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i - i . r -.i J ff " rilC V V CLlLCl Rain west; light ft"' f ino' ana rains east cascades; . temperature" tame; tronS southerly winds. ... Friday . Max. kfi- Min.. 38; River 9.6 falling; Rainfall .06;" TTje dot pose of.adTertisinr Id to ret an Idea fronr - the mind of one man Into the mind ot another andi majce- it stay there Start "1925 -riglit- '. ADVERTISE. . ---. tmbspnere ciouay; jvinaaonm. jtast. . . piucrr nvn ctitTs r i i : - - , ...... U UJ, Km V y i JL 1 i I . . . . . m Zt ! vr.'f V K 4 ,,i . -.; ; i.j'-ti - . . , . - -- " h :-r.-: .::-v . f i mmm- 33RD SESSlOiJ Legislative BedytrCisiivcrTS: at 11 O'clock f.londay Morning and Proceed to Organization1 1 v- v ii ! . -i . , ELECTION OF OFFICERS TO BE FIRST BUSINESS Moser Slated for Senate Pres ident; Benton for Speaker i of House Flail f arrangements lor" this 33rd session .o( the Oregon '.state legislature are being rushed ito completion and everytnlngf whl "be in' readiness 'whea that body'cbn tenes atHlo'dockMonday morn"' big. " GoTsrnor Walter M. Pierce will deliTer his message to the legislators in the afternoon. The message"! said to- be comparative ly' long hla"yeajrr bat within the 3,000 word limit, and to embrace imany o the things adyocated by he governor daring his two years In otfice. ' - . Election of officers for the ses ion will occupy the solons and demand ' their first consideration. The first week la expected to pro duce little besides the organization bf, the session .and. its Is expected that an adjournment will be taken Thursday.; , - - j Moflcr to Head Senate ; Pledging of rotes seating the officers of the session has been under way for weeks and a spec ulation as to "Who's Who In the Session," from early Indications gives Gas Mosher of Portland the office of president of the senate and J. B. Hunt, of Woodburn, s chief clerk. ' Sir." Huntvls ; slated j to have as his assistant Elizabeth I Braun, of Portland, ; who is em ployed at the state house at pres ent. Elbert Bede, Teteran of pre vious sessions, Is listed for .read ing clerk. Mr. Bede is publisher of the Cpttage Grove Sentinel. Albert p. Goddard. of Pendleton, will iirpbahly be calandar clerk and Col. W. G. D, Mercer, of Lane 4?' county, again sergeant-at-arms. ; VV Bardick for Honsc j' In thte house of representatives y ; UBenton ' Burdick, of Redmond. Is A ?latcd I for. speaker with Fred Drager off Salem, as chief clerkl Paul Fi Burris, also of Salem, Is slated as assistants chief ... clerk. Competition is keen' for the place of calendar clerk, Walter GI Linn, of Portland and Clarence Thomp son, of, Portland, former-teller. In the office of the state treasurer under Jefferson Myers, apparently having the Inside track between themselves. Joe Sipger, of Port land is slated for sergeant-at-arms and Rellie Southwick, of SalensC as doorkeeper. The - office1- of reading clerk. In Ihe house and door keeper In the senate has no prominent contestants, and who ever is; after the offices are appar ently working nndeV cover to - a great extent. : - . positions of pages and steno graphers are being sought by 'a great many persons. rnnnn mnii nnnn Retirement Is Due'toiJinfc&s! Merlin Harding Now 1 With DauglW 1 ' , : The hardware f!rni:bti)oiU'gnxi' & Marcus, located s at 286 North Commercial street, (his been'dla solved by the retirement of Mr. Marcus. Merlin Harding has pur chased the interests of Mr. Mar cus and the new firm will be known a Donghton Sc. Harding. Mr. Harding was formerly with the Salem Hardware company and has