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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 PRICR. FIVE CENTS COURT DISSOLVES NORTH BEND MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED UP HARDING ATHQME- RAIL DEPOT ROBBED; AGENT IS PRISONER 6 MOURNERS INJURED WHEN LAMP EXPLODES ONE HOUSE DESTROYED; FIRE - SPREADS TO TWO OTHERS. VOL. L.IX NO. Entered t Portland (Oegon W W. JPlWI Postof flee as Sonl-CIM Matter. GEORGIA DEMOCRATS ELECT EX-POPULIST T CHICAGO PROBERS GETTING NOWHERE Slush Fund Inquiry Be comes Fiasco. GOODBYE SHMMY 0 INJUNCTION N MOOD WAVES INSPECTOR Women Police Get Ready CLOTHES ARE THOSE OF MAX OREGOX ELECTRIC STATIOX IS HELD UP. THOMAS E. WATSOX FIRST IN KILLED AT ASTORIA. PRIMARY SENATORIAL RACE. Polk County Case Is Won by Highway Body. PAVING WILL BE RESUMED Commission Now Ready to Go on With Agreement. WORK IS BADLY DELAYED Completion of Route Held Up at Least One Year Through Insti gation of Litigation. TDissolulion of the injunction in the Folk county road case was directed by Circuit Judge McCourt yesterday. The decision of the court now permits the A. D. Kern company and the War ren Construction company to resume the paving Jobs which were stopped by the injunction proceedings several weeks ago. The Kern company has less than 3000 yards- of- surface and the other contracting company has approximately a mile. Both these stretches of pavement would have boon finished now but for the injunc tion sought by Polk county persons. Judge McCourt's action upholds the conduct of the state highway commis sion, which was the defendant in the case. Comissioners Benson and Booth, in commenting on the decision yesterday, declared that the commission is ready to carry out its part of the agreement with the Polk county court. The county court, by the agreement, was to prepare the grade for the Pacific highway from Monmouth south and the commission was to pave it. The county court, however, declined to build the grade. Itoad Delayed (or Year. The action of the Polk county court has delayed finishing the road by at least one year. - Had the grade been prepared this year It could be paved In 1921. If the court now undertakes to -.execute Its part of the agreement, jio work can be done before 1921 and the grade will have to wait over at least one year before suitable for sur facing, so that the earliest date the section can be paved will be in 1922. Contentions against the location of the Pacific, highway through Polk county are swept aside by Judge Mc Court in his opinion, for he says the evidence disclosed that the route selected by the commission will ultl matelv carry the great bulk of through travel. Two Salts Started. Two suits were started by Polk ecunty persons against the highway commission, one the injunction, and the other designed to compel the com mission build the Pacific highway through Dallas and Independence, in btcad of going on the direct route selected. The latter suit is now on appeal to the supreme court. In the location suit, which Judge McCourt also heard, he interpreted the law as directing the commission to build the Pacific highway through Dallas and Independence. " The contention of the highway com mission has been, and it was con firmed by testimony of witnesses for the plaintiff, that the Polk county court said the commission could lo cate the Pacific highway wherever it saw fit if a paved road was laid from Dallas to Salem. This Dallas Salem road was in progress of paving when the Folk county court refused to prepare the grade south of Mon mouth. The legal proceedings fol lowed. Local Benefits Held Secondary! After reviewing the testimony In the Injunction suit Judge . McCourt said: "It is plainly apparent from the evidence that the route selected by the highway commission for the Pa cific highway through Polk county will ultimately carry the great bulk of the through travel and this, weather the Eimo now be diverted through X'allas and Independence, or either of them, by paved highway. Sooner or lajer, a road must be improved upon the direct route adopted by the com mission. The highway commission is engaged in improving a system of elate roads, and the primary con sideration for the improvenient of such a system is its utility for use by the general public "The local benefits and considera tions which naturally appeal to the municipalities of Dallas and Indepen dence are secondary and were so rec