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THE 3IOHNIXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920. T URGES FRAU EBERT Germany's War - Damaged Children Closest to Heart. DETERIORATION IS NOTED Kaiserin's Successor Asserts Na tion's Task Is to Improve .Behavior of Youth. BY CYRIL BROWN. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) BERLIN. Jan. 4. (Special cable.) "Reconstruction must begin in the home, the family and the schools. One of our gravest and jnost Import ant reconstruction problems is to re pair the ravages of war among the youth of the country and raise the standard ot the children's health and behavior. This is the idea' expressed by the kaiserin's successor, Frau Luise Ebert. in the course of my most in teresting interview in Germany to date. More -interesting than anything iFrau Ebert could say, however, was the impression of the personality of this social democratic woman whom the fortunes of war and revolution had raised from the saddlers wife to the first lady of the fatherland without turning her head. Interview Quickly Granted. Characteristically, Frau Ebert has not been difficult to reach. My re quest for an Interview was quickly granted, and discreet inquiries dis closed that my presentation cere monial involved no fussy formalities or even any prescribed title or form of address nothing more elaborate than conventionally calling at the dark, gloomy gray stone "White House" in Wilhelmstrasse. "You can address Frau Ebert as Mrs. President or plain Frau Ebert," the democratized Herr Geheimrat of the old regime who now functions as chief of President Ebert's personal chancellory, said before introducing me. This converted privy counsellor proved a striking object lesson in benefits of democracy to the Ger mans. His speech and manner were respectful, but not obsequious as the wife of the German republic's first president entered from an adjoining room a minute later. His example indicated the reasonable probability that, given time and an even 'Chance, democracy may get a lasting stran-gle-hold. The most striking feature was Frau Ebert's intensely human, intelligent, earnest face, unmistakably tinged with sadness. Appearing still in the middle forties Frau Ebert appeared like the best type of successful, self made business wife, without elation or ambitious self-satisfaction. Political DiariMslon Avoided. Frau Ebert remarked: "I don't want to say anything political because my man isn't present." showing rare com mon sense in view of Germany's ven omous internal politics, since any thing she might say would be eagerly and ruthlessly exploited against Pres ident Ebert and the democratic coali tion government by red, radical and reactionary foes. I gathered that being the wife of Germany's first president is no sine cure. Her earnestness of face that"? never smiled I discovered was due in part to the fact that nobody knows the actual conditions in Germany bet ter than Frau Ebert. As an active member of the socialist party she has been and still is in intimate touch with the masses and knows the hard ships or the poor at first hand. Her sympathetic feelings, however, she expresses ungushingly and laconi lcally: "It is hard to be both cold and gay at the same time." Children I loaeat to Hert. But the problem of Germany's war damaged children is closest to her heart. She spoke of the serious de terioration and degeneration of the youth of the country and the neces sity of placing this future generation of the German republic on a sound, healthy basis by beginning recon struction of the home and the school. Her daughter, she explained, is ac tively engaged in welfare work among school children, being a visit ing nurse at the public schools in the slum section of Berlin. "Mal-nutrition is not the sole cause of the trouble," she said. "During the long war school discipline was relaxed. The father was in the field, the mother mostly away from home earning a. living in the war indus tries. The children of the masses were left to shift for themselves and go to the bad accordingly. The chil dren mtrst be taught respect, obedi ence, good habits and discipline again." TEST OF NEW LAWS IS ON XORTH DAKOTA'S 'EMERGENCY MEASURES' QUESTIONED. Suit Filed to Compel State Treas urer to Pay Salary A'ouchers Approved by Auditing Board. BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 4. Legal eteps to test the so-called emergency measures passed by the recent spe cial legislative session have been taken by the "insurgent" group of elate officials, it became known today. A, mandamus suit was filed in the state supreme court Saturday nlirht by Assistant Attorney-Generals Cox and Sheets to compel State Treasurer Olson lo pay salary vouchers approved by the state auditing board for serv ice rendered by a special employe of the state auditor since the special session. The non-partisan league majority at the special session cut the previous legislature's appropriations- for the attorney-general and state auditor to very small sums. The non - partisan administration has contended that these reductions in appropriations are effective im mediately and therefore no additional expenditures by the insurgent offi cials above their reduced appropria tions are legal. Ordinarily the laws would not have become effective for several months. An emergency act, called house bill No. 60, making all the special session laws emergency measures failed .of the required con stitutional majority to make it im mediately effective, and insurgent state officials have contended that therefore the emergency act is un constitutional. Referendum