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J!! i S OF INTERIOR, BACK GOODING BILL Lure Would Repeal Ac: l owing num un 'iifin For Short Hauls NESS IN GATHER 'oast Interests Working tc ' Defeat Chango L.miir? IC MCVT UCCL' - WaleTiicy .. i Oopo I'lnn When It Ap pear In (."iiiMrrrwt IBr To. Aeoorlatad Piaeat MIITI.ANI. Ore... ' I.. i MiiKiin'Hirut.Vtt mill nit i' Lur, mull"" affect nil llio I'aolf.o f-nhwrtl unlay held Ilia Int-uoot U roriiaiiu UI.OO. Tk Ooilln bill, lnlrmliircil In Mint by Honalcr (lomlliiK of M,bo, Kh:rh would reniuvo th i . In lliO III (flmlnt A 00111. r act allowing exceptions m ho t . I" work. I'n 371. Ih. Inn and short hnul ''I'"""''" -M" no I hut railroads might ...h"""""'-, ''" c. loWS 8. IN TODAY'H MORNING REGISTt. Tim Will' her l-iir drw y; ii.iiiMiil cin. pom. Wo; tlx lit ainitlioiirt -vlmls Vi'liiliiy w.-.iih.'i in i;,iK, ,h.: Miu.lnillil li'iiiiiiMiiliiiii, 411 ,. " ( i n l mi ; uin.i f,, nur.lioiial, H1ii. of r.wi, 2.4 fi,i lllUi'lll' mill Mi hilly J.iiirnuliHii, i ,,,; , .11M iH.fiuii l.iiinn i hii, n l:iili.. liusly ,u,i; lltron Mr. lime ruiuriii-d fiin Awrilccn. 1'llK'i V. Olll lIlllK'Oa fl'UllUMl l fl.l.l l.. "i.M.i .iny (OhlKIH. I'agO rei nun nuiiiiy allow In Y. M c a noil (ii i.i 1 1 n. I'aitit k, ' I'lllllll m llUI.I o (llli fr )()y j,,,,,!. o in nruiii itiiivi'iihMit. I'u .noir m ohliilillnoi In hi pariah hall. 1 '... ii ( linn li m linol iiiiiiiiiiil for l'n.l,y. ll'llllii 11 1 1 On 1 1. tl sillily. ',,K Hluro Hiiili.iK.r loaves; J. j loney lu Iniy itw.U In .Ni w Viirk I "go H. ('lull iiniKnini prepared; Coll,,.,. rii.ni I J.I'- lu iliin.u nan y,i III. I'UK'i a. Ilioiirnmo man leave ,,,.,, club .-.invention lu Hun .nll. nI'to Tiiku f. l.iitheriina invlu, help tl, rKn,. Ilmi ur nrw c lMiri-h honi. ',,. (,r.iier. (mill l,iiii.,iit; ,. ,)f; "'"r" ' ' '11(111)11 miKiiiK tl,. Kill VnKK 6. IIICllI tlli.UKllt I "f w in,.,-. I',,,,,, h IHX tlXUiry Wlllitfit ((I'-KOII i-iitliill IMnt. I'llL'n K fiilon iiiriiiiiii.i-, ,,,,1! wor, on lliniiii. when ii,ii. union iilui..l,,.r I'iico R. I EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925 '"fTIC VALUE NUMBER 71 6. Miuy'H Material features Declared to Bo Overshadowed By Spiritual Phase ENGLISH RUM INVESTORS LOSE CASH BY VENTURE Kill ItKODIlltICK HARTWEMl IN IIANKKUWCV lie rohli-nt hy froiii wi'Htorn K'jvcrii. Ul win n comimdllllwi nvrr a rtort d iinnrc hi h Klir run than ntr Urn miii ! '! In Ilia uiuo ItKtlo'i iHntnli'.'o, ro- it.ml tiiinc pal nllonl on. lkilll"li Ak Hllir ywm lli Innrlnr Pltltx of Kpn. U. Yuk'iiin ami Wiilln Wnlln, iin ilnlcBull'in which liiicnreil llsrt lh inmiufnoturont' munirln iloa rniil urKOil luppurt fur Iho OwdlnK bill. tl th Mm hnlir work wui imiiincril hy ixortii of tho tlumutr or rumniprop, roriiiinii iniltc lul lrniortntinn no- (Kk and nort 01 coriiiinu ruin. IIIM.Oni in lirrimraiiun i.i n in i"t u Of luniuiiir'i tn uil'"l,,( "o (" It) Ooodlnic lil 1 1 nt noitrini; on : Hit bill tn u ImlU uoiorn uio in-: Unlttl crillllllnrcn pcilllllllllnft or tkt Vn"d Htn minni jnnunry ( md f, ml tolmtrami wort ro- fllna rrum ntiiii nrna ur wtinri : ui Hfnmur Hianfold 1111111111 Hint lln wunlil oppuao tllo lilcnauro In ii Mum. DtulnoM Men llmrd T prnnt Ihn vlrvfn of iho 1ii- nt tr oii 'Iib niMaurO a ilnlviiiition ttnw 10 rnrrmnn." in Tflmorn uc HI B n. V"lklini. Ynklnm: mil D. Vrn. Imnkcr. Couer iTAItn. Idaho: RnlDh Jlallornmii. Villa Walla I.umhvr coniimny: mnk liwdn. Walln Walla Moid l I:uk"Iio .'ii. riiEP n. ....,, iiii-k.u ,, k , liruiitlu back friuii Hiiliiu. J'KI. '" "f I'lmiriinyn mtalnnt cliy nml Hullo lu In. inki'ii lu duiiriuie court. riiKo S. K rut f.uo ltiiii,Ni.i for tnfiklni; ro. vemo linn on Wllluini.lto utrcct I'bk" . H:nim 111011 nut I. mk of niiiin (n knock nut luoinr tux. I'hko fi. Ilollcr mIiikc B'TVIro to ho IllilUK' uiu n willi'v Jiinunrv I I'iiko II New llnyilon lirlilk-o dorlilril on by couilly court. I'iiko . 