THE MORNING OKEGOMAX, FltlDAY. APIilLi 9, 1020 FIGHT iW M FOR SHIP BOARD SPLIT Northern District Wanted by Coast Interests. OPERATION IS HELD KEY Suzerainty of San Francisco in Pa cific District Said Proven by List of Appointees. SEATTLK. Wash., April 8. (Spe cial.) Shipping and shipbuilding in terests in Seattle and other Washing ton porta. It was announced today, are rallying to the support of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club in its fight to free this port from suzerainty of San Francisco in the shipping board's or ganization. The chamber not only asks that Seattle be restored as a dis trict headquarters in the ship con struction and repair work, but also that a new district of the board's op erating division be created on this coast with Seattle as its headquar ters. The division of operations is said to furnish the key to the whole sit uation. The Atlantic coast is di vided into several districts of the di vision of operations, but on the Pa cific coast there is only one district, and its headquarters is in San Fran cisco. Some of the Atlantic coast dis tricts rank far below Western Wash ington alone , in the magnitude of their combined shipping, it is pointed out. Coast Split Wanted. The Seattle chamber is making a hard fight to split the Pacific coast into at least two districts of the op erating division, with Seattle as head quarters for one of them. This would make Seattle independent of San Francisco in the matter of having ships allocated. Moreover, it is pointed out. there is an intimate connection between the operating diyision and the distribution of repair work, as the division is operating the vessels that will have to undergo repairs from time to time. For that reason, it is said, the operating division is the key to the new problems now con fronting Seattle. The movement in support of the Chamber of Commerce and Commer cial club gained new strength this morning when the exact status of Seattle as a sub-office of San Fran cisco in the shipping board organiza tion, was disclosed in full detail in copies of a general order sent to the shipbuilding corporations of Seattle. The order was issued by Robert L. Inague of San Francisco, director of the division of construction and re pairs, with headquarters in Washing ton, E. C. Repair Head in South. The order appoints WllJiam Chis holm of San Francisco as assistant district manager for the Pacific coast, with headquarters in the Golden Gate port. Mr. Chisholm ts now in full charge of all shipping board repair work on the Pacific coast, n M. ci. lis. heretofore northern Pacific dis trict manager, is appointed as an assistant district manager, but has nothing to do with repair work. James Bullock, a San Francisco ex pert, is appointed local manager in Seattle, working under the direction of Mr. Chisholm. F. B. Pape of Port land, former assistant district man ager under Mr. Callis. is appointed local manager in the Oregon district, reporting to Mr Chisholm. Mr. Chisholm in turn is responsible to A. J. Frey. the manager of the new I'acific coast district. Exactly what the new order of af fairs means, it is said, was shown today, when efforts to get informa tion at the Seattle offices of the ship ping board met with flat failure. Mr. Callis, heretofore the mouth piece of the shipping board in Seattle, tefused to comment on the. new order or to Rive out any news to anyone. He referred ail inquirers to San Fran cisco. In effect, the lid has been clamped down tight in Seattle by llr. Hague and Mr. Frey on all news referring to shipping board activities. The same condition is said to prevail in Portland. BILL FILED TOO LATE, VIEW Special Election Slay Be Called In Hood River County. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 8. (Spe cial.) An opinion received" from Attorney-General Brown indicates that an initiative bill for an increase of the salary of School Superintendent Gibson cannot be placed on the ballot at the May primaries, as it was not filed 60 days before the election. Pro moters of the bill understood the law required only 30 days, and because of apparent contradictory laws th attorney-general had been asked to investigate before a final ruling. In case the measure cannot be in cluded on the primary ballot, citizens promoting the measure offer to bear the expense of a special election if the county court will call same. MAN KILLED BY ENGINE Act of Stepping on Track at The Dalles Apparently Deliberate. j i i . r f If Uf iv w - - j '.'VM7. ... w :SJowc si Ik St' MEN! A Sale! A Sale of Shirts 4875-Count 'Em-4875 WITH the opening of my doors this morning: I offer to the men of Port land over 400 dozen fine new Woven Madras Shirts at a most decided conces sion from their real worth. All of these shirts are in spring: coloring-s and patterns, personally ordered by my men's furnish ings buyer while in New York; they are just the shirts you will want to wear dur ing: the next six months. $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 Shirts for Men $2.95 Three for $8.50 My price is lower than the manufacturers' present price to the trade. Main Floor. yt ,' , r-TV wain floor. Vt-r Ben Selling 1 x - BURDICK TO RUN AGAIN mi;mbi;k for usth district issues platform. Slogan .Declares Present Incumbent Has Tried to Serve People