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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1925)
SWEWEB D S IIIOGITED Ballot . . on Constitutional Amendment Will Be Asked ; . By Sen. Joseph of Mult nomah County HYDRO-ELECTRICITY IS :. HELD INEXHAUSTIBLE Differs From Other Natural Resources and Is of Vital ; Importance nn Ei n ULJLLUI , Information received from Port land ; yesterday carried the an nouncement of Senator George W. Joseph of Multnomah " county that he will re-Introduce in-the coming legislative session a resolution submitting to a vote of the people . a constitutional amendment au tborizing, the - stale to engage in the l water power development. It will be patterned closely after an amendment presented to the . 1921 legislature by Senator Joseph and; will be so drawn that the state can? ,ngage In water " power de velopment either Independently or cooperatively with, any state .or ; states, or the ' United States gov ernment, or in cooperation with ' all.; v'.-.;j ; ' "'Water power is an inexhaustl- ' tie and eternal resource, being re-; plenished nnually," said Senator! Joseph in announcing that he s would again submit the amend ment to the legislature for consid era t ton. "In this respect it is nn- like any other -natural resource, aa all others are exhaustible." , Sell at Cost .; "In Tiew of this and the further fact that water power is of such great use to - mankind, and wlll,; i on ! account of depletion of fuel resources, soon be indispensable, it Is my contention that it should ; '-hevelo pad at-paWle expense tnid eold to the consumer; at cost. '"JNc individual' or association of Indi viduals should be allowed to use this great natural resource as a basis for exploitation. To allow thik vould be to place in private control the only perpetual natural i. resource producing light, beat and power, all of which are necessary ..' 35 the comfort and well-being of f 'every man, woman -and child. ". f 1 May Exhaust. Others : "Coal is exhaustible and its prot duction is" becoming limited and expensive. Oil. is exhaustible and expensive, and, wood as a "fuel is rapidly disappearing and wilk soon be exhausted. The world today is I turning to our inexhaustible water , I power for its light, heat and pow er. Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia have within their .boundar ies orer two-thirds of the poten- (Continued n pact S) tUHETC PARADE. 1 oil Despite colo More Than 100 Spectators . Collapse on Account of ; Low Temperature -a PHILADELPHIA, J a n. 1. f With a light hearted laugh for the biting breezes, Philadelphia W . m - m merrymakers , marcnea , toaay m their annual iiummersv, paraae flooding Broad street with a" riot of color and. mirth for several miles. Thousands shivering on the sidewalks envied the "Mum mers" ability to keep warm by dancing to the music of multitud- (nnni hands' V? ; More than -100 spectators col lapsed from the cold, a score re quiring hospiVal treatment. The efforts to elaborate displays of flowing embroidered draperies, perienced difficulties Jn navigat ing the twenty five mile gale that howled between the v skyscrapers In the center of the city. TWIXS ARE XOT BORN , IX SAME YEAR AMARILLO. Texas, Jan. 1. Not born nl the name year bat yet fwlns Is the, case, of two youngsters , here vho nuule their appearance last night in the home of Mr. and Mrs T. IS. Daniel, Thomas rame Into the worIl at 9:45 p. m., December 31. 1024. Ills brother, James, was born In 1023, tlto hour leins 1:40 a, m. Old Saleiti Stage Driver Tells of Olden Days as ; The 'old .frontiersmen are' pass lng! away ; ie by one and their deeds are-being: written In the pages of history. tTrlbutev will be paid in Siiverton in honor of Cyp rus W JJarger, who died In Port land Tuesday, one more of the few remaining Btage drivers and, fronj tlersmen who played an import ant part in the- development of the Northwest. . ! , , Another stage driver and his pal of .the deceased who' will be in attendance la .Johnny .Rash "of 1350 North Cottage.; In the early days' when the., stage line-, ran:. a crosa the mountains to Pendleton, Rash was on, the scene; although he is 72 years of age. j, . -. Rash drove his first stage, route from Kelton, Utah, to Pendleton, by, way of . Boise in 1876. C. 8. Jackson, late 1 publisher t of the Oregon Journal, whose death oS- Revival of Business Expect ed Eearly (in 1925; Iml ? provement to Be Actual r DETROIT Jan. l.