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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, WEDXESDAT, JANTTAKT 24, 1917.
FUTURE IN STEEL
SEEN FOR OREGON
Governor Tells -Grocers No
Reason Exists Why This
State Cannot Lead.
SALEM GREETS DELEGATES
6tate Convention Opens With Ad
dress of. Welcome by Mayor of
City Proposed legislation
Is Given Consideration.
SALEM, Or.. ., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Governor VUhycomtie. told the grocers
of the state, who opened their annual
convention here today, .that there was
no reason why Oregon should hot be
known as the greatest, or one of the
greatest, steel-producing- states In the
country.
"We have here .vast, water-power fa
cilities for the development of hydro
electric plants," said the Governor.
"We have vast resources in coal and
wood, and, while our iron resources are
somewhat limited, we have theap
transportation facilities to secure the
raw iron product from China in great
quantities, and with this low trans
portation rate 1 am satisfied tlfat our
power and other; natural resources
would place us in a position to be one
of the et ran Brest factors in the work
of steel production in the world.
Need of Payrolls Seen.
"The state's 'greatest need is more
payrolls. Not only is there no reason
why this should not be known- as the
greatest steel-producing state, but I in
sist that instead of our forests being
denuded of their lumber and shipped
as wood, we should send great quan
tities of it out as the finished product
from Oregon's own factories.
"Our fishing industry also "can be
highly developed. The state is rich in
mineral wealth, and this Is largely un
explored. All of these things are fac
tors in the development of the Com
monwealth which you may interest
yourselves in- as being factors in the
development of your own business."
The grocers were welcomed to the
city by Walter E. Keyes, Mayor. J. D.
Mickle, State Dairy and Food Commis
sioner, also Spoke.
11. S. Rittman, of Portland, explained
the reason for the 10-cent loaf. He
said -that heretofore prices for com
modlties have, as a rule, been based
tipon the law of supply and demand,
with the exception of the loaf of bread,
which had the standard arbitrarily
fixetl at 5 Cents. Fluctuating prices of
flour, however, hare made It neces
sary, he declared, to abandon the old
fixed value to meet the law of sup
ply and demand.
Bills Are Proposed.
The legislative comir 'ttee.' under
Chairman L. A. Westacovt, of' Salem,
presented for consideration of the
grocers a proposed bill providing, that
it shall be a misdemeanor for any per
sons to secure by false pretenses food,
clothing or the necessities of life be
low the value of $35 or a felony above
the value of $35, and. failing to pay
for the same.
Other bills proposed and considered
were:
A bill to prohibit the use of pre
miums,, trading :st-amps, coupon slips,
rebate checks, or like slips, and mak
ing it & misdemeanor to use such.
A bill to prohibit conditional sales,
such sales, being defined as a sale of
one article upon condition that a cer
tain amount is purchased to secure a
lower price, or to sell one article on
condition that another be sold with it.
or to Bell a limited amount of a cer
tain article at another price than would
be charged if any amount of the same
article were sold.
A bill making Sunday a day of rest
for all but certain occupations. The
contents of this proposed bill are yet
indefinite, as it will be drafted ahd pre
sented to the convention tomorrow.
Delegates to the convention are here
from many parts of the state, and more
are expected.
rORTliAND GROCERS ATTEND
Annual Convention at Salem Magnet
for About Fifty.
Portland Retail Grocers" Association
.sent a delegation of about BO to Sa
lem yesterday morning by special train
to participate In the annual conven
tion of the Oregon Retail Grocers' As
sociation, which will be in session until
tomorrow night.
The Portland delegation was Joined
by representatives from other cities
who were obliged to make their way
to Salem via Portland;
One of the features of entertainment
will be a mock legislative session to
night. Election of officers will be held
tomorrow.
This morning the delegates will visit
the state institutions. The Salem Com
mercial Club will entertain the visitors
tomorrow night With a banquet.
STRIKERS MOTOR- TO. SALEM
Cars Furnished by Jitney Drivers'
Vnion for Rill Protestants.
About 100 members of the Metal
Trades Council went to Salem yester
day in automobiles to voice theiP pro
test ajrainst proposed anti-picketing
legislation which Is being urged by
the Employers' Association.
(Many of the metal workers who have
been doing picketing duty at the plant
of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works,
against which the Metal Trades Coun
cil is conducting a strike, accompanied
the leaders of the unions to Salem.
Many of the automobiles were fur
nished by the Jitney Drivers' Union,
members of which also are interested
in the defeat of the . anti-picketing
measure that has been submitted to
the Legislature.