petitions on the act have been filed with the secretary of state, which, according to the insurgents, suspend the act until the next election. The mandamus, brought in behalf of Attorney-General William Langer and State Auditor Carl Kositzky, says that the state treasurer refused payment on the voucher for ten days' pay for Miss Rachel Morris, stenog- RECfSTfiU HOME rapher for the auditor, "declaring t its legality was in question and as serting the propriety-of making such payment was for the supreme court to decide." Arguments on the mandamus are expected to precipitate the battle over house 'bill No. 60 which is the storm center of one of the greatest political controversies in the history of the non-partisan league state administra tion. YOUNG INFORMER IN NET You til Falls to Give Xame of In jured Autoist and Is Arrested. L. Schellhous, 21 years old, went to police headquarters last night to re port an automobile accident and Pa trolman Prapeau arrested him be cause he had not learned the name of another autoist who had suffered in Jury In the wreck. The accident was a collision between Mr. Schellhous' car and a mail wagon at East Fiftieth and Division streets. One of the men in the mail wagon was injured seriously, Mr. Schellhous said. He said he had not taken steps to find out the injured man's name and knew nothing of the case except that the sufferer had gone to a hos pital. The police could not find the injured man last night. Mr. Schell hous went home after promising to report to the traffic office today. JEiXICOE VISITS CAPITOL British Admiral and Staff Enter tained at British Embassy. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 4. As unobtrusively as a private citizen, Viscount Jelllc.oe of Scapa, admiral of the British fleet of Jutland fame, arrived today from New York for a visit to the capital as the guest of the navy department. "My word, but that is an imposing pile," he exclaimed as the battleship gray of the capitol building caught his eye upon emerging to the street. Tonight the British admiral and his staff were entertained at dinner at the Briitsh embassy. Lord Jellicoe will go to Annapolis Tuesday to inspect the naval acad emy, returning to Washington to take the train for Key West. RHINE THREATENS CASTLE Ex-Kaiser Helps Workmen Keep Water From Flooding Castle. THE HAGUE, Jan. 4. (By the As sociated Press.) The Rhine has reached its highest stage in many years in the vicinity of Amerongen and threatens to overflow the dyke about the Bentinck castle, the pres ent home of former Emperor William of Germany. Workmen are busy strengthening the dyke and advic.es from the castle report the ex-emperor aiding them in their task. Should the river rise a few more inches its level would be high enough to permit the water to seep over into the grounds and flood the lower story of the cas tle. The flood has caused great damage to property throughout Holland. POLICE FIRE AT BURGLAR Man, Trying to Break Into Home, Escapes Uninjured. Five shots were fired last night at a burglar who had been trying to break into the home of H. W. Graham, 1047 Tillamook street, but the in truder escaped after Patrolmen Chase syd Hoff had pursued him to a small tract of woods at East Twenty-eighth and Tillamoc-k'-streets. He appar ently was not injured. The burglar was trying to pry the window open with a spike when Mr. Graham's small daughter saw him and called a dog. The man fled and was just entering the woods when the police got sight of him. C. M. Fassett Coming Here. C. M. Fassett, ex-mayor of Spokane and active in civic affairs there for some years, will be in Portland dur ing the coming week and an effort will be made to have him address the Portland Chamber of Commerce at a time to be announced later. Mr.. Fas sett will arrive January 6, to remain until January 10. according to word received by the Chamber of Commerce officials. Young Girl Attacked. An unidentified man about 40 years old last night attacked a 7-year-old girl, near East Sixth and East Mad ison streets, but released- the child and fled without injuring her when she screamed for help. The girl's clothing was torn badly in the strug gle. Patrolman Forkan searched the neighborhood in vain. Phone your want ads to the Orego nian. Main 7070. A 095. 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Foolish question No. 11,684,897 If a man and his wife born in this coun try and having four children also born here remove to Canada, become natu ralized and take, up a homestead, then after proving up come back to the United States and a fifth child is born to them, what is the nationality of trie fifth child? Answer Tell it to the census su pervisor. Another "Poser" Is Met. Foolish question .No. 11,684,898 If an old man owned a farm at the east end of the county and after leasing it to a Portland man became Involved in litigation which gave the latter tem porary ' possession or the place and if the old man, although not permitted to sleep on his farm, demanded to be registered there in the census and would not give his name at his pres ent home, what should the solicitor do? Answer Telephone the census "bu reau. These are some of the reasons why It keeps three people In the census headquarters in the Fenton building doing little else but answer the tele phone from the beginning of the day to the end. The momentous and triv ial questions that William D. Bennett, federal supervisor, has to decide would turn gray the hair of an en cyclopedia compiler. Phone lard nt Night. Too. This much-abused telephone does not suffer alone in the daytime. Mr. Bennett was called up late Saturday night