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VOL. LIX NO. 18,568 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as Second-Class Matter. .'PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS GDMPERS DECRIES AMT1-STR1KE LI 'Futile Legislation,' Says Federation Chief. $50;000,000 LOST BY GOTHAM IN STRIKES PRESENT HARBOR AND OTHER CHILDREN AT BEE OUTSPELL ELDERS NOTED IN CHICAGO SEXATE BANKING COMMITTEE 400,000 POUNDS DETAINED BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS. PASSAGE AFTER BITTER CON TEST IS PREDICTED. ASKED FOR LEGISLATION". WALKOUTS COSTLY. RURAL CREDITS PLEA IS MADE BY FARMERS TREND TO LUDEN "WATERED" BUTTER SEIZED AT SEATTLE BONUS MEASURE GOES BEFORE HOUSE TODAY $300,000 NEEDED TO PHY DEFICITS State Emergency Board Called to Salem. ) V KANSAS STATUTE DEBATED Law Protects Labor, Asserts Governor Allen. CONTRACTS MADE BINDING Statement Touching "Divine Right to Quit Work" Brings Cheers From Big Audience. NEW YORK, May 28. The rela tions of capital and labor; the right to strike and it3 legitimacy as re gards the effect on the public; the Kansas' industrial "court law and its significance to the future of the -working man. were discussed from all angles in a remarkable debate to night in Carnegie hall between Sam uel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and Gover nor H. J. Allen of Kansas. Governor Allen's main contention was that government has the right to protect the public against strikes when its welfare is imperiled, while Mr. Gompers held to the argument that no law can prevent a man from stopping work if by doing so he may benefit himself and his family. Mr. Gompers labeled the Kansas indus trial court law the "un-American slave law," and Governor Allen de clared he had taken away from Mr. Gompers his divine right to order -a man to quit work. Cheers Punctuate Oratory. The oratory of the debaters was punctuated with frequent cheers and boos by adherents of each side and occasional questions shouted from the floor and the balconies. ' In support of the right to strike, Mr. Gompers declared that the coal miners strike took boys from the mines; that the textile workers' strike brought children from the mills and put them in schools, while the strike in the needle trades broke up the sweat-shops when laws had failed to do so. Governor Allen's industrial com mandment was "you shall not con spire to "shut down the industry necessary to the welfare of the people." "When the general public says we have had enough of this," he said, "Its over." "nivine Right" Questioned. "Who controls the divine right to quit work?" Governor Allen asked. Ho was answered with cheers and boos. The debate oalled for no decision. the committees in charge having pur. posely divided the house equally be tween supporters of each speaker. Allen Scores With Friends. Mr. Gompers, in championing labor's privilege to strike, electrified his partisans when he said with evident emotion that the workingman who wouldn't try to benefit his condition was "a poltroon to himself and to I issuea. Alter mis rennancing, uooo society." I year outstanding capital will be $128,- Governor Allen scored a point withV his friends with the assertion that if there is to be a government of justice there can't be any part greater than the whole. He alluded to the attitude of the American Federation of Labor in the approaching election towards unfriendly office holders as a "move ment to unionize the congress of the United States." The Kansas court does not perse cute labor. Governor Allen said, but it protects labor against capital, cap ital against labor and the public against either or both. A feature of the debate was Allen's efforts to get Gompers to answer this question: "When a dispute between capital and labor brings on a strike affecting the production or distribution of the necessaries of life, thus threatening the public peace and impairing the public health, has the public any rights in such a controversy or Is it a private war between capital and labor ?' Uompfn Withholds Reply, "If you answer this question in the affirmative. Mr. Gompers, how would you protect the rights of the public?" The labor leader declined to an swer it, asserting that it was a catch question. At another time, whjle Mr. Gompers was referring to the poverty of some workers, a man in the gallery shouted "How poor are you?" Gompers was plainly angered at the question.. He demanded the man's name, amid shouts of encouragement from his followers, and when the labor leader had referred to the dis turber's remarks as a "cowardly, un- gentlemanly insinuation," the labor men shouted with glee. One ahouted: "You tell him, Sammy, that's the stuff." , Governor Allen, in conclusion, charged that Gompers' "remedy for war is more war." "Mine," he added, "is peace condi tioned on the impartial judgment of responsible government." Mr. Gompers and Governor Allen walked on the stage shortly after 8 o'clock, while the audience rose and cheered. Each was followed bv a .