seventeenth streetcar line, to ac
commodate the extra rush of
Christmas shoppers and to elimin
ate waiting for busses, will be
gin today, it is announced" by T.
L. Billing8ley, superintendent of
the street car company. The. 15
minute service will be in effect
until Christmas day and from
11:50 o'clock in the morning un
til 8 o'clock at night.
Busses will - leave State and
Commercial 5 minutes past the
hour and every 15 minutes there
after. The busses' : will leave
Seventeenth and D at 5 minutes
past - the hour and at 15-minute
intervals. - - ; .
The 15-minute service, is main
tained during the rush hours only
under normal conditions and on
a 20-minute schedule during the
remainder of the day.
Shortage in Canada and ArT
gentina Bring Total Down;
Russia Also Below
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. A de
crease of 440,000,000 bushels in
the estimated world wheat crop
compared with last year is indi
cated in reports made public today,
by the department of . agriculture
which place the crop at 3,300,000.
000 bushels. : The average five
year pre-war total was 3,740,000,
000 bushels. The most, important
reduction shown is in Canada,
where the crop is placed at 200.
000,000 bushels below, and in Ar
gentina with a reduction of .60.
000,000. The European crop with
the exception of Russia is reported
at 180.000.000 bushels below last
year and only -260,000,000 under
the average. .v.;-.- -
BY LARGE JOB
SP SERVICE
OFFERED SHOPPERS
WIIEflT CROP THIS
EM
IS REDUCED
IS ARRESTED
E
Unlawful Search Chargsd
Against State Prohibition
. Commissioner; 1 . English
Ship Is Raided
LIQUOR TAKEN FROM I
SHIP'S BONDED ROOM
Federal Officers Say Alleged
Offense Is Serious Breach
of Treaty
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 18
George L. Cleaver state prohibi
tion agent was arrested here late
today by deputy United States
marshals on a warrant charging
unlawful entry of a British ship
and unlawful seizure of property
in the custody of the customs de
partment4 of the United States
government.
The arrest followed a raid made
Wednesday- night by Cleaver and
between 20 and 30 deputies upon
the British freight and passenger
steamer London Merchant in
which a quantity of liquor was
taken from the bonded store
room. It is still in his possession.
The liquor, government officials
allege, waa under -treaty provis
ions in custody of the customs de
partment. !
Complaint against Cleaver waa
made out by Chief Assistant Unit
ed States Attorney-Bynon after a
conference with - ships attorneys
and the captain. 1 ; .i .
Upon his arrest, the state pro
hibition commissioner was Imme
diately taken before United States
Commissioner Frazer who fixed
bond at $1500 and released him
on his town (recognizance until
tomorrow. Saturday morning was
set as the date for hearing unless
arraignment is waived.
Representatives of Furness
Withy & company, owners of " the
London Merchant, deplored the
raid upon the vessel, saying that
It was not their desire to bring
upon., later national .complications,
but ' that they would be content
with restitution of their property.
They admitted, however, that the
matter had been laid before their
consul.
Federal officers viewed the! al
leged offense as a serious breach
of the British-American treaty,
consummated May 22 last year,
and signed by the president. This
treaty was , sought by the United
States in order better to regulate
the importation of liquor and it
waa this provision in the treaty,
most beneficial to the. United
States, that they said was violat
ed. Collector of Customs McFar
land declared that the officers of
the vessel had compiled fully with
the treaty regulations. ;
Portland Kiwanis Quartet
Chorus Concert Postponed
Because of inclement weather
the Portland Kiwanis male chorus
has postponed its concert ! for ; Sa
lem until a later date. The Port
landers were scheduled to appear
here Saturday night, but on j ac
count of the snow and bitter old
weaiht-r the trip was postponed.
The condition of the Pacific
highway was responsible for j the
concert being postponed, it was
stated. Another consideration was
the difficulty of ; handling the
crowds during the bad weather.'