BILL TO QUIET TITLE UP
rBOrOSED MEAStRE CONSIDERED
BY LAND BOARD.
Action Vrged to Vest Ownership (
Tracts Now la Doubt lit Present
Holders I nleas State Sara,
SALliM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Many thousands of acres of land in
Oregon, around wh.eh now hangs the
shadow of a doubt as to whether its
title should revert to the state, or Vest
in those now in possession, will become
permanently vested In the present pos
xessors if a bill which was up before
the State Land Board today should
become a law. -
The Mil Is advocated by the Title &
Trust Company and the Lawyers' Title
Trust Company, of Portland. The
Attorney-General met with the State
Land Board today and provisions 01 the
bill .were, scrutinized. .-Toe bill pro
vides that if the act is passed title t
all lands which were sold and deeded
by. the state of Oregon prior to Janu
ary 1, 1897, would be confirmed in the
state's grantees or their successors In
interest, subject, however, to the right
of the state to bring suite within two
ye.irs from the date- of the act going
into force to cancel, vacate or annul
such title..
one specillc instance involved would
be that of the lands of the Pacific
Cattle & Livestock Company in Grant
and Harney counties, which approxi
mate 30,000 acres. The Attorney-sGen-eral
has asked an appropriation of
$5000 for prosecuting such causes. That
land, it is said, was obtained more
than 30 years ago.
The Attorney-General took the at
titude before the land board today that
if the appropriation is granted for
prosecuting the Harney and Grant
County casta he wll oppose the
PORTLAND GIRL WILL PLAT
IN SHAW DRAMA.
Photo Ty Bushneli. .
Bliss Nona Lawlor.
Three new dramas will be pro
ducedln Portland at the Little
-Theater- Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, January 30 and 31, under
the auspices-of - -the Portland
. branch of the Drama League.
How He Lied to Iter Husband,"
"by Bernard Shaw, will be played
by Miss Nona Lawlor, Edgar EL
Piper and J: H. Berry. ""The Heir,"
a play of the Colonial period, by
Mrs. Harry Beals Torrey, of Port
land, will be offered by Elsie
Clair, Robert Fabin, Charles Bar
rabee and Mathew Riddle. "Bal
thazar," by Anatole France, done
Into Kngllsh by Professor Max
P. Gushing, of Reed College, will
be the third play on the pro
gramme and will be enacted by
Dale Hinkle, Harold Weeks, Web
ster Corliss and Imogejie Setoh.
The plays are being produced
under the direction of Eleanor
Sanford -Large.
proposed bill, as he believes it would
be unfair to prosecute tnose causes and
allow all other lands la.the Btate, sirh
llarly' obtained in the first place, to
lapse to their present possessors
through the statute of limitations
which would be created by the pro
posed act. If, however, the appropria
tion sought -fails, "he expressed the
opinion that he would have no opposi
tion to the bilL- vBy such enactment,
all the tittes would be cleared ahd
it would practically end litigation over
old land titles, which have been the
bong of contention' fof many years.
The trust companies presented a
statement to the land board advocat
ing the measure oh the ground that
titles are uncertain and - should Je
Cleared. ' -
164,598,980 IN BANKS
Portland has 8n,ooo,4 or 43.3
PER CENT OF STATE'S DEPOSITS.
Twenty Cities in Oregon Have Up
wards of $1,000,004) Each In 1 s,
' 'Financial Institutions.
SALEM. Or., Jan. (Special.)
Out of total bank deposits In .the state
of $164, 596,980.74, the city of Portland
has 48.3 per cent, or a total- of $89,
S09.467.03, according to a statement ls
sued today by S. G. Sargent, super
Intendent of banks. Nineteen cjtles and
towns outside of Portland hoid 26.3 per
cent of the total deposits and the re
maining 129 towns 25.4 per cent.
Twenty cities ana towns, of 12.2 per
cent of those having banking facilities.
ana So institutions, or iz.o per cent o
the number of DanKs, hold so. 7 per cent
of the deposits in the entire state.
The following cities and towns have
total deposits oi siuuu,uov or more,
according to the last statements:
tio. of City or
Banks town.
Deposits
. .$8!),60!.4i7.03
. . S.6SR.52.L'5
2G Portland
2 Pendleton
Satem ..............
Astoria ............
Ku?ene ...t.
Baker i;..;..
The ;a!les ...i
Albany
Medfnrd
l.a tlranfli ..........
Srarhfle!d
ilcMlnnvllle
Oregon City
Klamath Falls
CorVaili8
Lakevlew ...........
