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13 TEACHERS TO GET SALARY INCREASES the present system of government In all nations and that when the war is over the people will be so tired of suf fering and misery and so burdened with debt that they will assert their equal rights with the kings and poten tates and turn things more or less for the benefit of everybody. 4 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917. 4 1 14 Per Cent General Rise Is Recommended by Finance Committee. BOARD ACTION NECESSARY New Schedule, Pro-riding Substan tial Adrances for Blajority of Grade and nigh Instructors,, Is In Answer to Petition. The new term of school win begin with a general Increase of 14 per cent In the salaries of Portland teachers, meeting- their demands made by peti tion to the School Board, and placing the district on a par with other Pa cific Coast schedules. The new schedule was indorsed last night at a meeting of the finance com mittee and the committee of the whole, with Directors Sommer, Drake and Pike present, and will be referred to the School Board for ratification, probably at a special session to be called before September 4, the date of school opening. Inasmuch as it already has the ap proval of a majority of the board, by committee action, it is believed to be assured of passage. 9177,638 Added to Payroll. The new schedule will create an In crease of f 177,638 in the payroll, which, for the present schedule, stood at 1, 179,974.50. It will affect fully 80 per cent of the teachers of Portland by material Increases, and will not fail to increase, though in lesser degree, teachers of shorter experience. By the new schedule salaries paid teachers of from two to eight years' experience are In most cases less than , the salaries now In vogue. After the . eighth year the Increases occur. But the lesser salaries will apply only to teachers who are entering the Portland service, and in no case will there be a reduction in the salary now paid to any teacher. Revision Answer to Demand. On the contrary, all teachers not af fected by the new schedule will receive an increase of $50, provided that no such increase will be allowed on pre vailing salaries of more than J1800. As most of Portland's teachers have been In the employ of the district for a number of years, they will receive direct increases from the new schedule. The schedule is in answer to the peti tions of the various teachers' organ izations for a revision upward. Re cently a. different schedule was devised and tentatively adopted, only to be dropped for the construction of the one which now will be enacted by the board. The proposed schedule follows: Elementary, Grades One. Two and Three. - Present Pro Experience. 1. 2 and 8. posed. i Two years ITS S 725 I BOO Three years. ....... 8'J5 773 650 Four years 900 8o0 700 Klve years lotto ims 7"j0 tlx years 10.".0 10O0 800 Seven years 1000 1000 000 Eight years. 10.10 10oo looo Nine years 10."0 1000 1100 Ten years. 1000 1000 1200 Grades Four to Ela-ht. Two years 825 S 700 Three years.. ............... .. 875 7."i0 Four years. 950 800 Five years 1050 S.'io Six years .................. 1100 900 f-ven y r it r.. ............ ...... 1100 looo Elrhtyears ...1100 1100 -lno vrara... ................. 1100 1200 Ten years 1100 1300 Senior Teachers Two or three rooms, above schedule. ......$ no Four, live or six rooms, above schedule.... 100 Principals. Average number pupils beloag-ing: preceding year, seven rooms and over; 20O J12S0 S1600 800 1550 1SU0 4O0 1700 2000 600 2000 2-'00 600 and up 2150 2400 Special Elementary Teachers. Tears In Portland. Present. Proposed. f irst S 950 X BOO econd 1100 looo ' Third llOO 1100 Fourth lion 12n0 Fifth. 1100 1300 Manual Training. Tears in Portland. First 1 900 - $lino Pecond 1000 1200 Third 1100 1300 Fourth 1200 1400 High Schools. Experience. Two years J11S0 $1000 Three years..... 1200 1050 Four years 1250 1100 Five years lsoo 1150 fix years 1350 1200 Seven years. ................ . 1350 1300 Klehtyears 1350 1400 Nine years 1350 15O0 Ten years 1350 inoo Head of department 1600 1S00 High School Principals. Average number of pupils belonging; preceding- year: 600 and below. ..