1'roKi mil of Mlra l.ucy Cmo In Initio county cliiuiKcil. Tnco 8. Alfidfn ilm 'n I.11110 county luok- Inif rino. riiico &. Tliciitro folk will coli'brnto rnmliiK of now ynr Ion Kin. I'iico s. l4Min C'oiifiiy niul onvon TIlottiliNiill colliilf crlobrilto flflh woililinir iiiinlvcmnry. I'uko 3. Kcauln to moot Mondiiy to tukn londorfool tontii. I'iiko 3. Woodinon in Inliliito now niomborn In Hprlintriold Mondiiy. l'tiice 2. Hanra tiavillon la sold by Ameri can Lotion. Tan 3. I.lona to Imniiuot tnnlabi at Vood. men of the World lin'll. Phro 2. floMtaurnnt la movod to Hponu liolol In Hprlmtnold. rmro 3. Union Ima holiday proitrania. I'ttga 1. Indoor picnic Rlvon by I.adlo' Civic lililirovvlnonl club lit Crrswvll. l'nuo 2 Mi (old Hlnrauo oninpanv: WbIit .,.. ...i.i...,i -inli,. t. Mtarhatn. ciotai v of th flkr fnuniy chamber of com- m Haanr, oromni o . 1. cobiii. BoIm. Iiluhoi V .H. MrCroa. chnlr- tua of tin traffic nuronu. nno- knt chatubor Att niltiniaroo: N. V. lUihum of I lie Hnokans Hiiukoa- mm-ltov rw J. w. Ditv oa. vice- tmaont ur tM HunKarts ciinmnor ri OAlniiiorpM and it .J. wuluor. Ipokano. Mr. Durliatii. Mr. JlcCron mid Mr. Davloii oroaonloil tho lnlarlor MM nrmlt on. Mo. nurhaiti do. rami Hint Iho (looillhif bill would mike It Inmoathln for rn lrnilda to mm water ooiiinotltlon liv chiirit inar more for n ahort hnul thnn n Ioiik haul, therobv cmiltnuiilly MMiarlnii Iho rlavolnniiiMit of valer borna eonitiinrcA. find thnt It would remove thn uncorln'mv of file etructura which la hnbllnn Mrk Iho Indiiatrlnl ifrowth of llio olt coin ntr tnanufneturora to inflate In lnvaat thotr money 111 northwoMlorn .IniliiHlrloN from fear that mim will ho ahirtod In manner pnrmlUlliK llio tnld-wcM RlinuiActurorn to tinrioranll. . TI10 0111 iro Inter iiiiiuniiiln cmin Iit a a unit In nark nii lln P""-wChaaalil. Inff In tllkon. flllte Parmora I'nlon plana moolInK for Now Yoiira' day nt C'lovordalc. 1'imo 3. .... Junction I'll V Mnon hold tnoct- Init. I'iiko 3. Additional liow notoa and pcraon- nln. 1'iiiiob 3. 3 and . SMirtH roach llrnwn plcklnic hluh achool (liiinloi; aovornl buys look good. 1'ttKO 6. . . 1 Second TrlniiKl" hoop aorloa plnjcd ... I...I lil.-lll 1'KffO 6. !,) lliiiul nnd Hob Kruno wroalle in draw lit llolHS ll ' Twn"Kiro'iion Imakoibnll men in cIlKlhlo I" I''"' IS Stimulation of Activity Rv Work Is Observed THREE SPECIES FOUND rin-clniMi JJqiior Khmv KliciiH of rayineiit AVIio iiriiiH ; i. ii ttH o,iui or A I ur iiH nf M,l(. I1M( .m,,,,!,,,, hy IIi-ihI of Akh.h'1iiiJoii In A11111111I .M.n-tllii; Uly 'ilic AaaocliitciJ I'icnn) KAN.SAH C1TV Ai.. r...,. -.a 'iH-iil iithl evulftii iix hi.va. i. .'1... 'H.iH-l-liil Hi.rvli-,.u t Hniiii'i.1,,' . 1.. '.. 11-ruiiii wii eh Iii- . I. iMir.hi lui-hitletil of tuu Anii-rlcan Ammoc.k 1 " '" iho AdviiniM-iiifni nf :!!. I', hollLi "1h Ihl. Ill.l.h.ut u..r,'. Hl'lclli'i' ffl tllH lllllllfltl Ml. nt ' Cii;ciiilutioii of thuwo wondcTH hu ll 111. 11 uf Bc.i'ticu hiiva iu--nh-(, MlllilUlulfh iniiri'M lntollr-n. uiul and n r.tmil i.etivity, he HuiU to-jiiy tn a M'iiipof.uiu on tlio role wh eh i-leu co should jiluy In cdu- .'auon. Sr.rnt-t! nf Moiion Sliullril "I Mil iik 1 hi him three ccn- ttir:'," ho mild, 'mrienco Inw r- ultd throe drntlih-L himicIoh. Ihi: f.mt ihnuiKh llio kcioiico of mut- ,n tnnt.on, tho Ht-cond through ihf t'tu-K of cli-nrlWly in motion, nnd tin? third through tho ucienco f rimtnit- oncrny in motion. "Kvoryihlnu Unit ihovi-h nnd hau tn l.lhK In thlH bouiidleuH utuvcrHO hi't-mn to hn dor.v uk t tircitth of x:tonco from electrical forces which liavc their origin In tiny elt'ctroiiH tho unchnni;oallc Bran uhM of that nubile uubutuncu which wo call olrcjrlclty. "Tho Book of Genesis, composed hy a Mohcm of modurn Hclencc," tie continued, "would probably Blurt foilown: ''In iho boff nn'nt? God' eatd, lot olrctr.c!ty move and tho em bryo of the universe begun to rn. 