Hlllsboro
Xtums ..i...
lleppner
6.417. 25X04
. . .OS6.477.77
.. 8.316.2R5.87
.. 3.1K1.S44.3T
. . 2.140.OH-.0S
l.8SB,4b.eo
. . "f.74t.'J44.13
. i i.7i;.3U5.68
i. . J.5j7,lli4.-.3
. . 1.844.244.0
. . 1.G24.1HXI.1!!
. 1.454.217.17
. i 1.8)s.sa7.82
.. J.291).(l7.i'3
.. l,PST.2L'l.4S
i. 1.H43.4HS.10
4 . l.POa. 271.88
$132,007,974.70
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GUARD Td BE INSPECTED
Short. Notice Given of First Review
Under Xew Army Bill.
Beginning February 6 the annual
Federal inspection of the Oregon Na
tional Guard will be held at the
Armory. Lieutenant-Colonel Frank W.
Caldwell, of the Inspector-geneial s de
partment, of San Franclseo, who in
spected the troops while on the border,
will be the Inspecting officer.
This is the first inspection under the
new Army bill, and no wordwas re
ceived of ail impending Inspection until
Sunday night. Heretofore officers have
known months in advance when the
inspection was to take place and have
had time to prepare their quarters and
men accordingly.
COYOTE ROUTS MEN, DOGS
Inspector Averlll - Hears Children
Are Kept Frofli School.
PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) More reports of serious rabies
among coyotes In Eastern Oregon have
been received y B. F. Averill, district
inspector of the Biological Survey,
Children have been taken out of school
because of the danger from coyotes.
Inspector Averill today received word
that a battle occurred last week at
Prosser between rabid coyotes and the
packer, nei-der and dogs at the JReagan
sheep camp. The packer was "chased
up a fence post, the herder sustained- a
sprained ankle and the coyote attacked
the sheep. Tlis arrival of a Government
trapper saved tho tlieep. - -
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125 - STRIKERS AT
LABOR GATHERING
Demonstration Made Against
Proposed Anti-Boycott
Measure at Satem.
PICKET RIGHT MAINTAINED
Many Bill Discussed and Indorse
ment Given or Criticism Voiced
Grange and Farmers' Union,
Drawn Closer Together.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
One hundred and twenty-five men from
the picket lines in the metal trades
strike at the Portland shipyards were
granted full possession of the after
noon meeting of the Oregon Federation
of Labor in. session here today as a
preface to their appearance before the
Multnomah delegation at tonight's ses
sion at the Capitol.
With the advent of the visitors from
Portland and speeches from many of
Its members the Federation expressed
Its purpose as being firmly against the
antl-plcketmg and boycott bill now
before the Multnomah delegation.
Assertions were made by visiting
Speakers that the strike was called at
a psychological moment when me
chanics in Portland were few. Denials
were made of statements that the
workers in the Oregon shipyards are
paid on a par with workers in the
Seattle and San Francisco yards. -
Harder Terms Threatened.
. i
"The longer they hold out on us
ahd the harder they attempt to make
Conditions, the harder the bargain we
will drive when we win tills strike and
w intend to win It in every shipyard
in Oregon," was the assertion of Dele
gate Misner, Who accompanied the
picket squad from Portland. He de
clared that on the picket lines every
Instruction had beett to avoid violence
and to promote peace; that no man was
Interfered with in going to work at the
yards otherwise than by argument and
that there had been no violence or
"rough stuff."
The Federation today went on record
as In favor of some and opposed tp
other bills.
The convention declared Itself In fa
vor of the repeal of the Columbia. River
fishing corhpact between Oregon and
Washington as enactrd in 1916, and
Urged that every eff'.rt be made to
avoid Its ratification by Congress; it
opposes the consolidation Of the weights
and measures department with the
Dairy and Food Commissioner's depart
ment, as provided for in the Hawley
Senate bill; it fayors a bill to authorise
employes to eollect Wages for 80 days
after certain involuntary terminations
of employment contracts; it asks for
better sanitary conditions for women;
it favors a bill prohibiting the payment
Of hospital fees for laborers In excess
of $4 a day! it declared Heelf as in fa
Vor of the enactment In Oregon of i
pure paint law similar to the North
Zone , Postage Law Opposed.
The convention announced itself as
opposed to the zone law in cnargmg
for postage for newspapers and raaga
ElneS; advocated writing into the Oro
gon law an enactment similar to the
Clayton amendment toxthe anti-trust
laws, which declares a general princi
pie against prohibiting the formation
and operation of labor unions and it
has a number of other matters of leg
islation under consideration.
