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PORTLAND OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEW YORK WRITHES
IN GRIP OF STORM
PASTOR'S WILL GIVES
VETERANS GET PRIOR
RIGHTS ON PROJECTS
SIX IN THOUSAND.
HELD WEAK-MINDED
'FAITH' TO CHILDREN
FARE LIFT SOUGHT
ALTERNATIVE
OR
DEMOCRAT S IRE UP
MOOT UNO TRIAL
ROAD WORK TS
OVER PROHIBITION
Governor of New Jersey
ICE FOLLOWING SLEET AXD
REV. T. B. FORD'S BEQUESTS
SHOSHOXE AND XORTH PLATTE
REJECTIONS FROM ARMY SEHV
ICE TAKEX AS BASIS.
SXOW BLOCKS TRAFFIC.
ARE FILED FOR PROBATE,
LAXDS TO BE OPENED.
v
All Angles of Street-Car
f Problem Studied.
GRAVE DIFFICULTIES FOUND
Record . High Tide Wrecks Coney
Island and Overflows Bat
tery and Docks.
Increased Charge Seems Only
Practicable Course.
HEARING MAY END TODAY
State Commission Sliown , to Be
Only Official Body Vested With
Tower to Remedy Situation.
Municipal ownership, remission
bridge tolls, elimination of free ride
for city firemen and policemen, revoca
tion of pavement charges against th
corporation and making up its deficit
from taxation, were features discussed
by various persons before the stat
public service commission yesterday
as means for meeting the problems o
the Portland Railway, Light & Powe
company without ordering an increas
in fares. At S o'clock adjournmen
was taken until 9:30 this morning
Fred G. Buchtel, chairman, said every
effort would be made to close the
bearing by noon.
None but L. L. Levings, represent
lng the Woodmere Community club
on the Mount Scott line, contended
that power to overcome all the ills
suffered by the company and to end
bridge tolls, free rides for city em
ployes and paving charges is vested
by law in the state commission, and
even he frankly admitted he was "no
a lawyer, but just a common, ordinary
streetcar rider."
Commission's Power Limited.
Chairman Buchtel, Stanley Myers,
assistant city attorney, and Franklin
T. Griffith, president of the company
and head of one of the city's largest
legal firms, agreed that the commis
sion has no such power. Mr. Levings,
however, insisted that it has and that
by applying such power it would at
least draw the affair into the courts.
where the equity of the matter would
undoubtedly be-recognlsedr -
It was the contention of Mr. Lev
ings and also of Martin L. Kimmel
a salesman for a local firm, appear
ing in his own behalf, that it is an
injustice to the streetcar rider that
he be forced, as now, to pay the en
tire operating costs of the company,
plus its returns on investment (of
which, it is said, there have been
Done for six years) when, as they
emphatically asserted, "the general
public, including business men, is
equally benefited." No one present
disputed their statements on this
point, nor did anyone indicate any in
tention of taking action along this
line.
Revenue Admitted Short.
Mr. Kimmel, after entering objec
tion to any advance in fares, was
asked by Mr. Myers whether he
thought the attitude of the public
had so charged that, should charter
amendments relieving the company
of certain burdens be submitted to
the people, they would rote favorably.
Mr. Kimmel was in doubt, he said,
although expressing the belief that
the company is not receiving suffi
cient revenue.
The people voted these proposed
charter amendments down at a ratio
of about 5 to 1 when they were sub
mitted at an election, and Mr. Griffith
yesterday expressed more or less
doubt regarding relief by any means
other than fare Increases, saying, "I
have been in contact with this propo
sition a long time and I know how
slowly these things go."
Mr. Levings) Persistent.
Mr. Levings, who said he repre
sented 1000 people, declared that bis
neighborhood "is not composed of
corporation baiters'," and said he and
they realize that the company is re
ceiving insufficient revenue for oper
ation; that it would be disastrous
should the street cars cease to run,
and that the company should have all
that it has asked but he clung to his
contention that the car rider should
not be obliged to finance the proposi
tion in its entirety.
During the morning session J. P.
