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TIIE MORNING O REG O XI AN, TUESDAY, 1 SEPTE3II3ER 2S, 1920 WELFARE OFFICERS RESIGN POSITIONS State Commission Is Inac tive, Governor Is Told. DEADLOCK 1S RESENTED 3lemlers Declare There Has Xever Been Divided Vote in Body TTntU Recently. OLYMPIA, 'Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Declaring that the state in dustrial welfare commission as now constituted is inactive. Mrs. W. H. TJdail, of Tacoma, for five years a member of the commission, and for the Just two years secretary, tendered her resignation at a meeting' of the -om mission, here today. following adjournment of the meeting:. Dr. M. H. Marvin, for seven years a member of the commission, and the oldest member in point of service, dictated his resignation, to Governor Hart, ef fective Immediately. iMrs. Udall's resignation was sub mitted following1 the transmission of her annual report as secretary to the commission. It read: "Since the commission, as now con stituted, is inactive and I can be of no more assistance to the working women of the state in. the position of secretary, 1" wish to place my formal resignation in your hands today to take effect not later than October 6, 19-0, and urge your acceptance." Commi.HMlon In Deadlocked. The commission as constituted at present consists of only four mem bers, Governor Hart having failed to appoint a euccessor to Mrs. George P. Hardgrove, of Spokane, who re signed May 2 4. 1920. Since that time the commission has been deadlocked on the question of increasing the min imum wage for women employed in factories, Ir. M. H. Marvin of Seattle snd Mrs. W. J. Kennedy of Tacoma voting to adopt the recommendation made by the industrial welfare con ference, composed of representatives of the employes, employers and the public, that the minimum be increased from $13.1!0 a week to $18. C. H. Younger. labor commissioner and chairman of the board, and Mrs. N. J. Redpath of Olympia, appointed by Governor Hart to replace Mrs. W. S. a r is wold of Seattle on the commis sion, voting against increasing the minimum. As a result of the deadlock, hear ings scheduled on wages paid other branches of indusry were cancelled. When Mrs. Udall's resignation was presented today. Younger and Mrs. Kedpath voted that it be not accepted. Dr. Marvin and Mrs. Kennedy did not vote. Following the meeting Dr. Mar vine explained that he did not want to be understood as favoring the ac ceptance "of the resignation, but that both he and Mrs. Kennedy endorsed Mrs. Udall's posit ion that the com mission as now constituted was in active and if they voted not to ac cept the resignation the action might be construed as taking issue with her position in the matter. Dr. Marvin Benignn. Dr. Marvin then dictated his res ignation to Governor Hart. It fol lows: "1 hereby tender you my resigna tion as a member of the Industrial Welfare commission of the State of Washington to take effect immedi ately." After signing the resignation, Dr. Marvin said: "I have been a member of this com mission for seven years and have walked hard to accomplish some of the things for which it was created by the legislature, but I won't come here just to mark time. When a thing cases to function, that's the end." Chairman Younger appeared at the office of the secretary as Mrs. Udall gave a copy of her resignation to newspaper correspondents and stated that the resignation ought not to be made public, objecting to the phrase ology. m Mrs. Udall intimated that she could resign in her own way. The personnel of the commission has undergone numerous changes during the last 18 months. On April 7, 1919, Governor Hart, as acting governor, appointed three new members. $ Deadlock Complained Of. They were Mrs. J. K. Burkey of Ta coma, for the term ending January 1, 19l'L'. to succeed Mrs. W. H. Udall, who became secretary; Mrs. C. W. S. Gris wold of Seattle, to succeed Mrs. Jack son Silbaugh, for the term ending Jan uary 1, lHliu. and Mrs. George P. Hard grove of Spokane, to succeed Mrs. K lore nee H. Swan son for the term ending January 1, 1923. Mrs. Burkey resigned November 23, 1919. and Mrs. W. J. Kennedy was appointed to suc ceed her. Mrs. Hardgrove resigned May 24, 1920, and no successor has beeji appointed. Mrs. Griswold was replaced when her term expired Janu ary 1. 1920, by Mrs. N. J. Kedpath of Olympia. Both Dr. Ma rvin and Mrs. Udall stated that during their seven years connection with the commission there had never been a divided vote in the commission on any question until within the last few months. STATE FAIR IS OPEN (Continued From First Page.) with tents. Conditions tonight indi cated that more room would have to be provided tomorrow to care for the campers who continued to arrive here throughout yesterday and today. The "White way," which has more attraction this year than ever before, beckoned its quota of visitors tonight, when dances and shows in the down town district added considerable to the entertainment of the visitors. Fair Board Elated. Members of the fair board tonight expressed themselves as highly pleased with the first day's attend ance, and the rapid manner in which the exhibitors had arranged their displays. Practically all of these ex hibits were In place tonight, and by tomorrow morning all will be In readiness for the greatest state fair ever held