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VOL. X L V III.
N U . H’
UTTLE1SD0NE
AT MEETING OF
CITY FATHERS
S C IE N T IS T D E S C R IB E S
W O R LD S G R E A T E S T N E E D
A
»
UNDERW OOD
BILL DISGRACE
SENATOR SAYS
CHIEF FIGURES IN NEWS OF THE DAY
LONDON, Dec. 17. — U
U n d e r th e
lea d in g
of
“ W h a t th e W orld W a n ts ” 8
S ir R o b e rt H adfleld, fam -
1 ous
E n g lish
s c ie n tis t 8
t e n u m e ra te s th e fo u r fol- 8
> fo w in g
th in g s as th o se
’ m ost n eeded by th e w o rld .
I
An alloy, fe rro u s o r non
Old Council Content to Close ; fe rro u s , p o ssessin g 5 p er » Morris of Nebraska Declares
c e n t to 100 p er c e n t h ig h ­
Up Odds and Ends and
u Proposed Bill Is Worse
er
te n a c ity
th a n
any
Await Action of New
::
Than Teapot Dome
k n o w n c o m b in a tio n , w hile
a t th e sam e tim e n o t b e ­
MEETING
IS
SHORT
** PASSAGE NOW LIKELY
ing b rittle .
8 I
______
A ction Tukcn A u thorizing Pum p­
A lig h tin g a p p a ra tu s ♦♦ i A dm inistration F orces W ish to
in g o f W ater From M ains by
c a p ab le of p e n e tr a tin g a
B ring Issu e to V ote at Once.
fog.
R esidents o f H igh Places
P rogressives W ant D elay
R e fra c to ry m a te ria ls for
th e lin in g of ste e l m e ltin g
L ittle b u sin e ss w as tra n s a c te d
W A SH IN G TO N , Dec. 17.— T he
fu rn a c e s an d la d le s th a t
at
th e
re g u la r
se m i-m o n th ly
p assag e of th e p ro p o sed U n d e r­
w ould be a b so lu te ly u n ­
m e e tin g of th e city council held
wood M uscles S h o als B ill, w o rk ­
a
tta c k e d by e ro sio n
or
la s t n ig h t. Soon a f te r th e m e e t­
ed o u t by S e n a to r U nderw ood,
c o rro sio n .
in g was c a lled to o rd e r by Dr. R.
D em ocrat of
A la b a m a ,
w ould
A sa fe m eth o d o f s to p ­
L. B u rd ic, c h a irm a n of th e c o u n ­
m ak e “ T h e T e a p o t D om e scan d al
ping s te a m e rs a n d sh ip s
cil a c tin g
in place of
M ayor
look s m a lle r th a n a p in h e a d ,”
ro llin g in th e
ro u g h e s t
P ie rc e , it becam e a p p a re n t th a t
S e n a to r M orris,
R e p u b lic a n
of
w e a th e r.
th e p re s e n t council w as d e te rm in ­
N e b ra sk a to d a y c h a rg e d in th e
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ed to s t a r t n o th in g new , being to
S en ate.
m e re ly close up a few odds and
“ If th is b ill is .passed by C on­
e n d s o f b u sin e ss and a w a it th e
g re ss It w ill be k n o w n a s a ra p e
a c tio n of th e in co m in g council
upon th e tre a s u ry of th e U n ited
on a n y new m ea su res.
S ta te s, a gold b rick to th e f a r m ­
C ity A tto rn e y B rig g s w as in ­
e rs a n d th e g iv in g a w ay of th e
s tru c te d to d raw up a b la n k e t o r ­
g re a te s t in h e rita n c e of th e A m e ri­
d in an c e , g iving p erm issio n to all
can people to som e p riv a te c o r­
re s id e n ts of th e h ig h e r p o rtio n s
p o ra tio n fo r
e x p lo ita tio n
and
of th e city rig h t to pum p w a te r
m oney m a k in g , “ M orris d e c la re d
fo r d o m estic p u rp o se s
d ire c tly
d
u rin g his speech w hich occupied
fro m th e m ains. T he o rd in a n c e Total of 0 8 ,2 4 5 R eturns F iled m o re th a n th re e h o u rs th is m o rn ­
W ith C ollector of Interim ! Rev­
w ill
in clu d e a p ro v isio n
th a t
ZEevir. COUNT G U EN TH ER ftE R N F T O E F F 4 P fiE K lE S? H EEf?J0Y V
ing.
enue Front Entire State
th e u s e rs pay fo r th e w a te r a t
I t a p p e a re d tills m o rn in g as
L G O ir TROTZTbCY
LEO D F r R E C ir s ’TE.U T .
sjsrz.