many friends in Salem and vicinity who: will welcome him back to Salem business . circles. During the past five years he has been engaged in hop growing near Salem so that he is no stranger to the public1 The new firm-contemplates no. radical changes 'in the business policy Which has al ready built up a profitable and Important asset to Salem - indus tries. ... j " '" 4 ' Ilr. Marcus, the rotii ing mem Icr, recently suffer :! a stroke of paralysis which r .:c-" I'.atrs him retiring from active builncei 'for MARCUS IVITIlDDfflS 'Magic Ring " Fsedrby:; ; ;" ' Ballbt Fiker to Piit- Candidafes in Of f ice NEW YORK; Jan. 9.4-Jl "magil Ic1 ring" which when 'prbperly: manipulated! is said bv 'iitrHmremi or to have ' eleeteoT'lor 'defeated congressional or lesser candidates! was shown and" explained .to. a Kew Tbrk'gi'and jury loday. i ' Its youthful owneri George- Rosif ken. asserted that the magic Tiand not. only brought about the'elec tion of Nathan D.' Perlmanv repob lican, rongress and illegally d feated ;c his democratic U opponent j, Dr., W;. Ir Sirovichr.. but , that one Ike it was the prize which weni with every diploma Issued by hhn to graduates : of - his "school , fo ballot fixers." ; The ring he said hejd a cleverly concealed . bit of lead- with whlcjb kny, person, with adequate Instruc tion and, "practice' could".-: mark ballots under the very eyes of pbll watchers' without ?fear of"d$- tection. r MEAT CROPS ill State ' Loans f or . Seeding Purposes May Be Asked of Legislature State loans to eastern Oregon farmers for the purchase of seed wheat or re-seeding purposes will be asked of the 33rd legislature when It convenes by j Governor Pierce if developments of the nef t few weeks Dear out the early : In dications that the cold weather has killed much of the . wheat n that portion ot the state. If he loan Is not available; sdme other form of relief legislation wHt. be asked. I h .; "j: jf Word of thf condltloas was car ried to the - governor in"5aIettir from Mark Weatherford, of Ar lington, former- Albany- attorney and member of the : state bonus commission. The -letter said -that Conditions were serious and 'men tion was made" that the state Of Washington;; has ? been forced to adopt similar measures in the list sfx years, securing the : loan '" by mortgages 5 on"; the growing v crop. Oregon - should follow this exam ple and do a Washington has done in relieving" the; situation; Mr. i Weatherford declares.- "The situation as It seems to !be 'developing discloses . that the wheat generally' In this country was very seriously damaged,"- Mr. Weatherford v wrote. . ? "Many ; of the farmers concede that it Is lost. Others concede that 'It is an even chance either way, and some Claim thai it will survive this-freeze but Is in no condition-to stand fur ther unfavorable weather J The abcrvfe'Ustrue as- to the 'pure win ter ; varieties of a wheat. It 'seems conceded' that all other5? wheat is killed.- ; ' ' ' H;v?Vi - ' Unless aldls"giveiib the state a large nnmber "of " unfortunate farmers will be -unable to get "the" money at the banks ' arid coftse quently'be unable to-re-aeed their -firmVMr. Weitherfori ' declares. NAME OF MOUNTAIN DEBATED .W A S H 1 G"JT t N, !Jan. . Whether thef gnow-clad ! peikj of one of "Arderlqa's most lofty TOdun tains shall continue to be, known aSltfount Rainier or be given' the Indian name of Mount Tacoma, is a question upon which the house public lands committee, must Like ts next decisidii. Laiitfcoii'oes- m lO'Jii j'l LwuJSbld'Mo1 Offtcers1 Gels Donald Resident into- f : JVlucn I rouoie ' ft ii II Twn vininesnacceydtticlrl Harlan delivered a'gallon'ot moon shine to prohibition officers: ana the last visit landed him ia the city Jail, where he is being - held fr fhH' .iffliti ennrt.' Marked in U1 (UV V.s 'V' - j i? coins, and'tho liquor In pint' flanks la heldas evidence;! " J f Harlan has-been living j ln a shanty at DoHald'and It 13 alleged that hd la an old offender; f Last alght r when . searched f he; had a number; of "hickeys,' : whlc!i ho had woaas a? 