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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY. JANUARY 7. lf21 13 5 POUNDS OF Washington Growers Unable to Dispose of Crop. ANNUAL SESSION HELD to Action Transportation Decrease Cost Held to ot Rail Be Absolute Necessity. SPOKANE. Wuh., Jan. 6. Sheep raisers of Washington have nearly 5,000.000 pounds of wool from the 1920 crop which cannot be disposed of at any price, declared Thomas J. Drumheller of Walla Walla, president of the Washington Wool Growers' association, in an address to the an nual convention of that organization Which opened here today. There is absolutely no market for wool." said Mr. Drumheller. -Wash ington sheepmen raised at least 5.000. 000 pounds during the last year and still have 90 percent of it on their hands because there is no market. Action by the wool growers to de crease the cost of railroad transporta tion of sheep from the winter gras ing arena to the mountains was de clared hy Mr. Drumheller to be an ab solute neressity. lie predicted an early agreement with railway offi cials on the subject. Sinr Rental ,to Prevail. E. N. Cavanaugh..northwest govern ment forester, announced before the convention that there would be no raise in rental for grazing privileges in the I' nlted States forests of Wash lngton state. Mr. Cavanaugh urged the woo men to enter an agreement with the government relative to the leasing of federal forest property. He aaM this step was necessary to keep grasing charge&.at a minimum. Upward of 200 wool men are at tending the convention, which will come to a close Saturday. All prob lems as they pertain to the sheep range industry will be thoroughly studied by the delegates. The convention at a late session today unanimously passed a resolu tion to have members of the associa tion give a common set of rules to their employes telling how they can assist the United States government in fire prevention and insisting that the instructions be carried out. The action followed a short aidrcss hy Forester Cavanaugh to the effect "hat cattle and sheep men are blamed to a great extent for forest fires. Non-I'ardsan Plan Rejected. The plan introduced by representa tives of the non-partisan league to es tablish a woolen mill here or at some western point and have the sheep men themselves have their wool made into cloth and other articles was defeated by the delegates. At elections held early in the day Mr. Drumheller was re-elected presi dent and J. F. Sears of J'rosser named secretary. Advisory board members named follow: Everett Butler. Yak ima; B. Dickinson, Walla Walla; (leorge Prior, Yakima; William Mer cer. Prosser, and A. J. Jacket, Fall bridge. G. H. Plummer, official of the Northern Pacific railroad land de partment, announced to the conven tion that all grazing privilege rates on land of the Northern Pacific would be reduced 25 per cent. to the decision of the supreme court against the Machinists International union, holding secondary boycotts il legal, was predicted today by V. S. Gauthier, acting president of the union. It might take the form, he said, of a movement to repeal the Sherman anti-trust act. He said the Sherman law was en acted to "deal against unfair combi nations and It has been utilized to gether with the amended Clayton act for regulation of trades unions. Action of the supreme court In the machinists' case had nullified the good of the Clayton act, "passed as benefi cial to labor," he continued, adding: "It now stands in the position of forbidding labor to seek assistance of its friends in carrying on a peaceful campaign against non-union or an tagonistic corporations." L FAVORED BY BOARD Sectarian-Trained Teachers at Disadvantage. UL KUDERS CO TONIGHT CEREMOX IAD . AT TACOMA IS TO BE ATTENDED. Reservations for More Than 200 Shriners Already Reported to Have Been Made. The divan of Al Kader temple. Mystic Shrine, headed by Frank S. Grant, illustrious potentate; Al Kader patrol, under command of Captal William Davis: the band, dancin girls and chanters, together with 150 members of Al Kader temple, will leave Portland at 11 o'clock tonigh for Tacoma. where they will particl pate in the northwest ceremonial in honor of Ellis Lewis Garrctsou, un perial potentate. Mayor Baker, Judge Stapleton an W. J. Hofmann, imperial representa lives of Al Kader temole. will jour nev to Tacoma on the Shrine special train as guests of Potentate Grant All past potentates of the tempi will also accompany the delegation as guests of the temple. According to Hugh J. Boyd, re corder. reservations made for the trin no to last