Faith- fully in Past Sessions. SALEM. Or., April 8. (Special.). Denton B. Burdick of Redmond, asks that he be returned to the lower house of the legislature from the 21 district, according to his declaration of can didacy for re-election filed with the secretary of state here today. He is a republican. Air. Burdick has the following to say in his platform: "During the 1917 1919 and 1920 sessions in which I have been a member, I have earnestly worked for .the passage of all good road and irrigation legislation and as sisted in preparing the road bond bills and present irrigation code and if I am nominated and elected I will earn estly endeavor t osecure an adequate share of representation for each of the six counties in reapportionment which' will be made next session and will take any proper steps necessary to hasten the completion of The Dalles-California and John Day high ways and other road projects, in this district which have been designated during my previous terms of office." Mr. Burdick's slogan reads: "Pres ent incumbent. Has endeavored to serve you faithfully during the last three sessions." Other candidates who filed today follow: Walter i.. Robb, East Forty-first street, Portland, for republican nomi nation for presidential elector. Elton Watklns, 690 Market street drive, Portland, for democratic nomi nation for presidential elector. J. O. Erickson, 366 Taylor avenue, Astoria, for republican nomination for district attorney of Clatsop county. William M. Stone, Oregon City, -for republican nomination for representa tive from 16th representative district. Seward D. Allen, Eugene, for repub lican nomination for representative from the 3d representative district. J. N. Johnson, Grants Pass, for re publican nomination for representa tive from the 7th representative dis trict. Will R. King. Ontario, for delegate to the democraticnational convention from the 2d congressional district. Bartlett Coje, Portland, for repub lican nomination for representative from the 18th representative district. nouncement made by the growers. Representatives of the Albany co operative cannery have been in the local field for several days, and it is reported that they have made offers for the berry crops extending over a period of five years. The growers are of the opinion that loganberries will sell for from 14 to 16 cents a pound later in the season, and prac tically all of those owning large acreage of this product are holding out for these figures. BUILDERS USE OPEN SHOP t Non-Union Men Employed on Jobs at Spokane. a SPOKANE. Wash., April 8. (Spe cial.) . Building operations were started today at the Burgan building, the Temple Emanuel, the Culbertson- Grote Rankin building and garage on the "open shop" basis. Approximately 100 building trades craftsmen are being employed on these jobs. Union men on the jobs went out on strike April 1. Superintendents of construction at the various structures declare that they are having no trouble getting nonunion workmen and that there are plenty of men available to continue work on the buildings with full crews. FIVE ARE YET SEARCH CONTINUES IN RUINS OF UINCOUN HOTEli. LEADERS HAVE ARRIVED Interchurcli Movement in Full Swing at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or., April 8. (Spe cial.) The interchurch world move ment of North America today swept over the Columbia basin when a team of trained religious leaders arrived in this city and went into conference at the Congregational church. The movement combines the effort of 30 Protestant denominations for the conversion and uplift of the world and the working out of plans to this end was the purpose of the meeting. New vigor' must be put into the religious movement if the world is to be aided and civilization furthered. Coroner Will Investigate Rumor That Several Fire Escapes on Building Virtually Unusable. SEATTLE, April 8. Firemen today continued searching for bodies in the ruins of the Lincoln hotel, destroyed by fire here yesterday with a known loss of four dead. Dr. Augustine Dwyer, Boston lecturer, who was be lieved missing yesterday, wired from Tacoma last night that he was safe. A check made by the Seattle Times showed five guests unaccounted for at noon. They were E. E. Scott, tire salesman: W. E. Warren, tire sales man; Victor Walters. Emma Ballinger and George H. Westedo, all of Seat tle. Friends of the missing people reported they have not been seen since the fire. Fire Chief Frank L. Stetson said he was afraid there were more bodies in the ruins. Coroner C. C. Tiffin announced today he would hold an inquest Saturday to Investigate re ports that several fire escapes on the Lincoln were "virtually unusable." H. E. Maltby, one of the owners of the Lincoln, said today he thought the cause of the fire would be traced to a cigar or a cigarette. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 8. Miss Blanche Crowe, whose body was found in the riiins of the Lincoln ho tel yesterday, taught school at Me ridian, a Fraser river point, until eight months ago, when she went to Seattle to become a bookkeeper for a restaurant company. She left sev eral relatvies in British Columbia. STATE CONVENTION ENDS Daughters of Revolution to Meet in Spokane Next Year. WAJLLA WALLA. Wash., April 8. (Special.) Daughters of the Amer ican revolution ended their state ses sion here this afternoon after accept ing the invitation of Esther Reid cir cle of Spokane to be its guests next year. During the session Mrs. Henry Me Cleary of Tacoma received a telegram from Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, president-general of the national so ciety, appoining her to place the an nual memorial wreath on the tomb of George Washington. Memorial services were held for ten members today. It was voted to con sider flag day as pioneer day. Re ports showed that 42 of the 162 his torical spots In the state have been marked. yV - v-; x . . .. ,; v-v i ' .. I S, v-".- .... CI BOY Commission Receiving Bids. I SALEM. Or.. April 8. (Special.) Berry Growers Spurn 12 Cents. SALEM. Or., April 8. (Special.) Although outside buyers are offering as much as 12 cents a pound for Marion county loganberries for the year 1920, few contracts are being made at that figure, according to an- BUTTE THEATERS CLOSED Managers' Refusal to Remove Sign Offends Unions. BUTTE, Mont.. April 8. All Butte theaters were closed tonight as a result of the walkout of members of the operators' and musicians' unions. The strike Is in objection to display ing a card which reads: "If any mem ber of. the Associated Industries is unfair, so are we." The union demanded a removal of the sign last night. The manage ments refused and the walkout oc curred this morning. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. oerate. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 8. (Spe- I eial.) An unidentified man about 40 ' years old was killed today by a switch 1 engine in the O.-W. R. & N. yards. The man, whose body was terribly mutilated, Is thought to have arrived on an afternoon passenger train from the east. The locomotive was moving at a speed of only about three miles an hour when it -struck the man, and his apparent deliberate action in stepping before it leads to the suicide theory. Postmaster, 8 0, Resigns. " SALEM. Or., April 8. (Special.) J. S. Hickey, 80 years of ago and for more than ten years postmayer at Scotts Mills has resigned his office and .will retire as soon as his suc cessor is named. Examinations will be held at Silverton on April 14 to select a postmaster for the Scotts Mills section. Ladies' Spring Garments Bis half-price sale at Blank's Sample Shop, 360 Morrison, corner Park. Blank's Will Save You Money. LAST CALL TODAY! M A R G U E RITE CLARK AND HARRISON FORD IN "EASY TO GET" It has tickled thousands this week COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Afternoons and Evenings r SPECIAL! TOMORROW "THE COPPERHEAD" The first big: special on the new Columbia programme. k rri'i LAST TIMES TODAY! At Midnight Tonight You Will Have Lost Your Chance to See NORMA TALMADGE IN SHE LOVES AND LIES 99 It is Norma in her first comedy role and she makes good with a bang! COMING TOMORROW- "MY LADY'S GARTER" The story of this lady's garter has -more spine-tickling excitement than any other garter ever started. 9 dm Today and Tomorrow I Offer Every One of My $20.00 and $22.50 Skolny Suits for Boys and Wearpledge Insured Suits for Boys " At the Reduced Price: $16.85 This offer includes all of the new suits that arrived last week. I want fathers and mothers of , boys to see these suits. No better suits than, these can be bought, because better ones are not made. Fabric, linings, workmanship all staunch and sturdy, bearing always in mind a boy's every-day range of isf action for you in these clothes ! Second Floor. Ben Selling Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth Bids will be opened by the state high way commission in Portland on April 27 for the construction of a bridge over Millers' creek and a crossing over the Southern Pacific railroad tracks, both in Jackson county, and a wood truss span over Grave creek, near Leland. in Josephine county. Plans and specifications for the im provements are on file and can be inspected in the offices of the com mission in the Veon building. Portland. 1). J. Cooper Tiles Candidacy. THE DALLES. Or.. April 8. D. J. Cooper, pioneer of Wasco county and for many years prominent In Oregon politics, has filed his candidacy as delegate on the republican ticket from the 2d congressional district. In his platform he declares that he will sup port the people's choice for president and his slogan to be printed after his name on the ballot is "republicanism means Americanism. Ti Armour Oval Labtl la If h (ncasiDorfc oat food baying. m I 1 ! A Lesson m Buying WITH this famous trade -mark as a guide, mother can safely send the children to market, for she knows any food marked by this label is dependable satisfactory top-grade. Good They are time-savers, too, for many of these delicious foods are ready cooked, and others need but little preparation. Ask your dealer for Armour Oval Label Foods today Star Ham and Bacon; Prepared s c 1 i i I Meats; Canned Soups, Fish, Fruits and Vegetables; Vege tole; "Simon Pure" Leaf Lard; ji Butter; Evaporated Milk and scores of others that give your daily menus new variety and new goodness. Write to the Armour Department of Food Economies, Chicago, for interesting menus and cooking recipes. ah m o un c om panit James F. Furlong Jr., Manager Portland, Or. Telephone Broadway 1380 l!SwSigjC .- . 1 - J 95.8vj