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Potofflc a Second-Cla! Matter.
PORTLAND OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920
rillCE FIVE CENTS
POLITICAL APATHY
WOOD AND LOWDEN
HABEAS WRIT DENIED
TO ONTARIO "ANGEL"
UNMASKED MAN ROBS
GIRL TELLER IN BANK
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JURY FINDS. WOMAN
MOONSHINER GUILTY
CONT1CTIOX FIRST OF ITS
KIXD IX DISTRICT.
TEACHERS' SALARY
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BORAH'S CHARGES DECLARED
TO BE RIDICULOUS.
PRODIGAL MAX MUST RETURN
TO FACE CHARGES.
$2300 IS TAKES. IX DAYLIGHT
HOLDUP AT SPOKAXE.
MONEY KINGS PAY
BILL, SAYS BORAH
Both Parties Declared Fi
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.Reaction Strong Against
Old Parties.
HOOVER CHIEF BENEFICIARYj:
When Candidates Win It. Is
Due to Organization.
WOOD OUTPOINTS LOWDEN
Mark Sulliian Finds People Tired
of Old Machines and Parlies,
Which Explains Hoover.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
CHICAGO, March IB. I have cov
ered a sufficient area of the country
and have had enough contact with
the candidates in iotion, and with the
political machines in action, to justify
a certain amount of generalization
with regard to the feeling of the
country and the relative standing of
tbe various candidates with the people.
The impression that is most deep'
forced upon the traveling inquirer in
dicates indifference on the part of the
people. More accurately it is not in
difference toward the candidates, but
toward the old political organizations.
It is something stronger; it is silen-
ness. The people are tired or the old
organizations and the old personali
ties. The old slogans and the old
rallying cries no longer thrill. The
oid Issues do not interest. The peo
ple want something new. That Is one
reason for the talk of Hoover. Hoover
Is new, and he has no connection with
tbe old parties.
This apathy is universal throughout
the northwest. There is no wide
spread enthusiasm for any man now
prominent in American politics. Of
the large figures who have stirred the
public imagination during the last
tw o decades. Roosevelt Is dead, Bryan
la shopworn and Wilson has lost his
prestige.
No other living American has the
power to stir that each of these men
bad.- Compared to these three, all
the men now racing for the presi
dency, are lacking in magnetism and
In the power to stimulate personal de
votion or partisan passion.
Lark of Party a Recommendation.
Tbe people are in a mood of fatigue.
This lack of emotion is practically
.universal throughout the northwest.
In northern Michigan a competent ob
server expressed it by saying:
"Judging from what I see and hear
fn this section of the state, that is.
the 12 northwestern counties, there is
not any strong party sentiment. T'.ie
people are sick of constant sparring
for political prestige in congress and
government departments and would
fiock to any man or party which of
fered the prospect of more business
and less partisanship. For that tea
son Hoover, I believe, is strongest j
tnroughout this section amon tnc f
voters, not among the politicians. His!
failure to announce himself as a party !
rjian seems to tne average voter to De
recommendation."
Just as this observation comes from
the wish for something new of
Hoover, so do all the others. It is not
that they have any exact knowledge
about Hoover, not that Hoover is
necessarily a bigger man than some
e the others, but Hoover is new, aud
lie has no connection with either of
the old parties. That this latter fact
Ihould be a virtue is the striking
thing. Elsewhere another man, com-
petent to judge pumic teeiing, said: I thorities announced yesterday.
"Political sentiment here is para- j A referendum at the municipal elec
I zed and dumb. The optimism en- j tions here in janUary favored day
gendered by shoulder - to - shoulder ,ight 8aving. from the middle of May
work In the war has been killed by unU1 September. Toronto and Hon
Washington. The attitude of our i trea, are expected to take similar ac
common average people makes those : tjon
at Washington seem ten years be-!
hind the times." i' MONTREAL, March 26. The civic
la Matter of Orgaoiaatloa.
Over and over again the inquiring
traveler hears the same sentiment ot
indifference. The public is apathetic
as among the various candidates for
the nomination. Wood wins, w herever
he wins, by virtue of superior organi-
zatlon; Lowden wins, wherever be
wins, by virtue of superior organiza-
tion; Johnson wins, wherever be wins,
chiefly through bis own personal ex-
ei tions. -
In the matter of the personal im-
pression they have made In their
campaigning Wood outpoints Lowden.
