Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1920)
THE MORNING ORE'GOXIAX, TUESDAY, MARCH 23. 1920 3 11 13 URGED BY GOffiHM T Washington Solo'ns Urged to Curb Expense. SCHOOL' FUNDS SHORT Pt Ic- fra sc Committed to Woman Suf Ronus for cx-Scrvicc Men Generally Favored. OLY.MPIA. Wash.. March 22. Rigid measures of economy, rather than greater appropriations, are needed in all departments of the state govern ment. Governor Hart declared In his message to the special session of the "Washington leeialature here today. Governor Hart told of the crippled financial condition of the state funds and recommended that the legislature increase the minimum tax levy to give relief. The levy limit Is 3 cents. An overdraft of $1,1 12.649.65 confronted tho state March 8. 1920. This, he de clared, was the result of a low 1.8 of a mill levy set in 1918. Money is needed by all the state schools, the governor said. "Funds available for all the institutions of higher education will have been ex hausted by the time the legislature meets in regular session again, and unless some relief Is granted there will be no funds available or antici pated from which deficiency appro priations could be met." Common Schools Hard Ireed. The condition of the common schools is almost, if not quite as de plorable as the institutions of higher learning, he asserted. Hundreds ofj teachers, he said, are quitting their profession for more remunerative em ployment. The governor recom mended that a commission be named to make a thorough survey of the situation and report a code of laws to the next session. For present relief of the common shools the governor urged the school directors and electors In the districts, wherein it is necessary to increase revenue to pay a living wage to the teachers, will not hesitate to take advantage of the present status and where necessary make a tax levy of 20 mills or so much as is needed for that purpose. The governor said he had sent the senate a resolution to be adopted for ratification of the proposed suffrage amendment. Washington people, he asserted, are fully committed to the principle of woman suffrage as the state has done well under the joint management of men and women. Ilonua for Veteran Favored. Governor Hart declared public sen timent appeared to favor that some thing in the nature of a bonus be given the returned service men of the state. He said a carefully drawn bill would be presented to the special session providing for the bonus and a bond issue to secu. . the funds. The message warned the legislators not to hold a long session and not to pass any appropriation bills. "Never was the general sentiment of the peo ple of the state more completely crys tallized upon any matter than in tha present demani that the legislators speedily attend to the business they find at hand to do and return to their homes, thus relieving the citizens of an anxiety as to what new legisla tion may be enacted," he declared. Aftorney-General Brown In calling Ralph Schneelock, Henry Teal, Ed ward Geary, John A- Keating, Lynn Eastman and F. B. Fenton of Port land, to testify before the Marlon county grand jury today In the inves tigation into the affairs of the state treasurer's department. The recent statement of Attorney General Brown to the effect that the investigation might drag over several months is said to have been a dis appointment to both Mr. Hoff and Joseph Richardson, his chief deputy. In a statement today, Mr. Hoff said that all of his records and books were open to inspection and that his assist ants were doing everything possible to aid the state auditors in making Ttheir investigation. Because of this, Mr. Hoff says, there is no reason why the probe should extend over a prolonged period and thereby have a tendency to weaken the efficiency of his department. "If there is ariything wrong, we want to know it." said Mr. Hoff to day, "and the quicker the probe is completed the better it wUI be for all concerned. Neither Mr. Richardson nor reprt sentatives of Morris Brothers. Inc., have yet been called before the grand jury. alleeedbuhguh taken 1 t JOHN GRAHAM SAID TO HAVE ADMITTED ROBBERIES. Thefts in Six Portland Homes, in Seattle and Centralis, Wash., Confessed, Say Police, John Graham, alias R. W. Haskell. was arrested at Fifth and 'Washing ton streets yesterday afternoon by rolice Inspectors Coleman, Kellcher and Collins and is booked at police headquarters on a burglary charge. Graham is said to have admitted to the inspectors that he lias robbed at least six Portland homes during the past month, and the police say be also has confessed to other house burglaries at Seattle and Centralia. A suitcase in Graham's room was found to contain a varied assortment of jewelry and other articles which the police say has been identified as having been stolen at Seattle. An express office receipt found in the man's possession led the inspect ors to L!ie union depot, where they intercepted two suitcases which had been consigned to C. Graham, Ta- com; These suitcases likewise con tained jewelry and other articles which Graham is said to have con fessed is a part of the loot he has taken from homes robbed by him recently. He is held without bail at the city jail while the police are investigating his record in other Pacific coast cities. He is alleged to be an ex convict from the Montana state pen itentiary at Deer Lodge. CITY PLANS