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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
I 1 " I H 11 I i" -i II I I I V0
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CHECK IS STARTED
UPON H.L CROSS
.RECALL PETITIONS
Documents Containing 1700
Of 1984 Necessary Names
In Hands of Clerk; Final
Filing Is Expected Soon.
PERCY T. SHELLEY IS
NAMED TO HEAD DRIVE
Statement On Charges Issued
By H. S. Gibson: Claims
Of County Judge Denied.
Petitions for the recall of County
Judge H. E. Cross, containing 1700
signatures, were placed in the hands
of the county clerk Tuesday to be
checked over. A total of 1984 signa
tures are needed to put the recall on
the ballot.
At a meeting of the recall committee
held Tuesday Percy T. Shelly, Sandy
attorney, was elected manager to con
duct the remainder of the campaign
The petitions which are now in the
hands of the clerk, Shelly states, do
not represent all that are in circula
tion.
Sufficient are still to be collected
from the circulators to take care of
the usual shrinkage and still have the
required number, he says. The posi
tions must be filed by the end of the
present week.
A statement concerning the recall
movement in regard to the charges of
the county judge, was framed yester
day by H. S. Gibson, of Barton. It
follows: . -
EAGLE CREEK, Or., Oct. 17. (Edi
tor of The Enterprise.) In refuting
some of Judge Cross statements . as
published in the Banner-Courier of
last week in regard to H. S. Gibson
being chairman of the recall commit
tee, I want so say that I have not been
chairman of any recall committee, nor
have I attended any raeetrng-or the
recall.
Judge Cross in his letter asks the
question, "What is his trouble"? The
most trouble "that I had was to donate
fifty dollars to the damage fund, after
the petitioners were informed by the
judge, that the court would not allow
the appeal of the three property own
ers for more damages than had al
ready been given them by the board
of viewers; and the judge further
stated, that if the property owners ap
pealed from the report of the board
of viewers, that he would be in favor
of rejecting the report and take the
. $600.00 theretofore allotted to Mar
ket Road No. 3, by the county court
under Judge Anderson, and give it to
some other locality. The facts are,
that Judge Cross at the final hearing
voted to kill the road by rejecting
the report of the Board of Viewers;
Commissioners Proctor and Harris
voted for the adoption of the report.
Harvey Gibson one of the property
owners, damaged by reason of the es
tablishment of the road, received $300
as allowed by the viewers from tl
county, and $500 additional raised by
private subscription. In my opinion,
Harvey Gibson's place instead of be
ing benefitted by the establishment
4f the road, is practically ruined by it.
One neighbor interested in the es
tablishment of the road, came to me,
and asked if I would give the same
as he, and make up enough to pay the
difference'between the $1090.00 allow
ed as damages by the viewers and
what the three land owners whose
land was cut up by reason of the es
tablishment of the road would set
tle for, and withdraw their objections
to the road. The sum of $870.00 was
raised by subscription among the cit
izens of Eagle Creek (Douglass Settle
ment) and Estacada, and divided a
miclably among the three parties dam
aged by the establishment of the road,
in addition to what the viewers had
allowed them, making a total of
$1875.00. And then Judge Crocc re
fused to allow one dollar, and said
he would go on record as being against
the allowance. Both commissioners
votSfl for the allowance.
Now there is one thing I would like
for Judge Cross to explain; Why did
he tell W. H. Douglass in a prive
conversation in htsoffice a short time
after that, "WhileTam in office, the
Gibson's will get nothing; Oh, they
will get justice, but they will get no
favors."
H. S. GIBSON.
$40,000 CALL ISSUED
BY COUNTY TREASURER
A call for $40,174.37 in outstanding
road warrants has been issued by W.
W. Everhart, county treasurer. The
amount of the call represents part of
the payments made on the last half
of the present year's taxes. A call
which will total about $60,000 will be
made by the treasurer next month
after additional tax receipts are turn
ed over to him. During the summer
period much of the road work is car
ried on warrant 'indebtedness while
the collection of taxes is still pending.