(Concluded on Pas 9, Column 6 ) Temporary System Held Xeeded to Afford Protection Against" At tempts at Deflation. WASHINGTON, May 28. Represen tatives of the farmers' national coun cil appealed today to the senate bank ing committee for emergency legisla tion setting up a temporary rural credits system to relieve farmers and cattlemen from the effects of efforts toward deflation fostered by the fed eral reserve board. The committee was told that unless such aid was provided, a great reduction in agrl cultural products would result with ultimate increased cost of foodstuffs to consumers. The spectfic proposal was for crea tion of a revolving fund of $25,000,000 or more to be available for loan to farmers under federal farm loan boards' administration. Senator Hitchcock, democrat of Ne braska, joined by Senator Capper, re publican of Kansas, asserted that Governor Miller of the Kansas City reserve bank had- put in effect a re discount rate in connection with de flation efforts that made agricultur ists pay from 9 to 10 per cent for money. The rate was higher than that imposed in other reserve districts where similar conditions prevailed Senator Hitchcock said. Senator Kendrick, democrat of Wyoming, agreed with Senator Hitch cock that the Kansas City and Dallas re-discount rates had presented shock" to the cattle-growing indus try. Local banks would not accept cattle paper, he said, and were calling loans o:i such security. He s;iid the price of cattle on the hoof had dropped 37 per cent in the last few months, but that this was not reflected in the cost to the con sumer. H0QUIAM CHECKS CENSUS Any Corrections Will Be Reoo; nized by District Supervisor. HOQUIAM, Wash., May 28. (Spe cial.) Word has just been received from J. W. Livermore. district super visor of census, that the federal gov ernment is willing to recognize amended census of Hoquiam, if the present municipal recheck of add! ticr-al names is duly verified. The census gave Hoquiam a popula tion" of 9850. v In order to obtain a just count and at least raise the numbe to the 10,000 class, the city commls sion and civic bodies opened a cam pa'gn for rechecking the population. It was then found that whole families had been overlooked. Prominent cltl zona and old-timers who had been i tne directories lor years had neve seen the census man. TIRE FIRM'S MELON BIG Goodyear Stockholders to Get 15 Per Cent Dividend. AKRON, Ohio, May 8. A. Seiberlin president of the Goodyear Tire an Rubber company today announce that directors had declared a stock dividend of 150 per cent payable to common stockholders of record Jun 14. The dividend totals $31,133,250. The directors, to get additional financing made necessary by a re striction of credits, also voted to sell $10,000,000 in common and $20,000,000 in preferred stock, authorized but un- 557,250. The company now has a sur plus of $43,000,000. 0REG0N ORATOR WINNER Fred Co'ley Defeats R. R. Bresheare of University of Idaho. EUGENE, Or., May 28. Fred Coley of the University of Oregon won the annual interstate oratorical contest here tonight, being awarded the prize over R. R. Bresheare of the University of Idaho. Kenneth Cole of the Uni versity of Washington, who was to have taken part, did not appear. It is announced that if he has a valid reason for not being here, a separate contest will .be held between Oregon and Washington at some fu ture date. CITY SHOWS BIG GAIN Wyandotte, Mich., Increase 5564 or 6 7.1 Per Cent. WASHINGTON, May 28. Census figures announced today follow; Brookline, Mass., 37,748; increase 9956, or 35.8 per cent. Newton, Mass., 46,038; increase 6232, or 15.7 per cent. Peabody. Mass., 19,552; increase 3831. or 24.4 per cent. Melrose. Mass., 18,204; increase 2489, or 15.8 per cent. Wyandotte. Mich, (revised), 13.851; increase 5564, or 67.1 per cent. PRESIDENT'S LAMB OUSTED Sheep, Ejected From White House, Disturbs Callers at Mansion. WASHINGTON, May 28. A blooded Shropshire lamb, one of President Wilson's flock of sheep, slipped Into the White House executive offices today and made an unannounced call on the clerks there. He finally was ejected, but took up a station Immediately in front of the entrance of the offices, keeping the White House policemen busy convoy ing callers. . . Vanguard of Republican Delegates Gathers. "APPEAL TO VOTERS" SOUGHT National Committeemen Issue Statements on Outlook. 