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TTTE SrORXTXO OREGOXIAN. f RID AT, TEBRTJAItY 15, 1918. 13 WASHINGTON FIVE LOSES STAR GUARD Scratch on Cook's Arm Threat ens Blood Poisoning and Player to Stay Home. the fond to supply footballs for use of eoldlra In Franc and 1 Ooo will be aa across tha ocean. Tha first t0 have been shipped. SOMMERS TRAINS FOR BOCT TEAM IS MUCH WEAKENED Absence of Crack Player to Be Felt Greatly oa Trip South. When Quintet Will Meet O. A. C and "Cnlvewlty of Orefoa. laeaaichalaHa Beahatball Standings. Laacaa B. W 1. pvt. Llama I 1 (fnnn t J-ff.rvoo S 1 .T jma John a .uoa HiU " Laacaa A. r:abia J"0 rrmnklla 1 Whlrstoa 1 1 - Cririua Brvtbara ...... 1 2 -Si B.eaoa . SEATTLE. Wuh, Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Just bafora leaving for Port land, oat of which city the loam wilt Journey to Corrallla and Eugene for uim with Oregon and tha Orairon Agglsa. tha Cnlverslty of Washington baaketball team loat IU atar guard. ""A scratch on tha arm of Cook, tha best defanaa man on tha aquad. de veloped signs of turning Into blood poison! n and tha college authoiill'a hav decided that tha crack player will ha left at home Coofc'a abeenca will weaken tha team eonaldtrably. for ha waa tha malnatay of CAarh Hunl'l defenaa. Coa-h Hunt and elcht men will make tha trip. Ida. Cilluly. Jamleaon. Murphyw Char lea and Holhrook and two maa to be selected this allernoon win snake up tha team. The leant le taking Ita flrat trip of tha eeaeon. Tha Al will be mn tomorrow and Saturday nights and tha Len-ton-Telloar oa Monday and Tuea day nights. Sew rassblaatlm FaaC Wsablarton'a chief hop la that the table can be turned against X A. C. for tha two defeat handed out by the Aggies two weeka ago. Since that time a new combination haa beo formed, which defeated th Jtet Reslment team from Camp Lewi and broke even with Waahtngton State College. Tb victory over Pullman waa made after Zimmerman, whoae playing- at renter la aliased to hava bean Illegal, had returned to Kllenabura. wher rre la aald to be teaching echool and coaching hlah achool bketblL "Tnir team la a bunch of comers." aald Coach Hunt after tha Friday nlghl victory. "We'll gtte a good account of uraelvea on tha ttreaon tnvaaion. 1 hope, but wa do not bank strongly on victory over the Ate aa they have a veteran five and will be playing- on their homo floor. Nina men will pa taken south, ac cord & g to present plana. Ida and ilol brook, forwarde: Jtmlwnn. center, and C'm( and Murphy, suarda. are practic ally certain of their places, but what sabetllulea will go aloea; la uncertain. Traaa All Greesw Of tb flrat-atrlac men. all are play tna their first year of Intercolleclate basketball. Ide. forward, waa a aub on Northwest Middleweight to Meet Private Johnson Tomorrow. At Sommera. middleweight champion of tha Northwest, is not going to taka any chancea with Private Jim Johnson whan they meet In tha main event of th military boxing ahow. which will b bald at tha Eleventh-street Play houaa tomorrow night for tha benefit of tha Cantonment Athletic Fund, bom' mere la training hard. ' Ab Gordon will meat Private Jimmy Tetro la tha aemt-wtndup and accord ing to reports from Vancouver Aba will ba la for a torrid e salon. Tetro halla from New York. Muff B ronton. Jo Benjamin, Freddie Anderson. Joa Cormaa and several other Portland fighters will ba on tha card. Besides tha above mentioned bouts thar will ba etjrht or 1 three-round goea between soldiers stationed at tha Barracks. iSMELT COMBINE TO KEEP UP PRICE ALL-STARS WANT GAME CHALLENGE OF BAI B'RITH IS AC CEPTED BT TEAM. Piepeatrtea la Made Coach Lee a Faare Arvaaglag for Taree-Gassa Series far Title. Tha undefeated Sully's All-Stars have aocepted tha challenge of tha B'nai B'rlth baaketball team to play for the championship of tha state, and are open to meet the crack B. B. quintet any time that la agreeable to Coach Leon Fabre. Sully's All-Stars wish to meet the B'nai B'rlth team In a three-game series. One game to be played on the B'nai B'rlth floor, one on the Christian Brothers floor and a third game. If neceasary. to ba played on a neutral floor. Alao Sully's All-Stars wish to play on a baala of winner taka all tha rate receipts, but pay tha floor rent. They will toaa up to see on which floor and date tha first game will ba played. Tha above proposition aeems to be fair enough and no doubt Fabre will take up tha Sully team's challenge at onrt. Tha All-Stars hava a atrong aatrre- gatlon of baaket-toasers and ahould make tha B'nai B'rlth team atep to de feat them If they meet. The follow ing are on the team: Benny Williams. Muellen and Sullivan, forward!; Iur nane. center: Fromme. Murdoch and GodnlL guards. Houck. a former Chris tian Brothers star, who has been In California, will return thia week and play on Sully's All-Stars the reat