by an irate woman who de manded to know what business it was of the government to ask her age. "If you positively refuse to tell it," Mr. Bennett assured her, "our enum erators have instructions to fill in the blank with their personal esti mates. We have told them to be sure to guess high enough and as a rule they go about ten years above the correct figure." "I guess I'd better get it in straight, then," the woman mumbled as she hurriedly hung up the receiver. Flgrure Used In Table. There is a reason for requesting these figures, as they are needed in the preparation of mortality and in surance tables. It isn't only the telephone conver sations that are puzzling, but 'many reports of enumerators are difficult to analyze. Yesterday one of them sent in a note explaining, "I trust you won't mind, but, I changed the re lationships of three families." Mr. Bennett began to wonder if his assistant were matrimonially inclined or had been influencing the divorce courts, but after an inspection of the census taker's trial sheet decided that he was referring to places where she had listed mothers-in-law in the in correct order. Work is picking up speed and daily i l 1 ? I Vi J A K a 3 p w it " - H ft I "" lilt! i ill! . u 9 Where Are Your Valuables? Unless theV re tucked away snugly in a modern safe deposit vault, youH probably have to stop a moment to remember just where they are or where they were the last time you saw them. You've frequently looked in vain all through a trunk or a desk for a valuable paper that you espe cially wanted. NOW, HA VENT YOU? When the fire occurs we hope it never will but if it should, wont you feel a lot bet ter about it if all your valuables including: your fire insurance policy, are in our fireproof vault? You can ren(?a box from us for a whole year for $4.00 bring down your valuables and put them in today. The United States National Bank Sixth and Stark Sts. H n A' ll I h m ::1 i fi v. f h ' -3 ir i r ' ' & i i ! j? H hi :l J ll ll fi w f lmii fir : ' i' 1 1 ;1 u ;i v v- - i 1 J : ; - - h .ti'i - . -j ii H - Li r ? - 'U H j Hi reports show increases on a large per centage. In the country the Income tax has required farmers to keep close account of their equipment and produce and these figures are prov ing a big aid to the enumerators. Inspectors have had to pay frequent visits to many sections In order to es timate incomes. A woman in Rose City Park, for In stance, said she had sold 160 dozen eggs from her chickens, but had no record as to what figure they had brought. It will be necessary to make estimates in this case from the mini mum and -verage price elsewhere in the city. In Errol Heights a man owning, seven cows insisted that he could not be classified as a farmer because his livestock had not netted him $250. This objection was scouted as im probable and if the man does not sup ply the nece sary information an In spector will Investigate for himself. ' An announcement In one of the evening papers has caused much con fusion where there are soldiers, sail ors or others In government service in the family. Contrary to the report, these are not to be listed at their homes but at the post of duty. VOTERS ENROLL TODAY WASHINGTON OPENS BOOKS FOR REGISTRATION. New Election Law Imposes Special Requirements on- Foreign-Born to Prove Naturalization. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 4. (Spe cial.) The 1920 registration begins Monday all over the state. In incor porated cities and towns it is biennial registration, and In country precincts quadrennial. Reeves Aylmore, chairman of the republican county central committee, Saturday completed a tour of the out side precincts made for the purpose of delivering the registration books to the officers appointed by the coun ty commissioners. In order to expedite the work of registration. City Controller Harry W. Carroll has instructed the chief clerk of the registration bureau to keep the books open until 9 o'clock each night. The new election law imposes spe cial requirements on foreign born cit izens' to prove their naturalization. No longer is the word or oath of the registrant sufficient to establish his naturalization, but it is required of him that he produce, his naturaliza tion papers or certified copies of same, and if naturalized by virtue of the naturalization of his ancestor he must produce the original or a certi fied copy of such naturalization pa pers. Another provision of the amended election laws requires the inclusion in the registration books of a sep arate column stating whether the reg istrant is a taxpayer of the state. This is to be used in the preparation of jury lists, which are made up from lists of registered voters who are tax payers. Another important change In the election laws, which deals with vot ing and not with registration, but in directly has an important bearing on the subject of registration, provides that no candidate for a party nomina tion shall be the party nominee unless he shall receive' a number of votes at least equal to 10 per cent of the total number of the party ballots of his party cast at the primary election in the district in which he is a candi date, and no party committee shall fill a vacancy caused by the failure of any of its candidates to receive such required number of votes. Prisoners Attend. Services. Gospel services were conducted at the city jail yesterday. Methodist Episcopalians, Baptists, Quakers and Nazarenes assisting in the services. About 75 prisoners took advantage of official permission to assemble in the courtroom of the jail building. 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