122 CONTESTS FILED Arrival of Convention Political Pot Delegate: Boiling. Starts Johnson Manager Optimistic. CHICAGO, May 28. The vanguard of the republican national convention forces descended on Chicago today and tonight presidential row was buzzing with the gossip unfeashed by a dozen national committeemen and several score of their political fol lowers. The developments of the evening included: Announcement by J. B. Kealing of Indiana that the coming convention is to be "free and open" and that the voting majority of uni jstructed dele gates who make it so are to be or ganized to select the candidate "who will appeal most strongly to the vot ers on election day." I.owdrn Trend Reported. Assertion by Robert H. Todd, na tional committeeman from Porto Rico, and several other party leaders that there is a "visible trend toward Gov ernor Lowden." Declarations by campaign managers of Senator Hiram W. Johnson and Major-Leonard Wood that the pros pects of their candidates have mate rially improved. Clarence B. Miller, acting secretary of the -national committee, arrived today with a trunk full of briefs in 122 contests which have been filed at Washington. Twenty-three, addi tional contests are to be filed from Texas. The calendar of contests in cludes 56 "delegates in states which have elected more than the conven tion call provided for, and Mr. Mjller reasserted today that such excess del egates will be removed by the na tional committee if the delegations themselves fail to act. Coolidee Mentioned mm Mate. Statements issued by several na tional committeemen and party lead ers announcing they had discovered a growing trend toward Governor Lowden for the presidential nomina tion was regarded along the row as the outstanding development of the day. In, every case the name of Gov ernor Coolidge of Massachusetts was coupled with that of the Illinois ex ecutive as a possible running mate. R. H. Todd of Porto Rico. A. T. Hart (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) TRYING tAlSYAKE.- THERE. 2 YOUR HOtAfNtH 4 Product Declared to Contain More Than Prescribed Weight in Water; Fines Possible. SEATTLE, Wash., May 28. Inter nal revenue officers have detained 400,000 pounds of butter in Seattle, it became known today, on allegations that it contains more than 16 per cent water. The same officers are taking steps to detain other large quantities of butter now in possession of Wash-. Ington and Oregon manufacturers. The butter detained here Is largely that which has been , shipped, to Seattle commission men from Oregon, it is said. Some of the samples are said to have shown IT and 18 pounds of water to every 100 pounds of butter, a condition declared to be an im position on the public Creamery men here have received word that several cars of butter were seized at Seattle, but some of them doubted that the quantity was so large as reported. It was their belief that the butter was the product of half a dozen or more creameries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. In the case of previous seizures the butter has been reworked and - put back again on the market, and it Is presumed that the same steps will be ordered in this case. As for action against the manu facturers, creamery men say this will depend on the government's findings. If there is evidence that the exces sive moisture in the butter was due to mechanical error, the butter makers may be let off with a light fine, but if their action was Inten tional they cannot expect to get off so easily. HIGH POLITICAL COST CUT Candidates at Los Angeles Enter "Gentlemen's Agreement." LOS ANGELES, CaL. May 28. The high cost of political campaigning is being combatted by four candidates for the office of associate justice of the second district court of appeals, who, it became known today, have entered into a "gentlemen's agree ment" to make use of no mass meet ings, posters, placards or billboards, but to confine their activities to hand cards. Although political opponents, these four candidates lunch together daily and discuss one another's campaign. They are Associate Justice Thomas, incumbent; and Judges Works, Weller and Craig, of the Los Angeles county superior court. EX-KAISER IS TAILORING Deposed Emperor Said to Be Doing Excellent Job With-Shears. LONDON, May 28. William of Ho henzollern, former emperor of Ger many, is trying his hand as a tailor, according to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. He is cutting out patterns for many new suits with which he is going to stock his wardrobe and the dispatch Quotes a trade paper as declaring; "he is excelling at the job." TO GET EM AT THE WRONG fill ' Filibuster by Representative Mur phy Forerunner of Fight; Rule Suspension Planned. WASHINGTON, May 28. After weeks of committee hearings, cau cuses and negotiations, the soldier bonus bill will be taken up tomor row by the house. Its opponents were prepared tonight to make a bitter fight to delay action on the bill or to prevent its passage, but conceded they would be defeated. As a ' forerunner of tomorrow' fight. Representative Murphy, repub lican, Ohio, today conducted a fili buster against transaction of any business definitely stopped on assur ance from house leaders that the soldier bill will go on t'.e floor to morrow. The chaplain's prayer was delayed for half an hour by the fili buster. Chairman Campbell of the rules committee announced tonight that he would open tomorrow's session of the house by presenting a resolution suspending all house rules for the next six days. The suspension programme will re quire a two-thirds vote to" pass the bonus bill, but Mr. Campbell said that enough democrats would join with the majority republicans to pass the bill after debate. FLIER ARRIVES AT SEOUL Lap in Rome-Tokio Flight Com pletcd in 2 