th e sam e r a te as o th e r co n su m ers
th o u g h th e fo rces of th e a d m in is ­
PO R TLA N D , Dec. 17.— D u rin g
in th e city. T his actio n w as ta k e n
Leon Trotzky, Soviet M inister of W ar, Is seriously III in Moscow
tr a tio n w ill e n d e a v o r to g et a
and rum ors persist he has been poisoned. London declures he is so
th
e
fiscal y e a r e n d in g J u n e 30,
u p o n th e rec o m m e n d a tio n of th e
v o te on th e bill by S a tu rd a y , w ith
w’a te r co m m ittee , a f te r th e ir r e ­ la st, a to ta l of $ 1 0 ,5 0 0 ,2 3 7 .4 8 in th e h o p e of h a v in g it p assed a t greatly in fear Tor his life he m ain tain s eight homes to dodge his
enem ies Prem ier Edouard H errlot, of France, has been com pelled to
p o rt of th e in v e stig a tio n held on fe d e ra l incom e a n d m isc e llan e o u s th a t tim e, w hile th e P ro g re ssiv e s give up his duties until be recovers-from an attack of grippe, brought
th e p e titio n of Mrs. H e a th . Mrs. taxes w as co llected in O regon, a c ­ hope to p o stp o n e th e w hole ques-1 ' on by bis nation-wide drive ag ain st C om m unists and other f-tE ign
a g ita to rs
The public prosecutor of F ra n k fu rt a Main. G erm any, lias
H e a th re q u e ste d th a t sh e be a l­ c o rd in g to s ta tis tic s p re p a re d by tio n u n til a f te r th e
C h ristm a s Issued a w arrant for the a rre s t of Count C hristian G uenther von Bern-
C
lyde
O.
H
u
n
tle
y
,
c
o
lle
c
to
r
of
in
­
low ed to pum p w a te r from th e
h o lid ay s.
Btorff. son of the form er Am bassador to the United States, charging
m ain s, c la im in g t h a t d u rin g th e te rn a l re v e n u e , an d an n o u n c ed
Leo D itrlchsteln. one of the leading s ta rs of the Am erican
F ro m all a p p e a ra n c e s , th e bill perjury
g r e a te r p a rt of th e su m m e r she to d ay . C o llectio n s from th e sam e is a lm o st c e rta in to pass in th e stage, has been forced by ill health to quit the stage. He will make
his fu tu re home in Italy.
w as u n a b le to o b ta in w a te r b e ­ so u rc e s fo r th e p re c e d in g fiscal S e n a te . A d ecisiv e
d e fe a t w as
ca u se of th e low p re s s u re in th e y e a r w ere s lig h tly g r e a te r , a g ­ h a n d e d th e p ro p o sed a m e n d m e n t
g re g a tin g $ 1 0 ,5 7 3 ,9 4 1 .IS .
T he
m ains.
to th e b ill y e s te rd a y , p ro h ib itin g
Mr. M cK issick re p o rte d to th e cost of c o lle c tin g th e se ta x e s d u r ­ th e sale of th e p ro p e rtie s to a
co u n cil t h a t he w as re a d y w ith ing th e fiscal y e a r re c e n tly clo s­ p riv a te c o rp o ra tio n , an d s u p p o rt­
h is re p o rt on a su rv e y a u th o riz e d ed, in c lu d in g s a la rie s , tra v e lin g e rs of th e bill d e c la re th a t th e
by th e co u n cil, a n d it w as voted ex p en ses, su p p lie s, e q u ip m e n t and
sam e S e n a to rs w ho voted dow n th e
t h a t D ecem ber 29 he se t a sid e a s m isc e llan e o u s ¿ R i n s e s w as $122,-
p ro p o sed a m e n d m e n t w ill v o te
th e d a te fo r a jo in t m ee tin g of 97 9 .4 4 , as a g a in s t $ 1 3 1 ,9 0 7 .0 6
fa v o ra b ly on th e p a ssa g e of th e
th e old a n d new co u n cils to h e a r fo r th e p rec e d in g fiscal y e a r p e r­ o rig in a l bill.
iod, o r a sa v in g of $ 8 ,927.62.
a n d c o n sid e r th is re p o rt.
\ eteran, A ged 83, G ets Ik* cree S o C hanges A nnounced as Y et in
T h e to ta l n u m b e r of incom e
O llie E a s te rlin g , city e le c tric ­
ROSS
WILL
FIGHT
From W ife. Coyla M yers Di­
ta
x
r
e
tu
r
n
s
filed
in
C
o
llecto
r
ia n , w ho h a s resig n e d h is posi­
O ther County O ffices. Audit
OUSTER
MOVEMENT
vorced From V oyla M yers
tio n to ta k e up a c tiv e m a n a g e ­ H u n tle y 's office fo r th e c a le n d a r
to be C om pleted January 20
m en t of his p e rso n a l a ffa irs a p ­ y e a r 1923 w as 68,245, of w hich
PO R TLA N D , Dec. 17. — Dr.
E. G. H a se ltin e , a v e te ra n of
p e a re d b e fo re th e council a n d ex­ a p p ro x im a te ly 50 p e r c e n t w ere
ED FO R D , Dec. 17. — Sheriff-
lh o m a s R oss, o u ste d m em b e r of th e civil w a r, aged S3, a r e s id e n t' e le M
c t R a lp h J e n n in g s a n n o u n c ed
r e tu r n s .
M u ltn o m ah
p resse d his w illin g n ess to a id his ta x a b le
th e O regon F ish a n d G am e C om ­ of A sh la n d , w as g ra n te d a d :v o rc e ' M onday th a t w hen he a ssu m e s
su c ce sso r in an y way possible d u r ­ co u n ty , w ith 40,560 r e tu r n s , o r
m ission a n n o u n c e d to d ay th a t he
ing th e com ing y ear. lie e x p la in ­ a lm o st 60 p e r c e n t, led w ith th e
by C irc u it J u d g e C. M. T h o m a s ofTice th e f ir s t of n e x t m o n th , he
w ould fig h t th e c h a rg e s of ex-
ed th a t h is p e rso n a l a ffa irs had g re a te s t
num ber
of
re tu rn s .