Aside from the afternoon hearing to
the picket men from Portland and the
business - mentioned numerous ad
dresses were made by delegates to the
convention and by visitors from the
iGrange, the Farmers' Union and other
organizations. Actions were taken of a
minor nature, which will bring th
Grange and the Farmers' Vnion into
closer touch' with one another. A num
ber of matters were considered as to
the changes ill the constitution and
laws of the federation itself and It is
expected that tomorrow more impor
tant matters will be eonsidered. In
cluding various, phases of legislation
which will be advocated or opposed.
Spanish War Veterans Ask Aid.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 23
(Special.) The Spanish American
War Veterans, at a meeting last night,
decided to ask the Legislature to ap
propriate a sufficient sum of money to
secure a portrait of General Owen
Bummers to hang in the State Capitol.
LEWIS SEES NO
Merger. Of desert1 asd state
LAM BdAHDS held useless.
State Engineer Saya That If Proposal
Is Carried Out It 1V1U Be Re
turned to Old Plan.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
"The Carer act is a Federal act of 1S94
and granted to each of the arid states
1.000,000 acres upon condition mat tney
be reclaimed in accordance with tn
pt." State EnKineer Lewis said today
in commenting upon. the Diennlal report
of the Desert Land Board just issued
and also upon the possible consolida
tlon of that Board wltti,the state Lena
Board, now being considered by t
Legislature.
"On account of the many legal, an
engineering questions which arise
connection with this work, the State
Land Board, in its first report, recom
mended to the Legislature the creation
of the office of State Engineer am
that he be made clerk of the board fo
the i-eason that all projects should be
investigated prior to their apprdval b
the state. Other changes were reeom
mended frbhi time tb.time until, th
1909 session, which they were embodie
in the law which added the Attorney
Genera! anS State Engineer to th
BOArd and called It the Desert. La fid
Board without additional expense to th
state.
"The consolidation of this work with
ttinf .rif Din State Land Board as sug
gested by Senate bills tio. 20 and Jo,
43 . would pat it DacK wnere it .wa
under the original law of I01.
review -of the reports Tf the work of
the boards does not show any duplica
linn, and &a no member of the Boan
proposed to be abolished draws add!
tional salary for doing mis worn n
saving would be effected, as the clerical
work will cost the fcame under either
plan and the two officers who are
best fitted to handle the technical ques
tiorts coming, before the board are
eliminated.' -.
CREAMERY MEN 0N.REC0RD
Opposition Out to Consolidation of
Two Important Offices. -
MONMOUTH. Or.; Jan. 23 Special. )
At the annual meeting of the Aion-
mouth Co-operative Creamery resolu
tions were adopted protesting against
the, proposed consolidation of the State
Dairy and Food Commission with the
State Board of Health. The stockhold
ers also voted to join the Dairy Ex
change, recently established in Port
land. Something like 100 representa
tive dairymen of this section were
present, although this still did not in
clude all the stockholders and patrons
of the creamery. Since it was estab
lished last May the Monmouth. Co-operative
Creamery has had a steady
growth and has paid ( an average of a
cent and a half above the market price
for butterfat and has in the same
time made and sold . 155, 133 pounds of
butter. Commissioner J. D. Mickle, of
Portland, , and Professor .-Simpson, of
O. A. C were present, as was also
Walter Ely, of Portland.
Te following - officers were re
elected: Frank Hougharry, president;
O. Powell, secretary; G. G. Hewitt.
H. Gentle. H. D. Iliff. J. R. Loy. Ed
Rogers and Jacob Smith, directors.
ORANGE VIEWS GIVEN
C. D. BABCOCK SAYS FEDERATIOH
Vatobs compensation act.
Proposed Sale of Annuities Opposed
and Compulsory Medical Bill
Declared Unfair.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
That Insurance men of the state are
making no effort to overthrow the In
dustrial Accident Commission was the
flat declaration of C. D. Babcock, secre
tary of the Insurance Federation ot
Oregon, who arrived her today from
Portland. The federation, he says, rep
resents more tnan (000 buyers and
sellers of insurance throughout the
state and he declared absolutely that
any reports to the effect that the fed
eration is out after the sea Id of the
commission or-any of the commission
ers are without foundation. -
The workmen s compensation act Is
a state law and is satisfactory to the
Federation," Said Mr. Babcock this
morning. "1 do not know of a single
insurance matt in Oregon who would
turn his hand over to brina- back the
day of liability Insurance, The liability
aw, sounaing in tort, as the lawyers
say, as applied to Industrial Accidents
absolutely wrong in Drinciola and
Vicious In practice. The liability system
was not satisfactory to the workman,
the employer the public, the insurance
agent or the insurance company and
the Federation, in common with all
other good citizens, rejoices that the
day of the iniquitous liability clan la
past. The programme of the Federation
constructive and not destructive,
'The Federation, however. Is opposed
to the Olson bill providing for the sale
of state annuities to associations and
Individuals. It is opposed also-1 6 the
proposed teachers' pension plan.
