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, Seine would precipitate a atastro-
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Despite protec'tire work .hastily
thrown un b oth jidea of 't!B
riTftrlth waters are Jnroiding tJhie
lty. Tae-rt' eXfect of Jls
, the closln -of,- thej JnvaHdes , ralj
road station across the street "frqpi
the m i n i try. ;o t foreign af ara. 1
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letBereux and GranVille has bea
a&rpendd. The Islaadf Jof fet,
Denis was abandoned this er4h
Init -by"the residents I w1m "took
refuge in the city barracks,' white
hrommodation of jrefagees liTtjlie
shelters hundreds. v--f-
The Seine has risen from tUo
.ttf four feet in the last -24 hoafs
and weather officials Jhp-predict
ed yesterday that the peak of 'the
flood would be , reached ;tohisht
aay1 ndwt that It .wilr continue
waII until Friday?' ' it''
if
. At Austerlitz bridge the Seine
registers 5.20 ' meters (about 7
feet) which is the highest since
110 when one of the knost 4i
astrous floods In the) history
jthe city occurred. While the peo
ple of Paris are not panicky, tty
We waiting for the worst: jz - ,
rf The Hoodin of i;he:lpise hU
caused ' a veritable 'disaster aldhS
the whole length, of gtheH Yaljefr,
-which has5 "the appearance of a
lake " nearly -mtlT'oi'
own of Golse. Is rcompletely lup.-
;3er water,' the population livpikg
in - the noner ! stories 1 of., t
houses and receiving. proTisjona by
t i The river Vesle, where so many
Americana fought and fell in ithe
great war'began to overflow to
unit Flma and Bralne 4re
U.o.t.nut! SalsMns on the Atsn
)s cut off from rauroaa foomin?ii
ration and r the i lower C quarters
have been evacuated.
1 r'The Marne continues a roaring
r ton-ent, it rose 30 inches in the
past 2 hours. Chateau Thierry
u tiiv flooded. - Tbel northern
ranroad track from r Paris fahd
jUUle and Paris and Brussels Wre
e6 deeply burled under Valer t
the company ha warned the iub-
. .imiaa nilrtit hare
to be stopped- ,f ..Lr-. -; vp rl
if Tomorrow and Frldajr the: offi
cial weather forecasters prophcr.
Willi teee the culminating point jef
the floods In the Paris region
It
)a still raining Intermitenuy, (-1
LIVES SAVED BY C0LOE
POG BARKS, ftAVEfi ''. SCOBjE ;
. ; -, j . - : dies; IN, FIItK . '.j j
? MILES CITY, Mont. Jn. 6
(By Associated Prfess)i. A clie
dog barked an alarm today that
,n.hfed nearly a score of perions
i mmm ia their night - dotlhes
from two burning hotels at Mel-
rtn A. Mont, t 4 ' -4 -
!
f . - . a - m I t i M A n n W vil n Mm
-were destroyed: The, guests hjur
.Tiedly left the buildings- after? he
dog had awakened tnerpropneor.
j 1 Unnoticed in the excitement,
the collie reentered the flaming
building and perlshedt
PAY INCREASE REFUSED.
. rArc V ; OUIT - WHEN THEY,
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RECEIVE RAISU. f J
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NEW YORK. Jani 6. (Br
Associated Press). One . hun
dred and , six, charwomen went
on strike and the bundlngat
NO. l f BrOMWaj, weuv; -
cleaned today because they ig-.
ured 41 a week was imore py .
than $56 a montn ,( v -
- The building superintendent
thought he waa giving-theisf a
raise . when be - recently - put
them on a monthly basis, jhat
they wouldn't itcept fhls expla
nation and walked i out v this
morning when the jpay ;;-4f-i.
lopes for the half month, con
taining $28, were. distributed.'
The strikers said they, would
not T back ,untll the "$10 a
week .pay was,r?nm?d. j ,
HAVEr FLORIDA BO.QM MAGNATES ; .