'If tho contemplation of this mIumchI ronlity does not uplift the boul of man and etiniuinio nis .itluliectual and aestheiic as well sp ritual uctlvity then St. Paul wan In error when he said: Ve all w.th opon fac beholding tho glory of the Lord, are changed Into tho nti mo lm!t;u Irom Klory to glory. -COIn like Kmtliies "Each organ c cell performs the mirnoin nf noordlna1 Inir 'chaotic onorgy' as do tho man-phinned en-J Is there ft guiding co-ordinn-inr nttachod to each of these tiny organic cella, and If thero Is, does ,t operalo In accordance with some intoll gont dosgn nnd purpose as Is the cano In tho caloric englno and tho galvanic cell?" ...nt, lturton B. Livingstone, director of plant psychology of Johns Hop kins university. Po of the ureal relay of human evoluton. flic thn nreservatlon "...i ,ii,.m.natlon of knowledge aciiu'.red by each successive gener ation. b v. mw upc. so. nat- tltnc" Plkl. Senegalese boxer who o?5 hold tho world's light heavy weight championship, left an es tate ol loss inun uu- 'My The Anaorlated I'reiii) litiXDON, Iec. 30. Many of tho 700 Investors who took a filer in liquor running got llttlo comfort cut of a statement which Rlr Hrod erlck Jluriwell, England's titloMl ruin-runner, mado today at u meeting of lil creditors. Klr itrodericlt appeared In tho liankruptcy court. Ho declared his liabilities as 2&0.000 pounds (11,200,000) and Kald that his only iiHseta were amounUi duo from dealers who got tho liquor in the l-'nlted HtatGH and who apparently never would pay him. Khtpinoiit Ih Valuable . HIk final ahlpmcnt to tho United Klates, ho asserted, alone wua worth 20,000 pounds, but his partner and the dealers to whom the liquor was turned over never paid htm a cent. The baronet explained that ho me nn American In 1123 -who asked Mm to ship him liquor to the l ulled Stales. Eventually several Hbipments wero made, and in Sep tember, 1024, tho seventh and last shipment containing 66,000 cases of proprietary brands of whiskey was dlspatcheif. Crow Stni1 Mutiny lYHHlmistlc reports about he weather and the activities of pro hibition officers reached him and then came tho report from the cap tain that the ship's crew was la mutiny and that he had put Into Halifax. Jjiter ho was advised that tho liquor had been transferred to smaller cue and that 360 cases had been seized by prohibition of ficers. Tho crodltors gloomily passed a resolution foP bankruptcy and ad journed for tho appointment of a trustee. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM GETS MUNSEY HOLDINGS TIIUSTKES GIVEN FIVE TEARS TO SELL, PAPERS llowiloln College, Maine Hospital mill Other Institutions Are Given Aid Ur Will CANCER STUDY IS MADE DISEASE NOT INFECTIOUS PHYSICIANS FIND flly The Anaorlitted Proas) NEW IIAVK.V. Conn.. Dec. 30. Three outHtantllnif conclualons wero announced by leading exponents of niedielno genotics today during a .symposium on cancer conducted at Ynlo university bv tho American Society of Zoologists. These conclusions were: That cancer Is not an infectious disenHe. That cancer cannot be developed except by persons In whom there is a heredltnry cancerous strain. Thnt oven persons tainted at birth with a cancerous strain, can not develop the disease spontone- ously, but only through the agency of environmental factors. . enter among which is frlctioiuUJ&rrlta-tlon. (Ily Tho Associated Fresa) NEW YOftK, Dec. 30. The 'Metropolitan Museum of Art will receive the bulk of the vast estate of Frank A. Munsey, publisher, under )il will filed today. The trustees aro given five years, or more If necessary, to dispose of his newspapers, tho Sun and the Even ing Telegram, as well as other In terests and to convert his consid erable assets, Including real estate, bunking Interests and other prop erties into cash or securities. .Mr. Munsey never married. His next Of kin, Mrs. John Hyde, a sis ter, living ut Lewlston, Maine, and her children, were bequeather 9000 shares of stock of the Munsey Pub lishing company of Washington. Bequests of 11150,000 wero made to relatives, friends and business as sociates. Value Not Given Howdoln college receives J250, 000, the Maine State