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O REO ON mm ' a OREGON CITY, OREGON, 5 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1922. FIFTY-SIXTHi YEAR, NO. 44. ESTABLISHED 1SM RECALL MANAGER REFUSES TO TALK FOR LIVE WIRES Organization "Not Interested" In Unbiased Discussion, Is Belief of Percy T. Shelley; Debate Offer Is Declined. STATEMENT ISSUED BY COMMISSIONER Action of County Judge Cross On Bridge Problem Flayed By Harris; Figures Cited. Upon the ground that the Live Wires of, the local Commercial club have already declared themselves up on the matter of the recall, Percy T. Shelley, manager of the recall commit tee, Friday declined to appear be fore that body to discuss the issues and charges against county Judge H. E.' Cross. Elbert" Charman, program comittee of the Live Wires, attempted to ar range a debate between Cross and Shelley. Shelley declared Friday that in the light of the action of the Wires in endorsing the judge, the request for an "unbiased and open dis cussion," subsequently came with "very little grace upon the part of the organization." "It am willing to meet Judge Cross in public debate at any time," Shelley said,, "but I do not believe the Live' Wires are interested in hearing both sides of the question, in view of their recent action.' Staxem.ent Is Signed W. F. Harris, county commissioner, in a signed statement issued Fri day explaining his contentions in re gard to the recall' of the judge, at tacked both the stand of tne official - in regard to road matters and also - condemned the Live Wires for their action. The statement says: ' Is it amusing to' pick up the paper these mornings and read, at your breakfast table, the resolution passed by the live wires' and the petition circulated, endorsing the administra- tion of the present county judge, when not more than two months ago the - 'live wires' threatened his ' recall on account of the delay in letting the last and only contract tor concrete. "Asto to the road program: I wish to state' at)out the contracts let last year: those were over the protest of the county judge, and numerous ones of the 'live wires' know it. "It is amusing to read the petition siened by Catholic and Protestant jew and Gentile, all satisfied with the judgqfsi administration. What about the administration of Oregon - City and the fire house location? Is it. hnilt vet? fAsk Woodbeck, he lives at Jennings Lodge). Recall Reasons are Given "As to the reasons for the recall. This is one: That Judge H. B. Cross told the county commissioners and the council of West Linn, that Booth, the chairman of the State Highway Com mission promised to take care of the the traffic across the Willamette riv er while the bridge was under con struction, but failed to have the pro- mise made out in writing, the conse quence was, it cost Clackamas coun ty just $14,000.00. This is one item. - "It is amusing that the good mer chants here on Main street did not know these things when they dug in to - eir bank balance to maintain a ferry across the Willamette river, and that just a make-shift. "Ask the 'live wires' to create bet ter market conditions and better load ing and unloading facilities for us farmers. Ask them to take Estacada, Boring, Molalla and Canby as sam ples, where you can sell a load of hogs or notatoes and ship the same. "I would like to give Brother Wood beck a lesson in the primary grade on hew to raice cactus in the Dako ta s " ' " W H. HARRIS. $50,000 Is Given to University Medical School in Portland EUGENE, Oct. 26 Great impetus was given the University of Oregon campaign for $10,000,000 in gifts in the next ten years by the receipt to day of a check for $50,000 from the general educational board of the educational board" of the Rockefeller foundation for the University of Ore gon Medical schooj. This is the second gift bestowed npon the medical school by the Rocke feller foundation. One year ago it gave $113,000, which was matched by the legislature for the construction of the main section of Mackenzie hall on the medical school campus in Port land. This building has been com pleted and is now in use. Tha $50,000 gift, according to -Dr. Richard B. DillehuntT dean of the med ical schol, is for the purpose of pro viding additional equipment and for teaching and research facilities in scl-, entific - medicine. J SCHOOL BILL SUBJECT OF DUAL ADDRESS HERE Stephen A. Lowell and Dudley G. Wooton Attack Measure To Oust Private Institutions Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pen dleton and Dudley G. Wooton of Port land, spoke to a large audience at the Moose hall Saturday night on the subject of the compulsory school bill. In part Judge Lowell said: "This is not a compulsory educa tional bill. We already have that on oar statutes, and have had it for 17 years. This is a measure to prohibit the maintenance of private schools within the state. No finesse of lan guage will disguise that fact. 