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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. T1IURSDAT MAY 23. 191G, EFFORT TO CHANGE r! photographs depict ruin wrought by penitentiary fire at salem. HAVE YOU SEEN Billie Burke? in'Gloria's Romance" o IF NOT WHY NOT? IT BILL FAILS Democrats Ignore . Pleas and Will Oregon Pass Portland's Largest and Grandest Theater NOW OPEN . it. ritfn Y Measure Today. PERHAPS YOU DID NOT SEE CHAPTER ONE? IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHAPTER ONE AMENDMENTS ONLY MINOR GRA .--T '" Portland's Lareest I "" ' Counties' Share in Proceeds Put Back to 30 Per Cent, as In Original Measure Efforts of . Oregon Delegation futile. 'fontlnuM From First Va.ne.1 Lenroot and Stafford, of Wisconsin, disciples ot Gifford Flnchot. Comparatively little interest was rhown by House members in the bill. Seldom were more than 50 members present. Representative McArthur made a strong: appeal for more liberal treat ment of the state, the counties and the Tort districts and tirpred adoption of the 40-40 plan. He opposed the idea of selling the valuable timber lands for $2.P0 an acre and approved the fren--ral plan of the bill. Mr. McArthur denounced all schemes tending to en courage speculation. Speculators Said to Be Actinic "These speculators have been in league with shyster lawyers, dema gogues and candidates for public of fices and many of them have been be guiled into putting up coin of the realm to pay for expenses of useless lawsuits and campaigns," said McAr thur. The House caught his allusion to Lafferty and greeted this remark with applause.. He said the bill as it stands, is drawn to protect the state from fraud and speculation and for this reason he would support It. Representative Lenroot, who with Chairman Ferris, proved to be the leaders of the movement to reduce Oregon's share of the benefits under the bill closed general debate by as serting that "The committee on public lands has been too liberal to the State of Oregon." .Mr. I. enroot Saya Bill too Liberal. This remark brought loud applause from the Democratic side of the Hose. Mr. Lenroot said the state and counties were entitled only to what they will lose in way of taxes during the time the land and the timber re main in possession of the Federal Gov ernment. Mr. Lenroot said the bill as reported by the committee, gave the state three times as much as it legiti mately was entitled to claim; he main tained the Oregon delegation was dis playing great nerve in asking the House to increase the apportionment to the forty-forty plan of the Chamber lain bill, and in asking additional allot ments for the port districts. The allotment of 50 per cent to state and counties was made by the com mittee, he said, over the protest of the Secretaries, Lane and Houston, and in that respect he thought the commit tee had seriously erred. Chairman Ferris, closing the general debate, undertook severely to "condemn Representatives Sinnott and Hawley for their criticism of the bill, and especially censured Mr. Sinnott, Steam Roller Tactic Used. "When the bill was read by para graphs. Representative Sinnott first sought unsuccessfully to amend the timber land classification clause by In serting the word "merchantable" bo that only lands carrying 300,000 feet of merchantable timber to the 40 acres would be classified as timber land. Representative Sinnott offered an other amendment providing that lands carrying less than 500,000 feet to the 40 acres should be listed as agricultural. This also was voted down. Observing the steam-roller tactics being pursued. Representative Morrflell pointed out the futility of offering fur ther amendments and denounced the methods -used to jam the bill through Representative Hawley offered an amendment liberalizing the settlers' clause. This was rejected. Representative Mondell proposed an amendment which would permit a per' son who purchased the timber on not more than 163 acres to homestead the land on which the timber stands if he be qualified entryman. This amend Kent met the usual fate. Port Districts Get No Share. Next went down to defeat, two by Representative Hawley proposing the port districts a share in the proceeds. The port district amendments had the full support of Republicans present, and were defeated entirely by Democratic votes. Then camo Representative Foster with his amendment reducing the coun ties' share of the proceeds from 30 to 20 per cent, and increasing the share of the Federal Government from 10 to 20 per cent. The Democrats, aided by Lenroot, Stafford and Madden, of Illinois, forced the adoption of this amendment in committee of the whole by a. vote of 29 to 24. Uncle Joe Cannon proposed that the 40 per cent intended for the reclama tion fund be turned into the Federal Treasury instead. His proposition was rejected. Representative Sinnott then offered ah amendment providing the 40 per cent allotted to the reclamation fund should be expended in Oregon. This had the support of only the three Ore gon Congressmen. As the bill was about to be reported to the House. Representative Sinnott offered an amendment providing that - nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting the right of the state of Oregon to tax said lands." It had lit tle support. When the bill was reported back to the House, Representative Sinnott de manded a separate vote on the Foster Use Cocoanut Oil For Washing Hair If you want to keep your hair in good condition, be careful what you wash it with. Most soaps and prepared . shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and Is very harmful. 