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WEST CLASHES WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL Ka Authority for "Acting Su perintendent" of Prison, Says Crawford. GOVERNOR MAKES DEFY Tangle Icrlp Whrn Socrriarj of Mat If W ! "O. K. of Pa mils and Purrhr Warrants Pijmfnu FALFJ4. Or, Mar St. .pa-Ul Whtl Warrtaa Frank if. Cartla ran nakt eut and cartify ta tl pa Troll of I ha 8tala Hanltanllarr aa warden, al Ihnuan ant aa warden and aciina; au' IrtnT)at. ta SwMury of etal a lould lixk 10 tha approval of tha iat Purrtiaatn Board for all auppllaa tor tha tnatituilon rathar than to th rrtlflrata of Mr. rurtia that aura aup pllaa hara baan prorurad. aa thara I: no autnoritr la tha lawa of oroa. a.-ror Jin to AtloraaT-Oooaral ('raw ford, authoruinc tha Oorarnor to hart at tha had of tha prison an "actlns a'JPrlntnunt Tha Aftornay-Oanaral holrfa that thara ran ba no quaailon upon thla point, aa tba lava apartrirally prorltla for aupartntandcni and dealffnata hla du T!ia tarm "actio auparlntandrnf la nowhara found ta tha atatutaa, ha holda. and tha ioarnor legally lia i no au t.lorltjr to nama auch official. ktoad Said ta Bo laaaf ftHoaf. Tha bind arhlrh Mr. ("urtla haa fur alahad. tua AttumayGaneral flnda In mat fi.iant. It ahouid i given by Mr. Curtla under hla official tlilo aa ward rn. whlcU act will entitle him to au tborUa tha payroll and to receive tba warrant for It from tha Secretary Mate. The opinion vii Riven to Secretary of mate otcoit. who Inquired whether ha rould audit rlatma and laaue war rants for them after Mr. Curtla had approved. Tha tiovernor. at variance with tha JHtorn-nral. holda that tha title "a' tin aupermtendent" la but a nama appllel to Mr. rurtia tha ame aa the term "Bentleman" mlaht ba applied to hint or to any other person In tha em ploy of the atate. Ueat Dikes Reply. Tha auperlntendenf. under tha law, t.'ia tiovernor said today, la authorised to appoint a warden and deputy warden and other offlclala of tha In stitution. Reaardlesa of what the At iornry-4eneral aay a. tha Governor maintains that Mr. Curtla la atlll "act- Ins auperlntendenf." la a statement the Governor saya. In part: "Mr. I-rank f. Curtis la tha art- In auperlntendent of the Oregon tate Penitentiary, notwlthatandinc tha opin ion of tha Attorney-General. "Tha only thing that I ran find for which tha law rould compel us to have a auperlntendent would ba for tha pur- pose of appointing a warden and depu ty warden. These wa already have, aa they wera appointed by tha lata au perinteadeat. "The law required the warden to giva a ifla bond and such a bond baa been iclvea by tha warden, la now and for a n timber of yeara has been on f lia In tha office of the Secretary of State. Ilavlnr been designated as the proper official to certify to and disburse tha monthly payrolls, the warden has also rlvrn the customary bond aa required by law. Through, an error on tha part of the bonding company It aeema that he waa designated In tha bond aa act ing auperlntendent Inatead of warden. Thla matter la now being corrected and tha word' warden' aubatltuted. "The Attorney-General la worrying over tha ! bond riven by Mr. Curtla aa acting auperlntendent. Tha law doea not demand thla bond but good busi ness did demand It aa an extra precau tion and I. therefore, requeatad It. o Ai-tlfcorilr. Sara Crawford. Tha Attorney - General'a opinion In part la: "I beg to aay that 1 fall to find any authority of law for an acting auperlntendent. Mr. Curtla cannot fill both tha offlcea of auperlntendent and warden under section ! of article J of tha constitution of Oregon. There a. no permission contained In the con stitution relating to tha holding of two offices at the State Penitentiary, aa pa. tally