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THE MORNING OREGONIAK". TUESDAY. ' FEBRUARY 24. 1920 TEACHERS TOLD TO UNITE FQR RIGHTS Affiliation With Labor Is Be lieved Only Hope. DANCES ARE ATTACKED Participation in School Manage ment Is Demanded; Deans of Women Discuss Problems. CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 2. Partici pation of teachers in school manage merit and affiliation of teachers' or ganizations with the American Feder ation of Labor were discussed at to night's session of the national coun cil of education, meeting In conjunc tion with the National Education as sociation. C. H. Stillman. president of the American Federation of Teachers, de clared teachers must federate and af filiate with iabor if they were to pro cure recognition of their rights. Dr. D. G. Strayer of Columbia unl Tersity opposed affiliation, but fa vored greater participation of class room teachers in school government. ana a more solidly united teachers professional organization. System Called Aatocratte. Six speak ere carried the protest of hundreds of thousands of American teachers against a school system which they charge is stifling their opportunity and individuality. The speeches did not agree on the remedies, but all contended that the teacher must shortly be made a de ciding factor in school administration instead of a "hired man or hired woman." as one speaker phrased it, given orders to fulfill. The teacher and consequently, the Pupil is the victim of autocracy of system in vogue in the public schools, it was urged. She has nothing to say as to what she shall teach. Mr. Stillman denounced the Amer ican school system as "Prussianly autocratic" He advocated election of teachers nominated by teachers to places of commercial equivalent to boards of education. . . Legislation Is Advocated. Dr. Strayer declared that control must be vested in a board of educa tion elected by the people. He advo cated legislation compelling school boards to hold meetings to take ad vice on policy matters from class room workers. At the session of the college teach rs of education. Dr. Strayer clashed wren uean w. f. Burns of Clncin nati on the Smith-Towner bill, which provides a federal secretary of edu cation and federal subsidy of pub)!' This operates very effectively. soldier who deserts, betrays the cause or otherwise falls In his duty is shot or if he' succeeds in escaping his family is held accountable." The correspondent, who apparently tried to view thinga from a fair ana neutral standpoint, dined with sev eral bolshevik officers' messes, while en route to Moscow from the Pollsn front and had an opportunity to study the red army in detail. "The soldiers," he says, "are polite and there seems to be a quiet and agreeable discipline. The pay Is 800 rubles a month for a soldier, 3200 for a company leader and 4200 for a regi mental leader. The former generals of- the -czar's army, six of whom are now serving on Trotsky's staff, get .000 rubles a month. Nobody in rtus sia receives a larger salary, with the exception of Lenine, who now gets 8000 rubles a month. "Every red army corps has a board of commissars and besides there is a oommmissar for every, regiment, bat talion, brigade and division. They wear as a distinction a red star on the left breast on which are em' bossed a hammer and a plough with a silver laurel branch all around and under it -the distinction of their arms, a machine gun, two crossed sabres, etc. "The officers in this army ire called leaders, and they wear an arm band bearing the soviet coat of arms, and embroidered beneath are the grade markings, one, two, three or four golden blocks. ' "The red army." he says, "is not led by the young proletariat, but by the decadent bourgeolse." MBON' PET WANTED OHIO REPUBLICAN SAYS PARTY IS READY FOR BUSINESS. Candidate for Presidential Komi nation at Rally Enumerates Principles He Advocates. schools. A deplorable crisis confronts th school system. Dr. Strayer said, in urging support of the bill. Dean Burris declared "members of the president's cabinet retain office only so long as they serve the polit teal purposes of the president.' ' Philander P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, pleaded before the school garden section for more school gardening in cities. t Improper Dancing Opposed. A variety of subjects embracing solutions for the housing situation, the tendency toward suggestive and improper dancing and the difficul ties of sel'-supporttng college girls occupied t.e attention of the deans of women in state universities. "Too lilting" music and lack of conscientious supervision, more than anything else, induce the "shimmy' and improper footwork and "hold ing" which must be done away with in dancing, the deans believe. In the home economics meetings it was predicted that less attention will be paid to food preparation and more to clothing and buying of household and personal commodities. - The rural section urged that coun try school children have equal educa tional opportunities with city pupils. SOVIET ARMY DESCRIBED i DUTCH W RITER FIXDS "AGREE ABLE DISCIPLINE" IX EFFECT. Officers Are "Leaders"! Pay for Soldier 800 Rubles and for "Generals' B000 Rubles Month. AMSTERDAM, Feb.