. Irt tern Indicate TOpfratorS : Contenplate Moving' Xorthwest ;
t . Governor AVnrns ; Against
Possible reaction of the Florida ' real estate boom -which for
the" past months' has' been the-topici
high flnaoce--upon Oregon property was revealed yesterday from two
sources Indicating a possible change on the part of large operators
from 'the extreme 'southeast to the northwest. . " .?
Letters were; receive, from the
boards by the state insurance comnjiissioner.; here, requesting eppies
of the-Oregon real estate laws. The
of Florida. real estate brokers contemplate leaving present super ex
ploited fields, and locating in Oregon within the next few months.
'Yesterday, also. Governor; Walter M. Pierce directed a precau
tionary letter to the'slalJef'real estate
ing most f careful consideration of
licenses for the, year 1926.
"The .greatest menace confronting the real estate business in
Oregon is greed." read the governorls
"You are now receiving . applications
McMAHAN FJLES.SU1T
TO STOP FEE PAYMENT
J. K. HOSMKR.OK .SH.VKKTOX
.NAMED TTORXKV
Will' Test Validity of Claim
OH
' Fees Made by JJruzier C.
Small, ; Justice
Circuit Judge L. H. MeMahan
filed suit here yesterday to enjoin
the Marion county court from pay
ing rto Brazier C. Small, justice
of the peace ot the Saleki district,
certain fees in connection with
criminal cases handled In his
court during the past few months.
The complaint Was signed by
J. K. Sears of Salem and J." E.
Hosmer of Silverton was named
attorney for- the-: plaintjiff . Judge
MeMahan, in explaining why he
employed an outside attorney,
said he had been unable to find
a lawyer in Salem" "who "had nerve
enough" to " prosecute ' the " case.
Hosmer at one time published the
Silverton Journal, now discon
tinued. '
Judge MeMahan alleged in the
complaint that the Justice of the
peace had attempted , to collect
from the county court, fees for
certain docket entries for which
he was not entitled to remuner
ation!. ''-';
Attorney General Van Winkle,
in an opinion prepared some tfme J
ago,1 neia mat me lees uemauueu
by the justice of the pace (were
legal. Judge MeMahan has taken
issue with the opinion of the at
torney general. The outcome of
the suit is of more than, ordinary
importance attorneys declare, in
that the decision of the court will
affect the; remuneration of justice
courts in all parts of the state.
An order is now sought re
straining I the county court from
paying "to Mr. Small the claims
he has presented.
MUSICIANS SEEK; RAISE
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BOOST OF 82 AN Il.OUli IS DE
MANDED BY RADIO PJ.AYERS
SEATTLE. Jan. 6. (By Asso
ciated Press). The Seattle musl
clans union today threatened to
refuse to "play for the radio if
radio broadcasting stations fail to
meet wage increases of Z an hour
extra to musicians and S3 extra
to musical directors. - The union
has asked; stations here to sign
contracts agreeing to employ un
ion musicians or musicians pro-
nouncea rair ojr-tne unions
iRadio ; station - managers sad
thjat they cannot meet the wage
scale on sign the agreement re
quired. iThey declared that Pitts-!
burgh was the only city in which
similar terms had been demanded.
Studio union wage i scales here
now call for S4 a musician and $6
for a director for the first hour
If; fewer than Id men are used. If
more than! 10' men are used the
scale is doubled; .
MARION -OST INSTALLS
FOREIGN WAR VETERANS OFV
FICERS ACCEPT DUTIES'
New ofTIcers of Marion post No
6 1.- Veterans of Foreign Wars
were installedilast night by TJe
part men t Commander A. P. Ituth-j
erfordJ Retiring Commander Carlej
Abrams ' was" presented .with a set;
of gold- VFW ctt links' as i. token!
of. aDDreciation of his efforts 1 id
conducting a motit successful vyeaij
as ;commander of -the' post. ; i ' i
Officers installed were; , Com
mander. J. S. Baker; Benior vice
commander. M. II. Sim; junioij
vice . commander. ' II. O. Miller
officer of the day. Web. Moorman
ad jn t an 1 1': Dry a h Conley q earter4
master, I C. W-: Brant Judge advot
cate. Bolton, Hamblev surgeon, Dr
D. R. Itoss; chaplain,' B, XL, Woel
ke: trustee. Cai;le Abrams.