nicht numbered 200 and it is possible that an additional hundred will register for the trip today. The Portland Shriners will arrive Tacoma early tomorrow morning and will be guests of Afifi tempi a breakfast shortly after arrival. The Al Kader patrol and band w'ill pass the morning receiving delegations coming from all parts of the Pacific coast. Duenna the afternoon tne Portland Shriners will be taken on sightseeing trips in and about Ta coma, and at t o'clock will be guests at a banquet to be served in the Ma sonic temple. Following dinner, the Al Kader Of ficials and members will witness the remonial. A large class of novices will be led over the "hot sands" and in addition some special features will be introduced In which the Imperial potentate will figure prominently. The Portland delegation will return to Portland early Sunday morning. LOYALTY PLEDGE ASKED CHILD RELIEF DRIVE LAGS EIGHTEEN OREGON COCXTIES FAR BEHIND QCOTAS. Some Communities Have Relumed No Fund and Others ghow "Deplorably Slow" Work. "VIRCl.N" WOOL SCITS WORN Material for Clothing of Delegates Costs About 911. YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. . (Special.) Yakima last night sent to the annual meeting of the Washington State Wool Growers' association, In Spokane, probably the best dressed bunch of delegates that ever left this oily. They comprised Yakima sheep men, every one of whom wore a new suit tailored from "virgin" wool, as contrasted with cloth composed part ly of "shoddy." or wool previously manufactured one or several times into cloth and again reduced to shrede for re-use. The sheep men some time ago agreed to go to the convention thus attired. They made a dal with an Oregon woolen mill for the cloth, which was guaranteed to be com posed entirely of -"virgin" wool, and which came in a variety of nifty pat terns. It cost, laid down here, 114 a suit. The tailoring was done in Yakima shops and cost about $35 a suit, depending on the quality of lin ings, fittings, etc.. and other details. Clothing experts declared that the suits, when completed, were superior to those which have been selling here at from $75 to 185. The wool men announced their' in tention to make a deal for further supplies of similar cloth from some northwest mill, to be sold to others desiring to follow their example. They also went to Spokane expect ing to put on a campaign, through the association, for more general con sumption of mutton. Eighteen of the 38 counties in Ore gon are far behind In their quotas for European child relief, according to Frank 1. Gollehur, state manager of the campaign. Some of these counties have done practically noth ins. while in others the work has been "deplorably slow." Gollehur finds. Here Is the way the 1 coun ties are rated in a Hat at state head quarters: Grant, very bad; Clatsop and Wheeler, bad; Crook and Curry, poor; Jefferson, fair; Gilliam. Lake, Mor row, Sherman and Tillamook, fair; Klamath and Lincoln, doubtful; Yam hill, no report; I.ane and Linn, just started: Harney, no report. The counties rated as "doubtful "just started or no report" are counties where the work is so young that no noticeable results have been obtained. Grant county has about given up hope of getting its quota, according to the county chairman. H. L Kuhl. A check from him for $125 was the total received with the word that the responses were such that addi tional effort would be wasted. The county's quota was $1200. In Clatsop and Wheeler counties soliciting has met with little better results than In Grant. 20 AUTOMOBILES BURN Garage Fire at Aberdeen, Wash.. Causes $30,000 Loss. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Damage estimated at $30,000 was done last night by fire which partially destroyed the Stlllwell ga rage. 402 West Heron street, totally destroyed 20 automobiles in storage there and partly ruined IS others. Dick Stafford, night foreman at the garage, received minor burns while trying to save property. Half of the damage is said to have been covered by insurance. Three automobiles were saved. The building is the propertv of Robert Elliott, a south Elma rancher. The fire is believed to have started in the furnace room. At the time the fire was first seen the entire back of the building was in flames. IHMLL5 MAY SEEK POST CHANCE IN ICONGRESSIONAL RACE ADMITTED. Support of Henry J. Allen for Pres ident Declared Merely Feeler in Behalf of Friend. BLIND CHAPLAIN RETIRED 20 Years' Service in House of Rep resentatives Concluded. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-Rev. Henry N. Couden, the blind chaplain of the house of representatives, was retired today after more than 20 years' con tinuous service. The house unanimously voted him an allowance of $125 a month for life and made him "chaplain emeritus" of the house of representatives. LABOR TO FIGHT LAW Motemciit to Repeal Trust Act May Be Launched. WASHINGTON. Jan. . Early unit ed action by organized labor in reply CORVALLIS. Or.. Jan. . (Special.) When shown a copy of a Portland evening paper tonight which stated that he would be a candidate for con gress in case Benton county was placed in a new district, C. E. Ingalls of this city admitted that he might make the race. "The article," ha added. "Is not en tirely correct In its statement that the Gazette-Times carried a Henry J. Allen-for-presldent masthead for months preceding the Chicago con vention. Mr. Allen and I have been warm personal friends for years and I sent up a trial balloon on his behalf In the winter of 1919. "I learned from him immediately that he wouldn't be a candidate and the Gazette-Times then came out for Harding. That was long before he was mentioned in Oregon. A week or so before the primary The Oregonian conducted a newspaper poll and I voted for Harding as my first choice, being the only editor so voting, as I remember it. As Harding was not en tered in the Oregon primary I sup ported Wood, who carried Benton county by more than 1500." Instructors in Public Schools to Be Required to Certify Their Al legiance to Government. That public normal schools are th proper place to train teachers for th public schools of Oregon was inti mated by the school board last night in the adoption of a resolution sub mltted by W. F. Woodward. "In considering applications teachers for positions in the elemen tary schools of this district, prefer ence shall be shown those who are graduates of standard courses public normal schools as listed by th United States bureau of education. read the resolution adopted by the board. "I believe we should support th public normal schools which, traln.ou eoung men and women to be teachers In our public schools," said Dfrccto Woodward, m introducing the resolu tion. "Next In Importance to sup porting our xonstitutlon and its ideals I believe we should give support our public school system and the pur poses for which it stands." Resolntlon Causes Debate. The use of the word "public" t& distinguish the normal schools was a first objected to by A. C. Newill, director. He said that in the cas there were ceveral fine private normal schools for teachers, and h did not think it wise to limit th schooU for training to "public" ones alone. Director Woodward explained that he did not object to private normal schools which were non-sectarian l.ut that he believed that as a general rule sectarian schools did) not give as fitting a preparation for public school teachers as public normal schools. Ho said, however, that he did not wish the sectarian question to enter into the discussion. When questioned, D. A. Grout, city superintendent of schools, stated that in Oregon the only normal schoo Canada to Eliminate Strikes. OTTAWA. Jan. . Elimination of strikes and labor disputes In the building industry of Canada through standardized wage agreements and contracts Is contemplated in a plan to be considered by the Association of Canadian Building and Construc tion Industries at Its annual session in Winnipeg, beginning January 19. which is non-sectarian is the Oregon Loyalty Pledge Demanded. Mr. Woodward emphasized the fact that his resolution did not In any way prohibit the consideration of any teacher's application, no matterwhere she had received her education. Ho said that the ournose of the resolu tion was to favor the giving of pref erence to those trained in public normal schools, approved by the Lnited States bureau of education Loyalty to the government as proper qualification for a teacher was mentioned by Mr. Woodward in another resolution adopted at yester day s meeting. The resolution is I pledge to be taken by teachers as fol lows: An applicant for a position as In structor in the public schools of this district. I desire by this to attest my absolute loyalty to the government nd constitution of the 1 nited States, my belief In and determination to support the common school system of the nation' and of this district, to do all that lies within my power to pro mote the efficiency and well-being of these schools, rendering faithful serv ice and loyal support at aU times. attesting thereby my belief that and through this system of common free public education lies the true foundation of those standards and ideals upon which our nation was founded and rests." Objection to Critics Cited. Frank L. Shull. director, added clause stating that teachers should r.ctively support and fndorse the sys tern of government in the United States. 