Newell, consulting engineer for the
city, and W. F. Woodward, a promi
nent merchant of the city, were on the
stand. Mr. Newell finished his testi
mony, which had run for nearly two
previous days, and covered his inves
tigation of the company's affairs, un
der orders of the Portland city coun
cil, with figures agreeing within less
than 1 per cent with those submitted
by the company.
Asked by Chairman Buchtel con
cerning municipal ownership of the
street car tracks, Mr. Newell ex
pressed the opinion that such an ar
rangement would be advantageous.
Mr. Woodward, a volunteer witness,
gave it as his belief that the people
of this city want good service bet
ter than they are now receiving and
are willing to pay for ic He ex
pressed the opinion that, if necessary,
the people would pay 10 cents a ride,
but that they would demand improved
service. He said there were not nearly
enough cars now and that the manner
in which young women workers have
to ride to and from their places of
employment "is shameful."
Taking the remedies suggested at
f yesterday's hearing, the generally ac
cepted opinion shows:
Municipal ownership would require!
NEW TORK, Feb. 5. (Special.) -New
York city Is today literally
writhing in the grip of the worst sleet
and snow storm that has been experi
enced in several years.
A heavy sleet which commenced
about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning
and enveloped, the city In a coat of
Ice turned with morning into a heavy
and driving snow that' continued
throughout the day and well into last
night, turning then into a cutting
mixture of hail, rain and snow and
adding a coating of ice to the already
heavy blanket of wet snow and badly
crippling all transportation service.
While the subways and elevated
continued to operate under a some
what irregular headway this morning,
trolley service was completely sus
pended. The snow had drifted three
feet deep in many places.
In addition to the snow storm New
York was visited early this morning
by an abnormally high tide. At 9:4
o'clock the water stood at 8.28 feet
above mean low water level. The rec
ord tide previous to this was on April
11, 1918, when the gauge registered
8.15 feet.
So high was the tide today that
streets along the water front were
flooded and ferryboats tied up. At
the battery the water rose to within
half an inch of the top of the sea wall,
with the wind sending a tide ove
Battery park and covering the park
with an icy spray, much to the dis
comfort of pedestrians who were
caught In the neighborhood of the
water front.
Coney island and Rockaway were
in danger of complete inundation from
the highest tide on record at these
points. Thousands of dollars in dam
age has been done by the high sea,
several large structures having been
swept from their foundation and into
the ocean. Edward Mooney, owner of
the Atlantic baths, reported that hi
house had been carried away, entail
lng a loss of 875,000.
The harbor, sea and sound for miles
out are almost unnavigable owing to
snow, ice and winds, and several
ships that put to sea yesterday have
been unable to proceed and report
themselves in distress.
Views With Alarm.
STATE RIGHTS ISSUE RAISED
People Subservient to 'Super
power of Washington.'
PERSONAL LIBERTY GOING
Discourse on "Political Shcrilege"
Greeted by Mingled Feelings at
Big Gotham Dinner.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Feb. 5.
Driven by a gale which has continued
for two days, high tides swept the
southern' New Jersey coast today
causing heavy damage between this
city and the Delaware capes.
At Longport, about 250 feet of the
new sea wall was partly wrecked and
several houses battered down by the
breakers.
The greater portion of the Ventnor
City, Longport and Margate City
board walks were washed away
while a section of the board walk in
this city was wrecked.
Reports from Lewes, Dela., said sev
eral vessels were torn from their
moorings, two of them going aground
and the others being badly damaged
BOSTON, Feb. E. New England
was battling tonight with the worst
blizzard in years. More than a foot
of snow had fallen since early morn
ing. A wind that reached a velocity
of 72 miles an hour at some points
along the coast buried the tracks of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford, the Boston & Albany and Bos
ton& Maine roads, causing' abandon
ment of train schedules. Virtually
all shipping, warned of the storm,
had put into the nearest New Eng
land ports.
It was estimated that 20 trains
were stalled in New England, most
f them near Boston. One stalled near
Ipswich was reported to have 150 pas
sengers.