The verdict Is general that Lowden in
bis speechmaking and in his appear-
ance personally before the voters of
the middle west has been a disap-
pointment. It Is not especially that
he turned voters against him, but that
audiences left him with a vagu sense
of being disappointed a ad let down.
The universal comment In the towns
w here Governor Lowden appeared in
Minnesota and South Dakota Is that
audiences came in the expectation of I
bearing something strong and de-!
eisive on national issues, but that Gov- j
rnor Lowden confined his speeches to;
the budget system and to his own ex- ;
ertence in applying the budget sys
tem and otherwise" organising the
government of Illinois. The' audi
ences felt that the subject was slight
ly alien, and were disappointed. A
thoughtful citizen of Watertown, S. D,
aid:
"I am supporting Governor Lowden's
oadldacy. but I feel certain he lost
Illinois Governor Offers to Submit
All of His Records to Senator
to Answer Attack.
NEW YORK, March 26. Norman
Gould, representative In congress, and
j Thomas W. Miller, ex-representative.
eastern campaign managers for Gen-
ral Leonard Wood, in a formal state
ment issued tonight replying to at
tacks made on General Wood in the
senate today, declared they were "per
fectly willing to go to bat on Sena
tor Borah's statement." They classed
as "ridiculous" the charge that Gen
eral Wood'a managers are trying to
"dominate the -Chicago convention"
and said they were "trying to bring
General Wood's character, personal
ity and achievements before the pub
lic." The statement suggested that "per
haps this attack hasbeen aroused by
another victory for General Wood In
the South Dakota primaries."
Ttje assertion read in the senate
that E. L. Doheny, head of the Mexi
can Petroleum company, had contrib
uted to the Wood campaign fund, the
statement said, was disposed of by
Mr. Doheny's denial over his signa
ture in a statement to the press.
CHICAGO, March 26. An offer to
join with all other candidates for
the republican presidential nomina
tion in submitting to Senator Borah
or a committee appointed by blm all
records of his campaign expenditures
was made tonight by Governor Frank
O. Lowden in a telegram to the Idaho
senator in reply to the latter's charges
in the senate today in connection
with the expenses of presidential can
didates. The telegram follows:
"The statement made by you in the
senate today, as reported by the As
sociated Press, with reference to the
expenditures by the various candi
dates in the presidential campaign to
date, so far as it applies to me, Is in
no way warranted by the facts.
"I will gladly join with all other
candidates for the republican nom
ination for president in submitting
to yourself or to a committee to be
appoined by you all expenditures
made in the campaign, together with
names of contributors and amounts
contributed, and all books, records
and vouchers, for the purpose of the
widest possible publicity. I sincerely
hope this may be done at once."
TYPHUS RAVAGES POLAND
Rapid Spread of Disease Noted Fol
lowing Delousing Lapse.
WASHINGTON, March 26. While
American delousing machinery has
been lying idle In Poland for nine
months, typhus fever has made such
progress that 95 per cent of the popu
lation either has or has had the dis
ease, according to a report received
here from Colonel E. R. Gllchrest,
head of the United States medical
unit in that country.
Dr. Plotz of Mount Sinai hospital.
New York, is expected to arrive in
Poland early in April to co-operate In
the campaign against the fever. He
was sent by the Jewish joint distri
bution committee, which recently
made available $ 100.000 for the opera
tion of the delousing plants sold in
Poland. Scarcity of coal has been
given as the reason for failure to
utilize the machinery.
The American military unit of 500
men and 32 officers of the medical
nnm iinHer Colonel Gilf-hreef hod
Deen reduced t0 20 officers and 75
CANADA VALUES DAYLIGHT
Clocks in Most Cities of Dominion
to Be Set Ahead.
OTTAWA, Ont., March 26. Most
Canadian cities are expected to adopt
'. daylight saving in . May, although
tnere nag Deen n0 Dominion legisla-
tion on the matter, the-Dominion au-
commission decided yesterday that
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War - Shattered Army Reinforced
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Secretly. Is Declaration,
; PARIS, March 26. Germany, in the
event of mobilization, can place an
I army of 3.400,000 men in the field.
