Morning Oregonian., January 06, 1920, Page 13, Image 13

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1020.
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FILM CENSQR QUITS,
IT
Release of "Thirteenth Com
mandment" Causes Row.
CUTS FAIL TO SATISFY
Mrs. E. B. Col well. Secretary of
Local Board, Says Picture Did
Aot Have Usual rermit.
Failure to comply with the city
ordinance provision by allowing the
film, "The Thirteenth Commandment."
to be shown at the Columbia theater
without the proper eliminations will
be the reason given by lira. Elmer
B. Colwell in a complaint for arrest,
which, she asserts, she will will swear
out this mornins against C. M. Hill.
Mrs. Colwell is secretary of the
Portland board of motion picture cen
sors. Air. Hill is branch manager ol
the Famous Players-I.asky corpora
tion, which released "The Thirteenth
Commandment." Until yesterday, when
his resignation was received by Mayor
Baker, he was a member of the board
of censors. Mrs, Colwell alleges he
failed to give the usual permit which
must be signod by her with the re
lease of the picture to Manager
Raleigh of the Columbia.
Film Crnnoird Friday.
The film was originally censored
la nt Friday. It was shown Saturday
and Sunday and until last evening at
7 o'clock with some eliminations. At
7 o'clock Mrs. Colwell with Misa
Liorene Dlnsmore, assistant commis
sioner of public safety, told Mr. Ral
eigh the picture would have to come
off Immediately, as the eliminations
made resulted in the picture being
far more suggestive than when the
film was originally shown. With ad
ditional eliminations made the film
was allowed to run later last night.
Mr. Raleigh offered to make any
further eliminations she might sug
gest, but Mrs. Colwell declared that
the picture must come off imme
diately. In complyinn with her request, the
Columbia theater, according to the
management, is out approximately
$1000, as it resulted in another film,
"The Vigilantes," being thrown on
the screen for a period of two hours,
the elimination of the ticket sale for
an entire show and the price of "The
Vigilantes," which is now of no fur
ther use as a first run picture. Inci
dentally It meant the changing of
the orchestral setting without any
warning to the musicians. Several
hundred persons refused to watch a
substitute picture, and it was neces
sary to refund the admission price.
CenHorM Are Hooted.
When Mr. Raleigh addressed the
Columbia audience . explaining the
situation and asking guests tn the
house to remain through the extra
show until "The Thirteenth Com
mandment" could again be shown the
sentiment against the board of cen
sors was clearly shown. Hooting and
jeering at mention of It was heard,
while enthusiastic clapping occurred
when the assurance was given that
the picture would be reinstated as
soon as possible.
"I have no fault to find with the
board of censors." said Mr. Raleigh,
following the- incident, "but I do ob
ject to the idea being spread broad
cast that the Columbia is showing
suggestive pictures. The pictures are
supposed to come to me censored, but
very often I make additional cuts as
I feel that the financial success of
my house rests on its reputation for
cleanness and fair play. It was not
fair play to take the picture away
from the Columbia without due warn
ing. The picture was very far from
suggestive as we were' showing it."
JEU1C0E HAWS GUEST
BRITISH ADMIRAL MAKES
ROCiVD OP WASmKGTOX CALLS.
Great Guns Are Seen Engineers
Hesitate to Say How Far 16
Inch Kifle Will Shoot.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The Amer
ican navy was "host" tonight at a
reception given to Admiral Viscount
Jellicoe, commander of the British
high seas fleet in the battle of Jut
land. The reception, which closed
a busy day for the visiting naval of
ficer, was at the resideifce of Secre
tary Daniels.
Viscount Jellicoe, who arrived yes
terday from New York, started the
day with formal calls on Secretary of
.State Lansing and Secretary Daniels.
Later he called on Vice-President
Marshall and was received on the
floors of the senate and house. The
outstanding feature, however, of the
day was an official inspection of the
"Washington navy-yard, in the course
of which the visiting party was
shown not only routine work on the
big guns which will comprise the
batteries of the new dreadnaughts
Tennessee. California and Maryland,
but new developments in naval arma
ment of which no information hither
to had been disclosed beyond naval
circles.
