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Newspaper Page Text-.1 DMAIL The Weather Maximum yesterday 55 Minimum today 43 Precipitation 43 Predictions Rain. Dlly Sixteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-First Tew. MKDFOhM), ORKdOX, TL'KSDAV, NOV KM UK If NO. 20!) W IN GRIP OF ICEJM Trains Marooned in Drifts Orchards Damaged By Silver Thaw Gale Along' Coast Fear Freshets in Washing- ton Will Damage Property. I '(JUTLAND, Nov. 22 Railroads which have been bucking ice-crusted snow drifts to relieve stalled trains in Oregon and Washington along tlio Co lumbia river and in the Deschutes canyon, Oregon, continued their ef forts today with hope of relieving the marooned passengers before night. Traill service is being maintained by means of detours. While the weather in Portland was clear and balmy, reports from the dis trict immediately northeast and .cast of the city which was isolated by col lapse of wires and blocking of roads told of serious damage to orchards. Heavy casing of ice from the silver thaw stripped branches from trees in many places, leaving only stumps of trees remaining. The Columbia river highway from a point about thirty miles outside Port land today was still covered with a foot of ice and many earth and snow glides were reported. The Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company reported train No. 12, which loft here Saturday night still stalled this morning at Hri dal Veil, Ore., and train No. 11, due Sunday morning from Spokane still at Lylc. Wsh. Crews were waiting to clear the track at Multnomah Falls, where a train was stalled Saturday night. The passengers were brought here last night by a river steamer. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle had trains still tied up at T'ooks and Roosevelt and Lylc, Wash., and one in the Deschutes canyon. Food and fuel was sent to the train in Deschutes canyon by men on snowshoes. The Southern Paclftfe was working to restore service on brunch lines which were out of commission yester day. The Willamette river continued to rise today, the stage at 8 a. m. being H.4, a rise of 3.4 feet since yesterday noon. Tributaries were raging tor rents. SEATTLE, Nov. 22. Rising temper atures and heavy rains throughout western Washington today were rapid ly melting snows that covered the dis trict generally yesterday and freshet conditions were expected in streams in many sections of the area. Con tinued warmer weather and moro rain was forecast by the local weather bur eau office. Along the Washington coast wind from the south last night reached a velocity of CS miles an hour at some points, but had dropped this morning to 28 miles, according to reports here. The Grays Harbor district, practic ally Isolated since Saturday, was still largely cut off by failure of telephone and telegraph wires. Freshets were expected throughout the district as the result of rapidly melting snows. Trans-continental trains arriving here today were running slightly late. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. Oales along the Washington and Ore gon coasts tonight and tomorrow will demand extra precautions from navi gators, according to storm warnings issued by the United .States weather bureau here. The Oregon was posted last night and that for Washington this morning. The storm center is lo cated north of Vancouver Island, 15. C, with a gale from 50 to 05 miles an hour sweeping the northwest sca board. Washington slate will have rain in the west portions and snow or mi-i in its eastern section. Oregon gener ally will be drenched. In southern. Idaho it will rain and northern Idaho will get either rain or snow. WAGE CUT FAILS OMAHA. Neb.. Nov. 22. Plant conference board employe represen tatives of the Cudahy Packing com pany of Omaha. Kansas City, and Wichita had before the magain today the question of taking wage cuts slmi lar to reductions accepted by other worker? In the packing plant Indus try, .Meetings held yesterday failed to result in any agreement, the last balloting at Omaha being reported as ' to .1 against acceptance of the pr posed reduction. Favor Alliance of Teuton, Slav and Jap For Post-war World IIEIII.IN, Nov. 22. lily the Associated Press. 1 -Japan al though one of (icrniany's foes in the world war. continues to re ceive increasing sympathy from newspaper commentators writ ing on the Washington confer ence. A "community of interests" comprising Teutons, Slavs and the yellow races Is suggested as one of the possibilities to be reckoned with in making over the post war world. FISCAL STATUS OF CHI IS 10 Regulate Tariff Duty On Im ports So Benefits Will Not All Be Diverted to Others Adjourn Till Tomorrow Underwood Proposes. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (My the Associated Press) Consideration of Chinese aspects of the Far Eastern problem was continued today at a meeting of the Washington ' confer ence committee on Pacific and Fur Eastern questions and It was decided to nppolnt a sub-committee to study Chinese fiscal affairs. Further consideration of Chinese problems was postponed until 3 o'clock tomorrow when another meet ing of the delegates of tlio nine pow ers iu committee of the whole will be held. The conference committee compris ing the five principal powers will meet at 1 1 o'clock tomorrow in execu tive session for further consideration of naval reduction. Senator Underwood of the Ameri can delegation, brought forward the proposal today for the committee to examine China's fiscal affair?. His suggestion was said to have been adopted unanimously and Cheirman Hughes was authorized to appoint the sub-committee later. file sub-committee is to take up China's proposal for restoration of tariff autonomy which woul 1 .-oniovc the present restriction limiting to live per cent tile duty collectible on China's imports. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Nov. 22. Ed ward C. Sachs. 4.".. former stock broker of Hutte, Mont., was arrested late last night when he voluntarily crossed the border from Tljoana and surrendered to San Diego officers to answer a charge of embezzlement. Sachs, according to telegrams from Hutte officers, is charged with em bezzling more than $10,001) rrom clients while engaged in a stock brokerage business. He declared he would return vol untarily to Hutte. According to of- llcers hero Sachs blames his troubles on strike difficulties In Butte., fol lowing the loss of his oil holdings and continued financial misfortunes. Hutte officers, according to telegrams received today, are on their way here to return Sachs to the Montana City, 10 WAR PRISONER WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Presi dent J larding hits commuted the ton year sentence of Kmil Herman, con fined at McNeil Island, Wash., to ex pire December 24, it was said toduy at tho department of justice. Ho wan convicted In Seattle, Wash., in June, 1'JlS, of vlniation of the espionage act. WAS 1 1 1 NT; TON, Nov. 22. I'resl- ,t..., llr.tinir Bnnn llill l.i- -... I.. (I' ll!. IlUIIJIlin nU'Jll "111 lit.-41 OIUIIJ f the records of all prnons convicted 1 i.f v:ir time offenses with a view to th extension of pardons. CONSIDERED JAP AND J. BULL NAVAL EXPERTS Hughes' Plan to Receive Fur ther Treatment Before Ac ceptance Quibble Over Technical Points and Want Many Retentions. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. tUy As sociated Press.) Nava' experts of the three major powers still were review ing today the highly technical ques tions connected witli the American proposals for immediate fleet reduc tion and a ten year naval holiday. The British and Japanese officers appear to have found some details of the plan which will require further treatment before final acceptance. The British have pointed out the effect on the fleets if the full measure of Secretary Hughes' plan were car ried into execution. The plan pro poses cessation of building for ten years, replacement building to begin seventeen years after tlio ship to be replaced was contemplated, this allow, tng three years for construction of the new ship. Tho twenty year life rule alone is a novel one for other navies. Japan now uses eight years as tho life of capital ships, beginning replacement within that period after a vessel is construct ed. One of tho four British battle cruis ers to be retained, the Tiger, was laid down in 1911. She would be ready for replacement also in 1031. The other three, the Hood, Renown and Repulse, were war-built and designed for action in the North sea. Applying the twenty year life rule and the holiday decade to the ships America proposes to keep, eight of the seveuteen would be twenty years or more from the date their keels were laid In 1913. Two of them, tho Dela ware and North Dakota, would bo twenty-four years old from completion before the ships to replaco them were commissioned. The newest ships, the Maryland, California, Tennessee, Ida ho and Mississippi, however, would still havo almost a decade of active life when tho holiday ended. In the same way In the Japanese retained fleet the oldest Japanese bat tleship, the Settsu, was laid down in 1911. She would have but three years of active life left when tho holiday ended. Four other of her :dx battle ships, the Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise and Iligua, would have from four to five years after a vessel Is constructed. She has not as yet worked out this eight year cycle however, expecting with her present building program to attain it in 1928. Great Britain has no icplaceinent schedule at present. For two years prior to the war she laid down five new battleships a year and for years previously four a year. This program is what is known as the two power standard now abandoned. Applying tho proposed American re placement rulo to the ships to be re tained by each power under tho same program, Great Britain would have in 1921 al the end of the ten year naval holiday, four battleships that dated back twenty-two yea,rs to tho time their keels were