1 have been very much surprised tc find that there are teachers in our schools who point out the faults of our government, not realizing that It is the best in the world." said Mr. Shull. "We do not want in our pub lie schools, teachers who are in sym pathy with socialism and bolshevism. A large delegation of residents from St, Johns appeared before the board at the opening of the meeting to ask the status of the question of purchasing property for the proposed new James John high school. The report of George S. Edmond- stone, superintendent of properties, regard to the Burt-Neff and Ca pies-Raymond tracts was read. The board decided to hold a special ad journed meeting Thursday night at :30 to consider the purchase of a site. New Buildings Requested. Delegations of parents from Capitol Hill, Gregory Heights and Multnomah c.hool districts also waited upon tne board with requests for new buildings additions to present structures. Petitions were presented by spokes men for each delegation. Capitol Hill asked for an office and est room for teachers. Gregory Heights wants the first unit of a new school, sidewalks, a play shed and adequate lighting, according to the petitioners. Multnomah has had port ables for seven years and needs a new school, it was stated. Bond Issue Forecast. "A bond Issue is the only solution of the problem," said George B. Thomas, chairman of the board. "Some will be disappointed because we don't make the small amount of money available, do for all. We must meet the most pressing needs first." D. A. Grout was chosen to attend the superintendents' convention in Atlantic City early In the spring. New standing committees of the hoard were announced by Chairman Thomas as follows: Buildings and grounds, George M. Orton and A. C. Newill; finance and judiciary, W. F. Wood ward and Mr. Orton; supplies and equipment. Frank L. Shull and Mr. Woodward; educational affairs, A. C Newill and Mr. Shull. "raises a rough-house" at least three J nights a week. The effect of the liquor is either to make him "fdel like fighting" and strike his wife "like a punching bag." or to make him like a "jumping-jack and high hurdler." Convinced that the "white mule" will kill her husband eventually. Mrs. -faeters avers that in her belief it would be "better to have him die somewhere else" for fear if he were around her she would be accused of murdering him. The Masters were married In Vancouver, Wash., Febru ary 11, 191$. Because her husband, Isaac N. Fletcher, drove away their "regular boarder," who had been with them eight years and was the "means of support of plaintiff and her son," Anna B. Fletcher asks a divorce in a suit filed. Her husband compelled her to support herself by taking in washing and selling crocheted caps, she declares, and when she ate some food bought with money he had re ceived from the state industrial acci dent commission he told her she was "devouring his life's blood." Other divorce suits filed were Lora against Ray E. Walker, Joseph F. against Elizabeth M. Schuster. Ida against John Antilla and Felicia against Louis Peters. WIFE STEALING CHARGED HUSBAND SAYS ROBBER TOOK $100 FOR HONEYMOON. . Warrant Out for Accused Mate on Larceny Con nt love Quad rangle Covers 3 Continents. MADISON, Wis., Jan. . A warrant charging grand larceny against Pierre 1'aul Auther, Highland Park, 111., chemist, reported missing since Janu ary 1, was issued today after Philip Franzen, a University of Wisconsin employe, told the polioe Auther had "stolen his wife at the point of a pistol" and forced him to furnish $100 for a "honeymoon" which Auther and Mrs, Franzen were quoted as saying they were going to take. Franzen said his wife left their baby with him. Franzen, in a statement of a love quadrangle covering three continents. made charges of double bigamy, gun play and infidelity. Auther, his wife Highland Park, Franzen and his wife, who. he says, left hts home with Auther after telling him that she had married Auther 13 years ago in Aus tralia, were characters in the story told to the police. CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Mrs. Ellen Har vey Auther, wife of Pierre Paul Au ther, tonight expressed little surprise when informed of the statement of Philip Franzen in Madison, Wis., that Auther had "forced him at the point of gun to sign a paper waiving all claims against his wife and then