- 23. A tour of soviet Russia has' been made by staff correspondent of the Handels blad, who is writing a series of arti cles describing conditions - through out the country and in the army as ooming under his personal observa tion. He deals with the morale of vie soviet armies, the compulsory mintary system, the ridicule of atrocl- ties reported In the foreign press. divisions in the red army over bol- ahevism. and the well to do as well avs the poor In the soviet regime. Tlusala has been completely mobi lized," he says, "with all the able bodied men of the country from the minimum fighting age np to IS years. and with officers regardless of age. There is no alternative and they are obliged to fight, nnder the general administration of' the commissaries who are bolshevist to the backbone. i OLD HERB TEA BEST I INSURANCE AGAINST i mi MirrcAunRRiP I iu wwww mia vim It Throws Off Poisons Keeps You la Shape to Resist Disease At this time of the year, when colds. ! la grippe and influenza are in the air, it 4nfimiiitMd: ImiMrtanm tn Vnan trnip Silver, kidneys and bowels In good ; working order. When these organs ; fail to carry off the poison waste matter your vitality and resistance are weak ' ened. You are an easr victim for in gestions and disease germs. -Diuousness, wemxness and headaches are Nature a make von feel like new. Lincoln Tea is a famous old herb remedy for chronic constipation, colds, ' la grippe, influenza, biliousness, bend- aohes and rheumatism. It is gentle ' bat nositivs and leaves no nnnleasant si tier-effects like violent physics. Nothing is better for the children. ; An occasional cup keeps them in the pink of condition. Ho cents at all firugsrista. Lincoln Proprietary Cow ft Yfajue, ind, COLUMBUS. O- Feb. 23. Ohio re publicans today staged one of the most enthusiastic party rallies in years, at which Senator Warren -G. Harding, candidate for republican presidential nomination. National Chairman Hays, republican women leaders and gubernatorial candidates spoke. Charging President Wilson with sole responsibility in delaying peace treaty ratification. Senator Harding declared the republican party "will welcome responsibility for American izing the treaty." The senator enumerated principles he said the national convention should incorporate in its platform. Among these were: Perfected Americaniza tion; adequate national defense and voluntary military training for young men; repeal of all extraordinary war statutes; and of bureaucracy; oppo sition to government ownership and nationalization of Industry; curbing of government extravagance; appli cation of the square deal to all citi zens, and government subsidy for a merchant marine. Chairman Hays pleaded, for more attention to politics and 'enunciated five principles for which the party stands: Earnest, efficient business admin istration of the country's affairs; speedy change in the nation's taxation system, whereby the burden would be more equally distributed; better re lations between labor and caolt&l: certain law and order, and measuring of the needs of the nation by looking ahead "but with feet always on the grouna. - BY WETS UNLIKELY Dry Agents Leave to Invade Iron County, Mich. 'WAR' STORIES DIVERGE Washington Officials Not Fully In formed ; District Attorney JIcDon ongb Says Report Is Hoax. ern harbor and docking and repairing facilities at Manila. Indorsement of Major - General Leonard Wood for the republican presidential nomination and of ex- Governor-General W. Cameron Forbes of the Philippines for the republican vice-presidential nomination. . Denunciation as "altogether esuel and unjust" of the "treatment ac corded China at the Paris peace con ference, whereby one of the richest and most populous provinces and the center of her most sacred traditions was -delivered over to be exploited of its economic wealth and its people humiliated and harassed by power no less aggressive and no less des potic than was its predecessor whose alleged 'rights' in such province were eliminated in the war, to make the world safe for democracy." The convention elected D. S. Will iams and A. S. Crossfield delegates to the national republican convention at Chicago. . Flans for the immediate Independ ence of the islands have caused "con tinued political unrest" and have "de layed rather than hastened" the prog ress of the people at large, "imperiling and nearly destroying what had been accomplished already," the platform said. Postponement of the withdrawal of American sovereignty until the masses of the Philippine people were capable of exercising safely the suffrage was urged because "economic development. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 23. Major A. V. Dalrymple, head of the prohi bition enforcement forces in the cen tral division; Leo J. Grove and ten United States agents passed through -..I,....! MD.citv d civic virtue are nere lomgni en route to .uicnigan iu i indispensable to any true sen-govern- clean up" Iron county, , where open menu' rebellion against the prohibition law has been reported. Although declar ing he expected no resistance. Major Dalrymple ordered 25 roundB of am munition issuea eacn man. L PEARY DATTONA, Fla., Feb. 23. Denial that he had been informed of the re ported "whisky -rebellion" at Iron river was made tonight by Governor Sleeper of Michigan, who is a guest here. XAVAL AND MILITARY HONORS ACCORDED EXPLORER. TO KEEP LARGE ARMY Problems Not Yet Settled, Says Mr. Churchill. CONSCRIPTION ENDS SOON New Tank Produced With Speed of SO Miles an Hoar, Which Has Mechanically Long Life. Services at Capital Attended by High Officials of Government and Members of Diplomatic Corps. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The body of Rear-Admiral Robert E. reary, MARQUETTE, Mich., Feb. 23. Fed eral prohibition enforcement officers here tonight expressed the hope that the Iron county prohibition enforce ment controversy would result in authority being given United States Commissioner Hatch of Marquette, to issue warrants for prohibition law discoverer of the north pole, was laid violators direct upon application oy to rest in Arlington national ceme government agents. terv today with full naval and mill Commissioner Hatch said today he tarv honors and with high officials believed the system of waiting for and officers of the government and authority from Grand Rapids lnvolv- the diplomatic corps present. The ing more than a week's delay, had I ceremonies were In charge of the navy been a serious handicap. I department and Captain Carroll Q. CHICAGO Feb. 23. Major A. V. I Wright,-chaplain at the Washington Dalrymple, federal prohibition direc- navy yard, conducted the religious tor for the central states, left Chicago 1 services. today with a party of prohibition! The casket was carried to the ceme agents for Iron county, Michigan, I tery on a gun limber, draped in the where county officials are said to I national flag which Admiral Feary have overpowered government agents raised at the north pole. A troop of and taken contraband liquor which cavalry and a battery of artillery had been, seized by the government I formed the military escort, which led men. I the way, wniie a long procession oz "We are not starting a 'wild west' official and private automobiles car- show and we do not expect armed re- ried the distinguished mourners to slstance." Major DalrvmDle said be- the graveside. At tne cemetery fore leaving. "If we do meet re- company of bluejackets fell into line istance, however, we will be prepared I witn tne army escort anu me tnree to cone with the situation. I intend volleys of the last salute were tireo to arrest Prosecutor McDonough of by a squad of sailors from the presi Iron county, two deputy sheriffs and dentlal yacht Mayflower. A navy the nnlii-s officials of Iron River and bugler sounded taps. place them in jail charged with con- The honoray pallbearers included nlni-v tn inifrA uiih th nrrvlnir Vice-President Marshall, M. Jules out of the nrohlhition liw." Jusserand. French ambassador; Chief (justice wniie ui me supreme court. Stories Agree 1 Part. Sneaker Gillett of the house of rD- Leo J. Grove, prohibition supervisor resents-tives. Serraturv Daniels And ior tne upper peninsula, wno reportea Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Seers to Dalrymple that he had been over- tary Lane, Rear-Admirals Colby M. powerea Dy tne iron county oinciais, Chester, M. T. Endicott and C W. accompanied the party from Chicago. Parks, Gilbert Grosvenor, president of iron -Kiver is a small village in tne the National Geographic society mining country a few miles north of Alan R Hawley, former president of the Wisconsin line. The population the Aero Club of America; Captain BRITISH SHIP IN DISTRESS Lnoeric Jettisons Burning Phos-' phorns After Steering Gear Breaks, HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 23. (By the Associated rress.) The British freighter Luceric put into Honolulu today in distress, with broken steer ing gear, after jettisoning a deckload of cargo of phosphorus, which had been set afire by heavy seas while the vessel waa out of control. The Luceric bound from New York to Kobe, ran short of coal prior to breaking her steering gear. This was repaired temporarily before the fire broke out. The Luceric is a vessel of 6672 tons gross tonnage, owned by the Bank Line, Ltd. (Andrew Weir & Co.) of iionaon. ens was ouiit in 191s. CAT FUR SOLD AT $1.24 House Pet Promises to Become 9 Profitable Fur Bearer. NEW YORK. Feb. 23. The house cat promises to become a profitable fur-bearing animal. Pelts of the best domesticated fe lines brought 31.24 each today at the annual lur auction or the New York auction sales corporation. This is an