- ' SHINGLE MILL BURNS :
. EVERETT, Wash;, Jan. (Bir
Associated Press). -Loss estlmat
ed at $250,000 was suffered tcj
night? when the; Rucker -Brothers
combination" saw, shingle and
planing,, mill northeast: of J2veret;t
,High Power Methods ) ,
of; much speculation and' more
Florida Association of Real Estate
letters indicated that a number
commissioner Will Moore,' urg
all applications for , real estate
1
letter addressed to Will Moore.
for real estate licenses, a large
number or which will be new ar
rivals in our state, iome of them,
no doubt, were subnjitted by high
powered salesmen and . managers,
Who by exxisworation, intemperate
statements and misleading adver
tisements will tend to build up an
4rmy of disappointed buyers.
eive your most careful scrutiny
and inveatigatioh before author!-.
Ration is issued for such'pperation
in dregon. You are now , func
tioning under a' new la w . enacted
fit the last session of the legisla
ture which gives you wide discre
tion in the granting of real estate
licenses and the people of the
ptate expect greater protection
than ever before.
The law should be strictly en-
jfofced, and all. those who are
found to be operating without
proper licenses should be penal
ized to the full extent of the law."
; For some time, Oregon has been
looked upon as a fertile field for
'promotion by operators Outside of
the state. Many-of i those- most
successful in the Florida ' field,
were previously in on the earlier
California boom. Those who were
late in entering the rush to the
state to the south, were early in
the Florida field.
"How long will it last?" is the
question that has spread through
out the country U refering to the
giddy transactions in Florida. For
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DODGE PRICES ARE v CUT
REDUCTION I& ANNOUNCED BY
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
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DETROIT, Jan. 6.-- Dodge
Brothers, Inc., and Graham Broth
ers, automoDiie manuiaciuroro.
will announce tomorrow a price
reduction on all machines manu
factured by the twd companies.
The new prices are to be effective
at once. The reduction on the
Dodge cars will be from $60 to
I'50,M the factory announces.
while a slight cut will be made on
the Graham truck. The reduction
will apply on all cars purchased
after December 15, the announce
ment reads. r
IF I WAIT
TiLuHtGETS
WELL, I'LL NEVER
SELL ITTOHIf?
IGEIIEHCE
lilHLlM
Discussion of Anthracite
Wage Scale Is to Be Re
sumed Again Today
CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS
Doth Rides Willing to Do Kvrry
thing Possible to Facilitate j
Agreement, leaders
Declare
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. (By As
sociated Press). The anthracite
joint wage conference adjourned
tonight in an absolute deadiocK
until 11 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Both sides expressed their
willingness to continue negotia
tions in an effort to end the coal
strike. President Lewis of Ithe
miners stated that he would re
gard the breakup of negotiations
without an agreement as "a pub
lic calamity." Various proposi
tions offered by either side were
voted unon and rejected by one
side or the other.
According to a statement is
sued, the ' operators submitted a
statement, of their opposition on
arbitration.
The position of the operators
was .that they were willing to dis
cuss the merits of any plan, but
were convinced that, in order, to
restore confidence in the industry.
regain lost markets ana proviae
work for employes, an acceptable
plan must provide for a long term
agreement, provision for wage ad-!
justments'if economic conditions
require, and arbitration for avoid
ing deadlocks inj case of disagree-,
ment. j
The miners offered a proposal
for the examination of the operat
ors' books by the miners' negoti
ating comhiittee.
