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9 T Ofl TITLE TO REV. E. B. 1MHMCE PRQPOSEQ .A W ' .Mat mrrr'r. jr.-.': tJ -A & i J New Record in Two Years Would Prevent Cancellation. -v if RULE CHANGE FAVORED YEAR THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBETt 20, 1919. LliUil LOCKHABT BACK FROM FRANCE! ""J 1 jjff Ex-Editor and Pastor in Y. M. &tf, iiL .. KJ f J? Y j C. A. Lecture Work. H-S cc. ' avric U V V' 'WM SOUTH ) JKVJSt-X SPENT OVERSEAS! ..: . M 1 ' T'.i Light Harness Racing Advocates Consider Methods of Keeping tp Good Competition. Portland Minister Will Leave for Xorth Bend Soon to Take Merliodist-Episcopal Pulpit. til r BY W. H. GOCHER. KEW YORK. Oct. 19. Favorable comment from all sections of the country for the proposed amendment of the rules of light harness racing, ko that a horse's win race will be canceled in two years after he fails to reduce it, shows that all of the live racing officials are aware of the fact that racing material is getting ecarce. The horses are being out classed faster than the breeders are producing them. If the present system is continued for thjree or four years there will not le enough trotters and pacers on this continent to supply the fairs and rac ing associations with a sufficient number of entries to entertain their patrons. The price of highly tried racing material eligible to slow classes is jumping into the thousands, while the outclassed horses, many of which are as sound as the day they were foaled, are a drug on the market and tagged like old clothes in a second-hand store. During the Lexington meeting, Thomas W. Murphy is reported to have paid $21,000 for the three-year-oid gelding 1-eter Manning, who has nothing to recommend him except that he trotted a mile against time in 2:0614 and won a race over a half mile track in 2.17. At the present time. Murphy also has in his stable the 11-year-old gelding Royal Mack that could trim, and possibly always 'will until he trains off. the new mem ber of the stable doing anything in 'the way of racing. Last winter he was offered for sale at $2500. This year he has been one of the leaders in the grand circuit, meeting and de feating all of the best class horses in training. At the opening of the sea son he was, with his allowance, a 2:07 trotter. Now he is in the 2:05 class and if he association should start its class races next year at 2:06 as they did in 1919, Royal Mack would not be worth a dollar note for racing purposes. Bnya $ 10,000 Horn, The system is to blame for this and It also prompted Walter Cox to pay $10,000 for E. Cdlorado. a horse that is eligible to the 2:12 class. This year he has shown himself to be a clever trotter on the half-mile tracks, while he also has a fleet foot and racing manners, something for which he was not noted prior to 1919. At the pres ent time. Cox also has in his stable McGregor the Great and Busy's Lassie, either one of which could beat E. Colorado doing anything in the matter of racing, but each of them are out classed by the eternal winraces that stand opposite their names, while they will be dead and buried before they can be brought back to the winning column by the present time allowance rule. In a season or two such splendid trotters as Echo Direct, Oscar Watts, Mariondale, Gentry C. Peter June, Miss Perfection, the star Early Dreams and a list of pacers as long as your arm on the mile tracks, as well as hundreds on the half-mile tracks, will be switched off the main line to the outclassed siding. They will also remain there forever, unless the now and forevermore winrace rule is limited to a -couple of seasons. All that there is to class divisions in light harness racing is an opportu nity to make engagements. Without that a horse is of no value for racing purposes, as everyone knows what the free-for-alls have amounted to for a number of years. What chance would a 2:04 or 2:05 trotter have had with Hamburg Belle. Uhlan or Lee Axworthy in their respective years, and what chance would one of them have with Lu Princeton? All that can be done is to scrap them after their engagements are raced off. With the knowledge, however, that their win race will be canceled at a specified date, an owner will go on, knowing that the day is coming when his ap parently outclassed horse can come back and be reclassified, or as A. H. Cosden said when discussing the sub , ject. J. L. Dodge could lay Periscope away for two years, during which he could, 't he so desired, breed her and raise a foal, and come back with her aa a six-year-old. Plan of Action Outlined. Sanford Small could also take Mc Gregor the Great, give him two lim ited seasons in the stud and at the came time train him lightly, and bring him back again in his seven-year-old form. In other word. these two men would get as much racing