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RELIEF FROM LIMIT
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Law Declared "Hobble'
Portland's Future.
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CITY OFFICIALS CONFER
STORMY CAREER IS LED
inmwiil Condition of City, Its
Bilppa Constantly Under Surveil
Seeds and Limitations to Be
Put Tp to Civic Clubs.
lance During Seven Tears He
Lived in America.
RADiGAL OF ASTORIA
JOURNEYS TO EXILE
ON TAXING SOUGHT
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Relief from the provisions of the
eix per cent limitation law, which is
construed as a "hobble" to the future
nf Portland. is neces
sary, either through the repeal of the
measure by the voters at the Novem
ber election or through the applica
tion of some other plan which as yet
has not been discovered Dy memoers
of the Portland city council.
1 At a conference held in Mayor Bak-
er's office yesterday between mem-
bers of the city council and a com
mittee representing the Portland Civil
Service Kmployes' association, It was
decided that the final condition of the
city, its needs and its limitations,
would be placed before the presidents'
council of the civic clubs of the city
and the Portland Clearing House as
sociation for study.
Mayor Baker informed members of
the "employes" delegation that he
would not consider the working out
of any plan by the city council and
city employes to place a measure on
the ballot for the purpose of repealing
the 6 per cent limitation law, as such
action would savor of conspiracy be
tween the city officials and city em
ployes. City Finances Serious.
Admitting, however, that the city
is now faced with the gamble of go
ing before the voters each year for
special levy at an expense or jju.uuu
to $25,000 each year, or the alterna
tive of curtailing city activities at
least one-third, in the event that spe
cial levy is not allowed. Mayor Baker
expressed willingness to place the
facts before the presidents' council for
study.
"I am certain that business men,
after making a study of conditions,"
said Mayor Baker, "will admit with
us that the continuation of the preS'
ent plan will certainly retard the
progress of the city. Personally I am
not yet certain In what form the re
lief should be obtained. Perhaps it is
the repeal of the six per cent limi
tation act. However, I would leave
the method of relief up to the com
mittees to which the matter is re
ferred for investigation."
Employes Presrst Facts.
Members of the city council admit
ted that the chances for the passage
of another special levy for 1921 were
exceedingly slim at the November
election, due to the fact that this
election will be for the selection of
the next president of the United
States, and municipal matters will be
overshadowed by the issues of greater
magnitude.
E. r. Jones, chairman of a special
committee for the Civil Service Km
ployes' association, presented the ma
terial facts of an investigation made
into the subject by his committee. He
predicted that unless the six per cent
limitation law was removed from the
statutes, the city would be faced with
the necessity of being at least 11,000,
000 short of money next year.
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Star Special production, "Be
ware of Strangers."
Columbia Marguerite Clark,
"All of a Sudden Peggy."
Rivoli Jack Pickford. "The
Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come."
Liberty Norma Talmadge. "A
Daughter of Two Worlds."
Peoples Eugene O'B r i e n ,
"Sealed Hearts."
Majestic Alice Lake, "Should a
Woman Tell."
Sunset Houdini, "The Grim
Game." '
Circle Wallace Reid, "The Lot
tery Man."
T00ZE SEES WOOD ONLY
Sentiment in Oregon Declared to
Be Strong for General.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.)
There's nothing- to it but Leonard
Wood, says Walter L. Tooze of Dallas,
who is g-eneral organizer of Wood
clubs in western Oregon south of Sa
lem and who returned to Eugene yes
terday from Coos Bay, where he or
ganized a number of clubs. Marsh
tleld. Powers, Myrtle Point, Xortn
Bend. Coqullle and Bandon all have
flourishing clubs now, said Mr. Tooze.
The Marshneld club is headed by
A. L. Martin and Mrs. McL.eod Is the
secretary. One of the most enthus
iastic members of the club there is
S. B..Ca.thcart. who voted for Lincolo
in 1864, said the organizer.
Mr. Tooze will make a trip to Cot
tage Grove and will later organize a
club in Eugene.
Scene from Eugene O'Brien's second starring feature. "Sealed Hearts.
which wiJl show at the Peoples theater today. It will be followed on
Wednesday by Dorothy Daltoa In "Black Is White.
a refilming of Clara Louise Burn
ham's story, "Jewel."