ognized by the commission and by these municipalities when the latter withdrew their objection to the con struction and improvement of the highway along the direct route. The arrangement, in a measure, provided for taking care of the local demands of Dallas by a paved road from that place to Rlckreall and thence on to Salem, and likewise cared for the de mands of Independence by a paved road between Independence and Mon mouth. Kidlllty la Demanded. "If more was desired by these mu nicipalities, or either of them, in the way of highways supplying their local interests, efforts should have been directed toward securing branch or market roads extending from, the .ICoucludcd on Page 3, Column 1.), Lafc Jennings Says Brother Shot in Back 15 Years Ago and Cloth ing Stored In House. t The "murder mystery" at North Bend, Or., was cleared away yes terday In .Portland when Lafe Jen nings, proprietor of the Metropoli tan club at 103 Sixth street, "accounted for blood-stained, clothing found in his former home at North Bend. Some 15 year3 ago Cleve Jennings, his brother, was shot through the back and killed while on board the steamer Alliance, at Astoria. Lafe Jennings' said the body, with-the clothing, was sent to Lafe Jennings and the clothing was storel by him in a suitcase in the residence, where it has just been found. Three years ago Mr. Jennings sold the North Bend house but failed to re move the suitcase from the attic." he said. The purchasers were a Mr. and Mrs. Phifier, who have since vacated the house. Mr. Jennings yesterday addressed a letter to .the police at North Bend, explaining the circumstances. The clothing found had a bullet hole through the back of. the coat and waistcoat. Jennings pointed out the fact that his brother was shot in the back, in substantiation of his ex planation. TAX ON INDUSTRY URGED Levy to Provide Against Unemploy ment Asked by Labor. PORTSMOUTH. England. Sept. 9. The trades union congress in ses sion here adopted a resolution to day declaring responsibility for un employment shall be borne by in dustry and that in no case should the "level of income fall below 85 per cent of wages earned when in full employment. Power should be obtained to force a levy on Industry to raise the necessary fund, the resolution added, and the parliament ary committee was instructed to take necessary action to this end. By a large majority the congress decided to replace the parliamentary committee which had hitherto man aged national labor affairs by a labor general staff or "general coun cil representing every distinct in dustry affiliated -with the congress." RUSSIAN REFUGEE KILLED Lad of 14 Mothered by Red Cross Accidentally Slain. -i ' NEW YORK, Sept. 9. rPavel Niko laeff, 14, one of 800 Russian refugee children being mothered by the Red Cress at Fort, Wadsworth, Staten Is land, on their long journey from Si beria to their Petrograd homes, was shot and killed early tdday while be ing instructed irt the army's manual of. arms by a friendly soldier on guard duty. This announcement was made at noon by Red Cross officials. Colonel William H. Munroe, com mandant of the fort, has started formal investigation. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. MINERS' DEMAND DEBATED Washington Coal Workers Want Increase of $1.50 Day. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept- 9. Demands of Washington coal miners for a flat Increase of $1.50 a day in the wage scale of miners employed by. the day were discussed at a meeting here this afternoon of representatives of dis trict No. 10, United Mine Workers, and the Washington Coal Operators' association. , The present scale for day workers. according to Ernest Newtcham, dis trict secretary, ranges from $5.50 to $6.65 a day. Most of the actual min ing is done by contract workers, who would not be affected by the pro posed increase, Mr. Newschara said. EIVERS' HOME IS ROBBED Legion Adjutant Reports' House Looted While Family Away. Captain Edward J. Elvers, state ad jutant of the American Legion, re ported to the police last night that his home at 770 East Sixteenth street north had been entered by a burglar and an overcoat and some money stolen. Entrance was mad'e through an open window. . ' : ' Captain Elvers and his family were down town at an entertainment, and discovered the loss on their return about midnight. FLIERS HELP FISHERMEN Biggest Hauls on Record Made in Chesapeake Bay. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. As a result of patrols maintained by naval sea planes, Chesapeake bay fishermen are making the biggest hauls on record. Immense schools of fish are spotted almost daily by the seaplanes, it was reported, and fishing fleets get the location by radio comunication or. If within sight, by flag, signals. FRENCH LOAN EASY ONE Books Open Hour and Over-Sub- -.' scrlption Reported. NEW YORK; Sept. 9. The new $100,000,000 25-year, 8 per cent French government loan was oversubscribed and subscription books were closed in an hour, J. P. Morgan & Co., syndi cate managers, announced today. ' The book3 were formally opened at 1U o'clock and closed at 11. Trip, to Minnesota Is De clared Success. MANY SPEECHES DELIVERED Car Platform Addresses De livered Along Way. THRONGS GREET 'NOMINEE General Persuing Boards Train on Return Journey; More Ad dresses Outside Likely, MARION. O., Sept. 9. Senator Hard ing returned to Marion tonight from his campaign trip and prepared to re sume a front-porch campaign, which is expected to keep him here during the remainder of September. Both the nominee and his political managers declared themselves pleased at the practical results of the three day ' journey, and it was Indicated that announcement might be made oon of other trips to be made in the last month of the campaign. On the return today from Minnesota the senator made two short rear platform speeches. ' The first was at Janesvllle, Wis., where he praised tne nfluence of the small town in main taining national tranquillity. The oth er, a plea that the nation be put "back on the right track," was de- ivered to a cheering crowd at Roch ester, lnd. Eight Speeches Made. During the trip Senator Harding made eight speeches, four of them from the platform of his private car. Besides, he shook hands with - hun dreds who crowded around him at the way stations and during his visit to the Twin Cities. General Pershing boarded the sena tor's train at Chicago today and dur- ng the trip across Indiana and Ohio Bhared some of the popular applause. On his way back to Washington from a. vacation In the . west, the general called at the Harding car to pay his respects and Senator -Harding insisted that he go along as far east as Mar ion, but Insisted that no political sig nificance be attached to his presence. General Pershing said he expected. to take no part in the campaign, but would devote his whole attention the next few weeks to army reorganiza tion. Senator Greets Throng. From Chicago the senator's private car was attached to a regular passen ger train and as 'it approached Marlon the nominee and General Fer3hing went into the dining car and held public reception, during which scores of passengers filed in to shake hands. The general spent the night, at the (Concluded on Pare 2, Column 2.) YOU'D BETTER r : i i ,. , 1 i : I3Y Yl'rMNG I t t YIMINY CVmvVTMrXS t A TANK HrftON& EtCN t IPS ItiipT'V ! I f II' n n iwum . .-j ... I; ti W-. "! - v W J - I t- Litr I liT;V - -.i m p 1 T I i i rm in v i it u i in i im ti , i w v 3 r.- i n v t r i - , . , - v-, 7,7 .i. 11 1 s v-'".. mu 1 1 1 1 ..vr, -"".Ay. w air, tA,ffn'--:r:ti..iyAAi t iL- - . I v . IV M 11 ' tJ' hi II -ryt . y V A TV1, i' 1 HZ, . i. I Bold, Unmasked Men Get Cusli and Jr'orc W. J. Walton to Ac company Them. Robbers at 10:30 o'clock last night staged a hold-up in the Oregon Elec tric Railway station at the foot of Jefferson street, obtaining $91.27 from W. J. Walton, agent. Two men, un masked, entered the place while Wal ton was counting his cash prepara tory to closing the place for the night, and while one held a gun pointed at his head the other took the money. The two men forced Walton to walk with them, a prisoner, four blocks south on Front street, hen turning west for two blocks. With an admo nition, they freed him and ran down the darkened street. Police said the two men answered the description of robbers who robbed J. C. Ransom', grocer at Eighty-Bev-enth and Killingsworth avenue, .of $100 Wednesday night. Ransom shot Russell Dick, who is now held by the police. Detectives last night investi gated the possibility that Dick was the "outside" partner of the two men who robbed Walton. The description given of the two men was: One Five feet 6 inches in height, weight 160 pounds, age 30, dressed in a dark suit and dark cap. The other man Five feet 4 Inches tall, age 21 years, weight 150 