hospital ot Portland tl00,000,and tho Central Maine general hospital at Iwls ton $50,000. Tho value of the es tate was not indicated In tho docu ment, executed nearly five years ago, but friends recently estimated it nt $40,000,000. William T. Dewart, who was re cently elected president of the va rious MunBey corporations, issued a statement saying there was no plan looking to a sudden sale of tho properties or change in their policy. Ho also disclosed that, had Mr. Munsey lived, his large and profit able businesses would have been mutualized, or partly so. Intention Is Expressed "This Intention," ho said, "Mr. Munsey expressed to me with great earnestness only a few weeks before he was stricken. "But now that Mr. Munsey has gone from us, his written testa ment must bo our chart and guide, but under Its broad discretionary provisions, the trustees will do what is legally permissible to carry out Mr. Munsey's known desires." SHOCK FATAL TO MAN AERIATu COMES IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE E ROSEBURG HOTEL SOLD PENDLETON MEN WITjTj TAKE OVEIt PROPERTY fUy Tha ABBodatcc! Press) nosEBUUG, Oro., Dec. 30.---T. B. Swcarlngen and J. F. Jones to day completed negotiations for the purchase of tho Grand hotel In this clly. Both of the new owners are former residents of Pendloton, where Mr. Swearingen was in the restaurant business for a number of yenrs. Tho Grand hotel Is one of tho city's most popular hostel rles, hnvlng 100 rooms well fur nished nnd equipped. The former owner. W. O. Clinger. will retain his residence In Roseburg, but Is leaving temporarily for Ponca City, okla., where ho is to erect a thcatro building on property which ho owns thoro. . (Ry Tho Associated Presa) KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Dec. 30. Julius Mueller, 32. was killed Instantly lnte yesterday afternoon, when a radio aerial he was Instal ling came In contact with an elec tric wire, carrying 4000 volts. A three-hour attempt at resus citation was made. Mueller, In charge of the radio department of -a local hardware store, was installing a radio set on a ranch near Merlll and had climbed 25 feet up on a pole when' the fatal connection was made. The shock knocked him to the ground. The body will probably be taken to Marysville, Cal., his former home, relatives here say. BEND PERMITS $441,000 PREVIOUS BANNER TEAR IS SURPASSED BT 1025 Dr. Harold Bowman Speaker For Deans of Women at Portland Meeting GHOUP SlSSIDNS HELD Teachers Discuss Problems Found In Schools BEND, Ore., Dec. 30. Building permits for 1925 In Bend total more than $441,000, according to records In the' city recorder's of flee. This surpasses by more than $16,000 the previous banner year of 1923 when $425,000 In building permits was issued. Construction work done by the two sawmills directly adjacent to Bend but just outsldo the city limits total $152, 000. bringing the year's- total to $593,000. MANY. KILLED IN MINE FOllTY.TWO BODIES FOUND ArTI',11 EXPLOSION my' Tha Aaaoolatail Proas) RAOI.K PAHS. Toxns. Doc. 30. "rly-two liudtna, ninny Imdly Mnnlfil. have bocn-broiiRht out nt Mexican National railway rnnl mine at I'nlaiv, atntb if Conhullln, ""Ore nn oxploalon occurroil Sni urilny. Now of the disaster roitchod jra by courier anil last reports tllla nflcrtlnnn Worn nlhor (lead probably worn In the mine. A acorn ( minora seriously Injured nave '"''n ai'counled for.- Tho blast s auppnsrd to have wen caused by tho bronklnK of n ""ra snroly inmiv which m tilled una In iho mlns. ,, ''alan la nbout M miles from io rnaa. , . IN CAR FALLS INTO BAY ..... ... r A r l01U KILLED IN wiuaiv ... TACOMA Illliniir. Illy Tho Asaoclsleil Pross) TACOMA. Wash.. Doc. 30.