Admiral Jellicoe and the officers
fn his party witnessed In the ne
gun shops the shrinking of a Jacket
on a 14-inch gun and the "lining" of
a 18-inch .50-callber rifle. They also
were shown an experimental 16-inch
rifle which will have an elevation of
60 degrees. Engineers of the yard
hesitated to predict the range of this
piece. 30 degrees being the highest
elevation yet tried. In this position
the gun threw a shell more than 25
miles.
The visiting admiral was the guest
of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt at
tea, aud dined with Secretary Daniels.
MIGHT BIGHT, SAY I. W. W.
'PKESKM GOVERNMENT MUST
UK SET ASIDE"."
rians and Alms of "American So
viet"' Disclosed In Evidence
at Vancouver Trial.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) The trial of Leo Brookshire
and Robert McAdams for alleged vio
lation of the criminal syndicalism law
is expected to continue for several
days. P. J. Kirwin. special prosecu
tor, today said that he would probably
rest, the state's case tomorrow. .
Thomas Mitchell and Alexander Mc
Donald of the Spokane pol'ce depart
ment, were on the witness stand to-
EE
THREATENED
day and testified to the actTvities of
the I. W. since the passage of the
act under which the two defendants
are being tried. They were cross-examined
by J. F. Emigh. counsel for
the defense, who is now alone in the
case.
-The state has examined all of Its
witnesses and the literature published
by the I. w. W. has been examined by
experts. Some of this will be read
tomorrow. Portions read today in
cluded the' following from Our Big
Union, published in Seattle:
"The I. W. W. is a political' organi
zation. It Is the American soviet. The
plans of the I. W. W. are to organise
the whole working class that they
may take over production as soon as
possible. . . . Might is right. .
We must organize until we are
mightiest. . . . The machines have
taken the workers' jobs and the
workers are going to take the mas
ter's job. . . .
"The plan of the I. "W. W. pro
gramme is described as displacing
capitalism and putting up a dictator
ship of the proletariat. All present
forms of government must be put
aside and we will set up our own will
as law. . . . We-do not bow at the
altar of temporal pleasure."
SEATTLE WHEN INJURED
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DEATH MAY RESULT FROM AU
TOMOBILE COLLISION.
Miss Katlierine Kittingcr, Weil
Known Society Woman and For
mer War Worker, in Hospital.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Miss Katherine Kittinger, one
of Seattle's best-known young so
ciety women and an active worker
during the war when she served in
France, was possibly fatally Injured
and Miss Klma Collins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Collins. 324
Harvard avenue North, was bruised,
when an automobile in which they
were riding and which was' driven by
Andrew C. Denny, a member of the
pioneer family of that name, came
into collision with another machine at
Eighty-fifth street and Greenwood
avenue this afternoon.
Miss Kittinger was removed to
Providence hospital, where she was
attended by Dr. J. Tate Mason. Dr.
Mason's diagnosis of her'injuries in
dicated a possible fracture of the
spine and numerous severe bruises.
Miss Collins' injuries were attended
at her home. Mr. Denny sustained
only minor bruises.
The machine in which Miss Kit
tinger and Miss Collins were riding
had just rounded the turn from
Greenwood avenue and Eighty-fifth
street when it crashed into an auto
mobile coming in the opposite direc
tion. L. A. WATSON, BANDON, DIES
Man Recently Committed to State
Hospital Succumbs.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Lee Allen Watson, whose recent de
nials that he killed Lillian Leuthold
of Bandon, have caused some of the
officers to believe that he might have
been implicated in the murder, died
at the state hospital for the insane
here tonight. His body will be sent
to Bandon for burial.
Although Watson was never direct
ly charged with killing Mies Leu
thold, a gun which he owned was in
troduced in evidence at the last trial
of Harold Howell, to show that both
weapons had the same bore and that
it was not impossible that some per-son'-other
than Howell- had committed
the deed. Howell already has been
twice tried, with the result that the
jury disagreed on both occasions. He
again will be placed on trial early in
February, according to word received
here from Marshfield.
Watson was received at the state
hospital from Bandon last .week.