M onday m o rn in g , fro m h is w ife,! w ill r e ta in th re e of th e p re s e n t
tra v a g e n c e a n d inefficiency a n d
forced him to be a b s e n t from his W h eeler c o u n ty , w ith 50, m ade
th e p u rc h a s in g o i liq u o r from A s­ M ary H a s e ltin e , ag e 79, \ H asel-: staff as d e p u tie s, L. H. F o rn c ro o k ,
p re s e n t p o sitio n p a rt of th e tim e th e sm a lle st n u m b e r of filings.
to ria policem en, th e re a so n s given tin e on th e w itn ess s ta n d w o re ' Miss O lga A n d e rso n a n d G eorge
d u rin g th e p re s e n t m o n th , a n d
A m ong th e c itie s, P o rtla n d led
F o rn c ro o k is re g a rd e d
by G o v e rn o r P ie rc e fo r d ism issin g a blue c o a t w ith b ra ss b u tto n s, j H o w ard .
T he n u m ­
ex p ressed a d e sire t h a t th e c o u n ­ w ith 39,777 re tu rn s .
him fro m th e com m ission. T he H e a lle g ed th a t he w as d e s e rte d I 88 one o f ‘he b e st a ll-a ro u n d de-
cil ta k e actio n in e x p re ssin g th e ir b er of filin g s from th e o th e r p rin -
c ip a l c itie s of th e s ta te fo llo w : , “ “ T " ' “ ’/
.
"
‘" S '" ' ,n " >li<' by h is ag ed w ife. H a s e lt'n e w as p u tie s iu th e s ta te , a n d a recog-
fe e lin g to w a rd h is absence.
It
fo rm e rly a n in m a te of th e Sol-! nized a u th o r ity on fin g e r p rin t and
" ' 8 . ' adv,s,1‘e R° M
™ “ '<l
w as ex p lain ed th a t E a s te rlin g had A lb an y 589. A sto ria 1 2 (5 , B a k e r
d
___ ___
.
.
Have a n h a e a rin p g nt
a t Qnlom
S alem on De­ ie r s ’ H om e a t S a w te lle , C al., a n d B e r‘ illio n m e a s u re m e n ts . H o w ard
failed to receive a v a c atio n fo r 787, B end 951, C o rv allis 53S, Eu have
took his m ea ls a t th e in s titu tio n w i.l be in th e ta x co llectio n d e ­
a p eriod of five y e a rs, a n d a f te r gene 1241, K la m a th F a lls 930, c em b er 22, 1924. R oss c o n te n d s
b u t lived in a re n te d house a b o u t p a rtm e n t a n d Miss A n d e rso n , w ill
so m e d iscussion he w as in s tru c t- L a G ra n d e 963, M arsh field 906, th e c h a rg e s a re sim p ly p o litic a l
a m ile aw ay , w h 'c h c a u se d tlie a tte n d to th e office w ork.
ed to ta k e an In v en to ry of th e ! M edford 754, O regon C ity 641, m a n ip u la tio n to g et him o u t of
|
No c h a n g e s h av e been a n n o u n c -
office.
m a trim o n ia l s to rm s, h e sa id .
sto c k of h is office, th e in v e n to ry P e n d le to n 1073, R o se b u rg 725,
C oyla M ae M yers, th e m o th e r ; ' ’i ' “ ‘" f p e rs o n n e l
th e
to be re a d y by J a n u a r y 1. a t Salem 1415, T he D alles 675.
nf riva o h iw ,
i
-
i office, w hen M iss D elilah S tev en s
of five c h ild re n ra n g in g fro m 7 , ■
.
.
..............
w hich tim e h e w ill be reliev ed
T he to ta l n u m b e r of r e tu r n s RAIL MEN TO GET
1 c
,
ta k e s c h a rg e , a n d n o n e is lik ely
to
15
y
e
a
rs
ot
age,
w
as
g
ra
n
te
d
-
,
GOOD INCREASE
in office by C. W . M alone.
for th e
s ta te w as
d is trib u te d
,
111 th e office of th e c o u n ty school
a
div
o
rce
from
V
oyla
A.
M
yers,!
s
u
p
e
rin
te
n
d
e
n
t.
asse9sor
a
n
J
am o n g th e se v era l c o u n tie s as
SAN FR A N C ISCO , Dec. 17.— ju d g m e n t fo r $90 s u it m oney, th e j tr e a s u r e r , in c u m b e n ts re-elected ,
W indow D ecorated—
follow s: B a k e r 1105, B e n to n 618,
A p p ro x im a tely five th o u sa n d m en h o u se h o ld f u r n itu r e a n d $100 p e r l
s h e riff - e le c t J e n n in g s also said
T h e P la za w indow h a s
been C la c k am a s 1938, C latso p 1740,
on
th
e
P
a
c
ific
sy
stem
of
th
e
m o n th .o r th e c a re of th e ch il- t h a t “it .m ig h t be n e c e ssa ry to
d e c o ra te d w ith a la rg e stic k of C olum bia 996, Coos 2049, C rook
S o u th e rn P acific ra ilro a d w ill re ­ d re n u n til th e y a r e 21 y e a rs o f , n a m e a p ro h ib itio n e n fo rc e m e n t
128,
C
u
rry
134.
D
esch
u
tes
1093.
p e p p e rm in t c a n d y .