Hours 19 Minutes. SEOUL, Corea, May 26. Lieutenant Masiero, one of the Italian aviators in the Rome to Tokio flight, reached here today from Wuju, on he north west frontier of Corea, making the flight of about 235 miles in 2 hours and 19 minutes. Lieutenant Ferrari, another of the competitors, who was obliged to alight on the way, arrived after a flight of 3 hours and 4 min utes. The Rome to Tokio fliers received an enthusiastic welcome, tne recep tion committee being headed by Gen eral Atsuno-Miya, commander of the army in Corea. The airmen were pre sented with bouquets by Japanese girls. The aviators will continue their flight to Tokio by way of Fusan, on the southern Corean coast, and Osaka. SUGAR EMBARGO FAVORED McXary Bill Reported by Senate . Agriculture CommKec. WASHINGTON. May 28. By a vote of six to three, the senate agriculture committee today ordered a favorable report on the McNary bill providing for an export embargo on eugar. Those supporting the bill were Sen ators McNary, of Oregon; Capper, of Kansafe; Kenyon, Iowa, and Norris. Nebraska, republicans, and Harrison, MissiSBipi, and Kendrick, Wyoming, democrats. Senators Smith, of Geor gia; Smith, of South Carolina and Ransdell, of Louisiana, democrats, opposed it. Before taking final action, the com mittee amended the measure so that it would not except sugar sent to the United States by foreign countries or their nationals, to be refined. Early senate consideration of the bill is planned by Senator McNary. PLACE. ACCOUNTS STILL UNPAID Educational Aid .Act Costs More Than Provided. OTHER CLAIMS PRESENTED Portland's Bill for Expenditure In Connection With Cedars Will Be Discussed. SALEM,- Qr.. May 28. (Special.) Deficiency appropriations estimated at more than $300,000 will be asked at - a special meeting of the state emergency board to be held in Salem on Friday, June 4, according to an nouncement made by officials here today. Issuance of the call for this session was one of the first official acts of Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, after taking his oath of office today. Approximately $250,000 will be sought, to insure operation of the so- called soldiers', sailors' and marines' educational aid act, passed by the voters of the state at the special election on June 4, 1919. There has -been expended under this act $480, 000, including $198,087.07 derived from a two mill tax levied on all the asses sable property in Oregon for the year 1920, and the appropriation, of $250,- uuo authorized at a special session of the legislature last January. April Bills Not raid. Because of the gradual increase in the school enrollment of persons en titled to benefits under this law, the funds available have dwindled to he extent that the secretary of state has been unable to audit all of the claims for the month of April received from the various institutions where the men are getting training. This de ficiency already totals in the neigh bo r hood of $250,000. ' Based on the costs of operating this law In the past. Secretary of State Kozer believes that between $250,000 and $300,000 will be needed to provide financial aid for the education of the ex-service men until January 1, 1921. At that time approximately $400,000 will be available under the act. due to the action of the voters in author izing an additional tax of 2 mills at last Friday's special election. The legislature also meets in Jan uary, and will be in a position at that time to take care of any deficiency appropriation, that is made by the emergency board at its meeting next month. Under the educationalvaid act ex service men are allowed $25 a month in case they attend school 60 hours a week. Those attending school less than that number of hours receive compensation in proportion. It also is expected that the emer gency board will be asked to appro priate at least $5000 with which to compensate the city of Portland for caring for women committed to the Cedars from outside of Multnomah county. Cedars Claim Camlnc IT p. In a letter received at the execu tive offices today. A. F. Flegel. presi dent of the Oregon Social Hygiene society, said that the state board of health had approved the claims of the city for the care of state charges at the Cedars, but had declined to audit the books. He declared the matter was reaching a critical stage, with the result that the usefulness of the Institution might be impaired. Governor Olcott today sent letters to Mr. Flegel, Mayor Baker and mem bers of the state board of health, asking them to be present at the ses sion of the emergency board and submit their case in detail. Appropriations of at least $10,000 may be asked by the state forestry department to pay the costs of oper ating the airplane forest fire patrol service until such time as the mea sure now before congress is ap proved. Five of the state Institutions also are said to be running behind and it is predicted that their deficit, based on the costs of operation for the last eight months, will total more than $30,000 by January 1. As is usually the case when