$3000 $2no BOO to 1000 3000 300O 1000 and over 8000 8500 0. SC. TUXES 10 BE PAID GOVERMET WILL SETTLE WHAT RAILROAD OWED UP TO 1916. Counties Are Notified, However, That Ko Fnrtner RJsbta In Premises Will Be Recognized as Existing. Any of the 18 Western Oregon coun ties containing Oregon & California grant lands is authorized, under a rul ing; of the Federal Department of the Interior, to accept payment of taxes due on those lands at the time the Chamberlain-Ferris bill was passed without prejudicing; their rights for the further collection of taxes, penal ties and interest. Advice to this effect was received here yesterday by ex-Governor Oswald West who has classified the lands for taxation purposes and who asked the department if this could not oe cone. The reply says: "This department sees no objection to the course suggested, provided, however, that It be made plain that by entering into such a stipulation the Government in no way rec ognizes that the counties have any further rights in the premises. In other words, while it Is entirely satisfactory that the counties may expressly reserve such rights as they have, by agreeing to that, the Gov ernment does not concede that any such rights exist." VALUE AFFECTS FREIGHT Commerce Commission Authorizes Special Rates on Ore. WASHINGTON, As(. 10. Kates de termined upon the value of the prod uct transported, as well as the distance, were ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the case of zinc ores and concentrates from points In Montana and Idaho to Kansas, Mis souri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Based on a valuation not to exceed $100 a ton. rates of from $9.65 to $9.85 were authorized, according; to the dis tance of the haul. The Commission also authorized a rate of 76 cents a ton on chrome and manganese ore from Waters Creek. Or, to Grants Pass Or, on shipments des tined to points east of Chicago, where the value of the ore does not exceed $25 a ton. OIL LAND TITLES ARE LOST Government Beaten on Appeal In First Billion-Dollar Cases. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug:. 20. The Government lost claim to thousands of acres of oil lands In the Midway fields in Kern County, held by the Consoli dated Mutual and the North American Consolidated companies and others. In an opinion handed down today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here, reversing judgment f the lower court. The opinion, written by United States circuit Judge i.oss, will affect other suits brought by the Government in its so-called "billion dollar" oil cases to recover title o these lands, it was said. The opinion held that those In i.. -.session of the lands have legal right to the oil contained. WHEAT RUNS 63 BUSHELS i New Record Established In Sheridan District. SHERIDAN, Or, Aug;. 10. (Special.) The record wheat yield for this sec tion In several years was announced today, when three acres of Fall-sown grain on the J. A. Girshberger place, in the Harmony district, yielded 63 bushels to the acre. Spring oats qn the E. Arndt place, south of Sheridan, proved the season's exception in Spring grain, when" 20 acres threshed out 38 bushels to the acre, On the J. H. Stupf el . farm at Bellevue, east of Sheridan, 50 acres of Fall wheat went 30 bushels to the acre, and it is reported that the entire Belle vue section will average between 25 and 30 bushels. WAR'S EFFECTS DISCUSSED New York Attorney Says System of Government Will Change. Judge J. F. Rutherford, a New York attorney, who now Is head of the In ternational Bible Students' Association, spoke at the Lincoln High School last nisrht- His subject was. "Are We at .the End of the World?" and his answer was in the affirmative. He did not refer to the end of the world in a literal way, but rather in a . figurative sense. He declared that the present , world war Is the great climax that la to bring about the collapse of MAIL MUST BE SPECIFIC Company or Regiment Address Are Required on Letters to Men. WASHINGTON, Augr. 20. Mall for American soldiers in France will not be forwarded unless the addresses show the company and regiment or