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VOL. LIX NO. 18,T26
Entered at Portland (OrejroiO
Postoffice as Second-CIa.se Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE i PRICES OF MEATS
MILLION DOLLARS
CONSIDERED CURSE
AUTO HIT BY TRAIN;
Mi KILLS WIFE
ID KEEP HER LOVE
HARDING IS PLEASED
WITH TRIP RESULTS
BOOTH
1 KILLED, 3 INJURED
CASE BEING ARGUED
TAKE BIG TUMBLE
RETAIL) DEALERS OF SPOKASE
ASXOTTXCE REDUCTIONS. .
IN CABINETTALK
OF
HIGHWAY BODY
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McMIXXVILLE YOUTHS MAX
GLED BEX'EATH CAP. WHEELS.
LITIGATION SIMPLIFIED WHEX
MRS. HULLS WITHDJtAWS.
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE IS
GAINED OF CANAL OPERATION,
KAHN IS GAINING
CHAIRMAN
Legacy Spurned .as Pro
test Against System.
Rl&iT TO MONEY IS DENIED
N-o Good Could Cojne from
Riches, Says Youth.
INEQUALITIES ARE SCORED
Charles Garland Declares He Can
not Have Anything to Do With
Wealth Sot His Own.
BUZZARD'S BAT, Mass., Nov. 29.
(By the Associated Press.) Charles
Garland, the young man who has re
nounced his right to a million-dollar
legacy left him by his father, James
A. Garland, who was a wealthy club
man and yachtsman of Boston, today
made a formal statement of his rea
son for rejecting the money.
His statement, he said, was due to
the fact that the many reports of his
failure to accept the legacy had
failed properly to present his posi
tion. System la Condemned.
"I refuse to accept the money be
cause it i not mine." Garland said.
'A system which starves thousands
while hundreds are stuffed condemns
itself. A system which leaves a sick
woman helpless and offers Its serv
ices to a healthy man condemns itself.
It is such a system that offers me a
million dollars.
"It is blind to the simplest truth
known to every child, the truth that
the hungry should be fed and the
naked clothed. I have had to choose
' between the loss of private property
and the law which is written in every
human heart. I choose the one which
1 believe to be true."
Possibility for Good Denied.
Garland, who has stated that he
renounced his claim to the million
dollars b;?ause he thought Christ
would have done the same, continued:
"I believe I could do no good with
the money. It is the man wjio gives
food to the hungry who "does good.
not the dollars given in exchange for
the food. I would be happy to be the
man if I had the food to give, but
cannot lend myself to handling the
money that is not mine, even thougn
the good that might be done is possi
bly great.
Many people have written to tel
him what could be done with the
money, he said.
SuKKrstlonn Not Accepted.
"They seem almost proud to point
out the power that I have in my
-hands, but it is the most pitirul thing
they could point to. You cannot
servo uoa ana mammon. So many
people ready to serve the dollar
means so many less to serve God.
There are great opportunities to do
good, but they are In men's hearts,
not in my check book1. A preacher
in the name of Christ said that this
million should have been turned to
good. He thinks that God's work is
paid In dollars. God's work will never
be done until men see that this theory
is untrue."
Mr. Garland's statement was made
from his home here, a former inn of
Btage coach days. The young man,
who Is 22 years of age, is living at
the house with his wife and Infant
daughter as the guest of bis mother,
Mrs. Marie Tudor Green, who sup
plies them with a maid and keeps
their larder fulL He plans to go to
work eventually, he said, but a year
at Harvard college, which he left to
get married, and preparatory school
ing In this country and in England
fitted him for no work ready at hand
and he said he thought It would be
spring before he did anything.
His wife joined with him in hlr
renunciation of the million. His
mother, although not holding the
same views, has told him to do what
he thought right.
One Son Accents Share.
In another house on the estate
lives James A. Garland III, a brother
of Charles Garland, who has accepted
his share of his father's estate, made
larger by the fact that the mother
of the boys abandoned her rights in
orcter to marry Francis C. Greene af
ter the death of her first husband.
At Harvard college is Hamilton Gar
land, a third son. who lacks several
months of reaching his majority.