-Ap. indus trial survey conducted by the so- Ci! S 7,d"!trI?lJ en5efrsAtfl president was ! made . public here today. It' reached these' conclu sions: , . : ;! ) i if , - j "An industrial revival will start early in 1925,' - gain momentum throughout the year and reach its peak, late in 1926, or if , inflation is properly guarded against, 1927. "The improvement in business the latter part of 1924 was largely psychological.' says .the;- survey. "The improvement throughout 1925 will he actaal.1 i' ; I'There Is in; abundances pi funds to finance an industrial re vivatrad,fhfi"Amertcaiiuiiae man will take advantage of it. , JThe ;prjospect of world demand for American manufactured articles-; among the most important are 'automobiles and agricultural implements - is . exceedingly en couraged. European competition for world trade will not be as-important ' a factor in the present industrial revival as ten or fifteen years from now. . , . - "The development of. a great American merchant marine owned and officered by natives wUh crews is r in prospect," the su rvy adds, j . - ! f : j Touching upon"; production fof raw materials, manufactured prod ucts and wage scales, the survey : i 1 : .. .1.-'- :l: . --fo i says:. . j 'Th5re ia the prospect of a slow advance In i raw , materials and manufactured products during jthej next two years.; Increases in worm agriculture will have a modifying effect on the cost of living." I The; wage scale will remain nar nresent levels, industry meeting foreign competition based orf.lowv wage scales . with more efficient production. ? ;i - - T f" ' ; The survey i Is: t based: upon fre-v ports from business executives: In 41 states, all or most or cnem members of the society of incjus trial engineers. ; - , :j I IEAVY Hi Nearly 100,000 j Square Yards of Streets and Al leys Hard-Surtaced j . - ' ; . - "rj' v i r. i . Daring the year just closed a total of 93,848.15 i square ; yards of hard surface, material costing $185,670 was placed In th city. Of the total amount spent, $140, 504.63 was ! for 6-inch concrete pavement aid $4S,165.$3 -for S inch asphaltic pavement, j There were laid 59,284.75 square yards of the former and, 39,663.40 square yards of the Utter. Con crete pavement cost an average of $2.16 a equare yard and the asphaltic pavement 9954 cents a square yard. In addition here were 162.484 square feet off con crete sidewalks laid and a total of $15,650.76 spent for sewerBi . . . Streets and alleys paved during the year, are, as follow;: i Alley In block 81; alley in block 67 ; Cottage j street,: from Mill, to Bellevue; Mill street, from f I6tn to 17th; Church street, from E. street to Market; Fir stret-t,' from SURl'EY fSDE OFinDUSTRIES .- ' . 4 ' t - i- .. .: if-' K- I PI1G POHI (Continued oa past i) cured last Saturday was .the agent for. the. stage company. 1 From this route Rash went Into Montana wher he drove an outfit from Thompson Falls to Missoula for the.Pend o' Reille Stage com pany in. 1883.:, He remained , on this drive until the railroad came.. The next move was to ' Murray where he handled the express business of the Wells Fargo com- pany. Rash has driven Btage in the Yellowstone, , national park during 10. seasons. -;rii , Once while operating a stage on the Snake river route Rashiwas held up by highwaymen, who were seeking tor the. strongbox. Luckily it had been placed iff a rear .boot because of the roughness of the road.' This was contrary to the law, but nevertheless served , to keep the robber from the treasure. .fContlnoAd on sac Chief .-.Heir Mi Property, of ; Orphan Millionaire to Sue ' ; . for Damages CHICAGO, Jan. 1. Fifteen min utes after the chemist's report on the examination of the body of William Nelson McClintock, 'mil lionaire orphan,", is submitted to Coroner. Oscar. Wolff . tomorrow, William, D. Shepherd, who raised the 21-year-old boy and 'ia his chief heir, will j begin action against those who asked that the inquiry be started, he announced tonight. This, he said. Is his prin cipal New, Year's resolution. 