TO C1EHN UP PLAX KOU SHRIXE CONVEN TION IS DISCUSSED. Mayor. Commissioners and Parrisli Make Tour of Inspec lion in Portland. Dr. DEALERS TESTIFY TO GRAND JURY IN HOFF PROBE. Announcement That Inquiry May Last Several Months Regretted by State Treasurer. SALEM. Or.. March 22. (Special.) Explanation of the methods used by the various bond houses of the coun try in handling municipal securities, commissions charged by brokers for these transactions and whether it would be possible for a state official inexperienced in the more intricate finance problems to go into the open market and purchase bonds, is be lieved to have been the purpose of Portland is going to be a cleaner city than ever during the week that the Shriners are here and which weett will close with the Rose Festival. TJiis was determined upon yester- cay, w nen Mayor rai.er miu missioners Barbur and Pier and L)r. Parrish made a trip over the city, east and west sides, with the auto mobile committee of the Shriners, of which Ira F. - Powers, is chairman and the committee on public safety, of which Rufus "Holman is chairman The party made the trip to outline the routes, which will be arrowed, for the benefit of the thousands of Port land visitors the week of June 22. The city's chief executive and com missioners promised 4.0 co-operate in every possible way with the Shrine committees to make Portland more beautiful than ever. Streets will be repaired at once, particularly those along the most traveled routes over which tho visitors will be taken on auto trips. Arrows will point the way so there will be no chance of congestion or delay, as the "red' route will not cross the "blue" route and the 'blue" route will not cross the "yellow" route, etc. CLOTHES That a Man Can Look At and Look Up To! I ;N ASKING you to ex amine the new Hickey ' Freeman Suit models, I just wish to make this dis tinction, that the more you LOOK AT them the more you will LOOK UP TO them, for there is something- in the way these famous clothes are made that instinctively compels an honest man's respect. v F ine Materials, Fine Modeling Fine Making, Fine All the Way Through MorrisonStreet ai fourth? n J ivonc(e , c(ic( Me, Yuan Ajtfmq ohhobue 7m. fodn ifu4. ynornotta " nrBua'Wpii'iiaiiiBHBlaaMiaailliIMiiaii 2 WIRGUji GET TERMS JOHN DOERFER AND JOSEPH DEBENE GET 4 YEARS EACH. Efforts of Portland Police to Get Clemency for Crook Get Lit tle Attention. QUIT MEAT WHEN Take a Glass of Salts If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers You. Xo man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kid neys, they become overworked from the, strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation or scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of J ad Salts from any phar macy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast and in a few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid or grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer cau:es irritation, thus ending bladder weak ness. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful effer vescent lithia-water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications. Adv. OLYMPIA VOTES SUFFRAGE fContinuod From First Pae- Had a Cold AH Winter The colds that "hang on." the coughs that rack your body and wear you down, the v.eakening that comes from loss of sleep these are afflic tions from which relief is welcomed as a blessing. Jv'ick J. Whres, Zahl, N. D., writes: "Words cannot ex press the gratitude I owe Foley's Honey and Tar for the miraculous relief it gave me. Mad a cold all winter, but since taking one bottle It has entirely disappeared. I will never be without your remedy if I live to be 100 years old." Sold every where. Adv. prevent his presence as desired by the senate. Lamping; Attacks Armories. 'Using the proposal to increase the tax levy for state purposes as a ve hicle. Lamping proposed compelling the appropriations of S325.000 for armories made by the last session to be reverted to the state treasury. Lamping was especially directing his attack against the armories at Walla Walla and Aberdeen. Mrs. Homer Hill of Seattle, hailed as the "mother of woman suffrage in Washington," sat beside the presi dent of the senate today when the upper house ratified the amendment. Following the vote, Mrs. Hill ad dressed the senate, expressing grati tude of the various women's organ izations and outlining the suffrage fight of the past. Women Thank Mrs. Deroe. In the house, Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe. Seattle, another suffrage lead er, occupied a seat beside Speaker Fred Adams. In introducing the rat ification resolution in the house, Mrs. Frances M. Haskell, representative from Tacoma, declared the women of Washington owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs. Devoe, "the one woman who sacrificed, endured hardships, even mortgaged her home for the final vic tory of suffrage in the United States." Mrs. Haskell, in her talk, thanked Governor Louis F. Hart for calling the special session to ratify the amendment. ' "He has proved that we are a great, strong- pecfple and has proved his faith in the women or America, she de clared. METSCHAN CLAN GATHERS Phil Metschan Sr. to Observe Eightieth Birthday Aniversary. Phil Metichan Sr. will observe bis 80th birthday tomorrow. March 24. Mr. Metschan's family and rela tives are now assembling from all corners of