T SENTENCE
iCA
Elmer Eliot Fined $100 And
Given One Year Jail Term; I
Anderson Guilty of Assault, i
More than , doubling the sentence
given in the justice court from which
an ppeal was taken, Judge J. U
Campbell Friday sentenced Elmer EI
Iott, convicted in the circuit court of
stealing wood for commercial use, to
pay $100' fine and serve a year in the
county jail The sentence to jail w
suspended temporarily contingent up
on the payment of the fine and the
man instructed to report personally to
the judge every two weeks during the
period of the parole. Eliott had been
sentenced three months in jail and
a $50 fine by Justice E. J. Noble.
Andrew William Anderson, indicted
for the assult and battr -y of Sarah J
Baldwin on May 30 last, was convict-
ed in the circuit court Friday. The!
inrv emhndiAri in thir vprdiot re-:
commendation to the court for ex- Sandy, has been employed by the com
treme lpnipnrv ' mittee sponsoring the recall of Coun
mi. - mv. .
The suit of Thomas Burrows against
the Portland and Oregon CityW
way did not come for trial having
"
sued for $150 damages for right of way
infringements nnon hia nroDertv. non-
sidting of lots 3 to 17, block 94, Mia
thorn addition to Portland. The set
tlement is understood to cover the
amount of the judgement asked.
EXPRESS TRAIN ROBBED
BY LONE NEGRO BANDIT
CHICAGO, III., Oct. 12. Sixty-
eight Chicago-bound passengers in
sleeping cars were robbed of theif
jewels and money by a negro bandit
who boarded the Santa Fe California
limited train out of Kansas City, Mo.,
late last night.
The bandit, his face covered by a
handkerchief mask, boarded one of
the sleeping cars as the train pulled
out of Kansas City station, the re
ports said. He went through two cars,
ordered the passengers out of their
berths" and seats, robbing all of them.
Kings and necklaces were torn from
women. The negro swung off the
train ten blocks from the station and
disappeared in the darkness of the
railroad yards before any of the train
crew except two frightened porters
were aware of the holdup.
The train was not stopped until it
reached its next regular stop at Lex
ington Junction, Mo. The train arriv
ed at Marceline,- Mo., twenty minutes
late. Here two members of the crew
were dropped off on orders of the chief
special agent of the Santa Fe to aid j
posses.
The California Limited, crack train
of the Santa Fe, left San Francisco
Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Several women were subjected to
indignities as the holdup man tore of.f
their necklaces and snatched their
purses. Clothing of passengers who
had retired to their berths was ap
propriated by the bandid.
The robbery occupied only a few
minutes.
EVACUATION OF THRACE
CONTINUED BY GREEKS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 12. Eva
cuation of Eastern Thrace by Greek
civilians, as provided by the Mudania
armistice, was under way today.
The first little bands of Hellenic na
tionalists, realizing th.t it is useless
to await until Saturday midnight, when
the terms of the armistice actually go
into effect, were moving their belong
ings out of the last province.
The Greeks have two weeks to leave
the territory awarded at the
end of the World war and lost because
of the stinging defeat of their armies
at the hands of Mustapha Kemal's
Turkish nationalists.
On the heels of the Greeks the al
lies will enter, and then turn Thrace
over to 8000 members of the Turkish
gendarmerie.
It was believed here that the place
and date for the permanent peace par
ley would be announced soon. After
this conference is held there probably
will be a meeting of the League of Na
tions and steps will be taken for the
guarantee of internationalization of
the Straits of the Dardanelles.
Rumanian King And
Queen Are Crowned
After Long Delay
Alba-Julia. Rumania, Oct. 16.
King Ferdinand and iQueen Marie
were crowned at this ancient Ruman
ian town Sunday morning. The cor-
onation, whiih was delayed beruse of
me worm war, was witnessed by rep
resentatives of the great powers.
