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TT1E 3IORXIXG- OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JU1W 20, 1919. OLD COVERED SPANS PUZZLE TO NOVELIST Stewart Edward White Likes Looks of Oregon Youth. WRITER IS HERE ON VISIT liook About Real Estate Booms in Coast Country Is in Making, He Confides in Talk. Stewart Edward White, novelist, and author of "The Gray Dawn" and "The Leopard Woman," is in Portland in the course of an automobile tour of Ore gon with Mrs. White. He says the Mc Kenzie river -country is the best part of the state he has see i yet, although he is enthusiastic over prospects of seeing the Columbia river highway. Mr. Whjte says there are two things about Oregon which particularly excite his curiosity. "Why do you nave all your bridges covered?" he demanded. "They do it in the east because of the snow, but why here? I'm roing to keep after the old-timers until I find out why they have 'em. "The other th-.i that impresses me Is the number of good-looking children in the country. Most mountain chil dren are inclined to be lanky, but those J saw here in Oregon are bright-faced, red-cheeked and good looking." Was Major of Artillery. Mr. White recently was discharged from the army, where --e was a major in the 144th artillery. He says the armistice came five days before he was scheduled to gj into action. "But I want to forget it. I don't want to write war or think war," he exclaimed. He manifested great interest in the progress of the American Legion In Portland. He says he favors letting the ex-privates run the legton, or at least letting the men understand that it is their organization and not an of ficers society. Mr. White declared he had seldom seen a city like Portland, with the business district on the flatj and the residences back c:i the hills among the trees. He exrressed admiration of the Portland Heights district, which he had visited. t Const ?Vcvel Planned. Then the author consented to talk shop for a few moments. He Is work ing out the plot of a novel which he intends to writj the coming winter. The subject is the west coast in the early '80s, when eastern real-estate dealers laid out town sites in the b-ush. sold each other lots for a while and then sold the land ack to the original owners at greatl; increased prices. He confessed that the incident In "The Leopard Woman," where the hero goes blind, actually happened to an explorer, and that he had worked the incident up with an eye specialist. Many Portland physicians were fasci nated with the novel on account of the medical interest, and young doctors were busy from week to week diagnos ing the case when Lhe story appeared serially in the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. White says he revels in medica'. Hubjects and related an instance wher, because he v anted his hero confined to bed ith a fractured leg for longer than was usual in such cases, he de vised a bicU1 sort of fracture and con sulted a medical friend about it. "Say, I'd like to see that case. That's a real Potts fracture," cried the doc tor. "Won't you take me around and let me see it?" The physiciap's interest vanished when Mr. White explained that the case was hypothetical. The author tried to sooth his feelings by promis ing to let him read the story when it was written. ARE TO SEEK BAIL LAUOH COUNCIL PLANS EFFORT TO FKF.10 CHAItLES IJENNETTi Prlssoner in Lcuvonortli Awaiting Appeal of C'as?e I Declared to Be in l'oor Health. Another effort to obtain bail for Charles Bennett of the steamboat men's union from among Portland labor unions will be made immediately as a result of action taken by the Central J.abor council Thursday night. Bennett was convicted under the espionage act nd is now in Leavenworth prison wait ing for an appeal of his case. E. l- Uoree, who was released from the prison recently, addressed the council and as sured them that Mr. Bennett could not endure confinement much longer. Radicals in the council received a re bufC when the chairman's decision rul ing a vote of thanks to Joe Thornton out of order was sustained by a vote of 7ii to 4j. One of the delegates had complained of treatment offered Mr. Thornton, who is identified with the radical element. Another delegate made a motion that the council give Mr. Thornton a vote of thanks, but did not specify what he was to be thanked for. Harry Anderson, chairman, ruled the motion out of order. The motion was appealed over tlu chairman's veto, but lost by a large majority. The council also decided to recommend to their in ternational organizations that women barbers be accepted in unions. Elec tion of officers will be held at the meeting next Thursday. RtWAYlSlRYIS LIVELY K. N. l"OSS .VXD COUNSEL. EX CHANGE COMPLIMENTS. Public Ownership Belittled as Panacea for Street Car Ills Due to War Conditions. WASHINGTON, July 