pounds, dressed in dark suit and light cap. SHIP COLLIDE AT SEA Passenger Vessel and Freighter Crash' Together, Says Report. LISBON, Sept. 9. The British steamer Koenigin Louise, from Lon don for Brisbane, with passengers, and the, British freighter Loughbor ough are reported to have collided off this port during a fog. The Loughborough was damaged and Is leaking, but no mention is made of damage to the Koenigin Lou ise, which carries 150 first-class and 600 second-class passengers. BEAUTIFUL PARKS TOPIC Ways and Means of Beautifying Is Discussed by Superintendents. LOUISVILLE, Ky Sept. 9. Ways and means of making more beautiful the natural and created parks in the United States were discussed by speakers at the opening session here today of the convention of the Amerl can Association of Park Superintend ents. John W. Thompson of Seattle is president of the association. RAIL STRIKE ROTS FOOD Yards in El Paso, Tucson and Los Angeles Blocked. EL PASO. Tex., Sept. 9. Railroad freight yards in El Paso, Tucson and Los Angeles have been blocked with loaded freight cars since Tuesday night, railroad officials said today. because of a walkout on Southern Pacific lines. Much .of the freight is perishable. MAKE SOME MORE TRIPS, Accident at Olympla Happens as Friends Gather Upon Xcws of Logging Camp Fatality. OLTMPIA, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Six persons were in the hospi tal heer today, suffering from burns inflicted when a gasoline lamp ex ploded at the home of A. J. Gazelle at Gate late last night. The flames destroyed the house. spread to two others and for a time threatened the entire town. The injured are: Mr. and Mrs. G zelle, their two children, Harry and Leota; Mrs. Edgar Smith and Albert Cooper. Physicians tonight stated that al though seriously burned, the condition of the injured persons is not regarded as critical. The fire was at the Gazelle home, where friends and relatives gathered after receiving news of the accidental death of W. J. Cooper, father of one of the injured. The elder Cooper was instantly killed by a falling pipe earlier the same evening at Camp 4 of the Bordeaux Logging company. Mr. Cooper, with his brother, was fitting up a donkey engine at the camp and was working on a scaffold when he lost his balance. As he leaped from the platform he knocked off a piece of steam pipe weighing about 150 pounds. This fell upon his head, killing him instantly. DEPARTMENT IS DEFINED Boundaries of Pacific Army Divis ion Are Announced. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9. An r.ouncement of the boundaries of the newly established department of the Pacific of the United States Marine corps was mads iy the corps head quarters here. The territory includes the stations at Bremerton, Wash. Marc Island and San Diego, Cal., and Ptarl Harbor, Hawaii. Brigadier General George Barnett, former com mandant of the marine corps, has been named as commander of the de partment. Headquarters of the new depart ment are to be named by the major- general commanding the corps, it was announced. INTEREST RATE ADVANCES Aberdeen Savings Bank Will.- Pay Depositors -4 Per Cent. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen savings banks have announced a rise in interest rates from 3 to 4 per cent, effective Octo ber 1. The increase will mean an add! tional $30,000 a year to depositors.' NATAL DAY IS OBSERVED California Admitted to the Union Jus't 7 0 Years Ago. SAW FRANCISCO. Sept. 9. The of ficial observance of the 70th anni versary of California's admission into the union was held here today. Senator -, Phelan was among the speakers. MR. HARDING. "LEADS" PROVE MISLEADING (Committee Undecided as to What to Do Next. SOME WOULD MOVE EAST Republicans . Would Probe Alleged Liquor Interest Activities; Democrats Would Go On. CHICAGO, Sept. 9. The senate com mittee investigating campaign expen ditures tonight was divided on the question of pursuing the investiga tion of Governor Cox's charges that millions are being sought by the re publican national committee to cor rupt" the electorate. Saturday the committee will com plete Its inquiry here, but after two conferences today the five senators could reach no decision as to the next step to be taken. J ne republican attitude, as ex pressed by Senator Edge, is that every lead offered by Governor Cox and his supporters has been pursued without proving anything of what the New Jersey senator