out of these two horses as they would out of four, providing their second selections were as good as the first, which is very very doubtful. Also what they could' do would be open to hundreds of others, while the racing world would be benefited in the end. At present it is just a question of pajing me price for a hiirhlv tr-i horse and make the balance of the owners trail along in the dust, while the associations at the tail enri r.t the circuit and their patrons get a processions ior their money wnn tne come-back rule in force it wouio require a superhorse to dupli cate the showing of Peter Scntr Ru. den. R. T. C. The Harvester, or ih.t splendid pair, Mignolia and McGregor mo wnn wnin cox rode in iront so cneertuny this vear. As it will require five or six years for the foals that will be bred next year io appear on the turf in event oiner man tne colt stakes, the horses which made winraces prior to 1917 can Keep racing up to the Dresent etandard until the foals of 19'1 are available. If this is not done, the Hem win become smaller and smaller until the fair associations, which give 75 per cent of the light harness meet ings, will be forced to substitute sm other kind of entertainment for their patrons, while the racing associations located outside of the betless belt will be compelled to invent some other method to determine the value of the tickts which are now being distrib uted so profitably by the iron men on race day, to say nothing of the fields and favorite player and the fading bookmaker. "Winlock to Enlarge Gym. CENTRA LI A. Wash.. Oct. 19. (Spe cial.) Tne Winlock Athletic club has obtained a lease from the school board on the Winlock gymnasium. The building will be improved by the in stallation of steam heat and shower baths and the construction of a bal cony. The Winlock high school will have the use of the gym two nights a week. V. M. Hancock is president of the athletic club. Callers at the Majestic theater In their new Chlnene eontamea of rich orange broadcloth trimmed with black satin bands and deafjrned by Mrtt. J. J. rarkcr, especially In honor of the Griffith production, "Broken Hloaaonia," now showing at the MajeHtic. TODAY'S KII.M FEATURES, Strand Rex Beach production, "The Girl from Outside." Liberty Mary Plckford, "The Hoodlum." Columbia William Russell, "Six Feet Four." Peoples Mitchell Lewis, "The Faith of the Strong." Star Henry Bolton, "The Girl Alaska." Majestic r. W. Griffith pro duction. "Broken Blossoms." Sunset Cecil Ue Mille produc tion. "Don't Change Your Hus band." Circle Katherine MacDonald, "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." JUST a glimpse into a land other than our own, of a ray of pure sunshine and its warming effect on two tragic figures and of the beauty which lies within the power of a camera and the screen is David Wark Griffith's latest and already- famous production, "Broken Blossoms." ''Broken Blossoms" opened Satur day morning at the Majestic theater for a week's run. Since its opening lines, sometimes reaching the end of the block, doubling back and re doubling, have stretched before the Majestic ticket window. Incidentally. "Broken Blossoms" is at the present time in its seventh month of contin uous showing, at the George Cohan theater. New York City, which is charging up to $3 a seat. The simplicity and the pretentious ness, at one and the same time, are the outstanding features of this mas terpiece. The plot is so simple, so un assuming and yet it contains such a world of character portrayal, such a vision of the awfulness of this thing called civilization and such a lesson in humaneness. Griffith himself, in one of the sub-titles, infers that the pic ture may be taken as a warning. The statement is made in speaking of "Bat tling Burrows," a character so brutal as to be of an unknown type, Mr. Griffith said, to the majority of those who will witness the film. Essentially "Broken Blossoms" "is a tale of love and lovers," to quote the sub-title again. The strange in timacy that comes between Battling Burrows' neglected little daughter and the cause of her real joy and ultimate death, "Chinky," is shown to be the innate love of beauty in the yellow man and the hopeless desire of the girl's seared soul for kindliness and affection. The story of their fbve is a story of tears, but it is filled with warmth, purity and sweetness. Utterly different as little Lucy was. she is at times suggestive of Juliet. Her agejust 15 years and her com plete trust and womanliness is per haps responsible for the strange re semblance. The part of Lucy is played by Lillian Gish with a sincer ity and tenderness characteristic of all of her work. Almond-eyed, stooped and lovable. "Chinky" is portrayed by Richard Barthelmess and is a revelation of the art and feeling possessed by this screen