25. Eugene N. Foss, former poevmor of Massachu setts, advocating government owner ship of all public utilities, and Joseph " L. Quackenbush, counsel for the Inter borough Rapid Transit company of New York, who declared Mr. Koss" proposals were "stuff and nonsense," gave the federal elect ric rail ways com in ission yesterday the liveliest session since it started its investigation of the condi tion of street railways in this country. "Private ownership has fallen down.' Mr. Fcss asserted. "There is left only public ownership with private operation or private ownership and public op eration." "Put a stop to this rheap talk, to this 'old stuff.' " retorted Mr. Quackenbush. - "The thing to do is not to talk such bunkum, but to rccogniz-1 fact. L'nless w e can get an increase in fare be- tween now and January, it means a re ceiver for the Interborough. If you are goinar to de something, get busy." A letter from Thomas A. Edison was read in which he said: "The ironclad contracts between the roads, and cities made In cheering days under normal conditions have no protective clauses against the greatest change that has taken place in centuries, due to the world war. The municipalities can exact their pound of flesh if they so de sire, with the ultimate bankruptcy of these organizations, but the spirit that is now abroad in the world is against this. We arc all trying to play fair. If suffer we must, let us all suffer alike. If prosperity comes, all should participate in a like manner." RUMANIANS ARE DESTITUTE One or World's Richest Oil Fields Now In Ruins. BUZEU, Roumania. Here in the midst of one of the world's richest oil fields people have been actually starving-. Before the war this part of Roumania produced big fortunes in oil. being one of the greatest sources of European supply. Today its wells are in ruins and the people are destitute. The in vading' armies requisitioned everything that could be pried loose and trans ported, paralyzing one of the wealth iest industries in the Balkans. Workers for the American Red Cross, which is distributing relief in the form of foods and medicines throughout the country, have found people eating bread made of leaves, twigs and bark from trees. People were bartering the coats off their backs for small portions of corn and coarse bran. In one place the relief workers found a small local hospital in which the patients slept on boards, with no mattress and little cov ering. At one home they found five fatherless children, the oldest only 9 years of age, cooking a meal of tree bark and bran, while the mother was out at work in the fields. "Typhus is very prevalent and there is an increasing amount of smallpox." says one American woman's report. "There is no doctor nor medicines in this village and absolutely no way of taking care of the sick. In another village which I visited the entire pop ulation of 500 persons was ill with some obscure form of contagious disease." SUGAR NOW $1 A POUND Before American Relief Started in Bucharest, Price Was $4.50. BUCHAREST. When the American Red Cross and the American Relief Ad ministration commenced work here sev eraImonths ago, sugar was selling at $4.50 a pound, and almost impossible to obtain even at that price. Today it is still very scarce, but can be pur chased at somewhere around $1, due to the large relief shipments. A "Hoover" ship with 900 tons of milk, about 3000 tons of fat, and 3000 tons of other foods, recently arrived at Constanza. Thousands of Rumanians participated in a great demonstration as the ship docked. These suppliers did much to improve the situation. Food is not the only commodity which has taken a fall. In the last month the price of thread has dropped from $6 to $1.60 a spool Rumania is in great need of cloth and thread. A speculator who recently brought in a trunkload of cotton thread realized a profit of $3600 on his enterprise. The nigh prices of necessities in this country are due in large measure to the crippled state of transportation. Tick ets on the weekly train between Bucha rest and Paris being a premium as high as $200. AUTO ACCIDENT IS FATAL Charge of Manslaughter to Follow Crash Near Spokane SPOKANE. Wash., July 24. Issac A. Jacobs, a prominent furrier of this city, was killed instantly; Avery Wheeler. 16, received several broken ribs and probably internal injuries and several other persons were badly shaken up when a truck driven by Wheeler was struck tonight by an automobile, driven by Melvin A. Mooser, a local merchant, near Oreenacres, 12 miles east of Spo kane. Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Lindsley said late tonight that a charge of man slaughter probably would be filed against Mooser. JOINT STOCK BANK IS PLAN American and Japanese Capitalists Forming Financial Organization. TOKIO. Preparations for the estab lishment of a joint stock bank by Amer ican and Japanese capitalists have been favorably progressing, and the formal announcement of its organization will be made before long. The- project was first suggested by bankers of California when Baron Me gata visited the United States last year. The movement is inetresting banker's and capitalists on both sides of the Pa cific as the first attempt towards a joint stock bank between American and Japanese bankers. IEXICANS ARE THREATENED Signs Warn Packing House Em ployes to Leave Locality. NEBRASKA CITY. Xeb., July 25. Warnings to Mexicans working in a local packing-house plant were yester day found posted on the walls of several business buildings. They were placed there sometime during the night and read : lf you are a Mexican, leave the city by Sunday night, next." Mexicans in considerable numbers are employed in the packing house and other industriar establishments here. This is the first instance of any antag onism to their presence. COTTON RISE PREDICTED 5 Cents a Pound Within Next Year Is Expected. CHICAGO. July 25. Predictions that cotton may rise to 7 cents a pound within a year were made yesterday at' the fourth business builders conference held under the auspices of the Dry goods Reporter. Southern merchants blamed the man ufacturer for high prices of finished products. COAL ADVANCES IN UTAH New Price, Effective August 1, Ex pected to Hit Retailers. SALT LAKE CITY, July 25. An nouncement of an increase in the price of coal to wholesalers in this section, effective August 1, was made here yes terday. The increase Is general and it was predicted that retail prices would suon be affected. Ia?urs In Boxing Bout. EUGENE. Or.. July 2S. (Special.) Rev. E. V. Stivers, pastor of the First Christian Church of this city, and Rev. Harry Tuttle, of the Carlton Christian Church, staged a boxing bout at a pic nic a-iven by the Eugene church at Hendricks Park yesterday. Persons who attended the picnic said that the min isters were quite clever with the gloves and showed training. SCHOOL BOARD TAKES STAND FOR EXPENSES Policy Defined When Members Make Study Tours. GEORGE THOMAS DEFENDED Portland Is Benefited, Say Directors, When Local Men Investigate Eastern Conditions. Objections to the school district pay ing the expenses of Director George Thomas for his trip east to attend the National Education association con vention and visit schools, which had been publicly voiced since his return, caused the board. In special session Thursday night, to state a definite pol icy governing similar tours of inspec tion. Dr. . A. Sommer. chairman, states it was thoroughly understood before Mr. Thomas left that the aistrict would stand the, expense and that of any other members who would benefit the board by their experience. In these statements he was backed up by Direc tors O. M. Plummer and George Orton. who cited a number of instances where expense accounts had been subjected to attacks when members had given valuable time to school business trips. Expense Account to Be Filed. T'.ie misunderstanding apparently arose from there being1 no regular mo tion on the records showing that Mr. Thomas had been authorized to go east. He will file his expense account to day. At Mr. Plummer's suggestion a resolution was adopted providing that the records show that the board sent the director east. 'Although there was no record of it, it lias always been the open policy of the board to encourage any member to take any trip for the good of the dis trict anywhere," Mr. Plummer de clared. A. C. Newill, the new member of the board, said he believed people were dissatisfied because Mr." Thomas' trip was not authorized in regular form. Dr. feommer challenged this, declar ing, "I don't believe there have been any star chamber sessions since 1 have been a member of the board. It used to be the custom to have executive meetings after every regular session but there hasn't been one in the last four years." Lot Valuation la Questioned The meeting was called principally to attend to the purchase of property on which to erect portable build in A. S. Heintz appeared before the board to give his reason for holding his six lots in Dixon place, desired for a site. at a valuation JlSoO higher than on those adjoining. The director decided to settle the matter by conducting irientlly condemnation suit. i hey also agreed to carry out their original pro gramme ot erecting portables on the district's property, at East Thirtieth and Harrison, although it had been suggested that the present lots be ex changed for others across the street. The new group of portables at Riv erside rre to bear the name of the J. V. Bach school. In honor of a for mer member of the board and old resi dent of this city. The greater part of the time last night was taken up with discussing outside criticisms. A letter from