'rummy '"playcf at different poolrnor:3. , . .';.' . : He'ws3 drlvl.;? a Tord "car ana la ' It ' wai found"a fc-iall" caliber rifle. He stated that he' Vas go- V -1- it. :-, .-1 -.--- if - ' ; , Hia. "school', the. dapper 'young election clerk explained, claimed as alumni dexterous ""ballot' fix ers In New": Tort. Philadelphia: Boston,L Jersey City and Hoboken. , Rosken,' who! yesterday, handed to .: District .Attorney . Banton a swbro coatessibn ; that' : he had marked .'and-matnated ballots in last November's" election in "which he was actually clerk although an opponent ot the Pelman forces re lated jhls st6ry to newspapermen in 'the grand 'Jurors ahte"To'mr' ' .Although only 26 years old Ros ken said he. had. been conducting his school for ten yean. And that It had netted him tees f rom pupils and .Office : seekers between ?25.- 000 and $50,000. i . . . , ' ..1 jean elect any candidate who engages me," he assured aews paperjnen.t, . - Strfesemanrr Bests' Chancel- aor in , Bluer uoniest iu Head parliament j ; BERLIN, Jan.- 9. (By The As sociated Press.) I-Chanc'ellbr ; Marx tolght lost" his battle with' Jor elga '.Minister',' Stressemann for parliamentary leadership) The contest was a bitter one. I It was foltght by'pr. Strisemann withall the0-weapons of ruthless German party-politics aad only ended with the failure of Dr. Marx to. cbn struct aKoverpraeat which would not be dominited by the National ists T'and Stresemanh's German People's party.1t. f?vv VlV. 1 The undying antagonism" of both parties - to any coalition gbvern w.knf whlrTi wnfiTrt 1 cOmnrise the Ulufc i vr w sbcUhsts wa.S' born-of ' a sevedity an4l bitterness which blocked all the Jeff oris '' Chancellor T Mari has pht jf orth , durfngthe''past ' five weeks to evolve a competenFcab: inet which would have a broad iHaa",itiT- niojiV mafnrltvrout of . the negative results of the election ot December .7. i '''' 'J i Chancellot Marx, returned tof Prefcidehl Eberthis commission td fbrm a eabiwerPrevlottsly.-he had nnt-nfaAri fTiM'-nrsldent of' the ut- iiypiwiuvu at . . I t fntilitv nt atUmDtinz'to seek1 5.; RnJutionof the subborn dead-H irwii-. i -wTilrhl the clerical, demo-i cratie 'and socialist parties werel broadly pitted against thef German Nationalist an"TJerman' People's parties la aa, impasse which Marx' cbnelliatory' diplomacy had failed to break up. " ': v ; --President . Ebert ' Immediately called liri roreign'Minlster Strese manii Herman ; Mueller,' the so cialist leiderid:vMartJn Shiele, floor5 ieader"bf the Natloaalists la i ifflWTMii 1 EAST l bf, - i nnmnn. Hftld for Crime. Murdered in Alleged Illi nois Tong War . " TomLemVknownw Chlng Lem aliasTChia, Llm after being held la Oak Pirk.tHI.ij5r the murder of two Chinamenr has la turn been- murdered, r supposedly in a tong ar, according Jo a letter re ceived by Warden A. M. Dairy m piiWedlJahuSrj. 