favorite, who until his appear ance in "Broken Blossoms" has de picted only such roles as those re quiring youth and sincerity. Screen Gossip. According to press reports, those who were charmed by daintly little Madge Kennedy as a popular favorite 32 QUALIFY AT WAVEBLEY PAIRINGS FOR FIRST AND SECOND CLASS MADE. Prince of "Wales Becomes Enthusi astic Devotee of Golf in Tour of Canada. Thirty-two players turned in cards Saturday in the qualifying round of the men's championship of the Wav- erley Country club. The play was 18 holes with the lfi low scored quali fying for the championship flight. Those who did not qualify for the championship flight have been paired in a first and second flight according to the scores made. The pairings in the championship flight follow: A. E. White versus C. Huggins; E. C. King versus R. A. Leiter: E. E. Shaw versus Wert Minor; R. F. Prael versus Cannon; W. Cornell versus C. E. Nelson: W. E. W. Peterson versus Kerry: Walter Pear son versus N. E. Ayer; W. W. Ketten bach vertus Dr. O. F. Willing. First flight: Kent Koehler versus Cannon; H. G. Thompson versus R. J. A. O'Rielley; A. B. Scott versus Dr. Sam Slocum; Dr. McCool versus Mechlem. Second flight: C. L. Wernicke ver sus Whitehouse; C. A. Hart versus Dr. F. E. Moore; C. F. Swigert versus Dr. A. A. Morrison. One match in the second flight al ready has been playeC off. Gordon Voorhies Jr. winning tfrom F. G. Wheeler 4 up 2. Matches may be played off during the week at the players' option. The rojal and ancientgame seems to have an enthusiastic royal devo tee in the person of Edward, prince of Wales, who is making a tour of Canada and who has swung his clubs over the links of the leading clubs of the dominion. . Charles E. Murnan. prominent Bea ton golfer, recently entered the hole-in-one class by holing out his tie shot on the sixth hole of the Com monwealth Country club of Boston. The hole measures 285 yards. What is said to be the sportiest nine-hole course in New Jersey is now open for play at Maplewood. It was built in record time, less than five months, with play on it three months after seeding and better play ing condition than many courses opened a year. The course is over T100 yards ard is said to be a real test of golf. Not a hole can be reached in the second shot If drive Is not good, ex cept, of course, the two-shot holes. , Maplewood has the plana under way of the spoken stage In "Overnight." "Twin Beds," "Fair and Warmer." and "Baby Mine," or in the photoplays "Leave It to Susan" and "Through the Wrong Door," will fall in love with her latest production, "Strictly Confi dential." This decidedly ingenious and breezy serio-camic play, picturized from the humorous novel of James K. Jerome. "Fanny and the Servant Problem," features Miss Kennedy as Fanny O'Gorman. a strolling girl actress, with whom young Lord Eantock falls in love and later marries and takes to his ancestral castle, where all the servants turn out to be Fanny's fam ily relatives. John Bowers, who plays the role of Lord Bantock, is said to prove himself a finished artist in the crises that follow. Five kinds of food were used in the r.'aking of one scene in the new com pleted film, "Eyes of Youth." The food was not eaten, in fact. Strange to say, there is not a dinner or . banquet scene in the- whole pic ture, but" it was necessary for Harry Garson, the producer, to obtain the effect of rain, snow, naif, sleet and Ice in one scone where Clara Kimball Young as the drug victim is seen en tering the Ritz-Carlton hotel. Wet rice caused the rain effect, salt was used (or snow, barley was made, in the strange light of the studio, to appear as hail, dry tapioca resembled melting hail, and then soaked tapioca took on the image of sleet. All in all, 500 pounds of foodstuffs were used. In exploiting Clara Kimball Young, the nameof the play or story in which phe is appearing will be mentioned merely for purposes of identif icat'on, according to recent announcement. On all advertising and the various means of display used at theaters, Miss Young's name will appear, while the name of thi vehicle will be given In very small type so that folks can avoid repetition. This is being done because the rentals obtained on the "Eyes of Youth" have proved the value of Miss Young's name. Elaine Hammtrstein has finally completed "The Country Cousin," adapted from the well-known play by Booth Tarkington and Julian Street and which was produced last week at the Baker theater. After a short rest Mifos Hammerstein will be gin work on her second stirring pro duction, which is to be a play of stage life. Ralph Inco will direct Olive Thom as in her next production. Mr. Ince is also directing "The Girl From Out Yonder," in which Miss Thomas is working at present in Fort Lee stu dios. The title of her next