where auch two offlcea are reated by expresa provision of tha statute aa ara those of auperlntendent and warden. "I am of IV" opinion that Mr. Curtla aa warden can make out. certify and transmit said payroll, although not warden and acting superintendent, and that tha words 'and acting superin tendent' In tha tetter drsignatlng him aa tha officer to make out auch pay roll, may be construed aa aurpluaage.' DOCTORS EXAMINE EARLY skin and Blood Tenia Show Veteran lias Leprosy. FORT TCHTXSKXP. TVash, May it. Ten leading physiclana of Western Washington, who were appointed by Governor Hay to examine John K. Karly, Spanish War veteran, to deter mine whether he haa leprosy, removed plecea of the suspert'a akin and drew quaniltlea of his blood yesterday to make the required testa. The board decided Karly waa a leper, but will make a laboratory teat to confirm Its diagnoeta. Karly waa given employment at tha Ptamond Tolnt quarantine atatlon. aft er the rittaena of Pierce County object ed to hla rrshltng on hla ranch thara because he waa a leper suspect. GEARHART SCHOOL CLOSES Two Young Wan-era Ciltra Diplomas hy Principal MIh Morrison. OEARHART. Or. May , Special.) -Gear hart School rloaed Friday and tha formalltlea that marks the final diatrlbution of dtplomaa took place Kat urday night under the personal auper 1 talon of Principal Miss Kdna Morrison. Tha programme of recitations, dec lamattona and music waa closed by a few remarks by Carl Kruse. Miss Ruth and l.illiaa Elliot then received their diploroaa from Muaa Morrtaaon. CHAPTER WILL BE FORMED I'hi In-lta Tlx-ta W ill Be I Retailed at I nl-icr-.lt j of Oregon. I NIVKItSITY OK OKKGo.V. Kucene. I lay Zl tSjlai Tba local frater nity. Delta Sigma, will be Installed aa Oregoa Alpha chapter of the Phi Delta Theta National fraternity at Eugene Memorial day. Thursday. May J. Delta Sigma waa organixed at tba University of Oregoa Aprti. 110. and la now In a chapter house adjoining tha untver atty campus. At the coming ceremonies tha follow ing men will act aa installing officers: t'harlea F. Lamkln. of Keatsvllle. Jin. grand president of the fraternity; W. S. Ferris, of Helena. Mont., president of Kappa Province: H. H. Ward, of Portland, past grand president and president of tha Portland alumni club, and Oeorge D. Klerulff. of San Fran cisco. CaU president of Iota Province. Tba members of the chapter at Eugene who will receive ritea Thursday are: L. Raphael Gelsler. of Portland; t'larenca W. Walla. Portland: Walter M. Huntington. Tha Dallea: Harold H. Cockerllne. Eugene: Wendell C. Bar bour, Fugene; George A. Gabriel. Day ton: Charles R. Oleson. Portland: W. Homer Maria. Portland: Edward F. Bailey, Eugene: Phillip 1 Hammond. Fugene: Arba 8. Bedford. Rushmore. Mont ; Robert M. Wray. Sllverton: Ray. mond R Giles. Portland: IJoyd . Stevens. Granville, Minn.: Hophus T. Plohm. Carlyle D. Gelsler. Carroll M. Wagner and Sidney II. Smith, all of Portland: Marvin R. Irish. Eugene; David R rampbell. Monmouth: Ralph 8. 0'lary. MrKensie Bridge, last t'ountr: Wl'llam E. Moses. Jefferson: Thomas O. Pnnira. Iebanon: Howard F. Paraona. ftprlnafleld. At the banquet fallowing the Initia tion Wallace McCamant. of Portland, will act aa toaatmaster. and among the BRIGHT YOUNG III iU 111 SHUN MINISTRY United Presbyterians Alarmed at Failure of Growing Gen eration to Preach. ALL CHURCHES IMPERILED Scanty Home Teai-hin;, I'nxpirltual I-alty and Influx of Country Dots m City Are Causes Given by Ileport. FEATT1.E. Wash.. May ! Tha United Presbyterian general assambly tonight took up the reKrt of the com- of County Commissioners of Cowlltx County to formulate plans ror carry ing out a good roads scheme all over the county, met in tha rooms of the Kelao Commercial