the name of the separate unit to which the sol dier belongs. Postmaster-General Burleson direct ed postmasters today to return to send ers all mail not addressed In that man ner. The American postal agency in France has been swamped with" mail bearing such addresses as "somewhere in France." "care the American ex peditionary forces," etc. Postal authorities in France. Enar- land and Canada have taken similar ac tion. MISS MACMASTER HOSTESS Portland Girl to Take Charge of X. W. C. A. Bungalow at Camp. TACOMA, Wash.. Auet'20. fSneclal.l Miss Maisle MacMaster. daughter of air. ana Airs, vv uiiam MacMaster. of Portland, has been appointed official hostess at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow at Camp Lewis. American Lake. Miss MacMaster and her mother will ar rive here in a day or two to confer with the Taeoma officials of the society. Miss MacMaster has spent the last year in training for the special war work of the y. W. C. A. She was named by the National War Council to serve at the first official hostess house at Plattsburg, N. Y. This new work is In line with the recreational plans for soldiers. LABOR QUIZ2 PROTESTED Miners' Head Denies Right of Colo rado Commission to Investigate. - DENVER, Aug. 20 James F. Moran, president of District No. 15, United Mine Workers of America, appearing before the State Industrial Commis sion today, denied the right of that body to take testimony In the hearing it is conducting In an effort to settle the difficulties between the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and its union employes. He refused to answer several ques tions, on the ground that the law es tablishing the Commission la unconsti tutional. He was ordered to appear before the Commission again when the hearing Is resumed tomorrow. BARRY AIDES PROMOTED Captain Fitch Named Ileutenant Colonel and Will Be Chief of Staff. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Promotions were announced today for two men who have served for some time under Major General Thomas H. Barry, until re cently commander of the Central De partment of the United States Army. Captain William Bryden, aide to Gen eral Barry, was made a Major, with orders to report at Camp Fort Dodge, R. 8. Fitch was named a Lieutenant-Colonel and will be chief of staff to General Barry when the latter assumes his duties as commandant at the Rockford, 111., cantonment. 'ot'- lh b pimperiy blended Bnexpnsfopack&g-all vaSue is in Ihe cigarette y;'. J$:.tL ' ' 3L';V;" L ills Mqq&? ,B dqkQ m lhe wrld CITY PLAY PLANNED Annual Tourney to Start at Laurelhurst Saturday. ALL AMATEURS ELIGIBLE RUSS DELEGATES NAMED Plana for New National Government to Be Considered August 25-2 7. LONDON. Aug. 20. The conference to be held at Moscow August 25-27 to consider plans for the new national government, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd says, will be composed as follows: Petrograd and Moscow town coun cils, 15 delegates each; other large towns, seven each; Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's delegates, 100; peas ants, 100; town semstvos. 400; co-operative societies, 800; industry. 120; agricultural societies, 100; represent atives of science. 100; Duma. 400. Net Proceeds of Tournament and Dance to Be Given to Ambu lance Fund Entries Close at 6 P. M. Friday. The annual city tennis tournament, which will be held on the Laurelhurst Club courts, will start next Saturday and will close on Monday with a dan cing party, during which the winners of the different events will be an nounced. The events this year will be as fol lows: Men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. ' Entries are open to any amateur ten nis player of the city or within 12 miles of the Courthouse of Multnomah County. Entry fees are 50 cents for each event entered, the player furnish ing his or her own balls for all events except finals. Play to Be Patriotic. This year's tournament will be con ducted as a patriotio event, the net proceeds of the tournament and tennis dance will be turned over to the United States National Lawn Tennis Associa tion to apply on its ambulance-purchasing fund, and a large entry