'says Henry Didou, well-k'nown French
war correspondent, in a dispatch to
Le Journal from Mayence.
; He adds that Germany secretly has
re-enforced her qnce famous war
machine which in 1918 was virtually
shattered. Officers, he eays, are
, available to command an army of
4,000,000 men.
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Agricultural Appropriation Bill Is
Pruned by Senate.-
WASHINGTON. March 26. Nearly
a quarter of a million dollars for free
seed was cut out of the 'agricultural
appropriation bill passed today by the
senate, but members said the item ;
would be put back in conference, in!
accordance with the time-honored J
custom.
The bill's total is $33,000,000. The
senate added an amendment which !
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sell 50.000 tons of nitrate of soda for
fertilizer.
SPENDING ORGY DENOUNCED
Peril to Electorate Seen
. Campaign Costs.
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NAMES ARE CALLED FOR
Senator Asks Candidates' Man
agers to Publish List of Those
W ho Contribute to Purse.
WASHINGTON, March 26. A direct
charge that big financial Interests
were trying to buy the national con
ventions of both the republican and
democratic parties was made in the
senate today by Senator Borah, republican,-
Idaho, In a speech advo
cating congressional action to regu
late the pre- onvention expenditures
of candidates for the presidency.
Concentrating his attack on the
backers of Major-General Leonard
Wood and Governor F. O. Lowden for
the republican nomination. Senator
Borah declared the Wood managers
were attempting "to control the re
publican convention by the use of
money," while the Lowden organiza
tion apparently was spending even
greater sums to gain support for its
candidate. Within 10 days, he pre
dicted, two democratic aspirants.
whom he did not name, would be
found spending quite as much as any
republican In the field.
Reekie Spending Deaied.
The speech brought on a heated
debate during which Senator Moses,
republican. New Hampshire, manager
of General Wood's Washington head
quarters, made a general denial that
excessive funds had been used In the
Wjood candidacy pr that any money
had been spent except "legitimately
and necessarily."
Culling on all the , candidates to
tell the country voluntarily how
much they were spending and where
it was coming from, Se'nator Borah
cited newspaper reports that the
Wood promoters had pledged a cam
paign fund of Jl.000.000, that "testi
monials" indorsing General Wood
were being bought in Indiana for (2.50
each, and that every vote cast for the
Wood or Lowden candidacies in the
recent South Dakota primaries repre
sented an expenditure of $10. Such
a situation, said the senator, fore
casts a "saturnalia of corruption," un
less congress acted.
Third-Term Effort Forecast.
The question of a third term for
President Wilson was raised by Sen
ator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, who
said that "if any democrat" were
seeking a third term, the .people
ought to know of It and oppose it.
Senator Borah replied that he had
evidence which convinced .him the
president was trying for another
nomination.
Senator -Borah's speech was made
In support of a bill he Introduced to
limit the pre-convention expenditures
of any candidate to $10,000 in each
state, to compel any person or cor
poration making a contribution of
more than $100 to give the donation
publicity through the attorney-gen-
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Lester I. Hlrsch Given Into Cus
tody of Deputy Sheriff for
Trip to Oregon.
BUFFALO, N. T.. March 26. Jus
tice Dudley today dismissed a writ
of habeas corpus obtained by Lester
I. Hirsch of Ontario, Or., who is
wanted there on a charge of fraudu-
lently obtaining $15,000 from a bank.
Hirsch was given over into the
custody of a deputy sheriff, who will
take him back to Oregon
Hirsch, otherwise known as Hey
man and Harris, began a career of
prodigality at Ontario covering the
last three months, during which time
he made an outright gift of $1000 to
the commercial club, offered a $4500
fire truck to the city and a donation
of $7500 for tbe improvement of the
city. park.
He represented himself as an at
torney and a graduate of Washing
ton university of St. Louis, and spoke
of rich relatives in St. fLouls.
He entertained lavishly witfi stag
parties. Ho achieved Immense pop
ularity and was elected a director of
the commercial club.