-- limning llirongli " ..noil i raw of tho inuni- I,. I bridge hero tonight, n trolley fill into the bay more than 11)11 foot below, uihiim "" wider when the street car broke In two. Mrs Hubert Scoll. Kast 'lacomn, gers were injured. Karl Hiird. Tncoimi. railroad en gineer, limy die. The others wero not serlousl ""n- ?r"..ri,l:r..ff.ri,,iX" accident. MI1S. PORTLAND WOMAN DIES MllS, IiOUIRHON ArriVK ZIONIST MOVK..HENT ("r Th Aainelaled Troaa) ..I-OIITLAND, Ore., Doc, 30. Mr". .lullua Loiilason, 50, nromln n' Portland chili woman ) IWitor n looni jowlsh circles, died IWb Indny, (llio was a member or Ponlnnd oxocutlvo eonim!""0 M the zion at movement and rop fenontoil off. daily the Monorail, nn "tianlmitlon devoted to rovlvlng "il prnpngut.ng Jowlflh ouHiiro. " a member of tilt exocutlvo oom "lllteo nf tho American Jewish SnngresH nf whlnh llnhhl Stephen J Wise nf Now Vork l iresldeiil, Jrs. Lou asnn roiiresonlod tho 1 a "'Ho Northwest. Idnlin Tlnihci' Sold Illy Tho, Aaaoolatod I'roaa) OUOKINO.i Idaho, Deo. 30. Jl'e Ketlornl Match oompany waa only bidder foi" four "n"""1" 0( "into tlmbor In Clearwater ""my today at a price expec ed 10 "ring tho atato $395,000, Tho hid w" the anma n the atntn'a an-Vrtltul. INJURED WOMAN DIES ,. A. LATHAM llfHT !' At TO WRK VAiVLUirr... - am,knW, Mrs. U A. '"." . ' "... ,.innioblle llinel 30. hnspUiil I "' '""'7'' ,. , the clllldrcli J f 1 ,"; 0, suffered ri: n,jf "ishl,y injured. AUTO GOES OVER CLIFF ,v Tho Associated rrow) POUTLAND. "!;""of,"Voi'll'n"1' Robert O.llcs, ' .(byalclnna suffered Injuries wh I hi" ti Id might pr'V", ' "'J' ,vn drlv-whenhl- ","",Ui0.fo..t cliff lug, plmmed '".; ' .' i, on Hie Tei-wllUKcr hou fVVity. The heights 1"','w0" , ' have" noon ncoiilenl ivn". "ftl".i,, gear. duo to a broken si" - " A FAST WORKER tp . 111 i - DESIRE FOR TRUTH SEEN Tendency of Older Generation to Become Shocked at All Actions of youth Held Pres. cnt Drawback 'By Tho Associated Presa) PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 30. Confldenco'in youth of today was voiced hy Dr. Harold Bowman, pastor of tho First Presbyterian church of Portland, In an address on plastic youth" delivered today before the meeting of the deans of women of tho educational In stitutions of tho state. Tho meeting of the deans of women was one of 16 similar ses sions held by various departments of the Oregon State Teachers' as sociation. The association will conclude Its three-day convention tomorrow. Understanding Held Need "The chief difficulty in dealing with the problem of youth is the shockability of the older genera tion," declared Dr. Bowman. "If we can overcome this tendency on the part of parents to become shocked at everything their sons and daughters are doing and catch an understanding glimpse of the worth while things they are ac complishing we shall be In a fair way to solve any problem that may exist." Young people today are facing life with a frankness and a genuine desire for truth that exceeds any former generation, ho said. Dr., Ellwood P. Cubberly, dean of tho school of education at Stan ford university lauded the results obtained by American schools in comparison with those of conti nental Europe. Stressing individual development instead of group ac tion has greatly enhanced the Belf reliahce of the American, he said.' Seattle Woman Speaks Among the other speakers at the convention were Miss Mabel V. Wilson, president of the grade teachers' club In Seattle; Mrs. J. F. Hill., vlee -president of tha JSa tional Congress of Parents and Teachers. Cornelia J. Spencer who retires as president of the associa tion, delivered the annual address of the president. Officers elected by the various divisions were: Department of vo cational .education chairman, Franklin . Allen, Pendleton:- sec. retary, Elsa Nllson of Forest Grove department of city superintend, ents chairman, George Hug, sup. ertntendent of schools, Salem; sec. retary, Alvin Wheeler, principal of schools, Philomath; department of librarians chairman, Dorothy E, Smith, head of the school depart ment of the Portland library asso ciation, secretary, Ruth Hall, li brarian at Lincoln high school. Portland; council of geography chairman, Guy E. Armanstrout, Newberg; secretary, Miss Rica An derson, Astoria; department of