The answer of the operators to
this was as follows: '
"Our answer to your proposal
regarding the submission of our
books, records, etc., to the anthra
cite mine workers negotiating
committed In this conference is
that such j submission sid examin
ation would be tasTT'tfequlring
the, services of many experts and
covering Weeks of labor. At the
end of this labor, nothing would
hare developed that any one
would be bound by.
"We have offered to supply this
or any other data required by the
board of arbitration as the basis
for a decision. . We accordineiv
offer an amendment:
"That the operators will submit
such books, records and other in
formation as may be considered
pertinent! to a board of arbitra
tion" !
ONE DIES IN SNOW;
DENVER, Jan. 6 A snowstorm
that swept over southern' Colorado
today took a toll of one dead and
tied u palutomobile traffic.
LEST HE FORGET
FREIGHT TRAFFIC FOR
1925 SETS NEW MARK
LA RGK
INCREASE IS NOTED
1YIMPARED WITH 1024
Practically No Car , Shortage
Noted Daring Year, ttc
port States
Is
WASHINGTQNy Jan. 6. ( By
Associated 'Press, )-r-The Ameri
can Rail way ..association' tOnight
fnnouneed . that the railroads in
1325 handled "the greatest freight
traftic on record" and the bureau
of railway economics disclosed
that for the first 11 months in the
year, class one roads earned on
the basis of their own property
valuation figures, an annual re
turn of 4. S.I per cent. The bu
reau, which is maintained by the
carriers, placed the net operating
income for the 11 months at $1,
041.6S,000, against $899,666,
000 during the corresponding
i!)24 period.
Tteturns filed by the railroads
with its car service division of the
lailway association showed that
car lodgings in 192 ! totaled 51,
177.9 62 cars, an increase of 2.
643,529 over 1924, and 1,365,849
over 1923, asNwell as an advance
of 683, 392 over the division's es
timate for the year, made last
pprine;.
"The record traffic of 1925 was
handled without transportation
difficulties." the association said,
"nr with practically no c?r
: hortage."
While the peak was reached in
the week ending August 2 9, wit'j
1,124,436 cars handled "the great
est number of any one week on
record." the association declared
that for 2 0 square weeks, begin
ning about mid-July, loadtngs ex
ceeded the million mark.
Turning to loadings for the
week ending December 2 6, the as
sociation declared that these total
ed (701,079, an advance of 53,755
over the corresponding week last
year.
It placed coal loadings at 122,
35$ cars, a decrease of 65.048 un
der the previous mark; grain and
rin products 33.267, a deriase
of 20,892; miscellaneous freight
251,299, a decrease of 90,379;
merchandise and less than car
load lots 200,372. a drop of 52,
iS4tf and -liyestock 22.729. a de
crease of 11.667. 1
LIBEL CASES DISMISSED
CHARGES AGAINST A. RURIC
TODD ARE CANCELED
KELSO, Wash.. Jan. 6. (By
Associated Press.) Two charges
of criminal libel filed against A
Ruric Todd last May at the
height of Kelso's political strife,
were dismissed today on motion
of the prosecuting attorney's of
flee. Todd was acquitted of an
other criminal libel charge filed
at the same time. Todd will be
arraigned on two charges of ma
licious prosecution in superior
court tomorrow.
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British mm,
OF RUBBER PROBED
House Commerce Committee
Opens Inquiry Into Mon
opolisticControl INTRUSION IS ASSAILED
Secretary Hoover Declares Prac
tice Will Rcfnlt in Great
Danger to Inteniation
al Good Will
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6- (By
Associated Press ) . Investigation
of the situation growing) but of
the British rubber monopoly was
started today by the house com
merce committee. Opening the
inquiry Secretary Hoover assailed
'intrusion" by any government by
trading operations on a vast scale.
"This m-actiee." he saidi "rais
a' host of newdaagers the inevrt
able aftermath of any such effort
by political agencies to interfere
with the normal progress' of sup
ply and demand."
