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6 TIIE MORNING OREG ONIAN. SATURDAY. STAY 17, 1919. DUTLGDK FAVORABLE FOR WOOL GROWERS West ern Producers, It Is Said, Should Not Worry. DEALERS' STOCKS REDUCED Jleport Shows Increase In Holdings of Manufacturers, . Indicating Confidence In Future. termined), 34: wounded slightly, 198: missing in action, 1; total, 248. OREGON. Returned to duty (previously reported miMfthig in artion) Bullock. Cled.it h (next of kin. Mri, Leoda liaburt, 601 Willis boulevard, Portland, Or. WASHINGTON. Wonndrd allebtly Clouffh. Samuel. Amboy, Waih. Guile, Spencer, Sequim, Wash. OTHER STATES. Killed In action Hastings. G. W. (Cpl.J, Fhelby. N. C. Died from accident and other causes Rrooks, Frank C, Coy, Ala. Moore, Robert I., Pittsburg, Kan. Iid of DimMir Btcke, Carl W. (Cpl.), Michigan City. Ind. Bouimin, Thomas. Union Hall. Va. Sapp. Green S.. Millen. Ga. fipalnhour, Robert L. King. X. C. Thompson. Lillius L., Bamett, Ga. CORRECTIONS. Returned to dnty (previously reported killed In action) Rhodln, Wm. C. (Cpl.), Oman. Neb. Young, Geo. S Santa Monica, Cal. Killed in action (previously reported died) Sharp. Wm. C Marine. Mich. Young. T. C, Gloucester City, X. J. KrroneouMly reported killed in action- Hastings, G. W. .Ir. (Cpl.). Spring Mount, Fa. 150 'SIMMY SCHOOL State Association Convention on at Corvallis. CHURCH LEAGUE IS URGED OEEGOKIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 16. There is no occasion for gloom for the woolgrowers of the wept, according to a report of the bu reau of markets, department of agri culture. Wool in the hands of dealers March 31, 1919, shows quite a decrease since December 31, 1918. Dealers held 53,000,000 pounds less of grease wool, 5,000,000 pounds less -of scoured, and 1.000.000 pounds less of pulled than on December 31, 1918. The holdings of tops and noils remained about the same. Among manufacturers, however, an Increase in stocks held is shown, indi cating that manufacturers are taking on a Jarge percentage of the wool sold at government auctions, which points conclusively, ifc is said, to meir op timistic view of future conditions. Wool held by the army and navy on March 31," 1919, including wool afloat to this country, was as follows: Grease, 238.911.000; scoured, 35,457,000; pulled, 13,104,000; tops, 2,322,000. ! Uncle' Sam has gone into business with an experiment In New England,, which if successful, may cause the gov ernment to extend this particular com mercial activity to every section of the country. In this novel venture several government departments are co-op-eratini;. The business, which will reach into the smallest communities, will be conducted through the waste reclamation service of the department of commerce. It is to be run in con nection with the' national paint-up and clean-up movement which is being sup ported by the department of labor as a part of the own-your-own-home cam paign. Waste is the commodity to be purchased and payment will be made in war savings and thrift stamps. Local waste reclamation councils will be established in each community in New England. The local councils will organize, detailing a waste dealer to each district. This will enable house wives and shopkeepers to dispose of their refuse without any inconvenience. This industry grows out of one of the Important lessoi.s in eaving taught by the war. It is estimated that American cities send annually to the dumps 13 tons of valuable waste materials to every 1000 inhabitants. Of this amount a large percentage is paper. The articles lifted under "what to ave" are: White cotton, linen rags, linen sheets, collars, cuffs, pillow cases, unbleached cotton or linen scraps, email pijees and cuttings, dress goods, damasks, towels, old awnings, canvas, soiled or clean colored rags, books, magazines, newspapers, wrapping pa per, paper bags, pasteboard containers of all kinds, iron, steel, copper, brass, tinfoil and rubber. . Progress Is making rapidly on the) plan to establish a system of federal home loan banks for the purpose of aiding the own-your-own-home move ment. It has been found necessary however, to correct the mistaken im pression that the banks when estab lished would make direct loans of gov ernment funds to persons desiring to build homes. The plan contemplates the organization of federal home loan banks as clearing houses for building and loan associations, which would then be able to realize on their long time mortgages taken in the regular course of business. Against theBe mortgages the banks would issue bonds ud to 80 per cent of the value repre Bented. The banks would sell these mortgages in the market, turning over the proceeds to the associations which had deposited them, the associations executing notes to the banks for the amounts thus received. The mortgages thus deposited as se curity are not to be sold by the asso ciations to