Club yesterday. The members of the committee were Harry Tount. Dr. R. M. Andruss. wooaiano, A. W. Estes. A. H. Iinu. Kalama; F. I Stewart. J. R. Catlin. Frank J. Sardam, Kelso; A. W. Carnlne. P. A. Parker, Castle Rock; N. B. Gardner, Toutle. The work of the committee con sisted In dividing the county Into dis tricts and appointing a captain over aacb district, who will look after the upkeep of the roads in his district. A field day will be held once each month, devoted to the repair and maintenance of roads. Tha first field day is set for Juna J. Tha captains appointed to cover tha county ara aa follows: Ike Imbo den. Olequah to Castle Rock: S. A. Barnes, west side of Cowllts River r 1m Ttfwk to Kelso: A. G. Huntington, from Kelso west to lumbla River; Herman Jasperson. .H crniiiinii- 1 1 T. Ames. 1 east to Lower Coweman; E. & . 1 . .1 J . I Cnwlll P I vor ins. nil aiuv J ------ Castle Rock to Kelso; Jamea Pola n 11... ..... t T- cMnhralrer. I oer Coweman : " J. A. Clark. Kalama River road: B. R. Boyer, Kalama u.niiia Miufr- J. H. Plrtle, Mart Bluff to Burrowa Creek: A. J. Tu 1- 1 1 1 . 1 VI V. Durt. j Um W I n imri w. , - to Etna: A. U Bosarth. woodlan Co Kel-lso Col- from nd Cp- to Ins irner. Ariel to GRADUATES HAEJtXT COTJNTT HIGH SCHOOL. AT BXJEJT3, 1912 w. J -a, i j..- .-U. Jv " K ;w Irk UttlBC. left to Right Mtaa nelea PwHagtoa, Mlaa laea TerHII, Mlaa Jnllef Klag. Maadlas; Mlaa I.llllaa Headrlraa. . Perry Davla iialatatoriaa I, t yraa A. ."rrcet, Jt Mlaa Beatrice Hotrkklaa O nledlctor- iaat aad Mlaa JVetlle Stlrllac. speakers will be Ralph Wilbur, of Port land, in all about t'ni ieua are expected from Portland .and delrgationa win Ka n resent from the neighboring chapters at tha 1'nlversltlea of Wash ington. Idaho, California and Stan. ford. TWO INDIANS SUICIDE CARLISLE GRADCATE AXD HIS COMPANION TAKE POISO.V Valatl, One Time Noted Athlete, and rarr I-Vand Dead Near - Pendleton Depot. rENDLETOX. Or, May S. (Spe cial.) A double auirlde was enacted near the O.-W. R. ac N. freight house today, when two prominent reserva tlon Indians. John Waliatsl and Isaac Parr swallowed atrychnlne. A par tially empty bottle containing tha poi son waa found with them when tha bodlea were discovered. Both braves had been drinking quite heavily during the afternoon, according to reporta from townspeople who had aeen them shortly before tha tragedr. Thla Is one of three Indian suicides on tha Umatilla Reservation In the his tory of the county, which affecta tha three tribes of Walla Walla. Cayuse and Umatilla. Suicides are almost un known among the redmen. Waliatsl waa a Carlisle graduate and ona of tha flnaat all-round athletes the reservation haa ever turned out. At tha time ha entered Carlisle and after finish ing there he atarred In football and waa also splendid In track work and haaeball. Of late tha young brave, but : at the time of his death, had become addicted to the exceaslve i of "firewater" and had fast lost the rigor and strength of his former years. Waliatsl Is a rull-Diood Indian of the Columbia River tribe. An In coherent note signed by Waliatsl waa found by tha Coroner. Parr had a strain of French blood In him. his father being one of the old French voyageurs, who still Is living on he reservation. Both Indiana are al- otteea on the Lmatllla Reservation. Parr Is survived by a wife and family. MEN TALK, WOMAN SHOOTS Spokane Wife Fires on Caller Who lias Dlpute 'With Her Husband. SPOKANE. Wash.. May II. (Spe- lal.) Declaring that Mrs. Blanche Covert took a shot at him with a rifle when he went to her home to attempt o aettle an account with her husband. Robert Burger formally charged tha woman today with an attempt on his life. Mrs. Covert pleaded not guilty, and er trial waa aet