had left Madison with her." I have felt ever since he disap peared January 1 he had not met with an accident, but that he had gone to some other woman. I have found several love letters signed 'Charlotte'." Auther, she said. Immediately after their wedding began "spending her dowry of $2000 on other women." Mrs. Auther, wso served in France as nurse, said she was certain there was no truth in reports that her hus band might have been murdered be cause of secret formulas for aniline dyes he was said to possess. VIOLINIST ASKS SI 3, riA.YIST IS SUED FOR ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT. Jan Rubinl Says Salvatorc San- taolla Refused to Carry Out Terms for Theatrical Tour. It cost Jan Rubinl. Portland vio- inist, $1.1,600 in canceled contracts when Salvatore Santaella, pianist and orchestra leader at the Rlvoli theater, abrogated an agreement to play his accompaniments, Rubinl harged in a suit to collect that um, filed in the circuit court yes terday. Under the terms of a. contract en- ered into November 7, 1919, it is asserted, Santaella was to go on tour with Rubinl for a three-year period at a salary ranging from $85 week for the first three months to 90 a week for the last six months. Railroad expenses were to be paid by the violinist. One paragraph in the alleged con tract set forth that Santaella "had een accused of misconduct in some theaters." by reason of which he had een forbidden to appear on the tage in those theaters. If he should unable to appear at any theater uring the tour on that account It was provided that such inability would immediately terminate the contract with Rubinl. On September 3, 1920, Santaella, in San Francisco, refused to carry out the contract further, Rubinl com plained, with the result, he avers. that he was compelled to abandon a months' contract on the Pantages rcuit at $600 a week, to his damage the sum of $3,600, and a contract for appearances in Great Britain and urope for 12 months at 100 a week, to his injury in the amount of $10,000. MOONSHINE HELD OOCIE WOMAN FEARS ILLICIT LIQUOR MAY KILL HTSBAND. Mrs. Smith to Visit Parents. FORT WORTH. Tex., Jan. C Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, charged wit.i the murder of Jake Hamon of Ardmore. Okla., arrived here today en route to El Paso, where she said she would visit with her parents until the date of her trial is set. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070, Automatic S60-95. Wife Wants Divorce Before Fatal Hour so She WiU Not Be Accused of Murder. Fear that overindulgence in moon shine would kill her hysband. and that she would be accused of murder ing him if be died "somewhere around her." Is the ground upon which Sarah Masters asks for a di vorce from Harry Masters in a suit tiled in the circuit court yesterday. Since early In December. 1920, Mas ters has bought moonshine continu ously, says his wife; drinks and ICENSE WAR STARTS Today Last Day of Grace for Sofl- Drink Stands. A partial check of soft drink estab lishments by the police yesterday re vealed 26 which were being operated without a 1921 license. The list is said to include some of the larger drug stores on the west side. The east side has not yet been checked. Announcement wa'snade last night that today would end the period of grace. Beginning tomorrow, soft drink stands and soda parlors which cannot show a 1921 license will be closed until the proprietor complies with the law, according to the police. The cost of a license is $1, regardless of the size of the store for which It is issued. Wiley Lewis, owner of a stand at 94 North Fifth street, was recently arrested and placed under $50 bail for operating without a license. CHINESE-MERCHANTS LAND 25 Silk Magnates in Seattle En Route to New York. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 6. TwSnty five Chinese silk merchants en route to the international silk exposition in New York the week of February 7 arrived here tonight and will be en tertained tomorrow by the Seattle China club and the Commercial club. The party arrived at Victoria. B. C. last night on the liner Empress of Russia, Included in the delegation are: I Ting JU ljlllg, wiiu wpcmico LUo Pasteur aieam mature oi onaugnat. is interested in 26 filatures in various parts of the republic; Zee King Yung Takes More Than That Whep the public' rebelled against high prices it had about as much money as usual, but decided it was time to call a halt. To stimulate buying many mer chants made slight price concessions and still the public held off. It takes more than that it takes drastic reductions, which must