Motion picture producers are much
concerned over the report that the
decennial census made no provision
for gathering statistics of the Indus
try. The business or making pictures
is said to be the fourth or fifth larg
est in the country in point of invested
capital.
"
Bessie Love has plunged with char
acteristic zeal into the work of film'
ing her first independent production
under her contract with the A. J. Cal
laghan company. The picture is be
ing made at the Hollywood studios
and directed jointly by Joseph de
Grasse and Ida May Park. This is
probably the first instance on record
of a star having botn man and woman
directors, and much is expected to
come out of the interesting innova
tion.
D. W. Griffith gave his views on
censorship before a sitting of the vir
ginia state legislature the other night.
It is not often that a motion pic
ture actress deliberately turns down
the opportunity to be featured a a
star. Fritzie Brunette has been sought
recently by producers who want to
exploit her beauty and talents in the
approved stellar method, but she has
declined the offers and chosen to ac
cept a sixth engagement to support
J. Warren Kerrigan. Although one
of the youngest and sprightliest of
the film players, she is a veteran of
the picture realm, fiavlng entered it
when just out of school.
"The Man From Blankley's," one
of Charted Hawtrey's successful stage
media, has been obtained for Robert
Warwick.
Clarence Badger, the director who
"puts over" the cowboy star. Will
Rogers, for Goldwyn, has Raymond
Hatton under his artistic care. Hat
ton has earned distinction by soma
noteworthy character drawings on
the films. He will play the part ol
the mad inventor in that famous book
of a former generation. "Seven Oaks,"
by J. G. Holland. In its screen form
the title is to be changed to "Jes Cal)
Me Jim."
Anita Stewart will now film "Th
Yellow Typhoon," an adaptation otf
Harold MacGrath's story of the same
name.
Henry Walthall is fro be starred by
a company bearing his name in spe
ical pictures.
Miss Claire DuBrey has just com
pleted an engagement with J. Warren
Kerrigan in his forthcoming produc
tion. "The Green Flame," an adven
ture play of foreign locale by Ray
mond G. Hill. Ernest C. Warde, who
is a son of the distinguished Shake
pearean actor, Frederick Warde, di
rected the picture. j
fwEALED HEARTS," the new pic-
which comes to the Peoples
theater today, was written by Edmond
Goulding. The screen version is by
Eugene Walter, the noted dramatist.
It will show until Wednesday, when
Dorothy Dalton, in "Black Is White,"
will take possession of the Peoples'
silver screen. "Sealed Hearts" tells
the story of a father and his adopted
son,, who love the same woman, and
is said to be one of the deepest and
most intricate dramas the Selznick
star has yet attempted.
The father is an industrial mag
nate whose whole life has been de
voted to his work. To carry out his
life's ambition he has adopted and
reared the son of a former friend. At
length the father meets a young and
pretty girl, whose family urges her
to accept his offer of marriage, and
for a time the husband and wife and
adopted son attempt to live happily
under one roof.
But, try as he does to restrain his
young wife's affections, the older gen
tleman finds that the two young
hearts have gone out to each other.
Then with the growth of his disillu
sionment he decides that if he cannot
be happy, neither shall they. The end
ing of this unusual and complex
drama is startling and most unexpected.
Robert Edeson and Lucile Lee Stew
art head a brilliant supporting cast.
Screen Gossip.
The ranks of feminine motion pic
ture directors, once confined to two
women, Ida May Park and Lois Web
er, continue to expand, no doubt as
a result of the great success of this
pair. Mrs. Sydney Drew and Lillian
Gish have been trying their hands at
the work in the east Miss Gish with
her sister, Dorothy, and Mrs. Drew
in a new series of comedies under
the same trademark that she and her
late husband made famous. Now Mrs.
Rupert Julian, professionally known
as Elsie Jane Wilson, will direct
Edith Roberts in her next production, I
Waino Riippa, one of the found'
era and editors of the radical Fin
nish newspaper, Toveri, printed at
Astoria, reached Ellis Island, New-
York, last night, from which point
he will be deported to his native
country as an undesirable alien. An
nouncement of the radical editor'
pending deportation and arrival at
Ellis Island was released yesterday
Dy K. jf. Bonham. chief of the un
migration service of this district.