His brother Charles said today that
he understood Hamilton also was con
sidering refusal to take his share
when he became of age. Their ideas
on the subject were somewhat similar,
he said, although the influences of
environment were not identical. Gar
land indicated that his refusal to take
the money was not based on any
question attached to the origin of the
Ga.rland fortune, saying he did not
know from what source it was de
rived, but he believed it came down
from his grandfather.
LIQUOR BRIBERY CHARGED
Assistant Corporation - Counsel of
New York City Arrested.
J NEW YORK, Nov. -29. -Joseph A.
SolveL an assistant corporation coun
sel of the city of New Tork. was
- arrested late today.
He is accused of having given a
S500 bribe to a special revenue agent
iii a Uq.uor case.
Boys Driving to School Declared
Trying to Beat Cars at
Crossing. -
McMINNVILLE, Or., Nov. 29. (Spe
cial.) Thomas Kirby, 18.- son of Mr.
and Mrs. Can Kirby, was instantly
killed, and Robert Trent and Kerwin
Lawson were so badly mangled that
death seems imminent, when an auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by the east side local electric
train leaving McMlnnville for Port
land at 12:40 this afternoon. Edwin
Kirby, a brother of the dead boy, wn
also in the car, but escaped without
serious injury.'
The accl nt occurred at the Fifth
street crossing when the four boys.
all of whom attended the local high
school, were coming in to school from
the Lawton place east of town. Tom
Kirby was driv- the car, and wit
nesses say he was trying to beat the
train to the crossing.
Richard Bland, engineer in charg
of the train, could not see the ap
proaching automobile until too late
to stop. The car. which was com
pletely wrecked, was carried nearly
block before the train could, be
stopped. The three Injured boys were
rushed to the McMlnnville hospital
for treatment
This is the second serious accident
happening at this crossing, two per
sons having been killed at the same
place two years ago. Bland Is the
engineer who escaped from the wreck
occurring near Bertha last May, when
two electric trains collided' head-on.
Another engineer was called to tak
his train on to Portland.
The accident is a great shock to
the city, as the parents were well
known here. ' Trent was one of the
star players on this year's football
team. ' 1
AMERICAN WOMEN HELD
Two Relief Workers in Poland
Suspected oC Espionage.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Two
American relief workers in Poland,
Martha Graczyk and Mary Wasilczk,
were said to be held at Kovno on
suspicion of espionage, in advices to
day to the state department.
They are members of the Grey
American corps, assigned as lnspec
tors of the European child fund, and
were arrested in Vilna by Lithuanian
authorities and tiken to Kovno for
investigation.
' The dispatch explained they had
gone to Vilna t distribute foodstuffs
shipped there for babies and chil
dren. Their chauffeur also was ar
rested. Upon the request of the
British legation at Warsaw, the Brit
ish commander at Kovno is expected
to make informal inquiries regarding
the women and extend any aid he
can.
FINZER TO QUIT SERVICE
Former Adjutant General of Ore
gon 'Will Retire From Army.
TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 29. (Spe
cial.) Lieutenant-Colonel William E.
Finzer, infantry, of Portland. Or., has
been ordered to Camp Lewis from
Fort Sam Houston. Tex., to ' be dis
charged, according to announcement
made at the camp today.
Colonel Finzer will arrive here to
morrow, it is believed. netore en
tering the service Colonel Finzer was
adjutant-general of the state of Ore
gon and served as adjutant in charge
of the district of Paris overseas.
He has made an excellent record
in the army a'nd is being discharged
now to resume his civilian status.
PRINCESS HELD BIGAMIST
American Seeks Divorce From
Most Beautiful Russian.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Nov. 29.-r-Cap-tain
Wallace Schulz, a prominent
engineer who a few months ago
married a Russian princess, Nadejda
Troubetzkey, said to be the most beau
tiful Red Cross nurse in Europe, has
filed a complaint for divorce at
Green Bay, it became known today.
.Captain Schulz charges that the
princess has an undivorced husband.
Victor A. Turin, at one time an officer
in the Russian imperial guard.
credited with being dead, but who is
now declared to be alive and residing
in New York state.