for Juna 4. Burger told R. U McWtlltama that be and overt had a dlapute over tha owner- hlo of a watch. When ha went to aet tle the dispute ha aald Covert drove Im from hla place. Burger aald ba returned tha following day and waa met by Mrs. Covert, who. when he re used to leave, picked up a rine and fired at him. Sailor Killed oa Wet Virginia. SEATTLE. Wash, May :. C. T. Libendorfer. a watertender on the crulaer Weat Virginia, waa found dead on Lhat ahip at the Puget Sound Navy- ard today, with hla head crushed, tie ad been missing since Saturday night. It Is supposed he fell asleep on one of he rasing floors above tha boilers anl rolled off. He was Z'i years old and en listed from Texas. mlttea on efficient ministry, which re ported that bright young men no long er cared to become preachera. and that the only remedy for thla state of af fairs, which also threatened every church, waa the revival of religion In the home. The report saya: "Today the cauao of Christ Is suf fering Irreparablo Injury because the number of ministers la inadequate, and their depleted ranka are not sufficiently recruited and reenforced to cope vlg orously and victoriously with the mighty, militant forces of evlL "Mlalatery la laefflcteat." -This Insdequacy of supply In our ministry is due Indirectly and nega tively to the partial Inefficiency of the ministry Itself. The Insufficiency of our ministry Is due directly to the scarcity of candidates for the ministry. "The failure of young men to enter the ministry Is not confined to recent yeara. nor la it limited ta tha United Presbyterian Church. Moreover, there Is good reason to believe that theclass of recruits for the ministry today will not rank with those of a acore or more of yeara ago. It would seem that the office of the ministry doea not appeal so strongly to the brightest youth aa In former yeara, and hence the In sufficiency of the present ministry Is dua not only to the acarclty, but often times to the quality of lta candidates. Raral Keerloas Depleted. "The general changing of the pofu lation from the country to the citlea Is responsible partly for the acarclty of candldatea for the ministry. Nine tenths of the ministry of our church have come from the rural towns and country districts. The decline of the country population retards the growth of the country churches, that largely aupply the atudenta for our colleges and semlnarlea. "There Is. too. a general condition in our church at lurge that is not con ducive to the production of recruits for the ministry. Unsplrltual congrega tions have but few, if. Indeed, any, aons In the ministry. Only the truly revived and the purely spiritual church appeals with Irresistible power to the hearts of young men for tha high and holy calling of the ministry. "The supreme need of the hour Is the revlvsl of family worship. When home religion Is restorrd. then the church will not lack for servanta to minister at her holv altar." VANCOUVER PLANS FOURTH soldiers Will Build Bridge and Djnamlie It as In War. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. May 21. (Special.) simulating actual warfare on July 4, the Twenty-nrst in fantry will cross an unfordable river on a bridge to be built by Company F, engineers, now stationed here, and when the crossing Is completed the en gineers with dynamite wlU destroy the bridge. This Is one of the many features oi the Fourth of July programme to be given here and the post will work In conjunction with the Commercial Club of Vancouver In furnishing entertain ment on that date. Besides the build ing and destroying of the bridge, a field day of sports of a military nature will be held and pursea will be offered to spur the conteatanta to their great est efforts. A sham