He built a beautiful bungalow
home, started another for a business
associate and purchased a third. He
had organized the residents of the
district into a paving campaign.
He is supposed to have been mar
ried recently in Pocatello, Idaho, his
wife's maiden name being announced
as Miss Ernestine Hibred of Wausau,
Wis.
FILM TRAGEDY MADE REAL
Actress Killed When Movie Atb-
lanchc Becomes Actua One.
GENOA, March 26. Hermine Hol
ier, a well-known German moving
picture actress of Dresden,, was killed
and several other actors and actress
es were injured yesterday near Inns
bruck in the upper steppes of the
Wildgratz mountains, when an imi
tation avalanche which was to en
velop the group, developed into a real
avalanche, according to reports re
ceived here.
Mountain scenes were being taken
by a German film company at an al
titude of 9700 feet. The scene was
to depict a party of 11 persons being
buried by an avalanche. Just as tbe.
picture was about to be taken a real
avalanche came down tbe mountain
side and buried the company.
LADY CURZ0N ENGAGED
Daughter of British Earl to Marry
Sir Oswald Moslcy.
LONDON, March 26. The engage
ment is announced of Lady Cynthia
oirv.nn. second daughter of Earl
Cnrxon of Kedleston, and Lieutenant
Oswald Ernald Moslcy, member of
parliament for the Harrow division of
Middlesex.
Lady Cynthia's " mother was Mary
Leiter, daughter ofL. Z. Leiter of
Washington, D. C, who was married
to Earl Curzon in 1895 and who died
in 1S06. . .
Lieutenant,MosIry is a son -of Sir
Oswald . Moslcy. He is 24 years old
and served in France .with the flying
corps. , . .
COLUMBUS, NEB., COUNTED
Population Is 5-110, Gain of 396
or 7.9 Per Cent, Announcement.
WASHINGTON, March 26. Popula
tion statistics for 1920 announced to
day by the census bureau include:,
Columbus, Neb., 5410, increase 596,
or 7.9 per cent.
Delay In Retarn of Other Em
ployes From Lunch Leaves
Woman Alone in Bank.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 26. White
Miss Edith Winslow, assistant teller
of the Spokane Savings fc Loan as
sociation, was alone in the office, due
j to delayed return of other employes
from lunch today, an unmasked man
held her up with a gun and escaped
with between . $2000 and $2500, the
contents of the cash till.
"Give me that money and give it to
me quick."
.With this command the unmasked
robber . pointed a heavily-calibered
six-shooter at Miss Winslow, who
handed, the bandit about $1000, half
the currency which reposed in a
drawer under the tellers' counter.
"Give me the rest of it," com
manded the robber.
The-teller handed him the balance
of the currency which was In bills of
$5, $10 and $20 denominations and
amounted to between $1000 and $1500.
f "Have you got any more?"
"No."
"Take a good look at me. You'll
know me if you see me again, won't
you?" asked the robber.
"I guess I will," responded Miss
Winslow. ,
' With no further words the man
walked without haste to the door
of the bank, out on the street and
proceeded north on Howard street
toward Main avenue.
Miss Winslow has been 'with the
bank for a year and a half. Cool and
nervy, during the time she faced the
robber, she was in an extremely
nervous condition after the affair was
over.
"The man walked Into te bank and
up to the teller's window asking for
a booklet which describes our sav
ings system," she said. "The booklet
was given him and he stepped over
to the customers' counter and seemed
to be reading it.
"H. J. LeClalre, the teller, was pres
ent- at that time, but shortly after
ward went out to lunch. I was alone
at the bank. Mr. McWilliams not hav
ing arrived from lunch.
'About 10 minutes after the rob
ber called for the booklet, he stepped
back to the window and pointed tbe
gun at me." ;
The traffic policeman stationed a
few feet from the door of the office,
was absent from his beat for a few
minutes at the time of the robbery, it
wai stated.
. At about the same time, police were
called to another. point in the business
district,, some blocks away, by a false
alarm of a shooting affair there, and
when the officers were informed of
the robbery, they . 'say, they received
the name of another savings asso
ciation and an erroneous address.
THRONE OFFERED CHARLES
Former Emperor of Austria Said to
Be Hesitating.