A definite date for the appear
ance of the Portland Kiwanis male
chorus has not been decided. ;
FLIERS KILLED i
TOKIO, Dec. 19. Three offic
ers in the Japanese aviation serv
ice were killed today when two
planes collided in midair while
flying over - the Kasumigauraj air
base near ToKlo. - - t
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SEZUR
Ella McMunn Publishes Own Sketches
; and Copies Will be Available Today
Author Groups Collection Under Title of "Down on the Farm";
Writings Have Charmed Statesman Readers
. Ella McMunn . has written - a
book. The printing and binding
of the new book was finished late
last night. It is a book of sketch
es, "Down on the Farm." j '
It is what its title says it lis
But it, is like no other book of
sketches, because there is only one
Ella McMunn. There is no one
else who sees as many things of
interest in homely tasks and every
day, commonplace experiences as
Ella McMunn, as thousands of
readers of The Statesman knot.
There are twelve sketches: rath
er eleven. - with the Introduction.
They are devoted to: i.
"My Mother," ?To Oregon Grape
Jelly," "Dear Old Tiny." "To the
Edge l of -Things," "Spring Is
Here," "An Old, Old Sorrow,"
"The Last Little Canary." "Death
of a Goldfish." "On Losing a
Tooth," "On Making a CakeI and
"A Turkey Trot," ; 1
They -cannot be described.4 They
will have to be read.
If all the people she knows and
loves will each buy a copy of her
'-pOO MANY HATS
1 FOR AL NYE SO
HE LOSES ONE
Mailing Clerk at State Ilouse
Fails to Notice Loss Until
Office Reached
Not many people can go to work
these chilly mornings and boast
that when they arrived at their
office had lost their' hat.
But AI Nye, mailing clerk at
the state house, did this very thing
Thursday morning. . ;
Mr. Nye peeked outside his
house, early in the morning and
decided that his ordinary head
gear needed some assistance un
less the Nye head and ears were
to suffer .from : the frost. He
donned an old stocking cap, pulled
it well down over his. ears, placed
his regular chapeau atop the
stocking cap, 'mounted his trusty
bicycle and proceeded to tread his
way to work.
When Mr. Nye arrived at the
state touse and started to place
his hat' on his head while attend
ing to hh dally duties he found
that his hat was missing lost
somewhere between bis home and
the capitol.
Now he is looking for his lost
"benny" and promised that the
performance would not be repeat
ed. II
I HOT DESIRED
Japanese Government' Not in
Favor of Sending US
Fleet on Maneuver
TOKIO, Dec. 18. (By the A.P.)
In order to remove misgivings,
entertained by a certain section of
the- Japanese people, the . United
States government intimated its
intention of sending the American
fleet to Yokohama after the man
euvers in Hawaiian waters In 1925
but: "the Japanese government de
clined the 4ffer with thanks," said
Premier Tak-I-Aklra Kato, speak
ing at a dinner of the Seluki party
last evening.' V1 -
' "The American government at
the same time has been kind
enough to offer due explanations
of the motives of the proposed
maneuvers in the. hope of securing
a proper-understanding- by-4 the
Japanese people," ; the premier
added.
FIRE DESTROYS
' ii
PORTLAND FIRM
Blaze in Oil Mill Does Dam
age Amounting to $60,
000; Engines Stick
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18.
Flames destroyed the Interior of
the factory section ' of ' the Port
land Vegetable Oil Mills company
today and did $60,000 damage.
The cause of the fire was un
determined. ' j
Workmen had been repairing a
cooker on the second floor of the
mill section. - Later the blaze was
discovered and a call sent for as
sistance. " !
The floors of the mill section
were soaked with ' the i oil and
clouds of grey-black smoke bil
lowed from all its windows.
' The oil mills are located on
filled ground and the heavy en
gines, attempting to pass over this
half, frozen sand, came to grief.
Firemen and bystanders worked
more than an hour to release ap
paratus. Fire walls separated the three
sections of the building and kept
the blaze in the mill section of
the plant. Fire boats moored at
the oil company's dock! assisted
the land engines in supplying
water for the firemen. .
first book, and do it today, the
edition will be sold out before eve
ning , . ,
For she loves everybody; even
those undeserving of love accord
ing to the standards that are com
mon in this world l
And she is in turn held in the
same esteem by all who know her.
