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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 HOMESTEAD E PROTEST PETROVA FINDS GREATEST SATISFACTION AS AUTHOR Quick-witted Actress Declares Every Woman Should Receive Salary for Work at Home if Not Allowed to Take Outside Employment. GILBERT SAYS: EVENTUALLY A SUTMH RUSH SCHOOL PROJECT GRAND, WHY NOT NOW? 8 NTRE5 ITERS Hundreds of Homeseekecs in Early Morning Line. SQUATTERS ALSO FILE Many ci-Soldlers Travel From Eastern States Expecting to -Find Land Heady for Plow. TtOSEBURG, Or.. April 12. .(Spe cial.) Before the hour for opening the doors of the United States land office here this morning hundreds of nomeseekera -were lined up in the cor ridors of the federal building await ing an opportunity to file on the Oregon-California land in this district. Individuals from almost every state in the Union were drawn here by the prospects of obtaining a farm or tim ber tract. 3Jany persons who have been hold rng; down tracts as squatters were in Jin. All such claims must be filed between April 12 and May 8. Ex-service men also were permitted to file on lands today, but all such en tries will be listed as made simul taneously on May 8, according to 'land-office officials. Work Is Facilitated. , In order to facilitate the work num bers -were issued and applicants were registered accordingly. In this man ner 100 numbers were isBued in a very short period of time, after which the method was discontinued and the clerks took the applications as rap idly as possible. A large percentage of those making entries were ex service men, while every train today brought more homeseekers, many coming from eastern states, expecting to be able to obtain lands practically ready for the plow and near to roads, - All hotels and lodging houses were crowded to capacity. Roseate News Printed in East. Seval local men who are familiar with the. lands now ppen have gone into the business of locating soldiers on tracts that are considered agrlcul tural. "It took us just 15 minutes to pack our grips and start for Ore- Ron," said, one overseas veteran who had just arrived from South Dakota. "Our papers for months have been full of the land opening. We were led to believe that we could take off timber of great value and have a fine farm home, near the railroad and tapped by wagon roads." Two other men from Portland spent $150 apiece traveling over the coun try inspecting all of the best home stead sites. They located two fine claims near Days creek and came to . the land office to make their appli cation, only to find that the land had been withdrawn by a last-hour tele graphic communication, the classifi cation having been changed. 30 144 FILE IS PORTLAND Tracts of Homestead Land Available In District. Thirty ex-service men yesterday applied for homestead rights to tracts ir. the Oregon & California land gran when the land was opened for filing at the office of Alex Sweek, registra of the Portland office, under the terms of the congressional act giving preferential rights to ex-service men and squatters. The land opened for filing within the Portland district of the Oregon & California land grant approximates 9000 acres and consists of 144 tracts. It is expected that filings for every one of these tracts will be made be fore the time limit expires on May 8 Under the terms of the act appli cants must pay 50 cents an acre at the time of filing and an additional $2 an acre when they prove up. Land office fees amounting to about $7.50 are the only other financial invest merit required. All ex-service me are given allowance for the time they served in the army or navy, and man who served two years with th military forces will be eligible to prove up on his claim within one year. providing he meets all other land-of lice requirements. Many former soldiers applied at th office yesterday to file on tracts, bu their applications were not received because they had not viewed the land The law requires that every man who files must have visited the land prio to tne time oi riling. If there are any duplicate filings the drawings to select the winner will be made May 14. Mr. Sweek said there were no duplicate filings yesterday. BT LEONE CASS BAER. , THERE may exist an affinity be-1 tween a plain face and high moral rharartftr and th mnrpt T ee and. know homely women am I nclinefl to that belief, but in my per egrinations I have learned for a cer-: tainty that a comely face and a beau- ; Mful body do not indicate frivolity.' rsor doee the possession of beauty : ecessarily mean a complete and en- j tire absence of brains, although I be lieve the combination happens that; way oftener than not. The average woman knows just nough to enable her to pick out a at or a husband and not to tell peo ple her age or the brand of wrinkle eradicator she uses. An occasional ex ception knocks the role into a cocked hat. Madame Olga Petrova Is one of the exceptions. She has a brain that functions. She is not one of the ditto sisterhood. By ditto sisterhood I mean the little band which, having no ideas of its own, underscores with a pencil the lines in verse or prose cre ated by others, saying "Those are my sentiments exactly," or ."Isn't ' it strange the author believes just as I do?