NEW VOTING LAW APPLIES
Alien. In Washington Mnst Produce
Naturalization Papers.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) When a naturalized citizen de
sires to vote in this state hereafter,
under the provisions of the law he
will be required to present his na
turalization papers. His oath will
not be accepted as proof that he is
a citizen. If he has not his naturali
zation papers, he may show certified
copies of them. If his father was
naturalized, he must produce either
the original papers or certified copies
of them, before he can vote, if he be
came a citizen by virtue of his father's
naturalization.
Another column appears in the reg
istration books so that taxpayers may
be indicated and the Jury list made
up from this record.
PORTLAND TEACHER WINS
Miss Garrison First in National
Prohibition Oratory.
'First honors to Franklin high," read
a message received last night by the
principal of the school from Miss
Margarett Garrison, one of the teach
ers, who is now in Des Moines, where
she spoke last night in the national
prohibition oratorical contest. Miss
Garrison was granted a short leave
of absence In order that she might
go east for the event.
Two years ago, while the teacher
was a student at Willamette univer
sity in Salem, she delivered an ad
dress in Lbs Angeles before the Pa
cific coast section, winning first
place. This entitled her to take part
in the national contest. She was the
only young woman who was entitled
to enter last night's event.
OMAHA GETS MAIL PLANE
First Aerial Trial Trip From Chi
cago Is Successful.
OMAHA, Jan. 5. Walter J. Smith,
with the first trial aerial mail plane,
arrived here at 4:40 o'clock this after
noon from Chicago and landed at the
new mail hangar erected by the cham
ber of commerce. With him was Farr
Nutter, who had started in a second
plane. Nutter rode in the mail box
from Iowa City, where a part of his
machine was taken to replace a dam
aged piece on the official machine.
The two left Chicago at 8:53 A. M.
The first flights with mail will
leave and arrive here on Thursday,
when Otto Praeger, second assistant
postmaster-general, will be here.
Missing Car Is Claimed.
ROSEBURO, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Sheriff Quine today received a let
ter from Chief of Police Trux of
Fresno. Cal., stating that an auto
mobile which was captured here last
Wednesday when J. Walsh and Fred
Johnson were apprehended near i
Roberts mountain, belongs 10 a resi- '
dent of that city, and that a man will
be sent after the car and the men at '
once. A reward of $100 will be paid j
to the local officers for the capture.
Phone your want ads to the Oreg-o-nlan.
Main 7070, A 609S.
DOMESTIC
TH ANGLE
ENDS IN TWO DEATHS
Mrs. George Bankert Slays
Admirer and Self.
SHOTS FOLLOW DINNER
Refusal at Son to Make Home With
Mother Offered as Reason for
Seattle Tragedy.
SEATTLE. Wah., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Seated at the dinner table in
her apartment at tj:40 o'clock Monday
night, Mrs. George Bankert, proprie
tor of the Jackson apartments at 1521
Eighth avenue, wiped out what her
daughter declared to be two sides to
a love triangle.
With a .38-callber revolver Mrs.
Bankert shot Stanley D. Trewella
through the mouth, killing him in
stantly, as he sat opposite her at the
table. Mrs. Bankert then placed the
weapon to her left temple and a sec
ond later fell dead beside the body
of the man who Is declared to have
caused the separation of her husband
and herself.
Trewella and Mrs. Bankert were
alone in the dining room when the
shooting occurred. Hearing the two
shots. Clara Bankert, the daughter,
rushed in to find both dead.
Woman Had Been Divorced.
The Bankerts have lived in Seattle
several years and have two children,
Clara. 19 years old, and a son, John,
22. Just when Trewella met Mrs.
Bankert is not known, but the Bank
erts were divorced a few months ago,
the son going with his fatlfer to
Westwood. Cal.
Mrs. Bankert sought to get her son
to return to her and Clara said if
this could have been brought about
it was the mother's intention to marry
Trewella.
Apparently the effort to get the
son to return was fruitless and Mrs.
Bankert. determined upon the course
she carried out. Three days ago she
went to Ellis Lessine. who occupies
an apartment at the Jackson, and bor.
rowed his revolver, saying there had
been a number of robberies lately
and she wished, to be prepared.
Diamond Given to Daughter.
Mrs. Bankert also told Clara that If
anything happened she wished here
to have her diamond. She likewise
withdrew from her safe deposit box
her insurance policies and placed
them in the safe at the apartments
where the daughter could find them.
