THE 3IOKMXG OUEGOMAX, b'ATUUDAY, APRIL 3. 1920 PROSPERITY FALSE, VIEW OF F Present State of America De clared Dangerous. CAPITAL LESS AVAILABLE High Taxes, With Inflation of Currency and Bank Credit, Held Chiefly Responsible. CHICAGO, April 2. America has entered an era of false prosperity, J'rank A. Vanderlip. formerly presi dent of the National City bank of New York, declared today in an ad dress. Mr. Vanderlip is en route to Japan, where, in connection with a committee of financiers, he will in vestigate conditions governing: trade relations between the United States And the orient. Fundamentals Are Deficient. "There are three things upon which real prosperity must be based," he aid. "These are ample capital, ef ficient labor and application of Bound economic principles. "We are prosperous today in the face of all three fundamentals and our prosperity is false as well as dan serous. "Incomes today are larger than ever before. Profits are larger. Yet fresh capital for busines enterprises is less available then ever before. The chief reason for this is the gov ernment taxes. "But even were taxes reduced, the situation would not be sound. I have talked with scores of big business Tiien and the consensus is that labor ia 0 per cent efficient. There is no non-employment today. National Productivity Ltn, "And, yet, despite this fact, our productivity is lower than it has ever been. But even with labor efficient and capital plentiful our prosperity still would be on a false bottom. The Inflation of our currency, and of bank credit has more than anything else been responsible for the 250 per cent rise in prices in the last six years. Wages have not kept pace with prices and false inflation has added to the chaos. Unrestrained extravagance is our national keynote and the capital of the smaller capitalists when it isn't dried up by tax, is being squan dered in the purchase of unproductive things." SETTLEHS FIGHT COMPANY IRRIGATION' ' MAIXTEXAXCE COST SUBJECT OF DISPUTE. i'inal Opinion on Merits Deferred Pending Decision as to Juris diction of Commission. REDMOND, Or., April 2. (Special.) After a two-day hearing conducted here, the state public service com mission concluded its investigation this afternoon in the matter of the application of the Central Oregon Ir rigation company for an advance in maintenance rates from 80 cents and 1 per acre, the charffe now In effect, to J2.S0. No testimony was presented by the attorneys for the settlers, the case being tried on cross-examination directed by Harrison Allen of Port land. Commissioner Fred A. "Williams an nounced that as soon as the question of jurisdiction raised yesterday by the settlers has been passed on by Attorney-General Brown, a final opinion on the merits of the case will be handed down unless counsel for the plaintiff desire a supplementary hear ing. Attorneys for both sides declared after the commission adjourned that the two-day hearing marks merely the beginning of a long, hard fought legal battle. C. H. Smith, civil engineer of Port land, testified regarding a recent ex amination made of the company's irrigation system, giving his opinion that a J2.80 maintenance fee is needed in order to make extensive replace ment of flumes and other equipment during the next four years. After that time, he said, a $2.15 maintenance fee would be sufficient. WALLA WALLA HAS SMOW Washington Farmers Pessimistic Because or AYcather. WAttA WALLA, "Wash., April 2. (Special.) March weather conditions are. prevailing here, rain and snow falling today, while indications are for more rain and snow with freezing temperatures. Farmers and garden ers are growing pessimistic as a re sult of the unseasonable conditions. Between four and six feet of snow Is reported at Toll Gate and at Big Meadows, with snow showing clear to the foothills. Wheat growers who were compelled to reseed this, year fear the crop will be shorter as a result of the cold. Snow in the moun tains, however, will relieve the fear of growers who use water for irriga tion of a shortage early in the season. Chehalis new $100,000 Elks' Temple building was begun yesterday when Exalted Ruler C. A. Studebaker and a number of members of the order as sembled to witness the head of the local lodge drive a. pick into the old one-story structure which Is to be re moved to make room for the new edifice. So strong was the swing of the exalted ruler that he broke the pick handle when he hit a concrete slab. The New Tork state Is to occupy the entire first floor of the Elks block when completed. It is in the heart of Chehalis' business district with front ages on Market and Pacific, 50x120 feet in