advance of 30 per cent over October prices. BRITAIN NOT INFORMED Decision of Holland as to . Kaiser Not Yet Received. LONDON, Feb. 23. Andrew Boiiar Law, government leader, stated in the nouse or commons today no intima tion or tne aecision of Holland as to tne former Kaiser had reached the British government Snow Strikes Wyoming. ' CHEYENNE, Wyo Feb. 23. Five inches of snow fell at "Lander, Wyo., last night and two Inches here. The storm was general throughout south ern ana central Wyoming, but w accompanied by little wind and con sequently there will be little hin drance to traffic by snowdrifts. Danes Occupy New Territory. HOLDING, Denmark. Feb. 23. A number of Danish officials today crossed the frontier preparatory to taking np the work of administering Northern Schleswig, which recently voted to be included within the king dom of Denmark. Icebound Island Gets Supplies. SIDNEY, N. 8.. Feb. 23. wn.. for inhabitants of the Maedeien Islands, Icebound and on limited ra tions for several weeks, have been landed on Grindstone island, accord ing to a wireless received today. Albert to See Rio Janeiro. . RIO JANEIRO. Feb. 22. Announce ment is made that Albert, king of the Belgians, will visit this city In June. Apartments in one of the most beauti ful palaces in the city are being reno vated to receive the royal guests. Light Electrocutes Farmer. ONTARIO. CaL, Feb. 23. John L. Tobery. 2( years old, rancher, waa electrocuted here today when he turned on an electric light while he was standing on a wet porch. Tobery was to have been married Saturday. Robert A. Bartlett, Vilhjalmur Stef ansson and Donald MacMillan Floral tributes were received from virtually all of the geographic and scientific bodies of the world. largely is composed of Italians and Sicilians and much "bootlegging" has been reported there recently. Statements of Mr. McDonough and Mr. Grove, on whose report Major Dalrymple based his appeal to Attor- npvJ;t-nPrn 1 Pnlmp fur a i H In or resting the prosecutor, two deputy FIRE PLANES ARE IIRfiED ouoi liia, two uuticcniea uuu iu lii reo as to the steps that' precipitated the McNary Amendment Asks 90 Crafl present status in Iron county. "for Forest Pronation -uiqaor oy r rc. O R P. G O N T A N UHWS RTrREATT Grove, accompanied by Lieutenant wuhlnirtDn. Feh 23. (Krxw-ial l Air. R. G. Strope and two troopers of the piane patrols for the prevention and buiib tuL.uuiuuiij, uau ociieu 1 f,u DDressslon of fires in all the na barrels of wine at the Virgil mine, tional forests of the Pacific coast and two mues irom iron mver, wnen tne Rocky mountain region are nro Grove and his party were met by ided in an amendment to the forestrv prosecuting Attorney -ucuonougn ana bill by Senator McNary of Oregon. The tne otiicers. "that tne federal or- amendment aoDroDriates S60.S00. Al fleers' right to have confiscated the state and privately owned timber, as wine was questioned ana tne liquor well as federal timber, will be pro- was taken from him by force, state- I tected in Oregon, Washington, Call ments Of the two agree. Ifointa, Idaho, Montana and north These stories diverge, however. The I eastern Wyoming, if the amendment pronmition otiicer maintainea ne was ( is adopted. acting within his authority in seizing The plan involves the use of 29 the wine, which was the property of patrols, 90 planes and 930 pigeons. It John, Joseph and Steven Stalcuzzi, was through Senator McNary 'a ef- brothers, principal directors of the forts that experiments with airplane Peninsula Packing company at Iron patrols in fire prevention were made River and owner of the little town's in Oregon and California last summer. largest store. Mr. urove asserted the The success was such that the de- liquor was kept in the store and be-1 partment of agriculture asked Sen ator McNary to offer this amendment. The plan calls for co-operation be tween the department of agriculture and the war department, the latter supplying the planes and the pilots. cause of that was subject to govern ment seizure. WASHINGTON,. Feb. 23. Prohibi tion Commissioner Kramer said today no authority had been given by either the internal revenue bureau- or the department of justice for an armed THRIFT" PI IN TO fifl ON nnmam nt federal nrnhlhitinn no-enta tn I nniT I fLHH IU UU Ull enter Iron county. Michigan, a result of interference there recently Sale of Treasury Savings Certlfl- with federal officers who are con ducting a liquor raid. IRON RIVER. Mich.. Feb.' 23.