E ach
p u r­
ceive a C h ristm a s g ift in th e form age. M yers is w ire c h ie f o f t h e ’, d e p u ty , w e d o n ’t know y e t,” b u t
c h a s e r is e n title d to g u ess th e D ouglas 1139, G illiam 223, G ran t
of $500,000 in a n n u a l w age in ­ P o s ta l T e le g ra p h s ta tio n a t A sh ­
sa id th e d ra in on th e tre a s u ry th a t
w e ig h t of th e a rtic le a n d th e c o n ­ 175, H a rn e y 143, Hood R iv e r
cre a se s a s th e r e s u lt of th e su c ­ lan d .
413,
Ja
c
k
so
n
1227.
Je
ffe
rso
n
73.
h a s p rev a ile d to th e tu n e of from
te s t w ill be o f se v e ra l d a y s d u r a ­
cessfu l
co m p le tio n of n e g o tia ­
J
o
s
e
p
h
in
e
326,
K
la
m
a
th
1217,
T
h
e
“
o
th
e
r
w
o
m
a
n
”
fig
u
re
d
in
I $800 to $1000 a m o n th fo r tw o
tio n .
T h e stic k
Is a ttr a c tin g
L a k e 179, L an e 1922, L incoln tio n s a n d th e co m p an y m a n a g e ­ th e s u it. T h e c o m p la in t c h a rg e d y e a rs w ould be tu rn e d off a s soon
m u ch a tte n tio n fro m p a sse rs by.
322. L in n
763, M alh eu r 258, m en t. T h e in c re a se w ill be r e ­ th a t 11 y e a rs ago M yers becam e as h e h a d a u th o r ity to tu r n It off.
M arion 2201, M orrow 205, M ult­ tro a c tiv e to S e p te m b e r 1 of th is in fa tu a te d w ith “ a c e rta in o th e r H e is opposed to o v e rla p p in g a u ­
n o m ah 40,560, P olk 467, S h e r­ y ear.
w o m a n ” now liv in g in A sh lan d th o r ity in th e c o n d u c t of Ills o f­
m an 224, T illa m o o k 615, U m a tilla
a n d w as m o re o r less in h e r co m ­ fice.
1851, U nion 1233, W allo w a 280,
P u b lic A c c o u n ta n t E. M. W ilson
p any, t h a t he ex p en d ed m oney
W asco 760, W a sh in g to n
1014,
h
a
s s ta r te d th e r e g u la r a n n u a '
upon h e r n eeded fo r th e s u p p o rt
W h e e le r 50, Y am h ill 604.
a
u
d it of th e c o u n ty books a n d ex­
00721333
o f his fam ily , a n d th a t th e y “ h ad
to d e p e n d on th e c h a rity of r e la ­ p ects to h av e th em fin ish ed by
MAN IS FROZEN TO
tiv e s .”
O th e r a c ts a lle g ed in ­ J a n u a r y 2 0 th .
9EATH, VANCOUVER
c lu d e d g a m b lin g , an d in to x ic a tio n
upon o n e occasion. I t is also HUGHES ASKS ACTION
D E N V E R , C olo., Dec. 17. __
VANCOU VER. B. C., Dec. 17.
c h a rg e d t h a t M yers’ p ro m ise to ON JAPANESE CONSOL
»»» .
T en lives, in d ire c tly a ttr ib u te d to — F ro z en to d e a th , G eorge W a tts i
a cook re s id in g in ,1,1» c ity w as W1^ " A™
DeC
k eep a w a y fro m th e “ o th e r w om ­ OFFICE
th e se v ere w e a th e r in th e R ocky
DECLARATION
ta k e n from an open Boat in «1» Z
d ° » " » ' » » '“ a n ” w e re n o t k e p t.
M o u n ta in reg io n w as th e to ll re ­
T h e Myfers w e re m a rrie d a t
PO R TLA N D , Dec. 17. — C ity
,
* x.
p o rte d h e re a f te r one of th e se F ra z ie r R iv er by a resc u e tu g , a t i
v e re s t s to rm s on rec o rd in th is ‘ he sam e tim e J. G reenw ood, a _
!
&n. 1 le 1 k c o n tin u - H e le n a, M o n tan a, in J u n e , 1908. a n d s ta te officials w ere s tir re d
s se
e c ctio
t i o n n . Tw
T u ’n
m a en
n a a n
nd
tn-n
T
°P e r a ‘*ons on
to d ay by a n in q u iiy from S ecre-
o m
d tw
o y <rn..nn,
o u n g fire m a n , w as rescu ed in a s ta te of
su l Islaild
I th e I * “ «®» V alley m a r k e t ro ad ,
PWATVITiTPU «ntr a
U r y ° f S ta te H u g h e s 89 to w h e tb -
w om en school te a c h e rs w ere in ­
th e c o u n ty ro ad c o n s tru c tio n pro- UHAJV1BER THANKED
e r th e p erso n o r p e rso n s g u ilty
G reenw ood w as a tte m p tin g t o 1
s ta n tly
k illed
w hen a d riv in g
g ram h as d e fin ite ly ceased u n til
FOR
GIFT
OF
BOOK
Of re m o v in g a n official n a m e p la te
convey
W
a
tts
,
w
ho
w
as
sick,
from
snow p re v e n te d th em se ein g an
th e sp rin g of 1925.
'
fro m th e d o o r of th e
Jap an ese
a p p ro a c h in g tra in w hich s tru c k a d re d g e in th e m id d le of th e
G ra d in g on th e C h ilo q u in -W il­
J.
H.