GERMANY BACKS MEXICO
Government Recognized and Min
ister to Attend Inauguration.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 29. Ger
many har officially recognized the De
la Huerta government of Me co, ac
cording to : - atch printed today in
La Prensa, Spanish language news
paper published here.
The announcement came in a cable
gram from President Ebert to Dr.
Cuthberto Ridalgo, secretary of
foreign affairs of Mexico, iccoieing
to the report. The German minister
to Mexico has been instructed to at
te I the inauguration of General Ob
regon tomorrow night, the dispatch
says.
WIVES SLAIN, MEN HELD
Farmers Living 10 Miles Apart
Arrested for Similar Crimes.
RALEIGH. N. C Nov. 29. Charles
Davis and Samuel Shadrick, Wake
county farmers, were arrested in con
nection with the killing of their wives
today.
Although the men live ten miles
apart, it was said that the women
were slain almost simultaneously.
San Franciscan in Lead
' for War Portfolio.
CHAMBERLAIN IS POSSIBILITY
Harding Reported to Favor
Naming One Democrat.
WOOD HAS GOOD CHANCE
General Pershing Discussed, but
Belief Is That Army Men May
Be Disqualified by Status.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1920. by the New Tork Even
ing Post. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, Nov 29. (Special.)
Repeating what I said apologetical
ly yesterday in discussing possibili
ties for secretary of state namely,
that all of this kind of discussion is
of dubious taste and little value, and
only is justified as a record of what
actually is consuming a good deal of
the tirr.e of Republican leaders let us
consider the men wbo are mentioned
for secretary of war
! The discussions and surmises ' on
this point center chiefly about four
names Major-General Leonard Wood.
General Pershing, Representative
Julius Kahn of California, aShd Sena
tor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon.
Of these General Wood is the most
obvious. He has the favor of many
republican leaders, and that rather
important section of the army which
supported him for the presidential
nomination especially would be grati
fied at his selection.
Wood Inspires Devotion.
General Wood has in some degree
the - capacity that Colonel Roosevelt
had for inspiring; an almost extrava
gantly loyal devotion among his fol
lowers and those who come In con
tact with him. He is one of the very
small number of public men who can
be described as having a certain defi
nite national following. If cabinet
appointments were to be mad orr-the
basis that they sometimes have been.
with the Idea of cementing the loy
alty of factions in the party. General
Wood's selection wouis d one of
the most certain.
It is true that Mr. Harding, having
such a majority as he received, does
not need to consider the placating of
tactions in making his cabinet ap
pointments, and it also is true that
General Wood's friends do not need
to base their claim for him upon this
factor alone.
Halt of Deal la Attnnrd.
His qualifications for the office are
obvious. But. the same circumstances
which qualify him, also in a sense
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England for bearing- Some
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BOSTON, Nov. 29. The full bench
of the supreme court today sat in
judgment on the final stage- of the
litigation in -which several factions
of the Chritsian Science church are
involved in an attempt to determine
where control of the organization and
its several auxiliary activities rests.
The litigation was simplified some
what by - the wlihdrawal of Mrs.
EmiJie B. Hulin of Brooklyn, who had
claimed a voice in the proceedings in
her capacity as a first member of the
church, the governing body that pre
ceded the board of directors.
Miles M. Dawson of New Tork, her
counsel; said she believed- that all her
rights were fully protected in the pe
tition of Attorney-General Allen of
Massachusetts, which asserts that
under the manual oft the church the
directors are the governing body and
have the power to remove members of
the board of trustees.
Some 30 attorneys were present to
represent the v .rious Interests in the
five actions that had been grouped
for argument, including Charles B.
Hughes, ex-justice of the United
States supreme court; John L. Bates,
ex-governor of Massachussetts; Sher
man L. Whipple: J. Weston Allen,
attorney-general.Kdwln R. Krauthoff
and Charles F. Choate Jr. of New
York.
The judges "were Chief Justice
Arthur P. Rugg, Henry K. Braley,
Joh"n C. Crosby, James B. Carroll and
Charles F. Jenney.
