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t THE 3IORmG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919. KRESS FACES BIG 1 ISSUES Senator Hopes for Action on Important Matters. MARINE PROBLEM PRESSES Oregon Member of Vpper House Confident Railroads Will Be Dis posed Of Satisfactorily. American marine and railroad legis lation are two important matters to be considered by. congress in which Oregon is especially interested, said Charles L. McNary. United States sen ator, who left Portland last night for "Washington, D. C. A hearing is to be held on the future policy of the United States regarding the merchant marine by a subcommittee of which Senator McNary is chairman, and these hearings will begin next Mon day. "We have a large number of ships which have cost the government a tremendous sum," said Mr. McNary, 'and what to do with the vessels is a serious problem. Whether they should be leased to private operating com panies or held until they can be sold at good figures, or sold for what they will bring now, or whether the ves sels should be operated under gov ernment direction, are some of the angles which must be considered. "At to the railroads, I feel confi dent that legislation will be enacted satisfactory to employes and owners and also to the general public. The railroads will be returned to private ownership on some satisfactory ba ft is, with eui table regulations." Suffar Profiteers Scored. Discussing the sugar situation, Mr. McNary says he has a bill which he hopes to get action on soon. This bill provides for purchase by the govern ment of what remains of the Cuban sugar crop. Failure of the president to take steps to secure the Cuban sugar crop several months ago has made the situation difficult, owing to the fact that America does not pro duce more than half the sugar it consumes and depends on Cuba for the rest, while other countries also are in the market and buying fast. "Hoarding is responsible for the high price of sugar," declared the senator. "This hoarding has been done by the jobbers, wholesalers and retailers, who hoped for higher prices and held for the expected advance. I don't know whether any dealers in Portland were hoarding, but I know that this was practiced in many parts of the country. I know of a dealer who bought sugar from the govern ment at 10 cents a pound and sold it at 18 cents. A number of these prof iteers have been prosecuted." Among the various bit!) of legisla tion proposed by Mr. McNary is an Irrigation measure calling for an ap propriation of $10,000,000 for imme diate use. If the bill passes this money ill be available for next year and about $3,000,000 of the sum will come to irrigation projects in Oregon, the Umatilla, Warm Springs and Klamath projects. SijacnM of Economy Sighted. While $10,000,000 is not a vast sum for irrigation matters, it is said to be about all that could- be used next year to advantage and there is a bet ter prospect of an appropriation of that size passing at this time than a bill carrying $100,000,000, particularly since congress is beginning to show fiftns of economy. Speaking of econ omy, Mr. McNary is of the opinion that congress will adopt the budget eystem as a business proposition. Concerning the political situation, Mr. McNary says that from what he can gather Oeneral Wood and Gov ernor Lowden are the favorites for the republican nomination for presi dent, although there is some talk for Johnson in the west, some for Poin dexter and others. Regarding Taft and Hughes he heard little discussion in the east. There is more Taft sen timent in the west than in the east, says Mr. McNary. SEATTLE VOTE DECISIVE EESCLT CONSIDERED VICTORY FOR AMERICANISM. "Triple Alliance" Candidatess for School Board I-osre by Plural ities of Nearly 10,000. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) By pluralities of almost 10.000 and ratio of three to two. the candi dates of the triple alliance were de feated in the school board election yesterday. Complete returns from the 12S polling places show: Walter J. Santmyer, 37.820: George H. Walker, 27.;i5: George P. Listman, 1S.079; Mrs. l.orene Wiswell Wilson. 