Marshal Foch came as the special
envoy of France. -
Ferdinand was crpwned by the presi
dent of the Rumanian delegates. The
king then personally placed the crown:
on the head of Queen Marie.
.SANDY ATTORNEY
EMPLOYED TO AID
DRIVE EOR RECALL
Percy T. Shelly Is To Direct
Campaign To Oust County
Judge Harvey E. Cross ;
Records Will Be Surveyed.
PLACING OF ISSUE ON
BALLOT SAID CERTAIN
Petitions Will Be Filed By
October 18, Expectation;
New Charges Now Hinted.
Percy T. Shelly, an attorney at
i ty Judge Harvey. E. Cross, to direct
L . j 1 . ,
T SS?1
SSSetortJ hisS
quarters in Oregon City next week
remaln here until the date
! .
of the election
Members of the committee state
that practically sufficient names have
been secured to assure the placing
of the recall measure upon the ballot.
The petitions, according to L. A. Rail,
one of the committee, will be filed
together, and np attempt made before
hand to check over the names, before
the documents are placed in the hands
of the clerk.
It"Is" understood that Shelly is to
make further research into the county
records than has been done by the
committee so far, though no indica
tion of the type of data, sought is
given. The only charges concerning
county , records made by the recall
committee so far involve the amount
of the warrant indebtedness which
they claim has been increased con
siderable due to the Cross adminis
tration. The committee indicates that an
intensive campaign,.- is jo be waged'
during the period between the actual
filing of the recall and the date of
election. October 18 is the last date
at which the petitions can file mo that
the special recall election can be call
ed on November 7. A total, of 1984
signatures are required '
New Prohibition
Ruling Held Up
By Injunctions
NEW YORK. Oct. 12. On the eve
of the date set for enforcement of the
federal prohibition ruling prohibiting
passenger vessels, both American and
foreign, from bringing liquor under
seal into American ports, enforcement
authorities today were faced with two
important test cases. One was a tem
porary restraining order, granted to
day by Federal Judge Hand, enjoining
local enforcement authorities from mo
lesting liquor on board the American
steamers Finland and St. Paul.
The other was an order directing
the government agents . to show
cause why an injunction should not
be issued restraining them from - in
terferance with ships of the British
owned Cunard and Anchor lines. This
was issued by Judge Hand last night.
The injunction granted today was
hailed as an important victory for the
steamship companies, who claim they
would lose millions by the enforcement
of the Daugherty prohibition decis
ion. It was issued upon application
of the International Mercantile Marii
corporation, which controls the Amer
ican line operating the Finland and
St. Paul.
8105,900 Payment
Covers Last Half Of
P. R. L. &P. Taxes
The largest payment of taxes, made
on the second half of the Clackamas
county roll, was recorded by I. D.
Taylor, head of the tax department
Friday. It amounted to $105,912.84,
exactly one half of the taxes against
the Portland Railway Light and Pow
er (company. The company is the
heaviest taxpayer in the county b7
a considerable margin, according to
Mr. Taylor. The payment was made
before the period of delinquency, but
owing to the rush during the last
t days of collection, the amount was
not entered on the book" until Fri
day. New Road Is Asked
In Monitor Country
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 13. Forty mem
bers of the Monitor Community club
appeared before the Marion county
court Wednesday and petitioned for a
paved road from Monitor to Join the
new Mount Angel-Woodburn paved
highway. The ' county market road
bond issue provides for grading of the
road, but not its pavement. It is pos
sible that the countv may find means
to grant the request next summer.
FEDERAL COURT REVIEWS
HIGH SEAS PROHIBITION
Trans-Oceanic Business Said
Dependent On Keeping Of
Bars Aboard All Vessels.