Maine reported the heaviest storm
of the winter.
The Rhode Island general assembly
for the first time in years was forced
to cancel today's session, the tempera
ture in the chamber making it impos
sible to get a quorum.
WILMINGTON. Del., Feb. 5. With
Its foundations badly undermined and
leaning at an appreciable angle from
the perpendicular, Henlopen light
house, between Lewes and Rehoboth,
the oldest in the country, is threat-
ned with destruction, as a heavy
storm is sweeping in from the ocean
and increasing every hour in violence.
The lighthouse was built by the Eng
lish in 1764.
BATTLESHIP FIRE FOUGHT
Blaze Threatening Magazine
Finally Extinguished.
BREMERTON. Wash.. Feb. 6. Fire
in the engine room of the battleship
Wyoming, at the Puget Sound navy
yard here today, was extinguished
only after crews from other ships
were called in to help, and hose lines
were run from a drydock and nearby
vessels to drown out the flames.
For a time the fire threatened to
reach the magazine of the battleship,
it was said. The fire started from oil
drippings and burned half an hour.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Prohibition
was injected tonight Into the testi
monial dinner given here to Homer
S Cummings. chairman of democratic
national committee, at which Secre
tary Daniels was the principal speak
er. One thousand invitations had
been issued to the banquet, which
was attended by prominent demo
crats from all parts of the country.
The prohibition issue was brought
up by Governor Edwards of New
Jersey and was greeted, with obviously
mingled feelings by the diners. Gov
ernor Edwards was not on the official
list of speakers and was called upon
unexpectedly after Secretary Daniels
had concluded his address. .
Earlier in the evening the New
Jersey executive had been given
striking ovation when he entered the
hall and there was an even greater
demonstration when he arose to'
speak.
Great Issue Up to People.
Governor Edwards declared a great
issue had emerged from the past, "the
issue of state rights and personal lib
erty." He asserted this issue must
be decided by the people next No
vember.
If the' federal government," he
continued, "may subvert the doctrine
of state rights and -without a com
mission or mandate from the people,
enter upon our firesides and into our
homes with the bureaucratic system
of officeholders and overlordshlp, the
theory of our constitutional govern
ment, and all the: rights incident to
home rule and local state government
are destroyed. Under- such a system
the Indestructible union of indestruc
tiblo states becomes a myth and we
have the necessary alternative of a
great super-power ' at Washington,
imposing its will upon us In the di
rection of our habits, our manners,
our tastes and our local customs, until
nothing is left of the independent
state of our fathers but the name.
Political . Sacrilege Seen.
To me, this situation is a political
sacrilege and I purpose to carry the
fight to San Francisco regardless of
what any man or set of men may
personally think, so as to bring about
a popular reetatement of the doctrine
of state rights and popular local
home rule upon which our fathers
founded th's government."
Governor Smith of New York sent
a telegram expressing his regret that
illness prevented him being present
at the dinner. In bis telegram the
New York executive said:
Do not forget the time-honored
"Belief in God Almighty" Declared
Most Precious Possession; Prop'
crty Also Distributed.
. OREGON CITT, Or., Feb. 5. (Spe
cial.) The will of the late Rev. T. B.
Ford, ex-superintendent of the Salem
district of the Methodist EDiscopal
rhurch, was filed for probate today.
After providing for the payment of
his just debts and funeral expenses
and directing that his burial and cas
ket be simply and inexpensive he
makes the following bequest:
"I hereby bequeath my Christian
faith in God almighty, the most pre
cious and priceless possession which
I have, or which any person can have,
to my beloved children, and I com
mend them to the saving power of
the Lord Jesus Christ, whose faithful
servant I have been and still am,
world without end."
- All money in his possession or ow
lng him or in banks is to be divided
equally with his four children. Ou
of the proceeds of his life insurance
policies, each of the four children
are to receive' $500. the balance to be
invested in liberty or other first-class
Bonds, preferably of the United States,
ine interest to be paid to the chil
dren. share and share alike.