battle probably will be held on the parade grounds, under the su pervision of Colonel George 8. xoung. In command of the post, and Captain Mathew A. Reasoner. athletlo officer. who will have charge of the training of the men. Etna: Dave Wallace, Pekin road; B, F. Brock, tjtella to Oak Point. LANE TO ADVERTISE STATE Government Agricultural Expert Foresees State's Future. SALrTM. Or., Msy !8. (Special. )- H. I-ane. the Government agricultural expert, who recently visited Oregon to asaiat in promoting the school Indus trial movement, has written Superin tendent Alderman expressing satisfac tion with the conditions of agricultural pursuit as he found them in this state. "There Is a great future ahead for Oregon," says Mr. Lane In his letter. "The conditions aa I found them In your state will be an inspiration I can carry back to Washington with me. Oregon is certainly well to the front In Industrial work in the schools, and I shall be delighted to advertise thts fact In the future upon all occasions. Mr. Lane is now In California, on his war bark to Washington. D. C. He passed several weeks In Oregon and de livered many addresses before school children and adults in the course of his travels. INSECTS ARE GOURMANDS Caterpillars In Clark County Twice Their Weight Daily. Eat VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 28. (Spe cial. ) "Caterpillars, now on trees in many orchards in this distirct. comptis ing Klickitat, Skamania. Clark and Cowllts. eat twice their own weight In leaves dally, aald A. A. Uuarnberg, District Fruit Inspector, tonight. "This is comparable to a horae eating a ton of hay In Z4 hours." Arsenate of lead, a pound and a half to 60 gallons of water, makes a spray that will kill the pest, Mr. Quarn berg says. In many of the old or chards In this county the caterpillars sre multiplying in countless numbers. and the pest is becoming serious. On Hayden Island the tops of certain kinds of trees, which the little crswlers like, are completely stripped of leaves. 'ROADS DAY." EACH MONTH Cowllts County Citlsens Have Pro gramme to Repair Highways. KELSO. Wash.. May IS. (Special.) The committee appointed by tba Koaxd CUHCIM SOAP mm stick For Tender Faces Indispensable for those subject to red ness, roughness, and other irritations of the skin. A shaving luxury. No mug, no sogry sosp, no germs, no waste of timeor money. In nickeled box. 25c, at stores or by maU. Liberal sample free- Address "Cuticura," Dept. 23, Quick Relief fcr Sufferers from BXJMONS F" . 10 Days Free I X and aet our II S. offer of Lha 1 t Trial. Write today dmy Ire trial ruannntead FISCHEft UNION PROTCCTOft tn hap rrjr 250. ono amTcrr bcnefitte-l. Gmt it m fro trim) ao Day if n relief. BrxA PiM i of ho ana if ncM or lewft foot. Tme rise! Mr. CO, Miyw a4lalff HOLTZ' CORNER, 5th AND WASHINGTON What Some Visitors Said Yesterday "Isn't it simply wonderful how quickly this Holtz Store was opened up!" "I had a dandy lunch in IToltz' Inn today for 20c." "Did you see those wonderful Embroidered Flouncings at 79ct I saw the same identical patterns at last week and they wanted $1.50 a yard for it." "That Women's Lunch Club on Holtz' third floor is a splen did idea. I hope they will open it real soon." "Say, ain't those the slickest delivery horses you ever saw that black with the white hind feet is a peach lie's a show horse, he is." "Well, what do you think of this Ice Cream Soda for a nickel?" s . "I bought a dandy waist at Holtz' for $1.19. It's the pret tiest waist for the money you ever saw." "Did you know Miss Beringer, who used to be with John riagemann's store (II. Liebes& Co.) is head of the Holtz Suit Department! I was awfully glad to see her." "Say, that big sign on the Avest side of the Holtz