5 Mr. Shepherd, who, has been questioned about the death of the young man, "said he has been as sured that the' millionaire ..died n atura 1 ly js. ti d 1 1 hath e- h a til r ead j. consulted witi-his attorenys re garding slander ults against those whom he believes responsible for the investigation. , His first action will be to issue a 1,000-word state- ment, . ' i ;. ' ?. ' : "I am now reaOy to acf," Shep herd said.;. ''"My flrs.t;' more will be in the form, of damage suits for slander against the instigat ors of this inquiry and ; the ter rible Insinuations, that, have been hurled in my direction, r I have gathered sufficient! information on which. to4base my1 suits. I shall pursue them to the finish and I will make those people pay." j 1 ClPEiHEY II Senate Investigating Com- ; mittee ' Ask Report ) of; , Washington Democrats : SEATTLE, . Dec. 1.A financial statement of the amount of mon ey collected 3ind' expended In Washington state by the demo cratic ; campaign . committee at year has been asked of Donald Mc Donald; state democratic manager, by United States senator j William E, Borah, chairman of the special senate committee inTestigating campaign funds nd expenditures, it was disclosed in a letter made public here today. ; ; f '', The communication Vas refer red to -; W. R. Rust of ,'Tacoma, treasurer of the state committee for official .answer. McDonald saldJT '- i ! s,..; 5 1 L i f ' .Of the contrlbutiqns and expen ditures he asserted, there was ap proximately $3500 ; raised ' from 900 persons in .western 'Washing ton and $" 4 00 expend e4 and $1, 000 raised by the 'Spokane head quarters. . ; , I t : - Former Seattle Pdlidcman : Is Charged With Robbery 'i ? ; f . ; ! ' - !; . SEATTLE, Jan. 1. E4 Hagen, former Seattle patrolman,' was ar rested tonight for suspected com plicity in an attempted robbery of an oil company's general office today. . . . . .j ' - i 1 $ William Cooper, an alleged com panion, was ' arrested near the scene of oil company's office. Of ficers, who recelTed a, tip of the proposed robbery,5 hid near the of fice and frustrated the robbery by shooting at the intruders. ". Hagen is appealing a conviction of a federal prohibition law viola tion to the United States suprene court. ' i SHEPHERD Til : : START ACTlOrj Hnnroc i 1 liiUIILSD u m issuef TOl'OTEUPO Great Pressure of Legislatic i f Faces! Both Houses as R: i -suit of. Holiday Reces:; 53 days Left - . 1 rtf FOUR APPRORftlATIfJN. ,; I MEASURES WAIT ACTION Agricultnfe, : Interior, - Post Office, and fTfeastfry Bills 'to Come . Up ! WASHl.VCTONT; Jan. . 1 .With , just 53 working, days before.it passes into history, the C8th con gress will get . back to work: to-1 morrow after ft4 holiday recess' with a great pressure of legisla tion facing it5 1 I ;; ' ,7.. After having laid t it aside long enough to pass .within - a single day more than 100 bills and reso lutions, the senate will get back to its consideration of Muscje Shoals underah autumn, consent agreement. After this longp-con-sidered problem :is to one side, another autumn consent agre&r ment- that calltnk for a final vote on the Isle of Pines treaty will become operative. f i : V: -' :'i;: ; Whiie ine senate Js dealing with these problems the mass of annual appropriation bills "passed 'by, the house will continue to pilerrirpi Four of them -the agriculture In terior, naval and treasury" postof fice are awaiting senate action, either": on theiflobr or in commit tee while house: leaders plan ' to put through another" the army measure,, within a short time. Before taking I up the war fds-; partment bill Saturday the, house will give , attention . tomorrow to bills on the unanimous consent calendar. l.,4.;i::-?.;'.1.;''. "C Taking a- leaf out of - the sen-t atej hookr1t,4f;eect$d.'Mtsa.. a large mass ot measures, many of them private claims and bridge biUs. f Laying aside the Muscle Shoals question temporarily, next Mon day, the senate wlll. take up for final action President Coolidge's veto of the postal salary Increase bill under an ' agreement calling for a vote by late Tuesday after sharply limited (debate a rather unusual procedure in the senate. . -Meantime the i senate postoffice committee will rush work on the administration measure for postal rate increases 'to meet the salary raises in the hope of . having it ready before the senate reaches the vote on the executive's veto of the salary measure. Present plans are to bring in ia temporary rate Increase measure to fill the gap until a permanent one . , can be worked out in committee. ; v MAX IS WOUNDED ! BELLINGHAMf Wash., Jan. 1 Lynn J. Adams,! 40, was critically wounded following a quarrel to day in the business district over a ' building contract with J. F. Staggs, 59, a: switch - tender for the local traction company, po lice reported. f Staggs, - who- was being held, said Adams made , a motion as if to draw a revolver and . that he shot In self defense.' Authorities failed to find a re volver on searching Adams, they said, ' , ; i : jew; Year's Is; Marred w i by Accideilts and Fire . libss; Police Are Busy CHICAGO, JahV l.The arrival In Chicago of o'ung 1925 tonight had cost three : lives, half a. dozen seriously Injured and 200.000 tire loss. -- ;.