-' J'o, Petrova does not let others do her thinking. She beats them to it by a natural process of superior "mental equipment. She writes for other little copy-cats to underscore. Poetry that Is such good poetry it sells: verses that have such values they can be set to music and sell; prose that is ac cepted; scenarios for others than her- elf to act in, and occasional playlets and fiction all of it accepted and paid for. Editors Saspeet Publicity. "When I first wrote my articles and submitted them to editors, the editors affected to believe I had not written the pieces, or that it was a publicity scheme. So I took the same articles nd submitted them under an as sumed name. . Of these my story "The Son of a Hundred Grandfathers," pub lished in Smart Set, is one I remem ber especially, because that was one magaslne that had refused what it pleased to consider, an advertising plan. 'When I had proved my point and sold storle3 on their own merit the bars were let down and now, if you ask me what is my greatest delight in whatever success has come to me al! through my own efforts. It is not Petrova, actress, singer, imitator, mo tion-picture artist, but Olga Petrova. writer." A story called The Ghoul by Petrova is in a current magazine. by the way.) This . foreign-born Polish-English woman, American by marriage and citizenship. French in education and cosmopolitan In ideals, is endowed by nature, training and temperament to write splendidly, for she has the fire. the tenderness, the power and tho understanding of the humanities Ethically maternal and mothering in every Impulse, she is, as she says. "physically childless, but on a still hunt for a beautiful girl child whom shall adopt and give a chance in this sorry scheme of things." With a working knowledge of all the religions, she is an agnostic and. while she is one of the few daring souls who are a law unto themselves she has climbed the heights unaided, her skirts untouched by scandal oi gossip. ' Tuberculosis Fraght in youth.' "" 'What I have done every woman can do in one degree or another! said Petrova. "When I was a growing girl a specialist sent me to South u )' likes aelms; est. OI&a Petreva, w anther b Union Asserts Supply ' Workers Not Short. of EMPLOYERS GET ANSWER Africa to die of tuberculosis. I re fused to let anyone set 'a limit either on my life or my abilities. I devel oped my lungs and now I can sus tain notes of phenomenal length. When I started out to earn my living on the stage I had five dollars to my name and I made good. I took up newspaper reporting and asked for no favors. As a result I covered stories in every end of London. "I learned dancing from watching others; I developed a singing voice I studied piano because I had a tre mendous love of music and wanted to be closer to the great music minds. I do not believe in special gifts. A gold mine is no good until it is developed That is true In life. Develop your mind or your body or whatever pos sessions you have." Madame Petrova's exotic individual ity perhaps does not suggest that she is a feminist, but she is a pioneer ir the work to better woman's position in the field of competition with men. She believes every woman should be paid for her services as wife, house keeper, mother, seamstress, cook, etcj ir sne is -marriea to some man wno will not allow her to seek employment outside the home. "This is the reconstruction hour for women," she . affirms. "Once they taste .the joy of earning they will never be content to stay home, twid dle their fingers, account for every penny and sit with their noses flat tened against the window pane wait ing for their self-appointed lord and master to return. I hail the revolu tion of my sisters," said their fasci nating trail blazer. P. S. Yes, her hair is her own, an incendiary red. Her eyes are as green as jade. She isn't on a diet. I had lunch with her and she ate like any normal, healthy woman, and she i:i going on the highway today without a brass band or personally escorted, simply because she wants to see the highway. Also she is married, and happily, to h. wonderful surgeon hus band. Dr. John Stewart in New York, who sends her daily telegrams and flowers after seven years' honey mooning. Once more tradition i naooergastea. Board of Education Receives Reply to Proposal for ew Plant"" ' at Benson. Multnomah Typographical union of Portland, through its president and secretary, has filed a reply to a state ment submitted to the members of the board of education of school dis trict No. 1 by the Portland Newspa per Publishers' association and the Portland branch of the United Typotheta, in which the directors were asked to install a complete de partment in the Benson polytechnic school for teaching printing. The union takes' issue with the employers in certain respects. Affuture 'shortage of skilled print era and a threatened situation men acing the life of the industry were cnargea by the employing oreaniza tions, who suggested the appointment of a committee of three to study the needs of the proposed school. The four members of the board present at the meeting unanimously agreed, hav ing made a considerable study of the situation, that