characterized as "sinister", counts in the democratic nominee's charges. Committee Is Divided. Senators Edge, Kenyon and Spencer, republicans, propose that the commit tee drop the Cox charges and move to Pittsburg to investigate reports that the liquor Interests are taking an active part tp the campaign. The democratic view, however, as expressed by Senators Reed and Pomerene, is that the Cox charges are being proved, and they desire to go to New York, subpena Colonel Thompson, chairman of- the repub lican national ways and means com mittee; Reeve Schley, eastern treas urer; and other republican- leaders and pursue the investigation further, Inqalry Ararinfir End. The Chicago end of the present in quiry virtually will be completed tomorrow. Edmond H. Moore of Youngstown, O., Governor Cox's per sonal representative, will resume the stand to complete his own "interrupt ed testimony." C. W. Lee, eastern , regional director of the republican ways and means committee, with jurisdiction ' over several eastern states, . and a few minor witnesses, remain to be heard. Saturday the committee expects to question several witnesses from the internal revenue office at. Grand Forks, N. D., where democrats are said to have solicited $1Q contribu tions from girl clerks. Miss Jessie Barchard of Minneapolis, Minn., will be heard Saturday in connection with a similar charge. Quota List Considered. Testimony bearing on Governor Cex's charge that a quota list of 61 cities had been sent out by the re publican national commltte was elic ited at today's session of the senate committee investigating campaign funds. While Harry M. Blair, assistant to Fred W. Upham, national republican treasurer, was on the stand, a docu ment waa introduced which the wit ness identified as a substitute for form 101, the campaign plan which Blair drew up, but whjch was rejected by the national executive committee. This substitute document stated that an intensive campaign was to be undertaken in 54 cities and it also Indicated that the national treasurer was to appoint city chairmen of the ways and means committee. L'phaa Tiot Concerned. John A. Kelly and G. Deforrest Kin ney, state ways and means heads for Ohio and Illinois, respectively, later said they appointed the local chair men themselves and that the national treasurer had nothing to do with these selections or with fixing quotas for the various counties. Mr. Kinney also added that he was concerned only Ith the campaign outside Chicago and Cook county. In addition, Henry Owen, a paid assistant to Blair and organizer for Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Indiana, testified that he had never heard of any plan to organize .cities as distinctive from the county organizations. He said furthermore that he never saw "form 101" and knew nothing of its being locked in a safe at republican head quarters after it had been, rejected. Plan Easily Available. Mr. Owen told Senator Spen'cer that the whole republican method of .rais ing funds was a "stock plan." "I can buy it for you in printed form for 25 cents," he added. "Where?" asked Senator Reed. "From the international committee of the Y. M. C. A.," said the witness. "The lan is known to hundreds of men. It is 25 years old and anything but original with this drive." The committee held another night session. Chairman Kenyon explaining that they hoped to wind up the com mittee hearings here' by Saturday night. Other developments Included testi monv by Mr. Kelly that he fixed Cuavludcd oa Fage 6, V'oluma l.. Smith Third, With Dorsey Second on Complete Unofficial Returns; Arizona Election Is Close. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 3. Thomas E. Watson, once populist candidate for president, was shor o ! ve won the democratic nomination for United States senator in complete unofficial returns from yesterdry's primary compiled by the Atlanta Journal. Watson, on these returns, had 215 county unit votes. Governor Dorsey SI, Senator Smith 40. In the contest for the gubernatorial nomination, no candidate had the necessary majority, according to the Journal's returns, which gave former Senator Hardwick 170 and Clifford Walker 150. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Sept. 9. At torney-General Blaine, candidate for governor of Wisconsin on the repub lican ticket, and having the indorse ment of Senator La Follette and the Non-partisan league, leads Roy P Wilcox of Eau Claire, his nearest competitor, in the race for nomina tion by several thousand votes, ac cording to returns from Tuesday s primary in ail but three sparsely set tied counties. Senator Lenroot continues in his lead over James Thompson of La- rosse by more than 23.000. Thomp son was supported by La Follette. George Comings, for lieutenant- governor, and Elmer Hall, for secre tary of state, also La Follette adher ents, have been nominated. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 9. In what party leaders called one of the closest primary contests ever held In Arizona Ralph "Cameron of Phoenix today was leading E. S. Clark of Prescott, ac cording to the latest available fig ures, by only 142 votes for the repub lican nomination for United States senator as a result of Tuesday's state wide primary election. The nomination of Senator Smith, democrat, for re-elcctior. was con ceded by his closest opponent. Judge Stanford. HARTFORD, Conn.. Sept. 9. United States Senator Brandesee was re nominated as republican candidate for that office at the state conver 'jn of the party today. WHEAT YIELD INCREASES Washington Harvest of Spring Grain 20,464,000 Bushels. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Spring wheat in Washington at harvest time averaged but 69 per cent of normal. Indicating a crop of 20,464,000 bushels, as compared to the 1919 spring wheat production in the state, which amounted to 20,300,000 bushels, according to the September report from the Spokane offices of the federal bureau of crop estimates. The bureau reports also estimate a large increase in the 1920 'crop of oats, barley and potatoes, while a decrease is predicted for corn, apples and peaches. The state has but 90 per cent of the number of fattening hogs as last year, due to the high price of grain feed, it is said. On September 1 Washington sugar beets had a condition 101 per cont of normal, while the country ae a whole has a crop condition said to be 93 per cent of normal. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 degree; minimum, 53; cloudy, rain. TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds. . Forelan. roles cut rifle strength of red army ha-lf. ru 3 Red flas" wave over new Italian ship launching. Pace 3, Politics. in at Democrats of Georgia elect ex-pojjuilut In senatorial primary. rst x. Democratic party In Washington not pre pared for battle at polls. Page 7. Cox pledges league hearing for Ireland In event of his election. 1'age Democratic senators fall to prove charges made by (Jovernor i-ox. fage Socialist nominee will speak in Auditorium gunday. Fage u. DomeeMc. Mai! plane nears western terminus. Page IT. Heaviest earthouake In years felt at tan Jose. Cal. rm 4. Tmcific Northwest. Six mourners injured when lamp explodes. Page 1. state of Washlnsion to investigate treat ment ot cadeis on cruise to .Hawaiian islands. Page 5. Defense In United States shipbuilding suit scores first point. l'aee le. Sports. Coast league results Los Angeles 6- Poitland 0-3 tsecono game u innings); Oakland 4-1, Seattle 3-2: Sacramento 0-3. Vernon 10-1; Salt Lake. San Fran' Cisco postponed. Page 14. Three teams in AA league play double header Sunday for pennant. Page 14 Herman signed for bout with Baby Blue. Page 13. Francis Ouimet defeats English amateur golf champion. rage i. Neer reaches semi-final round of Califor nia tennis tourney, rife Jo. . Commercial and Marine. All Oregon cereal crops larger than year ago. Page iJ. Lack of foreign demand checks wheat ad vance at Chicago. Page 23. Stock advance largely due to successful offering of French loan. Page $2,000,000 harbor bonds to be sold. Page 16.'. Irish pickets to extend, activities to north ern ports. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Pende'r trial Judge will not oppose effort for pardon. Page 8. Surgical congress opens In Portland today. Page 12. Automobiles kill more people than war fare. Page 8. Jut dances In city doomed. Page 1. Annual chool book scramble may b stopped. Page 4. Three grammar school girl canners take first prize at Spokane. Page 1- Court dissolves Polk county road Injunc tion. Page 1. North Bend murder mystery is cleared up. Page 1. County commissioners to decide today whether to put bridge bonds on Novem ber ballot. Page 6. Talk ships, think ships, club is told. Page 4. Portland's census rank is advanced. Fage . for Dance Clean-Up. CITY'S NAME HELD STAINED