NEW YORK, Oct.. 17. Owners of
trans-Atlantic '. liners were character
ized as "saloonkeepers" by United
States Distrac Attorney William Hay
ward, who defended the Bry seas' or
der of Attorney General Daugherty in
federal court here today. i
Hayward spoke to Judge Learned
Hand against the application of the
White Star and other lines for a per-
manent injunction restraining enforce -
ment of the order which would forbid
ships carrying liquor to enter Amer-
tcau puiis mitri ci.iAi .
"The reason that the liquor is being
attacked here.", stated Hayward," "is
that it will spoil a very profitable
business of the trans-Atlantic saloon-.
keepers. ,
"Owners of foreign - vessels have 1 w HMein? candMacy of H
been treated very fairly by the United Wf-!" ' f Lg.?,, foJ- county
States government, especially. the Brit- T Jy
ian ; afternoon with county clerk Fred A.
' . ''',,'" 'v. Mlller- - The petitions have not yet
This ruling is less severe than been checked but if sufficient legal
some of those put in force by Great names are'round on them, Hagemann
Britain. For instance, the British gov- wm become the indenenrfAn ,.n
ernment prohibits American ships to
carry liquor between its ports."
The district attorney stated that If
the court invalidates, the order the Ba
hama Islands will become a veritable
bootleggers' nest.
"If this order becomes effective, the
trade between the United States and
European countries will become par
alyzed," Van Vechten Veeder, attor
ney for the Whit Star line and other
companies said.
Fire Regulation
Is Gordian Knot
To City Council
To the state fire marshal's office, is
to be referred the perplexing question
of whether or hot the city can over
ride its own ordinances and allow the
construction of buildings in violation
of the building -code adopted in 1913.
The city council In special session last
evening was confronted with a knotty
problem brought, by the petition of J.
A. Roake for permission to continue
construction on his foundry at 6th and
Water streets, which was begun in,
violation of the code.
The code has never been enforced
and the council is not loathe to begin
its enforcement with buildings con
structed on all sides in violation of its
terms. The concession asked by Roake
is considered by many of the council
to be only a technical violation and
present no real fire menace, so tne
state marshal's office is to be asked
whether or not it is safe. If it is,
concensus of opinion in the council is
to once more lift the rules.
City Attorney Eby pointed out that
there was no legal method for the
council to override the ordinance.
Henry Templeton made a plea for the
enforcement of the fire law to the
letter. Councilman Cross called for
the general enforcement of the law
but stated that the arrangement made
by Roake appeared to be satisfactory
for all practical "purposes . and urged
an exception. This sentiment was
echoed by Bridges and Krassig.
City Engineer Stafford pointed out
that the ordinance Is being flagrantly
violated and that there were numerous
cases on Main street where its pro-
visions were being scorned. Present- j
ing the situation to the council he urg
ed either the enforcement of the law
or its removal from the charter.
The budget committee which will
frame the expenditures of the mun
icapility for the year of 1923, was ap
pointed last night by Mayor James
Shannon. The committee is composed
of: William Andersen, L. E. Jones,
Al Price, W. B. Caufield. C. Schuebel,
J. H. Cameron, Carl Green, R. Grieves
and I. H. Henderson.
The committee with the city coun
cil will outline the departmental ex
penses and the apportionment of
funds. Their first meeting is to be
held in December.
The final council action to place on
the ballot the question of locating
the city hall, was taken when a mea
sure was passed placing the hill sight
before the people. The down town lo
cation was acted upon at the session
on Saturday night.
2 Are Arrested For
Driving: While Drunk!
R. C. McMurran ana A. C. Buckley,
both of Oregon City, were arrested by
Night Officer George F. Titus early
Sunday morning, charged with driv
ing a car while intoxicated.
In municipal court Monday Judge
Kelly fined McMurran $100 on charges
of driving a car while intoxicated and
$50 additional on the separate charge
of being drunk. He is serving time in
default of payment. Buckley was fined
$20 and sentenced to ten days in jail
the Jail term was suspended.