F
u
lle
r,
s
e
c
re
ta
ry
of
th
e
c
o
n
s
u
l’s
office
h
e
re
on
A
rm istic e
a n d d e m o lish e d th e ir a u to m o b ile riv e r to th e sh o re w hen th e ir b o at
liam so n riv e r ro a d , a p ro je c t five A sh la n d C h a m b e r of C om m erce! Day h ad been a p p re h e n d e d ,
on a g ra d e c ro ssin g a few m iles w as c a u g h t in th e c u r r e n t a n d c a r ­
an d o n e -h a lf m iles long, w as p ra c ­ to d a y receiv ed a le tte r from R. F . j
D is tric t A tto rn e y S ta n le y M yers
fro m th is city.
ried dow n w ith th e ice.
tic a lly co m p leted w hen H. F. Vic- G ra n t, p re s id e n t o f th e C h a m b e r, re p lie d to d a y to an in q u iry from
F o u r lives w e re lo st n e a r H el­
ory, c o n tra c to r on th e jo b , w as of C om m erce of th e U n ited S ta te s , j G o v e rn o r W a lte r P ie rc e t h a t th e
e n a , M ontana w hen a tr a in a n d SERVICES TO BE HELD
forced to r e tir e h is m en . O nly th a n k in g th e local o rg a n iz a tio n i g u ilty p e rso n s h a d n o t y e t been
s tr e e t c a r collided. T h e b lin d in g
IN CITY DURING WEEK a b it of re to u c h in g on th e W il- fo r th e g ift of A Day in th e Sis-J a p p re h e n d e d , b u t an in v e stig a -
snow p rev e n ted th e e n g in e e r and I
,
lia m so n R iv e r b rid g e e n d o f th e k iy o u s.” F u lle r re c e n tly fo rw a rd ­ tio n w as b e in g m ade.
m o to rm a n from se ein g m ore th a n
T h e r e g u la r q u a rte rly m e e tin g ro ad „
ded
c o m p to t, th e ed one of th e books to G ra n t.
T h e official in sig n ia
of
a few feet a h e a d o f th e m , w h ile
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c h a rg e d ’affairq
th e slip p e ry , icy c o n d itio n of th e a t th e F re e M eth o d ist C h u rch w ith
JosfW i J e n so n said.
P
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INVESTIGATE
fo
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In
th
e office b u ild in g n o t
tr a c k s on b o th lin es m ad e it Im ­ p re a c h in g se rv ic es on T h u rsd a y ,
W hen th e c o u n ty e n g in e e r c a ll­ MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF f a r fro m th e p lace fro m w hich it
p o ssib le to sto p e ith e r th e tra in F rid a y a n d S a tu rd a y
ev en in g s, ed a h a lt to th e w o rk of c o u n ty
FORMER SISKIYOU MAN w as rem o v ed . T h e local J a p a n e s e
o r th e c a r In tim e to p re v e n t th e a c c o rd in g to a n a n n o u n c e m e n t
ro a d fo rces on th e L a n g e ll s u r ­
— ■ - .
J c o n s u la r office re p o rte d th e m a t-
c ra s h . T he fo u r w ho w ere k ill­ m ad e h e re to day.
fac in g p ro je c t, 14 m iles of th e
OAKLA
ND
,
Dec.
17.
—
A
po-;
t e r to its re p re s e n ta tiv e s a t W ash-
ed w e re p a sse n g e rs on th e s tr e e t
A ll in te re s te d a re c o rd ia lly in ­ w o rk h a d been co m p leted . T his
lice
in
v
e
s
tig
a
tio
n
is
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n
d
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rw
a
y
!
Ington.
c a r.
v ite d to a tte n d th e m e e tin g s on m ea n s t h a t s u rfa c in g h a s been
h
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re
o
f
th
e
m
y
ste
rio
u
s
d
e
a
th
of
T w o c h ild rn w ere suffocated In th e se n ig h ts .
co m p leted fro m B o n an za on th e L. B. H o ta lin g , w hose body w as
Salem — New Salem
h o tel,
a fire a t B ozem an. M o n tan a, w hen
r e g u la r ro a d to a p o in t one m ile fo u n d In a room in th e K ey R o u te b u ild in g c o stin g o v e r $100,000,
a fire d e stro y e d th e ir hom e.
Every ad has a message
beyond th e L o re lla .
Inn. Sunday.
opened for service.
n
COUNTY PEOPLE FILE
TERRILL'S STAFF
TEN LIVES LOST IN
HEAVY FROST CAUSE
OF
1OO YEAR OLD WILL
BE BABY IN FUTURE
WINTER STILL
HOLDS GRIP ON ?
THIS SECTION?
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Weather Bureau Stations ::
Report Coldest Spell of , ::
This Year
• 8
8
TEMPERATURE DROPS 8
8
i
P acific N orthw est Held in Grip 8
o f C oldest Snap of Year. Hei- ; 8
8
ena R egisters 26 B elow
8
PO R TLA N D . Dec. 17. — T he 8
re le n tle s s and p ierc in g cold spell ' 8
still c o n tin u e d to hold th e P acific 1 0
N o rth w e st in a firm g rip t o d a y '! !
fo r tlie th ird successive day. F ro m !
th e
C a n a d ian line, th ro u g h o u t ; !!
W a sh in g to n , O regon, Id ah o , M o n -' ”
ta n a , U tah and N evada th e lo w - ! ö
e st te m p e ra tu re s of th e season '
h av e been re p o rte d , w ith pros- ' !!
p ects of still c o ld e r w e a th e r to I
com e.
T h e w e a th e r b u re a u s ta tio n at
H e le n a, M ont., re p o rte d a te m ­
p e ra tu re
o f tw e n ty -six
below
zero. T he m e rc u ry c o n tin u e d to
d ro p ip P o rtla n d , going to th ir I
tee n d eg rees
above zero
th is
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D E T R O IT , M ich., Dec.
17-— How w ould you lik e
to
live to be
1,000?
D on’t get excited , fo r new
e ra of M e th u se la h s
w ill
n o t be rea liz e d
in
th e
p re s e n t
g e n e ra tio n .
A.
W . F ry e , su p re m e com -
m a n d e r o f th e M accabees
a f r a te r n a l o rd e r th a t
now solves th e p roblem
of old a g e by p h ila n th ro p y
a n d re lie f m e a su re s, In-
d u lg ed in a n a d d re ss h e re
in som e In te re s tin g specu-
la tio n s on lo n g ev ity .
“ T h e a v e ra g e
ag e of
d e a th in th e s e v e n th cen-
tu ry w as 21 y e a rs ,” said
M r. F ry e . “ In 1824 it w as
35 y ^ x * '•
In th e
la s t
c e n tu ry it lias been ra ise d
to 55 y e a rs. C a rrie d on
a t th e sam e r a te of gain
th e a v e ra g e life w ould be
83 y e a rs by th e end of
th e nex t c e n tu ry . By th e
y e a r 2624 it w ould rea c h
th e sp an of 1,015 y ears.
p
8
8
8
8
8
8
8;
8
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ELKS’ BASKETBALL
SQUAD PREPARING
FOR TOUGH TUSSLE
m o rn in g . ,<ujd a c c o rd in g to th e
w e a th e r b u re a u , it is expected to
d ro p still low er d u rin g th e n ig h t.
Port land M unicipal Q uintet
I n
T he B u re a u looks for a possible
C onsidered One of F astest
b rea k in th e e x tre m e cold sn ap
in Northern Oregon
by to m o rro w n ig h t, a lth o u g h th ey
re fu s e to give o u t a n y d e fin ite
W ith tlie d a te fo r th e ir tu ssle
s ta te m e n t to th a t effect.
th e
P o rtla n d
M unicipal
T he su d d en m o v em en t of cold w ith
B
a
sk
e
tb
a
ll
C
lub
b
u
t
th
re e days
a ir fro m th e N o rth d ro p p ed th e
off,
th
e
A
sh
lan
d
E
lk
’s
b
a sk e tb a ll
te m p e ra tu re to ten d e g re e s below
sq
u
a
d
is
p
u
ttin
g
in
som
e
s tr e n u ­
zero a t B a k e r, a n d to below zero
ous
p
ra
c
tic
e
sessio
n
s
in
an a t ­
a t P e n d le to n ,
La G ra n d e
and
tem p t to g et in to th e best condi
B end d u rin g th e n ig h t.
tio
n p o ssib le
fo r th e ir
b a ttle .
T h ro u g h o u t tlie W illa m e tte V al­
T
he
boys
re
a
liz
e
th
a
t
in
ta
k in g
ley, th e te m p e ra tu re s
re p o rte d
a re th e low est y e t recorded~ t l i i J 0,1 th e P o r “ * n d ®«’8 ‘hey a re going
w in te r. M ost of th e s ta tio n s re-1 Up a g a ,n 8 t 8 fa s t o u tflt’ b u t feel
p o rtin g s ta te a fail of snow w hich ’ th ey h av e an even ch an ee of g r a b '
is ra p id ly m e ltin g lias covered I b in g off tb e v erd ,cL A big !M»uad
th e v alley in a b la n k e t of w h ite. h has
a s beeu re p o rt,n g fo r P ractice
a
t
th e A rm o ry e v e ry n ig h t, and
T h ro u g h o u t th e R ogue R iv er V a l­
ley e x tre m e cold w e a th e r is r e ­ th e te a m is sh a p in g up w o n d e r­
p o rte d , th e low est on rec o rd th is fu lly w ell, a c co rd in g to Jim Bow-
y e a r, w ith m o st of th e p o in ts re - e r s ’ >"a n 8 Se r
‘ h® o u tfit,
c o rd in g an
an a v e ra g e sn o w fa ll o | ^
A lth o u g h no d e fin ite lin e u p has
w been se le c te d to s ta r t a g a in s t th e
tw o inches.
P o rtla n d e rs , th e boys h av e a. big
sq
u ad to pick fro m , a n d it is a l­
T he s tr e e ts of A sh la n d , c o ated
m
o
st c e rta in th a t th e y w ill all
w ith snow , becam e e x tre m e ly
g
et
in to th e b a ttle b efo re th e
slip p e ry la te y e s te rd a y a n d la st
tilin
g
is over, in o rd e r th a t a lin e
n ig h t, cau sed by th e fre e z in g of
w a te r on tlie snow .
T oday th e on th e a b ility of th e m en m ay be
su n peened o u t m e ltin g th e snow o b tain e d .