Only 125 spectators could be ac
commodated. The early comers waited
patiently in the cold, some from 4
A. M-, untiJ the doors were opened.
Several spectators had come from a?
Car as London, England, anl Lou An'
eelfcs, CaL
- Edwhi A. Krauthoff moved that
the christian Science Monitor be di
rected by the court to print in full
the arguments of all counsel. Chief
Justice Rugg replied that there was
no . occasion for the court to make
anr ruling in the matter.
UTILITIES BOARD FLAYED
Klamath Falls May Vote to Abol
ish Commission.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 29.
(Special.) "It is the sense of the
mayor and council of Klamath Falls
that the Public Service commission of
Oregon is not functioning - in such
manner as to protect tie general pub
lic in the matter of regulation of gen
eral rates and practices of public
utilities in Oregon." The city council
by resolution adopted today suggests
placing upon the ballot of the next
election a proposal to abolish the
commission and to return to regu
lation of public service corporations
by the courts. '
: "It too often happens that rates
are advanced by the commission when
they should not be advanced," says
the resolution. Failure of the com
mission to compel improvement of the
local water service by the California
Oregon Power company is said to be
the reason for the council's attack.
TIRED OF BEING A DUMPING
Pork, Beef and Bread Come Down
In Cleveland, Ohio, Cuts Being '
3 to 1 1 Cents In Range.
SPOKANE, Wash!, Nov. 29. (Spe
cial.) Reductions of 10 cents a pound
in the retail prices of all pork meats
and 5 cents a pound on all beef cuts
became effective today at a number
of the larger markets. The retail
price cuts follow gradual declines of
from 4 to 6 cents ' a pound in the
wholesale prices of pork and beef.
A wholesale price reduction of from
4 to C cents a pound on pork shoul
ders and pnrk loins was announced
tcday by Armour & Co.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 29. A general
cutting of retail meat prices, ranging
from 3 to 11 cents a pound, bringing
prices nearer normal than at any
time in months, was in evidence
throughout the city today. Bacon
was cut from 46 to 35 cents.
The price of a 24-ounce loaf of
bread also was reduced from 14 to
12 cents today by a grocery company
operating a large number of stores
here.
LYNN Mass., Nov. 29. hoe manu
facturers, ot this city today made for
mal request of the Joint council.
United Shoe Workers of America, for
abolition of the wage bonus of 12
to 20 per cent that has been paid for
more than a . year.
Elimination of the bonus is neces
sary, according to the manufacturers.
in order to reduce their operating
Costs to the point wbcS the 100 fac
tories, normally employing 1500 op
eratives, may be reopened.
MURDER SUSPECT HELD
Pittsburg Police Arrest Man in
Connection With Pierce Death-.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 29 Jack
Moss of Philadelphia was arrested
tonight and, according to the police,
was held in connection with the kill
ing of Henry T. Pierce in his apart
ment at Philadelphia two weeks ago.
Clyde E. Edeburn, captain of de
tectives,, announced that Moss had
told him he was present when Pierce
was killed, but that the prisoner said
he had no actual part in the killing.
- Moss was arrested In a hotel here
late today. According to Captain Ede
burn, he told a story similar to that
of Marie Phillips and Peter .D. Tread
way, arrested in Wheeling, W. Va..
last week in. connection with the
Peirce .killing.
iioss told the' police, Edeburn said,
that he' waft one. of the four persons
who mads the trip from Philadelphia
to Wheeling in Peirce's automobile.
LONDON BUILDING BOMBED
Explosion Wrecks One Floor bnt
So One Is Injured.
LONDON, Nov. 30. A bomb was ex
ploded at 1 o'clock this morning in a
building occupied by a hide merchant
in Old Swan lane, near London bridge.
A floor of the building was wrecked
but nobody was Injured.
The bomb, fitted with a time fuse,
apparently had been left in the build
ing in a gripsack.
GROUND FOR EUROPE,
Four Bullets Fired at Vic
tim Prostrate on Street.
SLAYER CONFESSES TO POLICE
"Don't Care if I Hang To
morrow," Says Husband.
GIRL ENGLISH WAR-BRIDE
Shooting Follows Altercation
Noodle Resort Tragedy Is
Hinted on Departure.