18.382; John R. Kd wards. H3t: Clifford V. Kant rier, 466. Pluralities over Mrs. Wil son, next highest candidate: Sant myer. 943S; Walker. SS63. Though Clifford W. Kantner with drew from the race last Saturday and urged his friends to vote for Sant myer and Walker, his name appeared on the printed ballot because notice of the withdrawal was not served in time. As a result 466 persons voted for him through a misapprehension. John K. Edwards, an independent candidate, who besides making his fiiiht as a man free from labor temple domination also emphasized his hos tility toward the school medical de partment, polled 1436 votes. The issue was a clean-cut fight be tween the ""triple alliance." an or ganization framed by radiial leaders among the labor unions. railroad workers and farmers" granges, and augmented by radical politicians of alt sorts, and the Santmyer- Walker ticket, which stood square-toed for Americanism and a non-political, non factional administration of school af f a i rs. It was an out-and-out victory for unadulterated Americanism. IMITATORS FAIL DISMALLY AFTER ONE HAS SEEN LAUDER Some of Famous Scot's Peculiarities Can Be Caught, But His Style Is All His Own and His Songs Fascinate Audience. BY LEONE CASS BAER. IT is while you are watching Harry Lauder's roguish smile and in terpreting as personal messages his Scotch home-spun philosophy that you wonder at the audacity of the many who offer what they are pleased to call "correct imitations" of this funny little Highlander. Heaven bears witness that I can't tell a real pearl from a near, or rea seal from its step-sister, and food sub stitutes have fooled me many a time, but I am not one of the little group who concede that Miss So and So's or Mister So and So's imitation of Harry Lauder was as good as the original." The imitator can get as far as the outward embellishments, the plaid and tartan, the dangling whisk broomish stomacher and even achieve an assort ment of rolling r-r-r-rs; he some times it's a she may even present a quaint homely facial makeup like unto Harry's, but that is as far as they ever get Many Peculiarities Mimied. None of the flock has yet filched his queer little capering gait, a sort of pony hopping, on the order of a happy little boy galloping around on a stick horse. Harry Lauder's small stature and short bowed legs add to the gro tesqueness of his caperings and he fiips his elbows -eloquently, and wag gles his head while, he capers. He runs true to form in this pro gramme. First he sings a verse then its refrain, then he gallops in a circle while the music crashes out the open ing chords for the next verse. Then he sings the next verse and when it is ended he takes his audience into his confidence leans over to us and whispers, amid great chueklings and sighings and rapturous smiles the most intimate disclosures about his lassie. He has either proposed or is about to. -In any case he must con fide in us. He bought a ring for one of his lassies in yesterday's pro gramme and convulsed us a-hunting for it. When it was discovered where it had slipped through a hole in his pocket we shared his evident relief. Audience Made to Sins Too. Community song leaders who have been heard to declare that Portland audiences simply will not sing, should have been at yesterday's matinee. Harry Lauder has one song. "Some body's Waitin' for Me," which is of mesmeric melody. He sings the chorus, once, twice, thrice and we all visualize the little old cabin he's singing about, and the someone who waits. When he coaxes "Sing it won't ye, with me," we all clear our throats and a flood of suppressed tenors, weird sopranos, rumbling bassos and faltering altos rushes up to meet the gay little Scot. We sung another one, too by re quest, Harry's request. It was "We a' go hame th' same way." He gave us "Roamin' in the Gloam in" "When I Was Twenty-one" and "Let's Not Sing Any More About War; Let's Just Sing About Love." He told keen little stories in his inimitably droll way. A note of his own personal grief, "the road of anguish he had traveled along with others who had lost dear ones in the war" was sounded when he sang a little memory song. We knew it was dedicated to the boy he lost in battle but he sang it for other fathers and mothers, too. It was dig nified and dramatically impressive, and withal tremendously sad. Sir Harry Lauder is an unique institu tion and has his followers unnum bered. I'll wager that if a fire broke out in 100 homes simultaneously 99 owners would rush to save the Lauder records. His vaudeville bill, the acts that make up the rest of the bill, are fairly entertaining nothing to get excited over. Victor Pepeliaeff Will Take Seat as Premier. RECONCILIATION IS HOPE LINN HP LEVIES VOTED 12 DISTRICTS TO RAISE SUMS FROM $700 TO $9000. Funds to Be in Addition to County Iievy of 2 yz Mills for High way Improvement. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) Twelve of the 35 road districts of Linn county have voted special levies for road improvement in their dis tricts, ranging in amount from $700 to $9000. The road funds secured through these levies will be in addi tion to the regular county levy of 2 mills in all of the districts of the county and what money is expended next year from the $600,000 fund from road bonds voted last Summer. Sixteen of the road districts of the county held special meetings to vote on proposed levies, but complete re turns from the meetings, which have been received now by County Clerk Russell, show that in four districts the proposed special levies were de feated. Special levies were voted as fol lows: District 12, situated east of Albany, $700; district 15, north of Scio. $2000; district 17, surrounding Crabtree, $3000; district 18, north of Lebanon, $2000; district 19, south of Lebanon, $1000; district 20, the Soda vine district, $1000; district 23. east of Lebanon and lying between Water loo and Berlin, $3000: district 24, the Lacomb district, $3000; district 25, east of Scio and surrounding Jordan, $2100; district 27, the Lyons-Mill City district. $9000; district 30, the Kings ton district, $1800; district 35, across the North Santiam river from Gates, $2500. Proposed special tax levies were defeated in district 9, the Plainview district: district 1, the Shelburn dis trict; district 16, south of Scio, and district 28, which includes the terri tory just north of the South Santiam river opposite Sweet Home and Foster. rent weather reporx. With yesterday as frosty and chilly as Its predecessor, and marked by a keen wind, today is scheduled for continued cold, accord ing to the weatherman. The lowest mark of the mercury yesterday was 28 degrees, with a max imum in midVafternoon of 38 degrees. Despite the comparatively frigid weather the order of the day was un interrupted sunshine, with exactly eight hours and 52 minutes of absolu tely clear daylight. Both Marshfield and Roseburg re ported weather at least two degrees colder than that which prevailed in Portland, when the reports came in last night, while at Medford in south ern Oregon the lowest mark of the thermometer was 24 degrees. But Ore gon was favored by genial climate compared with that which prevailed in other sections of the northwest, for Spokane shivered yesterday with its minimum mark at two degrees below zero. The forecast for today is fair and continued cold, with moderate east erly winds and an east wind, as all dwellers of the Columbia river dis trict will" tell you, bears with it the genuine blast of boreas. Zemstvos, Czechs and Cossacks Ex pected to Unite; Socialists Make Demand for Cabinet. IRKUTSK, Dec 3. The new cabi net on which the Omsk government bases hopes for a reconcilation with the social revolutionists, the Zemst vos, the Czechs ana the Cossacks, was announced today. Victor Pepeliaeff will be premier and also retain the ministry of the interior. Serge Tre tiakoff is vice-president of the coun cil and also acting foreign minister, while P. A. Bourishkine will take the finance portfolio. The post of minister of war will be filled temporarily by General Khan pine, former commander of the west ern army. The minister of justice has not been named. Other ministers are the same as in the old cabinet. Old Members to Serve. M. Tretiakoff, who is a prominent Moscow industrial man. was a mem ber of the Korfsky cabinet'. M. Bourishkine was vice-mayor of Moscow and vice-president of the all- Kussian union towns. M. Tcherven-Vodali, president of the economic council, also is a mem ber of the cabinet. M. Soukine, former foreign minis ter, will return to Paris. The breach between Admiral Kol- chak, head of the all-Russian gov ernment, and the Czechs, growing out of the recent declaration by Dr. Valda Girsa of the Czech-Slovak national council to the allies, declaring that the czecho-Slovak army would not meddle in Russian politics, promises to be healed by mediation of the al lied diplomatic corps. Girsa asserted that the Czechs could no longer main tain the appearance of supporting a regime with which they were not in the slightest sympathy and made al legations of savagery on the ptrt of the Kolchak regime against the peo Socialists Make Remands. The municipal council of Irkutsk. composed mostly of socialists, has adopted a resolution refusing to par ticipate in the congress of the munic ipalities and Zemstvos which the all- Russian government is preparing to convoke in the near future. The council declared that the time and circumstances called for the forma tion of a socialist cabinet. The resolution of the council is dis approved of by all the non-socialist elements. SEASIDERS REGISTER KICK PASSENGERS PROTEST WHEN OFFICIALS HOLD TRAIX. MURDER CASE IS BEGUN Walter Cline on Trial at ChehalLs for Shooting Brother-in-Law. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) Walter Cline. charged with second -degree murder, was on trial today in the Lewis county superior court following the closing of the burglary case against J. P. Wilson of Dryad. Wilson was charged with having robbed the R. A. Workman store at Dryad of $400 worth of mer chandise, the most of the loot being found in a camp where he made his headquarters. This case began yes terday and went to the jury this morning. Claude L. Wright also pleaded guilty to burglary. Cline is accused of shooting Kirk Asbury, his brother-in-law, at Morton in eastern Lewis county last spring. Cline was first indicted for first degree murder, but owing to the fact that his wife had not been divorced from him she was disqualified from testifying. Her action for divorce was filed some weeks ago. The killing is admitted but a plea of self-defense is set up. SUIT FOR DAMAGES FAILS U. S. Attorney Charged With Im proper Conduct. GRASS VALLEY. Cal., Dec. 3. A verdict of "not guilty" in favor of the defendant. District Attorney E. H. Armstrong of Nevada county, was re turned here today in the suit for $50,000 damages brought by Thea baud Wadel, who charged improper conduct between Armstrong and Mrs. Wadel. The plaintiff's attorneys publicly withdrew from the suit during today's session and Wadel thereafter con ducted his own case. Plastino Captain at Idaho. MOSCOW. Idaho. Dec. 3. Felix Plastlno of Pocatello. Idaho, a junior, and for two years center on the Uni versity of Idaho football team, was elected captain for 1920 at a meeting of letter men last night. The squad passed a resolution asking the asso ciated students to offer R. P. Hutch inson, this year's coach, a contract as football coach for 1920. Elks to Hear City Attorney. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) U. E. Harmon, city attorney of Tacoma. formerly a well-known resident of Chehalis, has accepted an Invitation to deliver the address at the memorial services to be held next Sunday. December 7, by Chehalis Lodge, No. 1371, of Elks COAL LONG HELD, CHARGE Spokane Commissioner Suggests Free Handling of Fuel. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 3. With the declaration that coal has been' held in railroad cars here since October by railroad companies. Commissioner C. A. Fleming introduced in the city council a resolution suggesting to the fuel administration the desir ability of free handling of coal and declaring restrictive measures in ef fect elsewhere, unnecessary here. The fuel situation was declared by dealers yesterday not to be alarming. MORE COLD PREDICTED Weatherman Sees No Indication of Letup in Chilly Days. There is no indication of a relapse to warmer winter weather in the cur. Thanksgiving Eve Patrons Indig nant When Astoria Train Is De layed to Accommodate Students. It's a long, long way that the pas senger traffic official has to travel to please all of the patrons of the line. Because the evening train for Seaside was held 45 minutes the even ing before Thanksgiving day in an effort to accommodate students of the Agricultural college and University of Oregon, indignant passengers has tening homeward on the Astoria line signed a protest against the action of the railroad officials. The Astoria train of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway was ready to depart on that evening, when or ders were received by the conductor to hold the train. The Oregon Elec trie was bringing a number of stu dents who were anxious to reach their homes that night and the train was belated. With the understanding that it would arrive so the Astoria train could leave at 7:05 the delay order was given. Circumstances alter cases, and finally the Astoria train departed at 7:05, the electric train not reaching the North Bank station until 8 o clock. Not only were the protest ant on the Astoria train indignant, but the students were obliged to re main over night here, reaching their homes the following forenoon. The officials of the railway say that such delays are not frequent, but the passengers who signed the protest declared that it was a frequent occur rence and voiced their indignation in a communication to the officials. Golds Break Get instant relief with Tape's Cold. 