T he P o rtla n d M unicipal Bas-
on th e s tr e e ts , h u t p le n ty of th e
i
k
e
tb
a ll C lub q u in te t is m ad e up
c ity ’s h o lid a y g a rb re m a in e d on
i
of
em
ployees of th e c ity , a n d is
th e g ro u n d la te th is a fte rn o o n .
j c o n sid e red one of th e fa s te s t ag-
I g re g a tio n s of c a sa b a to ss e rs in
MAN SLIGHTLY HURT
th e m e tro p o lis. T hey h av e ta k e n
IN AUTO CRASH HERE! fa s t o u tfits dow n th e line fo r d e ­
cisive d e fe a ts a n d expect to finish
A m in o r sm asliu p in w hich F. •
on tlie lo n g end of th e score h ere,
R. W e st receiv ed a s lig h t gash I
b u t th e E lk ’s o u tflt o p in es d if­
on h is h e a d o ccu red th is m o rn in g j
fe re n tly .
on th e B o u lev ard n e a r th e hos- (
T he gam e w ill g et u n d e r way
p ita l. W est wa3 rid in g a m o to r - 1
a t n in e o’clock S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
cycle w hen he w as s tru c k by a
T he la te s ta r tin g h o u r w as a r-
c a r d riv e n by D. S. D a rra g h . T he
I ran g e d In o rd e r th a t m e rc h a n ts of
slip p e ry c o n d itio n of th e s tre e t .
I th e city , w ho w ish
to see th e
m ad e it im p o ssib le fo r th e la tte r '
: gam e, b u t a re forced to rem a in
to sto p b e fo re s tr ik in g W est he j
in th e ir s to re s d u rin g th e e v e n ­
claim s. W est w as ta k e n to tlie '
ing, m ay be on h a n d w hen th e
C o m m u n ity H o sp ita l w h ere his
tu ss le is given th e gun.
w ound w as d re sse d , and he w as
T he s ta r tin g lin e u p , acco rd in g
th e n rem o v ed
to a
dow n to w n
to B ow ers, w ill be se le c te d from
h o te l by C hief of P olice M cNabb.
th e fo llow ing sq u a d . B ill D ean.
D ale Y oung, C lyde Y oung, M el­
vin
K alg i,
H u b e rt
B entley
G eorge E llis, M illard G ru b b , Don
P ro v o st, L eslie
H eer and
A1
G u th rie .
ALLEGED THIEF
IS RETURNED TO
CITY BY POLICE
John Bocil, Suspected of Ca­
boose Robbery Is in
Jail Here
DENIES
KNOWLEDGE
Man Picked Up i„ Hornbrook as
Vagrant D iscovered to H ave
A rticles Taken in T heft
J o h n Bocil, a p p a re n tly a b o u t
30 y e a rs of age, a S e rb ia n , w as
re tu rn e d to th is city la st n ig h t
from H o rn b ro o k , w h ere he w as
a rre s te d on a c h a rg e of ro b b in g
a S o u th e rn P acific caboose in th e
ra ilro a d y a rd s h e re la st S unday.
Bocil d e n ie s a n y k n o w led g e of th e
ro b b ery , a lth o u g h a n u m b e r of
a rtic le s ta k e n d u rin g th e ro b b ery
w ere found in his possession. H e
claim s th a t th e se a rtic le s w ere
given to him by a tra m p a t H o rn ­
brook.
T he caboose w as robbed d u r ­
ing S u n d ay a fte rn o o n o r n ig h t,
a c c o rd in g to th e tra in crew . T he
t r a n a rriv e d in th e y a rd h e re la te
S u n d ay m o rn in g , and th e crew
left, leav in g behind a n u m b e r of
a rtic le s of th e ir p e rso n a l p ro p e r­
ty .
W hen th ey re tu rn e d M on­
d ay m o rn in g th ey discovered th e
c a r ra n s a c k e d , w itli e v e ry th in g
in th e place tu rn e d up side dow n,
a n d w ith a la rg e n u m b e r of b u r n ­
ed m atc h es s tre w n on th e floor.
Bocil w as picked up by th e
H o rn b ro o k officers a s a v a g ra n t
a n d th e loot ta k e n in th e ro b ­
bery h e re w as d i-co v ered on him .
Since C hief of P olice M cNabb of
th is city had in fo rm e d th e police
th ro u g h o u t S o u th e rn O regon a n d
N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia of th e ro b ­
bery, Bocil w as held on a th e ft
c h a rg e , and th e a u th o ritie s h e re
n o tifie d . A m an w as se n t to r e ­
tu rn Bocil to th is city. A rticles
ta k e n from th e caboose have been
id en tified by m em b ers of
th e
tra in crew , b u t se v era l a rtic le s
re p o rte d , a s sto len w hen th e rob-
b ery was discovered a re m issing.
No re p o rt of an y sale by Bocil
h as been receiv ed , and
it
is
th o u g h t possible
th a t he m ay
h av e h id d en
p a rt of his loot
e ith e r n e a r th is city o r in th e
vicin ity of H o rn b ro o k .
U pon th e evidence in th e h a n d s
of th e police Bocil w ill p ro b ab ly
be bound over to th e g ra n d ju ry
and th a t body w ill be ask ed to
r e tu r n an in d ic tm e n t a t th e ir nex t
session.
CHINESE OFFICIAL IS
FObND MURDERED
LONDON, Dec. 17. — C a p ta in
LI Yen C hing, head of th e p e r­
sonal body g u a rd of T sao K u n ,
deposed P re sid e n t of C hina, w as
m u rd e re d y e s te rd a y on th e ste p s
of th e P re s id e n t's resid e n ce , a c ­
c o rd in g to P e k in g d isp a tc h e s r e ­
ceived h e re to day. A ccording to
a d h e re u ts of Li, th e m u rd e r is
laid a t th e d o o r of a g e n ts of F e n g
Siang, C h ristia n g e n e ra l.