size. The second and third stories will be used for lodge purposes. GAB HITS UNO SPEEDS ON MAJOR WILLIAM M. WHITE AXD THREE OTHERS HURT. Carl Wasbburne, Driver, Says He Did Xot Know Until Next Day That He had Wrecked Machine. EUGENE, Or., April 2. (Special.) Major William M. White, member of the general staff of the National Guard of Oregon, who was eerlously injured Monday night when an auto mobile said to have been driven at a great rate of speed by Carl Wash burne, a merchant of thia city, struck the major's car, was reported today to be but little improved. Major White's oar was practically demolished when it -was overturned as a result of the impact of the heavier car driven by Mr. Washburne, but the latter's car was damaged but little and sped away without the driver offering aid to those he had injured. Mr. Washburne declared later he did not know he had over turned another car un.til the next morning, when he read a story of the collision in a local paper. A hub cap lost at the scene of the accident from the Washburne car found later led to Identification of the driver. He said he had felt a jar and later noticed that his car was somewhat damaged. He is said since to have offered to buy Major White a new car and pay all expenses in connection with the accident. Besides Major "White, Mrs. White, her sister, Mrs. L. Ferring, and the latter's baby were bruised and cut when their car was overturned. Major White said today he had not yet de cided whether to bring proceedings against Mr. Washburne. AGED WOMAN LOCKED UP Son Gets Mother Out of Prison After Three Days. NEW YORK, April 2. (Special.) After spending three days in the Tombs as a vagrant with a suspended sentence on this charge hanging over her. Mrs. Clara Weiser, 85, of 947 East Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, rode home today in her son's auto mobile. The aged woman was on her way to visit her brother at Houston and Hudson streets on Wednesday, when she lost her way. A patrolman who found her lying on the pavement took her to the Tombs and made a vag rancy charge. She was found guilty and remanded to the Tombs for sen tence. Today Magistrate Teneyck dis missed the case when Aaron Weiser, the son, having learned of the plight of his mother, appeared in court. NURSES BUY HOSPITAL Woman Who Served With Red Cross Overseas Takes Over Properly. OREGON CITT, April 2. (Special.) Miss M. L. Scott and Miss Gertrude Thomas of this city have purchased the controlling interest in the Oregon City hospital at Eleventh and Wash ington streets. The deal was closed yesterday. Miss Mary Swales, who established the. hospital about ten years ago, and who has been superintendent of the new hospital has resigned to care of her father, who is ill at Logan. Miss Scott served over seas as a Red Cross nurse an,d Miss Thomas, since graduating from The Ualles hospital, has been successful since taking up her profession. She is the daughter of Mrs. Emma Thomas of this city. AIR MAIL PLAN APPROVED House Conferees Withdraw Opposi tion to Senate Propoasl. WASHINGTON, April 2. House conferees on the postoffiee bill re ceded today from their opposition to senate amendments providing for the establishment of transcontinental mail air service between New York and San Francisco via Chicago and Omaha. At their request, however, the senate ap propriation of $1,400,000 for the service was reduced to $1,250,000. Under the measure the existing air plane mall route between Washington and New York is discontinued. MILL STOCK IS SOLD I R. Hubbard Resigns From East ern Railway & Lumber Co. CENTRALIA. Wash., April 2. (Spe ciaL) After the sale of his entire in terest in the company to Jay Agnew F. B. Hubbard Wednesday tendered his resignation as president of the Eastern Railway & Lumber company, Mr. Agnew was elected to succeed him. Mr. Hubbard organized the mill company 15 years ago and has direct ed its affairs since that time. He has been prominent in northwest mill cir cles. Control of the Eastern was recently obtained by Jay Agnew, Sam Agnew and W. H. Copping. The latter, it was understood, would become vice president. SPOKANE EDUCATOR Orville C. Piatt Elected by Inland EmpYe Teachers. OREGON MANAON BOARD W. Boetticher, StWrintendent at Albany, BecomesYMember of Educational CoXncil. SPOKANE. Wash., April 2.