class room teachers president. VIda Hammond, Montavllla school, Portland; department of deans ot women president, Mrs. Ella E. Wilson, dean of girls at Franklin high school, Portland; - secretary, Miss Nell M. Wade, dean ot girls at high school of Commerce, Port land. DRUSE LEADER IS KILLED HEAVY RAIN IN EUROPE ADDS TO FLOOD PERIL . I SLIGHT RISE IV WATER MAY MEAjV DISASTER , Groat Destruction In Germ&nT Feared from Rivers WbJcb Aro Overflowing Banks (By Tho Aiioclated Prase) PARIS. Doc. 30. Warm. hAtwv ralnB continue In northern France, but little actual damatrn hrm hAnn done despite the threatening sit uation oi me past two days. Reports from all n Inn on tonfirht flay tho awollerf conditions of tho riverfl and tributary streams make the outlook "very disquieting." me iiooa appears to be just at its crest; if it continues a little far ther It will be serious. The Seine must rise three feet yet before Paris Itself Ib menaced, but the su burbs are already feeling the ef- lects ot tne flood in the streets. Part of Jolnvllle is submerged: Champlgny is threatened and the wharves at Asnleres, Levallois and St. Denis are under water. Near Beauvais several villages are cut off completely. streams Are Rising The Rhone, Saone. Aisne. Marne and Olse are still rising, as well as the Loire and the Cher; but the Yonne and Vlenne are lower. Houses have been abandoned, roads cut by the waters Jn the Cher val ley ana housetops torn away. The Seine has reached within a foot and a half of the flood mark of 1910 at Troyes. The Rhone Is more than 12 feet above the ordin ary level at Avignon. The Moselle river at Metz is verv high, and the situation Is rather critical but the Meurthe, near Saint Die, is lower. Rain is pre dicted for the next 48 hours, so that the full effects of the floods will not be known for some time. German Railways Stop (By The Associated Press) COLOGNE, Germany. Dec SO. The rivers of southern, western and northern Germany are high above their bankn, and the floods threaten great destruction. The Rhine is 25 feet above nor ma and still rising, and the waters are encroaching on the city-prop er.' The Moselle railway service and others have been discontinued. Torrents from the Harz mountains have swept away bridges and un dermined railway embankments. Many homeVRs are making their wny out of the Rhine cities of Co blnz, Dulhert nnd Treves. At Dulshfre; 2000 barges have heen wrocked. . Ths Damtbo is ils'ng to such di mensions that the smnllpst tribu taries have become- rushing tor rents find the fiPlda nr vrtst lakes. T.nkP Contnnre is expected to ovfrflovr hourly. Ppradimr of the floods -Is re ported from Hamburg and Bremen. C IN ilM LIKELY Recent Earthquake Shock Is Believed to Be Cause of New Conditions , Spring-Like Weather Comes Following Eruption STORIES FAIL TO AGREE Green Vegetation Appearing Along Several Hundred Square Miles Near Cook Inlet Which Is Usually Snow-Covered (Br The Associated Press) ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 80. Denial of reports that Mount McKlnloy, about 160 miles north of here, had erupted, was voiced , by Henry P. Karstens, superintendent of McKihley National Pai'k, in a statement here tonight, . 1 "I have made a trip of Investiga tion and find no evidence of a disturbance of any description," he declared. "I found no smoke or steam, and see no possibility of an eruption. The mountain is solid rock and ice. Black clouds are a common occurrence in that vicin- . ity and are of no special . sig nificance. The weather in the park is calm and cold. There Is no in dication of any Impending storms locally."