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Mrs. Tessie Lotisso, apparently
about 3? years old, was shot four
times and mortally wounded early
this morning when she was attacked
near Fourteenth and Alder streets by
a man who, sh declared in her dying
gasps, was her husband.
Thus came to its culmination a ro
mance of the world war in which
soldier of Uncle Sam brought home a
bride from England who was to meet
her death at his hands within two
short years after the conclusion of
peace.
The shooting took place at 12:45
o'clock and the woman died at 1:15
A. M. at St. Vincent's hospital, where
she was rushed after she -had been
taken to the emergency hospital.
Police Make Capture.
He was captured by the police when
they went to 420 Hawthorne avenue,
tne address that the dying woman
had managed to mutter was where
they would find her husband, who,
she said, went under the name of John
Adams, although his real name was
Thomas Lotisso.
When the police arrived at the
house they found Lotisso and he of
fered no Resistance. y
"I was trying to make a good wom
an of her. I don't give a if
they hang me tomorrow. I did what
was right," was the comment of Lo
tisteo when he was booked on a charge
of murder at the police station.
Immediately after the shooting the
man fled east on Alder street, ac
cording to the only eyewitness of the
attack. . ' , -
Woman Dylna; When Found.
The woman was picked up In a
dying condition and was barely able
to gasp her name and that her address
was 420 Hawthorne avenue. She was
too weak to give any reason for the
attack.
At the police station Lotisso freely
told of the circumstances leading up
to the shooting. He said that he had
been employed at the Northwest Steel
company's plant here, but yesterday
laid off from work to follow his wife.
who, he suspected, was unfaithful to
him. He hired an automobile last
night, he said, and trailed his wife
to the noodle shop, where he found
her in company with two women and
a man.
"I forced hr to accompany me from
the restaurant and to get into the
taxicab," Lotisso said. "We drove
to . Fourteenth and Alder streets.
where we got out. After I had paid
the taxi driver I turned and saw my
wife running away. I ran after her
and when I overtook 'her threw her to
the pavemeiit and shot her. . I am
wholly to blame. No one else is re
sponsible.
"I had warned her to cease her bad
tricks and told her what would hap
pen if she did not desist."
The shooting was witnessed by only
one person, John Granell of 490 Clay
street.
- Ballets Reply to Cries.
According to Granell the woman
was walking on Alder street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
when the man approached her and
threw her to the sidewalk. She
screamed for help, but the man" was
said to have drawn a revolver and to
have shot her three times. She then
screamed for help again and the man
was said to have fired again. All
of the four shots took effect in her
left breast just above the heart.
Granell deolared that before he had
time to cross the street the man had
begun to flee and that, instead of
taking up the pursuit, he stopped to
give first aid to the woman.
C. R. Adams of Hood River was a
block away at the time of the shoot
ing and rushed to the scene. About
all that Mrs. Adams was able to gasp
out at the time was that it was her
husband who shot her. She said that
he went by the name of John Adams.
1 but that he was an Italian and that
his real name was Ludasso.
Autoint Takes Victim to Hospital.
O. T. Ott of 1086 East Salmon
street was passing nearby in his
Automobile at the time and was hailed
to carry the woman to the emergency
hospital where she, received first aid.
Mr. Ott arrived too late to witness
the shooting.
The woman was later removed to
St. Vincent's hospital, where she
died. , -
Other informants told the poiice
that the pair had quarreled in a
noodle parlor at 54 North. Fourth
street and a hurry-up call was sent
fnom that place for the police. Two
motorcycle men were dispatched to
the scene but by the"time they ar
rived the two had left.
Adams was said to have told two
girl acquaintances there when he
Concluded oa Page 6, Column 2.)-,
Help Toward Maintenance
of
Friendship With Panama
Believed Obtained.
ON BOARD STEAMER PASTORES,
Nov. 29. (By wireless to the Associa
ted Press.) Homeward bound from
his vacation trip to the canal zone.
President-elect Harding today told
friends aboard the vessel that he was
greatly pleased with the result of his
visit to the isthmus.