of the eaaln- lnnv William waa captain on last year'a Jefferson High School I n- erscholaatlc League charaplona. Sul livan la a former Mount Angel atar and Is well known to tha Portland baa ketball fana. GAMP TO BAR LEAGUERS ortriCEit nr.rnm soldiers cai PLAT BALL OF EU AL CALIBER. Fishermen Along Cowlitz River Prepare to Reap Big Harvest When Spring Run 'starts. CITY MARKET BARRED OUT Rate of One Cent a Pound Minimum Agreed To, No Matter Hour Great the Catch, and Tjirce Buyers to Control the MarkeL Piapaaal That Paetfle Coast leterma- Itaaal Teaaaa Play at C'aana Lewis Meets With Or '! a. TACOMA, Wash- Feb. It. (Special.) Pacific Coaat International League baseball will not be played at Camp Lewla thla Summer. It la aald that thia decision, not yet officially made pub lic, waa reached by tha camp athletic J council. The objection against league ball rami from the council member, who believe that professional league oMaeio.ii. iae. orw.ro, ... . suo on , waa proposed, would not bene tha freahman five last year but haa fl, ,h ,,,,,,.,. They say that baae- ball aa good or better than tha league article can ba provided by tha aoldlcra themselves. Such men aa Captain (Death Valley) Jim Scott, of tha Whl(a So, and a host of minor leaguera are here In khaki. The offlcera believe also that a dl vlelonal team would take am-ay the beet player from tha regimental ten ma and thua destroy Interest, and above all. they point out that tha soldiera would ba helping to aupport tha league on tha daya such gamea were played at tha cantonment. com ahead fast thla year and playa a speedy gam. Holbrook la email, but faet and la dangeroua on long ahota as well aa under tha baaket. Jamleaon was center oa the freahman five In Il and haa put up a better exhibition with each game thia year. Hie apecialty la scoring baakata from the tip-otf un der tb basket, having turned thla trick tare tlmee In four gamea. Murphy la heavy, faet and cool and handles th hall la fine style. Thla le hi first year at basketball, though b baa been la eolieg four year. Hecaua there ore no letter men on th squad. Waahlngton haa no baaket ball captain thla year. Inetead. Coach Hunt dealgnatee a captain for each game, aa waa dona by Besdek at Oreaoa. The university frimn will alao take a trtp thla week-end. playing the Sedro Wooliey and Hell'ngbam high school. Tha freshman hava lost only one gam this year and frequently give th varsity a rlo rub. CRIiriTII SELLS JOHV IIFAKY Boatoa Pravee Tan-haae Catcher of Vtathlngtoa Americana. NEW TORK. Feb. It. It waa semi officially announced here today that tha American League clube will waive rlalma on John Henry, catcher of the Waahiagton Americana, and be will go to th Boatoa club of tha National League. President Frasee. of th Bton Red ov. and Connie Mack, of th Phila delphia. Athletics, war In consultation for a long time regarding the players which tha Boetoa club I to give In return for th ervic of First Base man Mclnole. lour ptayere are to ba aent to Philadelphia, but at tha end f th conference no deftnlt arrange mmt had been made and It looked aa If the Futon management would nave to purchase them la order to complete th deal. Clark Ortfflth. having obtained tha neceeeary waiver, on Catcher John Henry, of tha Washington club, sold hlra outright to th Boston Nationals. Th Cleveland Americans bought Pitcher John Rnsmann from tha New. ark International. Tha only other deal made known during the day was the releas of pitcher Sam Los and Outfielder T.erett Banketoa by the New Tjrh American to tha Southern Association rtuh at Memphis. Tean. no alt Tikes two ix t6ck.ky lotar aroca Played la City Cham ptahlp Billiard Serlee, DEMPSEY BEATS FLYNN DR.tTrR FIR EM AX CHLOROFORMKD FIRST ROlD BT BLOW. Four thre-cushlo billiard games were played yeaterday ta th city championship tournament new going on m i ta Waldorf billiard Parlors. I to It waa k it maa of th day. aa ha woattatlngly condemns tb practice of mak Jewa W II lard. Heavyweight Champion. That H Will Fight W'laaer of Dempaey-Faltaa C. CHICAGO. Fab. 14 Jack Pempsey knocked out Jlru Flynn In leaa than tha Urst two minutes of what waa sched uled aa a le-round bout at Fort Sheri dan tonight. Both fighters are beavy wrlghta. lempey forced the fighting from the start, a eerie of left and right blows to tha head driving hla opponent into tha rones. The knockout cams exactly one minute and ten seconds after th match began, when Dempaey landed a terrinc left hook to th jaw which knocked th vtran clear through tha ropea and Into tha crowd. Impy. th victor In tonight's bat tle, waa knocked out by Klynn In th first round of a bout at Salt Lake a year ago Jesa Wlllard. heavyweight champion of the world, haa announced that ha Is ready to met th wlnnr of a bout be tween lmpey and. Fred Fultoa la a fight for tha championship. PLYING SUIT! lit! OPPOSED Public Service Commission Aacrlben Accident to Method PALEM. Or, Feb. 1 1 (Special) Th Pubis- Service Commlaslon today roundly condemned tha practice on railroads of making flying ewitchee. in a report on th accident at Gobi Uecember 12. 