-OrviIle C. Pratt, superintendent of schols of this city, was elected president V the Inland Empire Teachers' association at the closing session of the anAual convention here this afternoon. Mrs. Margaret Craig Curran Dillon, Mont., was elected vice-presi dent and J. A. Burke of this city an R. L. Kirk of The Dalles, Or., were re-elected secretary and treasurer, re spectively. Bruce Mllliken of Butte, Mont., was elected a member of the executive committee and Miss Nina O. Buchanan, Seattle; W. M. Kern, Walla Walla, Wash.; Dr. M. J. Elrod of the Univer sity of Montana and C. W. Boetticher, city superintendent of Albany, Or., were elected members of the educa tional council. CHILD DOCTRINE FEARED Archbishop Sees Menace in Atti tude of Soviet Toward Church. ROME, April 1. The " attitude of bolshevism toward the church is de scribed in a letter received from Monsignor de Ropp, archbishop of Mobilev, printed in the Osservatore Romano today. Monsignor de Ropp, who only three months ago, through intervention by the holy see, was re leased by the bolsheviki, writes: Bolshevism, despite its ostenta tious atheism, does not prevent Chris tian work in churches, but there is a constant effort to demoralize the youth of the country. Their theory is that a child does not belong to the parents, but to the state. The cnurch must struggle against this theory and against this official or ganization if it hopes to survive in Russia. The church must Insist on bolshevik recognition of her organ ization and of her rights as a legal entity. This is difficult, because the bolsheviki do not admit the right of possession, which, according to them, is vested only in the nation." NEW PAVING IS PLANNED Money Reported Available for Link Through .Vancouver Post. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 2. (Special.) Money for the pavement of Fifth street through Vancouver barracks, to connect the pavements on both ends of this stretch of road, is now on the way here, according to word received today by Colonel Koes ter, post commander. It has been hoped to get work started as soon as possible. The city has been trying for several years to have this road paved. The road will be paved from the east end of this road to Camas and Washougal on the North Bank highway this year, sev eral miles of the pavement already having been laid. REDS WANT LOCOMOTIVES Bolshevik Minister of Trade Offers Gold to Sweden. STOCKHOLM, April 2. M. Krassin. bolshevik minister of trade and com merce, has arrived here with a com mercial delegation. He said Russia was willing to pay in gold for immediate deliveries of locomotives from Sweden. , ELKS BEGIN NEW TEMPLE Exalted Ruler Wields Pick In De molishing Old Edifice. CHEHALIS. Wash., April '2. (Spe cial..) Officially the construction pi CHOSjmESIDEfllT I i VOrv iols t V ociXt anO Vi 1 dVAi over a year. The services were con ducted by Rev. Mr. Carl of Portland. Interment was in the Gresham cem etery. Mrs. Jones was born In Ohio in 1829. She was married to David Jones in 1845. To this union were born nine children, three of whom are still living, Milton Jones of Green acres. Wash.. Alfred Jones of Steves ton, B. C, and Schuyler C. Jones of this city. HOOD RIVER, Or., .April 2. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Adele F. Sylvester, moth er of William M. Sylvester of the Hood River Fruit company, died sud denly yesterday at Twin Oaks farm, Frankton home of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Blythe. following a etroke of pa ralysis. The body was taken to Port land today Xor cremation. Mrs. Syl vester, who was born at Keene, N. H., on March 31, 1864, had, resided with her son In the Pacific porthwest for the past 12 years. On arrival from their old New England home in Bos ton, they lived for a time In Portland and Seattle. Mr. Sylvester, the son, is the only surviving relative. ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 2. (Spe cial.) Funeral services were held at Elma Thursday for Mrs. Mary Ade laide McVay, whose body was brought here from Portland. Burial was in the Oddfellows' cemetery. Mrs. Mc Vay leaves a son. Edward, her moth er, two sisters and a brother. MARION VALUATION RISES County Adds 10 Per Cent to Tax Roll to Offset Losses. SALEM, Or., April 2. (Special.) Assessed valuation of property in Ma rion county will be increased 10 per cent this year to offset the removal of automobiles and mortgage notes from the tax rolls under an act of the legis lature for 1919, according to an nouncement made today by Ben F. West, county assessor. The removal of automobiles and lortgage notes from the tax rolls re duces the assessed valuation of Ma rion county property by about $2,000, 000. It was explained by the assessor, however, that the advance in property valuations would not make taxes ac tually higher, but would have the ef fect of making the millage lower. Deputy assessors for the year 1920 have been named by Mr. West and they will assemble at the courthouse here