- Karstens was with Archdeacon Hudson Stuck in the first success ful ascension of the highest peak of Mount McKinley In 1913. IT LOCKED IN VAULT ROBBFRS" OFT IiARGK SfM FROM ARGYM5 BANK V (Br The ASBOOlated Treaa) i ' KANSAS CTTY. Mo., Dec. 30. After . locking -11 persons In a vault, three robbers today robbed tho Argyle State bank at ISth and McGee streets, a busy downtown corner, or $20,624 and escaped. The robbers entered the bank at 10 a. m., ordered nine officials and employes, and two customers Into the record vault, scooped up Ihe currency in the cages and, ming ling with passersby on the street, disappeared. Motorcycle Patrolman O. B. Flaherty is believed to have en gaged the robbers tn a running pistol fight. The officer attempted to stoo a speeding automobile containing three men. shortly after the robberv and was urea upon. He pursued the car, firing at It, unt'l knocked from his machine by a bullet which struck the metal visor of his cap. Police had found no trace ot the robbers tonight. . . ; ROMAXTIO AND COMIC ROLES PLAYED BY "PASHA" (By The Aasoclated Freaa) DAMASCUS, Syiria, Dec. 30. Hassan EL Kharrat, a former night watchman in Damascus, who was considered the leader of the Druse Incursion which led to the French bombardment of Damascus of Oc tober 18 to 20, has been killed in fighting outside tho city. Kharrat, who styled himself "pasha" has played a romantic and at times a comic role in the Syrian revolt. His Intimate knowl edge ot stroots and alloys made him a useful leodor In the revolutionary rnids. He never interfered with Christian population and once he sent a sarcastic noto to General Sarrail, tho former French high commissioner, twitting him with responsibility for the sufferings of tho Christians of Damascus. FIVE COUNTIES COLLECT ALL INCOME TAXES PAID IN BXTT FEW PLACES SALEM, Oro., Dec. 30. Five counties in tho state of Oregon havo reported 100 per cent col lections of incomo tax delinquents through warrants distributor! re cently by the stato tax commis-, slon. Hood River, Linn, Umatilla, Doschutos and Marlon countlos are tho only onos In which tho delin quents havo called at the sher iff's office ana paia tneir causa tions in full. LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TWO DIEIN QUARREL LUMBERJACK KILLS WIFE AND TAKES OWN LIFE (By Tha Associated Press) SPOKANE, Dec. 30. Archie Bruno, a lumberjack; shot and killed his wife, Maggie, and then ended his own life In their room In a hotel here tonight. After an Investigation police declared the shooting followed a family quarrel. John Johnson, a roomer at the hotel, told police that he heard Bruno shout to his wife, ''I'll kill you." Ho said he heard Mrs. Bruno say, "go ahead. Go ahead and kill yourself too for all of me." John son told police that two shots fol lowed. When pollco entered the room a few minutes later both were dead. Both were about aoi years oia. t KLEIN WINS GOLF TITLE MIAMI CHAMPIONSHIP TAKEN , BY PROFESSIONAL 1500 SETS GIVEN OUT CALLEHS AT CAPITOL TO SALEM, Oro., Doc. 30. Moro than 1600 sots of 1026 automobile ltconso plfttos wero Issued ovor the counters at the state house today when tho congestion at the capltol reachod Its height. In addition to these hundreds of sots of licenses wero sent out through the. malls. Eight windows where licenses may be socuroa were in operation, oiuie . ..i- .fiiuH otA nlrilnir nnnll. 1lltllLIU vniv;.Jia w .u...r --,----cants In filling out the blanks. rnv Tho Associated Preaa) MIAMI, Fla., Deo. SO. Willie Klein, Wheatley Hills, D. I., profes slonal, won the Miami golf cham pionship tournament today at Hiah leah. Kloln, who tied for second honors at tho close of tho first day's play yesterday, turned In a card ot 69 In the afternoon round to give him a low 289. .Took Hutchinson, formor British open title holder, who lod the field during tho morning matches, fin ished runner-up, tnreo stroKqs DO' hind, with 292. , SALARY CHANGE VOTED WASHINGTON SENATE PASSES AMENDMENT BILL .rnv Tha Aasoclated- Preaa) OLYMPIA, Wash., Deo. 30. Grinding steadily through a long calendar tho senate passed 13 bills at Its afternoon session today, in eluded among the measures passed were house bill No. 8, submitting a constitutional amendment to be passed upon at tho fan election, fixing pay of legislators at 1600 for each blennlum. The present law