the conditions prevail ing are serious and that something snouia do none to obviate further dlf ficulty. They acted UDon a sus-ares tion of the petitioners and voted to name three men to survey the needs and announced George M. Orton, a di- reuior, as representative of the board. xne publishers are choose another ana tne typotheta a third. V'atosi Ask Oae Member. The typographical union, in It statement to the board, suggests that as a matter of fairness, the dlrectora have one member from the union on tne membership of the committee and if they deem it wise to Im-msn ih Packard (small) You may rent it. Bradbury (rosewood) Concert Gr'd, good as new umoer to rive, that one be named rom tne Allied Printing Trades coun cii. . -i . - jn iub suDject or a snot-tare a printers, the union contends that nere is none and has not been, ex irepi during tne period or the war. t present, says the union statement nere are regularly emDloved in Port land apnnoximatelv 400 iournvtnn rinters ana it ts tneir assertion tha. mere are 61 not regularly employed x or tnese being men who reoort fo uiy at tne four daily newspaper of ices and 20 others - who apply fo wor at the office of the union. Thev suomittea. as illustrative of the situ tion prevailing in one newspape lant, a record of the days' employ ment obtained by printers not regu larly employed there and declare it bears out toeir contention that n scarcity of Journeymen exists. Apprentice Training Is Inane. We maintain that the number of prniters meets the requirements of the Industry," says the union's state ment. "As to apprentices, we den that we, in any manner, impos restrictions so that at the nresen ime there are only 34 apprentice mployed in this city. Your petitioners further maipntain that in the past LINER 111 GETS RESULTS 1 LOSER OF WALLET INSERTS notice'ix THE OREGOXIAX. vestigation probably will not be com pleted for several weeks. .Among the witnesses yet to be called are heads of several Portland bond houses and one or two employes of .the state treasurers office. AUTOS PAY $1,648,852 7 5 Per Cent of Revenues Turned Over to Highway Fund. SALEM, Or., April 12. (Special.) Total fees received by the secretary of state from motor vehicle registra tions and kindred licenses from Jan nary 1 to March 31 were $1,648,852, according to a report prepared by Sam A. Kozer, assistant secretary of state, today. After deducting administration ex penses 25 per cent of the fees was apportioned among the several coun ties based on the registrations of each, while 75 per cent of the fees were turned over to the state high way fund. ARGUMENTS ARE WAIVED District Drainage Project Is Tp to County Commissioners. "VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. (Special.) Arguments on the District No. s drainage project, which were scheduled, to be heard today, were waived by attorneys for both sides. Kvidence for and against the pro posed project was presented to the ; county commissioners last week and the attorneys decided they could add nothing to the strength of their re spective sides. . The county commissioners have not vet decided the matter and no def inite date has been set for their action. Paroled Man Sent to Idaho. SALEM, Or.. April 12. (Special.) fleorge M. Moore, who has been serv ing a term in the state penitentiary here for obtaining money under false - pretenses in Union county, left to day for Canyon county, Idaho, with Deputy Sheriff George W. Froman, where he will be "tried on a charge nf passing bad checks aggregating J5000. Moore was paroled at the las meeting of the parole board, aub ject to his surrender to the Idaho of f icials. Roll of Bills Finds Way Back to Owner and Honesty of Human Xature Is Vindicated. , Human nature still retains some traces of honesty and even money, with no mark of identification upon it, can be recovered through the mod ern instrumentality of a . classified advertisement in a morning newspa per, according to Dr. George Ruben stein, who recently returned from overseas service. Dr. Rubenstein yes terday was rejoicing in the- recovery of a wallet containing a roll of bills, but not Identified in any way, which he had lost the day before and had abandoned hope of seeing again. Dr. Rubenstein had inserted in the classified section of The Ortgonian on the morning after the discovery of his loss, a brief paragraph, telling of the loss and offering a reward Shortly before noon that day his tele phone rang and he was notified that the lost pocketbook was being held for him at the office of Miss B. C, Miner of A. Rupert & Co. in the Worcester building. Rubenstein lost no time in following up the success of the advertisement, but the fair finder refused the reward. Fhone your want ads to The Orego- clan. Main 7970, A 9S. PROBE T0BE RESUMED Grand Jury to Meet This Week to Examine Treasury Affairs. SALEM, Or., April 12. (Special.) The Marlon county grand Jury which ts investigating the affairs of the state treasurer's department will re convene some time this week after i recess of more than ten days, accord ing to an announcement made by Attorney-General Brown today. The accountants employed by the state to audit the books of the state treasurer had practically