JACKSONVILLE BANK
CASE TO HIGH COURT
NEW YORK PAYS LAST
TRIBUTE TO L E A DEB
OF
In th e s u it
of th e c ity
of
K LA M A TH FA L L S, Dec. 17.—
“ I know n o th in g of a n y te n d e r J a c k s o n v ille a g a in s t A. C. W a lk ­
m ad e m e by G o v e rn o r W a lte r M. ■ e r. c o u n ty tr e a s u r e r fo r th e r e ­
P ie rc e to a c ce p t th e p o sitio n of i covery of J a c k s o n v ille m u n icip al
s ta te p ro h ib itio n c o m m is s io n e r ," ; bonds, held by th e official as se ­
E . L. E llio tt, special p ro h ib itio n ■ c u rity fo r co u n ty fu n d s, lo st in
p ro se c u to r fo r th is c o u n ty , stat-1 th e B an k of J a c k s o n v ille fa ilu re ,
a m o u n tin g
to
a p p ro x im a te ly
ed h e re S a tu rd a y .
$1700,
an
o
rd
e
r
Avas
Issued by
Mr. E l li tt ’s a n sw e r w as in r e f ­
th
e
c
irc
u
it
c
o
u
rt
M
onday
g r a n t­
e re n c e to a q u e ry over a p u b lis h ­
ing
th
e
tr
e
a
s
u
r
e
r
,
u
n
til
J
a
n u ary
ed re p o rt th a t he m ig h t succeed
th e p re s e n t co m m issio n er. G eorge 20tli, in w hich to p e rfe c t his a p ­
L. C le a v er w hose v e rb a l re s ig n a ­ peal to th e su p re m e c o u rt, and
tio n of th e
p o sitio n h a s
been th e tr a n s c rip t th e re o f.
given tlie s ta t e ’s c h ie f ex ecu tiv e.
R q m o rs re a c h e d h e re tw o days
a g o t h a t a te n • d e r of th e office VOTE ON INCREASE
h ad been m ad e Mr. E llio tt a n d ,
VETO IS POSTPONED
also F . W . S n y d er, s ta te p ro h ib i­
tio n a g e n t, b u t in v e stig a tio n d is ­
W A SH IN G TO N , Dec. 17.— T he
closed t h a t no fo u n d a tio n e x ist­ S e n a te a g re e d to d a y to p o stpone
ed
th e v o te on th e P re s id e n t C oo­
T he s ta te p o sitio n c a rrie s a s a l­ lid g e ’s v e to of th e p o sta l pay in ­
a ry of $2400 p e r y e a r an d is ac­ c re a se bill u n til J a n u a r y 6. T he
ceded to be one of th e m o st d if ­ veto m essage w ill com e up fo r
fic u lt in th e s ta te to fill s a tis fa c ­ c o n s id e ra tio n in th e S e n a te on
to rily , d u e to o p p o sin g fac tio n s J a n u a r y 5, a n d a fin a l v o te Is
on p ro h ib itio n m a tte rs .
expected th e n e x t day.
T he office u n d e r C leav er h as
In th e m e a n tim e , th e a d m in is ­
been th e o b je c t of m uch c r iti­ tra tio n fo rces w ill seek to c o n ­
cism .
s o lid a te th e fo rces in th e S e n a te
fo r th e p a ssa g e óf th e bill co m ­
E u g e n e — T e lep h o n e com pany b in in g th e p o s ta te in c re a s e s w ith
c lo sin g 1924 p ro g ra m of $100,000 ( th e s a la ry in c re a se s a sk e d fo r
im p ro v e m e n ts h ere.
p o sta l em ployes.
N EW YORK, Dec. 17. — T he
g re a t city of New Y ork, to w hich
S am uel (ta m p e rs, dead c h ie f of
th e A m erican F e d e ra tio n of L a ­
bor cam e sixty-one y e a rs ago a
p e n n ile ss im m ig ra n t hoy of t h i r ­
teen y e a rs, to d ay paused th o u g h t­
fu lly in its m an ifo ld d u tie s and
paid th e dead le a d e r of A m e ric a ’s
la b o rin g fo rces a no b le trib u te .
T he body of th e la te le a d e r
a rriv e d h e re from W a sh in g to n
e a rly th is m o rn in g , jftid will lie
in s ta te in th e E lk ’s T em ple u n ­
til to m o rro w , w hen fu n e ra l s e r ­
vices will he h e 'd . I t w ill th en
be conveyed to T a rry to w n , New
Y ork, w h ere b u ria l w ill be held in
Sleepy H ollow c e m e te ry , w ith th e
M asonic c e re m o n y
bein g p e r ­
form ed.
T h o u sa n d s paid s ile n t tr ib u te
to G om pers w h ile h is body lay in
th e p riv a te c a r in w hich it w as
tra n s p o rte d a c ro ss th e c o n tin e n t
to W a sh in g to n . At e v e ry sto p , th e
la b o re r in o v e ra lls ru b b ed elbow s
w ith little c h ild re n and w om en in
th e ir e ffo rt to pay final tr ib u te
to th e m an w’ho m ad e th e A m e ri­
can F e d e ra tio n
of L ahor
th e
s tro n g e s t o rg a n iz a tio n of Its k in d
In th e w o rld , a n d
m ad e
th e
A m erican la b o rin g public a force
to be rec k o n e d w ith a ll tim es.
HE IS TO
RECEIVE E)F(Y 108