'Can anyone tell me what harm the old Portland Academy, or many other kindred institutions once maintained throughout Oregon, ever did in the state? Is there a person living with in our borders who will object to the continuance of Hill Military Academy, Z T V f, T ' Z y School nt Pnrtland nr the Miisic - Edu - cation Schol as entitles in our educa tional system? There are some paro chial schools within the state, some schools maintained by different relig ious bodies, notably St. Helens hall, where many good women of Oregon were educated. Is it for the welfare of the children of the state that these be wrecked? 'Sventy-five per cent of the Catho lic children of the state are in the pub lic schools." Over the twenty-five per cent in the parochial schools. The school exists ha-ve supervisory power under the existing state law, to the extent that the local school boards just be satisfied that the same branch es are there taught as are taught in the public schools. It Is extremely difficult therefore to understand why the proponents of this measure desire to destroy even the Catholic, schools. "Can it be that the law was born of hostility to all religion,? The Bible is not taught in the public schools. It has a place in the private schools." Wooton said in part: 'The mob, who propose to destroy this parallel system of private and public enterprise In the field of edu cation, are asking you to repudiate all that has b.een achieved under it during the last century tnd a half of our na tional evistence, at'd to declare toy the abolition of that system, and it has been a fraud and a failure. "The most striking thing connected with this school bill is the consistent deceit, duplicity and insincerity that has marked the whole course of Its sponsors and supporters from the be ginning to the end of the campaign. It was initiated by misrepr jseniaticn, misunderstanding and actual . fraud. There never vt!re but 29.000 signers t0 the initiative petitions in favor of the bill, and 13,000 of these were reject ed by the secretary of the state and duplicated as illegal, leaving 16 000 valid signatures, which was c.ly 3, 000 "more than was absolutely iipres sary to put on the official ballot. Up pon investigation it has been demon strated that thousands of the per sons whose names were left on the petition were induced tj sign by mis representation as to the meaning nnd purpose of the proposed law." STUDENTS TO EDIT 1923 The staff of the Hesperian, annual student publication -of the Oregon City High School,, has been completed. Announcement of the final appoint ments is made by the e'ditor and busi ness manager, who were elected last semester. The editor and manager are elective, empowerd - to ' appoint their assistants. The - appointments have ben aproved by the student coun cil. - Those who are to edit the 1923 edi tion of the Hesperian, are: Editor, Kathryn Kirk, assistant editor. Mar guerite Jackson; literary, Mary Kessi; assistant literary, Gladys Ward; dra matics, Doris Maville; jokes, Fred Gardiner; snaps, Stanley Blaue; so ciety, Annabel .Hall; athletics, Quen- ton Cox;- locals, Helen Harris; music arfd organizations, Helen Toozef Al umni, Lydon "Bingham ; art, Ronald Gintber. The business staff selected by Man ager Albert Grossenbacher, are: Assis tant manager, Ryle Reddick; subscrip tion manager, Irene Kirchem; junior subscriptions, Laura Kinzy; sopho more subscriptions, Harold Sherwood; freshman subscriptions, Marion Mil ler. Wyoming In Grip Of First Winter Blast CHEYENNE, Oct. 30 The first se vere storm of the winter was sweep ing over nearly the entire state of Wyoming luuaj. ear zero lemiiera- ture and a heavy wet snow gripped J Cheyenne and vicinity. Many auto mobiles were reported abandoned on the roads and the state highway de partment was at work rescuing the maroned occupants. Wire comunication was interfered with for several hours early in the day. No loss of life had been reported up to noon. S.1 MCLAREN IS ARRESTED FOR HOLDING UP MAIL Owner of Summer Resort Is Held On Federal Charge; Secret True Bill Returned After Probe By Grand Jury. DISPUTE OVER SALE OF PROPERTY AIRED Money Orders To Company Are Stopped; Only Bills Forwarded, Say Officers. S. W. McLaren, postmaster and owner of the Wilhoit Mineral Springs, indicted by the federal grand Jury on i Tuesday on the charge of deliberate ' . . ! ly and maliciously delaying the mails, was arrested at Wilhoit Friday by the federal postal authorities. McLaren and his brother, R. Mc Laren, "own the springs under the name of the Wilhoit Water Company. Several years ago they leased the springs to the Wilhoit Mineral Springs incorporated. McLaren continued to live at the resort and to act as post master. According to the federal authorities considerable Ill-feeling grew out of the cross litigation between the two concerns, which is still in the state courtsT The indictment charcges that McLaren refused to deliver mail ex cept bills to the new corporation and allowed money orders to accumulate, and returned money orders and re mittances to. the senders with the no tation that no such fir-m as the new corporation existed. TWO WORKMEN KILLED IN ACCIDENTS AT CAMPS Charles Youse who has been em ployed at the construction camp of Hurley-Mason company in the upper Clackamas country, was instantly kill ed on Sunday night while on duty with the night crew. Youse was assisting in clearing for a road, when a rock fell from a 200 foot cliff, striking the man on the back of the head. Men rushed to his side, but found that death was instan taneous. Coroner O. A. Pace, of this city, was summoned, but unable to make the journey during the night, started out early this morning to cover the 50-mile trip extending into the moun tains. No inqest will be held. When taking up his duties with the Hurley-Mason company, Youse gave his age as 56 years. ' Nothing is known of the man's relatives, and according to O- A. Price who searched the poc kets of the dead man, he was a mem-1 ber in good standing of the Moose and Owl lodges of Lawron, Pa. His dues were paid up to December, 1923. Corc nor Pace has wired the lodges in or der to secure some information regard ing the dead man. The remains of the late Orlo Robert Chamberlain, who was killed at the Larkins Mill near Beaver Creek on Friday- night, have been shipped to his home in aVncouver, Wash. Phe funerai services are to be held in that city. Chamberltin, who had been employ ed for some time at the Larkin3 Mill had given a signal to the driver of the truck to proceed while logs were being loaded. Just as the big truck started Chamberlain, who had stoop ed to pick up a chain raised his head to be caught between the rollway and the logs. His skull was ,crushea, ana death was instantaneous. x. The deceased is married his wife being in Vancouver at the time of the accident. CLOSING OF DANCE HALL IS UNDER The revocation of the license of the Boring Dance Hall is under considera tion by the county court. The matter was taken under advisement Friday, following - a hearing at which S. E. Waller, manager of the dance ap peared. Sheriff W. J. Wilson and De puties Lone and Hughes appeared be fore the court testifying that the dance was being run later than z o ciock. The license granted by the county pro vides that the dance hall must be closed by midnight. -. . -w- - CaiarleS JvniltSOll Estate Probated The estate of Charles C. Knutson, who died July 28, was filed in the county court Saturday. A. S. W. Gra ham was named as administrator. The estate is valued at $10,000. SLIGHT GAIN IS SHOWN T TAXES ' An increase .of three-fourth of one percent - in the tax delinquency in Clackamas county over 1921, is shown in the figures for the current year, completed Saturday by I. D. Taylor, head of the tax department. The de linquency for the taxes collected this year up to October 6, the date of de linquency; was 8 per cent. In 1921 the delinquency on collections was 7.75 per cent of the total tax roll. Collections ; this year totalled $1, 379,220.43 on the tax roll of $1,498, 401. 17r Amounts unpaid totaled $119. 180.74. iu addition to the regular roll, $46,480.91 was collected on previous delinquent taxes and $1,278.59 on for est taxes, making total collections for the county to October 6, $1,426,979.93. The office this year issued 18,662 tax receipts as against 18,183 for the year previous. - The fact that there was only small amount of delinquency above that of 1921 is a good indication, Taylor point ed out, as financial conditions this year are generally regarded as more pressing" than-in 1921; Crop condi tions are not as favorable, he states, but the average of payments is hold' ing up well. The increase in the number of tax receipts indicates that the number of individuals in the county who are tax payers is increasing. Subdivisions of land is said to be the cause of much of much of the increase. - Reply To Charge . In Recall Filed By Judge Cross The formal answer to thee harges brought against him by the commit tee sponsoring his recall, was filed Thursday by H. E. Cross, county judge. - Of the five charges, tnree are denied point blank with no explanation, and one cites the contention that in what was brought against hif the official followed the requirements of the law. Upon the charge that the Indebtedness of the county had been increased, the judge cites figures to show that the present indebtedness is below the fig ure when he took office. He als places upon th commissioners blame for any increase in costs of opera tion, of the county administration. Tne answer, as it will appear upon the official ballot, follows: "A full and .complete answer to the charges made against Judge H. E. Cross in the petition for his recall. They will be answered in order. "1. Charge: 'He has increased the indebtedness from $359,636.62 on De cember 31, 192 to $426,297.72. Sep tember 1, 1922.' "Answer: Not a cent of Indebted ness has ben increased, nor bill paid without, the vote of both commission ers. The report of "the county treas urer shows outstanding warrant In- j debtedness, October , 1922, $457,126.07. Not collected on present tax roll, to be applied. $111,109.21 Net indebted- nes October first, $346,016.88. "2. Charge: 'Autocratic and dis courteous.' This is not rue and I de fy anyone to prove it. "3. Charge: 'Sentencing juveniles without fair and open trial.' Absolutely false and cannot be proven. "4. Charge: 'Reducing mothers' pensions and refusing to assist pau rers.' I follow the plain law. The ac cusation is pitifully false. "5. Charge: 'Refusing to visit roads as promised, etc.' All roads have been visited and promises redeemed to the benefit of public funds." The notices for the special election November 7 to vote upon the question of the recall were prepared for dis tribution ysterday by County Clerk Fred A. HJiller. Although the recall involves a separate election and will require separate ballots, it will be handled in conjunction with the regu lar general election, and by the same boards and officials, saving the ex pense of holding an individual elec tion which would cost about $5,000. j Replying to the statemet issued W. W. Woodbeck for Judge Cross, stating that the judge would not con- est the filing of the recall and point .ing to the vote of confidence of the 112 business men who signed a petition favoring the retention of the incum bent, Percy T. Shelley - yesterday, branded the petition which was placed in circulation on the street as one growing out of family ties and friend ships. Replying to Cross answer to the charges except that relative to county indebtednes, Shelley made the following statement: "We live under a government ere ated for the people and by the people, and in order that his government shall not perish from the earth' let us strive on to finish the work we are in. Let us be true to our convictions.. Class legislature and boss rule has no part in the best government of our county, state and nation. Let os insist on oficers who serve the people, who are not autocratic, not discourteous, over-bearing or isrespectful, but kind ani considerate, who act with honest convictions." . Sister Lucretia To Give Lecture Here BELINQUEN 'Sister Lucretia,' Is to speak in Ore- Main street. In response to the re gon City November 6, under the aus- j quest for his authority or permit to pices of the Orange Lodge. She will ! carry a weapon, he ' replied he had deliver two addresses at ShiveOjy's none. Later before Judge E. J. Noble opera house, one at 2:30 p. m. for he produced.a- special police, star, women only and one at 8 p. m. for men grtthted by Chief May, and was re- STOP NEW LEVIES TOCUTBIIRDENOE TAX SAVS M'NARY "Indebtedness Holiday" Held Only Satisfactory Means of Reducing Assessment; New Capital Is Declared Needed. FARMER SAID AIDED BY ADMINISTRATION Present Tariff Lauded as Sole Impost Giving Protection to Agriculture;-Ask Support. An "indebtedness holiday', during which no new debts shall be incurred and the increasing of the capital of the state and nation through devel opment of its resources, is the plan advanced last night by Senator Charles . McNary for the solution of the present" tax situation. Speaking to a capacity audience at the I. O. O. F. Hall at Gladstone, Mc Nary urged the creation of new wealth through drainage, irrigation and devel opment of water power and holding oil of added tax burdens until the new capital was created to aid in shoulder ing the burden. Urging support of the republican ad ministration he stressed the election of a republican governor to. safeguard republican representation at Wash-) mgion in case of an appointment ,10 fill a -vacancy. The republican admin straton ,and the chief executve in par ticular, have shown willingness to aid the farmers, he saiid, pointing to the emergency tariff, cooperatve market ing bill, war finance corporation, con trol of the grain exchange and stock yards. The tarif funder the Fordney bill, the senator said, although the lowest protective wall ever created, is, the only one which has given protection to the farmers ;nd provided protec tion for agriculture. - - - . 'Tax burdens of the nation have been cited froni six billions to three and one half iiuons snce 1920," thj speaker sail. The arms conference allowed the redu tiVi of the navy ap? propriations $213,000,000 since last year. The administration has guar anteed peace in the Pacifc, and through its budget program Institut ed an era of governmental saving." McNary was introduced by Thomas F. Ryan, Ed Johnson and Wm. Logus, of the republican central committee, are arranging a series of political meetings over the .county, including an address in Oregon City by Gover nor Ben Olcott Wednesday evening. PAINTER IS JAILED TOR COMPLICITY IN MURDER SAN FRANCISCO, CI., Oc. 2S Ad rian Batchelor, a painter, was held in the city jail here today, pending furth er investigation by Portland, Ore., au thorities of the mysterious poisoning of Mrs. C. H. Pettibone, his mother-in-law. Batchelor was taken into cus tody during tht night. "I went to Portland to kill myself," Batchelor declared today. "I had heard my wife was there. "I did not poison Mrs. Pettibone. "My wife left me and I had heard she went to Portland, so I secured a piece of rope and left for the north. I intended to find my wife and then hang myself. "When I arrived in Portland I went to the home of my mother-in-law. I had secured some sleeping powders and put them in a cup. I left the room, and when I returned I found Mrs. Pet tibone had swallowed the contents of the cup. She had not seen the pow ders. """She then accused me of poisoning her and ordered me to leave the house. I did so and took the train immediate ly for San Francisco." Batchelor was found through infor mation furnished police by his wife. Batchelor had been sought far and wide under an assault charge filed against him by Mrs. Pettibone. moth er of his wife, who has been found alive and well in Oakland, Cat, after a search had been made for her body under the supposition that she had been killed. Grand jury indictment of Batchelor is expected by the police so that Dis trict Attorney Stanley Meyers can order him returned to Portland for prosecution. Man Arrested For Concealing WeaPon Wesley Sumaul was arrested Satur day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Long on charges ""of carrying concealed weapons. Sumaul was arrested on NEV SYSTEM ADOPTED FOR BUDGET REQUESTS Application for Funds 1923. Finances oO To Cornmittcfv writing. The budget vdvlnlttee VooVmlttee which is framing the financial policy of the city for the year of 1923, in order to facilitate their work, will entertain, no personal appeals tor tunas irom tne city's coffers. All requests for funds for quasi-municipal projects or sug gestions for street improvement or departmental changes, will be pre sented in writing. The requests must be in the hands of the city recorder by November 15, according to the decision of the com mittee. It is believed that in this way the mater of considering suggestions of the people can be greatly facilitated, and the time lost formerly over such discussions greatly reduced. Murderer Named By New Witness In Rector Case NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 26 Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain rector of the" Protestant Episcopal church of St: John the Evangelist, and her brother, "Henry Steven?, have been named in the sworn staement of Hrs. Jane Gibson, self-styled eye-witness of the double slaying of the Rev. Edward Rinehart Mills on the night of September 14, last. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 26 Investigation of. the mysterious mur der Rev. Dr. Edward W. Hall, wealthy rector of the fashionable church of St. John the Vangelist, and the beautiful choir singer, Mrs. James Mills, reached its final stage today when all the principals were summoned to tell their stories to De puty Attorney," General William A. Mott, who is now in supreme command of the probe. . , Mott intimated that arrests were imminent without awaiting grand jury action. - -- : Mrs. Hall Quizzed Those summoned to the courthouse today included Mrs. Hall, widow of the slain clergyman; her two broth ers, Henry and William-.(Willie) Ste vens; her cousins, Ewin and Charles Carpenter; Mrs. Minnie Clarke; Jas. Mills, husband of the dead choir sing er; Charlotte Mills, 6-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Mills; Ralph Gorsline and Mrs. Jane Gibson, wno is alleged to have been an eye witness o fthe dou ble killing. The most important of the witnesses were believed to be Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Gibson, who declares that one of the two women at" the scene of the tragedy cried : "Oh, don't," to the actual slayer, calling him by name. Solution Said Near James Mason, in charge of the de-j tectives said that investigation is now . being carried on along several lines that hitherto had been deemed toq unimportant to follow up. He said he looked for a speedy solution of the baffling mystery. The murder took place - just six weeks ago today and in all that time no person has been arrested upon whom the charge could be fixed. Mrs. Gibson it is reported now, said she knew the man who did the shoot- ting. She added also that the actual shooting, was preceeded by a desper ate struggle betwen the clergyman an dthe singer on one and on another. er. Bodies Are Mutilated. This statement was borne out by the condition of the corpses when they were found on the morning of faeptem ber 16 beneath a stunted crabapple tree on the Phillips farm the scene of this dramatic killing. Both bodies bore scratches and bruises. All the skin was torn from Dr. Hall's knuckles and Mrs. M?l face, neck, hands and arms were scratched deeply as with fingernails. Mrs. Gibson fled from the scene in panic during the shooting and could throw no light upon the gashing of Mrs. Mills' throat with a knife. Mrs. Gibson identified the man s appearance as follows: Heavy build; brushy eyebrows and a thick mus Recognltion is Maintained At the time of the shooting, Mrs. Gibson said, she did not know the man who did the shooting, but later she identified him at the courthouse, where she had been taken to make a statement. Mrs. Gibson said the wo man companion of the killer did not know her, but she (Mrs. Gibson) knew the other woman, having seen her once before at a rummage sale. Mrs. Gibson also told of seeing three automobiles near the scene of the tra gedy on the nignt, of September 14 and said that the headlights of one and flashlights, carried by the slayer and his compaion assisted her to see their faces. Oregon City Girl to Wed West Linn Man A "marriage license was granted yes terday to Wm. J. McLarty, 25 West Linn, and Bertha D. Mault, 17, Ore gon City. RECALL FIGURES SAID 'JUGGLED" BY COMMITTEE Actual Decrease In Warrants Outstanding Said Shown by Official Record; Statement For County Judge Issued. WOODBECK SCORES 2 COMMISSIONERS Administration Extravagances Declared To Be Work Of W. F. Harris, W. A. Proctor. That, figures submitted by the re callers concerning the county indeb tedness, blaming Judge H. eT Cross for the aleged increase in the out standing warrants, were juggled ,and that the figures, which Cross suppor ters state may be verified by anyone who wishes to go through the official records show and actual reduction is the statement made officially for the judge yesterday, by W. W. Woodbeck. The staement directed to the re call committee, and the two present county commissioners, who are said to be "aided by a coterie of disap pointed seekers for jobs as road su pervisors in the move to recall Cross, follows: ' January 1, 1917, Commissioner W. A, Procter came into office. One year later the records show, the bonded in debtednes of the county was $117, 360.57. Two years after Commission er Procter came into office he was joined by W. F. Harris as a member of the- board. From January 1, 1918 to "January 1, 1921, under the joint administration of these two commis- sioners, (he warrant inOteltednesa increased to $359,636.52. 'Will the members of . the recall committee whose hearts are beating warm for the taxpayer, explain what of value the county received in ex change for this increase of $242,275.93. Which accumulated during their ad ministration of county affairs when they ' were unhampered - by ' Judge Cross? The sponsor of the recall submitted . as one of their arguments why Judge Cross should be recalled was that the warrant indebetdnes had increased under the Cross administration and cited the fact that December 31, 1920, the warrant indebtednes was $426, 197.72. "To have been of value for com parative purposes, December 311922 sbolud have been selected. However, the recall ' committee made a mis take in their calculations and the war rant indebtedness was $457,126.09, or $30,928.37 more than their statement indiacted. Since their figures were published there has been one war rant call issued and a second one will' be made November 6th, which will call in outstanding warrants to the amount of $11,121.88, leaving a total outstanding of $346,016.88, be ing a reduction of $13,619.72. The re duction will be further reduced by an other call to be made in December. "During the regime of the two com missioners who are desirous of see ing Judge Cross recalled, the ma chinery of the county was allowed to -stand exposed to the weather ne cesitating delay in commencing the road program in" the spring, and ne- ; cessitating extra expense for repairs and missing parts. The county now owns a machine shed valued at $5,000, where the machinery of the county, valued at "$200,000 is stored during the winter months, during which time it is overhauled and made ready for use when the season fpr road work opens. 'Would the worthy gentlemen con demn Judge Cross for this extra vagance? Will you also explain your reason for juggling the figures in your statement to the voters of Clack-. amas county?' U S IS OFFERED SLAT IN NEAR EAST PARLEY PARIS. Oct. 26 France and Eng land have-agreed to invite the United States to participate in the Near East ern peace parley to be held at Lausa nue, on November 13, it was authorla tively stated today. The French government has backed the suggestion of Lord Curzon, foreign minister of Great Britain, that Amer ica be asked to take part in the delib erations because the Lausnue pact will be a modification of the treaty of Sevres which was drawn up at the end of the World War with American collaboration. Curzon embodied his suggestion in a note addressed to the French govern mentr - The object of the Lausanne parley is to draw tip a plan of permanent peace in the Near East.