laid, four going back 21 years and four twenty years. Her newest battleships the Royal Sover eign group or five were laid down in 1911 and completed in 1910. ACCIDENT EVERY 20 NEW YORK, Nov. 22. An accident occurred evory 20 minutes on the streets of New York last year. There were 27,ii.)0 vehicular accidents, which killed SGI persons and Injured 17,133 men and Gltti women. Private cars were in "COS of the mishaps, business automobiles In 3123 und taxicabs in 1231. SUE COPPER TRUST SEW YOltK, Nov. 22. -Suit for $100,000 in alleged unpaid federal taxes pliiB penalties totaling about 130 per cent of that sum was filed in I'nited States district court against 2 4 former directors of the seven iiiinitiK corporations absorbed fn 1910 by tlio Anaconda Copper .Mining pom-any. BALK AT PLAN COMBAT STRIKE TAX REVISION ACT COLORADO MINES SENATORSJANGLE CLOSE DOWN 10 Proclamation- Issued, Ordering Strikers to Turn in Guns Within Two Days Sym pathy Walkout Has Reaction Union Denies Claims. WALSENBUHG. Colo., Nov. 22 illy Associated Press.) Tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company today formally de clared closed the Cameron and Pictou mines iu Huerfano county, where em ployes were on sympathetic strike. This aciion followed the formal shut down of company mines in Fremont and Gunnison counties yosterday where the men also were on strike in sympathy with the workers In thir teen mines in Huerfano and Las Ani mas counties. A company announcement explain ing tho shutdown of mines affected by tho sympathetic striko said the action , was taken because the miners had j failed to report for work for three days. Increased number of mluors were at work today in Huerfano and Las Animas counties, according to com pany officials. Proclamations were issued by mili tary authorities today calling upon citizens of this county where martial law is in effect to surrender arms and ammunition within two days. Military authorities today granted permission to local unions of the min ers to hold their weekly meetings. Organizers were told, however, that they could not conduct such meetings but union officials will be permitted to preside and organizers may attend. DENVER, Colo., Kov. 22. John Sic- Lennan, district president of the Unlt- orl lllnn Wn,-l,a,.D nF A ... . ed here today that his reports from Las Animas and Huorfano- county, where miners aro on strike against n wage cut by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company were "satisfactory." "As usual the company Is exaggerat ing its statements on the number of : men working In tho mines," Mr. lie- Lennan declared. "The coiiipanv is trying to win this striko through state ments, put out for public consumption. The strike is going on in spite of these statements." Mr. McLennan said the closing of company mines In Fremont and Gunni son counties whore sympathetic strikes are In effect, was a move by the company to scare the men. - SAN FRANCISCO. NoV. 22. Engi neering investigation of the feasibility of a project to build a subway for street cars under Market street from the Kmburcadcru to Valencia street, was started today, as the result of a resolution adopted yesterday. The Noted Dead ST. PAIL, Minn.. Nov. 22. Mrs. James J. Hill, widow of tholate .lames J. Mill, president of tho Great Nor thern railway, died at her home her this morning, following u long illness. COPKNIIAGK.V, Nov. 22. (Hy As soclated Press.) Christine Nlisson tlie noted oiwratlc soprano died here this morning. LONDON, Nov. 22. (Hy Associated Press.) Henry Al. Ilydoman, promi nent socialist died here today, aged 7!) years. Sport Flashes PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22. After more than five months absence from the ring, Penny Leonard, world's light weight champion, will meet Sailor Friedman, of Chicago In an eight round bout hero tonight. Hccause the men will fight at catchweights. there Is some question as to whether Leon aid's title will lie at stake. Xo Paper Tliui-aiuiy. In acccrdanra with annual custom, there will Iw. nn Uanr, .if A the .Mail Tribune Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. OVER REPORT ON Alabama Democrat And Pen rose Have Remarks Purged Reductions On Nation's Tax Bill Announced Ex emptions Increased. WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Disorder marked tile beginning today of sen ile consideration of the conference report on Hie tax bill, the cllni.ix being reaehed in the unusual pro duce of expunging senatorial re marks from the record. The words stricken out were con tained In a verbal clash between Sen ators Penrose, republican. Pennsyl vania and Heflln, demucrat, Alabama, in which Mr. Penrose referred to the black darkness of the state" repre sented by Mr. Heftin, ami the Alu lmma senator characterized Mr. Pen rose's state as "manipulated by pre datory interests." WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. Hearing the stamp of bouse approval by the overwhelming majority of 222 to 101. tho tax revision bill as finally re-written in conference was back today in the senate. Republican leaders said they were determined to put the measure through in time for congress to make a getaway by tomorrow night. An examination of tho bill as finally drafted by the conferees shows that tho tax on carbonated soft drinks manufactured for sale in closed con tainers is limited to n levy of five cents a gallon on the finished fountain syrups used by the manufacturers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Here are the reductions in tho nation's tux bill for the next calendar year ns esti mated by the experts on the basis of the tax revision bill as ro-wrltten in conference and approved yesterday by the house. Individual income: Account of In creased exemptions because of de pendents' . '10, 000. 000. Heads of families 4n.OOO13.00O. Decreased surtaxes $00,000,000. Cupltal gains $20,000,000. Corporations: ltepeal excess profits tux. $200,- 000.000. Transportation $270,000,000. Insuraneo premiums $20,000,000. ltcvcrnges, non-alcohol $20,000,000. Admission and dues $20,000,000. Musical instruments $12,000,000. Sporting goods $-10,000,000. Chewing gum $1,000,000. Motion picture films $0,000,000. Candy. $8,000,000. Furs. $H. 000,000. . Toilet soaps, $2,000,000. So-called luxury taxes $18,000,000. Perfumes, cosmetics, proprietary medicines $0,000,000. Parcel post stamp taxes, $20,000, 000. Surety bonds stamp taxes $2,000, 000. Art works, $700,000. Klectrlo fans $200,000. ,'nicrmos buttles, $200,000. Total $1125,200,000. LEBANON, ORE. IS INUNDATED, L I LKIIANON, Ore... Nov. 22. One life was lost and heavy property dam age was caused along tlio Santlanl river Sunday night when this city was inundated by overflowing of the stream. A wall of water swept down from the mountains 10 miles distant, carrying out the lieadgate of a canal. Streets here were flooded and side walks idled into heaps. Karma in this vicinity were cut Into deep ditches. Rescuers here waded through water to rescue persons marooned In their homes. A boy named Curl, aged 1''. son of Cal Curl, of Jefferson, was drowned when he fell from u, bridge over the Suutlnui ut Jefferson. SAX I' II A. C I SCO, Nov. 22. An air mail fight at the rate of 1 75 miles an hour between Keno and F.lko, 'Nov. was made yesterday by Pilot Claire K. Vance, a speed record for the western division of the service, it was announced here at air mall headquar ter. The time for the flight was one hour and 2l minutes, the distance be ing 233 miles. FOR AERIAL MAIL MEXICAN BANDITS Girl's Fiance Slain, Hounds Find Suspect Who Called Sunday ST. LOriS, Nov. 22. A neighlMir of Miss Agnes Aubuch on. whose fiance, l-'rancis Pee. was found slain yesterday on a lot in the outskirts of this city today was being held in jail fol lowing the statement of tho girl that the suspect had visited her a few hours before her fiance had called on her Sunday night. Illooilhounds put on a trail last nislit, led the police officers to the prisoner's home. General Principles Accepted and Details Alone Unsettled Japan's Attitude in Far East Praised Sidetrack Diplomacy, Common Sense. W ASHINGTON, Nov. 2 2. (Uy the Associated Press) Opinions have been exchanged among tho arms dole gates with such unprecedented direct ness that with the conference only ten days old some of the experienced diplomatists here believe they can see, almost Willi precision, what it will and will not be possiblo to ac complish. Following the example of tho Amer ican delegation In laying down n sweeping naval reduction proposal at the opening session, tne representa tives of tlio other powers bavo put aside almost without exception the diplomatic indirection that usually befoKs such negotiations. With the respective heads of the American, UrUlsh and Japanese dele gallons working ill direct personal conference almost dally on the naval reduction plan, there are indications that an agreement on all but details is near at hand. In tho seine way, the readiness of ail tile nations to com mit themselves to general principles relating to tho Par Kast and the out spoken objection of Japan to discuss ing details of (hat situation seem to have quickened a conviction that adoption of a set of principles like the four agreed upon yosterday will be the outcome of the Par Kastern end of the negotiations. In addition the whole question of land armament appears to bavo been prelly well seilled by the frank pre sentation of tile case of France de livered in yesterday's plenary session by Premier Jb-lnnd. There remains Ihe important ques tion of fortifications on which there lias been no expression, but which may come to the fore when tlio de lineation of principles relating to the l-'ar Kusl have gone as far as seems possible. Consideration of the Par Eastern problems was renewed today by the delegates of the nine nations, silting agaln as a committee of the whole, with tin! hope that further general principles could bo Incorporated ill the agreement reached yesterday. In the menu the discussions are follmving the lines of tlii! "ten points" suggested by China, whose delegates are confi dent that In tbi! end most of these points will have been translated into actual agreements on policy. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Itevoca Hon of scores of brewers' nermliu fr.i fho nianiifaclitro of near beer was sam today by officials lo bo under consideration bv the nrolilblilin ..mi Investigation has disclosed, officials said, that iiianv brewers h,,l,lii..- n censes to manufacture neur-beer have neen inuking beer with an iil.-ohriii content well beyond the legal lim't m disposing of it as a uoii-lntox icnling beverage. FOILED IN PLOT WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Four Americans were captured lato yes terday by Mexican bandits at Bunta Kulalla, 22 miles from Chihuahua, the stale department Mas advised today. After being hold for ransom, tho pnrtv was released at the end of a four- nour period when no ransom was NEAR 1 0 now mm forthcoming. MEM ORGY TOLD 10 JURORS Alice Blake Tells of Party Virginia's Manager Refuses to Repeat Fatty's Words Miss Rappe Often Tore Her Clothes When Drinking. SAX FIIANCISCO. Nov. 22. The details of tho fatal visit in Septem- -her of Miss Virginia ltappe, motion picture actress, to San Francisco from Los Angeles were related today by Al Semnacher, manager for Miss Kappe, in the manslaughter trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Armieklc. .Miss Rape's death following a party in the Hotel St. Francis attended by Sem nacher and others was niado tho ba sist of the charge ugalust Arhuckle. Semnacher said ho brought Miss Rappe and Mrs. Dumnina Maudo Bel mont, a mutual friend, to San Fran cisco in his automobile September 3 and dial they attended tho parly to gether Soptemher 5. Hu testified to the finding of Miss Rappe in Arbuckle's room apparently in n dying condition after sho had been alone for u tlmo with Arhuckle. Ho met Arbucklo tho next day, hn said and Semnachor said ho rofused to repeat a word used by Arbucklo In relation to the guests of the parly. Ho wrote tho word out for tho sten ographer. Miss Rappe hud torn off her clothing on various occasions af ter drinking liquor ho said, but tho manner in which sho tore it on such occasions was different from the man ner sho used after supposedly hav ing been injured at tho party. Senmnchcr was Instructed by the dofonso to remain within tlio jurisdic tion of tho court as It desires to use him ns a defense witness later. Soin- uachcr was excused at 11:05 a. m. Tho prosecution asked tho court to direct that a microscopic examination bo mndu of tho bladder of Miss Rappe. A rent In tho bladder was tho cause of death. The request was allowed hy tho court. Tho examination is wanted in an swer to defense contentions that affoc tlons not visible to the naked eye might havo caused tho fatal injury rather than external forco Arbucklo is alleged to huve applied. Josephine Kesea, a chambermaid nt tho Hotel St. Francis was tho next wit ness. She said sho heard from an outside corridor a woman's voice ucrcam "No, no, no," whllo tho party was In pro gress and a man's voico answered "Shut up." A statement niado by the district attorney was read Into tho record by tho defense. Tho statement, dotullod tho Invita tion extended to Miss Kappa over tlio telephono from Arbuckle's rooms to attend tho party. Fred Flachbach, friend of Arbucklo, did tho telephon ing, It s:id. Two bottles, apparently of liquor wore produced later nml when Miss ltappe arrived Arbucklo tried to kiss her, according to tho statement. Tho voices heard by tho witness came from Arbucklo's rooms the state ment said. Later sho hoard a girl crying and much music and shouting, it continued. The witness listened closely at the door of Arbuckle's room to hear all she could. Tim girl's cries ciimo from Ar buckle's room while other members ot Hie party were In tho sitmo room, thu statement said. Miss Kesea was still on the stand at the noon recess. ' Tho prosecution said It expected to close its case today. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. Alico Bluke, show girl, wau the first witness called to the stand today in tho man slaughter case of Itoscoo C. (Fatty) Arbucklo. A statement made by. her to tlio police was introduced, it de scribed tlio purty in Arbucklo's rooms In the Hotel St. Francis in which Vlfi gluta Kappe, motion picture actress. Is alleged to havo received fatal ill Juries at Arbuckle's hands. The statement said that -Miss Blako first suw Hiss Kappo nudo on a bed In Arbuckle's room und suffering great pain and that Miss Illuko and other guests assisted Miss Kappe. Another statement givon by Miss PJake to tho district attorney was ruled out on tho ground that tho do fonso had been given no opportunity to examine It. Tho next witness was Joseph Uid caux, physical culture trainer of Los Angeles who treated Miss Kappe fur "bolng over-weight." Ho went through the exorcises ho had given MissRape. .(Continued on Tage, Five).