- "There hasn't been such a hoax put over on the country since the fake armistice report as this report of the rum rebellion in Iron county, said District Attorney Martin McDonough In an Interview today with a staff correspondent of the Milwaukee Jour nals - Continuing. McDonough sals: "There Is no rebellion in Iron county. Prohibition is being enforced to the limit, and my office is giving the fed eral agents every aid possible. I wired the governor and the at torney-general of the state and the attorney- general of the federal gov- cates and Stamps Continued. CLEVELAND, Feb. 23. Government ! savings directors of nine federal re serve districts, meeting today, pre dicted popular purchases of govern ment savings securities this year would exceed last year s figures. The conference was called by Will iam Mather Lewis, director of the savings division of the treasury de partment, to plan for the permanent continuance of the treasury . savings department pursuant to the decision I of the treasury department that the sale of treasury savings certificates or' savings stamps or thrift stamps will be continued. It was announced gatlon as to who started the. report of this so-called rebellion. ernment at Washington today de- tl"U the general scheme decided upon manding a full and complete invest 1- I w inows. ' UDBervuiuu ui .n a-i i: 11 is u uirut stamp week in all schools. Emphasizing the need of the uni versal adoption of the slogan, "Pro duce more; spend less; save more." ; Prosecuting sale of government se curities through banks and post- off ices, f" CONTINUED SOVEREIGNTY over'philippines URGED. R St H. Green Stamps for cash. Helmaa Fuel Co. Mala 153. tis-ii. Adv. . Delegates Are Elected; Application of Income Tax to Americans, With Others Exempt, Resented. MANILA, P. L, Feb. 23. (By the Associated Press.) The platform adopted by the republican insular convention' contained, in addition to plank urging postponement of the withdrawal of American sovereignty at present, the following planks: Condemnation of the application of the federal Income tax to Americans resident In the islands until such time as other residents of the islands are also made subject to the tax. Recommendation of the inclusion of the Philippines In protective tariff scheme of the United States. Continued development and expan sion of the United States merchant marine to the end that American im ports and exports may be carried largely in ships flying the American flag. Recommendation of federal aid for the immediate construction of a mod-l LONDON. Feb. 23. Conscription will be abolished In England March 31 and within a month from that date the last conscript will be entitled to be released, it was announcea oy Winston Churchill, the secretary of war. in the house of commons loaay. He stated that Great Britain bad succeeded in raising a new volunteer army, which, when .conscription ends, will number about 220,000, excluding troops serving in India. The nation would be able to place In the field in case of emergency 20 divisions, with cavalry and auxiliary services, and supplied with the most I modern arms and equipment a jjritisn army ever has had, the war secretary declared. .Incidentally, he disclosed the fact that a new tank had been produced with a speed of 20 miles an hour. which has mechanically a long life. In a trial run of 1000 miles, he said. virtually no wear had developed. Conscription Fight Futile. Mr. Churchill declared that Great I Britain had fought at the peace con ference for the abolition of conscrip tion, but that the only other great power which at all agreed was Ger many, and that only under dire com pulsion. All the other states had maintained compulsory service as the basis of their military system. These states, he added, included even the United States, which was the origina- I tor of the league of nations, and Rus sia, "the home of advanced political thought." Mr. Churchill said Great Britain's I army should be slightly bigger than before the war, but she was return ing to arms which in principle were Identical with those under which the country lived before the war. It was I idle to pretend Great Britain's pre-1 war army was proportionate to the Usk she ran or to the important part Rte 'played and aspired to play in European diplomacy. That was why I removal of the German danger did I not in itself allow any reduction in I the garrison of the British empire. On the other hand, he explained. new responsibilities overseas had been placed on the country in conse quence of the war. "Considering our burdens through- I out the middle east, Constantinople, Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamia," Mr. I Churchill said, "no relief can be ex- I pected until a real peace is made with Turkey. We have lost ground steadily during the whole of last year and I trust that, having dispersed our armies, we shall not now take steps which would drive the Turkish peo ple to despair or undertake any new obligations, because our resources are I not equal to their discharge. Problems Yet Faced. "we do not know when peace with I Turkey will be made or what de gree of acquiescence it will demand from the Turkish people. We do not know what aggressive action the bol shevik! will take. We do not know I how far Viscount Milner's commis sion may be able to reduce the con tention in Egypt; we do not know when our responsibilities in Con-1 stantinople will terminate or when the expense of maintaining an inter national force will be taken over by I an international body." In replying to debate Mr. Churchill emphasized his confidence in what the country would say when the general I election came to a government which I in abolishing conscription had set an example to the world, "even to pious I America." Captaiil William Benn interjected: A disgsaceful sneer. Mr. Churchill retorted to Captain! , ri,it f th. TTniteil states. Benn, who is slight of stature, but for he comblnes in himself the for who however, has won the distin- mal headbip of the state and the guished service order and numerous real headahip ln the government of a otner nonors ior valor in tne war: ,.. minitr. In nil democracies.. 