Portland Lags Behind Rest of Coast, Records Show. LAW TO BE PUT TO TEST Managers of Halls Who Refuse to En force Ordinances Will Be Prosecuted, Is Threat. Naughty dancing in . every form prohibited by the city ordinances, in cluding the "shimmy" of immortal fame, the "bear hug." the "shadow dance," yes, even the moonlight waltz, where the dancers float dream ily away through the gloom un troubled by lights or floor managers all will soon bo relegated to the C limbo of forgotten memories, accord ing to plans announced by the wom en's protective bureau of the police department. A general clean-up of all objectionable dancing in the city is in prospect. Portland lags far behind some cities of the coast in the enforce ment of ordinances against objection able dancing, according to records of the women's protective division, and especially during the last few months, up to and including several national conventions, when the censors showed much leniency. During Shrine week 11 dancing restrictions were sus pended, but the license of that week has had a lasting effect on the lax ity in regulations. Ordinance to Be Ka forced. Mrs. Grace B. Nickerson, dance hall inspector of the women's protective bureau, announced yesterday that a strict enforcement of the city ordi nances in respect to objectionable dancing is scheduled for the Imme diate future. Violations of the city ordinance in any particular will not be tolerated any longer, she declared and offenders will be haled Into court nd prosecuted vigorously. "As a general rule the floor man agers in the various dance halls have been very courtedus In their treat ment of me and responded readily to any suggestions I had to offer," said Mrs. Nickerson. "But a few of them, and one in particular, have been con sistent offenders. In the future 1 in tend to enforce the city laws and bring it to the test to find whether or not the city officials and the pub lic In general will longer tolerate immoral and indecent dancing." Manager Hints of "Pull." Mrs. Nickerson explained in detail the work done by her department in the past, and told of the obstructions and opposition encountered through the efforts of one dance hall manager in particular who had practically dei fied her authority In the pas' In one instance, she eaid, this particular manager had openly declared that he would not listen to her, and hinted that he was possessed of a "pull" with "higher-ups" which would pro tect him. "I have been having trouble with this manager from the beginning of my work as dance hall inspector," said Mrs. Nickerson. "And I fully in tend to bring him up for the judg ment of the court and of the public at the next offense. If he has the pull' he says he has the matter will be settled once and for all time- I. at least, will have done my duty." Boat Discing Criticised. The dancing on the river boat Bluebird was severely criticized by Mrs. Nickerson. She said the Blue bird Sunday night dances on the river have violated the city, ordi nances on almost every excursion. "The dancing on the Bluebird, in itself bad enough, has become a pub lic nuisance to such an extent that it is being used as an excuse by dancers in other halls," she said. "When I criticise a couple for dancing in a questionable way, they . respond by declaring that they arc allowed to dance in precisely the same manner on the Bluebird and can sec no reason why they cannot do the same any where. This is a hard question for me to answer but I intend to dispose of it in the near future by concen trating on the proprietor. A o Favoritism Shown. "If we don't limit the activities in this direction we cannot rightly con demn others, and in a matter of public policy of this kind there should be no favoritism shown in any partic ular." Mrs. Nickerson pointed but that there was no personal equation in the dance inspection, that It vls merely work done for the public welfare and in enforcement ot tne city laws. This stand was reiterated by Mrs. Edna A. Bell, who was dance hall inspector during the absence of Mrs. Nickerson for the last two weeks. Mrs. Bell said that as a general rule the couples who were indulging in the forbidden dances were not resent ful when spoken to. A few, however, took the criticism as being more or less personal, she said. Anselenan Is "Called." "One young man whom I cautioned at a dance for dancing in violation (.Concluded ea Page 4. Column 1.) 2- f 102.0v