The principal of the bonds at the
end of five years is to be paid to
his daughter, Sadye Evelyn Ford, if
she is unmarried at that time. His
library is to be divided among the
children, each selecting the book de
sired. All of his manuscripts, type
writer and desk are to be given to his
son. Burgess F. Ford.
The will was drawn April 8, 1918
and was witnessed by Rev. E. E. Gil
bert and Roy B. Cox.
SOVIET FALL FORECAST
Member of French Commission to
Kolcliak Returns.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Overthrow of
the Russian soviet government with
in a few months was predicted today
by Major Joseph Lasies, a member of
the French high commission to the
Kolchak government, who is return
ing from Vladivostok to France to
present his report.
ihe change may come sooner, de
spite the recent military and diplo
matic achievements of the Soviets, he
added. The rule of the Soviets was
preferred to a return of the monarch
ist regime, he continued, but fear of
this restoration has been removed by
new combination of political cir
cumstances in Russia."
biDerta is not controlled by the
Soviets, Major Lasies declared, but by
their opponents.
ODESSA REPORTED TAKEN
Ukrainian Regulars and Insurgents
Join in Capture.
BASEL, Feb. 5. Ukrainian regular
troops and Ukrainian Insurgents of
Kherson province have attacked
Odessa.
They have overcome the resistance
and occupied the city and the port.
These advices were received here
today.
F0CH JOINS IMMORTALS
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.)
French Academy Receives Marshal
at Brilliant Assembly.
PARIS, Feb. 5. Marshal Ferdinand
Foch today joined the ranks of the
Immortals.
He was received by the French
academy in the presence of a large
and brilliant assemblage.
Secretary Lane Makes Announce
ment Following Passage of Joint
Resolution by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Soldiers
sailors and marines who served in the
world war will have prior rights of
entry on the vast North Platte and
Shoshone Irrigation projects in Wyo
ming to be opened up next month,
Secretary Lane announced tonight,
following passage by congress today
of the joint resolution giving honor
ably discharged service men a prefer
ence right in obtaining lands under
the homestead act, that first applica
tion of the provisions of the resolu
tion would be applied to the North
Platte and Shoshone districts.
The North Platte tract will be
opened to entry by ex-service men
March 6 ahd the Shoshone proiect
March 13. The right of priority in
favor of former service men will be in
force for 60 days, after which remain
ing lands will be available for public
entry.
POLICE SHOOT PROWLER
Chase Down Business District Ends
in Fugitives' Capture.
S. J. Barnes, 1191 Front street, was
shot and seriously wounded early this
morning when the police attempted to
arrest two men who, it was alleged.
had attempted to break into a home at
141 Fourteenth street.
Barnes, with another man who gave
his name as Charles Foster and his
age as 32, was standing on the corner
of Fourteenth and Morrison streets
when the police arrived. ' The men
immediately took to flight. PatroU
man Wiles called on the pair to halt
and fired a shot to frighten them.
When they failed to comply the sec
ond shot hit Barnes in the back be
low the shoulder.
$1 DAY URGED FOR "VETS"
ederal Bonds in Recognition of
War Service Is Proposed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Every
man serving in the war would get
a world war veteran bond, worth 81
for every day in service and bear
ing interest at 4 per cent, under
bill introduced today by Repre
sentative Osborne, republican, Cali
fornia. . V
The issue would be limited to
81.500.000,000.
GERMANS ACCEPT DEMAND
Charge d'Affaires Goes to Paris
With Order to Get War Crime List.
PARIS, Feb. 5. Dr. Wilhelm Mayer,
German charge d' affaines at Paris,
will leave Berlin for Paris this even- j
ing.
He has received formal instructions
to accept the allied note demanding
extradition of persons accused of war
crimes, says a dispatch from the Ger
man capital by way of Basle.
UDGE W0LVERT0N IS ILL
Portland Jurist Is Forced to Quit
Bench at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 5. Charles
E. Wolverton, United States district
judge at Portland, Or., is ill at a hotel
here.
He has given up temporarily his
duties on the bench of the United
States circuit court of appeals where
he was filling a vacancy.