production will be announced later. Said to e the biggest set ever con structed in any studio will be the feature of "Piccadilly Jim," Owen Moore's latest production. The set, which represents the lower floor of a fashionable New YorkNhome, is so massive that it stretches across the entire width of the Selznick Fort Lee studio, wh'ch is the largest studio in the east, and i has been necessary to build a special stand for the cam era. 20 feet outside of the studio, in order that the lenses of the camera will take the full details. It was also necessarw to have a special lens made for the camera. Work on every other production in the studio was halted Curing the filming of the scenes in this set. for a new $150,000 clubhouse and also nine more holes. KELSO THEATER IS SOLD John G. Townsend of Portland Be comes Owner of Playhouse. KELSO. Wash., Oct. 19. (Special.) The Kelso theater was purchased last week by John G. Townsend of, Portland from D. D. Hughes of that city, who acquired the property about two months ago. The theater, built in the town's boom days about 12 iears ago. never was financially euc cesRful, and the stock company that built it and most of those who have owned it recently have lost money on it. When built it was the best Dlav- house between Portland and Tacoma. but with the decline in the road show business its place was taken by the motion picture houses. In recent years it has been little used exceDt for public gatherings, echool enter tainments, etc. It has a seating ca pacity of nearly 900. POLAND'S POSITION CLEAR Hostility to Prussian Militarism Held Absolute. WARSAW, Oct. 19. (Havas.) As a result of the commencement of hos tilities by the German-Russian forces against Lithuania, M. Skrynski, Polish under-secretary of state, has informed the ambassadors of the Bal tic states that they could with per fect security concentrate against the Germans and Russians. He declares that Poland would never aid enterprises of Prussian mil itarism. CHINESE MINISTER GOES Peace Delegates to Sail for Shan tung in November. PARIS, Oct. 19. Lu Cheng Hsiang, Chinese minister for foreign affairs, left Paris yesterday for Italy. He will sail from Marseilles early in No vember for Shantung, accompanied by the greater part of the personnel of the Chinese peace delegation. Dr. Wellington Koo will remain in Paris in charge of the delegation. Allen Sets New Record. Benny Allen, former champion, set a new world's record recently for pocket billiards while playing in a practice handicap match in Kansas City. He pocketed 78 consecutive balls. Allen will attempt a "come back" for the title in the national tourney at Philadelphia December 1. Read The Oregonian classified ads. Rev. E. B. Lockhart. ex-city editor of the Salem Statesman and other times pastor of Lincoln and Clinton Kelly Methodist Episcopal churches in Portland, returned yesterday from and landed again just one year from which time he served in France as a member of the lecture staff of the Y. M. C. A. Met in Portland by Mrs. Lockhart. the ex-local pastor will visit here a few days, before leaving for North Bend. Or. He has been appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of that city. - Mr. Lockhart left for New York to sail for France on October 8, 1918. a year's absence overseas, during the date of his departure. Lecturing Done In Paris. In Paris he was connected with the lecturing work of the sightseeing de partment of the Y. M. C. A., and dur ing the latter part of his service was chief of guides and lecturers at the Louvre. "Since the armistice was signed," said Mr. Lockhart. "more than 1,000. 000 service men. soldiers, sailors, ma rines, officers and Red Cross men. have passed through the sightseeing department of the Y. M. C. A. in Paris. Our ideal, one we came near to re alizing. was for every service man in Paris to find some "y" man who could direct him for entertainment, sight seeing, shows and places of historical interest. "The three chief treasures of the Louvre, where I was stationed, are the Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardi da Vinci, and the Winged Victory and Venus de Milo, classic examples of ancient Grecian art. Some Indica tion of the value at which France holds these treasures, though they are not for sale at any price, may ba found in the rumor that England of fered for the Winged Victory its weight In gold. The entire work weighs several tons, I imagine. The offer was refused. Y. M. C. A. Work Completed. "These and other treasures were re moved from the Louvre when Paris was threatened by the German drive. Though none save the officials know, it is believed that they were conveyed to places of refuge in southern France. Not all of the many marvelous works of art have been brought back, as yet." When he left Paris, said Mr. Lock