1 I Lem was received at the prison hrerf?omcrnlonf'e6unty JuJy 21, t7tt6 sevve a:llfe" sentence after being convicted of murder in the sec6ridde,gree. lHejwas pardoned and leff thoprlsohin December, 1822, after which, he faded from sight for more than a year, r -About the middle of December Warden Dalrytnple was requested for his record and fingerprints by the Illinois authorities, who were holding Lem, for killing two fellow countrymen.: The. warden replied that 'Lem hid beeh-paroled, and was noL-wanled by the Oregon au thorities, though his parole coUld hate been revoked ; jj ' Particulars ICthb We were not set forth in the letter, but because LeM wa8Einrdc'redrit U supposed that he -had1 been released from custody In the east. ' -wvith Lei bel-.'muhdered. fin Is' tiVbeea'wfitua-ur&n his rec ords which have been filed. away nm PlliOIGRfP GIIIGiSIiT BP GflHl Kansas CityJournai piifsh I es Stdryuf'AlteTiettSTran's- I actidn; $1;250! Satd Paid for Clemency- GdVERNOR 71LS0 HELD iriPLICATEDIfr DEAL Soft 'of - Gorernoirf Datis Said to Hate' 'Returned 'MoTiey I VTienCoflfroritd . ... ...... , ,, .. T f i KANSAS ' CITY", Jin. ($.-.( By the' Associated Ifress);''lie Kan sis Clty JournalJ tomorrow morn ing" Willi publiHZ?af ' copyrighted story ".declaring 1 that , Russel G. Davis; son of Governor Jonathan M"Datiaof iKansas," today accept ed"! 1, '2 50 when he dellveiied"a par don to ' Fre'd.W. Holf mari, " former Lacygne, Kans., bank president, who' wm cbavlcted 'ot "forgery " ia I9204v -f . . - I i The money was passe' and the papers restorlng"'Hollmanto"cltl zenship were delivered 'in'a room in ' the.' National hotel at Tbpeka whileseyeral Kansas officials and representatives.. 6f . the f flewspaper listhedrn, on tatelephbriic .'device which' had been' "seCreteid in" the r66m', the Journal 'stbryf declares. Confronted' ' by" the." witnesses. young Divis 'returned He money which haH een marked.lth Jour- which had been 'marked, the Jour nal asserts. , ' 1' j I- .. -. j .Young? Davis who f had been operating his father's farm, denied the governor. liad any knowledge of the . transaction, Jfie story says. The ''Journal, however. will nub- lish ah af fidavit'aworn tp by Holl- man charging" that Goyacaor Davis himself 'solicited money jfor exten sioiij of executive clemericy In 'the case of plena' Ar Davis.' 3k) , a tailor whQwas'sentencted"'to7l'je impris orimten?f6?murder at Independ ence," Karia. in L911. I Hollman was j interested in thepavis case arid . sought ' clemency I for the Uliori - '." -I : i : J - ::' TOPEKAv"JCans., Jan 9. "The whole story was Itrame up," de clared Governor '' Jonathan M. Davis tonight, when'lt41d of the charges published In tjie Kansas City Journat that his sdn Russell, had accepted. $1,250 f()r deliver ing a bardonA ; l ; . "It was framed up by my poli tical enemies to 'get tn" he as serted.! "But they have failed to sa . it.'J do ISi LAID TO REST Leo Koretz, $2000,000 Fake Oil Stock Promoter, ri Leaves; Only $44.32 CHICAGO, Jin. 9. t.eo Koretz, the arch-swindler who fleeced friends and relatives out of mil lions In his Panama Bayano oil project and who died last night in the state prison after serving 34 days of three concurrent sentences of from one to 10 I years, was buried here today. The ceremonies were simple ind were attended by the widow, his son and four brothers who stood by tearless and tense jas Ahe body of ' the man who had brought wealth and then disgrace to his family, was laid to rest. ; i Early la the day the body was removed from the prison to the Waldheim cemetery i here. Broth era of Koretz obtained from the warden at the prison ill that Kor etz had left of the millions he ob tained from relatives and . friends for Investment. Of the millions, he had only ! 