The foreign "monopolistic con
trol of the crude rubber price, he
added, threatened "not only the
sane .progress of the world but
contains in it great dangers to in
ternational good will."
In addition to the committee's
hearing, the rubber situation was
discussed in the house by Repre
sentative Frear. while in the sen
ate a resolution was introduced
by Senator King, Utah, to direct
the Judiciary committee to inves
tigate alleged "manipulations of
rubber prices by foreign and do
mestic monopolies.'
Mr. Frear asserted that the rub
ber situation "appears to have
been based" on high rubber prices
and "American press reports al
leged to be propaganda" and that
the Tilson resolution ordering it
seemed "to be made the basis for
commercial reprisals." .
Secretary Hoover, on the other
hand, told the committee that the
rubber situation could ! not be
solved by acquiescence or accept
ance and that it would only be
compounded and aggravated by
retaliatory action. He urged the
working otiC instead, of a broad
constructive solution.
SWAMP LICENSE BUREAU
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APPLICATIONS ARRIVING AT
RATE OF H.OOO DAILY
Less than 65,000 out of an an
ticipated 240.000 motor vehicles
in Oregon for the year 1926, had
beenjicensed when the state de
partment closed its doors yester
day. , .
Approximately 3000 ; licenses
are now being issued daily,: and if
this rate is maintained virtually
all of the applications now in the
hands of the secretary of state
will have been disposed of by
February 1.
Applications for licenses have
been received at the rate, of ap
proximately 5000 daily during the
past two. weeks.
Ass soon as the congestion in
the motor" vehicle 'department is
relieved the police officers of the
state will be notified. i '
EVELYN THAW IMPROVED
PHYSICIAN" REPORTS -PATIENT
IS OUT .OF DANGER
CHICAGO. Jan. 6. (By Asso
ciated Press) : Evelyn N e s b 1 1
Thaw, who yesterday swallowed
poison,' 1S now Out of danger and
ill'get well, barring unforeseen
complications, JJr. E. j Thomas
Brand, her physician said tonight,
r "She should be out of! the hos
pital in a week" unless there are
some complication's. She had ' a
slight relapse '"' today but it was
only of a temporary nature and
she is now doing .well." j T
GIRL KILLED IN CRASH
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COUPE vVOVEnTXixst:iAFTi2R
' SKIDDING ON ICY HIGHWAY '-.
YAKIMA. Jan, .-MB? Asho-'
cia ted Press.) Ice on the- hlffh
way was assigned as-the' cause of
death .today lof ,. Delia iSisk. . 14.
high Wchbol student, who was in
stantly! killed 'when a, 'coupe in
which she waSTriding'i to school
with' "three other students over
turned. ; The sheriff said a flat
tire on a'.' rear - wheel "i-probahly
started the car skidding. . . The
coupe slid7 50 feet - in the ditch
along the road.V . j- - .-. j
; ' The companions ..of fhe - dead
girl,"' none of; whom waa1 injunsd
broke through the top ot the cat
and - called a physician;! 'who said
Miss : Sisk's heck .was , broban:
Gordon Reld, driver of the coupe,
told the sheriff the car was travel
ing. 2 5 or 30 miles an hour. j s
WEATHER FOOLS BEES
HONEY GATHERERS SWARM
THINK SPRING HERE
THE DALLES,; Ore:, Jan. .
(By Associated' Press).
More than fifty colonies ef bees
in the apiary of John Pasbek of
this city today assumed that
spring "was here and became
,active Pasbek reported, j Some
of the i bees Were swarming.
This is unprecedented for Jan
uary. Others were busily en
gaged in gathering honey and
pollen from flowers which have
burst into bloom, since .Satur
day the 'apiarist said. 'Warm
breezes and clear skies have
produced springlike tempera
tures during the last several
days. ' l;
SCIENTISTS TRYING TO
SEND MOVIES BY WIRE
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DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED
1 IN CONDENSING FIELD j
Inventor of Light Cell Describes
Attempt to Wire Moving
Pictures 1
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (By As
sociated Press.)- The chief diffi
culty in the transmission of mo
tion pictures by v. ire, says V. K.