GENEVA, March 26. (By the As
sociated Press.) Admiral Horthy, the
regent of Hungary, has secretly but
officially, offered the Hungarian
throne to ex-Emperor Charles with
the assurance' that everything, has
been arranged for the return of the
Hapsburg monarchy, with the consent
of the majority of the population, ac
cording to information from Prangins,
where the ex-emperor lives.
Admiral Horthy, It is declared, has
invited the former ruler to' come to
Budapest as soon as possible, adding
that the question with the allies in
connection . with the move- could be
best arranged from the Hungarian
capital. ' .
The ex-emperor, however. Is said
to be apparently hesitating as to his j
course. ' 1
Allan Bell, 70, Dragged
From Car and Shot
ASSASSINS NOT CAPTURED
Huge Rewards Fail to Result
in Convictions.
FEELING AT WHITE HEAT
Weekly Xation Reports ' Raids on
Homes of Island Total
12,000 Weekly.
LONDON, March 26. Almost every
day furnishes a new victim for the
underground" warfare in Ireland.
This morning Allan Bell, resident
magistrate, 70 years of age, and for
many years an official of the royal
constabulary, was dragged by a gang,
some of whom were masked, from a
crowded tram car In Dublin and shot
four times in cold blood before the
eyes of the passengers. Some of the
passengers were women, who fainted
The assassins fled and no arrests
have been made.
There have been three attacks on
policemen in different parts of Ire
land the past three days, two of the
policmen being dangerously wounded
One .of them was a young man re
turning home after enlisting in the
constabulary.
An Inquest at Dublin today, on the
unidentified man killed Wednesday
evening, revealed that he was a clerk
at army headquarters. Dublin gossip
says he was engaged In secret service
work.
Viscount French, lord lieutenant of
Ireland, has written to the widow of
Magistrate Bell:
"Your gallant and distinguished
husband has crowned a life of de
voted and valuable service to Ireland
by his noble death In fighting tha
cause of his country."
No Caavlctioaa Despite Rewards.
Despite placards all over Ireland
offering 10,000 pounds reward and
government protection for informa
tion, no one has been convicted for
any of the assassinations, many of
which have taken place in daylight
in the presence of numerous wit
nesses. Feeling still runs high in Cork over
the murder of Lord-Mayor MacCar
tain. Several witnesses at the In
quest attempted' to connect the police
with the murder and the Sinn Feiners"
say the killing was in revenge for
the slaying of a policeman in Cqrk
a few hours before the mayor was
murdered.
The house of commons today dis
cussed the case of Alderman William
O'Brleiif leader of the Irish workers,
who is in jail. He is said to be con
ducting a hunger strike and is in
danger of death. '
T. P. O'Connor, the nationalist
leader, called attention to the fact
that O'Brien was serving on the gov
ernment's coal commission when ar
rested and asked:
"Ha the government considered
the effect on ' Irish opinion of the
death of "Alderman O'Brien, resulting
from his incarceration without trial?"
Andrew Bonar Law, the govern
ment spokesman, replied:
"It is obvious this is a great re-
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Offender Held on Three Counts by
. Jury, Involving Heavy Sen
tences and Fines.
Guilty on all three counts was the
verdict returned late yesterday after
noon by a jury In federal court
against Mrs. Nettie L. Connett of Bull
Run. first woman offender to be pros
ecuted In this district since the nation
went ' dry ! on the charge or moon
shining..
The cirse went to the jury at noon
after a day and a half of trial. It
i prosecuted by Deputy United
States Attorney Charles Reames and
constituted one of the hardest-fought
cases in local annals of illicit liquor
litigation. Morris Goldstein appeared
for the defendant.
Tie verdict was presented by E. W,
Haines, foreman of the Jury. The
minimum penalties- attached to the
counts are as follows: For the dls
tributinn of liquor without tax, six
months' imprisonment and $o00 fine
for the possession of 4i still, set up
without federal registration, 30 rfays'
imprisonment or $100 fine; for engag
ing in the distillation of spirits with
out furnishing government bonds, six
months' Imprisonment or $500. fine.
Each of the sentences may be served
in the federal penitentiary at the di
rection of the court.