Monday she invited Trewella to
take -..'inner with her. The meal had
been nearly finished when the shoot
ing occurred.
Mrs. Bankert was about 40 years
old. Trewella, who was cashier for
the Henry C. Ewlng company, was 39.
REED HAS 3 WEED I
TWO COUPLES BEGIN KEEPING
HOUSE OX CAMPUS.
Miss McGregor Married to Harold
Gray; Miss Skene-Mr. Godskcson,
Miss Hathaway to Mr. Hopkirk.
Three weddings, following three
college romances, was the rather for
midable foray made on the Reed col
lege campus by Dan C. during the
holidays.
On Monday, December 29. Miss
Lenore McGregor. Reed '19, and
Harold Gray, instructor In the Eng
lish department at Reed, were mar
ried at Astoria. Or. On Christmas eve
Miss Lucine Skene became the bride
of William GodsTtesen, both of Port
land and of class '20. At Grants Pass,
Or., New Tear's eve, Miss Ruth Hatha
way, Reed 19. and Howard Hopkirk,
a prominent senior, were married.
Two of the couples are now domi
ciled on the Reed campus. The Grays
and the Hopklrks have started house
keeping in House C now humorous
ly called house "Cupid."
Mr. Gray has been a member of the
Reed teaching staff for three years
and is a Rhodes graduate of Oxford.
Miss McGregor Is socially prominent
in Portland and Astoria.
Howard Hopkirk is a veteran of the
Argonne, having served as first lieu
tenant with the 91st division. He is
president of the senior class, the
chorus, the religious affairs commit
tee and is a member of the social af
fairs committee of faculty and stu
dents. William Godskesen was president of
the freshmen class and an active stu
dent leader. He is at present princi
pal of the Parkdale school.
RAIL RATE CASE OPENS
COMMISSION REVIEWS DATA
OX SUMPTER VALLEY ROAD.
Hearing: on Proposal to Increase
Lumber Hauling Rate la to
Be Continued Today.
Before the state public service com
mission yesterday many exhibits and
some testimony in the Sumpter Val
ley railway rate cases were intro
duced by attorneys for the company
before adjournment was taken until
this morning. The proceedings .in
volve a schedule proposed last Octo
ber - by the company, but suspended
by the commission.
The increases had been Intended to
apply chiefly to the hauling of logs.
The commission is now hearing that
Automotive Schools
DAY AND NIGHT
Automobile Tractor Vulcanizing: Students entering- now will
be ready for positions in the spring. Large new building new
equipment expert instruction practical laboratories and actual
shop experience in repair.
Radio and Electric Schools
Prepare for Radio operator service on merchant ships or for elec
trical engineering. Special equipment and very high-grade in
struction insure rapid progress and practical results. Enter now.
These schools co-operate with the etate in pro
viding financial aid to returned service men.
For catalogue giving complete information address or call at
Div. C, Department of Education, Y. M. C. A. Building.
angle of the case and simultaneously
taking testimony on rates relating to
general commodities and passenger
service.
Joseph N. Teal and W. C. McCul
loch of Portland and John L..Rand of
Baker represent the railway company.
The Baker White Pine company and
the Stoddard-Baker Lumber company,
both of Baker, are intervenors and
are represented by Representative A.
A. Smith and Blaine Hallock of Baker.
Frank Gardinier. president, and
Joseph Stoddard, manager, of the
Stoddard company, and A. S. Shockley,
vice-president of the White Pine com
pany, are representing these interests.
Appearing as witnesses for the rail
way company are D.""C. Eccles. pres
ident: C. T. Early, vice-president: K.
W. Shauer, auditor, and J. W. Hewitt,
manager.
As there is a great deal of testi
mony to be introduced by all sides to
the case. Fred G. Buchtel, chairman
of the commission, said last night it
proba'bly will take until late tomor
row' to conclude the hearing.
POLHEMUS TAKES CHARGE
Appointee Assumes Duties as Man
ager of Port.