The federation will also vigorously
oppose the proposed compulsory health
insurance law. The farmers would bear
more than their share of this loa,d and
would receive but few it any of the
alleged benefits." .. ..
RAID ON FENCE ADVISED
TRUANT OFFICER TELLS PARENTS
TO FORCE WAY FOlt frUjMLS. ,
Clackamas Judge Protests, to State
Commission Over Southern Pacific's
Action on Right f Way. '
OJtBGON CITT, Jan, 23. (Special.)
County Judge Anderson today, sent to
the lUDlic Service Commission a peti
tion ror tne opening or a crossing over
the Southern Pacific right of way in
jne Araenwaid district. Because the
railroad put up a high wire fence 21
pupils living in the Sellwood Gardens
are unable -to get to school.
Truant Officer Frost urges the
parents of the pupils to adopt drastic
measures to open a way to the school-
house. He suggests that the fence be
torn down and that word be Sent to
the railroad company that any attempt
to put it up again would forcibly
be resisted. -
' "I know of no statute which gives a
Corporation the right to put up a fence
which keeps a. score of pupils from
school," he said. "The fence is so high
that the pupils cannot climb over it
and the ''wires are so close together
that they cannot climb through. Unless
we can get a passage through the
fence, those 1 pupils may as well for
get schools and education as far as
Ardenwald is concerned. Either a
Dunning must oe put up Tor the 21
pupils alone, or they must attend some
other school."
The Ardenwald district Is- much
aroused over the matter and a meeting
was held tonight to discuss the fence.
ANNEXATION PLAN -FAILS
81Iverton Votes l)own Proposal to
nke in Adjoining Property.
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StLVERTON, Or,, Jan. S3. (Special.)
; At a special election held here today
the electors of Silverton decided against
tne annexation or tne north sloe addi
tion. The result Was 115 for and 293
against. The result of the election in
the territory to be annexed was unani
mous In favbr of the annexation.
The north Side addition comprises
a portion of the land owned by the
Silver Falls Timber Company and the
objection raised to taking it In as a
part of the -corporate limits of the dis
hes In the fact that the Silver Falls
Timber Company pFoperty was not In
cluded.
WIFE'S COMPANION BEATEN
I SfelgliboriJfearly Killed by Husband
According to Complaint.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. 23. espe
cial.) Mark Gates, of HoLland, was to
day bound over to the grand Jury On
a complaint alleging assault with In
tent to kill.
" Stewart Johnson, a homesteader hear
Holland, the victim of Gates' assault.
is in a precarious condition. According
to'the officers, dates followed his own
wife and Johnson to Johnson's barn
late Sunday night and attacked John
son with a rifle. The cartridge failed
to explode, whereupon Gates used the
weapon as a club. Johnson was left
for dead. His skull is fraetufed. '
VARSITY BAND WILL TOUR
Eugene Student Organization Will
Vlsl Southern Oregon.
tNTVERSlTY OF OREGOV: Eugene
Or.. Jan. 2a.--Speclal.) The University
band, under the leadership of Profeeso
Albert Perfect, during the Spring vara
tien, will make a week s tour of th
southern part of the Btate. Twenty
five men will make the trip, and Rose-
burg, Medford and Grants Pass will be
included in the itinerary.
Professor Perfect has negotiated with
the management of the Oa ks" pleasure
nark, of Portland, for a Summer en
easement at that place, but terms tre
not yet- agreed upon.
EXPERTS DIFFER AS
TO PEACE METHODS
League to enforce Peace and
World's Court League Are
Not of One Mind.
SPEAKERS DEBATE ISSUE
Hamilton Holt Says President Has
Done Great Thins Professor .
Guthrlo Says Employment
. ot Force Will Fail.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. President Wil
son's proposals for world peace re
celved commendation late today at the
annual meeting of the National Clvlo
Federation from Hamilton Holt, Vice
president of the League to Enforce
Peace, who spoke on "What Part Shall
This' Nation Play In Any International
Programme Looking Toward the Pre
vention of Future Wars?"