. When the verdict was announced
coupled wllh a request for judicial
clemency, the defense asked for a 30
day stay of execution In which to
prepare a" motion for a new trial.
Federal Judge Wolverton gave assent.
Pending hearing of this motion Mrs.
Connett is at liberty under $1500 bail,
Once during Its deliberations the
jury came In for instructions, being
advised by the court that possession
of a still was in itself evidence war
ranting conviction. The testimony and
evidence had shown that a large still
had been In operation In' Mrs. Con
nett's ranch home at Bull Run
though the defendant maintained that
she had no interest In it, and that
the plant had been operated by
employes, subsequently discharged.
Against this declaration was the tes
timony that Mrs. Connett had person
ally operated at least one still.
NEGRO ATTACKER HANGED
Adam Jackson First to Pay Penalty
Since Missouri Restores Law
POPLAR BLUFFS. Mo.. March 26.
2sm -fiaelcsbn, a negro, was banged
In the Butler county Jail here late to
day for attacking Mrs". Emma Mann,
a white woman, last month. He was
the first, person to be executed ,ln
Missouri since capital punishment
was restored last July.
The first lime the trap was sprung
the rope broke. Jackson was partly
stunned by the fall and upon return
ing to consciousness urged that his
execution be hurried.
' He was carried back to the plat
form and a socond rope was adjusted.
RIVAL CAMPS STEADFAST
Drlfl w a rr Likely to Reach Suffrage
Vote Xext Wednesday.
DOVER, Del.. March 26. Disposal
by the Delaware legislature of the
proposed woman suffrage constitu
tional amendment not later than next
Wednesday was In prospect when
both " bouses adjourned today until
Monday.
Ratification continued doubtful, ri
val camps holding steadfast to re
spective prediotions of ratification
and defeat.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DA T S Maximum tomptrature,
4 degree;; minimum, so degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain; warmer; toutu
mesterly winds.
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Allan Bell. TO, Irl.h magl.trate, drafted
from car and killed. Pace 1.
Soviet red terror bleaches to pink. Pave 3.
National.
Danleta fa accused of hampering navy.
Page 20.
Borah denounces heavy pre-cnnventlon
. campaign bills and says both parties
are tlnanced by big Interests. Pag. 1.
Wod and Lowden want Investigation ot
Borah's charges as to orgy of spending
to win nomination. Page 1.
Story that General Wood not right men
tally la exploded by Roosevelt's sistsr.
Page -i.
State deparfenent defends Chile set.
Page i.
Denetie.
Lowden- leads Wood In Montana poll.
Pago 2.
Pereevering youth, 23, weds school teacher,
aged 53. Pago &.
Political apathy grips northwest, says
Mark Sullivan Page 1.
Ratals corpus writ denied Ontario "angel."
rage l.
Entry of Hitchcock Is scored by Bryan.
Page 6.
PaWfic Northwest
Sing county republicans choose April 17
as convention date. Page 14. .
Unmasked man robs girl teller In bank.
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Sparta.
Fred Fulton on- way here to .batila Young
Hector. Page 1 t
Rain again halts Beaver practice. Page 12.
Shannon defeats Anderson In tea-round
main event here. Page 13. i
Camsneertal and Marine.
Demand for eoaraer wools developa in
eastern market. Page 21.
Short covering lifts corn prices at Chi
cago. ,. Page 21,
Portland nad Vicinity.
Trial of Industrial 'Worker la hailed by
troublesome legal question. Page 10.
Republican party leader rapt election
slackers. Page 14.
Approval of Swan Island plan asked.
Page 11.
City council wanta more Information before
aetln c
.tre.tca
Jury finds
Fa I.
acting on propoaaia regaraing rortiand
atreetcar eysiem. rage I.
woman guilty of moonshlnlng.
S'ltncd treaty ends Rogue river fishing
war. page .
Teachers' salary problem baffles Western
Oregon conference. Page 1.
Hoover republican club of Oregon Is formed
here. Page
Walter F. Backus and whole harmnnv
ticket elected by Multnomah Anglers'
' ""Hub, Pais
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Heads Delay Action.
UNIFORM PA, MOTION BEATEN
Committee to Meet State
Body Is Appointed.