( The . healthy . younster himself celebrated his coming by bringing along the city's first big snow storm of the winter.' - The expense of ushering in :the new, year could not be exactly estimated but hotels restaurants, ca f ea .. and i cabarets where the welcomers gathered last night, I estimated that Chicago spent more than $1,000,000 for the ; receptioni ; .Two of, those killed lost their , ilves when, they were hit by stray bullets suppos edly fired; by the new year's cele brants.! .One waa. killed while riding on an', elevated train, the other while 'sitting in his home. Two others were seriously wound ed by being hit by new year's bullets," one while - waiting ,on a street car and a woman while sit ting In her Lome. - The tMrd nan killed "Was shot LD MAN TORK PASSES SALEM . BY FIRST DAY Distinction or Ileinff First 1025 J.VBahy fn City lias Xot vi 'Yet Ileen Clatmsl - ; -Distinction of - being Salem's .ffrst"1925 bahy has not yet been claimed, for the' stork evidently forgot to get his new license plate and Is not reported to be on the way; by any of the Salem hospi tals, where he generally leaves his preeious burden. . 'Cortland made quito a fuss- yes terday over the advent of a baby boy. Perhaps a mistake in the address waa made, or else the noted old bird, in flying from the north, became tired and refused to make the trip on up the valley. 'Unless the wily old bird dropped in to see some "private family dur ing the day there will' be? no gain in population the first day of the new year. ' Five births occurred at the Dea coness hospital between Christmas and New Year's day. . i Coast Guard Rum Chasers ; Take Alleged Booze Ship NEV YdttK-'Janrip&W Ital ian four-masted schooner, believed to be loaded with champagne and a liquors,, was captured early today a by the Red WJng, flagehip of the 3 coast guard rum . chasers patroll ing ;tte: metropolitan -..waters on New ; Year's , eve , to . prevent" the landing of holiday liquor. : - .; Wireless' reports received here by Cant. William Jacobs, in com mand of the coast guard in this district, ; said that - the schooner waa towed into Huntington bay and a guard placed, on board. It will be brought here tomorrow. ew Year's Party Broken Up By Slaying of Woman; j Vitnesses Held I DENVER, Jan. 1. Color was p ided tonight to the slaying at aa -Vlsw-ijrrn4n-iew Of Mrs Mary Ludwick.f divorcee, when police announced that Tomo Gjocovich, a member, of the Mon tenegTan royal. family and a. son of the chief : prpbate j Judge of Montenegro is being held in jail with a number of othersi as a mat telal j witness. ; The prince was shot .and slightly wounded in the hand when Carlos Bedrier, hrokfc up the, New Year's party by pult Ing a pistol from his pocket and shot Mrs. Ludwick .. through the heart and then turned the weapon on iberoyal son, V ijrr,.: J. i Bedner, disappointed suitor ot Mrs. Ludwick. , Is believed to be dying in a hospital from a self inflicted rasor cut.in his throat. Prince Gjohovich became a citi zen; of the , United ' States New Year's ! eve when he was formally granted naturalization papers. He is employed as a guard at the United States mint , here. . Police declared be . was innocent of any part in the tragedy and was being held only as a witness. ; . The prince said he was a gradu ate of the.Unl-yersity of Cettinjl. and lef Montenegro 'at the time King Nicholas! was banished. i ARTIST DrESl.' .... I LONDON, Jan. 1. Sir Francis Carruthers Gould, famous caricar turist of the Westminster Gazette when It was in its day as a London evening paper,-died here today in his S 1st year. to death by a policeman when he became involved f.io . a new. year's pistol. ;', A. Janitor pf a. large;, a partment building, who celebrated not wisely but to well,.; terrorized several score of tenants when he started running- up and down the hall firing a " pistol after ; they complained there was not suffic ient , heat. Twenty policemen Chopped down the doors and fin ally cornered the frenzied man in a cabby hole in. the basement as hel f utllely snapped his empty gun at them. '"'v ! --' v-" -"' ' : '; I . One . man was shot., when out siders attempted to ."crash, a new year's party where he wa a quest and another . was stabbed during a family celebration, j More than thirty fires doing a total damage of $200,000, were' reported during the first; few ; hours of , the New Year..;; : . .:V ;:' ; cZ'l: ' ' More than a acore.of.robberiM and holdups and a loss of several " .. Cor.t!anea ca pais 6) . . j O ROYALTY HELD fwcnty-Yesr-drcl New England SisterV i . J Become ; Women's , hoe Rlaniif ectureri Kimel have opened a women's shoe J factory at Haverhill.