'TLTw t,AnAnkl. M.nJ 11.. I . .3 J uvuumwxo ' luuo, IWIf UUI KftnravAr lh YAJ11tlV lA HPnaralfifl develop more Indignation than he frnm th ' f fi of nrim. minister. The ssflB. A Hen Co.Jh, jffh Select Your innnn New Records Where Service Is Best UR record service ap proximates perfection many well ventilated hearing rooms invite a leisurely selection. 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SACRAMENTO, LOS ANSUXS over as they seised tor th last time the rope which drafffred their anti quated (ire engine, the pride of the department In 184J. can contain.1 The army vote Ior 75,000,000. on account of which the debate was raised. was agreed to by 15 against 62. actual powers that govern are de pendent upon the will of the nation as represented in parliament. Gas Bills to Be Higher. TACCMA. Wash.. Feb. 23. Tacoma consumers of gas hereafter will find their bills 50 cents a month hifcher on the average. This wss figured out todav following the rullnsr Saturday of the at ate public service cuinmls- SENTS CUT IN APPROPRIATION, sion irrantlne the local gas t-oniiiany a 26 per cent increase in rates. SECRETARY ALEXANDER RE- Congress Charged With Failing to Realize Importance of Bureau 'in Foreign Trade. State Offices Observe Holiday. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 2S. (Special.) All state offices were closed here to ri a v in observation of Washington's birthday. Many 01 tne oniciais paoseo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Failure to In Portland, while others par- ..... th. nrt i.v,fl h , ticlpated in golf contests and other sports arranged for tne occasion. realise the part played by the bureau of commerce and its commercial at taches and trade commissioners in promoting American trade was blamed by Secretary Alexander tonight for action of the house appropriations committee in halving the year's esti mates rather than an intention to cripple the country's commerce. Vamps" Hold liast Parade. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Forty sur vivors of the "Vamps," volunteer fire men who fought fires half a century ago, held their last parade today to lppie tne country s commerce. ' . "T ... : . .. nf lay a wreath on Washington s monu- declared foreign trade promotion n u"io? ?u"t J?' STATE' STOPS. COCKFIGHT Governor of Louisiana Interferes With International Sport. BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 23. An international cockfight, set for Wash ington's birthday in Opelousas, was prevented by Governor Pleasant and Adjutant-General Hunter, with the aid of detectives, according to informa tion made public today. Advised that sportsmen were gath ering from this country. .Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Central America for a grand tournament, the governor sent detectives to St. landry parish a-n th.n followed with General Hunter. Although about 50 birds were! In his sermon on "Washington's work must be kept under that de partment If the best ends were to be observed. It was asserted America s foreign commerce representatives were business men familiar with the needs and methods of the American merchant, while congress, by falling to supply funds to continue the serv ice, allowed the state department to consolidate it with the consular service. The bureau of commerce was not created by the war emergency, the secretary declared, showing it bears the same relation to American rirms enaraeed ln foreign trade thas the department of agriculture does to the farmers of the country. ase was 87, but they were reluctant to admit tneir marcmnir nays wore discovered, most of the cocks had been transferred from Opelousas and the promoters had given up the idea of holding tne event. Wool Offered Poor Selection. LONDON, Feb. 23. At the wool action sales today 9923 bales, com prising a poor selection, were offered. The best merinos were first in the buyers' favor. Cross-breds were Ir regular. - Read The Oregonian classified ads. U. S. CALLED MONARCHY Power of Presidential Office Is At tacked by New York Speaker. ; NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (Special. character." at Temple Beth-H.1. Rabbi Samuel Schulman said: "It is no exaggeration to aay that the American people fiect a monarch for a term of four years. 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