provides a salary ot 15 a day for eacn nay oc regular or siiecmi owo slon, Tho mlleago Is to remain at ton cents a mile. (By The Aaaociated Preaa) ; ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. SO. The return to activity of North America's loftiest peak. Mount McKinley, 20,300 feet high, indi cated by the volume of smoke and steam seen rising from the moun tain and- by an earthquake felt here yesterday, is one of a series of .volcanic phenomena- in which ' many observers today saw a prom- , Ise .'Of radical permanent climatic ' changes for the southern part of Alaska. . -, : .. if Since Mount Shlshaldln. In the Aleutian Islands, 800 miles south- west of McKinley, erupted novenr ber 11, this region has experienced a spring-like November and De cember unparalleled in tie momery of' the oldest Inhabitants. Streams usually frozen at this season, have remained open and In place ot the usual . snow-bound landscape is green., vegetation. . The , affected , , , area covers several hundredsquare miles, all along Cook Inlet to the ' northwest of which MountMcKln ley rises, and far up Into t)ke valley of the Sushltna river. Ahchorage had a fehrenhelt temperature ef 28. Hotrrees above Christmas day. - when the mercury usually is around . jzero. ' ' ! ' ;-' i Shining Acuvuy seen , Mount McKlhley'a sfcoking ap pears to mean a shiftincT northeast- -ward of Alaskan volcanic activity, -which hitherto has centered in the southern end of the Alaskan range, of which McKinley Is afnorthern outpost. i The greatest recent outburst was In 1912, when Mount Katma blew off its three-mile-wlde cap and tho valley of the ten thousapd smokes came Into being. A year ago Mount Pavatof erupted and lost month. Mount Shlsnaiain. louoweo sum The eruptions were accompanied by earthquakes and cllmatlo ohanges. ' Since the Shlshaldln blowoff the warm air from pook Inlet's heated waters-1 has caused considerable melting ot large glaciers. I ' ' ' - Fires Coming Northward Observers believe that subter ranean fires are gnawing their way northward, producing temperatures below the ocean surface which like the Gulf stream and 'he Japanese current cast their warming in fluence inland. Geologists con sider these sources similar to what ; nn. am submerged the land be- IWDATI North. America and - - Asia and while no such major alteration b nrobable now, many xninr. - mo banishment of the former bitter Winters from tnis pan ot Ams.i may be permanent. Immense billows of steam Issu ing from the saddle between Mount McKlnley's topmost peak and tho lesser one to the north were plainly visible from Broad Pass on tho Alaska i railroad, Conductor F. Knight said today on his . arrival here witn tne wain. . Earthquake is borcro Tho earthauako which occurred December 22 tossed sleopors about in their heda and was the most se vere in years, was the roport here todav from uurry, aDoui oa niuw southeast of the mountain. i It is Delievea tnnu a iiouvj uio placement in the Alaska rango has opened a steam vent In tho vicinity ot the peak. Clouds surrounding the mountain shut on a view oi uio peak from here today. SUN . SPOTS VISIBLE SMOKED GLASS USED TO SEE IiAKGE GROUPS (By The Associated Preaa) CHICAGO, Dec. SO. Spots on the sun, one group about 112,000 miles long, the other about 85,000, are visible to the naked eye through a smoked glass, Profossor Edwin B. Frtost, director of tho Yerkos observatory of tho Unlvor slty of Chicago reported today. The same groups were visible around Thanksgiving time, the sun having made one rotation In tho mean time. , . The phenomenon Is accompanied by the northern lights, flashes from the aurora having been ob served at the Yerkes observatory. Dally appearances of tho northern lights, very early in the mprnlng, were reported by Professor Frost. He said that there have been mora and largor sun spots In the laat two months than have been expected, as It is only two years since thn minimum, when they were -scare and small. raWnrmRM