-. Mass.. and DOORS mil President and Mrs; Coolidge Receive 4,000 Visitors ! i .5 1 at Reception. v WASHINGTON, Jan.' 1-Throw-fngopen the doors of the White House to all who cared to call. President and. Mrs, i Coolldge to day received 4,000 visitors at their NewYear's eceptibn--i V-v ; -The executive and his wife for four hours .. and half 'stood,- in the. blue room shaking hands with their callers ' and - entending and receiving New Year's greetings. Beginning at 11 o'clock the re ception was scheduled to end at 2:30. -hut when that -hoar arrived Mr. Coolidge directed that - it be continued until . all who desired had opportunity to call. i t .The number received was. no out tne portion or tne general pu d- lie to. the portion , classed as of ficial was larger. ; .y " j Moreover, there was less formal ity. about, the affair than In the more recent years, some' ot the older White House attaches de claring, it . a reversal ,to the new year receptions of. the pre-war period . when Washington aa a smaller city .looked more on -the president and v his - wife as : neigh bors,, and attendance at. the recep tion was much like a call on any of tlieir other friends. ' - : . As customary the cabinet, the diplomatic orpsi,; congress, the ju diciary, high ranking officers of members of ; the . army .and . navy, and, patriotic organizations- were received first, -but this portion .of the reception took only an hour: Then Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge.-retired for luncheon and. within halt an hour began receiving the gen eral; public, several hundred of whom had been awaiting in line for two hours, despite a cold; damp day.' ; ' - -: -f '-, , .-Both the president s and' Mrs. Coolidge often ; stopped n to' talk with some of those they know per sonally, some aged man or woman, or. some, child. The , president talked for several . minutes with one grand army of the . republic veteran,1 R. C. Scott of Lltfn Creek, 1. (Continnaa aa PZ S LAST s nr: Only 33.15 Inches Record ed in 1924 While Aver- age Around 40 Inches Though there were some heavy rains,! 1924 provedto ..be short approximately : 7 ; inches the aver age rainfall ; when . only 33.15 inches wre C recorded. Western Oregon' figures show a total . of 17.8 Inches more than the amount recorded in Salem. . October 28 was the wettest day, with 1.77 inches of precipitation. : . v From the coldest day to the hottest was a divergence', of 94 degrees fire degrees above ero being registered for' ecember 25, 26 27 and January ;l, . with the thermometer .touching 99 degrees above zero on July 24. , On Sep tember 12 It reached '96 degrees. , Contrasted with January 1, 1924 is 'January 1, 1925, when the, minimum temperature was ;3? degrees above ero.' - The new year. Instead; of -coming In; cold and dry, arrived 'fairly warm and pour occuringi. early -Thursday moroins,; -lr;:-' V " - -' m S TO ST E workers. , Most of vhetr employees formerly worked with the girla. . VISIT AT Yr.lCA Annual ,0peh House, Proves Big New Year's Day verit; Fine Program Offered v - Equally in every way the per formance of preceding years the annual' open house of the'YMCA was "brought to' a very successful close , last night. Fully., '2000 guests filed ! through tlie .building during; the j day . to ;;witn,eS8 ihe varied program which had been provided. . Basketball, walid drills, contests, songs speeches,' and pep rallies, wrerej featured on the pro gram. ! .- Every, one; was provided for in cluding the j youngsters' of tender years who .had a room to them selves. The little . ones played school and other games until they were tired Jout- and .ready to go iOIti3AnoingTnterest was the program which was given during the day; -j Everything from ping- pong to swimming contests, was included. U j ,-,'; ;r:;; ;i- i -The afternoon program . was featured byj an - entertainment by little children. The numbers of fered were vocal and Instrumental and the first, one to appear was Miss Betty Bonnell in a piano and t. -"'"' Continued on page 6V Distress Signals Received' By ; Government Station ; Ship Is Freighter" j MEXICO ; CITY, Jan. 1. (By tlie Associated Iwwi.Attpmntii are being niadev to lcate the 3Iex ..." k , can steamsnip Taniaullpas, with 30O passengers aboard . and -five schooners which left Vera. rVni December S3 bound for Frontera and other gulf port. It Is 'feared they .may have been lost in