4 4.3 3' left, aside from a few odds and Sends of per sonal belongings. . Police Arrest Suspect in ' $10,000 Jewelry Robbery SEATTLE. Jan. 9.4-B. Biolstol sky, 58, was arrested here today Ss one o fthree suspects of a Pa cific coast Jewelry theft ring. A number" of watches, said by police to have been stolen; in Los An geles were confiscated. ! Authorities Bald they: had re cently received approximately !8, 000 worth ot loot taken In a $10,- 000 Seattle Jewelry robbery Octo ber 19. ; ":; j '-. . 1 Three men took part in the .rob bery and were believed to be taem- SWINDLER iRINTftRS;BEH&VE! F OR KEEP OUT OP LEGAL TROUBLES t ., ft Tres idnals t' Prison and Publication Is Temporarily Expended,'. " ! ; t 1 , - . - . ;- -.-. " v ' : " ' printers are evidently behaving themselves" these days, for there are none capable "of putting oat ?Lend ' a Hand."' officiil pnbUci tloa of ' theT Oregon -: state peal tentiary, behind the bars. I" Such a condition has'not arisen for nearly 20 years, according to J. S. Murray, chief clerk at the prison,1 who became connected with the institution In 1911.- Mr. Mur ray said that until recently there had always been an efficient print er In durance, and that he under stood that one had been there for several years prior to his tak ing office. ..vl 1 : "' f 'h 1 S j f There are' at present 'several 'in mates working In the printing de partment, where they . are learning the trade. v These men : are able to. set type sufficient tb meet with the demands -of the prison, such as; small blanks, letterheads and other minor jobs,: but; the; task of setting sufficient type to issue the publication monthly; is beyond their ability at jpresent,. k State Gharhberof Commerce '. Urge' OptimismOther i Clubs Discussed . I v.. . PORTLAND; Of f, Jin. 9 Res olutions -commending optimism to memberthip-at fnjme$ and PWdglng their effdrts to upbuild- ing the - state of Oregon? out of office hours-, as well - as- in. were adopted today, .at the close of an ill day meeting by, the state nsso ctatlort - of r chamber' of commerce seicretaries..il . t- r i;V " 1 1 y u I .Work of -the Old Oregon Trail association was commended. J.' II. teller 'of. Ashland;; president . of is.a assoeiatioa, presided; , In the turliinuCTta kance at clubs-such-, as,!. Jcqtary, Klwanls, and others in their borne owns, sensing a sort of a division of . the functions held to belong properly to a chamber bf com- merce. ,;. .- l i Terminatiotv of ,Senate Dis '. pute in Sight; MayjAdopt tyhtJervvbodBlir i WASHINGTON, Jan. ;9. Early Urmmattott'or 'the senat' sttnggld bver' the ispbsfttoa15 of Muscle Shoals' project Vas'fbrseeh' ionlght by senators as, likely to come with pdoptlon of either 'the' Vnderwobd bill or the Jobesamendment re ferring the problem 'to a commis sion: ,.;'! ASrlgorous effort wRI be made tontorrow to get a final vote which will send'-some' Muscle $hbals bin to conference iwltht; the i house, which passed-a 'bill accepting the Ford offer before it was - with drawn 'and thus makeh wiy . for other leglslatlbnr 'which practical ly has been blocked in fthe senate by the Shoals tiuestioiiitececon--gress convened. Some' -of the leaders however are of the opinion tonight 'htat a 'decision! cohld not be reached Inf one Hky and that the1 problem .Would , hive to go over until 'next week 'j A close voVeTjetweenfthe'Under wood" .and'thei JorieWrDpoaals te generally .predicted."' I : The whole of today" was devoted to debate on the qdestlba although wide tours , we're 'made at times from the inain -subjectfof a 'pbllt ical