JURY COMPLETED
Selection of Alternates
Due Today.
ON RISE IN LEVY
Commission Holds Pro
gramme to Minimum.
DRAMATIC ADTfON CERTAIN
Abrupt Ending of Examination
Expected.
HALF OF JURORS FARMERS
Over 400 Witnesses Summoned for
Case Which Will Likely Last
for Two Months.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
MONTESANO. Wash., Feb. G'. (Spe
cial.) The first chapter of the sequel
to the Centralla armistice day trag
edy. In which four American Legion
veterans were slain, came to Us final
paragraph In superior court here this
afternoon, with the completion of th
Jury which is to try 11 I. W. W. de
fendants for the murder of Warren O.
Grimm, overseas lieutenant and Wash
ington football star, who fell at the
head of his platoon In a patriotic pa
rade, from the mlssle of a hidden rifle
man, on a street of his own home
town.
Ten tedious days have been spen
in the examination of 93 veniremen
from both regular and special call
Deiore judge John M. Wilson, pre
siding, to procure the 12 men wh
will pass upon the lssu? of life an
freedom, or the alternatives of death
or life imprisonment, for the accuse
men.
Fate Calmly Discussed.
For ten days the prisoners have
single-filed Into the big courtroom,
and sat with Immobile countenances.
for the most part, while attorney
clashed and contended over the per
sonnel of the panel. They have heard
the creed of the I. W. W. flayed and
exalted. They have heard their own
fates tossed from lip to lip. In the
matter-of-fact legal vernacular of life
or death.
And these preliminaries came to
close at 3:30 o clock today, when,
with his twelfth peremptory ckal
Ienge unexpended, George F. Van-
derveer, counsel for the defense,
asked leave of the court to confer
with the defendants before exercis
ing that right. Judge Wilson an
nounced a brief recess.
"I want to talk with you boys.
said the I. W. W. counsel. His clients
gathered around him. They li
cigarettes and smoked In hungry
fashion, a circle about the man on
whom they are staking their lives.
Commodore Bland, John Lamb and
Britt Smith, the latter secretary of
the former I. W. W. local at Cen
tralla, seemed spokesmen of the
prisoners in the whispered courtroom
conference." Elmer Smith, charged
with first degree murder as an ac
cessory, attorney in his own behalf,
added his quota to the low-voiced
conclave. The prisoners seated them
selves again and Judge Wilson
emerged from chambers.
Dramatic Action Cornea.
"We accept the jury," said Vander
Functional Xcrtous Disorders Arc
Blamed for Inability to Face
Trying Situations.
' NEW YORK. Feb. 1. More than
24,000 candidates for military service
in this country during the war were
rejected on the ground that they were
feejle-mlndcd, according to a paper
written by Dr. 'Pearce Bailey, chair
man of the New York state commis
sion on mental riefei-t Ives. And read
at the closing session of the Societies YOUngS Bay Span 3t AstOfl'a
ior .Meniai tiygiene ncre tonignt. ir.
BRIDGE CONTRACT AWARDED
to Cost $308,620.
Bailey was unable to be present be
cause of illness.
Rejection for nervous and mental
diseases, he asserted, ranked fourth
on the list. The percentage of mental
defectives averaged six to a thou
sand, he said, and ran especially high
among the immigrant classes of New
York. Past records show that 60,000
delinquents might have been expected Mount Hood Project Not to Bo
in me American army, out mat. only
LOOP HIGHWAY PENDS
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.)
14,000 developed,
Persons suffering from functional
nervous disorders, Dr. Bailey ex
plained, were unable to face trying
situations successfully. They Imag
incd themselves ill when any state of
stress arose, ho said, and frequently
succeeded in convincing those around
them that they were physically Inca
pacitated. Scores of persons may be
found undergoing treatment for phys
ical troubles in hospitals In normal
times, he added, when they are sound
in every way except their nerves,
Persons of another group were found,
he said, who showed no pronounred
symptoms of nervous or mental disur
ders, but suffered from Instability of
a sort that unfitted them for duty as
soldiers. This class, he explained eas
ily became the tools of designing
propagandists In spreading seditious
doctrines or in commission of acts of
disorder or violence.