the chamber of commerce objecting to the expenditure of school funds for pub licity campaigns was given scant no tice. Directors Sommer. Orton and Thomas holding that if parents knew the true situation in regard to the need for adequate buildings they would not have objected to the wide publicity given the recent bond election. Emerareacy Fmd Vse Defined. An opinion from District Attorney Walter Evans was presented in which the lawyer stated that there is nothing to prohibit the board from using money from the Nicholson school fund of $150,000 included in the budget of 1917 18 in an emergency. The present emer gency is the need for funds for the erection of portables. Scouting campaigns in the east for new teachers were strongly advocated by Mr. I'lummer, who pointed o.ut the success oT the personal interview meth od of employing instructors. Maybe Fome of the good -ones can't afford to come west for personal inter views," he said. "At least one of all of our people ought to be traveling and geiiing in toucn with people like that. We want the best the country can supply." City Superintendent D. A. Grout ob jected to this on the ground that such a plan would 'be too expensive to carry out. New Teachers Are Chosen. Three resignations were accepted and three new teachers elected. A. P. Pat ten of Hillsboro was chosen to fill the vacancy in the history department at Lincoln high created by the with drawal of Prentiss Brown. Homer A. Arnold of Macon, 111., will fill a similar place at Jefferson high formerly held by Jeannette A. Paddock. Virginia Lee Byerly was elected to a new post in the Jefferson English department. Buna McCoy of Stephens and Mr. Born ten dered their resignations, as also did Mrs. Beatrice Snow McCollister, who has been dean of girls at Lincoln high. ine Doara voted to make the trans fer of probation teachers, who are re quired by law to serve their first and second years under different principals, optional with the city superintendent. THREE INDICTED FOR FRAUD Auditors in Tax Conspiracy Witlj Firms, Is Charge. NEW YORK. Three more indict ments were returned by the federal errand jury for alleged income tax frauds as a- result of investigation by United States District Attorney Benja min P. re Witt of the books of the sterling: Accounting & Audit company No. 366 Fifth avenue. The indictments charge Morris S. Rachmil and A. Lincoln Samuelson, of this company, with engaging in a con spiracy with Isaac Weinsteln and Sam uel Samuels, of the firm of Weinstein & Samuels, furriers. No. 121 West Twenty-seventh street; A. N. Leven thai, president and treasurer of A. K Leventhal & Co., furriers. No. 8 West Thirtieth street, and Nathan Bloom dealer in woolens. No. 34 West Twenty seventh street. The alleeed object wa are Milk For Infants 'WtT'"" J-IJ & Invalid. A Nutritious Diet for All Ages Quick Lunch at Home or Office A oid Imitations and Substitutes to defraud the United States govern ment out of income taxes. The indictments charge that the in come tax returns filed by the Sterling Accounting A Audit company for the merchant defendants were false. It Is explained that the return of Weinsteln ec Samuels showed the con cern owed the government a tax of 1 4,634, while the amount due was 9j.- 801. The return put in for A. N. Laven- thal Sc. Co! waa for $2162, while the amount really due, it Is claimed, was S33.1S3. In ' the case of Bloom, the return placed his taxes at S10. while the amount due was $12,000. GIRL "BORROWS" JEWELRY Indignant Southerner Hunting for Sew York Acquaintance. NEW TORK. Miss Lillian Pincus. 19. of West Thirtieth street, was in Mor- risania court to face an indignant southerner, Charles Newman, of Rich mond, ya.. who claimed she had ho kused him out of two diamond rings and a wrist watch valued at $150. He came to New York April 7, he said, and took ooma at 985 Beck street from Mrs. Dorothy Hauser, a sister of the defendant. Newman's acquaintance with Miss Pincus ripened rapidly, it was said, and Miss Pincus soon came to admire his Jewelry. He said he permitted her to wear the articles two days in succes sion. On the second day she rode down town with him. parting at Four teenth street with an invitation to cal' on her at the home of her mother In Brooklyn. He said the girl asked to be allowed to wear the rings until that time and he consented. The same evening Newman went to Brooklyn and kept his appointment, but Miss Pincus did not appear. He delayed several days, conducting a personal search for her, and then called in de tectives. Detective Joseph Wey of the Slmp3on street station finally found hr. She was held in 11000 bail for the grand Jury. CHILD RELIEF ORGANIZED All in Czcclio-Sluvakia Actual!) HungTy and Needy Being Fed. PRAGUE. The American scheme of child relief in Czecho-Slovakia is now in full swing. Large quantities of