James H. Polhemus, recently ap
pointed chief engineer and general
manager of the port of Portland, has
assumed his new duties and is fa
miliarizing himself with the work of
the pdrt. Mr. Polhemus will fill a
position left vacant by the resigna
tion of Fred B. Pape, when Mr. Pape
accepted a position as assistant man
ager of the division of steel ship con
struction for the Emergency fleet
corporation. Since Mr. Pape's resig
nation, the position of general rhan-.
ager has ben filled by John P. Doyle,
assistant secretary of the commission,
who has returned to his former -position.
The last position held by Mr. Pol
hemus was as general manager of
the Coos Bay Shipbuilding company
at Marshfield. Prior .to his engage
ment at Marshfield, he was for sev
eral years with the United States en
gineers in dredging and other work
in the Columbia river, especially the
construction of the Celilo canal.
. Truck Uses Rock Ballast.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Five of the large motor
trucks, caught in the recent snow
storm while engaered in hauling
crushed rock and gravel for surfac
ing local stretches of the Columbia
River highway, have left for Port
land. One big truck left yesterday
for Portland towing another. In'or
der to weight his rear wheels the
driver piled the truck full of heavy
rocks.
Fall Fractures Skull.
THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Following a fall- from a car
load of lumber which he was unload
ing at the Tumulum Lumber company,
W. H. Frahks today was hovering be
tween life and death at the local hos
pital with his skull fractured, several
ribs broken and one hand mashed.
Franks lost his footing on the slip
pery car and fell headlong to the
ground-
Hood River Alumni Elects.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) The Hood River High School
Alumni association has elected offi
cers for the ensuing year as follows:
Dr. L. L. Murphy, president; Miss
Margaret Berry, vice-president; Miss
Annamae Chipping, alumni secretary;
Charles Johnson, treasurer, and Em
mett Thomas, sergeant-at-arms. A
large number of out-of-town alumni
were present for the annual banquet
Col. Ingliss at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Colonel W. M. Ingllss of Seattle
who commanded Washington soldiers
overseas, spoke before the American
Legion and ex-service men at their
hall tonight, his topic being "War
Veterans' Welfare Work."
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Jan. 5. Maximum temper
ature, 33 degrees: minimum. S3 degrees.
River reading at 8 A. M., 4.1 feet; change
in lat 24 hours, 0.3 foot rise. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to 6 P. M. ). 0.16 inch: total rain
fall since September 1, 1U19. 16.99 inches:
normal rainfall since September 1. 20.55
Inches; deficiency of rainfall since Sep
tember 1, 1919. 3.S6 Inches. Bunrlae. 7:53
A. M. : sunset, 4:40 P. M. Total sunshine
January 5. none; possible sunshine. 8
hours 47 minutes. Moonrise. 5:10 P. M. ;
nioonset. 7:15 A. M. Barometer (reduced
to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 30.34 Inches. Rel
ative humidity at 5 A. M.. R6 per cent: at
noon. 86 per cent: at 5 P. M.. 90 per cent.
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FORECASTS.
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J!aho Clearing and colder.
NEW TRIAL ENTERS
LAST STAGE
Nine State Witnesses Say Al
leged Slayer Was Sane.
DEFENSE CLOSES CASE
Former Neighbor and Employers
Testify Defendant Was Smart,
"Well-Behaved, Rational.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5. The defense
closed late today In the trial of Harry
New, alleged murderer of Freda
Lesser, his fiancee, and the prosecu
tion Immediately lapsed Into rebuttal.
Nine witnesses, called during the
afternoon by the state, testified New
was sane, or at any rate acted ra
tionally on occasions when they ob
served him.
The state did not call experts, but
Thomas Lee Woolwlne, district at
torney, announced tonight three alien
ists would be placed on the stand to
testify as to New's mental state when
the trial is resumed tomorrow.
Mrs. I. M. Scibert of Sawtelle, a
suburb, was one of the most Import
ant prosecution wltnessea. Mrs. Sei
bert, formerly a resident of Chicago
and Indianapolis, testified she was
well acquainted with New, - having
been a close friend of his mother,
Mrs. Lillie M. Burger, when the ac
cused and hl3 ' mother lived in In
dianapolis. Mrs. Seibert said Mrs. Burger al
ways took New with her when she
called at the Seibert home in Indian
apolis when New was a small boy.
and she thought he acted rationally.
"He always seemed like a smart,
well-behaved boy," she said.