Dr. Bailey expressed the opinion
that one-third of the inmates of penal
institutions in the country were there
because of nervous or mental defects.
Childhood is the time to teach those
problems, he declared, and proper
habits formed then will prevent seri
ous consequences In after life. Mcdi
cal schools were neglecting their
duty, he warned, in not providing the
proper courses for students of mental
hygiene.
Dr. Thomas W. Salmon, senior con
sultant in neuropsychiatry of the
American expeditionary force, de
clared that only 2224 'men were sent
home from Europe because of war
neurosis.
Pushed at .Sacrifice to Oilier
Districts In Male.
ACTIO Or HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
LABOR COUNCIL ELECTS
E. Xickcrson President and H.
E. Kidney Vice-President.
t
4 Awarded contract for brldse
I across Youngs bay; price, $308,-
620.60.
I Refused to make any prnm-
Ises for paving until result of
J May election Is known.
Derided not to push Mount
Hood loop at a sacrifice of high
ways in Lake, Klamath and
other counties.
Agreed to extend The Dalles
California highway 3a miles
from Modoc Point to Hand creek.
Suspended contract on Rcd-
mond-Prlnevllle road aud will
aid county on Crooked river
road toward Paulina.
Will neither pave nor consider
road from Woodburn to New-
berg until state map roans are
disposed of and new roads are
taken up.
Accepts proposals of Union
county, pending result of May
election, and orders contracts
called.
Survey ordered to finish Enterprise-Flora
road In Wallowa
county. '
No action to be taken on Cra
ter luke project until after May
election.
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Unless the constitutional amendment
Is passed at the May special election.
Increasing tne state's Indebtedness for
Two hundred and three delegate at I road purposes from 2 to 4 per cent.
the meeting last night of the Central the highway programme will bog
Labor Council eltcted officers. The ,.... Thi. information was riven to
.rrteSnr'Snr: & Niclker'on-'- the various county delegation, which
Ident; H. E. Kidney; vice-prerident; . , ,
W. E. Kimsey. secretary-treasurer: PP1 bef the commission at
Vera Darling, reading clerk; Karl the meeting yesterday.
Gunster, conductor; Otto Newman, Until the result of the election Is
warden; C S. Hartwlg, L. C. Novak I known, the commission Is not In po-
and H. A. Stuart, trustees; C. J. Jen- sltion to map out any further road
sen and W. R. McWade, members of programme, and the comnilHlaoners
the executive board; Frank Green and declined to commit themselves to any
C. M. Ryncr3on, legislative committee, I new projects. All requests for pavlntf
and C. M. Rynerson. delegate to the were turned down yextenlny and even
co-operative convention in Califor- flattering offers of co-operation from
nia. counties were laid on the shelf until
Members declared that the meeting tne commission knows whether It will
was one of the most harmonious In receive more funds.
months. Counting of the ballots was . ,..H w.lts.
not completed until an early hour to-1 . ., v. . -..v.
Thillp Dater of tlia bureau of pun-
OaV. , . .. ..nnmittilt ion with
11C luiiua -- -
tlio commission and wanted to know
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS the wlahe" of th" comml",lon nent
FLIERS' RELEASE DELAYED
(Concluded on Pas 2, Column S.)
Americans Who Landed In Mexico
Are Kept Prisoners.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Feb. 5. The re
lease of Lieutenants L. M. Wolf and
G. M. Usher, who alighted Monday
15 miles south of Nacozari, Sonora,
probably will be delayed for several
days.
This was the information reaching
here today. . .
IT BEGINS TO LOOK AS THOUGH SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO HUNGRY. ( j
IV I I -Xj 3 I V-.C V - Ss's'fs'S - Mf. 'i ST f 1 f I - I J-nnw . I I W I
"We have 14 miles under contract
and still have no road." said he. Mr.
Dater inquired if the commission
wanted to go ahead and plan linking
up the uncontracted part of the loop.