Riippa's career in this country,
while only of seven years' duration.
caused him to be under surveillance
for his extreme radical tendencies,
and both he and .other editors and
officials of the radical newspaper,
Toveri, were continually in trouble
with federal authorities because of
un-American utterances in their
newspaper both during the war and
immediately after. Another editor
and manager of this newspaper are
now facine: imprisonment at the fed'
eral penitentiary at McNeil's Island
for violations of the espionage act.
Marriagre Made Compulsory.
According to federal documents in
the possession of Mr. Bonham, Riippa
arrived at New York m 1813 in com
pany with Helena Sinesaho, who was
then 22 years old. Riippa at this
time was 35 years old. They told
federal immigration officials at Ellis
Island they were betrothed at that
time, but they were denied admit'
tance into ' this country until after
their marriage had taken place.
Coming to Oregon, Riippa assisted
in founding the Toveri, which was
the mouthpiece for Finnish social
ists, and which became more pro
nounced in its extreme radicalism
during the war period. While fed
eral investigators were enecking up
on his record, they learned that he
had deserted a wife and two children
in Finland when he eloped to this
country with Miss Sinesaho, and it
was .upon proof of this act of bigamy
that orders for his deportation were
based. According to Mr. Bonham, of
ficials in Finland have taken up
Riippa's case and probably will prose
cute Dun upon nis arrival in mai
country. -
Three Others in Party.
Three other undesirable aliens were
sent from Portland in company witn
Riippa the first of the week as a part
of a special trainload of undesirables
who were sent from various Pacific
coast cities. John Patterson, an J.
W. W. and radical, is one of those
ordered deported from this city. He
is a native of Scotland. He recently
completed a sentence of four months
in the Multnoman county jail, ana
prior to that was confined in a Se
attle jail because oi nis rea
tivities.
The other two members oi tne party
were Adolph Mayer, a native of Aus
tria, and Peter uordia, a tioiianaer.
wim are mentally unbalanced. They
wai-o Alaskan miners and had been
confined for some months in a Port
land sanitarium at government ex
pense until arrangements for their
pnortation COU1U oe corapicicu.
Mr. Bonham announcea yesieruny
that all records of the deportation
hearings given Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Saulit and other memoers oi me cum-
nnist labor Darty in foniana nave
been forwarded to the immigration
service at Washington, and announce
ment of the decision In their cases
should be received nere witnin ;ne
next two weeks.
FOOD TO REMAIN HIGH
Canned Goods Xot to Drop Soon,
Thinks Grocery Dealer.
EUGENE. Or, Feb. 20. (Special.)
Canned goods will be in, strong de
mand this year, in the opinion of CK
Wilcox, manager of the canned goods
department of one of the largest
wholesale grocery firms in the United
States.
Mr. Wilcox spoke at the weekly
luncheon at the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce yesterday. "I would like
to be in a position to answer the
question as to what is going to hap
pen in the way of food prices, said
Mr. Wilcox, "but the best I can do
is to say that as long as labor lasts
remain as bigh as now there is little
prospect of a drop in food prices
particularly canned goods prices. I
think this will be another good year
for the canneries and growers.
JAIL BREAK PREVENTED
lane County Jailer ' Iisoovt?rs
Watcit-Sprin-r Saw in OIL
ETOKNE. Or, Feb. 20. SpeolaU
A Jail break was provented by Deputy
Sheriff Oeorge croner. county jailer,
when he discovered yesterday In a
cell that had been occupied by Ken
jam in Cowan, alleged burglar, a small
saw fashioned from a watch spring.
wiia m i ir 1 1 . iwk uul oi m mow in Lao
jail as a frame- for the saw.
For two days Cowan had been whis
tling and sing-lng more than usual.
This aroused the jailer's suspicions,
and. making a search, he found the
raw. Three of the iron bars, over
th window had been partly cut.
'
Douglas Gets $55,079 Back Tax.
ROSEBX7RO, Or.. Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) A letter received by the tax
department Thursday from the acting
auditor of the United States treasury
stated that Douglas county's claim
for back taxes on the Coos Bay wagon
road grant lands in the sum of 155.
079.2? had been allowed and that a
treasury warrant for the amount had
been forwarded to the county treas
urer. The money will be placed in
the general fund of the county with
the exception of a few thousand dol
lars due separate road districts for
special taxes voted.