The book will be on sale at Pat
ton's book store for 75 cents a
copy today.
No one is going to charge Ella
McMunn for any services in con
nection with the sale of her book.
The money will all go to her, out
side the bare' cost of the printing
and paper and folding and bind
ing. '. ' - '
Then perhaps . she will be en
couraged to give to the world
some of her other sketches. he
no doubt will, if the public shows
a disposition -to encourage her.
Copies of "Down on the Farm"
would make very suitable Christ
mas presents, though it Is hot ne
cessarily a v Christmas book. Nei
ther are most books bought at
this season. - - -
Ill
BRUMS IT
Congress Takes Decisive
Measures . to Reascuro
Country Against Scare;
Hughes Gives Statement
MOST CORDIAL RELATION
WITH JAPAN PREDICTED
Secretary .Hughes Welcomes !
Appointment of New Jap
anese Ambassador
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. (By
Associated'. Press;) Decisive
measures to reassure the country;
against the scare of an American-;
Japanese estrangement were taken
today both by the : administration ;
and in congress. In a formal state
ment which broke, beyond the
bounds of ordinary diplomatic
courtesy. Secretary Hughes wel
comed the appointment of a new
Japanese ambassador to Washing
ton and predicted an era of the
"most cordial relations" between
the two countries. Almost at the
same time the house was smother
ing t nquick ordr a resolution de
signed to build p an anti-Japanese
alignment among the White na
tions .bordering the Pacific. The
proposal; was befriended only by
its author,' Representative Britten,
republican, Illinois, and' found
among its most earnest opponents
house leaders who live on the Pa
cific coast. Underlying theee de
velopments there was revealed a
studied conviction among highest
officials here that there is no
threat-of trouble between Wash
ington and Tokio unless by popu
lar agitation imagined dangers are
magnified into real misunder
standings. "Friendship Sought
President Coolilge and those
who share. with him responsibility
for the foreign telatloEs of tta
nation look upon their contempor
aries in places of power across the
Pacific as candid exponents of in
ternational friendship. It 13 the
belief of the administration that
Japanese is performing faithful:?
her obligations under the arms
treaty and the Washington agree
ments relating to the Far East;
that her government is trying
earnestly to keep pace with the
new order of international rela
tionship; and that her responsible
leaders want nothing but amicable
relations . with the United States.
If the two governments are per
mitted to go along together un
hampered by agitation and sus
picion "among the two peoples
themselves It is, the belief of the
president. and his advisers that
the beet of international rela
tionships will rule between the two
capitals. Bt they do not conceal
their recognition that if the Amer
ican and Japanese peoples aggra
vate their misunderstanding out
of all proportion to' their import-
(Continued on page 7) j
THURSDAY
IN WASHINGTON
The house resumed considera
tion of the navy appropriation bill.
. A senate committee investigated
the Washington Herald attack on
Senator Underwood's Muse la
Shoals bill. i ,
A senate committee held hear
ings on the transfer of prohibition
enforcement from the Internal
revenue bureau., " ' ;
The .Washington government re-
spoke an era of the most cordijl
relations between the United
States and Japan.
The treasury predicted this gov
ernment, like Great Britain, would
insist on equal treatment in any
settlement of French debts.
Vice Chairman Culbertson of
the tariff commission indicated a
desire for transfer to some other
branch of government service.
Leigh C. Palmer, president of
the emergency ' fleet corporation.
testified before the house shipping
board investigating committee.
The department of agriculture
estimated winter wheat was sown
on 42,317,000 acres, 6.5 per cent rf
more than in the fall of 1923.
i
Representative Britten, republi
can, Illinois, proposed a confer
ence of white nations bordering
the Pacific over the protest of
Pacific coast members.
.
Letters urging support of Rep
resentative Madden of. Illinois for
the house speakership were sent
out and the New Jersey delega
tion put forward Representative
Lehlbach for republican leader.
The department of Justice beaa
an investigation Into charges that
an employe of a senate committer
accepted money to use his la
fluence for legislation.
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