be gen eral throughout a stock prices that meet the public's idea of what they should be. Loss or no loss, stocks must be so priced or remain on the shelves. And the public's demands are not un just, for they've paid the price. This Store realizes just that. Every reduction is real every Shoe priced to sell! The wholesale market on Shoes will not go low enough during this year of 1921 to enable anybody to find Shoes of known merit at these nrices ae-ain. I sav w " frankly, if you want Shoes, Buy Now! In this sale nobody is making one red cent of the public, but the store is taking a genu ine loss running well into the thousands. It must hold its customers and gain more. These Prices Save You Exactly What They Say: MEN'S SHOES $13.70 $12.70 $12.70 "J. & M." $20 to $22.50 Tan Shoes "J. & M." $18 to $20 Black Shoes "Dr. Reed" $17.50 Cushion Shoes... $16.00 to $17.50 "Bostonians" . . . $12.00 to $14.00 "Bostonians" ... $12.50 to $15.00 "Bostonians" . . . $10.00 to $12.50 Shoes WOMEN'S SHOES $2.70 $4.70 $6.30 $7.00 to $12.00 Shoes and Pumps, broken sizes $10.00 to $15.00 Shoes and Pumps, broken sizes $10.00 to $15.00 Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps.... $11.30 ....$6.30 $12.00 to $16.00 Shoes and Low Shoes. $12.50 to $16.50 Shoes and Low Shoes $12.50 to $17.50 Shoes and Low Shoes Boys' and Girls' Shoes Priced in Proportion C. W. Shively, for Staiger Shoe Co. 292 Washington St. Between 4th and 5th is owner of the Double Deer filature; Wo Tsing Pah, owner of the Golden Anchor filature, and Dee Tunquay. a Tussah merchant of Shanghai, who is a prominent business man ot China. They are accompanied by three girl reelers and skilled machinists. Tho party will leave for New York Satur day. ... Representatives of the national as sociation of the raw silk Industry of Japan will arrive in Seattle about January 11, en route to New York, NITRATE SELLERS SILENT Chilean Producers Make Xo Com ment on Robbery Charge. VALPARAISO. Chile. Jan. 6. Offi cials of the Nitrate Producers' asso ciation, re-presencing 98 per cent of the production of the country, de clined today to comment on the charges made in the house in Wash ington by Representative A. B. Almon of Alabama on Friday that American farmers were being robbed by an all"eged Chilean nitrate trust. El Mercurio, however, said it is not the first time the question of paying tribute on Chilemn nitrate has been attacked in congress. Regarding Representative Almon's statement that Chilean nitrate had cost American farmers 153,000,000 in port duties since 1879, El Mercurio remarks that .if nitrate was not indis pensable to them, the North Ameri cans would not buy it. The export duty on nitrate is two shillings six pence for 46 kilos. It is estimated that the government derives more than 52 per cent of its annual income from the Industry. New Ship Keels Laid. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 6 The keels of two new government steam ers, the Canadian Transporter and the Canadian Trader, were laid at the Coughlan shipyards here today. Seven hundred men are engaged at the yards. Read The Oregonian classified ads. WOKEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never sus pect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition they may cause the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness. are often times symptoms of kidney trouble. Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be Just the remedy needed to overcome such condtions. Get a medium or large size bottle Immediately from any drug store. However, If you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer Sc Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writ ing be sure and mention this paper. Adv. Neuralgic Pains Give Way to Soothing Wizard Oil. Hamlin'. Hamlin's Wizard Oil is a safe, sim ple and effective treatment for both headache and neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain is, it eases the tortured nerves and almost invariably brings quick relief. Keep a supply on hand. Wizard Oil Is a good dependable preparation to have In the medicine chest for first aid when the doctor may be far away. Its healing, anti septic qualities can always be re lied upon as a preventative against infection, or other serious results, from sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, bites and stings Just as good, too, for sore feet, stiff neck, frost bites, cold sores and canker sores. Generous six. bottle 85c. If you m troubled with constipation or ftlck headache try Hamlin's Wizard I.lvar WhlDS. Ju.u DleaMinl lltii. nlnfe plus at druggists for 30c Adv.