the state, for it has been a custom with the Metschans to fore gather on the birthday. During the past year Mr. Metschan has been in poor health, but his mind is now clear and active. Coming to Oregon as a poor boy, Mr. Metschan, by application and hard work, became one of the leading citi zens of the state, and was elected state treasurer. After his tenure of office Mr. Metschan came to Portland and acquired the Imperial hotel. The usual family dinner will mark the reunion and celebration tomorrow. John Doerfer and Joseph DeBene burglars, were sentenced each to four years in the penitentiary yesterday, the former by Presiding Circuit Judge McCourt on a plea of guilty, the lat ter by Circuit Judge Tucker as a re sult of conviction in a trial held last week. Kfforts of Portland police, who had used Doerfer in getting information on other crooks working in this city, to obtain clemency from Judge Mc Court were not notably successful, though .the judge said that if it had not been for their representations the burglar would have received five years instead of four. Seven burglaries are charged to Doerfer and five to - DeBene. The criminals are said to have worked together in the cracking of the safes in the Casino -theater and the Pacific Trunk company. DeBene was con victed of the theft of tires from the shop of Buford Sevicre on Hawthorne avenue after prosecution in the court of Judge Tucker, conducted by Deputy District Attorney Pierce. Doerfer is said by the officers to have worked at all times with a big car, using a woman confederate, who would sit In the machine, at the curb ing as Doerfer "pulled off the job." The woman also was arrested, but could not be definitely connected with the robberies. She was sent back to Roseburg, said to be her home. Doer fer is married but has not lived with his wife for some time. Since getting bail last October, Doerfer is said to have robbed a gen eral store at N'ewberg and the Paige Detroit Automobile company in 1'ort-land. POULTRY BUSINESS PAYS Douglas County Fruit Man Says Chickens Rival Prunes. ROSEBURG. Or.. March 22. (Spe cial.) W. E. Clingenpeel, a fruit grower of Looking Glass valley, says he has found poultry to be a rival ot Douglas county prunes. Recently he brought nine fat hens to a local butcher and the fowls brought just $21.46. Comparing this price with those of some years ago, wnen cntcKens brought 25 cents a head in the mar ket, irrespective of weight, the grow er believes the industry is worth try ing out on a larger scale, despite the fact'that feed prices are high. had neglected to complete his citi zenship but now will attend to the matter. ROOSEVELT PLANS VISIT Lester Martin, Lincoln County Re publican Leader, Gets Letter. NEWPORT. Or., March 22. (Spe cial.) Lester Martin, chairman of the Lincoln county republican central committee and well-known sports man, received a letter today from Theodore Roosevelt stating that he is going to ask to be sent to the coast, and said: "If they decide to ship me to Oregon you can bet that I will be only too glad to be with you." Roosevelt refers to a bear hunt with Martin in Lincoln county planned for next month, which Colonel Roosevelt was invited to make when he was in Oregon last fall. Martin is arrang- ng the hunt and has promised Roose velt a "bully" time. The letter was dated Albany, N. Y March 12. ROOTERS SEEKING AUTOS MULTNOMAH GUARD BASKET BALL CLUB SENDS- OUT CALL. Effort Being Made to Have Crowd of Friend's on Hand at Tomor row's Game With Ncw-berg. IDAHO FAIR INCORPORATES Corporation Will Conduct Affairs of Gem State Exhibition. BOISE, Idaho, March 22. (Special.) The affairs of the state fair of Idaho are to be managed in the fu ture by a corporation known as the Idaho State Fair, articles of incor poration for which have been filed with the secretary of state. This cor poration has a capital stock of $30,000, but will pay no dividends as it is to operate on a non-profit basis. The purpose of re-organization is to straighten out the tangle that de veloped last year when the fair man agement and the state, bureau of agriculture clashed over jurisdiction in fair matters. TEAM WORK PLANNED Deschutes Irrigation District Of ficials May Get Together. -SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special.) Flans for reaching a working agree ment among officials of the several units included in the Deschutes irri gation district will be discussed at a meeting to be held at Bend later in the week, according to Percy A. Cup per, state engineer, who left for that city tonight. The district has approximately 313, 000 acres and includes what are known as the north unit irrigation project. Central Oregon irrigation dis trlct and Tumalo irrigation project. Organization was completed some time ago and plans now are being made to vote bonds for development. Guy Ingalsbc, Contractor, Dead. OAKLAND. Cal.. March 22. Guy Ingalsbe. prominent" Pacific coast con tractor, is dead in Dallas. Texas, ac cording to word received by relatives here tonight. Among buildings he assisted in constructing was the Idaho state capitol at Boise, Idaho. Harts Sails for Home, WASHINGTON', March 22. Brij dier General W. W. Harts, former commander of the Paris district of the American Expeditionary Forces, sailed from Antwerp Saturday for the United States, having been ordered home by Secretary Baker to testify before congressional committees in vestigating charges of cruelty at prison farms over which he had com mand. Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind Ton Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive yon in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and (Jast-as-good" are but experiments, and endanger the 1 Health of Children Experience- against Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-; Roric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It contains neither .Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the as similation of Food ; giving healthy and natural sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.' " tho Kind You Have Always Dou&ht Bears the Signature of Fhone your want ads to Tne Orego. nian. Main 70T0, A 6095. s9 In Use For Ovor 30 Years Secretary Whittlesey of the Mult nomah'Guard club has sent out an S. O. S. call for automobiles to accom modate the host of rooters who want to attend the championship basket ball game between the guard team and N'ewberg on the McMinnville floor Wednesday night. "Whit" says that to transport those who have already asked to be in cluded in the guard rooters' section he will need at least, 12 more autos. Ten machines have thus far been placed at the disposal of the guard for the trip and he is in hopes that members of the old transport com pany will respond to the call and al leviate the shortage. Owing to the lack of a night train the trip can only be made by auto. The guard team held a most stren uous workout on the Washington floor last night in preparation for tomorrow nights contest, which is admittedly the hardest the team has bucked up against this year. Each team holds one victory over the other. Conse quently this contest should be one of the greatest ever staged in an Ore gon cage. Manager Baird of the Xewberg team says that great crowds will at tend from N'ewberg, McMinnville, Dal las and other nearby towns, while it is certain that if the pr6per number of autos are secured the Guard bunch will be at least 200 strong. IRRIGATION RATE RAISED Klamath Falls Ranchers Protest Rate of $2 Proposed for Year. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 22. (Special.) Notice has been served by the department of the interior on water users in the Klamath irrigation district that the 1920 rale for oper ation and maintenance will be a mini mum of $2 for each irrigable acre for each two acre-feet, an increase from $1.25 charged heretofore. The first additional acre-foot or fraction above two acre-feet will cost 50 certs and each additional acre-foot 75 cents per acre. Ranchers are loud in their indigna tion over the increase, which thev claim is unjustified. They also pro test that the department this year acted summarily in departing from the usual custom of consulting the SAFE -Does he belong to the 80 who doirt brusti their teeth orlto the 20 who do? Resolve today' to join the ranks of those' who .use Colgate's is Recommended by More Dentists Than Any Other Dentifrice district board of directors before Ax ing the season's rate. ORCHESTRA WILL TOUR Series of Five Concerts Planned for Vacation Week. UXIVfyiSITT OF OREGON. Eugene, f March 2-'. (Special.) For the nrsi time in its history tie orchestra ofj the University of Oregon, now fully recognized as a university activity.' will make a concert tour during the; spring vacation, which starts with the i - t . u ; .. ....... T- Tk I enu vi , r Art in tun i iuiis 11119 i r . i nv Coos bay district will be toured In a series of five concerts, given as fol lows: Myrtle Point. March SO; Co- quille. March 31: Bandon. April 1; Marshfleld, April 2: Xorth Bend, April 3. The orchestra this year la under the direction of Rex Underwood, pro fessor of violin. Read The Oreironlsn classified ads. NOW S Al l, Til IS I1K J F1FI11 AND WASHINGTON STS, 60H-&OV aWtllLASU BLOO. A LAST TIMES TODAY OWEN MOORE in YVnrl w "SOONER or LATER" A Roaring Farce COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Orchestra Matinee at 2:30 Special Concert Thursday at 3 P. M. 25c HIP 25c nVSf '- -J Coming Tomorrow- 'The Devil's Riddle" THIS WEEK WE ARE SHOWING "MARY'S . ANKLE" TO . THOUSANDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS , AND THEY TELL US IT IS WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE Tlenty of Fillers and All for a ' Quarter of a Dollar I Next Saturday: "The Greatest Question" X Admission f)r 1 '"' It DC LJ S J! THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER ny t.ouU Joaepte Vlr THK ! K I F. I. T "TUT. MIM1 MOI.K" and "l- Al.fK K A !. A Tremeeiloua Drama f (be Morlil'. t raft lnr i rlmtnnl. Saturday Elsie Ferguson The Beauty of The Lily can be yours. Its wonderfully pure. soft, pearly while ap pearance, free from all blemishes, will be com parable to the perfect beauty complexl 4th -a am lo tne pericci CTrfJyti of your skin and Zj'sj xlonlfyouwlllusc(yj.jfar I He Escaped Influenza "Ist spring 1 had a terrible cftifl and grippe and was afraid I w going to have tnfluenna," wrllen A. A. Mc.Ncrse. High I'olnl. Oa. "1 tried many kinds of medicine, but reniainrd clogged with cold, I then took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, feelln relief from the first. I uxed seven small bottles. 11 was a tight to are the phlegm I roughed up. I am con vinced Foley's Honey anil Tar raved me .from Influenra." Checks coiikM, roldH, croup and whooping cow a. gold ever where. Adr, t.