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-
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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
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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
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PI1G
POHI
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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
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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
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TOl'OTEUPO
Great Pressure of Legislatic i
f Faces! Both Houses as R:
i -suit of. Holiday Reces:;
53 days Left - .
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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.
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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
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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 ? :- ;
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; 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.:
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