list is expected. It Is expected that all the tennis players of Portland, will take part and In this way show their pa' triotism and interest In the game. This is the Laurelhurst Club's first venture as host to Portland tennis players. The club is well equipped for handling the tournament, having ample grandstand accommodations and five of the best clay courts In the city. The committee in charge hopes to get the first two rounds off before the third day, and as the tournament starts on Saturday it is believed there should be no trouble experienced In doing this. and It will be possible in nearly all cases to arrange play at the time most convenient to the players. dabs Are Co-operatlnsT. The Laurelhurst Club is noi accept ing entries and players are asked to sign up early. For the convenience of players, arrangements have been made to accept telephone, entries at the Laurelhurst Club. Other clubs of the city taking an interest In tennis are supplied with blanks and will turn In players' names. Entries close on Fri day at 6 P. M.. at which time the draw lng will take place. The tournament will be in charge of the Laurelhurst Club tennis committee, assisted by the officers of the Portland Lawn Tennis Association. The members of the Laurelhurst ten nis committee are: S. B. Cooke, chair man; Leonard C. Wilson, Harold M. West, E. Burslem Thomsen, Miss Ada Miriam Sinclair, Miss Ml.ldred Wilson. The Portland Lawn Tennis Associa tion officers are: A. B. McAlpln, presi dent; A. D. Morris, Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club; Walter A. G-oss, Irving ton Tennis Club; Prescott Coo'klngham, Waverley Country Club; S. B. Cooke, Laurelhurst Club; Clifford C. Harrison, secretary-treasurer. YOUTHS DOUBLES WINNERS Phil Neer and Paul Steffen Laurel hurst Champions. Phil Neer and Paul Steffen gathered another victory to their present long list of conquerings by winning the men's doubles of tho Laurelhurst Intra Club tennis tournament yesterday, de feating C. C. Harrison and E. P. Steln- metz. To say these two won the men's doubles speaks well of their playing when the combined ages of the two is only. 35 years. Ne-r and Steffen won in a four-set match, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 8-6. Playing a short and deep lobbing game and then switching to a driving game made the win easy for the victors. The new champions will hold posses sion of the doubles trophy until next season, when it will be put up for competition. It must be won twice to become the permanent possession of the players. ST. JjOUIS RECALLS FDfCHER Tobln, of Bees, and Murray, of Oaks, Also Wanted by Fielder Jones. CINCINNATI. Aug. 20. The Na tional Baseball Commission today Is sued its annual lists of options exer cised by major league clubs upon play ers with minor league clubB. The list Includes: By Detroit, from San Francisco, Baker; by St. Louis, from Salt Lake, Tobln; Portland, Fincher; Oakland, Murray; Omaha, Miller. Park. Yardley. National League By Brooklyn from Spokane, Fitzsimmons; by Chicago, from Los Angeles, Seaton. The commission also issued a sup plemental list of optional agreements entered into by major and minor league clubs. It follows: National League By Chicago to Los Angeles, Seaton. Rain Halts Bout. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 20. The 10 round. no-declsion fight between Peter Herman, claimant to the bantamweight championship of the world, and Jack Douglas, of San Francisco, set for to night in a n open-air arena, was. post poned until tomorrow, morning on ac count of rain. What Ex-Coasters Did in the Majors Yesterday. "C Murdock Appointment Confirmed. N WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Without opposition the Senate today confirmed nominations or ex-rtepresentative vie tor Murdock,' of Kansas, to the Federal Trade Commission and all except two of the nearly 200 Malor-Generals and Brigadier-Generals recently named by President Wilson. HtJCK" WARD, ex-Beaver, made two errors and failed to hit for the Pirates. Schmidt went hltless. "Bullet" Miller shut out Brooklyn with three hits in 10 innings. Ivan Olson, ex-Beaver, failed to hit for