in Oregon. Although thousands of people have arrived here during the past few days, no difficulty has been encoun tered in providing accommodations. Privpfcte homes have been thrown open to visitors and the commercial club still has available several hundred rooms for the accommodation of late arrivals. Children under 12 years were ad mitted to the fairgrounds today free, and it was estimated that more than 5000 of these youngsters took advan tage of the opportunity to view the sights. Xine Club Represented. Counties represented by boys' and girls' club projects include Polk, Multnomah. Wasco, Malheur. Sher man, Douglas, Clackamas, Washing ton and Jackson. There are also many individual exhibits from other counties. Counties having exhibits in place Include Douglas, Coos, Tillamook, Linn, Wasco, Malheur, Morrow, Wash ington, Clackamas, Jackson, Benton, Marion, Union, Lane and Clatsop. Western Canada also has a large exhibit of grains and grasses. Portland people who were here to night to attend the symphony orches tra concert were Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett A. S. Kerns, Dr. and Mre. A. P. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Loring K. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. John Logan, Mr., and Mrs. W. A. T. Bushong, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Denton. J. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Pipes and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Spencer. The canning team contests will be staged Wednesday, with more than a dozen counties represented. Auto Race. Sensation. Jules Kllingboe, Canadian-dirt track champion, driving his Kllingboe spe cial, was advanced ten points toward the world s championship when he won the 16-mile event on Lone Oak track, a one-mile course, at the state fairgrounds today. Tti event was the biggest sensa tion ever seen on the Oregon track, for Kllingboe and Fred Horey, the dirt track champion, finished so near ly even that many spectators were dissatisfied with the decision and in sisted the race was a draw. Klling boe's time for the final ten-mile heat of the race was 9:42 3-5. The race was run in two prelim inary three-mile heats and a final heat of ten miles and, as were all the other races on the card, was run under the rules and with the sanction of the International Motor Contest association. With three entered in each of the two preliminaries, the two taking first and second in each event quali fied for the final. Horey K.tabllMhe. Record. Horey established a new track rec ord in the official time trials and automatically broke the state dirt track record at :49 1-5. The previous best time was :54 for the mile. Horey has a better record at :48 flat, made at Dallas, Tex. Summary: Five miles Horey, first; Reynolds, sec ond; Bradley, third; Meyers, fourth. Time, 4:54. Three miles Ellinj?boe, first; Horey, second; Reynolds, third; Hoffman, fourth. Time, 2:4!IVi. Official time trials. $100 for breaking traek record and $300 if state record was broken Horey, first. 49 l-.V, lrvln Hoffman,- second, 06; Horace Bradley, third, OS 1-5. Sixteen miles, first heat of three miles Horey, first; Reynolds, second; Meyers, third. Time, 2:30 l'-5. Second heat of thre miles Hoffman, first; KIIinKtoe, Becond; Horey, third. Time, -:5- 1-5. ' Final 10-mile heat Elllnghoe, first; Horey, second; Hoffman, third. Time, 9;4 3-5. PENDLETON JURORS SEATED IN 5 HOURS Eight Farmers in Box to Try Sheriff's Slayers. 29 NAMES ARE CALLED Defense Quizzes Men on Subscrip tions to Memorial Fund, Reason able Doubt and Friendship. PENDLETON", Or., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Records for the selection of a jury for a murder trial were broken today, when 12 Umatilla county men were seated in the box, following three and a halt hours' questioning by It. I. Keator, district attorney, for the state, and Joseph J. Lavln of Spo kane, for the defense, to sit at the trial of Irving Leroy Stoop and Kloyd L. Henderson, Jointly indicted with Etiunett Bancroft, already sentenced to rang, and Elvie D. Kerby and John Laffebean, whose trial will follow im mediately for the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor. Drawing of the Jury was delayed by request of Attorney - General Brown, who asked time to review the state case, but the jury was selected and it was 11 A. M. before the first 12 men were sworn in for the qualifi cation examination as jurors. At 4 P. M? the jury was accepted by the defense and the prosecution and open ing of the case by the state with a complete statement was set for to morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Twenty-nine ame. Called. Twenty-nine names were called out of the venire of 31. Five men were excused on account of their friendship for the murdered man or because they did not believe in capital punishment. The state exercised one peremptory challenge and the defense 10 of their 12 allowed by court. Names of the jurymen selected are C. W. Howell. Pendleton, farmer; F. E. Blynn. Helix, farmer; Frank Wa gaman, Hermiston, farmer; Thomas Kiiiott. Milton, merchant; J. C. Crim mins, Freewater, laboring man; Wiley Mansiine, Milton, butcher; John J Merrifield. Milton, farmer; C. H Reinemann, Pendleton, farmer; W. H. Boohers, Weston, Farmer; B. F. Trom- bley. Pendleton, farmer; Fred Rhode. Pendleton, farmer, and Ross E. Car ney, Pendleton, meat packer. Defense Quizzes Jurors, The defense asked each juryman the same questions, which covered all possible contingencies in the case. Attorney Lavin asked the men in the Jury box to state if they were preju- aicea Dy irienasnip tor the murdered sheriff, if they had subscribed to the Til Taylor memorial fund, if they were, members of any posse which hunted the jailbreakers after the murder, if they were officially con nected with the Round-up. of which the late sheriff was president; and if they would be willing to be tried for the same offense by a jury of like men. Questions on court procedure were also asked of the men qualifying to see it iney wouia oe prejudiced ny inlormation which they have alread had on the case and which might not h- submitted as evidence. Biggest stress in the se;et:uon of jurors by the defense was oiaed on the ques tion of "reasonable doubt" and the fact that innocence is presumed until proof of guilt has been made Attorney Keator for the prosecu tion confined his cross-questioning to whether or not the jurymen believed in capital punishment and if they could make a decision solely on the evidence and not be swayed by sym pathy or passion. WIX.NERS TO ATTEND FAIR Boys and Girls to Leave Thursday for Salem. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) L. B. Gibson, county school superintendent, will leave Thursday for SalerA with the following Hood River valley boys and girls, who won trios to the state fair at the annual industrial school fair recently held here: Blanche Tucker of Ode-11, Mabel Mariott of Barrett. Frank Pierson and Richard Fenwick, both of Oak Grove, and Bertha Buford, Hazel Ol sen and Hazel Meyer, all of Cascade Locks. The Cascade Locks students will give a canning demonstration at the state fair. Free Trip to Fair Won. UMATILLA, Or.. Sept. 27. Leslie Thompson of the Umatilla Dairy Herd Record club won a free trip to the state fair, due to excellent work as a member of the club. This club was the first 100 per cent club in the state. , Why do people daily test the capacity of both "Imperial19 restaurants? Because most people usually prefer the best place and especially when the best place offers the most 'for the money. imperial in of the jury and their dismissal until morning, John Laffebean and Elvie D. Kerby, the other two de fendants charged jointly with the murder of Til Taylor, were brought before the court and a denial of the motion for a change of venue was read by Judge G. W. Phelps. Date of their trial was set to fol low the completion of the trial of Stoop and Henderson. Attorney Toben of Toppenish, Wash., appeared for Kerby and asked the court to take notice of any objection in case the trial was carried to the supreme court. Those on the jury panel who will not sit on this case were dismissed by the Judge with orders to appear on Thursday morning. HOWIE BUILDING IS AIDED JProposed Idaho Concern to Erect Abodes on Payment Plan. LEWISTON. Idaho. Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Within a few days articles of incorporation will be filed lor the Lewiston Savings & Loan company, which will engage in home building through the monthly saving plan. The incorporators will be A. F. Lewis, secretary of the local Federal Farm Loan association ; Attorney F. S. Randall, Presidents, O. M. Elliott of the state normal school. Dr. S. Sals berg, R. S. Erb, T. A. Feeney, J. W. Wilks, J. E. Kincaid, A. H. Diddock, E. N. Clark, P. H. Quilliam, O. E. Norberg. C. F Osmers, H. H. S. Rowell, Fred Kling, H. E. O'Donnell and F W. Emery. The capitalization of the new com nany will be JS00.000 with the par immediately following the swearing value of shares at $1)0. Sheridan Girl, 13, Is Slurried. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sc.it. 27. (Special.) Shirley Leroy Kirkland, 22 years old. of 1405 Boston avenue. Portland, and Miss Wilma Lucile Cox, 15 year3 old, of Sheridan, Or., were married here today by Cedric" Miller, justice of the peace. Mrs. Lucile Cox adopted Wilma when she was a child. Uai fiHT-' nnmA wnA Kdward Gold- I smith. will be three automobile contests, automobile polo, with musfc between the heats by Stoudenmeyer's band. Added attractions for tomorrow in clude demonstrations by Miss Rob erts on methods of home nursing in AIDS TO DIGESTION Whatever improves bodily condi tions in general aidsdigestion. Cheerfulness, exercise, Iresh air. the educational building, and moving I baths and good habits make your di pictures showing methods employed gestion better able to take care of any in child welfare work In the agricul tural pavilion. The horse show, which last year proved one of the foremost 'attrac tions at the fair, will be held to morrow night in the stadium and will be continued each evening until Saturday. Several carloads of horses for this show arrived here this after noon, accompanied by a number of women riders. Patronesses represent ing all sections of the Pacific coast have been named for this event, and it was predicted tonight that this bhow would be the most brilliant and t-pectacular card on the entire state fair programme. Fashionable gowned matrons will occupy boxes not far from the ring while the women riders will be attired in natty and attrac itve costumes. (Mil Sol Comes Through. 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