This could be done, explnlned Mr.
Dater. but If the loop la to be rushed
the government money would havo to
Tbe Weather.
.YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
decrees; minimum, 3S degrees.
TODAY'S Bain; outheaterly winds.
Foreign.
German assembly may be called Into tee- I
elon to pass on extraditions. Pago 4.
National.
et""a?" .etr..p0,r rlKht" on lrrltlon be taken from the Lakevlew-La Tine
Democratic view, on treaty not changed road, the McKenzle road and similar
by Wilson s attitude, rage 3. nrnlects. Such a Plan wouio ui-uiy
Senators Smoot and Sherman 1 renew war I the completion of The Dalles-Califor
nia highway by a couple of years.
Tage S.
on waste of print paper,
Domrwtlr.
Rule ot socialist party by aliens charged
st New York assemblymen trial
Page -'.
War against prohibition declared at great
democratic garnering, page l.
ew clew may lead to rapture or mur
derer of New lork girl. Page 6.
Six In each thouvand persons declared building had not soared so high, jump-
leeoie-roinaeu. r.g. . . orlKini estimates from SO
- " . I . . ,rtA - , ll ih. urn Ui rmtlil
!rt on consD racy trial. Pace 2. io i" p .;,
w York writhes In grl of worst itorm I move along as at first planned. Some-
be done to keep the loop
The commission decided very quick
ly that as between the loop and the
need for the roads In Lake. Klamath
and other counties, the loop couu
best afford to wait. Mr. Dater an
nounced that if the costs of road
Minnesota fight.
farmers.
In years. Page 1,
Wood now In lead
Page J.
Pacific Northwest.
Farm bureau wins ravor of
Page 23.
Rev. T. B. Ford bequeaths "Faith In God
Almighty" to children. Page I.
Clerk confesses to theft of f-3500 from
Seattle bank. Page S.
Montet-ano Jury for murder trial is com
pleted. Page 1.
Sports.
University of Washington seeks abroga
tion of 50-50 gate receipt rule. Page l.'i.
Columbia quint defeats James John, 10
to 10. Page 13.
O. A. C. football authorities refuse terms
for Washington game. Page 14.
Beavers are short good left-handed pitch
er. Page 1.
Sergeant Smith's victory over Bob Martin
puts crimp In Akron boy career.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
TU between director and Catholics preclpl
ated at school board meeting. Page 4.
Drug store robbers receive prison sen
tences. Page 12. .
Murder trtal of Miller is concluded.
Page 8.
Quest for alternative to higher carfare
thus far fruitless. Page 1.
Road work' waits on fate of levy Increase
at special election. Page 1.
Mr. Schulderman out for place as secre
tary of state. Page 13.
Huge timber tract near Portland to be
tapped by railway now under construe
tion. Page 18.
City water system Improvement pro
gramme for year to cost $500,000.
Page 9.
Dealers auto-llrense tags set for service
cars. l'as 24.
thing will
work moving, but not at a rate to
jeopardize other projects.
Heavy Coat Foreaeea.
This will be the peak year of cosWs
for road construction. Chairman Ucn
son, predicted, and Mr. Dater said that
he had Information to the same ef
fect. There were o many contracts
let last year, however, explained the
commissioner, that the contractors
could not complete their jobs and they
will be busy all this seanon.
Of the contracts let yesterday, the
most Important was that for a bridge
across Youngs Bay, between KraaUle
nd Astoria. It Is a section of the
Columbia highway. The Gilpin Con
struction company bid 1301.620.60 and
received the contract. There were lev.
eral bidder, although when the work
was advertised In December, the Gil
pin company was the only bidder. In
December the commission rejected the
bid and re advertised, with the rcxu't
that a lower offer was received yes
terday. Tho cost of the bridge will
be paid for by the state, the govern
ment and Clatsop county.
Kradlasr Is to Be Doae.
Of the delegations which appealed
to the commission, that of Union
county was most euccehoful yesterday.
Union county has voted l.4.0fl0 of
Itu-i-.uiivU ou l ata 4 Cuiuuia i.