The senator said that not only had
he enjoyed his recreation and outing,
hut that he had gained much practi
cal knowledge about the problems
connected with the operation of- the
canal and had exchanged courtesies
with the officials of the republic of
ranama. wnicn ne oeiievea wouju neii
toward the maintenance of friendship
betweeji the two nations.
The Pastores. which left Cristobal
yesterday, encountered rough seas
during the night but got into much
better weather today as she headed
ndrtheastward toward Jamaica, where
short stop will be made tomorrow.
FUGITIVE FINALLY TAKEN
California Man Charged With Of
fense Against Sister.
MODESTO, Cal., Nov. 29. Word was
received here tonight that Lou Trlder,
alias Lou Parker, wanted in Modesto
on a charge of an offense against his
sister, had been placed under arrest
at Louisville, Ky., after he had shot
and seriously wounded a police officer
th';re.
"Trider made a spectacular escape
from Under-Sheriff Dingley of Mo
desto when he was being brought
here from Butte, Mont.. September 11,
1919, striking the officer over the
head with an iron hasp and then leap
ing from a fast-moving train near
Carlin, Nev.
A nation-wide search for him has
been conducted since.
DRAFT EVASION ALLEGED
Two Louisiana Farmers and Their
Father Are LJnder Arrest.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Nov. 29. After
more than two years" wandering in
South America, Mexico and western
cities of the United States. Tom
Caples Jr. and Joe Caples, farmers
of Shreveport, La., reputed to be
wealthy, were lnthe city jail here
with their father.
The three are charged with con
spiring to violate the draft laws.
GREED XAUSES ARREST
Lad of 10 Accuses Companion, 12,
of Holding Out Some Spoils.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. George
Smith, ten years of age, was over
heard by a policeman to accuse a com
panion, Harry . Prendergast, 12, of
"holding out" on him in the division
of spoils from housebreaking.
At a detention home today search or
the boy's clothing disclosed a re
volver, two boxes of cartridges and
$2.92, largely in pennies, in Harry's
possession. George had 4.15.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53
degrees: minimum, Jt degrees.
TODAY'S Bain; southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Mandates commission free of governmental
Influences sought by league council.
Page 4.
Fifteen auxiliary police cadets are slain in
Ireland. Jfage 3.
Doughty arraigned and hiding place of
$105,000 in bonds revealed. Page 2.
Woman glimpses real red Russia. Page 4.
National.
Railroad rets mandamus requiring Secre
tary Houston to explain refusal to pay
part of guaranty ceruriea oy commis
sion, rage i.
Navy to deport Fortlander from Samoa.
Page 0.'
Baker predicts new era for army. Page 8.
omestlc.
-Mark Sullivan discusses cabinet gossip
dealing with secretary o war in next
cabinet. rage -l.
Cases Involving control of Christian Science
churcn are arguea. rage j.
Results demanded by railway employes,
Paee 4.
Youth who spurns million-dollar legacy
does so as protest against system.
Pase 1.
Big -scale graft in repair bills charged in
UC Ol 31. 1J, uunmu
Chamberlain calls public to support Hard
ing to obtain, peace and speed rehabil
itation. rage .
z Pacific Northwest.
Wreckage ne r Cape Johnson believed to
be that OI barge rime. rage 22.
Harding pturality Is 63.657 In official
canvass of Oregon vote. Page 8.
Washington - soldiers' bonus to be tested
by a friendly suit. Page .
Train hits machine; one killed, three in
jured. Page 1.
Steamship operating concerns of coast. In
Seattle conference, decide against trans
Pacific rate war. Page 17.-
Retil prices of meats take tumble. Page 1.
Settlement of Rogue river fish war is at
hand. Page 8.
Sports.
Picking champion football team compli
cated. Page 18.
Herman ot held back by one loss. Page 16.
Canadians triumph in soccer league.
Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Wool men hope for tariff legislation at
short session. Page 23.
Advance in wheat checked by increase In
visible, supply. Page 23.
Stock market steadier with lighter deal
ings. Page 23.
Court decision on port bonuses to steam
ship companies sought. Pago 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
R. A. Booth is elected chairman of highway
commission. Page 1.