dlsuWori' whlch' was evokwl by a charge of ' SenVt6rN6rris, re pubUcan,. NebriskaV that the tlcm ocrats had bt kept' their prcelec-i tion pledges and that the Tepubii- ean and democratic' machines were In harmony on Muscles Shoals.1 Senator ' Robinson of, Arkaris'l3 the democratic' leader ;tn a 'Tigotj ous reply lauded the! deytibcfatSp criticized ; Senator Norils anddef fended President CoolIdgeJ ;, :- I "Democrat aI amj," .be sal loudly,"! do not believe the pres--Ident of the United States deserv es to 'be Charged 'as the alleged H publidari"rsehat'or fr6m ' Nebraska has charged fhlnt; 5 Jlfj asdcmocrit means that? I. must give myself and feeble powers tb an unjujst assault upon a tcHtlca! adversary, then I amuot i'dcMorat. For tunately, I d&n't hav to take riy definition of a democrat from fa t - ' '- - : I ! . j .... EIOPSHOHLS imp . . . . .. . . ,. .- ... . . . i CVyar Hferoa' flklidMr "Fbrget-Me-Not ciyH ! ' I 1 I i ffer .V.. .-5. i y- - fc: - ' : : I t-f.,:'te;;if". .1 far yf- '...w.v;...rf..-j.....-j..,....vr.--".'3 it" - ';-"- 1 ;: r ;'"-? . Like thousands lot 4 ofhef girls arid women throughout the U. S., these; Missouri i girls are trying hard 4t6make ' autlessf thk an- Morris Wrfitehousfel Nametf By Board;' KennetN Legge; of Salem; Associate E;' 'J'i... M- :j.;i. . 'Morriaf If. Whitehouse of Port- land with Kenneth Legge of Sa lem as associate," hag'bfcen named irchitect forth new YMCA build--ng, which ;ia to-be erected In Sa em, according , to the ; announce inent made " last night byC. A. Kells, secretary or the association here.:4;i :Li .ti- -r - Actual , work on the plans Is to( be' started today'and pushed with' ail1 possible speed. Sherman Dean," archtWctif 6r4thV1 YM CA with' pf;' a.o a la lion jl J XV ici v. w. j v. v .M II .1 I'm ll.lt i.- ldi-ii !. t. i tucuamiDS Ol me parent tec i, wuere he is to'remaia a few days' In coh- f ef eace ' . with ' Whitehouse ' nd Legge';' ' I -" )- ' ': - The' calf f bf'bids be' Issued wlthia "six- weeks It was announced and eyery; possible' haBte 'is to " be shown In the arranging " of the plans arid' in' pushing t the' actual c6nstruction' of tbe" bulidtng' ' ' Deaai' attei hfa 'conference with ,the . architects ln' Po'rtf'ana, will Igtve final jlrispecttdn-to'a'new '"Y" bufldlrig" at BrerijeHon Wash? He theri is ,ti: return to Portland' arid contWue'f his"! 6nfdferice with Whitehouse and Legge:' ' ':''"" , rWhUehouse" his ' had ' wide ex perierice' as aa'archiitect and eyeri; &i a4istuflent' at 'Massachusetts Tech, where Jbe jworiia':' Rhodes scholarship and janother competi tive schblarshipK which- allowed hln to- study abfoid f or one year. He ' is - also working on- plans for the East Side-YMCA i building In Portlaridn :A;IJ:?'V' ; The hew building In Salein Is to be erected oh Cfoiirt street r be tween church-arid ' Cottage and will be of 'reinforced cbncrete' with IKEK11B Rallroaci Mty:Tap Eastern Oregon .With 200' Miles . i of Track, Report. - "jjtX Patjl; iMiha:; janr 1 9.4. Ralpli ;BuddHpresldenin of the Great Northern railway, was tb- ported""tobeln Sft FtanClsfrO to- day .conferring with, officials or the Southern i Pacific and ' Union Pacific lines regarding -proposed extension ;of tthe Great Northern iix Oregon, ' ' 1 It was said hero the project in volvedtne laylrigt of apprdxrriiate ly 200 1 miles ' of : track -In1 eastern OregOU,H ; i '!"; m:J; t .: H' : i iriPiiltiiriTf reffloris la' the vi cinity of Klamath Falia arid "Beria1, line, Whether ' the Sottthern Pa cific tracks would be used in coa necMoa ;With the new line will be determined byi officials, 2 of that line, in conference with Mr. BUdd, it was reported here, .i ;,; 3IAt iXtK-fi TA-JfT : WASHINGTON. Jan- 9,' The federal income tax exemption for single ! menCwbuldli bd increased from !l,000tto !1,250, under a bill! 