hart. practically all Y. M. C. A. work had been completed with the depar ture of most of the American forces, and but one "Y" establishment is now open in the French capital. As pastor of Lincoln and Clinton Kelly churches in this city. Mr. Lock hart voluntarily assumed the work of two pastors, and to such effect that both churches were practically free from debt at the tljne of his depar ture, and with pledges made by the congregation members to take care of the balances. Since then the two pastoriates have been entirely freed ) i;- V f ' J i flirvrfviafn rirr- Rev. K. B. 1Ock.hart, -Portland minister, who returned yesterday from V. M. C A. work, in France. from debt, and are again in charge of individual pastors. CITY FIGHTS DIPHTHERIA Disease Reported Epidemic in Wood lawn District. The city health authorities are con tending with a small epidemic of diphtheria, particularly amonc the pupils of the Vv oodlawn school, ac cording to announcement made yes terday by Dr. John O. Abele, assist ant city health officer. Dr. Abele said the city health bu reau had examined the students of the Woodlawn school x.s a result of the number of cases there and had found 16 "carriers," that is, pupils who were carrying the germs but had failed to develop the disease. Steps were Immediately taken to check the epidemic and it is believed that these will be effective. Dr. Abele declared the situation with reference to scarlet fever sat isfactory, no further spread of the disease being reported. DRIVE CAPTAINS NAMED Albany Women to Begin Roosevelt Memorial Fund Campaign. ALBANY". Or., Oct. 19. (Special.? Ten Albany women will serve as cap tains in the 10 districts into which this city has been divided for the campaign for funds for the Roose velt Memorial, which will begin to morrow and continue until Qctober 27. They are: Mrs. Percy R. Kelly. Mrs. Alton B. Coates. Mrs. W. A. Bar rett, Mrs. Edwin F. Fortmiller, Mrs. D. Le Roy Parker. Mrs. Walton H. Worrell, Mrs. Herman Lemke, Mrs. Thomas Gilchrist, Mrs. Edward F. An derson and Mrs. Charles H. Leonard. These captains were appointed by Dr. G. E. Riggs. chairman of the drive In Albany. Percy R. Kelly of this city, circuit judge of the Third judicial district. Is chairman of the campaign in Linn county. t t t jfewsKi lOSi? Zdn7' D n't yon want to ROMANCE is calling to you! . Strange and smiling foreign lands are beckoning to you. Shove off and see the world! Learn to " parley -voo" in gay Paree. See the bull-fights in Panama. See surf - riding on the beach of Waikiki. Learn the lure that comes with the swish and swirl of the good salt sea. Eat well free; dress well free; sleep clean free; and look 'em all straight in the eye British, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spaniards, Egyptians, Alge rians and all manner of people. Come! Be a real man of the world. See the world. See it with the red- Slaove off f-Jbta. the u. S oMvY t' mi in i ii i I. 1.i a imrMMaiKi i J tm - - iitu--- 'it. i aalj rriYi Wi 11 t ' -ria n r---J DELINQUENCY IS TMCED JUDGE KAXZLER BLAMES PAR ENTS FOK MANY CASES. Lack of Control, Discipline and Often Sympathy Held Respon sible for Waywardness. Lack of control, discipline and even sympathy on the part of parents is the big factor in creating delinquent chil dren, according to Judge Jacob Kanz ler of the court of domestic relations, who last night addressed the open forum at the First Unitarian church. He described the organization and work of the court, which was installed three months ago. "I can see in the short time I have been connected with the court that certain causes for delinquency stand out." he said. "The most glaring of these is with the children, of divorcees, where the Jurisdiction has been di vided by the court and the boys live with one parent a while and then with the other. . Kach will teach the child false ideas, so that he usually has no regard for the authority of either. It is bad enough to separate, but you parents must stop villifying each other before the child. "If parents would make a point of knowing where their children are the whole 24 hours of the day it would help a lot. You must interest your selves in your child's pleasures. ' The parents must show they have an au thority to be respected. "The real menace, he declared, is In those on the border land who are roaming the streets." Judge Kanzler said he has a mental examination made of practically every child who comes into his court. Another thing given attention is not finding out what the boy or girl did. but how he came to do it. "Running down these facts," the judge remarked, "is where the real work comes in." ALFONSO GOES TO FRANCE HOMAGE TO BE PAID TO BRAVERY OF REPUBLIC. King of Spain Offers Military Aid to Allies During War, Am bassador Asserts. MADRID, Oct. 19. King Alfonso left