the banks, but would re main the property of the associations, which would continue to collect regular payments from borrowing members whose mortgages have thus been de posited, -just the same as before th deposits were made. If a borrower whose mortgage has thus been hy pothecated pays off his loan in full, the association would recall the mort gage from the bank, either by turning over the cash value of the mortgage to the bank to be applied on the debt of the association, or by depositing an other mortgage of equal value. The bonds of the federal home loan banks- would not draw more than 5 per cent interest per annum and it is be lieved that they can be sold at a lower drawing rate, possibly 4 or 4 per cent The associations would pay to the banks interest on the amounts ad vanced at the same rate which the bonds bear, an additional one-half per cent per annum being allowed to cover the expense of maintaining the banks Associations would make semi-annual payments on money borrowed, thus amortizing their debts. It is suggested that the bonds should run 20 years, associations being permitted, to pay their loans at any time within that period. EUGENE LOSES 7 TEACHERS Instructors to Come to Portland Be cause of Higher Pay. EUGENE, Or., May 16. (Special.) Seven of the teachers in the Eugene public schools have been elected to positions in the Portland schools be cause of the inducement of higher sala ries and unless a higher scale is m mediately adopted by the Eugene boat d many more of the local teachers will leave and it will be very difficult to get a corps for the local schools, ac cording to W. R. Rutherford, city su perintendent. The board is expected to take some action soon. Although it cannot b hoped that the salaries paid to teach era in Portland can be met, H is ex pected that the proposed rise will be such as to equal those paid in Salem, Medford and other cities of Eugene class. Miss Elizabeth Drummond, W. E. Milliken and Miss Prances Young, al teachers in the Eugene high school have been elected to teach in Portland and others from here are 'Miss Mar garet McCulIough and Miss Matild Viet, teachers in the junior high school. and Miss .Bertha Abel and Miss Ethel Allen in the grade. school. HEART BALM IS DENIED CIKCUIT COURT JURY PliACES XO PEXALTY OX "LOVE." F. V. McReynolds Loses Suit for $15,000 Against Fred Rentner, Aged Candy Shop Owner. That Fred R. Rentner, 58-year-old proprietor of a candy shop at 155 Vi Broadway, did not win the heart of pretty 20-year-old Beryl McReynolds, thereby wrecking the life of F. v. McReynolds, her husband, was the de- sion of a jury in Circuit Judge kava- naugh s court yesterday, when it de ied heart-balm of 115,000 asked by McReynolds for alienated affections. For four days the case dragged along in court, as an attempt was made o paint the elderly man a gay Lotha- o whose dashing manner and flatter- ng attentions to Mrs. McReynolds, coupled with lavish gifts of silks and candy, caused her to decide that life was more pleasant with her husband ut of it. Chief evidence for the plaintiff was burning love-letter written by Rent' er, containing extravagant protesta tlons of affection and an offer of mar riage. Rentner said he could not imagine why he had written the let ter, as he did not mean any of it. Another point for the plaintiff was an episode in the Antlers hotel, van couver, where the irate husband burst pon Rentner. and his wife at 11 o clock at night, finding Rentner feeding liei hocolates as she sat in her kimono. There was much evidence to indicate that Mrs. McReynolds asked Rentnei to come and see her that night, and that ubby had helped plan the denouement. There was no evidence of any actual wrong-doing. The defense pleaded a "frame-up throughout and introduced testimony ntended to. show that Rentner had been the not-unwilling victim of a design- ng woman and a man who had at tempted a similar scheme before. 0URNAL1STS' HOME LOOMS Ten Years' Service Upon Daily Paper One of Conditions. ALBANY, N. Y., May 16. The James Gordon Bennett memorial home cor poration to provide a home for New York journalists was incorporated to day at the office of the secretary of state. The purposes of the corporation axe o provide and maintain a home and pecuniary aid for journalists who have been employed for at least ten years upon any daily paper published after November 11, 1916, in the borough of Manhattan and who for reason of old age, accident or some other cause o disability has become incapacitated. The home was provided for in thjs will of the late James Gordon Ben nett, owner of the New York Herald. BOGUS INSPECTORS BUSY Warning Is Sent Ont by Public Serv ice Commission. SALEM, Or., May 16. (Special.) Th public service commission today sen out a warning to business men and householders throughout the state to be on the watch for impostors who go about the state examining appliance of all kinds and representing- tha they are inspectors for the public service commission. The commission asks that persons compel all so-called inspectors to show satisfactory credentials before admitting them to their premises. PRIMA DONNA OF "MAYTIME" WIN SUCCESS atlt'KLY. i '. v.,:- y"! t '. J. - ' SA Per . ' .. 