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Appeal to all patriotic organizations to unite in a state-wide campaign to teach and preach patriotism and combat radi calism through education was made by Governor Hart in an address here today at a meeting of county chair men of the Loyal league of Washing ton, an organization recently formed to spread patriotic doctrines. Governor Hart recommended that a written pledge of loyalty to the United States be asked from every an and woman in the state and be filed and indexed so that the state might know at all times who of its citizens were loyal and to be trusted. CUNNING World renowned mystery man will give FIRST SENSATIONAL EXPOSE of t Spiritualism, clairvoyance, mind reading, spirit mes sages, spirit voices, spirit faces, table moving, hand tappings, cabinet manifestions, floating and disap pearing persons, ghosts, messages from the dead, etc., etc. Behind the Scenes With the Mediums CUNNING, who has mystified the public for 25 years, has arranged for the first time to open to public view the mysteries of the spirit world. He will perform the mystic cabinet, mind reading, crys tal gazing and other performances of the renowned Dr. Eddy and Alexander as well as his own, first with all the spirit atmosphere and bewildering mystery and then with the curtains removed. A Complete Expose of Mysteries All Elaborately Staged Public Auditorium Sunday Evening December ,7, 8:15 Seat sale open Friday and Saturday at Sherman Clay. Box office, Sixth and Morrison streets. Box office open all day Sunday at Auditorium. Prices: Lower Floor, $1.10; Dress Circle, 83 Cents. Balcony, 55c Cents. Including war tax. TODAY AND FRIDAY ARE THE LAST! mm The Real Picture Sensation of Portland AUCTION OF SOULS You'll see what they went through before and after they were sold. The picture shows a nation deported, with the un speakable sufferings of the women and girls at the hands of Kurds, and The slaughter traps set in the Devil's Gorge and the mountain passes, where women were compelled to leap from the tops of cliffs upon waiting bay onets below! J Saturday Cbsy A composed as follows: William H. Mc Connell of Shedd. Heike Ohling of Albany. Howard B. Jenks of Tangent, Delbert W. Shirley of Tangent. J. H. Heseman of Gates. Chauncey Sickles of Halsey and James A. Bilyeu of Scio. Judge Kelly appointed Mr. Oh ling foreman. Veterans tJrge Death Penalty. SALEM. Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) Members of Hal Hibbard camp No. 5, United Spanish War Veterans, at a special meeting here last night, voted unanimously to restore the death penalty for murder in Oregon. The veterans also offered their serv ices to the state or nation in case of riots or other disorders. Linn Grand Jury Drawn. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 3. (Special. A grand Jury to 'investigate criminal matters arising in Linn county in the next three months was drawn in the circuit court here yesterday. It is BIG WHISKY HAUL MADE Spokane Police Find Liquor and Still in Operation. SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 3. Fifty gallons of "moonshine" whisky and about as much wine were seized by police yesterday who raided a resi dence and a grocery store ' and took in custody J. .R. Brown, said to be a mining engineer, and J. V. Cannell, a grocer, on charges of violating the state "jointist" law. In the raided house were 12 barrels of grape and peach mash and a whisky still was in operation, the police declared. Salem Woman Is Buried. SALEM. 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Adv. $)ou$t of (&ualttp SPECIALS SEE THEM in the WINDOW and JUDGE for YOURSELF ONLY Thursday, Friday and Saturday Men's Genuine tj Lotus Calf, I Wide Extension Two Full Soles. Medium and Wide Toes, Blucher Cut Regular Price $1 l.OO BIC SPECIALS On Boys' and Children's Open Saturday Until 8 TODAY AND FRIDAY ONLY Katherine MacDonald and Thomas Meighan T H El THUNDERBOLT The story of the strangest marriage ever recorded. The local Censor Board has used its official shears on it, but it still tracks! COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Vincent C. Knowles, Director AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS Our matinees are Portland's peerless shopping diversion. The Columbia Sym phony is Portland's premier orchestra. W Vj?(S5k lls.M.tsllR'i 520r, OF tee&? 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