Madrid tor Paris last night at 10 o'clock. The Diario and El Universal says the visit is proof of the excellent re lations between France and Spain and that it will give Alfonso the oppor tunlty of paying homage to the bravery of France. PARIS. Oct. 19. The Spanish ai bassador. J. Quinones de Leon, has gone to the frontier to meet King Alfonso. The king of Spain wanted to come to the aid of.France with his army at the outbreak of the war. ac cording to a statement of Ambassa dor de Leon, printed in Le Journal today. The ambassador said the king called the French ambassador to the palace on the first day of the mobili zation and said to him: "You may send to your eastern frontier the 18th corps that guards the frontier of the Pyrennes. I will answer for our frontier." "Later on, during the dark days of August, the ambassador declared that NEWS NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL SALEM, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) Howard T. McKenna of Portland was a visitor at the capitol here yes terday. He called at the offices of the public service commission. V. K. Mullock, a resident of Jo sephine county, arrived in Salem last evening to confer with state officials regarding the appropriation of a water right. Mr. Mullock is said to be one of southern Oregon's most prosperous ranchers. C. S. Wellington of Portland passed a few, hours at the capitol Saturday. He called at the offices of the state school superintendent. Attorney-General George M. Brown expects to leave here some time this week for Klamath Falls, where he will Inspect irrigation projects now under construction and contemplated in that part of the state. The at torney-general expects to be absent from the capitol for several days. Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter of Attorney-General and Mrs. George M. Brown, has entered the agricultural college at Corvallis. where she will attend school during the winter. - H. J. Sehuldermann, stat? corpora tion commissioner, returned here this afternoon after a couple of days spent in Portland on business. Mr. Sehul dermann made the trip by automo bile. Howard Foster of Payette, Idaho, was a visitor at the capitol Satur day. He called upon several officials and expressed surprise at the growth of Salem and development of the sur rounding country. Mr. FQSter had Alfonso again took up the question with the cabinet, saying: "I want, astride by horse, to go to the aid of France with all my cav alry." "During the war we were not neu tral." Senor de Leon said. "We could not admit this officially, but it is true." The French newspapers, in com menting on Alfonso's visit, dwell on the king's role during the war. point ing out that he intervened personally with Germany in favor of the 1-5. 0U0 French and Belgian soldiers, about 8000 British and more than 6000 Ital ian troons: that he obtained the par don of 19 persons condemned to death and secured the repatriation of 70.000 deported civilians and 20.000 ill or mutilated prisoners of war. DEADLOCY IS UNBROKEN RIgfrers and Stevedores Strike iu San Francisco Continues. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18. The ex ecutive officers of the riggers and stevedores union announced tonight that the deadlock in the waterfront strike negotiations was unbroken and that employes had been unable to select a conference committee whose personnel was satisfactory to the wa terfront employers union. PROSECUTOR IS-DESIRED Strikers in Pittsburg District Want Complaints Investigated. PITTSBURG. Oct. IS. The steel workers' strike in the Pittsburg dis trict was practically at a standstill Look I Here is the globe spread out flat before your eyes. See those stars? Every star shows where a U.S. Navy ship was on Sept. 2nd, 1919. The Navy travels the Seven Seas. . see the "World. ? blooded, hard-working, hard-playing men of the U. S. Navy. Pay begins vthe day you join. On board ship a man is always learning. Trade schools develop skill, industry and business ability. Thirty days care free holiday each year with full pay. The food is good. First uniform out fit is furnished free. Promotion is unlimited for men of .brains. You can enlist for two years and come out broader, stronger and abler. Shove off! Join the U. S. Navy. If you're between 17 and 35 go to the nearest recruiting station for all the details. If-you don't know where it is ask your postmaster. - not visited here for more than 15 years and he noticed many substan tial improvements. Mr. Foster passed a couple of hours visiting the several departments of the state government. Sheriff Hurlburt of Portland came to Salem Saturday and delivered a prisoner to officials at the state pen itentiary. During his stay in the city Mr. Hurlburt took advantage of the opportunity to call upon a num ber of