Saturday for instructions. PLATE GLASS SHATTERED r Pressure Causes Loss to Extent of More Than $300. ABERDEEN, Wash., April 2. (Spe cial.) Air pressure caused by the opening of a door and the entrance of a sudden gust of wind shortly after noon today, forced outward two big sections of plate glass measuring 12 by 24 feet each in the Oddfellows' building, shattering the panes to fragments. The glass was valued at more than $500. Insurance was car ried. No pedestrians were passing at the time the glass fell. Telephone service out of the harbor to the sound was interrupted shortly before noon when the wires went out east of Elma. The World's Associated Press leased wire went down at the same time and for some hours service was entirely suspended. The Western Union has only one line open between Aberdeen and Se attle. Wires are reported to be tangled near Gate. The gale started early this mornlns and has continued most of the day. JAPANESE STILL RAIDED Independence Resident Fined $33 for Moonshine Activity. DALLAS, Or., April 2. (Special.) J. Matoma, a Japanese resident of near Independence, was arrested and brought to Dallas yesterday afternoon to face a charge of having intoxicat ing liquor in his possession. The ar rest was made by Sheriff Orr and Deputy Sheriff Muscott, together with a revenue man from Portland. A home-made still and about 40 gallons of Japanese whisky made from rice were found. Matoma ac knowledged to the officers that he helped make the' liquor. He said that before coming to America he was en gaged in distilling liquor in Japan and showed the officers just how the liquor was made. Matoma was fined $35 and costs. TWO SUITCASES IN .BUSH Card Case Also Found, With Xante of E. C. Oswald, Vancorfver. ABERDEEN, Wash., April 2. (Spe cial.) As Mrs. A. J. Whidon of West Main street. Elma. was gathering ferns near her home Thursday, she found two suitcases and one black bag in the bushes. She Immediately notified Marshal Crisp, who on inves tigation found among some clothing a cardcase containing the name of E. C. Oswald, 149th squadron, Van couver. Wash. Further investigation will be made. EXTRADITION IS GRANTED Man Held in Portland to Be Re turned to San Francisco. SALEM, Or., April 2. (Special.) Governor Olcott today honored requi sition papers issued by Governor Stephens of California, calling for the return to San Francisco of Bert Lone- gran, who is held in Portland on a charge of robbery committed at the southern city. An agent from California arrived here today and will leave Portland with his prisoner tonight. Requisition papers on the governor of Washington were issued today by Governor Olcott asking for the re turn to Portland of Ralph Burnett, who is In jail at Walla Walla. Bur nett was charged with non-support. An officer will leave Portland tonight in quest of the prisoner. NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB Black Who Attacked White Boys Pays Death Penalty. SPARTANBURG, S. C, April 2. George Robertson, negro, was taken from the city jail at Laurens, S. C, last midnight by a mob and hanged to a railroad bridge on the outskirts of the city. Robertson was charged with having cut three, white boys with a knife af ter interfering in behalf of another negro in a dispute with the boys. Printing Course Discnsscd. At a session of the school board held yesterday agreement was reached to set an early date for a special con ference relative to the introduction of a special trade school course in print ing. The action of the board followed a request by the Portland Newspaper Publishers' association and the local branch of the United Typothetae of America. Tho letter requesting a conference was signed by C. A. Mor den, president of the former organ ization, and R. Fennell, secretary of the latter. At least four members of the school board are to be present at the conference. COAL ADVANCES IN IOWA Lift of 7 3 Cents a Ton in Retail Price Announced. DES MOINES, April 2. An advance of 75 cents a ton in the retail price of Iowa coal in Des Moines was an nounced today by some dealers. None would predict what the future price may be. ' Iowa coal is selling at $7.50 a ton under the new price. Obituary. Drainage District Inspection Set. SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.) Will H. Bennett state banking super intendent; Percy Cupper, state engi neer, and George M. Brown, attorney general, comprising the state irriga tion securities commission, will leave Monday for Malheur -eounty, where they will inspect the Kingman colony drainage district and the Warm Springs irrigation district. The King man colony district has asked for the certification