11. when William K. Ma kineter and hla son war killed by a freight train on th Spokane. Port land ceattl road. "It la entirely probable that thla ac cident would have beea avoided had proper precauriona been taken." aaya the retort. "The commission unhesl- Vot a of th two game la which h took part. In th first gam he eaelly defeated Levinaon. J to 14. and ha then won ever Saaders by a acor of le to IT. Both Sander and Levlneoa each won gam and lost on. Lvlnoa de feated Pick. 1 to !. and Sander also beet II eke. ) to 1. Sanders ragia terwd a high run of fa la hi match with tilcka. vvral runs of three points war buag ap by all tha play er. Several matches will ba played tale atteraeoa and evening. Foot ha I U Seat to Soldier. A total of tISd Harvard athlete sad grsdaatee have contributed Sie to lag flying or drop switches and rec ommend that they b dlspenaed with wbrvr poelbl. Robertson Quits Glanta. NORFOLK. Vi, Feh. 14 Davis Rob ertson, outfielder of the New York Na tional today returned his contract unsigned to Manager McOraw because of a disagreement aa to salary. Rob ertson accepted a position today as ath letic director at th Norfolk High School and announced be bad ault pro feealonal bbalL Pbon your want ada to Tb Orego nlaa. Mala !. A !. And now behold! Our old friend, the smelt, the famed Columbia River smelt, that w counted on as our last great ally In the struggle against the high coat of living, baa deserted gone Into the bands of a price-fixing- combine. It la not the olj combine we have heard so much about in recent years In connection with fish dealing and canning along the Columbia and else where, but It la a new combination made up of the fishermen and con curred In either willingly or unwillingly by buyers who have agreed to pay the price. The combination has mt.de its head quarters at Kelso. Wash., which Is the center and controlling and distributing place for the smelt caupht in vast quantltlea in the Cowlitx River, and not caught In large quantities else where. The Cowltts Is the dip-net smelt atream of the country, furnishing each year the tons upon tons of smelt that find their way Into tha world markets. 13C Flaherssea Slga Agreement. One hundred and thirty-six or eitrht flHhermen working out of Kelso, Ka lama and neighboring places on the Cowlitx got together some time ago and signed an agreement not to sell their catchea for .lesa than a cent a pound or 60 penis a box of SO pounds. Tha agreement la hard and fast and la alated for the entire smelt season, which usually lasts all the way from six weeks to two months. Irish buyers and others have been let In on the arrangement and the whole affair la cut. dried and awaiting only the commencement of the season, which may be any time within the next day or two. Three buying concerns have head quarters on the Kelso waterfront and will handle the fish. These three are tha Seaside Packing Company, the Co lumbia River Smelt Company and a branch established by the Northwest Fish Company of Portland, with Coe A. McKenna. of Portland. In charge In Portland and Bert Hays, of Vancouver. Wash , In charge at Kelso. This Is this concern's first appearance in the smelt gam. Oae Ceat a Poaad Mlalmaaa. The fishermen have signed up to hold out for a minimum of 1 cent a pound during the whole season regardless of the quantities of fish caught. The buying concerns on tha other hand have fixed the minimum price at Si cents a box of 50 pounds to wholesalers f. o. b. Kelso and tl a box to retailers f. o. b. th same place. They claim their mini mum la the lowest minimum possible aa long aa the fishermen hold out. The price to fishermen will be an ad vance of 100 per cent over the mini mum price received during the smelt season a year ago. Tha price then got down to 2i cents a box or t cent a pound. As th season has started on the present small scsle the big run not having started yet tha fishermen re ceive cent a pound for all they can catch. Thia price has prevailed for th last couple of days. The fish was o the Portland retail market yesterday a 10 centa a pound. The 4 cents hooked on between the buying point and th conaumers' point la not considered cx cesslve. Inasmuch as there Is added to the coat between those points such ex penses as shout 10 cents a box for freight and 17 centa for packing an handling. Six-Cent Price Caaaot Last. When the big run atarts, however, it la likely the bottom will be knocked out of the price and the ftsherme will get their 1 cent in place of t centa. Thla will be 100 per rent above las yeare low-water marg. i nereiore. sue bargalna aa smelt