Frank Branch Riley's services to adVertise
Pacific northwest secured for another
year. Page 11.
Harold Hurlbut, Portland tenor, flees
Rome with wife and baby to escape red
terror. Pago 15.
Portland must fight for business supremacy
in northwest, says Mr. Dodson. Page 14.
Passage of appropriation bills predicted
by Representative McArthur. Page 14.
Packing house rata shock city fathers
Page 17.
Council takes step to consolidate freight
and passenger terminal facilities in
Portland. Page .
Eugene Member Chosen
to Succeed Benson.
$1,500,000 BONDS OFFERED
Bids on Road Work Paper to
Be Opened January 4.
UMATILLA GETS LOAN
Distribution
Counties
Route
of $600,000 to
to Match Market
Funds Ordered.
WHAT STATE HIGHWAY t'OW
MISSIOX DID YESTERDAY.
' Elected R. A. Booth of Eu
gene chairman to succeed Simon
Benson, resigned.
Ordered sale of $1,500. 000
bonds for road work, bids to be
opened at next meeting. Janu
ary 4.
Approved as federal-aid proj
ect paving of road nine miles
south from Corvallls.
Authorized loan to Umatilla
county for state road mainte
nance. Ordered distribution of ap
proximately $600,000 to counties
to match market road appropri
ations. ,
Agreed to improvement of
road between Burns and Sun-
tex. to cost approximately ISO,- J
000.
Agreed that Commissioners
Yeon and Booth shall survey
state and formulate comprehen
sive building policy for 1921.
Agreed that Commissioner
Kiddle and Engineer Nunn shall
go to Washington. D. C, with
Representative Bean to work
for Chamberlain road bill.
With the election of R. A. Booth
of Eugene, senior member, the Oregon.
State Highway commission as at pres
ent constituted got under way yes
terday afternoon when an executive
session was held in the office of John
B. Yeon, just appointed by Governor
Olcott to, fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of Simon Benson. The
latter stepped out because of fric
tion with his colleagues.
After discussing in considerable de
tail the work of the commission, with
whichj Mr. Yeon was only in part fa
miliar, the members transacted what
business they could at this time and
decided that Messrs. Booth and Yeon
shall make a complete survey of the
state, making a personal trip of in
spection as far south as the Californ
ia line, shortly after December 1. for
the purpose of outlining a compre
hensive programme for the commis
sion to follow during the lear 1921.
Party to go to Washington.
Meanwhile, E. E. Kiddle of Island
City, the other member of the com
mission; Louis E. Bean, representative
from Lane county, and Herbert Nunn,
highway engineer, are going to Wash
ington, D. C, for the purpose of work
ing for the passage of the so-called
Chamberlain bill regarding road ap
propriations. A conference will be held there De
cember at which time this Dili
and one known as the Townsend act
will be discussed. That the Chamber
lain bill is vital to the interests of
Oregon is the conclusion of those who
have studied the two measures and
efforts will be made to have it put
through.
Indications of a vigorous pro
gramme of road-building for the new
year was evidenced by the fact that
the commission yesterday ordered ad
vertisement of 11,500,000 of bonds
bids to be opened at the next session,
set for January 4. Future sessions
will be held In the court house, as
heretofore.
Approximately $600,000, including
a surplus of J200.000 from Multnomah
county, was ordered distributed to
various counties throughout the state
to match their respective appropria
tions for market roads, as required
under the highway act
Improvement Work Slated.
The commission also agreed upon
the improvement between Burns and
Suntex as a part of its 1921 pro
gramme. This is a light grading job
and will require an expenditure of
about $0,000, of which the state is to
provide $20,000, Harney county $20,000
and the federal government- $40,000.
Paving of the road south from Cor
vallis for nine miles was approved as
a federal aid project, and a loan was
authorized for Umatilla county as a
maintenanie for state roads.
The commission ordered shipment
of the balance of the asphalt due the
state under its 1919 contracts, as this
will be needed during the year,
it is the intention of the members
of the commission to conduct an ag
gressive road-building campaign on
a well-worked-out programme, and It
is bellved that 1921 will witness great
extension to the state's already well
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