the state officials. Asa H. Roblr.son, county judge of Polk county, was a visitor in the city Saturday. He called at the offices of Governor 01cott."as well as chat ting with other officials. . . William Carver, member of the Salem newspaper colony, has suf ficiently recovered from a nasal operation to be discharged from a local hospital. He will resume his duties on thd Salem Statesman early next week.. Fred R. Waters of Portland, for merly employed as reporter on a newspaper there, has arrived In Salem to visit with his mother, Mrs. E. E. Waters. Mr. Waters called at the statehouse Saturday and enjoyed a brief chat with the governor and other officials. Mr. Waters was at one tine mayor of Salem and also served as state capitol corrrspundent for one of the Portland newspapers several years ago. M. Montc-omery, Southern Pacific agent at Medford. passed Saturday in Salem visiting with friends. "Monty," as he is familiarly known in this vicinity, was chief clerk at the local station for five years, ir.ter receiving a promotion which sent him to the southern Oregon city. today, the only development of Im portance being a Joint meeting of the Pittsburg central labor union and the Pittsburg building trades council with representatives of the railroad broth erhoods. Matters pertaining to the walkout were considered and resolutions were adopted urging Governor Sproul to appoint a special proeet-utor to in vestigate complaints of the union growing out of the strike and calling upon the labor gr4'P of the indus trial conference at Washington to re main firm in their stand for collec tive bargaining between the employ ers and labor. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN'. ( V 4 , W" J Name Address ....... Town or City. t fur idtruTiTMdMar,fioVc'ation petuate Theodore Rooaevelt'a Ideals of r.verv oonor to the unci VI rcceiva mall portrait of Theodore ltoo..evelt and ..- ,,,.,,,. mii,,n. i names o; national memorial at Waihlna-ton. D. f (1) To ret a monument o Thodor Ronnevelt in Washlnrton r c i3 to acquir and maintain a public rrk at Ovstfr Bay. N V uuimaii; i include Stliinorf Hlil. the Roosevelt home, to he preserved like' tar Wuhinr ton enta:e at Mount Vernon and the home of Mr. Lincoln at Sn-ir -ti-5" a IS) to endow the Koosevelt Memorial uoociation an a ninn.i rv,I. YOH HYLAN ASKS DELAY ilri REQUEST MADE THAT TROOPS BE KEPT FROM DOCKS. Conciliators to Be Given Oppor tunity to ConTcr Willi National Adjustment Commission. NEW YORK. Oct. 19. On learning that the transport George Washing ton was anchored off quarantine with several hundred troops on board, who, it was reported, were to take over the docks along the North river tomorrow mornine. Major Hylan tonight tele graphed Secretary of War Baker, re questing that no aotior. be taken n replacing the striking wharf work ers until the conciliators appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson 'confer with the national adjustment com mission. "I will endeavor to arrange a con ference eiirly tomorrow morning," the mayor concluded. Paul A. Vaccarelli. former vice president of the International Long shoremen's association, announced to night that Mayor Hylan had suggest ed his name to Secretary of Labor Wilson as one of the "conciliators" appointed yesterday. Samuel Gompers. president of the Air.eriran Federation of I.aror. kept appointments today with T. V. O'Con nor, president of the International Longshoremen's association. and Vaccarelli. although at different times, as O'Connor has stated that he will never enter the same room with. Vaccarelli. Lelegates representing more than 4ii.tMiO striking lonnshoremen of the 53 locals In New York, assembled at the city hall today to meet the 'con ciliation committee" appointed yes terday by Secretary of Labor Wil son to attempt a settlement of the strike. Following the meeting. Mayor Hylan announced that he would meet officials of the national adjustment commission and the steamship inter ests tomorrow to "see if he could not bring about some amicable adjust ment of the difficulties." St. Paul Hears Ie Valera. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Oct. 19. Eammon de Valera. "provisional president of the Irish republic." addressed a large mass meeting here this afternoon, and tonight tpoke to an audience in XI in ni-apolip. x X t : i Roosevelt Memorial Committee, Judge Jacob Kanzler. Multnomah county cha Irman. Press Club, Elks Building. Portland. Dollars I desire to give Cents which I enclose herewith to the fund to erect a memorial to the memory of the late Theodore Roosevelt and to become a member of the Roosevelt Memorial association. b" bwl or,:nl1"1 to r' J5.000.000 American cttii&euanip. a r.rr r i . will become a member of the RooaTe.t an contributors will be deposited la iaa C. when erected i -re-te - r