Zworylin of the Westinghouso Re
search Laboratories,' is that of
subdividing the field into small
enough units for transmission, so
that when they are. enlarged upon
a screen they present a definite
image of the object.
Zworykin Js the iaventor of the
light cell by which li.ht impul-ncs
are translated Into mechanical
operations. He finds the problem
of motion picture transmission
theoretically possible, but the me
chanical difficulties are Xty no
means overcome. Another year
may result in a solution. u
The light cell, which is a com
bination of the principle in the
radio tube and a photo-electric
phenomena discovered years ago
by Halwach. is now used success
fully by the Ail-American Cables
for printing cable dispatcher sent
across the AOantic. The electric
impulse coming across the cable is
so slight that hitherto it has been
impossible ---to - jtuse i . mecbanical
printers to record the dispatches:
'' The light cell catching the ray
of light reflected from a mirror
galvanometer, sensitive to the
smallest electrical impulses, trans
lates the light rays into electrical
impulses strong enough to operate
printing devises, which record the
dots and dashes.'
Halwach discovered that the im
pact of light upon certain alkaline
metals produced an electrical ef
fect. Later experimenters show
ed that the light rays caused elec
trons to be discharged 'from the
metal.
In the Zworykin light cell a
thin coating of the metal ' upon
which the light acts is! placed in a
position such that the discharged
electrons will add their impulse
to tHe circuit in the radio bulb
and permit current to. flow.- The
process:, of amplification, Intensi
fies the current to a point capable
cf operating mechanical devices. -The
light cell also is used now
in sub-station transformers on
lines upon which heavy electrical
currents are carried to detect
smoke In case of fire; mechanical
ly set off fire, extinguishing de
vices and notify the nearest sta
tion from which employes can be
sent to remedy tne trouble.
Mr. Zworykin said that the
light cell was beginning to find
wide application in Industry.
Among other things it is used me
chanically to test 'the filaments
of radio tubes. It enables them to
be manufactured with a uniform
ity which no other method : ot
testing makes possible. J S - ;
The, inventor has an apparatus
in his home by which the electric
lights are automatically turned oa
at dusk by employiug the light
cell. He said that the draughts
in the furnace might be automat!
cally. opened as easily with the ris
ing of the sun. :; l-?riii'.i'
CALL-SPECIAL ELECTION
NEW ROAD TOTOREGON CAVES
" OBJECT OF BALLOT
Governor fierce" yesterday sign'
ed an order authorizing a special
election on February '16 for the
creation; of what would be known
as the Siskiyou. Improvement dis
trict In Southern Oregon' , v
The 'diatrlct would include the
Western halt of. Jackson: county
and -the eastern part" of: Josephine
county. BolVMedford and Jack
sonville would be Included in the
proposed district"' ' .". .. , ? "' ' -
' The purpose of -the districf Is
to, construct a road up WUHams
creek, ta the Oregon caves, f ucb. a
road would icost . approximately
S150.00& and would provide an
entrance to the! caves . from the
Medford side. . - . " '
".The election was authorized nn"
der an act oLihe131 :eirfla,urc-
SI1P E8PJH1IE
FELTIIMMGIl
San Francisco and Oakland
Are Shaken by Two Dis-U
' tinct Earth Shocks - i -.
NO DAMAGE IS REPORTED
i- .
Quakes of Five Seconds Dai
rai iou
Each Occur at 9:4.T ljit
Night;; Are. Felt on
Waterfront
SASa FRANCISCO. Janf
By: Associated'' Press.) A- sharn
earthquake was felt in the San
Francisco bay region at!' 9 : 4 &
'clock tonight. Two distinct
hocks lasting about five seconds
were felt in Oakland, while San
Francisco and points- along the
peninsula received a' sharpshock.