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On the Foster amendment the House reversed the committee of the whole, and by a vote of 53 to 60 rejected the Foster amend ment and restored the 30 per cent pro vision for the counties. This enraged Mr. Foster, who demanded a rollcall and, as only 135 members could be found, .adjournment became necessary. The Oregon delegation tonight is working with Humes to get support for their final attack on the Foster amend ment tomorrow. Treatment Aot Liberal. How Oregon will, in several respects. be buncoed under the provisions of the Oregon & California land-grant bill, as ra.wri by the House committee on pub lic lands, was told clearly and con vincingly in the House by Representa tive Sinnott, a minority member of the committee, who made a strong fight to ecure justice for his state, particularly in the distribution of proceeds from land and timber sales. Mr. Sinnott proceeded to show that the30 per cent allowed the counties and 20 per cent allowed the state is far rom being 'liberal" treatment at the hands of Congress. The state and coun ties, , he asserted, should have 40 per cent each, at least, as provided in the I original Chambealain bill. At the out- et, Mr. Sinnott showed how Oregon s development had been retarded "by the railroad company s disregard and de fiance of the terms of the granting act," and made it plain that "all the while the administrative officers of the Government were apathetic spectators of the violations of the terms of the act." He said it would be impossible to calculate the loss to the state by reason of the withholding of th,ese vast areas from settlement, and added tlutt fur ther loss confronts the state with the passage of this bill, which will with draw the lands again from taxation and many of them from settlement. Government Fully Reimbursed. Turning to the Government's side, he showed that when Congressmade the grant to the railroad company it raised the price of the even-numbered sec tions from $1.25 to $2.50 an acre, and thus secured full reimbursement for the grant. Continuing, Mr. Sinnott said: - The Government will . receive many mil lion dollars more under the provisions ot this bill. The Government parted with its title to the grant land The Supreme Court heiu that with the exception of the settlers' clause, the prant was "unqualified." The court held "There was a complete and ab solute grant to the railroad company wttb power to sell, limited only as prescribed." Had the Government not permitted the set tlement clause to be ignored ifr ears wiin impunity, the development of that section of the state would present a vastly different picture from what it does today. v e in Oregon feel It is only equitable, that In asmuch &f the Government has parted with its title to thees lands to eect the settle ment and development of Oregon this ob ject having been defeated the proceeds ot trie lands suouia now be pursued ana ae voted to the original purpose of the grant- ng acts, the progress and development or the state, to the remedying as far as mere money .can remedy a loss that cannot be reckoned, that cannot be recompensed. Oresron Bears Entire Ixs. My state has borne the entire loss and burden of the violated grant, the adverse conditions thereby entailed. Our industrial loss easily amounts to mere than the entire vaiue of the granted lands. These lands are now on the tax rolls paying- a yearly tax of about $450, UOO. It purposed to withdraw them all from the tax rolls; subject a small part of them to settlement and In the far distant future sell the timber, and after first deducting sev eral million dollars from the proceeds give the counties for roads 30 per cent and the state for school 20 per cent of the balance or the proceeds. I he remaining per cent is to go per cent to the reclamation fund and lO per cent to the treasury. Mind you, on the passage of this bin 4,"0.U00 of yearly taxes will be lost. The time when we are to be recompensed for lost taxes alone is a matter of the greatest con- lecture. If the theories of the admtnlstra tlve officers are given full scope, it will be many decades oeiore Oregon s proportion of the proceeds are returned to the state. Arrested