'Introduced' .today by Repre sentative Boylan, democrat, New . i .-. - :-4:', - , " K V"il'-V r. fn""wfi"i'f isimiibw VP.TCA BUILDER '.- I: J . : I ':." - m- 1 i iff ii : m. m It? 10 i i 8 ' M if '- --i -:-x::v::tK-::. nuai flower1 day .to' afd1 the- na- tfori's wounded 'arid fljgabied ' war veterans. ; They are Marie Clover, Anabel Thelma, 'Simpson. 'JL the Misses Moreler and Proposed -Changes in : Arher- ican Navy - Aref Not Ap ! proved By President-. ' WASHINGTON, Jin: 9. Presi dent Coolldge today sounded what was generally' regar ded" -as -the death Ttriell for 'the move to bring about the elevation -ot guns on the capital ships"5 of navy- y ; A the' American . The views of thef president on the proposal to rasjef the guns to Increase their rangej were present ed with 'unmistakable deflnittness t thA -White House'-" - ; ' He holds ' that ' elfevation'-'of the gtms would be a return to the old i iYtan o f f-n a r Vrt m tskt ttYnif In armU- mems ana an aosniuiLniiiicMfc i ' .-t." !(. -r . hew principal "of iimltatfori" of ar- knaments to wnica ine, .vimieu States withHhe pother ' great pow ers committed herself at thef Wash lngton ; conference' Such; aa about-face ia: policy he Is prepar ed to7 resist! with alt the 'power at his command, confident of the support I of AirierlcakT publis opin ion: ..' ; X.; .;! l . ' V.," ...v i Iriterpretation i of , the naval treaty a 'matter discussed" la 'cda gress in :connection with' the ele vation proposition" j and economy, a pOlrif I raised by - himself , are la the' nrtsldeftfr opinion minor fac tors' in' detetiriinlnfel an answer' to the-Questloh.' j 4tt Lighthousef' Tender With .Crew-of Six Breaks. Moor f ing, ReBGue Attempted VANCOUVER, li..C, Jan. Thd : Canadian, goifemment flight-j h'ousi tender Jiewngtoniwas proi ceeding tonight to. the . rescue of Captain W. W Vingate . and his crew of five onHbA barge Binga mon which is helplessly adriftln a raging - storm in Hecate strait, 400 miles aorthwest of , here. Tne'Bingamon had Teen wrenched from the tow of the tug Masset; The Blngamon Vai being towed bjTihev Masset f rdinV,ancouver7to Cunichewa inlet Wheri' she' sprang a le'ak' In the 'sUrni' last night, Wheh'onl a 'mile jf roni shelter the t6w rope' caUght oh the" rocky. bot toni of the ocean and parted, mem bers of the tug related' when they arrived at Prince Rupert, Z.Bv CX, today The ' Maaiet " proceeded' ' to Prince Rupert ?forasslstince. ' The pumps "were' hot working. i When no vessel strong enough to t encounter-, this tempest- was found r wireless calls .were r broad cast1 which; canghi the Newington. ' ' ' ' ' J - T ' .-. fievv SUspett Artested in SeatLiqqorOpefMiohs SEATTLE, Jan. 9. Wilbur E-; Dow, customs broker 85d well knowri" in locaf was arrestedbyr here todaj., U . In addition to shipping' circles.' federal " agents a emkll bottle of liquor, which Dbw' was charged with, possessing agents seized' a toiirnber'bf documents among 'them being papers relating ' " to ". speed boats' operated by members of a liquor - ring headjed'by Roy Clri steadV reputed Pacific coast Ir . t leggeV king, authorities isald Dow was released and ordered t. post bond toaorrow, Giiiii IlPR'OGIi BELIOIIIFT . IHlfi SEA DEBTPARtEV ar. ur.: ;u . : -- r- j i . rj. i rt. ; I ugns.caaeavunny lo-unvur Hafd Bargains? Shown'Br mm A - - " i - tviaence; ; ' 1 : GREAT BRITAIN WISHES i jo EcorfOMizE; stated 1 Americarrt Estlclilte of i Var fv mi iiea y unguiixix- PARIS, Jah 9'.