MILLAGE TAX INDORSED
Albany Selon (iocs on nccord In
Favor of Further Support
for Schools.
ALBANY", Or., March it. (Special.)
Members of school hoards and
school superintendents of most of the
larftcr cities of westrrn Oregon met
here this afternoon to discuss teach
ers' salaries, but failed to agree on a
uniform plan. Although no definite
action was taken, delegates expressed
the opinion that through the exchange
of Ideas and suggestions offered, the
meeting-"will lead to better salaries
in the future and that from this view
point the conference was Important
and successful.
The conference voted for the ap
pointment of a committee to confer
on behalf of the school boards with
a committee authorircd by the state
legislature and appointed by the slat
superintendent of public instruction
to work out a plan of state taxation
for the support of the public schools
Cmanltle la Kasnrel.
Chairman Schmltt named the fol
lowing: committee: Luke L. Goodrich
of Eugene, chairman; Dr. H. II. din
ger of Salem, M. F. Corrlgan of Mo
Mlnnville, J. K. Weather ford of Al
bany, W. E. Kyler of rorvallls, C. W.
Hatderman of Astoria and W, 11.
tore of Medford.
The appointment of this committee
and the indorsement of the bill to be
voted upon In May for a mlllag tax
for the support of public schools were
the only definite' actions taken by
the conference.
Cities represented at the conference
by ono or more members of their
school boards were Astoria, Eugene,
Albany. Medford, Ashland, tiranta
Pass, Roeeburg, Corvallia. MiMlnn
vllle, Dallas. Lebanon, Fprlngf ield,
Woodburn, Newberg and Mlvcrton.
Superintendents of schools were pres
ent from Salem, Eugene. Oregon City,
Albany. Corvallls, tiranla Tans, Ash
land. McMlnnvtlln, Dallas, Cottage
Grove, Woodburn, Newberg. Lebanon,
Silverton, Toledo and Springfield.
A. Churchill, slate Kiiperlntendrnt
of public Instruction, was also
present.
Albany Man la Chalrmna. t
Alfred C. Sv'hmltt, a member of tha
Albany srhooT board, was chairman
of the meeting, and ieorge W. Hug,
superintendent of schools of Mi'Mlnn-
vllle, was secretary. The only attempt
to fix a uniform prhcdtile of sal
aries came near the end of the con
ference when a motion was made rec
ommending a minimum schedule of
$110 a month for grade teachers and
ICS for high school teachers. Tha
motion was defraud. ,
When the conference convened, th
various schools reported their salary
schedules and an Interesting discus
sion followed. It developed that be
cause of different living conditions
In the various cities, different bases
for salaries of nine, ten or 11
months, snd because of the fluctuat
ing assessment valuations and big
varianco of special school tax levies,
it would bi extremely difficult to
agree upon a uniform scale.
State Superintendent Churchill rec
ommended a minimum of $1:5 for
grade teachers and $135 for high
school teachers with the provision
that experienced teachers receive
more than the minimum.
Many of the districts thought this
too high for a minimum. A schedula
with a lower minimum was then pro
posed but the majority of the dele
gates deemed It Inadvisable to try to
(Ix a jniform schedule now.
CHICAGO MOSTLY FOREIGN
Estimates Show 67 Per Cent of
Population Is t'n-Amerlcan.
CHICAGO, March 2. More than 7
per cent of Chicago's total popula
tion, based on unofficial and Incom
plete census figures. Is composed of
persons of foreign birth or parent
ages. Of the estimated total of J,4,.5T.
14 per cent are Uermanaf the count
of that nationality being given as
403,782. Approximately 140.452 na
tive white Americans are Chlcagoans.
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$5,000,000 FOUND IN SACK
Bis Selxure Made on Roumanian
Hungarian Frontier.
BUCHAREST, Roumanla. March :.
Klve million dollars In bills found
In a sack In the corridor . of the
Simplon expresa have been seised and
confiscated at the Temesvar station
on the Roumanian Hungarian fron
tier. Tha ownership of the money Is
not known.
Tha owner, It is asserted, was ex
pecting to make a trip to Englaad
and tha United Siaiet-iuorUy.
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