Development Pointed Out. In Oregon we helfeve that the original hill introduced by fc-enator Chamberlain pro viding 40 per cent for the counties and 40 ner cent for the state ror public school pur poses ia not more than the state is entitled to; that It will inadequately repay the state for arrested development and lessened popu lation Such a division can only partly atone for pa3t injustice to Oregon on account of the illicit administration of the land grant. Oregon's loss in settlement and popula tion certainly is the Government's gain to the tune of nearly $6.O00. Out. with a fur ther .V per cent division when the lands and timber are sold, amounting to an ad ditlonal tl0.000.00O or Sl.VOO0.00O. No one need have any nightmares or ap prehension over any extremely liberal" con slderatlon for Oregon in this bilL It fall: far short of doing justice to the state. Ii equity and Justice we are entitled to the full 40 per cent to the counties and 40 per cent to the school fund, as provided for in the Chamberlain bill, and that will not re pay Mb for lands held in Idleness for TH years and now to be withdrawn from taxation for an indefinite period. Representative Hawley spoke for an hour on the land-grant bill. He did not approve the bill as reported by the public lands committee, and suggested I V v ' " i T a series of amendments. In the courae of his remarks. Mr. Hawley said: "I regret to say that the bill in its present form is a disappointment to our people, and greatly defeats their rea sonable expectations. The bill faces the direct possibility of being rejected by the courts. It handicaps the de velopment of a number of counties by largely reducing their tax rolls." Mr. Hawley read the resolutions adopted by the land-grant conference at Salem last Summer, and reviewed the history of the grant, and the acts of recent years to open up the grant lands to settlement and development, and then said in part: The Supreme Court does not indicate what action Congress can take. What can be done is to be inferred or deduced from the crecision. and limited by whatever rlxht the railroad have acquired and can not be divested of. It is important that whatever legislation is enacted be valid la the courts. Settlement of Lands Important. It -w as the intention of Congress when making the grant that the lands should pass as soon as possible into the possession of actual settlers. A family on every habitable portion of our land is the best guarantee of our future eecurity and prosperity. Any tract of fer tile and cultivable land will In a score of years or less be worth more and produce more than it win in a hundred or hun dreds of years if left In a state of nature. While I lo not think th bounties of nature should be wasted. J am for men, women and children. The bill does not provide for settlers who went on the lands in good faith and after having spent considerable sums and time In making improvements temporarily left them to earn more money for their improve ment. Their absence is due to the refusal of the railroad to sell and the long con tinuance of the litigation. The date of set tlement of those now on the lands should be fixed at a. later date than the one given in the bill. Preference rights should be given . to both these classes. congress, when making the grant, took care of the interest of the Government. Prior to the grant these lands were for sale at $1.25 an acre. The act. while grant- Ing the odd-numbered sections, reserved i the even-numbered sections, and provided that the price per acre for the latter should be not less than i50. This meant that the Government was to receive for the even-numbered sections under the grant as much as it would have received from ail if the grant had not been made and such additional amounts as the building of th railroad, the settlement of the country and the estnbllshment and maintenance of a civilized government in that section would dd to the value of the sections. Since It Is now nroDosml to chinn th arrangement. Congress ought to provide that ins jirocteai ot tne grant, after paving the charges above Indicated, shall be paid to the state for Its common school fund, to the land-grant counties and to the ports in proper proportions, at least according to the terms of the bill as originally drawn. xne senate puoilc lands committee today authorized the sub-committee, of which Senator Chamberlain is chair man, to report the Oregon - California land-grant bill directly to the Senate as soon as possible after it passes the House. Senator Chamberlain siva h will report the bill with a few changes in the House bill, the principal one being- an increase in the proceeds for Oregon. He says the proposed proce dure will expedite final action. Community Clearing-House Is Plan. ALBANY. Or.. May 24. rSrjeclal.1 considering the establishment of a community clearing-house at this city. me Aioany commercial Club will