building is great. What, didn't you see it! Well, look at it "Cor ' nered" by Holtz, pretty clever, don't you think!" If space in this paper was not so awfully expensive, we would go on and print a couple of pages of comments that we overheard in the store in the past few days but we need the advertising money for more important things. Very, Very, Very Unusual Things at Very, Very, Very, Unusual Prices WE CAXXOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL BE ENOUGH TO SUrrLY LATE COMERS. P. S. Just a little bit of quiet neAvs Holtz Corner was the busiest spot in Portland yesterday. Smile, Ye Men nere is a great lot of men's white, pleated Shirts that fit to perf ection and are as crisp and sparkling as a new dol lar and never was there a shirt like this shown in Portland below a dollar. It would be called a $1.50 value by any advertiser who was careless about his language The maker is a friend of Holtz or we couldn't get them at all. Exactly the same shirt that the Wananiaker store sells at a dollar and features as a prize shirt. We call it the Pacific. Price 95 Cents Each Tubular Tub Ties made of fine white madras, with neat colored ends At some smart shops they mark 'em at 25c we sell 'em at Only a Bit (12'2C) for One $1.50 Dozen Linen Handkerchiefs for men 12 cents not the finest, sheerest linen in the world, but a good, well finished hot weather handkerchief for warm men Yi or -incli hems the same handkerchief that was shown on a "Big Bargain" table at Gimbel's New York four weeks ago and we sell it at the same price that they do. 12c each for as manj' as you want. How thexWomen Will Smile Women's Fichus, Net Bows, Lace Jabots, Net . Coat Sets, and We Are Ashamed of the Price, 39c Yesterday we received a large express package from one of the leading New York wholesalers and with it came a letter which read about as follows: Dear Holtz: Everybody will send yon flowers for your open ing, but I will do better I am expressing a great big .lot of our travelers' samples and you knowx samples are always perfect goods. Just to show you" my heart is in the right place, I've figured the cost of the goods, then knocked off 50 per cent. If Portland women KNOW REAL VALUES in beauti ful lace neckwear, the lot will be gone in SO minutes there are some handsome Gaby Bows Coat Col lars Coat Sets Fancy Stocks Net and Lace Trimmed Jabots all exquisite merchandise. Hope you will succeed and these plums will help. Faithfully yours, t The Price 39c Well You Can Believe Us, They Are Worth- No, we won't say it the real values of these goods are so much above the selling price that maybe we will be glad if they don't sell quickly at 39c any quantity oi beautiful things that we could put into the showcases and sell at $1 to $2. A "Hand-Out" in Kid Gloves "Hand-out" isn't a very elegant expression, and these are elegant gloves but wt would rather be criticised than too dignified LISTEN: Women's 12-Button White Glace Kid Gloves Overseam, sewn sizes 5Va to 7Vi- $1.98 a Pair Holtz' Pure Food Depot DELICATESSEN Baker's Cocoa, V2 bx., 15 WINES AND LIQUORS Boiled Ham, pound... 270 20 lbs. Granulated Sugar; Hnnter8 Eye 5g Sliced Beef, pound 26 p Hams,' EastX the only 79 Sliced Sugar Cured Bacon, pound 111-2 Anheuser-Busch Malt Nu- Pound 26 Bulk Cocoanut, lb., , 14 trine, dozen.. ...$2.00 Potato Salad, pound... 9 CANDY SECTION Celestine Vichy, large bot- nTm nwu t a TTTtpy Skylight Kisses, lb 9 tie 27 . OT7K OWN BAKERY Burnt Peanuts Jb 9 Trmnm o cf t" a Lady Fingers, pound, 30 Asstd. Gooseberries, lb., 9 Henne8sey Brandy. Assorted Kisses, lb... 45 Rifle Balls, lb 9 only S1.59 Layer Cakes, each 21c Phone: 0ak Cak' superfine, 83 Sugar Cookies, dozen... 8 Marshall 4200 A 6665 Old Quaker, 5s bottle, 89 r