E. W. Beesnn, part owner of a trav
eling vaudeville show, testified New
acted as advance agent for the com
pany through California, Oregon,
Washington. Idaho. Montana and
Wyoming in 1918 and performed his
work satisfactorily. The defendant
acted rationally, the witness said, and
he expressed the opinion New was
sane.
H. E. Boring and H. Michael, fore
man and owner, respectively, of a
ranch a few miles from here, where
New worked in 1917. testified the ac
cused acted rationally at all times. -
The defense closed with the testi
mony of Dr. Edward H. Williams, an
alienist, the last of five experts
called who testified New, In their
opinion, was insane when he shot
Miss Lester.
Dr. Williams referred to New as a
"mental Inferior" and later said his
insanity was of the paraphrenic type
and he showed symptoms of dementia
precox. He said he would not class
him as a "moron."
In qualifying Dr. Williams as an
expert. It was developed that he for
merly was connected with the admin
istration of Mattewan asylum in New
York, where Harry Thaw, slayer of
Stanford White, was confined. The
witness said he disliked the term
"brainstorm." which he remarked tiad
been used in the Thaw case, saying
It was "taboo" with him.
WILSON MESSAGE COMING
"IMPORTANT WORD OF CREKT
IXG" PROMISED DEMOCRATS.
Party Leaders at Capital to Attend
Jackson Day Banquet Are Won
dering What Impends.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Announce
ment from the White House that
President Wilson plana to send "an
important word of greeting" to the
democratic dinner here on Jackson
day, January 8, arousefl great in
terest among democratic leaders ar
riving today to attend the love feast
and quadrennial meeting of the
party's national committee, both of
which are to be held Thursday.
The first of the delegations from
the cities bidding for the party's na
tional convention arrived tonight In
a body of Kansas City boosters.
Gavin McNab of San Francisco also
arrived today to prepare the way for
the dlegation en route to present the
claims of the Pacific coast city.
The members of the national com
mittee already In Washington were
augmented during the day by Vice
Chairman J. Bruce Kremer of Mon
tana and Committeeman A. R. Titlow,
the new member from Washington,
succeeding Hugh C. Wallace, now am
bassador to France, and A. F. Mullen
of Nebraska.
Committeeman Mullen announced
that he would introduce a resolution
at the meeting Thursday of the com-
How Hard Has
UPON
of Living Swatted You?
Vor letters on this subject, giving facts and figures for Indi
vidual homes. The Sunday Oregonian will award cash prizes weekly,
printing the successful manuscripts, together with others of merit.
Publication of the lettera will begin In an early issue and will
continue until the field of testimony ia covered.
TWO WEEKLY PRIZES
for letters on higher costs of living In the average home, will be
awarded aa follows:
First, $10; Second, $5
Letters are to relate to the six-year period. 1914 to 1919, Inclusive,
and are to afford comparative tables of cost for each of the years
under comparison, showing thus the gradual increase In living
expenses and the actual cash advance.
The following general rules should guide all letters submitted:
1 In terms of cash give lump sums expended during the six-year
period, by individual years, or by direct comparison of 1814 with
1919. for the following Items: Food, rent, fuel, shoes, clothing.
J Percentages of Increase should not be employed. Give as
nearly as possible exact annual expenditures for the Individual
Items, showing by comparison the Increased cash outlay for actual
living expenses.
3 Limit manuscripts to 750 words or leas. Value of data given
will be considered above mere literary merit.
4 Give full name and address, for nfwmatlon of the contest
editor, though same-will be withheld from publication If requested.
5 state number In family for each comparative year, rating as
adults all over 16 years of age.
. 6 Write plainly in Ink or typewriter on one side of the sheet
only, and address all letters to "Contest Editor. The Oregonian.
Portland. Or." Itight ia reserved by the contest editor to use ail
manuscripts.
From the Information thus gathered The Sunday Oregonian. at
an early date, will publish weekly the two prize winners and other
meritorious letter.
DRAW UP THE INDICTMENT TODAY!
WENT WITHOUT FOOD
LONG AS HE COULD
Suffered Tortures Every Time
He Ate Began to Improve
at Once After Taking
Tanlac.
"After receiving the benefits I
have from Tanlac I am ready to join
all the others who praise it," said H.
Ci. Clark Sr., R. F. D. 1. box 25. South
Tacoma. Wash., recently. Continuing,
he said:
"For years and years. I don't re
member exactly how long. I have
been troubled with indigestion and
have had an extremely poor appetite,
so poor, in fact. I have had to force
down practically every mouthful 1
ate. and often I have gone Just as
long as I could without easing at all.
for I knew I would be in misery
afterward. After every meal I would
have such severe pains in my stomach
they would nearly drive me wild and
I would bloat something terrible. I
also had rheumatism in my back, and
as my kidneys bothered me a great
deal I had the worst sort of pains In
the small of my back and if I stooped
I had great difficulty in straighten
ing up again. I could get but little
sleep on account of pain and always
got up in the morning feeling worse
than when I .went to bed. 1 became
badly run down and felt tired and
worn out all the time and was so
weak I could scarcely get about.
"I heard so many people praising
Tanlac for the good it had done them
I decided to try It. and I must say It
was simply remarkable how I began
to Improve almost as soon as I started
taking it. I continued taking it until
now I am completely over all my
troubles. I have a splendid appe
tite and can eat anything I want
without feeling any bad after effects.
I am entirely rid of the rheumatism
and am never bothered with my
kidneys and the pains In my back are
all gone. I sleep fine and never wake
up once during the night and always
get up feeling greatly refreshed. In
fact. I am stronger and enjoying
better health than I have in years
and years and as I owe it all to
Tanlac. I cannot praise it too highly."
Tanlac Is sold in Portland by the
Owl Drue Co. Adv.
mlttee recommending to the national
convention that the two-thirds rule
for making nominations for president
and vice-president be abrogated and
the majority plan adopted.
Rotary Club Lunches Today.
"Discussion of the report of the com
mittee on industrial problems will be
the order of the day at the regular
weekly luncheon and meeting of the
Rotary club at the Benson hotel this
noon. The committee, headed by
George C. Mason, recently made an
investigation orr Industrial relations
in Portland as affecting the building
trades. This report, which was pub
lished several weeks ago, will be
taken up for exhaustive discussion
and study by the club today.
Suinpter Valley Road Heard.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
Members of the Oregon public serv
ice commission went to Portland last
night, where today they heard the ap
plication of the Sumpter Valley Rail
road company, with headquarters at
Baker, for an increase in passenger
and freight rates. A complaint filed
by the Baker White Pine Lumber
company. In which discrimination
was charged against the Sumpter
Valley Railroad, company, also was
considered at the hearing.
State Engineer to Go East.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Percy Cupper, state engineer, will
leave Salem Thursday for Washing
ton, where he will attend a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Eastern Governors Reclamation asso
ciation. The Washington session of
the committee was called primarily
to place before congress matters af
fecting the many irrigation projects
now under construction or proposed
in the Pacific northwest.
2 Asylum Inmates Run Away.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 6. .(Special.)
Clay P. Constance and Sam Leneve,
who have been employed in the laun
dry at the state hospital here for the
past few months, eloped from the in
stitution last night. Constance was
committed to the asylum from Mult
nomah county In September, 1919,
while Leneve was received at the In
stitution from Coos county In Feb
ruary, 1919. Both men are considered
harmless by the officials of the hos
pital. Motirnes- I Arrested.
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Just after he had returned from the
funeral of his brother. Joe Rogers
was arrested yesterday at Shedd to
answer a charge of grand larceny at
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He Is being
held In the county Jail here awaiting
the arrival of an officer to take him
to Idaho. He "waived extradition. Of
ficers located Rogers when he went
the High Cost
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tend the funeral of his brother.
Dallas Log-ion JElrcts.
DALLAS, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.)
At the annual meeting of Carl B. Fen
ton post of the American Legion held
at their headquarters in the armory
Friday night the following officers
were elected: Commander, Oscar I.
t"!henoweth: vice-comma nd-er. K. L.
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Have you noticed trie rugged, healthy complexion of our soldiers and
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some food. ,
Tour responsibilities may not permit you to work, live and play
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The legion now has a membership of
some 160 men.
Fifty-nine degrees below aero was
registered in some parts of the Adi
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of the year, according to weather
bureau statistics.
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