The shock was sufficiently In
tense in some districts toSi rattle
windows and sway plcturesion the
aiis."-: . : ;.;-; .v i -
Along the waterfront th tem
blor was distinct and continuous.
the naval radio station reported.
In Marin county, north Of here.
residents at the foot of Mt Tamal-
paiai received a sharp shock last
ing several seconds. - i - '
The duration of the shdck' has
not been definitely ' determined.
but is said to have lasted about
five seconds.) No damage was
done." i
SANTA CLARA. f!T . .Tan fi
Record of the earthquake jshocks
reported in San Francisdo and
vicinity tonight was "barely per
ceptible" on the seismograph of
the observatory of the University
ui- oanM'uiara; accoramg to Al
bert J; Newlln, assistant to Father
. S. Richards, director of the ob
servatory. Th rtft.Tt. WVlllrl In.
dicate the shock was a light one,
Newlin said, probably impercept
ible in this vicinity. I; '
LONDON. Jan. '6. -f Rt ?i
a ted Press.)- Brief dispatches re
ceived Here from Italy report that
Mount Vesuvius suddenly jhas be
come more active than In the past
eight months, Indicating a possible
dangerous eruption: -The di
patches say that much Smdke and
hot ashes are ascending from tha
crateri but that there has; as vet
been no lava from It. ' I
A -new fissure.- however: ha
opened on the western sid4 of tho;
crater, and" lava is pdhring from'
It down " the mountainside. An
other crack has appeared Ion the
northern side: ! ' !
Dwellers on f the monntain iro 1
greatly alarmed. I
ORDER CLUB HOMEiVOTE:
PROFESSIONAI AND BUSINESS
WOMEN TO BALLOT
h;..M V . ; .:i;;u j; ' rX.
The question of bovine a club
house was the object of prolonged
and heated discussion at tli'e meet
ing of the Salem ' Business and
Professional Women's cluh last
night. ; The meeting was Iheld in.
the auditorium . of thet Salem,
Chamber of commerce. I
Property under consideration Is-
the Blighiproperty on Marion, be
tween Church, and Cottage?streets. "
The euu I has -jbeen planning f or,
some tlxue to own its owti home.-
but certain members expressed the
opinionthat jthe time ia not quite
ripe. j, ' ..."..v -gi 'r-.w
The proposition will be mailed '
to' each member of the club. A
ballot; will be atUched, and a vote;
takem. " Members decided "last
night thaffthe 'proposition must.
receive ' thfee-f ourths" of the votes
cast In order to be put oVer.
Mrs. 'W. H; Brgbardt of Salem
Was the principal speaker of the
evening. She spoke on her trav-f
els through Europe. ; Membrrs
received -her review enthusiasti
cally. - - : . ''
Miss Josephine BrossJ also of
Salem, rendered two vocal solos.
AMBERC0MBY SENTENCE
GETS JAIL TERM AND FINE
i iron OWNING STILL
' J. Ci Ambercomby, 37, of Wood
burn, was sentenced to &lx mcrths
in the county Jail and was f;r,cl
250 When he was found guilty iu.
the Justice court yesterday cf a
charge of possession ot a" still. I,'
was arrested Tuesday evening by
R0y Bremtaer, deputy f, heriff,
working with state agents Arnpy
and Hill. ;
i The still, found on- Aifcberco:n
bys ' seven ; acre ' farm' at out f on r
rnlles east' of VToodburn, was of
the wash boiler variety. "N'o wh!s
Isty.was, found, although h bout ' o
jgayons. of jnash was seizi. cr.'i
pers said Hhat; ' Amberrohiby !
his 16 -year old yon..te?v"jng tl
"toiIer'to keep the ira-h h n. ' -pther
run of liquor, it, t i ' ' ,
evidently to 'be run c.:t i-:.:
day or so. ' : r " ' '
j burned down."? .,'