"Yesterday a exeat thine- hanneneA "
Mr. Holt said. "The President actually
proponed a won a league lor peace as a
substitute for competition In Interna
tional affairs. From today until the
peace congress Is held at the end of
the war this will be the greatest Issue."
Dlsenssloa Will lie Caused.
Mr. Holt declared the President's nro
nouncement will cause discussion the
world over, so that when neaca cornea
the people of the world will be prepared
ior ii. mo saia a league to enforce
peace would mean the political organ-
sation or the world, which Is part of
he International problem In which (ha
United Btates can us Its Influence be
yond Its own borders. '
It seems to be the dentin v. of the
United Btates to lead this movement,"
nip. moii saia. The United States Is
the world In miniature and It demon
strates to the, world what kind of a
government It is that Deoole 'can live
under."
League of Farce Called Futile.
Professor Willln.m 11. Riithrlo 4V.-
World's Court League. SDeakinsr on
The Widened Reach of Ijiw" da-
scribed the League to Enforce Peace as
-a rutue attempt to conceal the grim
figure of force in the background, with
the fibled KC eld ess. Sword In ona hand
and scales or justice In the other, with
her weather eye open for a fight."
Professor Guthrie asserted th plan
advocated by- tiie League to Fnforce
Peace "carries srlth it the seeds of its
own failure, slhceathe verv scheme It
self opens the way to war." TTho Idea of
suDstttutihg judicial settlement for war
necessitates tne total abandonment of
physical force, he declared.
"The history of treaties ahd present
state of nationalism," Professor Guth
rie said, "show conclusively that the
American people would never place In
rhe hands of an international commis
sion the power to wage war against
themselves."
PARDON IS TO BE ACTED ON
Case of T. 11. Sheridan AVI1I Be Con
sidered Soon by President.
ROSE BURG, Or.. Jan. 2. (Sbeciai.l
That President Wilson will act on
the application for a pardon of T.XR.
Sheridan, former president of the First
National Bank of this city, within the
next tew days. is. the belief of Attorney
o. p, Cosbow, who returned from
Washington last night. Mr. Coshow
was about to leave Washington when
he was invited bj Senators Chamber
lain and Lane to visit President Wilson
In behalf of the convicted banker. The
President Informed Attorney Coshow
that Mr. Slkeridan a pardon would be
given consideration within the next
few daysr
Mr. Sheridan Is under five years' sen
tence in the Federal prison at McNeil's
Island following conviction on
charge of abstracting depositors' funds.
from a National bank.
AUDITOR TAKES IN'$11.678
Clarke County .Office Shows Profit
of $5643 In 1916.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. SJ (Su-
cial.) The County Auditor's office of
Clarke County during- 191S returned a
net profit of J5645.85. Statements et
the fees earned and expenses of the
office have been compiled by the au
ditor. During the year til, 578.94 was
collei-ted in fees' and the expenses of
the office were $G080. Of the tdtal fees
Collected, nearly $4000 came from mar
riage licenses and J1200 from liquor
permits.
When the medical examination mar.
riaire law was enacted in Oregon in
1913 the net earnings of the local of
fice trebled to $3600, and they have in
creased to the present figure largely
from the unusually large number of
marriage licenses issued.
DEBATE SCHEDULE MADE
Oregon' City, Tillamook and Sliver.
a
ton Win Preliminaries.
SIL.VERTOX. Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Schedule and arrangements for the
flnsl debates which will determine th
championship, of North Willamette
District hare been completed by Di
rector James.
Oregon City, Tillamook and Silver
ton were thg three winners in the pre
lfminary debates of January 1. Ore
gon City and Silverton w.ere the only
ones of the It schools in which both
teams Worn On the evening- of Feb
ruary 8 Oregon City's affirmative team
will go to Eilverton, Silverton affirm
ative will go to Tillamook, and Tilla
mook to Oregon City. The winners of
this triangle will meet the winners of
the Lower Columbia District.
MARTIN JACKSON, 78, DIES
Father of School Superintendent
and Early Settler 1 "asses.
LEBANON, Or, Jaa. 23. (Special.)
Martin Jackson, ah early settler of
Linn County, diea in this city this
morning at the age of nearly It years,
of cancer. He was born in Ray County,
Tennessee, on March. 1839. and came
ta Oregon in 1877. lie had livedson
a farm near Sodaville until his wife
died 11 rears ago, when he moved to
Lebanon.
He is survived by three children,' W.