--( By; the jAsso- . elated1 Press). Great'Britath ahd the Uaited fs tates" are" getting -to gether: slowly ,"but nor: ally" on the American ' reparations ' elaimV which are to finally come' before - the' conference" off allied finance' ministers In session' here;- i At the' end of today's' Informal' dlsciissibns and' coriferehces it was ' apparent that the 'representatives ' of both Ettglfsh'7 speaking" cbttn tries" were 'trying to drive a' hard' bargain.' Winston ;Churchill, Brit-' ish chancellor of the ' exchequer. wishes to'1 economize" and1 the American estimifeof waf damage'" claims,'' tentatively" fixed at !350. 000.000, IS likeryf to ' be whitUed ' down before' the- Anglo-Saxons" tl-'-mtny: reach the expected accord.' AmericihS filano? Grouhcf f A Ambassadors ; Herrick' arid Kel logg. wlth'; Jitne'i' A.' Logan" Jr.', United ' States representative with" the' ' reparations . commfssiori" - a'rer standing" theiV gfoUhd", but the ne--gbtlatiohs; ifor the time "being, are bp to the' respective g'oVerrimeriti of England arid- Amerfdal : Thet continental delegations are' watch-' ngHherdeadIok'"betweeh: the' two principal" cburitrfes" with " ill-supv pressed huklesr; " ; ' ! BelgTu'ms"as8enft6 thereduc' tfori 'of ' herfc Spa all'otrient -of re biraOoris from 8l 166 W- arid' rer-" hips"5 'per'cerii-If :neceesary ap- pears to'havi' been ' the" only- for whrd'step'tnade' today;' Compreta accord'9 also hai not' been reached oh' the Belgian position as "the lat ter contend' she" sOU has abouF 250;000;t)00; gold francs d'ue'het on' her priority' claims). J : . i ' ; . i Report on Debts ? 1 , 1 : -t The-BMish averthafl Belgium' has already recefvect V.SOOlOOOjOOl friric's lnrcparaiiori8 ahdthat J5 per; cent of her priority, if abaq- doned by T that, country should be subiracted'fr6in,,',her"- receipts be-, glprimg ImmedliteiyrExperts .will f go-over a -massof f fg'ures and fe pqrt to the delegates Monday Jnst exactly Whif Bergiomactuaify: has r Tht' flinefican J war ' damige clafms' setttemehti 'howeVir", ye-' maths (the ?mpst 'impoHarit matter! befere'thte'eohfererice' ( J ; ; , ' ! Three full days havfeij elapsed! Eirice' the conference' convened and the- days, ' ekceptrtor . tid very brief j plenary, sessions, have been' almost entirely occupied by u'nbt-1 - i ! I ' FRltiW t t s . 1 1 . , . ! I i t r 1 : ? t i i ; .The! house' hipping', board re-' su'med' hearbgi.' - ; f ' f ' J' ' - i ; i i 5 ? ' : !-.;;. ' ; Muscle Shoals continued the ve hicle of senate1 debate: ; ' ; f ft j 5 J fcretarf "Weeks 'expressed -op1-' pdsition to crealfbri-of i depart ment of aeforiiuflcS ' I - I ! - - i -The bOUsea passed Ahi 'war! de-; partmerit appr6iirl4tida hill? car ty-, ing !33iiOot;ooo. t , ' i ' - , ; l . A t i i i t i 4 t 'S i I I i i 1 The house began consideration of iheiCcFadileii bill to arneiiJ the national bank ing, laws. ! I . ' ' ' ' The railroad viewpoint on con- BOlidatlon was presented to the senate" interstate 'comintrco ctrni mission '' ; : i- It. -r was announced that Presi dent Coolldge Is unalter&tiy op posed to gnn' elevatfon onLr-cri cah 'capital ships. I : - ' v Persistent reports were ctrcu' -; c I that "Associate Justice Holmes t ?n.r templates retirement fron tt su preme court: '1 ,''. : ; ". ''ActldrTpntho v.r A: xV.r: l At forney "General r . ..-e''f..;r 1! -.-fcrenie'eourt v.;1-. !;t!lpy:at ite judiciary sub-co-iar-ittve' .' TTsarings were close I t T '.i gru! Georia V