milk, cocoa and other goods are in the hands of the central committee and the feed ing of the children has been completely organized in the different districts. Not every child in Czecho-Slovakia is being fed, but only those who are actu ally hungry and needy. In most dis tricts about one child in three is now receiving the American ration. With the co-operation of various na tional, religious and social organiza tions, encouraged by the Czecho-Siovak government, local and district commit tees have been formed to carry on the details, of the child-feeding scheme. Food is at hand in many places only awaiting the organization of the local committee. Additional American per sonnel has recently arrived from Paris, and as soon as word is received that a community is ready, for organization, representatives are being sent out to put the relief Into operation. WIFE KILLED; AVIATOR HURT Third Member of Party Also Dies in Accident in Manitoba. PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man., July 25. Mrs. Kerr and Lieutenant W. R. Cross were killed and Lieutenant R- P. Kerr seriously injured in - an airplane acci dent here yesterday. The party were on their way from Winnipeg to Brandon and stopped off here before continuing their journey. The plane was just leaving on the last leg of its Journey when the accident happened. , Read The Oregonlan classified ads. NEW SHOW TODAY AV a vo o. I I r !!:!,-. l 1 r ? i ' v :i. V V ( ( , t ; Ir-i Te? No Man - - Hear No Man Kiyv No Manlfl They hated men! Then, one night a mere man Harrison Ford pursued by another woman's husband, fled right into their apartment. You must come and see how winsome Marguerite gets out of the awful situation! ALL WEEK, STARTING TODAY Smart Clothes for Active Boys TITLES SOLD IS CHARGE BIUTISII POLITICAL, LIFE HAS ITS TENDER SPOT. General Pa Re Croft Asserts Award Made For Party Services and Are Practically nought. LONDON. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The tender spot in British political life today is the dis pensation of titles. These are awarded, of course, by the kinK. but on the nom ination of the prime minister, and the criticism of reformers is that titles have been priven for a Ions; time and by various prime ministers for purely party services and practically bought by contributions to party funds. The house of lords has a peculiar in terest in this matter because the old noble families are jealous of bavins; their caste lowered by the addition of the newly rich, and purely rich to the orders of nobility. The yuestion was threshed out last year and there was a general under standing that hereafter when honors were announced the reason for their bestowal should be published. This has been done in the. form but It is alleged not in substance, because several much criticised honors in the last list were described as "for public services,' which mifcht mean alsmost anything. The new national party, which has a few members in the house of commons has taken up the question. The chair man. General Page Croft, has written to the newspapers proposing: to prove before any Judicial comntttee that since 1910 one member of parliament has rejected an offer of a title. In re turn for a cash payment to party funds and that the father of a member of the house of commons waa offered a baronestcy for 25,000. He charged also that a member of parliament who was created a peer after the beglnnlnfr of the war sub- uonvo MOTHERS, you will find at this store the sort of clothes that your boys like to wear the sort they ought to wear. Some early fall models are being shown here waUt-line styles with belts; they are quite dressy and they are tailored from fabrics carefully selected for their wearing qualities as well as for attractiveness of pattern and color. You can make a pleasing choice from this large stock of Suits for Boys $10 to $27.50 Mostly With Two Pairs Knickers Children's Wash Suits 9Sc to $6.50 Tho- Suits for Beach or Playtime. 4 Second Floor. - scribed a very large sum of money to a, newspaper that supports the premier. He mentions also instances in which he -says titles were fcranted to a poli tician of so notorious a character as to be regarded as unfit to be a candidate for parliament, to a not her rolti tr-ian ALL NEW TODAY AMD 0 "THE DLMOVABLE GUEST" 30 Minute of Fan SL jl 0 ' ' , V v Pre. U UL , COMING WEDNESDAY ETHEL CLAYTON THE SPORTING CHANCE" ) ' "ass -4sVs. Wts Ua regarded as unscrupulous and third man "previously involved notorious social scandal." General Parte Croft offered to all his charsres. to a, in a. prova Head The Oretronlan dandified art. Square! Thats the kind of man that Bill Hart is in this one. Straight as a die and on the level, but ready to go like the devil for a defenseless woman in distress. H.lric? 2 VI 4V f ! . in kinoc; RAMS The Weeklv IV Luxe c m am