L. Jackpon, who was for It years
County School Superintendent of Llnrt
County and one of the leading edu
cators of the state: Mrs. Ida M. Smith,
of The Dalles, and ft. V. Jackson, of
Lak County.
S i rr r .
Read The Oregonian classiflci ads.
MUt',
WINTER'
SPEN1 the WINTER in CALIFORNIA
Average Weekly Temperatures af Laaalag California Reserts for the
Week Eadlng SataTday. Jaaamry 13. 1917:
Max. MM. Mean.
.. 6.1 61 t
67 ii
.. 63 42 fT
.. bJ CI OS
Los An (... .
Arrowhead . .. ,
Long Beach.
Hollywood. .. .
Ooean Park
Venlca. ..........
Pasadena
Santa Barbara.. ..
01
1 2 -
but at depot
xf -
lnw ran
THB SOUTHLAND'S HOUSB OP HOSPI-
t "A BRdlOV FAMOfS FOR 1TS
k-T F.Ql.lBI.K WINTKK CLIMATE"
The Vlrsln'a baa a-ained a world-famous
reputation. This la due not onlr to the un
usual excellence of ita arvlce, appointmenta
and culaine, but a combination or all the
attributes of a sreat hostelry together with
an atmoaphere of true Virginia hospitality.
Oolf, tennis and ery diversion. Amer.
Plan. Absolutely fireproof. William P.
a-. p.estie, manager. .rr-'s
"One ef the Most Beautifully Situated Hotels
in Southern California
'3? A N
HHolaVwobd
TUB WWTKB HOTEL B tflK"
Mldway between I.oa Anseles and tha aea
at tha base at the picturesque Santa Monica
Mountains oa main boulevard from L.oa An
Seles to Santa Barbara. Twenty minutes
from Shopping district, thirty minutes from
ocean. Tehnis. bowling green and golf
course 6n grounds, tianclhg. Convenient ta
American plan. Tariff. 8.50 S.00 per
day. Weekly rates. Excellent cuisine, v.naa.
A. Cooke, iessee, jormeriy manitKrr um.
" ace and l-airraont fioieia, p
Pranclsco.
CASE REVERSED
SUPREME COl'BT Fli3 EltROR l?f
HORSE THEFT TRIAL.
Permission of lnetkpeteni EVIdeaee
by Presecuter Held, With Justice
Bean Dissenting;.
6ALEM, Or.i Jan. S3. (Special.) The
case of the State vs. Ewen McLennan
and M. McDonald, charge lareeny of
geldings and appealed from Wasco
County with W, L, Bradshsrw sitting
as judge, was reversed by the Supreme
Court today In an opinion by Justice
Burnett.' Testimony by Bates Khattuck,
a witness, te the effect that McLennan
came tointerview him after the indiet
ment was returned ahd evidenced a
desire to have the case settled out ot
court, was found not admissible by the
Circuit Court add it was withdrawn
from the Jury.
"The court having; done all It wouia
the matter, the question Is whether
the defendant's rights were not abused
beyond repair notwithstanding the
ruling of the Judge," says the opinion.
It is easy to eonceive a case wnere an
adroit ahd over-2ealdus prosecutor
might put In evidence Incompetent
matter which would be damaging to
the accused in the estimation of the
jury and yet. technically, not actually.
the error would be obviated oy exciua
Ing the same from their consideration."
Justice Bean dissents from the
oninion of Justice Burnett stating: that
"I am unable to concur In that part
of the oDinion which sanctions the
ruling of the trial court in holding
that the evidence relating to the so-
called compromise was inadmissible
and directing the jury not to consider
the same.
Other deciSWhs follow:
W. K. Frasler, respondent. Va. .Tj. R. Cot
trell, et al., appellant, appeal from Mult
nomah County; action on promissory note:
opinion by JubUcs Bean, affirming Judge
Morrow.
Alica J. Belmont, appellant, vs. John A.
Belmont, respondent, appeal from Mult
nomah County; suit for i Ivorce t opinion by
Justice Bean, faverslng judge Biorrow.
A. K. McOlalne. et eX. respondents, va
City of Eilverton. appelMnt: suit to quiet
title to real property In the City of Sil
vert in: opinion by Justice i Benson, reven
Ins; Judge Ualloway.
Henrv Bock, respondent, vs. City of Sll
verton, appeilantl appeal from Marion Coun
ty: suit to quiet title te real property In the
City of S!lvrtnti; opinion by Justice Benson
revernin Juries Oalloway.'