completed their "work this afternoon and were preparing their report for the attorney-general. This report, it is said, will be placed before the grand Jury Immediately after It reconvenes. There are yet quite a number of witnesses to be examined and the in- FEDERAL JURY CONVENES One Member Fined $25 for I'ail- -- ore to Report on Time. The federal grand Jury, recently drawn, began its investigation yes terday under the direction of Federal Judge Wolverton, the following mak ing up the Jury: P. A. Young, fore man; Cyrus Blair, Joseph J. Bryan E. A. McCone, George P. Henderson Charles A. Lewis. Redmond ' P. Mar shall. Walter Norton, Martin L. Pa reliua, George E. Penrod, W. Howard Ramp, D. H. Rockhill, Charles B. Run sell, R. A. Schramm, H. W. Smith, E. E. Tripp. W. J. Warnack, W. J White. W. M. Simpson was excused, but not until after he had been fined 25. Mr. Simpson failed to report at the appointed time and was finally ought by deputies. When he did appear he was fined $25 for contempt of court. Consideration of the cases to be presented to it by the United States district attorney will take the jury about ten days, it was estimated, fol lowing which the Jury will adjourn, to convene again for a short time at the end of the term in June. SEED POTATOES SCARCE Vancouver Price Is 8 to II Cents With Supplies Limited. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. (Special.) Potatoes in this city are unusually scarce and much difficult is being found in securing enough for seed for this year's crop. One grocer, being unable to buy po tatoes, and seizing upon the humor of the situation, took a fair-sized pota to, put it on a handsome plate, deo- orated It and put it In his window with the inscription-. "Precious jewel found in Vancouver, weight 29861: grains." Charles Greeley will put in 75 acre this year at a farm near' Ridgefield He Is known as the Clarke county po tato king. Potatoes are- selling from 8 to cents a pound and are hard to get at that. Used Grand Pianos Reduced $500 S750 $1250 PANCAKE FLOUR Sohmer (baby) Almost new Guaranteed by the Best Repair Men : in Portland HAROLDSGIIBERT PIANOS B0U6HT-RENTED-S0LD The Little Store With the Big Business few years the union has found it j ment, it is held, there isnow a grea necessary to insist that employers shall either give their apprentices more thorough Instruction or not employ them at all, which may ac count for the small number em ployed. But we further maintain that it is the duty of the employer to nstruct apprentices with private funds, as they 'are the sole benefi ciaries, and not attempt to use the pubiio money, so urgently needed at' this time to increase teachers' salaries. Your petitioners further assert that there can be, under existing con-1 tracts with our union, many more apprentices employed at the present time. Present Facilities Held. Adequate. That the printing department of Jefferson high school is of sufficient proportions, with some expansion,' to accommodate those who wish to learn the trade, is contended, in which re spect they differ from the members of the board of education, who de clared that plant to be inadequate to the needs as they view the situation. It Is the assertion of the union that there li ample room there for lino type machines and such other equip ment as may be found necessary to bring it up to date as a vocational school, in so far as printing is con cerned, and that there Is also room for a bindery where girls could be instructed in that branch. We admit that additional equip ment should be purchased." reads the union's statement, "but we deny that that school lacks either necessary curriculum or competent instructors. as your committee is informed a com plete vocational course has been planned under the direction of Hop kin Jenkins, one- of the best-known principals in the northwest, and was filed in April. 191S, with the superln tendent of schools and, we are in formed, approved as a courst coming under the congressional Smith - Hughts act. As to the competency of the instructors, their work for the school district speaks for them and we submit that if they have been in competent, as intimated, the reflec tion would be equally upon your hon orable board for retaining them, as we are-informed they have continued in the employ of the school board for the past five years and more withou one word of complaint." Plant Removal ProteMted. The union's statement admits that the only real basis of Instruction is in the printing offices, but they de clare they are willing to assist ap prentices at all times and that such restrictions as exist "are the result of the demands of the employ.eVs them selves." That the necessary work of lnstruc tion should be carried on at Jeffer son, instead of at the Banson school, declared by the union and a pro test . is entered against using public funds to remove the plant to anothe place, tt is also maitained that Jef ferson is a more Tit place for young women to learn the trade. A point is also made of the art feature of th course at Jefferson, which, it is con tended, all apprentices should take in order to learn how to lay out and design job work, in which depart t demand for men. John Rerlew Dead. BAKER, Or.. April 12. (Special.) The funeral of John Berlew. who wa well known throughout Baker an Grant counties, was held yesterday i Huntington. The deceased was buried beside the graves of several othe members of his family.- Berlew, who was yardmaster in La Grande, was killed in that city Thurs day morning when a train backe over his body after he had coupled some rreight cars and had given th signal ior tne locomotive to mov backward. He is survived by hi widow and three children. Jusf ad3 wafer, it's ready - . Y Av What's in the Batter makes the Pancakes light, tender ami crispy-brown or otherwise. ' -f PANCAKE FLOUR is a perfect combina un of buckwheat, wheat, corn and rice, wim me scientifically exact amount of rising, to make perfect Pancakes. There's even corn sugar to make a delicate crust. PANCAKE FLOUR adding fresh milk. The powdered milk is already there. That's why a few cents considerably II m f rising, to' make perfect Pancakes. There's f? isftT'l even corn sugar to make a delicate crust. f I SljS ! PANCAKE FLOUR saves you V ' Kf 'fttSI adding fresh milk. The powdered -J- IWM j milk is already there. That's why Tm'ZZl I the package costs yon a few cents 7h "v9jnSjf Uh I mor fl cakes coat considerably ,V 4 iL S Fisher Flouring Mills Company Seattle ' Sellingham Portland Tacoma M. Vernon the proposed two-mill elementary tax and investigate an application for the consolidation of the Port Orford and Langlois school" tllstricts. Oti his re turn trip he will speak at Bandon and Coquille. ' Oskar Huber Is Sueti. Suit was filed in the federal court yesterday by Warren Brothers com pany against Oskar Huber in an ef fort to determine patent rights for a street paving method' alleged to be long exclusively tO-the Warren com pany under patent No. 7275U5. An injunction is asked to prevent Huber from infringing on the patent. ' Superlntcnuent Supports Tax. SALEM, Or., April 12. (Special.) J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, will leave here tomorrow for Curry county where he will de liver several addresses In behalf of Temporary Trustor Engaged. MARSHF1ELD, Or.. April 12. (Spe cial.) The congrgatlon of the First Presbyterian . -church ef Marshfield has engaged Rev. Mr. Sanderson of Auburn, N. Y.. to act as temporary pastor. He will be here for a month on trial and may be extended a call to take the place permanently. The church has been without a pastor for some time. Four months ago the Portland synod sent Dr. D. D. McKay to Marshfield to act temporarily. On leaving here he will resume his for mer work in connection with the Presbyterian rolles-es. -and it's coming soonl ! Is There No Relief From Fiery Skin Troubles? Improper Treatment Makes This a Natural Question. Eczema, tetter, scalp eruptions, bolls, pimples and other skin disor ders are so stubborn and hard to get rid of because they are not given the proper sort of treatment. Tou must know that use Of lotions, salves, soaps and ointments can make no impres sion on your trouble other than to af ford some temporary relief. Then throw astde at once such makeshift treatment that can only reach the surface, and begin taking a remedy that goes directly to the source of your trouble. Go to your drug store, get a bottle of S. S. S. and begin a thorough course of this fine old blood medicine that kills the germs that creep into the blood and cause all of your discomfort. S. S, S. Is a purely vegetable compound, made from roots and herbs, of recognized medicinal valine. It so thoroughly cleanses the blood and builds up and strengthens the entire system that the germs of disease are eliminated, and then 'real relief comes. This fine old remedy is the sane and sensible treatment for your skin disease, as you 'will find by giving it a trial. If your case should need spe cial advice, it can be had without cost to you, together with Valuable liter ature, by writlnc- to Chief Medical Adviser. 173 Swift Laboratory. At lanta, Ga. Adv. "ALASKA" That Far-Flung Porf. of Adven ture of Hair-Trigger Loves and - Hates! 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Cologne Reinsurance Co. First Buliarian Insurance Co. "Bultaria Frankfort General Insurance Co. Fraakona Reinsurance Co. General insurance Co. for Seefluse at tand- transport in Dresden H mm bur it Assurance Co. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. Mannheim Insurance Co. Mercury Reinsurance Co. Minerva Retrocession ftt Reinsnranc4 Munich Reinsurance Co. Nord Deutsche Insurance Co. (Fire and Marine Branches) Prussian Life Insurance Co. Prussian National Insurance Co. South German Reinsurance Co. Swiss National Insurance Co. International Reassurance Co., Ltd. All persons in the United States (including Territories and Insular Possession) hav ing claims or demands against any of the above named companies, should file such claims or demands on or before the 1st day of May. 1920, After that date, the assets of the several companies will, upon completion of liquidation in each case, be transferred to the Treasury of the United States, in accordance with law. All claims or demands should be filed with the Manager of Enemy Insurance Com panies. 125 Bast 4b th Street, New York. FRANCIS P. GARVAN Alien Property Custodian