the recent'gale, . ' ; i t NORFORK. i Va f . Jan. 1 . Thi British stsamer Western Vallev is ashore and . breaking up - on the roc as tn lleysham harbor, near Liverpool, according to an SOS message picked up today at , the Cape Hatteras" radio station. ' : 1 1 Only a few stations succeeded in "getting tfe name of the ship and it is ; believed here to . have been the same call thought to have come from, an unidentified vessel. , ... ; , ;;,..;--: ; The message said the ship was on the rocks and breaking up.. . s .The Western Valley was last reported at Genoa December' 7, having arrived from Swansea. She is a f reighterv ? :- ; -vf , -i - - " , . ; I SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Jan.-1. r Fifty, passengers of the, coast wise steainer Humbolt .of .the White Star line bound .. for . San Francisco :out of . San Pedro were transferred to two automobile stages here today when the ves sel's propllor shaft broke.: The accident occurred about 3 a. m. five miles', offshore In Santa Bar bara channel.! v '- " ; . The" Humboldt, made ... port by successively throwing out 'and tnd winding in its anchor. A tug oatvWas ordered from San Fran Cisco ; aiadf the- cew of . the vessel alter- rowing passengers ashore stood by'to aalt its arlval. T' $teamer Willi be towed to Eaa Francisco ; for; repairs. BRITISH STEIiEl ; BREAKS OH ROCKS Pot) I ill! i iiIJlE RESULTS lH 0 susPEiio;: Postal Officials in Six Cities Throughout Country Re moved Following Investi gation - INFLUENCE POSTAL PAY i i AT LEGISLATION HELD Officials Suspended Said to Be - Members of Legislative ; Committee , WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Six re sponsible postal officials ,' In as uiaujri tiue uiruuguuui me coun try, have been suspended from duty,. an employe of tEe senate postoffice t committee , has been discharged and the clerk of the house postoffice committee has re signed as the result of an official Investigation Into the use of mon ey to influence postal pay at legis lation. I , - The officials suspended - are all members , of the legislative .com mittee of he national association 6f postal; supervisors . and ; held some of the most important positions- in . the . postal service. ;.;' ,H,i:J;List Giten;. .'. They ire: PeterjMcGurty, act ing superintendent -of mails, 1 New York . City, , who has been in ser vice 2 7 years..1 v -':,..-' 4 ; ;-; ,nJ ames r if. Greig, , postal cash ier.'; Boston, in theeerTice "17 years. ,; . ; . . . . ; Peler ,WIggie acting postmast er, Detroit, In the service 24 years. J. J. Fields, superintendent of wain, Liuuiaciiiic, iu iu eertiiB 33'years.l Harbey-M. Title, assistant post master, Springfield, . Ohio, in th service 25 years. ; - - tvuiiam ansome, assistant perintejTi?5t. ot.dJiiry -Ciica;. . In the service S 6 years ; . - The discharged, senate e;Icj i was E. ILMcDermont. clerk ci the "senate committee who ia de scribe.d in a,, report of postal in spectors as the central fgiur ia an-arrangement by which he re ceived $2600 to work for the in terests of ;the association of postal supervisdrs. . ; , ; . , l l"lft' Presoiitiwl i Frederick C, Riedesel, clerk of the house committee was declar- , . fCoottnned ea.pase 6) ffllilSTIl' i ' CQuDlTIOiJS GOOD ;t : Nearly All Large Plants Will Show Jmprovementj i ' i.)jlftep6rt- - hi : SEATTLE, Jan. . 1. Employ ment conditions are. to show ; ih-inediata- Improvement ' in the fir districts of Washington and Ore gon, according to a forecast issued today' by the local office of tha Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen r ..''.; , "Nearly all the larger lumber plants; of Coos. Bay,. Ore..to . 1- lingham, j Wash., are operating," said the forecast. "The majority Ipf the? mills ia Aberdeen, Hoquiati of the mills In Aberdeen, Hoquian Tacoma,; and Seattle are running. Loggtagjoperations in Gray's Har bor, King ;Snohociish an dPierce counties are to start January 15. Four, lumbre mills at Everett are to resume operations tomorow." ;7;THUn0DAY; j llWASHinGTOII ,The senate and house were i-i recess. ' ".; . -.' .;;---' '' . ."" Government activities were ct a standstill. ; ' ; . Senator Borah of Idaho "an nounced. he would introduce hi plan for an International confer ence. ! " - - i v . ' - The president and Mrs. Cool idge opened the doors of tl;? White House for the custor.;aiy. New Year's day. reception. - v . r ro?tni.i?tPr Csr.?ral New - an ftonnctj tie su.;:: :a. cf :'x postal officials In &a r.ny ('..;. and-' the disclrar, of tw--'emr'y-post : . ; ?e f o I a .t in i . money to I;.fS.: r " I t': X: