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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXTAN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1015. SCHOOL AT CHENEY CLEARED IN INQUIRY Senator Sutton, of Spokane, Declares Charge of Faulty Construction Errs. $96,000 ' WARRANTS WAIT After Statement or Author or Investi gation Resolution Alleged Board or Control Mismanagement Is Taken Vp. i. OLTMPIA. TV'ash., Feb. 4. (Special.) Senator Sutton, of Spokane, author of the resolution celling for tnvestiea tion of the Cheney Normal School and the Institution for Feeble-Minded. re cently adopted by the Legislature, said tonight that following receipt of wort from Spokane he was convinced there vis no ground for charges that the Cheney School is of faulty construction. On account of these charges State Au ditor Clausen had declined to issue warrants on estimates of the contrac tor, about $96,000 still being unpaid. "I said when introducing the reso lution that I thought the state was getting a splendid school building and I learned from Cheney that the archi tect selected by the investigating com mittee upholds this view, testifying that the building is above the average In construction." saltf Senator Sutton. The investigating committee has left Cheney and now is investigating charges of mismanagement on the part of the State Board ot Control in locat ing buildings for the Institution for the- Feeble-Minded on a new site a mile and one-quarter distant from the old location. Senator Sutton contends that the last Legislature was imposed upon by the Board of Control, having granted the appropriation for new buildings In the belief that they would be located on the old site. A sharp fight has developed on the Timblin bill providing for return to the "barefoot boy" law in apportioning state school moneys by taking com mon school attendance as the sole basis for reapportionment. tonuses now are granted for high school, night school and private school atienaanco. K.-attleT Spokane and Tacoma school districts find the measure would lop thousands of dollars annually from their state apportionments and are fighting the measure. They have al ready succeeded in having a provision for night school attendance piaccu u the Timblin bill. LABOR BKKAKS YVITJI FARMERS AVat-liington 1'ederation Now Works With Agents of Railroad Men. m.TMPIA. Va."h.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Legislative agents of the Washington State Federation of I.;'-- r have formed a new working ngreenient. Instead of heintr associated with the Slate Grange ,i Farmers' Union in working for joint legislative programme, they are associated with the agents of the rail road men's organizations. An old feud between the trainmen s nmnirjitiiins and the labor unions of filiated with tho Federation kept the two labor groups apart previously, and in 1911 the "triple alliance" of the Fed eration of Labor with the Grange and Farmers' Union -was formed. This worked well in 1911 and l'J13, but in th last campaign sharp differences ae veloped. The farmers' organizations favored prohibition, which the labor men fought, while the farmers fought the eight-hour measure, which organ ized labor backed. Although no formal association has been entered such as the organization of the old "joint legislative committee." tho Federation agents and the train men now are working together in per fect harmony, while the Grange and Farmers' Union are paying virtually no attention to the present session. BILLS STAMPED AS LAWS One Signed by Governor Repeals Bu bonic Plague l'uiid. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Governor Withycombe to dav signed the following bills: II. B. 13. by rtrrce. of Coos and Curry. rrpcinc appropriation for bubouic plaffur. H. B 100. by Huston, limiting actions ol certain persons lo recover real property. II. B. 1-3. h Huston, to dccler that mothers or illepittmate ehiblren. who are vmlsr IS 2 cars of age. have rearheel ma jority. Insanity Divorce Basis in Bill. STATU CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 4. . (Special.) Permanent insanity is mad a ground for divorce by a bill Introduced today by Senator Langgtith. It i rrovided that before a divorce t-hall be granted, insanity being the negation, it shall be proved that the defendant ha3 been adjudged of un sound mind by a court of this or an other state five years or more before the suit is filed. It also mut.t be proved to the. court in which the divorce, is asked that the patient is incurable. School Law Annotation Proiitled. STATU CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) A joint resolution au thorising the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annotate and publish the ufhc-ol laws of the state was adopted bv the Senate today. It provides for IS. 000 copies to be distributed among r. hoot district officers. County School Superintendents and others interested in education. Altolition of Biologist Sought. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Senator Hawley today in troduced a bill repealing the law creat ing a State Biologist. Tho State Biolo gist is Albert It. Sweetser. of Eugene. There is no salary provided for the ofheial. and the abolition of the office is desired that the State Game Warden may attend to tho duties. Evangeline Booth III. CINCINNATI. Feb. 4. Commander Kvangeiiuc Booth, of the Salvation Army, who is ill at a hotel here, was reported today to be suffering from peritonitis. Miss Booth's physician said her condition was not necessarily serious, but she could not be movey from the hotel for the next 3S hours. FREE TRADE MADE ISSUE Swedish Socialists Light to End Pro tective System. STOCKHOLM. Jan. 20. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) The ac tion of the government in removing the Import duty from corn, wheat and rye for the period ending next August may result In a permanent free trade for Sweden so far aa foodstuffs are con- cerned. The powerful Socialist party, which with the Liberals forms a legis lative majority, has decided to make this its particular fight in the session of Parliament jift;t convened, which, says one of the Socialist leaders, means the beginning of the end. of the protec tive tariff in Sweden. When Sweden placed a duty on foods, 20 years ago. agriculture was still its main industry. The farmers feared ruiu from American wheat and Hussian rye. Since then, the economic character of the country has completely changea. Sweden's Prosperity now depends on its manufacturers of wooden and metal ware, matches and other products and the export of timber and iron ore. As the majority of the population de pend on these trades, they object to the dwindling band of farmers profiting at their expense. When the war caused the price of foods to rise to exorbitant rates. Par liament was forced to suspend the duty on grains. This was done last month. MIGRATION ACT URGED WASHINGTON ASSEMBLY WANTS VETO BY PRESIDENT OVERRULED. Three Measures Passed by Home, Wray Boxing BiU Sure of Votes, but Executive Action Feared OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 4. (Special.) After much delay in both houses, the Washington Legislature today passed the Campbell memorial urging Con gress to pass the immigration bill over President Wilson's veto. The memorial failed to pass the Senate yesterday on a tie vote of 18 to 18, but 'was reconsid ered today and adopted. 26 to 10. the i T1 . . . - ,! fnnr r,r - X-,.X.. licans voting "No." Under suspension of tho rules the memorial was transmitted to the House, where the measure first re ceived 48 votes, one short of a con stitutional majority, then was recon sidered and adoDted. 53 to 41. Abandoning policies, both branches got down to serious business today. The lower house passed three con structive measures recommended by various state departments, including an appropriation of $75,000 for deporting of alien insane and the bill allowing the state to regain lands acquired by individuals under the Callow act for oyster cultivation, but used for other DurDoses. The Senate reappropriated $34,000 for Cheney Normal School, passed amend ments to the military code recom mended by Adjutant-General Llewellyn. reducing the pay of members of the Naval Militia, and killed a bill to al low cumulative voting of stock. The Wray boxing bill, already passed bv the Senate, has enough votes nledged in the House to insure its adoption, and only the possibility of veto now stands in the way of final enactment. Governor Lister said he had not made up his mind whether he would approve it. but denounced as false a newspaper report quoting him as having declared he would veto the measure. The promised success of the boxing bill led promoters of the racing bill to revive that measure today, the Senate committee on cities of tho first class recommended it's passage. Governor Lister has announced his opposition to this measure, which would authorize pari-mutual betting. The Black bill, authorizing opera tions upon persons convicted of In famous crimes, was killed by the House today with 40 ayes and 52 noes, although a companion bill authorizing sterilization of inmates discharged from insane hospitals was passed earlier in the week. MAN, "NOT WED," SUES K. K. livcrton Answers "Wife's" Plaint, Saying She Was Another's. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Klmer K. Everton, of Molalla, says he is not married, but to make sure that he has no entangling alliances with Laura B. Everton or Laura B. Pot ter, today he filed a cross-complaint to her suit for divorce, also filed today. Kverton and the woman went through the marriage ceremony a t anTI couver. Wash.. March 4. 1314, ana shortly afterwards moved to Molalla, where the former is employed on the Portland. Eugene & Eastern. Kverton's cross - complaint alleges that his "wife" was legally married at the time of the Vancouver ceremony to a man named Potter. CITY TO BID FARMERS Willamette Valley Southern Patrons to Be Oregon City's Guests. OKEGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) "Willamette Valley Southern dm," February 22. was designated last night by the board of governors of the Commercial Club for the reception of the residents of Clackamas and Marion counties living along the route of the new electric line that was opened to traffic fast week. The governors will urge the business interests of the city to co-operate. The visitors will be shown through the paper mills and woolen milts, and will be taken on steamer rides to the falls. Two thousand guests are exneeted. 14-Day DE LUXE CRUISE of the S. S. 'Great Northern" to Hawaii . Sails from San Francisco Feb. 16, Los Angeles 17. Three days in Honolulu at Mid-Pacific Carnival. One day (24th) at Hilo to see Kilauea Volcano. Return to Los Angeles March 1, San Francisco March 2. Ship is your hotel throughout. Delightful social entertainment, deck games, hops, etc. SPECIAL FAKES FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST POINTS FOR THOSE MAKING THIS TOUR. Rare opportunity to enjoy a special cruise on the "Palace of the Pacific," which enters regular service March 15. For tickets, reservations and full particulars apply to agents Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Oregon Electric, Great Northern or Northern Pacific Railways, or NORTH BANK TICKET OFFICE, 5th and Stark Streets, Portland. CaL E. Stone, general traffic manager, Great Northern Pacific S. S. Co, 665 Market St, San Francisco, CaL NEW SYSTEM WINS Senate Passes "Smith Bill by Unanimous Vote. SAVING IN STAT- $10,000 Measure Provides That Each .Voter May Pass ; oh Six Delegates to Xational Convention and on Four Presidential Electors. STATE CAPITOL, Balem, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) A lullaby intended to send to its last long sleep the TTRen bill of 1910 denying the people the right to vote for more than one delegate to a National convention, and more than one PreOrlonf tnl elector, was suns in the Senate today when It passed by a unan imous vote the bill of I. S. Smith. The indications are that it will be passed bv the House by a decisive majority. Another feature of the present law chieh the Smith bill corrects is the at) rogation of the prevision that the state shall pay the expenses of the delegates to the conventions to and from the con v.nHnn eitiea and while there. This mtnlert two vears ago about $10,000 Under the present-system candidates at th nrimaries for the oriices oi eiec toco onri Heiee-ntes are chosen at large, with the result that large centers of populations may name them. The voter is permitted to cast his ballot for only one aspirant for elector and only one aspirant for delegate. Under the Smith bill each elector will have the right to vote for six delegates and four Presl antHi eieotnrs as the state is now ap portioned. It provides that two dele gates shall be elected by each Con gressional district and four from the state at large, and tnat eacn voter sua." h.trn tho risrht to vote for four Presi dential eleetors. Parties having the privilege of electing delegates and elec. tors are those that at the last preced ing general election polled 20 per cent for their candidates of the entire vote cast for Presidential elector. Demands that the"old law be repealed and another that would provide a more representative system have come from all parts of the state. There has been equally as much objection to the pro ricinn that the delegates' expenses be paid by the state, the argument being that persons desiring tne nonor oi rep resenting their parties in National con. ventions should pay their own way. A nnlrants for the offices of delegate and elector are given the same rights as other candidates regarding the use of space In the election pamphlets at the primaries and general elections. TRAVEL BILL PASSES SENATE Limitation of Expenses Approved by Unanimous Vote. ST1TE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) A bill introduced by Sen ator Wood to prevent state omcmia and state employes from traveling un necessarily at the state's expense was passed in the Senate today by a unani mnni vote. It nrovides that officials and employes desiring to take trips to other states must obtain written per mission from the uovernor ana me - estimate of the cost of travel. The bill does not relate to omcmin and employes who have to go outside the state to reach points in tne siaLe on state business. Senate Flax Committee Named. state CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Senator Thompson today appointed Senators isnop, nan my -awu Von der Hellen a committee to investi gate the feasibility of a flax industry for the Willamette vauey uu tohllahnient ot a plant at the Peniten tiary to handle the raw product. Gov ernor Withycombe, in a message to the Legislature suggested that a joint com- mittee be named to make the investi- gation. He believes it will be a means of providing work for a large number of convicts who are now idle. Senate Compensation Hearing Set. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Senator Kiddle, chairman, today announced a public meeting of the Senate committee on insurance for neit Tuesday night, when all bills re lating to the compensation act will be considered. The most important meas ures to be considered are the Schuebel act increasing the schedules in propor tion to various classes of hazards, and the Bingham act substituting the Mich igan system. Senate Passes Scenery Bill. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 4. The Senate today .passed Representa tive Huston's bill providing for the preservation of the scenic beauty of certain waterfalls and streams near the Columbia River. In casting his vote Senator Pimick said: "In view of the fact that the bill doesn't interfere with the right of my friend. George. Joseph, to Latourelle Falls. I vote for it Outing Round Trip From San Francisco $150 and Up Entire Expense Act Quick Materials: Blue Serges, Blue and Brown Cheviots, Gray Mixtures, Brown Mixtures, Mixed Worsteds, Etc aoi The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes DUCK BAITING ALLOWED SENATOR DIMICK'S BILL AGAINST practice: by sportsmejt killed. Backers of Mcuwe Declare Portland Hunters Keep Game From Coins Up Willamette Valley. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Victory was won today by Fortland and Columbia River sports men when Senator Dimick's bill to pro i.iKit h hnitintr nt ducks in ponds and lakes was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 16 to 14 in the Senate. Th orirument for the bin was that baiting kept the ducks from the Wil lamette Valley and that ortiana sportsmen were the only persons to enjoy the sport. SenatorsNpposing the measure said not 1 per cent of the fowls that came to Oretron were killed as a result of baiting. Senator Dimick retorting that the sportsmen, as a re sult of the practice, killed all but. 1 per cent. Senator Bingham, urging the adop tion of the minority report, said so far as he could learn there were plenty of ducks for everybody. Ho had no objection to Portland sportsmen pay- Boot YOU browned perfectly on top, without being baked hard; a top crust that is velvety in texture; white as snow inside, ' breaking open with an appetizing softness; and so light in weight that you wonder how they can be made. That is exactly the kind of biscuits made with The one great test of any shortening is with biscuits. Use Cottolene use a third less than of any ordinary shortening. It creams up quickly; it mixes easily; it blends perfectly with the flour. It bakes wonderfully, and when you have enjoyed biscuits made with Cottolsna you will be ready to believe that it is easily the finest cooking fat you ever used, and you will use it for all your shortening, frying and cake making. I THE N.K. raTRBANKPANY Cottolene makes good cooking o Broken Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Other Makes Sold to Regular $25.00 While They Last Sale Beginning Today R ing $1.50 a bushel for wheat and hunt ing ducks that cost them $2 each. "My constituents object to the bait ing of ducks." said Senator Hawley, "because it keeps them from coming to our section. Our people want to have a chance at the ducks." Senator Butler said the bill should not be passed, for not more than 1 per cent of thr. ducks were killed in the feeding ponds on the Columbia. The feeding of ducks was a good thing for the farmers because it furnished a de mand for an inferior quality of grain. "I see no reason." continued the Sen ator, "why a man with money shouldn't buy a meal for a duck any time he wishes to." Senator Farrcll said the bill was un called for legislation, for the ducks do not belong to the state, but to the United States. GIRLS' SCHOOL GAINS FAVOR Committees Xow Inclined to Heed Appeals for Fund. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) It Is probable that the ways and means committees of House and Senate will decide to appropriate funds for the Oregon State Industrial School for Girls. This is the institution that some members of the committee wanted to abolish a few days ago. Since then they have been under the constant Avlm.n nmtnat tmrt thdir constituents, from persons interested In cuits like this? bis Your grocer has Cottolene now Your grocer will -deliver a pail of Cottolene to you today. Arrange with him for a regular weekly supply. Thus he can always deliver Cottolene to you pure, sweet and clean from original sources to finished product. Write to our General Offices, Chicago, for our real cook book-' "HOME HELPS" mailed free on request xtriaS- Extra! Lines of 15Q Suits to Select From seiilblafct & Co. Northwest Corner Third and Morrison the care of wayward girls and from officials of the state government. Governor Withycombe told a body of interested women who called on him the other day that he favored continua tion of the school provided it is oper ated economically and along the lines of good business judgment. An appropriation of $56,875 was asked for by the home for the next two year?, and it is probable that this figure will be reduced substantially, if the appro priation is allowed. Another Tribunal Sought. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Senator Thompson today introduced a bill for the creation of the Fourteenth Judicial District, which shall embrace Lake County. The county now is in the Thirteenth IUs trict. Lewiston Sleeper Will Leave Inlon Depot 8 I". M. Sundays-Tuesdays-Thursdays O.-W. 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