send a committee to Wood burn to ascertain now mat city handles its system of that Kind. The committee named to make the investigation consists of A. L. Fisher, president of the club; AV. A. Kastburn, secretary and manager, and G. A. Flood, a member of the board of directors. Eleven Graduate ut Glendale. GLEXDALE. Or.. May 24. (Special.) The senior class of the Glendale High School presented The College Coach at the Auditorium Sunday night. The commencement was held last night. when & class graduated. Six of the class have completed the teachers' training course. The following are members of the class: Albert Blackford Sumner Williams. Loren Marsh. Joyce Nail, Grace Harding. Marguerite Ellis. Elrtaa Johnson, Maude Ferbrache. j?'reida McColm, Doris Dillons and Dolly Beck, Agate Carnival Chairman Named. MARSH FIELD, Or.. May 24. (Spe clal.) Port Orford has named A. J. Marsh, chairman of its 1916 Agate Carnival committee and the arrange ments for the entertainment are under way. The date has not been deter mined upon, but will be given on dates identical with or immediately follow ing the Coos Bay railroad celebration in the latter part of July. Oregon City Man Honorcdi SALEM. Or.. May 24. (Special.) Clyde G. Huntley, of Oregon City, was appointed by Governor Withyeombe today as a member of the Oregon Phar macy board to succeed Leon B. Hasklnn, of Medford, whose term expired May 2(. Membership 'on ' this board is for five years. Then T & D Are Doing This For You BH. f k "TT ELT of an unexpected, unprecedented volume of patrons' re JOv VL J - il J lf"1 quests we have arranged to bring back Chapter One of "Gloria's Romance" for the balance of the week. ' TODAY, TOMORROW & SATURDAY Both the First and Second Chapters will be run in addition to Edna May in "Salvation Joan" and Mav Dav r esuvai rictures. iou wno missea inapier One can begin NOW by seeing them both. Begin now to see BILLIE BURKE, the "Sun shine of the Screen," in the most interesting story of film history the film novel everyone is 'talking about. "T- & D standard is more than value received." PEN" REPAIRS PUN Emergency Board Meets To morrow, on Fjre Loss. $11,000 IS TOTAL NEEDED By Heroic Work ot Prisoners at Sa lem Flajnes " Prevented From Reaching Interior of Carpen ter and Machine Shops. SALEM, Or., May 24. (Special) When the Emergency Board meets here Friday it will make provision for using funds to repair the four shops at the Oregon Penitentiary which were gutted by fire last Thursday'. This week members of the state board of control, consisting of Govern or Withyeombe, Secretary of State Olcott and State Treasurer Kay. with R. B. Goodin. secretary of the board and Superintendent Minto, of the Peni tentiary, made an inspection of the damage done to the. buildings. According to estimates, it will re quire about J11.000 to repair ' the burned structures, which were of brick. The fire slestroyed the roofs of the structures and gutted their inter iors with the exception of the car penter and machine shops. This latter building had Its roof destroyed and the machinery water-soaked, but the flames were prevented from reaching the interior by heroic work of the prisoners. The boiler room on the south end of the adjoining structures, the Flax Dryer, the paint and tin shop, will have to be extensively repaired." Practically only the brick walls now stand of these buildings. The boilers, which furnish heat for the Penitentiary, for tunately were not harmed extensively by the fire. . The large water wheel, which supplies power for operating the machinery in the shops sustained con siderable damage and repairs were necessary. The flax dryer building will not be used again this season as the approach of summer, outdoor drying is consid ered much better. The school room, located in the rear of the dryer, will ot be re-installed this year, w ith the arrival of Summer, there will be more employment for prisoners out-of-doors in the flax fields and elsewhere. How evr, when winter arrives. It is planned to resume the school. COLONEL RUNS BEHIND LISS COL'XTV GIVES CUM MIX S AND BEVERIDGE . VOTE EACH. ily Mnc Vote Cast in I'rogrM.ilre Primaries In Entire County, According to Returns. ALBANY. Or.. May 24. (Special.) Theodore Roosevelt failed to secure the unamimous vote of the Progres sive party in Linn County for the nomi nation of his party for President of the United States. Roosevelt secured five votes in this county, while Albert B. Cummins, cne of the Republican candidates, and Albert J. Beveridge. ex United States Senator from Indiana, each secured one vote. Only nine votes were cast in the Pro gressive primaries in Linn County. Four of these were cast in one precinct two in another, and one each in three other precincts. In 48 of the 53 pre cincts in this county not a. single Pro gressiv.e ballot was cast, No returns on this vote were re ceived until the official canvass of the vote was made today. It discloses that Republican candidates for county of fices received the Progressive nomina tions except for School Superintendent for which W. L. .Jackson. Democratic nominee, received the Progressive in dorsement, and for one of the three nominations for Representatives. W. P. Elmore, of Brownsville, who was writ ten in for the Democratic nomination being one of three indorsed by the Progressives. Incidentally, Jackson received more votes than any one writ ten in for a county office. PIONEER WOMAN BURIED Early Residents Attend Euneral ot Mrs. Mary E. Knott. "I am glad to speak about the lovable character of Mrs. Knott, her strong devotion to her friends and her great love of Portland, where she wae mar ried and where she spent half a cen tury of her life," said-Rev. John Simp son, who conducted the funeral serv ices of the late Mrs. Mary E. Knott, well-known pioneer, held at Dunning s chapel, 14 Fast Alder street, yester day. Mr. Simpson commented on her beautiful character, which he said at tracted innumerable friends and held them closely through the years. It is fitting, he said, that her funeral should be held surrounded by the friends who had known her for nearly a half cen tury. The funeral was, just as Mrs. Knott desired, a gathering of pioneers. The pallbearers were: Captain W. 11. Rob ertson William H. Mall. Joseph Bever idge. G. E. Welter, Ivan Humason and Edward Shambrough ( . Mrs. Knott was a pionee; of 1853, and 80 years old at her death, which oc curred last Sunday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. C. D. Stewart, at New port. Or. FESTIVAL DRAWS THRONG Koseuurg Is Crowded on Eve - of Strawberry Event. ROSEBURG, Or., May 24. (Special.) With fair weather promised by the local weather observer., the eighth an nual strawberry festival will open in Roseburg tomorrow morning. The town tonight is thronged with visitors. Tomorrow's programme will be fea tured by band concerts, parade of Odd fellows and Rebekahs and the crown of Queen Jessie and Queen Verus. Bal loon ascensions, street shows and other similar attractions also will help to furnish entertainment for many visi tors. Queen Jessie is a Rebekah, and the visiting delegates to the Rebekah assembly now in session here expect to attend the coronation ceremonies. To morrow's festivities will close follow ing a dance In the Armory. SCHOOLS INVITE PARENTS Tomorrow Is Visiting Day and All Are Urged to See Work. Parents and others interested in the schools, their work and the children housed in the various school b,uildlngs, are urged to go to school tomorrow, which Is "School Visiting day." On that occasion teachers and all school officials will be waiting with a warm welcome to show visitors through the schools, from the basemerrt to -the topmost floor, and will explain all the workings of the school system. Superintendent Alderman urges all wno can possibly do so to visit one or more schools on Friday and thus get closer insight into what the edu cational forces are doing for Portland and its children. The day will be ob served generally throughout the tate, Here is a short and easy way of eter- minlne tJie heieht of a Zeppelin. A piecp of wood two Incnes long and a quarter or an . Inch wide would completely blot out Zeppelin if it were "ono feet awav and the piece of wood held ahout two feet from tne eves. 1 r This is but a single instance of the service which the magazine extends to its readers, and shows why it is such a vital, wholesome influence in the devel opment of so many boys. "A Matter of Idea.." How a Boy in business thorns a real sales idea how he loses his job and gets another. All boys will like this story. Two corking short stories As the Goose Flies" and Stringy Streeter's Burglar Bar." Special articles "How to Make a Model Aeroplane" "How to Make a Model Motorboat" "How to Perfect Your Wireless Station." Besides these are regular departments covering the whole range of boyish interests and activities. Parents will do well to place this clean, wholesome, well-edited magazine in the hands of their boys. It will pay big dividends. 500,000 other boys read it and their parents endorse it. GET A COPY TODAY IT IS ONLY 10c Yearly subscription, fl.OO. Can be ordered from y oar newtdealer or the pablimher. "THE SPRAGUE PUBLISHING CO., 393 American Bldg., Detroit, Mich. fc r ! i i - i -in. mm. n,i... i BANK GAINS shown Deposits Are $12,693,421.41 Ahead of Last Year. FIGURES ARE FOR MAY 1 Superintendent urgent Issues Ite- port Indicating Itemarkable Cliange for Iietter In Oregon's Finances. SALEM, Or.. May 24. (Special.) Fi nancial conditions in Oregon as reflect ed by the banks of the state in their statements to S. G. Sargent, superin tendent of banks, show a startling chancre for the better, according to Mr. Sargent, who issued a combined statement toOay of their condition at the close of business May 1. As compared with a year ago. the