Aaron Andrews, respondent, vs. Winifred
Sercombe, et al., appellants, appeal from
Jacktron Coubtri suit te foreclose a eon
tract in the nature of mortgage ubon l
trSMTt of land in Jackson County: opinion
bykrhlef Justice McBrtdje, affirming Judge
Ca'klna
William A; K William epfrellahl. vs. U
Belle Williams. re!pondent, appeal from
Douglas County: suit to quiet title ta real
property in Duugias County; epinlon by
Chief Justice McBrlde, affirming Judge
Hamilton,
CITY PAVING DREAM FLITS
Clackamas Itoad Builder dels Good
' 1'Iaee in Canada.
OREGON' CITY, Or.. Jan. 23. (Spe-
ciaLj-r liurry warswick, ex-county
IIIIIK ' ,
Jt )
i Of fcy. f Southern oSfomm
a
HEALTH &
RESORTS
Max. Mln. llaan.
. 65 44 59
.. 4 43 5S
.64 40 11
. . 44 S4
Convenient io all Places of Interest
a -t-w "TY
If 5rf
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LOS ANGELESJt
tchm vuitif. southern oiifomU you wilt fi'1 jvvi
It to our advtnUM tt sojourn at th Cltrk tTj
Every desired luxury, refinement and convenience. Fi4
Situated In heart ot city, almost opposite Central
Park Cartlnea to Beah. Mountains, Missions
and OtTtvr placea of Interest Just a few steps from
hotel. 655 rooms, each with private bath, - Abso
lutely fireproof. Bath European and Amert.an
Diana Tariff from $1.50. Look for the Houl v.-i-
F. M. inmmirk.
31
iUUl 14 B XHVtun
LOS ANfiEXE'i
BROADTAt AT SEVENTH
Right In tha center of stiopp.nit.
feuBlneee and theatrical aQtlvitiet.
SoO - out-slUa rooms with prtvata
bHth. European plan ratea $1.50
and up. iNew kitchens, new dining-room.
Automobile bua from all
trains. The I"S Angeles hotel of
etmfrt and service. J, B. Lank
rttlUm, Prop vtn. R. flood, oigr.
"WESTERN AUSRICA'S fAMOVa PPA
t i .garni-trrmj "g Lj
C4 W 22 tA
5k-SPRINGS
ALTITIDK 20OO IKET.
Sixty inllea east of Los Angeiea. Tha tin
rat automobil boulvarda lead direct. Ot
our transportation lines. Lirra America a
plan hotel. Homa-rrown table product a.
The VoMd'l hottest curative eprlnRS. Mud,
water and steam -Radio-active. only 1)1
Sodium Arsenate natural steam eavee known
Numerous Indoor and outdoor diversions.
Icn"t fall to Tlstt Arrowhead. Folder.
ARROWHEAD PPRlKtJS I, o., eOUTHKRX
4
AHltHGTOH
ationa. Amer. Plan. World-famed fur both
its culaine and service. E. P Dunn, Lessee,
pavlhr superintendent, announced last
flight that he would leave in the next
Week or 10 days for Canada to accept
a position With a paving company, and
With him Will go aglimmering the city's
plans to own and operate a municipal
paving plant Unless the City Council
can 'find someone else equally versed
in the business,
Mr. Warswick came here in 1915 with
the Standard Paving Company, The
following Spring he induced the County
Court to buy a paving plaht ahd soon,
under his stlperintendency, the first
hard surface was laid on county roads.
Peyera! roads svere paved afterwards.
Fastest Time I
Across Pacific
15 Days to China
(Manila Hound Trip 437.&0)
IO Days to Japan
tteund Trip 330.0O
17 Days to Philippines
(Rennet Trip 437.B
Travel in Luxury on tho
Canadiafi-PaciSe Liners
Empress cf Russia .
Empress off Asia
Every convenience ot tip-to-date
travel, luxurious suites with bath etc.
New Overland Tear
between Yokohoma and Shanghai
through Japan and Korea by way si
PEKING
bnly $58 gold estra above rounl trip
steamship tare to Shanghai, Hongkong
r Manila. -'
Our eHices t eeh pert travelers
everv assistance in nlannin? itineraries
9 and seeming reliable guides.
Full Information cheerfully given.
'Phoaa, call or write,
J. V, Murphy, General Apent
S Tiurd Such, t oruanu. Orej
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HOTELS
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Absolutely Fireproof. 1 ;td'3'i aJS ;
On of the show ptacea "-",JJC '
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ed on a beautiful park of flowers fa
and greenery, and convenient to 1
beach, mountains, country club, etc II
Oolf and a score of healthful recre- li .
aw atlTlSlT - "
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