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Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Mala JOH), JL SOiS.
HS. HEL.EX L.ADD CORBETT,
entertained most charmingly,
last night with a dinner in
honor of Dr. Ida Smedley McLean of
London.
Mrs. Corbett's guests included Mr.
and Mrs. William Wheelwright, Dr.
and Mrs. Harry Beal Torrey. Mrs.
Elliott Corbett. Dr. McLean, Dr. Ken
neth A. J. Mackenzie and Jennings
Sutor.
The dinner was followed by a line
party to hear Lieutenant Coningsby
Dawson's lecture.
Dr. Ida Smedley McLean will be the
guest of honor and speaker today at
luncheon, when the Civic league will
be hosts at the Benson hotel at 12
o'clock. Any one interested may make
reservations, by calling the hotel.
After the luncheon Mrs. Elliott Cor
bett will take Dr. McLean up the Co
lumbia river highway.
Mrs. Elliott Corbett will be hostess
for a small and informal dinner this
evening, at her home on Elk rock,
in honor of Dr. McLean.
The Portland Heights club was
very gay last night when the young
members had their dance. Among
the larger parties, were the ones
that Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr gave
for their daughter. Miss - Elizabeth
Kerr, and her dancing class and Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. O'Rielly and the Misses
O'Rielly entertained 20 young people.
The Drama league will give one
of their charming matinees for chil
dren this afternoon. Two plays will
be given, one under the direction of
Miss Jean Wold, and the other of
Dr. Henrietta Moore, head of the
English department of Lincoln high
school. The plays will be "Quite by
Ourselves" and "Three Pills in t
Bottle," which is one of the "Forty-
Seven Workshop Plays," by Rachel
Fields. These matinees have given
the children of the city much
pleasure.
The Monday Musical club's junior
department will enjoy a Washing
ton's birthday party this afternoon at
the clubrooms, 148 Thirteenth- street,
at 1 o'clock.
Mrs. Josephine Smith Andrews left
for California Wednesday. after
spending some time as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Frederick Warren.
The Jackson, club will celebrate
Washington's birthday this evening
with a reception and dance at the
Multnomah hotel at R:30 o'clock.
Judge William X. Gatens will make
a brief address to open the pro
gramme of the evening, which will
be followed by a solo, by Mrs. Dudley
Meld Clark, with Lucien Becker at
the piano.
Patronesses include Sirs. Charles E.
Curry. Mrs. George F. Alexander, Mrs.
Bert E. Haney. Mrs. A. F. Flegel, Mrs.
William N. Gatens, Mrs. Edwin Seely
rarsons. Mrs. John A. Keating, Mrs.
A. M. Lee. Mrs. John D. Mann. Mrs.
Or. E. Jamison. Mrs B. F Irvine. Mrs.
C. J. Smith. Mrs. Nannie Duff Silva,
Mrs. E. F, Per not, Mrs. J. Weston
Hall, Mrs. George M. Nolan, Mrs. G.
T. Skipworth, Mrs. George H. Buhl,
Mrs. Walter Hembree, Mrs. Eleanor
Y. Derby, Miss Cecilia L. Gavin.
Mrs. Margaret Marks became the
bride of Andrew Caughey Monday
evening, at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Larkin Young on Corbett street.
The service was read by Rev. Edward
Constant of the Highland Congrega
tional church, in the presence of
about SO friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Caughey are both well
known in the musical sets in the
city, and are planning to take their
wedding trip in the near future when
they will go to Manchester, England,
Mrs. Caughey's old home.
ROSEBURG, Or, Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Miss Waitha Watson, a native
Douglas county girl, and Claude E.
Talcott were married Wednesday
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
McKean on South Deer creek. Until
recently Mrs. Talcott was one of the
teachers in' the Green school.
Mr. Talcott is a prosperous farmer
of the Melrose district. The couple
will make their home there.
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Miss Clementine Lewis was a
charming young hostess last Satur
day night when she entertained the
Juirior Riding class with a supper
at the residence of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lucius Alien Lewis. The
supper followed the masked ride of
the class at the Portland Riding club.
Siuslaw Wagon Road Jfeeded.
EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
Some action will soon be taken by the
Lane county court against the South
ern Pacific company to endeavor to
compel the company to reconstruct j
the wagon road along the bank of the I
Siuslaw river between Mapleton and j
Cushman. i
INDIANS TO SELL LANDS
13,000 Acres in Idaho Are to Be
Placed on Market.
LEWISTON. Idaho.,' Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Thirteen thousand acres of
land belonging to Nez Perce Indians
on the Fort Lapwal reservation will
be sold to the highest bidder on April
20. The appraised value of the land
is $700,000 and it includes large tracts
of the choicest farming land in the
county.
Last fall several thousand acres of
heirship lands were sold in the same
manner and the average selling price
was above the appraised value. Thia
sale will include heirship, lands, as
the Indians are desirous of clearing
up estates of deceased relatives and
preparing to assume the full status
of citizens and taxpayers. Half the
Indian allottees who received the
original grants from the government
are dead and it is this large acreage
that is in process of settlement.
OPEN HOUSE DAY HELD
University of Oregon Host to Cit
izens of Eugene and Lane County.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Feb. 20. (Special.) The first of the
annual open-honse days for the peo
ple of Eugene and Lane county was
held at the university Wednesday.
On Washington's Birthday
Let Us Remember Washington's Faith
There were more brffliairt men than. Washington to
Washington's day. There were men better trained in
war and statesmanship.
Neither his natural ability nor his training made him
great: it was the greatness of his faith.
All through his letters runs one high
note a supreme conviction that he,
and his country, are instruments in the
serviceandthekeepingofAlrnightyGod.
The world is suffering for many
things these days; but for nothing as
much as its need of Faith.
Sunday, February 29, wffl be National Life Wort
Enlistment Sunday. On that day the call will be
sounded for greater spiritual Hie and the enlistment of
tens of thousands of young people for special Christian
service.
Stewardship Cslendnr
Christian Stewardship Educational
Period: February 22. Stewardship Ac
knowicdginent Sunday;
February 2H Ltfe Work EnlistMot
Sunday;
It needs Washington's strong sense
of stewardship bis conception of life
and all its possessions as a great trust to be adminis
tered in the service of men, under the guidance of
Almighty God To deepen the conviction and service
of men and women, the Evangelical Churches have set
aside February, as Christian Stewardship Month.
Pre-TSaflter Period for tbe aWpeninr
af tbe Spiritual Life, Knusf-eliam and
the Enlistment of Life Becruita
April
April 4, Easter Sunday. National Jaia-the-Chureh
Sunday
Next Sunday, February 22nd, has
been set aside as Stewardship Acknowl
edgment Sunday. The goal of the
Churches is ten million Christian
Stewards regularly enrolled in the holy
habit of giving of the first fruits of
their income.
Ten million men and women admin
istering their lives and incomes as a
God-given trust such a group can
transform America I
Will you be one of that ten million?
WID you, on next Sunday Washington's Birthday
prove yourstewardshipbydedicatingafirst proportion of
your income to the Kingdom of God through yourChurch?
For full information and hrlpi for Pastor, Sunday School Super"
intmdentt and Women't and Young People's Societies write the
Stewardship Department
INTERCHURCH World Movement
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when townspeople visited the campus.
saw and heard classes in session and
attended a special assembly in Villard
hall. So large was the crowd at the
assembly that several hundred stu
dents were unable to gain admittance.
In a short address President Camp
bell called attention to the congested
conditions in the university owing to
lack of classrooms and buildings.
Others who spoke were F. L. Cham
bers, president, and L. L. Goodrich,
member of the board of trustees of
the Eugene chamber of commerce.
Grape-Nuts
The cereal that
needs no sugar
Sweet from the sugar,
self-developed from its
own grains. ,
Ready-to-eaL
EconomicaL
'There's a Reason"
It's "Brand"
New!
Five to seven-ton four
, wheel reversible "High
Way" Trailer with extra
good stake body. And it's
for sale at a bargain,
Address The Phez Com
pany, Salem, Or.
Alleged Embezzler Arrested.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 20. (Spe
clal.) Ross L. Douglass, former man
ager of the local Citizen's Jrectric
Shop,' was brought before the probate
judge here yesterday on a charge
of embezzlement and released on S2500
bond. He will be tried next week
probate court. He is charged with
having stolen money and articles from
the shop. - .
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