ctrposifs of the 177 state banks and 84 National banks in Oregon have In creased 12.693.421.41. That more pros perous times, however, have -come to Oregon industries within the last few months is indicated by figures which show that in the 54 days intervening between March 7 last and May 1, the date of the last call, deposits have gained $6,145,447.42. or almost half the total increase during the entire 12 months prior to May 1. Although there is no sure index to the reason for the sudden gain in de posits recently, the increase is ascribed generally to the opening up of Oregon's lumber industry, which, until this Spring, has been in a quiescent con dition. The statement issued today places the total resources of Oregon's state and National banks at $171,101,082.10. Clatskanic Class Graduates. CLATSKANIE, Or.. May 24. (Spe cial.) The baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class of Clatskanie High School was delivered at the Methodist Church Sunday evening by Rev. S. Dar low Johnson. All of Clatskanie's eighth grade students successfully passed the state examinations last week. The class roll Is made up of the following: Thel- ma Fisher. Cora Tangen. Anna isuert sen. Helen Kratr. Magdaline Pulliam. Catherine Sulliavan. Lloyd Burk. Karl Klllott. John Johnson, Henry Orwig. Fred Erwin. Harvey Bennett and Frad Raird. Miss M.igdaline. Pulliam. class m iE&rnmcf Money 0Wkt Fun for the Boy To develop business enterprise, in genuity and independence among its readers, and to give them really practical ways of making money, The American Boy places before its readers the experiences of hundreds of boys who actually made money last summer. These boys range in age from 8. to 24 and earned sums ranging from 35c to $472.00 each. They lived in all parts of the country, engaged in a variety of businesses for themselves.and found many interesting jobs. There is just the suggestion and inspiration that a boy wants and should have in the pages on "How to. Make Money This Summer" in The June issue of 10c at all news-stands Out Today, Thursday, May 25th This June issue also contains: 'Victory at the A-Bar- "The Last Veteran." By Clarence B. Kelland. A tale of romance, patriot ism and emotion, with a boy as a prominent figure. One." A stirring and timely story of the Mexi can border that will win the heart, of every able bodied boy. valedictorian, has the distinction of be ing exempt from all examinations owing to the fact that she received an aver age of 90 per cent throughout her school career. DINER TO BE INAUGURATED North Hunk Steamer Train Will Carry Car June 1. Dining-car service will be introduced on the Portland-Astoria-Flavel divi sion of the North Bank lload begin ning June 1. The steamers Northern Pacific and Great Northern will begin trl-weekly service to San Francisco on June 1. sailing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat urdays, and the dining-car will be in troduced on the steamer train west bound. On Sunday. Monday! Wednesday and Friday the dining-car will be carried on the train leaving Portland at 8:10 A. M. for Astoria and Clatsop Beach points, and be returned to Portland daily on the train leaving Seaside at 5 I. M.. and arriving in Portland at 9:40 P. jr., serving supper en route. Clatskanie Changes Show Date. CLATSKANIE, Or., May 24. (Spe cial.) Clatskanie's 10th annual rose show will be held at Miller's auditorium on June 17. The committee had orig inally decided to hold the show on June 3. but owing to lack of warm weather the date was changed. In ad dition to the rose display, field events and a baseball game will probably be featured. Entries are expected from all towns on the lower Columbia River and the Nehalem Valley. Vancouver to Sell Hay. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) Clover hay in the Park Hill Centetery. of this city, is to be sold to the highest bidder by the City of Van couver this year. There are six acres in clover in the cemetery and this will yield approximately 15 tons of good hay. The successful bidder Is to cut the hay. The money received for this will go into the general fund. Sunday School Oirls to Confer. EUGENE. Or.. May Zi. (Special.) The fourth annual Western Oregon Older Girls' Sunday school conference "will be held in Eufcene May 26, 27 and 28. Every older girls' Sunday school class in the western part of the state is entitled to two delegates. Delegates must be 15 years of age or over and must be accompanied by a chaperon. About 100 girls are expected to attend. The object of the conference is to de velop leadership in the Sunday schools. The Vnltert Slates Purcno or ?Cavination reports 4S sailing;, steam, ftas and unriirert vessels of ::V -(OS tons built in the I'nited States and officially numbered during Janu rv, llllti. "How to Pitch." Christy Ma the w son hero of a thousand ball games and idol of a mil lion boys shows how to curve them overlhe plate.