of bonds in the sum of $50,000 and the Warm Springs district in the amount of $200,000. GRESHAM, Or.. April 2. (Special.) Funeral services were held at the Baptist church this morning for Mrs. S. J. Jones, familiarly known as "Grandma" Jones, who died at- her home here Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Jones had been failing In health for Merrill Man Is Candidate. SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.) William Marx of Merrill today filed with the secretary of state his decla ration of candidacy for district attor ney of Klamath county. He requested that his name be placed on the repub lican nominating ballot at the pri mary election. "Efficiency and econ omy" was the slogan adopted by Mr. Marx. Vancouver Court to Open. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 2. (Special.) The April term of the su perior court will begin April 20. The jurors have been drawn. 66 in num ber. Judge R. H. Back will preside. There are a number of criminal cases to be tried. Marshfleld .Carpenters Quit. MARSHFIELD. Or, Aprit 2. (Spe cial.) The Marshfield carpenters' un ion called the men off two jobs today because H was held that the scale of $8 a day was not being met. The contractors offered $7 and found suf ficient men to continue the work. Logger at Allegany Is Hurt. MARSHFIELD. Or., April 2. (Spe cial.) Atalee Hoyt, a young man em ployed at the Aasen camp at Allegany, was badly hurt while at work today. His leg was broken and his body crushed. Hoover Republican Club Forms. VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 2. (Spe cial.) A Hoover republican club was organized here last night and tempo rary officers elected. A mass meeting will be held April 8. when a perma nent organization will be made. Bank Erecting Xew Home. CENTRALIA. Wash., April 2. (Spe cial.) H. E. Bran, president of the Josephine Senator Candidate. SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.) J. C. Smith, state senator from Jose phine county, has filed with the sec tary of state here, his declaration of candidacy for re-election and asks that his name be placed on the re publican nominating ballot at the May election. "I will work for the best interest of the state," says Mr. Smith In Ms platform. Bread Ds moiing! TOMY-n Ed EGE THIS GREATEST WONDER PLAY OF THE HOUR 4 I t L 1 isit . r ii 1 1 I 1 1 9 - v vv it it m mi u ivM ir- r- mm -.--, ;sss? wm r ' . J2 7 f k CECIL TEAGUE At the Wurlitzer renders his masterful accompaniment, such as only an artist can. The environs of the theater will be forgotten as you gaze on the screen, enchanted by his musical interpretation of this soulful drama. SPECIAL EASTER CONCERT Sunday 1 :30 P. M. PROGRAMME "Invincible" Gray "The Palms" Faure (With Special Lighting Effects) Selection, "Carmen" Bizet "Give Me All of You". . . . .Schwarzwald "Wee Echoes From Auld Scotland" Arranged by C. Teague Theater Opens 10 A. M. Sharp Starring HENRY B. WALTHALL You admired the wonderful dra matic ability of the great Walthall in "The Birth of a Nation" you were thrilled with the intenseness of every scene, and now comes his greatest work, "THE CONFES SION." A dynamic, gripping story that deals with life's greatest problem one that rocks your emotions and shows the ap palling mistakes of erring youth. It's the one play you'll never forget after you've run the gamut of human emo tions in ' the phantom world of the screen. PATHE WEEKLY Direction gJensen and yon. Hcrberff flMM IS JO Ill I i I I II "HT Toledo State bank, announced yes terday that construction will begrin next week on a new home for the in stitution. It will be of reinforced concrete construction and will be completed for formal opening at the time of the dedication of the new Pa cific higrhway bridge over the Cow litz river at Toledo. More Speed Wanted on Paving. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 2. (Spe cial.) At a conference today of mer chants, garage men and hotel men, C. W. McCullag-h, J. R. Mikelsen and Leslie Butler were appointed a com mittee to" seek a conference with S. Bon son. chairman of the state higrh way commission Monday, and plead for more speed in tne paving between Wyeth and this city on the Columbia River higrhway. Young Woman Legion loinber. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., April 2. (Special.) Richard Sugars' Post No. 71. of the American Legrion, has the distinction of having; a young: woman as a member. Miss Stella Dean re cently discharged from the army, where she served in the medical corps in the work among: disabled soldiers, having joined the Castle Rock Post. 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