Brooklyn. Jimmy Johnston. ex-Oak, went hit less for the Dodgers. Cutshaw, ex-Oak. doubled for Brook lyn. "Ping" Bodle, er-SeaL got two sin gles for the Athletics. Ray Bates, ex-Beaver, failed to hit for Connie Mack. Jack Graney, ex-Beaver, failed to hit, made an error and scored for Cleve land. Joe Evans, another ex-Beaver, was out of the line-up. Rodger Pecklnpaugh, ex-Beaver, went hltless for the Yanks. Oscar Vitt, ex-Seal, failed to hit for Detroit. Harry Hellmann, ex-Seal and ex-Colt, made two singles for the Tigers. "Pep" - Young failed to help Detroit with his hitting. "Rowdy" Elliott, ex-Oak, made two hits for the Cubs. Dave Bancrofts ex-Beaver, got two bJts for the Phillies. Cravath doubled for the Phillies. Agnew singled and stole for the Red Sox. McMullin got three hits and stole for the White Sox. "Swede" Rlsberg. ex-Tiger, singled for the White Sox. "Chick" Grandil tripled and got two slnsrles In the first game for the White Sox. He was blanked In the second game. W. BLOCK IS FLY-CASTER Summer Disorders Often Come From Impurities in the Blood Get in condition for perfect health. So many people drag through the Summer season with that worn-down tired-out feeling, that almost entirely unfits them for their daily tasks, with out knowing Just what the cause is. It is Just now that a few bottles of S. S. S. will prove Its great worth. This great blood remedy is a wonder ful purifier, and promptly cleanses the blood of all impurities, renewing the vitality that comes with a restored ap petite. It i absolutely without an equal as a tonic and system builder. S. S. S. has been on the market for more than fifty years, and Is sold by druggists everywhere, who will tell you that it is thoroughly reliable. Write today for Important literature, and free medical advice from our med ical director. Address Swift Specific Co, Dept. T209, Atlanta. Ga. Adv. Anglers' Club Member Takes Honors in Tourney Sunday. W. C. Block received more than his share of the honors at the Multnomah Anglers' Club fly and bait-casting tournament Sunday. He won four firsts and one second place, breaking all club records for distance half-ounce bait casting. The results: Distance bait cast, one-fourth-ounee W. C. Block. 132 4-5 feet; w. F. Backus. 80 feet: Dr. E. C. McFarland. 06 1-6 feet Distance bait cast, one-half-ounce W. C. Block. 193 2-5 feet; W. F. Backus, 131 S-B feet; A. K. Burghduff, 145 feet. Distance bait, three-quarter-ounce, 8-pound test line Jack Herman, 128 2-6 feet; A. T. Grlbble, 123 3-6 feet; W. Applesate, 99 4-5 feet. Accuracy bait, one-fourth-ounee W. c. Block, la demerits; Dr. El. C. McFarland, 25 demerits; W. F. Backus, 2T demerits. Fisherman's accuracy bait casting, using regulation tackle and bass lure (unknown distances) A. E. Burghduff. 11 t .merits: W. Applegate, 14 demerits; K. C. McFarland, 10 demerits. Distance fly casting, light rod Warren Cornell. 105 feet: W. C. Block. 100 feet; W. E. Carlon, 91 feet. Dry-fly accuracy W. F. Backus. 10 de merits: W. c. Block. 15 demerits; Dr. E. C. McFarland, A. K. Burghduff. W. E. Car lon. Ray C. Winter tied for third. In cast off Burghduff won. 2 ARMY MULES CAUSE WOE Beasts Responsible for Making Most of San Diego Dry. SAN DIEGO, CaL, Aug. 20. Two mules will make most of San Diego "dry" at midnight tomorrow. The sale of liquor at all places within one-half mile of the aviation school barracks has been ordered discontinued. Later this ruling was interpreted to apply also to a stable of the quartermaster corps, where two Army mules are quar tered. The half-mile zone from this stable includes all the principal ho tels and cafes. u fili -n aw mm mt Baa -m j "National iantr is a most enjoyable and sue cessful way of really getting "Back to Nature" This great national playground is for all the people. 191 7 season will soon be gone. We will be delighted to perfect plans for Yellowstone Trips on short notice. Remember the new and popular route is IIUIIOM BACIFIC SYSTEM PORTLAND gfi if I m tim. mm V it1 1 'i Through Sleeper leaves Portland Union Station 6:13 p.m. every day City Office, 3rd and Washington Broadway 4300; A -61 21 tir UrM fl IT) ) A A L. fffc.lt..i!!TII i