at retail in Portlan several pounds for 10 cents will not be visible this season uniesa somethtn happens to th combination. The fish ermen expect to stick to their agree ment and the buyers probably will have to. To those people who make a pnac tlca of pickling or "putting up" large quantltlea of amelt each ses.son. thl Information perhaps Is not pleasing. The city's fish market apparently offers no solution to the problem, for In tha eyea of the amelt com bin what applies to retail stores In Port land appllea to the city market. Th minimum price aa long as fishermen get a cent a pound will be between II. 40 and 1180 a hundred pounds, to which will be added freight costs, etc. City Market Barred Oat. City Commissioner- Kellaher. who haa charge of th city' fish market. haa ben firmly Informed that hla mar- ket would be shut out of the smel field. He got this information from three different persons. Accordingly he sent down yesterday to dig into af fairs and found that he can get amelt. but only after middlemen'a profits. etc. have been annexed. Fishermen Interviewed at Kelso were not reticent at all In telling of the com binatlon arranged. It waa discovered without any great amount of research that the fishermen are satisfied to fish for th thre buyers located on the water front and are not seeking any new outlets for their supply. Accord ingly th only way the city market can get any smelt will be to send in Its own boats and fishermen or purchase the supply with middlemen's commissions. etc, booked on. Wholesale Dealer Prefect cd. v Buyers freely said their price ar rangements war such aa to protect the wholesaler In Portland. They hava arranged not to sell to retailers for less than tl a box of SO pounds. Whole salers will get theirs for a minimum of tt cents a box. None of the buyers st Kelso have been soliciting any Portland retail trade and. In face want none! They are. however, out for big aaatern ehipment. .Von of th buyers have any ar rangamenta with Portland retailers. In fact, they aay they want none, for they do not want to monkey with dally ship ments of a few hundred pounds. It Is In the Kaatarn carload shipments that the bdyers will make their cleanup. Judging from a view of tha situation at Kelso. Columbia River amelt haa been extensively advertised In the East and many carloada will be ahlpped this sea son more carloads by far than ever before. With th fish costing th buyers or wholesalers a little better than a cent a pound ready for ahipment. the op portunltlea ar n. What tha prloea will be la a matter of conjecture. They started out In St. Paul a few daya ago at It cents a pound made ready for ahipment at Kelso for a little better than cents a pound. They bare sold In part of tb East as high aa 10 cents a pound, according to 'buyers. Considering the profits supposed, at least, to be in the Eaatern carload lot business, the fishermen may be justi-fi-d In holding" out for 1 cent a pound. But it goes hard with-Portland smelt fanciers. The fishermen give as their Justification for their 100 per cent In crease, the fact that the cost of their dip nets, their gasoline, their engine supplies, boots and all other things en tering Into tbelr business haa jumped skyward. HENRY G. PERKINS DIES GRANTS PASS RESIDENT CAME TO OREGOt IX 1853. RISE IN fill WAGE IS FAVORED Same Scale for Women in Like Work in State Proposed by Commission. PUBLIC MEETING ARRANGED Joaraey Across Plata From Indiaaa Took Six fataa and Many Tragic Iaddenta Occurred. GRANTS PASS. Or, Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Henry Clay Perkins, pioneer of 1852, died at the family residence early this morning, aged 71 years 8 month and 14 days. For the past eight years he bad been suffering from paralysis. and for nearly five years had bee helpless, confined to his bed much of the time. He is survived by his wife, to whom fell the burden of his care. and one son. Charlton Perkins, now in New York. Mr. Perkins was the son of Joseph and Mary Perkins and one of a family of six children and was born In Mont gomery County, Indiana. May 30, 184 When he was 8 years old the Perkins family started for Oregon, traveling 1400 miles by water on the Wabash, Ohio. Mississippi and Missouri rivers to Libby. Mo. They were six months cross ing the plains and although they had no trouble with Indians, their trip was eventful. One brother died of cholera and was burled on the trait One member the party, William Pierce, was mur dered by a Mr. Donahoe, who was given a trial and waa executed by a firing squad. At The Dalles the party built flat boats and descended the Columbia, the trip to Portland requiring three weeks. On the river trip a lad, delirl ous with fever, escaped from his bed and plunged into the river and was drowned at Cape Horn! The party ar. rived in Portland November 22. 1852, where they remained until the follow ing November. They went to Albany and later set tied in Lane County on a donation claim. Young Perkins attended school In the Long Tom district. In 18,3 h wss married to Lillas L. Brlstow, who survives him. Mr. Perkins served as County Surveyor of Lane County six years. He moved to orants Pass in 18 and served Josephine County as Rurvevor for six years. A brother, will lam Harrison Perklns.ewas lost on the Brother Jonathan, which was wrecked off Crescent City. Inquiry Board, Fallowing Scheduled Session Wednesday, Will Formu late Recommendations to Sub mit to Wei fa re Commission. U. OF 0. COUPLE WEDDED ELMER HALL. EX-l'. OF O. ATHLETE, MARRIED IX ASTORIA. Emssa W'aottoa, Popular l alverslty Co- Ed, Bensaea Bride of Faetball Player New with Marine. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, 0r Feb. 14. (Special.) Another war marriage among students of the unl verslty was performed this afternoon in Astoria, when Emma Wootton. aec- retary of the Associated Students and a member of the senior class, was weo. ded to Elmer Hall, graduate and for mer football star of the university, now enlisted with the Mare Island Marine Corps. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride s parents, sir. ana Mrs. Thomas Wootton. Mrs. Hall is one of the most promt nent women on the Oregon campus. She is a member of the Olrls- Glee Club and active In dramatic circles, besides being affiliated with the Gamma PHI Beta sorority and Theta Sigma pni. Kwama and Scroll and Script honorary sororities. She waa editor of the Ore gona, the university year book, laat vear. Mr. Hall la the son of Joseph W. Hall, of Baker, and graduated from the unl veraity In 1914. While In school he made an enviable record aa one of the varsity football stars. He enlisted with the Marines soon after the' war broke out and played with the famous Mare Island football team of last sea son. He is a member of the local chap ter of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Mrs. Hall is expected to return to her studies next week and continue with her class to graduation in June. AUTO ACCIDENT HURIS 3 MACHINE DROPS 33 FEET FROM TILLAMOOK BRIDGE. r. J.' E. Reedy, Fred McKlaley and Jaaaes Wllaoa Narrowly Eacape Death la Plunge. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Feb. 14. (Special) Dr. J. E. Reedy, Fred McKlnley and Jamea Wilaon were seriously Injured in an automobile accident today. Dr Reedy was requested by Sheriff Camp bell to drive McKlnley, who is a spe cial Deputy Sheriff, to the Seeney- Bremer shipyards, three miles west ol Tillamook, to bring Wilson, a witness In a state case on trial in the Circuit Court, to court- Returning, the machine skidded, tore through the railing on the Tillamook River bridge and dropped a distance of 2S feet, pinning the occupants under the car. Dr. Reedy was badly bruised and sua talned a severe gaah on the side of his head, requiring several atltchea. Me Klnley's head was held under water until he waa almost drowned. He waa unconscious when taken out. but be sides a severe shaking up was unin Jured. Wilaon was only badly bruised. Dr. Reedy Is a leading veterinary sur geon of Tillamook County and has lived here for a number of years. He bad recently enlisted In the Untied Stakes Army aa a veterinary and intended to report for duty in San Francisco next Monday. An increase ranging from IS to nearly li per cent in the minimum wage of women workers in this state waa tentatively agreed to Wednesday night at an executive session of the board of inquiry, which has been con ducting an investigation as to the cost of living preliminary to recommending to the Public Welfare commission us recommendation for readjustment up ward of the present wage scale paid these employes. The figures fixed at last night's meeting are tentative for two reasons. In the first place, the final decision of the conference must be reached at a public meeting. Secondly, the board wished to give all employers an oppor tunity to appear and make any objec tions they have to the proposed in creases before officially declaring for the new scales. . Recommendations to Be Made. Thla meeting will be held at 2 o'clock next Wednesday at the Courthouae. The conference thereafter will formu late its report and recommendations and submit them to the Welfare Com mission. The conference further decided tenta tively to recommend that the proposed minimum scale of wages for women apply to the same employments throughout the state where the hours of labor are the same. Under the pres ent wage scale women employed in the same work outside of Portland are paid less wages for the same number of hours. Apprentice Rule Proposed. Another Important recommendation with reference to the employment of apprentices was also agreed to by the conference. It provides that "any wdman who shall have completed any prescribed period of service as an ap prentice, she shall not thereafter, while working for the same employer, be paid a wage less than that prescribed for the next preceding period, unless a permit therefor shall be issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. The conference baeed the proposed Increases on figures submitted by Pro fessor Paul H. Douglas, of the depart ment of social economy at Reed Col lege, showing that the cost of living in Portland increased 40 per cent be tween June 15. 1918 and November 15, 1917. Changes to Be Suggested. The changes agreed to by the con ference for the different employments follow: Mercantile establishments Weekly wage increased from $9.25 to $11 for eight hours and 20 minutea a day, or SO hours a week. Length of apprentice ships reduced from one year to eight months and divided into three periods of one, three and four months, with new scale of $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, re spectively, as against $6. $7 and $8 formerly. Manufacturing establishments -In crease from $8.64 to $10 a week for nine hours a day, or 64 hours a week. Ap prenticeship term remains at one year, as at present, divided into three equal periods of four months each. Wages nrreaaed from $6. $7 and $S to $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, respectively. Average weekly rate for piecework increased from $8.64 to $10. provided that after woman has worked three weeks at pre vailing piece rates she shall be paid a minimum of $t.0 per week, instead of $6. Laundries Scale May Rlae. Personal service establishments In crease from $8.64 to $10 for nine hours a day or 64 hours a week. Appren tices increased from $6, $7 and $8 to $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, respectively. Laundries Increase from $8.64 to $10 for nine hours a day or 54 hours a week. Apprentices increased from $6, $7 and $8 to $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, re-, apectively. Piecework scale increased from $8.64 to $10 with minimum of $6.90 instead of $6 after woman has worked three weeks. Telephone operators Increase from $8.64 to $10 for nine hours a day or 64 hours a week. Apprentices Increased from $6, $6.60. $7.20 and $7.80 to $6.90, $7.60, $8.30 and $9, respectively. Telegraphers Are Considered. Telegraph operators Increased from 8.64 to $10 for nine hours a day or 54 hours a week. Apprentices increased from $6. $7 and $8 to $6.90. $8.05 and $9.20. respectively. Office occupation Increase from $40 to $47.50 a month for week of 51 hours. Apprentices increased from $6, $7 and $8 to $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, respectively, when paid by the week. Housekeeping Increased from $8.64 to $10 for nine hours a day or 64 hours week. Apprentices increased from $6, $7 and $8 to $6.90, $8.05 and $9.20, re spectively. A slight Increase in rates to be charged by the employer for lodging and board zurnlehed any woman em ploye is also granted by the conference, as follows: Lodging, $1.40 to $1.60 a week; board, 32.80 to $3.20 per week. was passed he must have thought a new man was on the job, for it was passed first to him.. He dug down in his pocket, Methodist fashion, but halt- ed when he noted a box of brimstone tipped sticks on the plate. He did hot know what tha joke was until the pas tor explained that under the box of matches was a mortgage, the last sign of debt against the church, and that It was the desire of the church that the superintendent burn the paper before the congregation. This he did while the congregation joined In singing the Doxology. The church now is in better financial condition than for many years past and the removal of the last vestige of debt was due in large part to the efforts of Rev. Joseph Knotts, the pastor; J. H. bimeral and S. L. Mackin, who were appointed a committee at the board meeting in October to devise means of raising ' the debt. A "liberty special" did the trick and the committee was discharged by the pastor with the in junction to go and si(g)n no more. Dr. Moore administered' the commu nion and preached on the subject "A New Heaven and a New Earth." ROTARY CLUBS UNITED NORTHWESTERN CONTENTION DEL EGATES PLEDGE SERVICES. Mere Than Three linndred From Lead ing Cities of Northwest ia Ses sion, at Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) Delegates ol Northwestern Rotary Clubs, in convention here today, are pledging the greatest possible war serv ice work for the duration of the war in the matter of assistance in raising war funds and other important home service. More than 300 delegates from the lead ing cities of Oregon, British Columbia and Washington this afternoon dis cussed details of rotary war service and will leave for their homes tomor row night equipped with suggestions and Information to help speed up their respective organisations for Uncle Sam. The convention was called to order by District Governor Ralph Shaffer. Dr. F. B. Short pronounced the invo cation. Governor Shaffer appointed J. E. Pinkham, of Seattle, chairman of the committee on resolutions, and David Ackerman, of Spokane, chairman of the credentials committee. The Portland delegates, numbering 56 in all. arrived early over the O.-W- R. & N. All delegates were met at the trains by the Spokane reception committee and taken to the Davenport in auto mobiles, where the visitors were wel comed and registered. Shafts of popular songs, repartee, im promptu choruses, yells and medley of parodies sung to popular airs, stabbed the atmosphere at the Hall of the Doges during the luncheon hour when the room was filled with joyous rotarians. Kaiser Bill and the war came in for a share of the limelight. In quick succession Portland, Seattle, Everett and other delegations started singing and at times two or more clubs were on their feet singing at once. The crowd jammed every corner of the room. Portland interjected 1919 convention yells throughout the entertainment, a fair sample of which was: "Happy operation we'll remove your spleen When you come to Portland in 1919.' B You'll like our table d'hote meals: 25 Cents and Up f or breakfast and lunch. 35 for dinner. Cents and Up A la carte service is continuous. imperial ; Manager. fl t MEMORY SADLY LACKING POSSESSION OF 1300 SAID TO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEX. SPOKANE EDITOR IS FINED Contempt Charged in Publishing Alleged Trial Proceedings. SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Loren D. Angevine, editor of the Spokane Press, who was convicted on a criminal contempt charge recent- waa fined $10 and costs when he ppeared before Judge Webster today for aentence. The charge was preferred by Prnae- cutor John B. White after Angevine had published a purported statement of what took place at the trial of James Ballmalne on a rharge of crim es smelt that was tnal assault on Gladys Moore. NEW CHARGE PREFERRED Klamath Falls Man, Released, Is Rearrested on Second Indictment. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) The case of the State of Oregon vs. Jess Swinney. who was charged with improper relations with young girls, the trial which was re cently continued at the request of the state, was yesterday afternoon dis missed and the defendant releaaed. However, he was Immediately rearrest ed by the same officer, this time charged with a serious crime. The complaining witness In the former case was Miss Bertha Owens, who altered her testimony, when placed on the stand, from her original story told the officials. That made it Impossible, to proceed on the old in dictment. The new charge was pre ferred by A. V. Owens, father of the girl. Matches in the Contribution Plate Look Suspicious. Bat When Church Mortgage TCnder arath Bama AU Ia Made Clear. COTTAGE GROVE. Or- Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) A surprise was sprung on Dr. James Moore, superintendent of the Eugene district of the Methodist Church, at the morning services here laat Sunday. When the collection plate Man Who Sells Bama Hillside in Call fornla aa Olive and Bee Ranch Put In Jail In Albany. ALBANY. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) That he had more than $1300 in his pocket which he had forgotten was the statement of Jerome Stewart when placed in jail here in lieu of 31500 cash bail pending a preliminary hearing on a charge of obtaining money and prop erty under false pretenses. Stewart sold Mr. and Mrs. J. W Hornback 10 acres of land in California and received 31500 in cash, two notes for f 1000 each and a restaurant in this city. When arrested he tried to get the bail placed as low as possible, be offered to turn over the notes and the bill of sale of the restaurant for bail but claimed he had spent 31300 of the money he had received and could no deposit that. Stewart went to jail, but when the officers searched him they found about $1550 in a certificate of deposit and currency. A civil action was filed against Stew art yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Horn- back to set aside the sale In which Stewart sold them the land in Califor- nia. They assert Stewart .represented to them that the land was well im proved, had a good house and wind mill, four acres in olives, four acres in prunes, two acres in alfalfa and that there were 220 stands of bees on the place. When they went to California to locate on the land they found it to be a barren hillside. THRIFT PRIZEJS OFFERED Bankers' Association to Give $50 to Children Saving Most. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Feb. 14. (Special.) For the best showing in thrift for the current year, the Oregon State Bankers' Asso elation will give a $50 cash prize. This will be awarded to the county which has the best relative amount of invest ments to its credit in war savings stamps or liberty bonds purchased by the boys and girls. A certain amount of home work will be required of contestants. Writing on thrift, participating in thrift pro grammes and keeping personal ac counts will be among the requirements also. H. C. Seymour, state club leader. is in charge of details for the work. PERSONALjWENTION. - O. I Ferris, of Salem, is at the Ben son. C. Johansen, of Astoria, Is at the Per kins. W. J. Kocken, of Corvallis, is at the Eaton. Fred Welsh, of Fossil, is at the Im perial. A. B. Searcy, of Condon, is at the Oregon. A. E. Steward, of Silverton, is at the Perkins. A. E. Hall, of The Dalles, is at the Perkins. W. B. Ochs, of New York, is at the Portland. O. G. Seymour, of New York, is at the Cornelius. T. J. Fllppin, of Rainier, is at the Cornelius. J. ytm. Sifton. of Hood River, is at the Cornelius. George Philips, of The Dalles, is at the Eaton. W. H. Cornelius, of Hlllsboro, Is at the Eaton. G. 8. Whltmore, of Tacoma, is a vis itor in the city and is at the Nortonia" Hotel. M. Friedley, of Pendleton, is at the; Washington. ; A. C. Borhnstedt, of Salem, Is at the Washington. F. L. Davidson, of Hood River, is at the Carlton. E. J. Wallace, of Seattle, Wash., is at the Carlton. S. C. Lindsay, of Seattle, Wash., is at j the Benson. ? Ray R. Kelsall, of Seattle, Wash., is.', at the Bits. D. M. Kelly, of Baker, is registered -at the Ritz. J. R. Elliott, of Lansing, Mich., is at the Portland. 1 J. R. Johnson, of Walla Walla, Wash. -is at the Rits. Leonard Johnson, of Tacoma, Wash. is at the Ritx. H. H. Alvis, of Spokane, Wash., is at the Multnomah. P. A. Schwan. of Seattle, Wash., Is all the Multnomah. Alvin Stenro, of Bremerton, Wash., is . at tha Oregon. T. E. McCrosky, of Havre, Mont., ia, at the Seward. C. Oak, of Cincinnati, O., is registered . at the Portland. George Dyrach, of Centralia, Wash. ? Is at the Oregon. C. P. Sanderson, of Spokane, Wash is at the Benson. Mrs. W. A. Fay, of Seattle, Wash., la ' at the Washington. Mayor L. M. Curl, of Albany, is regis- tered at the Perkins. Guy B. Seaman, of Fort Wayne, IncL.1" is at the Multnomah. . E. B. Tongue, an attorney of Hllls boro, is at the Imperial. C. M. Johnson, of Burley, Idaho, 13 registered at the Oregon. ; B. M. Huntley, of Boone, Ia is reg istered at the Multnomah. E. M. Bernard, of San Francisco, Is ' registered at the Benson. . !" H. E. McKinney, of Kelso, Wash., Is ., registered at the Nortonta. W. R. Daniels and Mrs. Daniels, of Kishland, are at the Seward. ,.s H. L. Flint and Mrs. Flint, of Beaver-" ton, are registered at the Eaton. : C. H. Adair and Mrs. Adair, of Spo kane. Wash., are at the Portland. J. Edward Larson and Mrs. Larson, of . Bend, are registered at the Imperial. ' William Reid and Mrs. Reid, of Rai- nier, are registered at the Washington. '"' Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Haughton. of The Dalles, are registered at the Nortonia. H. B. Ferrin and Mrs. Ferrin, of." Washougal, Wash., are at the Seward. W. H. Riddell and Mrs. Riddell, of,, Mill City, are registered at the Corne- ., lius. H. T. Plerson, a manufacturer of sweets, Hoqulam, Wash., is at the Im perial. I. G. Gardner and Mrs. Gardner, of Tacoma, Wash., are registered at the . Carlton. J. E. Cooter. of the Oregon Agricul tural College. Corvallis, is registered ' at the Seward. , W. H. STREETER DEFRAUDED : Father Declares Evasion of Draft " Duty Was Unintentional. W. H. Streeter. of 140 Borthwick - street, yesterday declared that evasion . of draft duty by his son, Byron O. . Streeter, was unintentional. The young. : er Streeter was taken to Camp Lewia-v recently as a draft deserter, following his wedding to Miss Lelia Tappendorf f, v of this city. 'My son came to Portland from Seat- : tie after the first draft," explained W. i H. Streeter yesterday. "He had been"' called in that draft, but never received r his notice, and obtained work in that, shipyards here without knowing that he was wanted for military duty. Aa proof of his good intentions, he wrote v to Seattle after the secona aratt can, , asking for his questionnaire. It waa through this letter that the authorities . located him and required hlra to go to Camp Lewis." -r Xorth Bend Councilmen Want Pay.;; NORTH BEND, Or.. Feb. 14. (Spe- ciaL) Incoming members of the City v Council next Fall will have the advan tage of being paid for their services, if the plans of the present Council do not miscarry. In the near future the North Bend City Council will introduce a rno'je. tion that all Councilmen attending or dinary and special meetings receive $3 for each attendance. The term of of fice of the incoming Mayor will be , two years, and that of Councilmen four. ; years. save