4. ' ?r :. V- i 4 V. 4My- v' v;.;-:: :- . , i r" - j WORKERS I SESSION the Congregational church. The following committees were ap pointed: Constitution Elton Shaw and Charles Staver, both of Portland. Nomination C. S. Hilton, Roseburg; Mrs. Carl Smith, Oregon City: Rev. John Hoyt. Ashland; Mrs. J. E. Ferguson. Hood River; J. E. Andrus, Forest Grove. Resolutions- Rev. C. W. Hayes, Portland; E. E. Rei slnger, Newport; Mrs. C. G. Essen. For est Grove; C. F. Carson, Ashland: Rev. Ira Hawley, Portland; Dr. F. E. Browne, Salem; Mrs. Isabel Johnson. Lafayette; Mrs. H. A. Hinshaw. Port land; Mrs. F. K. Smith, Dallas; audit ing. H. A. Kuratli, Hillsboro. and D. E. Carr, Roseburg. The convention will remain In ses sion over Sunday, various out-of-town ministers filling the local pulpits. Dr. Francis C. Reld Pleads for World Movement tot Co-operation of Religious Bodies. CORVALLIS, Or.. May 16. (Special.) Delegates from all over Oregon and from many parts of the United States are arriving here today to attend a three-day session of the Oregon State Sunday School association. Fully 150 elegates had registered at the close f the afternoon session and many more are expected. The eession this forenoon was oc cupied largely with matters of a busi ness nature, organization and the ap. pointment of committees. The sessions are being held in the Presbyterian hurch. President J. Earl Else of Port- and presided at the confereuce todav and tomorrow will yield the gavel to vice--resiaents Elton Shaw of Port land and Dr. Frank Brown of Salem. The music is in charsre of Howard Pratt of San Francisco, assisted bv Walter Jenkins of Portland, and they are working up an excellent congre gational chorus. Church League Advocated. At the night meeting Dr. Francis C. Reid spoke on "The Inter-Church World Movement.' He explained that ts object was not organic unity of the churches, but rather co-ordination and co-operation. He declared that the league of churches as nronosed by thta movement is to Christianity what it is hoped the league of nations will be to the world. - AX the business session this fore noon important amendments were -pro posed for the state constitution. One of them changes the state committee from 21 to one from each county and one to represent each of the various denominations. These are to select a central committee to have direct charge of the work. Another amend ment provides that the presidency here- arter shall rotate between western. eastern and southern Oregon. Eastern Oregon gets the presidency next time, and the Sunday school politicians con- ceae mat it win go to Perry Chandler of Canyon City, a newspaper man. General Secretary Reports. General Secretary Harold Humbert of Portland submitted a lengthy re port show lng the vast amount of work done in the past by Sunday school as sociations and that he last year as sisted in 53 conventions. The report also referred to the new paper started last yrar called "The Oregon Sunday School Outlook." The state association. he said, has interested itself in organ izing community training schools and establishing schools of methods. The principal address of the after noon was made by Prof. M. A. llonllne of Dayton, Ohio. He discussed hered ity and environment in its relation to citizenship. Rev. John T. Hoyt of Ashland, for merly of Philadelphia, demonstrated the pincushion blackboard for the ben efit of the teachers. Two meetings- were held tonight, one at the Presbyterian church and one at 23 WANT TO BE LAWYERS Five Women Apply for Bar Examina tion May 2 7. SALEM, Or., May 16. Special.) Twenty-three law students, including five women, will take the state bar examination In Salem on May ,27. Of this number 13 are from Portland. A preliminary academic examination will be held in Portland in the office of Roscoe C. Nelson for those students who have not completed a high school or college course, while the regular law examination will be held in the supreme court building here the fol lowing day. Following are those wbo have noti fied Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the supreme court, that they will take the examination: Bernice Abraham, E. L. Baker, Fred S. Bennett, J. S. Greenberg, Daniel I. Kelliher, Albert H. Kreul, Norval Kuykendall. C. C. McWhinney, Laura. H. M. Petterson, David Philbln, Ruth S. . juch, Amy C. Rothchlld and Clara E. Westcall, all of Portland; J. A. Ostrom, Thomas E. Parker, John L. Tuomala, Charles M. Johnson and E. P. Leinenweber, all of Astoria; M. F. Rice, Roseburg; Marvin K. Holland, Eugene, and Jesse Crum, Elgin. ROBERT COLE SPENDS TWO DAYS OH STAND Plaintiff in $15,000 Alienation Suit Tells Story. ST. HELENS COURT SCENE Case Outgrowth of Sensational Kid naping of Bride by Her Former Fiance. WHALE STRANDS ON BEACH Odor From Carcass Annoys San Francisco Officials. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. Stranded on the beach here, the carcass of a huge sperm whale today drew hundreds of sightseers. But they did not remain long. The late Mr. Whale needed no tombstone to mark hla temporary grave. The wind was sufficient guide. The park commissioners, official under takers for such derelict dead, are in a quandary. . The whale, estimated to weigh 120 tons, was killed two weeks ago by a whaling crew but escaped before death. The carcass was speared on the ram of the cruiser Marblehead Tuesday and brought into port but Its presence In the harbor being undesir able. It was towed to sea again. The tide cast it up on the beach. today. Salem Church Celebrates. SALEM, Or.. May 16. (Special.) Members of the First Presbyterian church of. Salem are comiwraorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the church in a two-day jubilee which closed this evening. Rev. T. J Wilson of Eugene, a pioneer minister of Oregon, who served as the first pastor of the Salem church, was one of the principal speakers of the Jubilee session. " Xew Jersey Governor Designs. TRENTON, N. J.. May 16. Governor Walter E. Edge resigned today as gov ernor of New Jersey to take his seat as the state's. junior United States senator next Monday. William L. Runyon, president of the senate, was sworn in as acting governor. ST. HELENS. Or.. May 16. (Special.) Robert Cole finished his second day on the witness stand this afternoon in circuit court testifying in his suit for $15,000 damages against M. A. John son. Mrs. Alice Blackwell and Ray Williamson, whom he accuses of alienating his wife's affections. The case is an outgrowth of the sensational kidnaping of Mrs. Cole last March. Cole and Johnson, both were suitors of Miss Lu Elsie Williamson of Port land. Johnson expected to marry her and had seoured a home and furnished It for his bride-to-be. Miss Williamson visited St. Helens and met Cole, who is superintendent of the St. Helens Electric Llght company, and a few weeks afterwards they were married. After a short honeymoon trip the couple returned to St. Helens. Johnson learned of their whereabouts and. In company with the bride's aunt. and Williamson, her brother, came to St. Helens, located Mrs. Cole, enticed her to a waiting automobile, and took her to Portland. It was several days oerore cole found his bride. A few days later. Mrs. Cole Instituted divorce proceedings, alleging that she married Cole because he had threatened her life if she would not wed him. The court refused to grant the divorce. Later she sought an annulment of the marriage which was also refused. In his complaint Cole claims that the defendants have alienated his wife's af fecttons and have so influenced her that she refuses to return and live with him. The case is being hotly contested. YOUTH HELD FOR THEFTS William Ilcaley Indicted for Lar rcny of Motorcycle. "I've broken open a showcase. Ton boys had better go down and help your self to some shoes," is what George Abdle is said to have told Walter Owen and Sam Stasl as he went to their room in the Netherlands hotel on the night of May 8. Evidence presented to the grand jury convinced the jurors that the two men so instructed helped themselves to two pairs each, and that Abdle had already taken six pairs, so indictments were returned against them yesterday. The "Island" showcase robbed was in front of the entrance of the Reeves Shoe company, 350 Washington street. William Healey was indicted for the larceny of a motorcycle owned by W. I R. Young, a ehtpworker, and several secret indictments were returned. Phone your want ads to The Orego ninn. Phone Main 7070, A 0s. Camp Fire Officers Here. Camp Fire girls and guardians will meet in the Y. W. C. A. social hall this afternoon at 2 o'clock to hear Miss Edith Kempthorne and Lester F. Scott, national secretaries of the Camp Fire society. Official Casualty Report. WASHINGTON, May 16. Casualties reported are as follows: Killed In action, 1; died of accident and other causes. 2; died of disease, 5; wounded eeverely, 7; wounded (degree unde- Mba Carolyn Thomson. Miss Carolyn Thomson, prima donna of "Maytlme," at the Heilig. has won an enviable position on the light opera stage in almost record time. In four years she has achieved three distinct hits in New York and a triumph in London besides. She sang the title role in "Little Simplicity" for three months and recently was taken from that cast and returned to the leading feminine role of Ottuie in "Maytlme." Miss Thom son Is now under contract with Messrs. 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