a call goes out for an emergency board session, there are likely to be a num ber of other requests for funds pre sented for consideration, according to the official. The emergency board is composed of Governor Olcott, Secre tary of State Kozer. State Treasurer Hoff, W. T. Vinton, president of the senate; Seymour. Jones, speaker of the house; Dr. J. C Smith, chairman of the ways and means committee of the senate, and Herbert Gordon, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. REPEAL AGAIN PROPOSED Resolution Ottered Dealing With War Time Legislation. WASHINGTON. May 28. Repeal of all war-time legislation was proposed today in a joiat resolution introduced by Representative Connally, demo crat, Texas. The repeal would be effective on .final passage of the resolution. Forty Per Cent of New York's Ex port Business Diverted to Other Atlantic Ports. NEW YORK, May 28. Fifty million 1 dollars, according to the estimate made yesterday by railroad officials and members of the Merchants" asso ciation, is the total of losses suffered by business in the present series of longshore, harbor and railroad strikes. One of the experts who has been directing the fight of the Merchants said: "During the complete railroad tieup this port's business losses were about $1,000,000 a, day. Since the resump tion of service the persistence of some of the yardmen in remaining out and the manner in which the marine strik ers have curtailed lighterage traffic have caused a daily loss of about $500,000. "These figures do not take into ac count the losses in wages suffered by the strikers or the throwing out of work of many men in trades im mediately connected with the harbor and longshore trades. Hundreds of plants have either shut down alto gether or are operating only on part time because they cannot get raw ma terials." The wage losses have been esti mated as follows: Longshoremen, $2,000,000; harbor men, $612,500; yard men . and other railroad "outlaw" strikers, $420,000. It is estimated that there are still on strike 6500 coastwise longshore men, 2500. marine workers and 2000 yardmen. In addition, there are about 1800 union truckmen who refuse to handle goods at the piers involved in the coastwise strike. Four coastwise lines are affected the Clyde. Mallory, Southern Pacific and the Ocean. The 'Old Dominion line a month ago was compelled by the strike to give up its' coastwise traffic and engage in deep-sea serv ice. . Deputy Public Service Commission er Barrett said that about 40 per cent of New York's export business has been diverted to other ports, mostly to Philadelphia and Baltimore, in the present emergency." SUGAR TO ADVANCE AGAIN Lower Prices on Later Allotments, However, Expected. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28. The al lotments of sugar that will be forth coming in the next few days will be offered at a price higher than the present $23.75 a hundredweight, but subsequent allotments will be lower in price because of a decline In the New York market, H. Clay Miller, chairman of the federal fair trade commissipn for San Francisco, an nounced here today. A cargo of 2000 tons of white sugar arrived from Java today, the first shipment of its kind in a number of years, according to shipping men. Canners were said to be contracting for the Java eugar. PARCEL MAIL INCREASING Additional Millions Asked to Pay Claims for Insurance. WASHINGTON. May 28. Postmaster-General Burleson asked congress today for an additional appropriation of $1,000,000 for payment of claims resulting from loss of domestic mail parcels. Recent freight and express embar goes, he said, had added tremendously to the volume of insured packages. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wemther. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. tio degrees; minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers; southwest erly winds. National. Temporary rural credits system asked by farmers, Page l. Senate probers hear testimony regarding big McAdoo slush tuna proposal. Page 6. Shippers warned to aid railroaaa Page 2. Navy investigation by senate ends. Page 3. Virginia democratic platform indorsed by Wilson. Page 6. House fails to override president's veto of peace resolution. Page 4. Secrecy of McAdoo boom is baffling. Page 2. Bonus measure to go before wiouse today. Page 1. Tnn-itlc, Another tumble in prices la coming. Page 3. . Samuel Gompera. and Governor Allen of Kansas debate anti-strike law. Page 1. Fifty millions estimated loss to New York . by recent harbor strikes. Page 1. Vanguard of republican convention forces report Lowden favor increasing. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Burns cattle and horse raisers' session sets new record. Page 7. State emergency board called to meet in Salem next Friday. Page 1. Northwest butter detained in Seattle on charge that it contains more than pre scribed weight of water. Page 1. Mayor Caldwell and ex-Mayor Hanson wage war over purchase of car line by Seattle. Page 4. Sportrt. Swimming classic scheduled for tonight. Page 12. All fighters In good condition for meet next Friday. Page 13. Pacific Coast league results: Portland 7, Sacramento 0; Seattle 11. Salt -Cake 8; San Francisco 1. Oakland 4; Los An geles 3. Vernon 1. Page 12. Pennsylvania first in track tryouts. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Grain corporation preparing for 'end of its career. Page 19. Corn breaks on unfounded report of strike settlement. Page 19. Stock market strong but less active. Page 18. Four vessels to take on big cargoes here. Page li Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Plttock's will upheld by court. Page 2. Taxpavers must act to provide for school needs, says A. C. Newill. Page 10. Traffic hureau report shows 0S79 arrests and S31.1D6 paid in tines in 13 months Pass, 11. Stale senate presidency competition keen. Page lo. S. J. Adams probably electee delegate from Flrkl district. Page 3. Banner of Experience Is Lowered at-Match. EIGHTH GRADE WINS LAURELS Pupils Make Lone Error in 300 Odd Words. 11 CHARGED TO WOMEN Small Champions Gleefully Note Mistakes by Grown-Ups Lad's Break Bodes Evil. The old tradition that parents know more than their children was forever dispelled in Portland last night. The eighth-grade champion spellers, gathered from the Portland schools, overwhelmingly defeated in a great spelling bee the picked spellers of the Neighbors of "Woodcraft. Thirty-six women did their best to uphold the banner of age and expe rience and 56 13 and 14-year-olds proved that youth has its day. Award Made on Pereentsgr. In 33 tense minutes, keen with ex citement, the children made but one slip in the 300-odd words presented, while 11 mistakes were scored up lo the charge of the women. So the judges' award, which wtss on, . - - a percentage basis, read like this: Children 99.3." " Neighbors of Woodcraft 92.4. Ask not who was the unlucky lad who misspelled "recommend" with one Ask not which was the school he represented. Late last night he and his school were endeavoring to slink into obscurity. And certain dire threats were made as to what would happen to the young man when he appeared in the neighborhood of the school Tuesday morning. Rnles for Bee Simple. The rules were simple. The words had to be taken in rotation from the third speller by E. H. Whitney, as sistant superintendent of scliools. Mr. Whitney first called a word. Then the candidate for glory must pro nounce it and then spell it. To spell incorrectly or not to pronounce a word were faults. Each side was asked a word alternately. The women spelled nine words) wrong and failed to pronounce two; ' total fault score 11. "Absence" was the first word, and, through a long list of "A" to "chief and "Christmas," which had to bo spelled with a capital "C." the spell- . ers hustled. For perhaps 50 words, each side had a perfect record. Develop" Cannes One Error. Then came from the official: "De velop." "Devellop," came haltingly from aj Neighbor. "She's wrong!" screamed at least 50 childish voices. "Especially" proved a tough one fop another woman, but she managed to get through, probably calling to her aid many a long siege in good old, McGuffey or, mayhap, Watson's. Then came "recommend" and a lad, fell down. The score was one all. "Though" was called. Glibly and gleefully a woman spelled it. The judge did not notice anything wrong, but some 40 kiddies did. "She didn't pronounce it!" they yelled. Another Word Not Pronounced. The judge ruled with them, but the woman who had been tripped could, almost be heard to wish that she had some of those "young "uns" at home with a slipper. Stunned by the disaster which had befallen the forces of the grown-ups. a moment later another woman failed to pronounce "principle." Score three to one. And here let a secret be told. The word "agency" was called. A youth made it eftrrectly, but failed to pro nounce it. Fifty-five youngsters en deavored to show indifference. They had all noticed the fault, and neither judges nor their opponents caught the terrible fault. When the next word came, the children could be heard to"" heave a sigh of relief in unison. Then disaster fell upon the women In fact, disaster succeeded disaster. Two "la" Pat In Calculation. One woman spelled "consideration with a "c" in place of an "s." An other declared that "calculation" had two "1b." L Both sides waded successfully through "vehicle" and "scheme." but old Mr. Nemesis was stilt on the trail of the elders. "Aqueduct," pronounced Mr.. Whit ney. "A-c-q-u-e-d-u-c-t," was the re sponse. There was a mad burst of applause not only from the contesting children but from the few hundred other chil dren crowded into the big Neighbor bors of Woodcraft hall, where the contest was held. , , "Intelligence" was prefixed with the letter "e" by the next speller, and when the children and the judge ruled her wrong, she violently disagreed with their authorities. In her family it will certainly be "entilligence." "Alterations" went bad next. Let us draw a veil over what happened to "diphtheria." It was a ghastly at- (Concluded on Page 3, Column 4.) L