Titus and Hemmingway arrested
Stanley Ward and N. R. Thomas of
'.Portland on charges of disturbing the
peace. . They lorreitea $5 bail eacn
by non appearance.
Jess Merritt, arrested for drunken
ness by chief of police May will have
a hearing today. .
HAGEMANN FILES
AS INDEPENDENT
FOR COUNTY JOB
Petitions of Logan Man For
Contmissionership Placed
In Clerk's Hands; Check
Of Signatures Is Begun.
PRESENT INCUMBENT
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. A1LO INfc.W CANDIDATE
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W. F. Harris and Fred Proctor
Listed Among Circulators;
208 Names Are Necessary,
aaie against u. w. ivruse, republican
and Roscoe Gard, democrat.
There are 229 signatures on the pe
tition. A total of 20S are required.
Some of the petitions were circu
lated by W. F. Harris, who was de
feated for the republican nomination
to succeed himself.
Petitions were also circulated by
Fred L. Proctor, son of W. A. Proctor, j
the other county commissioner whose
term holds ever. Other circulators
whose names appear on the petitions !
are: Wm. B. Donely, G. E. Hobbs, '
F. H. Kiag, Mariou Smith. Gush Lesch,
Hermann Brunner, T. C. Thomas,
Billy M'Cad and Hagemann
himself. Work of checking the sig- i
natures was started last night by dep
uties in the clerk's office.
Five o'clock Thursday afternoon un
der the iaw was the last date at .which
independent candidates could file for
county positions. Hagemann's peti
tions were, presented before four
o'clock. . - - t
. The independent candiJacy of Hage
mann. is regarded" 'as another move
in the fight to gain control of the
county court. Cppojiiioj to the county
judge has lead to the iuauguraUon of
a recall, petitions for which are at
present in circulation. Hagemann
candidacy is expected by some to split
the vote for Kruse, who l:nes with the
j faction of the county jude 8nd placo
Gard, the democratic candidate
position.
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Confessions In
Rector Murder
- Are Retracted!
SOMERVIL.L.E, .N. J., Oct. 12. Ray
r ond Schneider today retracted his
confession accusing Clifford Hayes of
the murder of Dr. Ha!l and Mrs. Mills.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Oct. 12
Discovery of a knife with which Mrs.
Eleanor Mills' throat may have been
cut, and a severe grilling of Nick Bah
mer, proprietor of "Nick's Place" a
dive marked today's investigation of
the Hall-Mills murder mystery.
Coupled with these developments
came a strengthening of the popular
movement to free Clifford Hayes, the
suspect now under arrest. Even
authorities responsible for his deten
tion now doubt he had any part in the
tragedy at Phillips' farm. Charlotte
Mills, bereaved of her mother by the
tragedy, declared her complete faith in
Hayes in an interview with the United
Press, in which she cried passionately
for arrest of the real slayer.
A little child furnished investigators
with their first tangible clue. John
Lyons, 8, ran to his mother one after
noon following the discovery of the
crime, carrying a blood-stained potato
knUe he had picked up 125 feet from
the scene of the killing of the Rev.
Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Mills, choir singer.
"Look, ma, I've got the knife that
killed the lady," he cried.
Mrs. Lyons, according to the story
she told the police, did not wish to
be drawn Into the affair and at first
planned to throw the knife away.
Later she decided to keep it and last
night it was placed in the hands of
the prosecutor. . It may serve to iden
tify the slayer.
Grilling of Bahmer resulted from
statements made by his daughter,
Pearl Bahmer, who is locked up in
the same jail with him. on a charge
of incorrigibility.
She asserted her father had often
threatened to cut her throat, and that
"nobody knows what might have hap
pened" haa he come upon any couple
on the Phillips farm the night of the
murder when he was drunk and search
ing for Raymond Schneider, whom he
accused of "going with his daughter.
Eliott Is Convicted
JDpon Theft Charges
Elmer E. Eliott charged with the
larceny of a quantity, of cord wood
from E. A. Hackett, was convicted by
a jury in Judge J. U. Campbell's court
Wednesday. He will be sentenced lat
CAR SKIDS AND LANDS
IN RIVERUPSIDE DOWN
Driver, Blinded by Fog Runs
Off Road Into Clackamas;
Five Occupants Uninjured.
Two automobiles turned turtle, the
occupants of each miraculously es
caping serious injury was the toll of
the week-end on the Clackamas coun
ty highways.
Bewildered by the -heavy fog Satur
day night, a car driven by James
Mooney of canby plunged into the
Clackamas. The accident occurred on
the sharp curve just south of the Ryan
farm on the river road. The five oc
cupants of the machine were thrown
out of the car which lit bottom side
up in. four feet of water after jump
ing the 30 foot bank.
The occupants, Bill Wangbren. Earl
Stevenson, John Knox, and Robert
McClure, all 0f Wopdburn and the
driver walked to Oregon City. Officer
Hemmingway took them to the city
jail where they dried their clothes and
remained over night.
How they extricated themselves
from the wreck the boys do not know.
A Ford coupe was somewhat damag
ed Sunday morning when it skidded on
the wet pavement near the Wenger
hophouses on the Parkplace road and
left the road, landing in the ditch
about five feet below.
-The car was driven . by Charles
Wakefield of Woodburn and had just
met and passed another car. The
Wakefield rar -vas wing north and it
skidded across the road and left the
pavement at the left side.
The car lit bottom side up in the
ditch, after hurtling over a six foot
bank on the top was caved in and the
windshield and glass in one of the
doors was broken. The radiator was
also slightly damaged. The car was
briught to a local garage for. repairs.
No one was hurt.
WORK OF CONGRESS IS
i PRAISED BY PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON', Oct. 1C President
Harding has come-forward on an ap
peal for popular approval of the work
of the 67th congress.
In a letter to House Leader Mon
re'l. mad mihlio Sunday nieht. Hard-
j ing aeclared: x doubt if any con.
gress in our history has accomplished
so impressive a volume of work,
touching sowide a range of national
interest. Without attempting to sug
gest an enumeration of the accomplish
ments of which the country is in
rebted on the 67th congress, and its
immediate predecessor, it is befitting
to appraise the general results which
has been so helpful to American wel
fare that they will not fail to appeal
to the approval" of the American peo
ple." The president further commenced
the work of congress In comparing the
reconstruction perio J following the
Civil war and that following the World ,
War, with the respect to the work of;
the respective congresses.
"So, whether the comparison is
made with our own experience in
after-war reconstruction a generation
ago," Harding wrote, "or with the
experience of other nations in the
years since the world was. it is clear
that we have been most fortunate.
BRITAIN WILL PROHIBIT
U.S.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 16.
British rejection of the American pro
posal for a treaty to extend the right
of search of vessels up to 12 miles off
shore was contained in a note handed
to Secretary Hughes today by Ambas
sador Geddes. The communication
was in reply to Mr. Hughes' note of
June 26, setting out difficulties en
countered by American prohibition en
forcement officers in checking the il
licit flow of intoxicants into the United
States.
Secretary Hughes made public his
correspondence with the ambassador
without comment. There was nothing
to indicate that any further step to
extend the right of search for Ameri
can prohibition officers beyond the
three-mile limit was in prospect.
Action of the cabinet recently in ap
proving the abandonment of such
search presumably because of pos
sible international difficulties, coupl
ed with the British reply of today, ap
peared to indicate that operations
would continue to be confined within
recognized territorial waters.
The American note dealt particu
larly with smuggling operations
from British possessions in waters ad-iar-ent
tn the American coast and sug
gested "methods by which the exist
ing extremely unfortunate conditions
might be remedied."
Marriage Licenses
Given Two Couples
Marriage licenses were issued Sat
urday to two couples. They were Gil
bert Mlller. 44 and Ema Carlene, 33,
both of Oregon City and Adolph Alt,
28 Portland and Berdeen Rankin, 21,
Oregon City.
LIQUOR
DEBATE IS HELD
ON COMPULSORY
EDUCATION BILL
J. E. Hedges and C. Schuebel
Argue Leading Measure At
Pre-Election Session Of
Live Wires; 150 Attend.
NEW TAX MEASURES
UP FOR DISCUSSION
W W Woodbeck, G B Dimkk
Livy Stipp and O. D. Eby
Explain Proposed Imposts.
The Schuebel-Hedges debate
on the compulsory school bill,
will be repeated Saturday, at 8
p. m. at the library for the bene
fit of those who were uneble to
attend the meeting last evening.
The session is open to the pub
lic That the compulsory school hill will
be the cementing influence to make
of the divers peoples in. America one
homogeneous, Americanized body o.r
that it will be the entering wedg of
an era of religious prejudice with
auch terrible potentialities that the
end cannot be forecast : these were
the jwo divergent views taken upon
I tne Prosed measure in its discussion
before the Live Wire pre-election po
litical meeting last evenm5.
Chris Schuebel spoke for the adop
tion of the measure. He was opposed
by J. E. Hedges. The debate followed
a banquet attended; toy members of
the club. The session in the club
parlors at which the leading measures
to be voted on in November were dis
cussed, as attended by more than 150
people.
History Is Traced.
Urging " the adoption of the bill.
Schuebel characterized as regretable
the -iactr-that a sectarian issue had
been injected into it. He viewed it
as. primarily a regulation touching ed
ucation only and as a move to put in
the background all religious preju
dices. . Tracing the history of educa
tion from the Athenian period, he
stated that the heritage of dual con
trol of state and education through
linking with the church of all demon
inations, had not -fostered the best
education, citing the extent of illiter
acy in European and Asiatic coun
tries where this condition obtained.
Persecution on religious matters
continued in America until the revolu
tion, he pointed out, but tne tendency
of the present measure would be to
educate in one school, teaching Ameri
canism, all the children of whatever
creed, building a unified country and
breaking down the caste and religious
prejudice which he claimed sprung
from the maintenance of private ana
parochial schools. If the system of
education is not good enough to care
for all of the children, it should be
improved so that it attained this stan
dard, the speaker claimed.
Present Law C'ted.
Attacking the measure. Hedges cit
ed the law at present on the statutes
as sufficient to provide for compul
sory education, pointing out that it
allowed private and parochial schools
to function, and branded as insincere
the statements of the sponsors to the
bill that it was primarily of education
al value. He held that the issue was
based upon religion, and the result
of a religious prejudice which would
bar certain convictions from being
taught to the children of those peo
ple, who held these particular beliefs.
From this he declared, would spring
a race and religious prejudice, which
would threaten the democracy of the
nation aud lay it open to hopeless pat
ernalism. The private schools, not necessarily
ofa parochial nature were character
ized as an efficient addition to the
public school system in their provis
ion for good instruction supervised by
the same boards which handled public
lie schools in provision for research
(Continued on page four.)
AT DOCKS IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Oct. 13. The second
strike of longshoremen this year,
branded as an I. W. W. walkout, was
launched tonight along the waterfront
but tvas only partially successful.
Men engaged on some vessels' re
fused to pay heed to the Insistence
of delegates to leave their employ-,
ment. Employers said they were con
vinced sufficient men would refuse
to participate in the strike to insure
cargo being handled with experienced
workers.
"No demands have been made as to
wages or working conditions ami no
notice was given of the strike," said
H. S. Eaton, manager of the Water
front Employers' union, which con
ducts a neutral hall for the employ
ment pf longshoremen.
LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE