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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
i
MILLION EXPENDED
PHILIPPINE REGIME
HELD NEAR BANKRUPT
SUGAR PRICE FALLS,
LOWEST IN 6 YEARS
TOBOGGAN" CARRIES UHOJE.
SALE FIGURE TO $6.90 SACK.
GARDNER FITS INTO
FOR SOLDIERS' AID
NEW PRISON LIFE
WOMAN SUSPECT
I BOXCAR BAND T
nnrao
BIG SCHOOL VOTE
t REFUSESTOTALK
Mrs. Agee Declines to
Face Grand Jury.
SUSPECTS CAUGH
T
EXPECTED TODAY
j
City Club Urges Backing
for Citizens' Ticket.
MORE THAX 55 00 PERSOXS
XATIOXAD
B A
REPORTED
MAIL ROBBER GETS JAIL GARB
c-
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ACT.
ASOLVEXT."
AXD IS EXAM IX ED.
STATEMENT IS GIVEN PRESS
Many cx-Servicc Men Must Refund
Before Applying for Help
Under Bonus Law.
.Attorney Says, Widow Told
AH She Knew of Crime.
SWEETHEART ON STAND
Music Teacher Declared to Have
Been With Wife Xight Before
Husband Was Murdered.
Mrs. Harry Agee. through her at
torney, John Collier, refused yester
day to go before the grand jury and
make any statement whatever about
. the mystery killing of her husband
one week ago last midnight at 1770
Iruid street. A decision as to
whether or not a charge of murder
will be brought against her will be
'reached by the grand jury this
morning.
Mrs. Agre's attorney was asked by
the district attorney's office if she
would sign a waiver and appear in
the grand jury room as a voluntary
witness. The reply was marie that
she would not. Air. Collier himself!
made a statement to the grand jury
in regard to her attitude. What this
was is not known.
In a statemeut for publication, Mr.
Collier said:
"Mrs. Agce has already made a
complete statement of all the facts
o far as she knows them in connec
tion with the ' mysterious death of
her husband.
Statement!. Declared Garbled.
"Her statements tiave been dis
torted and garbled In. building up a
fabric of circumstances that can be
used against her.
"The woman's life is in danger.
She Is perfectly within her rights In
declining to appear before the grand
Jury. There are circumstances In
this case that she cannot explain and,
so far as known, no one can explain.
Surmises get us nowhere, and it is
inadvisable for Mrs. Agee to add to
this mass of uncertainties."
Deputy District Attorneys Ham
mersley and Tierce, who are handling
the investigation for the state, have
believed all along the woman's atti
tude was a wrong one. They have
maintained at all times she should
have a square deal and have tried to
eliminate her as the chief factor in
considering the case. Were there any
way, even now, to remove suspicion
against her, they would be glad to do
ao, they said yesterday.
Attitude Considered Wrong.
Mrs. Agee's attitude was not that
usually taken by an innocent person,
officials commented yesterday. Were
there nothing to conceal, why try con
cealment? This was their unan
swered question.
In striking contrast was the will
ingness of J. H. Klecker. Mrs. Agee's
music teacher and alleged paramour,
to do everything he could to help clear
BP the mystery. He was an important
witness before the grand jury yester
SALEM. Or., June 17. (Special.)
Up until June 15, 1921, a total of
$916,638.65 had been paid by the state
to ex-service men on account of edu
cational financial aid authorized un
der a measure approved by the voters
at a special election held in the year
1919, according to a report prepared
here today by Sam A. Kozer, secre
tary of state. This money was dis
bursed to 5545 persons attending 147
different institutions in the state. The
attendance at each of the schools
ranged from one to 1271 persons.
Of the total amount disbursed,
(783.42 was on account of expenses
of the state superintendent of public
instruction in investigating the va
rious educational institutions and j
S3221.S9 paid for interest on certifi
cates of indebtedness made, necessary
because of a shortage of funds pre
ceding the first day of January, when
money for the operation of this law
becomes available. The aid was dis
bursed in amounts ranging from (5
to 400. Quite a number of the ex
service men attending various insti
tutions have received the full two
years' benefits under the law.
"Many of those attending the Ore
gon Agricultural college. University
of Oregon and other leading institu
tions of the state have completed
their courses," Mr. Kozer said in his
report, "and as a result the demands
on the educational fund during future
years will not be as great as heretofore."
The bonus law, passed at the last
session of the legislature, requires
that any sums heretofore contributed
by the state for educational or other
purposes must be refunded before the
person accepting such aid is entitled
to benefits of the soldiers' act. This
applies both to cash bonus and loans,
according to Mr. Kozer.
Pair Held in Connection
With Phillips' Killing.
Exports
Failure
'A at; Prices Fall;
? tasc; U. S. Congress
to Grant Belief.
BULLET WOUND IS EVIDENCE
Bloody Revolver, Bandages
Found in Hotel Room.
CONFESSION IS REFUSED
Officers Swoop Down and Cap
turc John Bjirns and Dan Casey.
One Found Under Bed.
LOLITA ARMOUR TO WED
Simplicity to Mark Marriage to
James J. Mitchell Today.
CHICAGO. June 17. Miss Lolita
Armour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ogdcn Armour and James J. Mitchell
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Mitchell of Chicago, will be married
tomorrow at the home of her parents.
The marriage will Join two of Chi
cago's best-known families.
The ceremony will be performed by
Bishop Herman Page fcf Washington.
Duncan Forbes of Rockford, III., wl'l
be best man and the bride will be
attended by Mrs. Itobert Hunter of
Pasadena, Cal., sister of the bride
groom, as matron of honor.
Extreme simplicity, it was said,
will mark every detail of the ceremony.
(Concluded oa i'db't Column i.) .
FORTUNE AWAITING NURSE
Corvallls Woman Among Heirs to
$1,000,000 Estate.
CORVALLIS. Or., June 17. (Spe
cial.) Word has been received here
by Mrs. Daisy Luton that she is one
of the heirs to the estate of her
grandfather in New York city, valued
at 4, 000,000. The exact number of
heirs to the property she does not
know.
Mrs. Luton is a professional nurse,
having been engaged in that work for
the past 15 yArs. Her grandfather's
name was Wycoff, and though he died
some time ago, documents necessary
for the disposition of his vast prop
erty were but recently located.
BOND SALE IS PROTECTED
ircscott, Masli., Man Contends
Taxes Xow Are Too High.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., June 17.
(Special.) S. Pettyjohn of Prescott
today obtained a temporary restrain
ing order to prevent the county com
missioners issuing, selling or dispos
ing of any of the proposed $400,000!
Donohue road bonds for road No. 3,1
to and through Prescott.
Judgj Mills set Monday, June 27, as I
the date for the hearing. Pettyjohn
objects to the improvement at pres-1
ent on the ground that taxes are too
high now.
jBUNKER HILL CELEBRATED
Observance of 14 6th Anniversary
Is Held In Charleston.
BOSTON. June 17. Bunker Hill
day, the 146th anniversary of the bat
tle of Bunker hill, was observed to
day in greater Boston.
The celebration centered in the
Charleston district, vvnere patriotic
exercises were helJ.
MAN, 77, ON LONG HIKE
Desire for Variety Sends Charles
Gilbert Through Two States
BL.D, Or., June 17. (Special.)
Charles Gilbert, aged 77, fell ex
hausted by the roadside this morn
ing as he was entering Bend, after
ending a weary pilgrimage of hun
dreds of miles, which started from
the Grants Pass poor farm on March
1. He was found and cared for by
Sheriff Roberts, and probably will be
returned to Grants Pass.
The old man craved a variety of
experience which he did not get at
day and went readily, without being! the poor farm, he explained, so he
urged. Indeed, he would have signed, teft tne institution. . He traveled
the waiver given him without reading! through Ashland, northern California.
It if officials had permitted it This Klamath Falls and Kirk before reach
paper was a formal agreement upon ling Bend. Almost the entire journey
his part that should a charge be I was made on foot.
. brought against him in connection
with the case he was quite willing
that evidence he might give could be
used against him.
Klrrker Telia Story.
"Were Klecker's attitude similar to
that of Mrs. Agee it was said there
is no doubt that he would face grave
'charges in connection with the case,
for he has no alibi on the night of
the Agee killing. He played in a band
that night, after which he went to the
Henry building where he is janitor
and later went to the home of his sis
ter, 1184 East Harrison street, where
lie lives.
He said he read a while and went
to bed shortly after 11 o'clock. He
was alone in the house, his sister be
ing away on a visit with relatives. But
he was up about 5:30 the next morn
ing, he said, to go to his work. His
sister's home is several miles from
the Agee home, yet the officials have
only his word for It that he spent
the night on East Harrison street
However, his seeming frankness was
declared in his favor and his story
was believed.
Acquaintance la Described.
It was surmised that he told his
etory to the grand jury yesterday.
Also that he told of intimate relations
with Mrs. Agee, whom he has known
for the last three months, giving her
trombone lessons. It is known that
the two were together the night be
fore the murder, when Mrs. Agee
reached home after midnight.
One witness declared Sirs. Agee had
told Klecker she no longer cared for
her husband and that she had told
him if he didn't like her to receive
the attentions of other men he knew
what he could do. Mrs. Agee was al
leged to have had an Infatuation for
Klecker, which was shared only in
a lesser degree by him.
Klecker was the last witness in the
case to go betore the grand jury, and
after his appearance in the afternoon
the jurors took an adjournment until
this morning at 10 o'clock. It was be
lieved they wanted to consider the
Suspected of being the two box-car
bandits who shot and killed J. H
rhilllps, O.-W. R. & N. agent, in a
gun fight, in the railroad yards in
Mock's bottom Tuesday night, John
Burns. 26, and Dan Casey, alias Pat
rick J. Casey, were arrested by a
squad of city detectives, railroad op
eratives and deputy sheriffs at a ho
tel operated by Burns at 129 Vi Rus
sell street late yesterday.
Shortly after the arrest the two
men were identified by Harry Pat
terson, itinerant laborer, as the two
men he saw in the yards Immediately
preceding the shooting of Phillips.
This identification, according to of
ficers in charge of the man hunt, may
prove that the two men are the ones
who were implicated in the murder.
Ballet Wound In Evidence.
Casey har a bad bullet wound in
the right arm and another wound in
the right breast. This corresponds to
the belief of police officers that one
of the two men who shot Phillips was
wounded, as a trail of blood was found
leading from the scene of the shooting
to a pile of ties in the vicinity, where
the bandits, apparently lay barricaded
for a time after the murder.
The arrest yesterday followed a
man hunt which has been conducted
unceasingly since the shooting.
The officers secured the.ff!rst (ylue
of the whereabouts of the two alleged
bandits in the nature of a "tip" given
to Detective Bob Phillips, cousin of
the slain man, two days ago.' This
was followed up and Burns was lo
cated at his hotel Thursday. Since
that time until the arrest late yes
terday officers had been shadowing
him in the hope of locating his part
ner befon taking any definite action.
Nil Resistance Ottered.
Information received by the police
that the partner of Burns was in one
of three hotels, one of which was
operated by Burns, resulted in a sim
ultaneous search of the three houses
k yesterday afternoon and the arrest
OI two men. ieuiicr oi me j.wj wi
fered any effective resistance, as they
were caught before they could pro
cure their revolvers.
I'nder the leadership of Lieutenant
V -o aGTON, D. C. June 17. The
Philip. e government is facing bank
ruptcy, Major-General Leonard Wood
and ex-Governor-Gencral Forbes de
clare in a cablegram transmitted to
day to congress by Secretary Weeks,
who asked immediate action on a bill
authorizing the island government to
increase the limit of indebtedness
from J15.000.000 to J30.000.000.
General Wood and Mr. Forbes, who
are investigating conditions in the
islands for- President Harding, said
the national bank, with which the
island government, provinces and mu
nicipalities are required to deposit
all funds, is "practically insolvent.
"The government cannot purchase
exchange even to meet current and
running expenses payable in the
United States," said the message,
'and have to ask our local bank not
to present its circulating notes for
redemption. Cash reserves are now
about 10 per cent of legal require
merits. If the bank should fail it
would mean practical bankruptcy of
the Philippine government, which
would continue until new resources
became available, besides bankrupt
ing many provinces and municipalities
which have been required by law to
deposit all funds with the bank
We feel the faith of the United
States is pledged in support of sol
ver.cy of the Philippine government
and the situation is eo critical we
concur in urging immediate relief on
the genert lines recommended by the
governor-general in extending the
debt-making power of the govern
ment."
Secretary Weeks also informed con
gress that he had received a message
from acting Governor Teater to the
effect that the "situation was getting
worse."
The war secretary also transmitted
to the house a communication from a
Mr. Fairchild, who, he said, was one
of the leading American business
men in the Philippine islands. Mr.
Fairchild said government revenues
were falling short, particularly cus
toras, sales and income taxes.
"All export products stagnant
prices falling in many cases below
cost production," Mr. 1'airchild's mes
sage said. "Many failures; many
more expected. AJ.1-attempts -to ob
taiiip financial relief or business en
terprises from-sources other than the
federsO government will fall because
of uncertainty regarding the future
political status.
The house insular affairs commit
tee has favorably reported the bill
to increase Insular indebtedness to
S30.000.000.
(Concluded on Page 4. Column
SLAYER OF TWO PAROLED
Young Woman Who Killed Father
and Stepfather Freed. .
ST. LOUIS. June 17. Mrs. Daniel
E. Miller, 17 years old, formerly Ur
sula Broder'c, who killed her father
in 1916, was paroled today.
She was sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary . for the murder of
her stepfather, Joseph Woodlock, in
1919. I
Federal Refining Company An
nonnces Reduction of 15 Points
on Fine Granulated Product.
Gone are the days when the faith
ful husband must mortgage the old
homestead to purchase a sack of
sugar. On a market that is still re
ported to be weak sugar hit the to
boggan yesterday and slumped down
to 16.90 a sack wholesale back to the
lowest price quoted since 1915.
One year ago today sugar was
quoted at 124.60 wholesale. The high
est price it reached from 1915 to date
was (26.30.
'The price quoted yesterday was 2
cents lower than that of Thursday
and a further decline .is expected.
It is reported that in some sections
of the city retailers went the whole
Balers one better yesterday and sold
sugar at 16.80 a sack.
NEW TORK, June 17. A further
reduction by the Federal Sugar Re
fining company of 15 points on fine
granulated to the basis of 5.60 cents
a pound today established the lowest
level reached in more than five years.
M1THI, S. TREATY
Alliance Hostile to Amer
ica Impossible.
CHAMBERLAIN VOICES VIEWS
Position on Anglo-Japanese
Pact Made Clear.
Taks That Will Be Assigned to
Xew Inmate Xot Vet Determined,
as Warden Is Away.
CASPER, Wyo., June 17. The Mid-
West Refining company and the Ohio
Oil company today reduced the price
of all grades of Wyoming crude oils
10 cents a barrel, making the second
cut within a week and the fifth this
year. Posted prices today were
brought to the lowest level in over
four years.
The new prices follow:
Grass creek, Grey Bull, Torchlight
ana ilk Basin, 11.13: Lance creek,
i.io; Rock creek, 75 cents: Pilot
butte and Hamilton, SO cents; Mule
creek, 70 cents: Salt creek and Rio-
.uuaay, ta cents; Lander, 33 cents.
DOG WITHSTANDS WRECK
Animal Guarding Auto of Prisoner
Stays by Post.
Hans Miller, 124 Knott street, was
arrested yesterday and sent to jail
for 20 days for driving an automobile
while drunk.
In Miller's machine, which was
taken to the police station, was his
setter dog. The animal guarded the
machine until mid-afternoon. Mrs.
Miller, the imprisoned man's wife.
finally came and took the dog home.
While Miler's car was parked in
trout of the police station a machine
driven by Paul G. Young collided
with the automobile, breaking off a
wheel. He was arrested. This arcl.
dent, however, did not drive away the
dog.
ROAD UNIT COMPLETED
Pacific Highway to Oregon City
Xow Is at Glenmorrie.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June 17. (Spe
ciai.) The Pacific highway from
Portland toward Oregon City, which
is being Improved by the state high-
ay comm'ssion, was completed as
far as Glenmorrie.
This, according to the announce
ment of Resident Engineer Young,
narked the finishing of two-f'fths of
the entire project. Two crews of men
ere being kept at the work in the
effort to finish It by schedule time.
September 30. The road, according
to Mr. Young, will be opened at this
me if no unforeseen delay ocours.
PEACE, CO-OPERATION AIMS
Continuance of Close and Inti
mate Friendship With Ally Held
Government's First Concern.
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LONDON, June 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Austen Chamberlain,
government leader in the house of
commons, declared in the house this
afternoon with regard to the renewal
of the Anglo-Japanese treaty:
Although I do not in any way wih
to prejudge the action of the imperial
conference, it is right to say at once
that we shall be no party to any
alliance directed against America, or
under which we can be called upon
to act against America."
Mr. Chamberlain made this state
ment during debate on the agenda
for the forthcoming imperial confer
ence.
"I think it will be found possible."
he continued, "to reconcile our desire
for a perfect understanding and close
co-operation with the people of the
United States and the continuance of
our close and Intimate friendship with
an ally who acted so loyally on the
occasion, when the alliance became
operative and rendered euch valuable
support to the empire during the war.
Confidence First Concern.
'That, after all, must be the object
of any British cabinet, any British
minister, or any government of any Of
the dominions or India. Surely, It
must be their object to secure such
confidence, such an understanding
and such- co-operation among the
great Pacific powers as may prevent
that new competition in armaments
of which mention has been made.
and to secure the peace of that great
ocean and the lands abutting upon it."
Mr. Chamberlain, replying to the
argument that the conditions which
necessitated the Anglo-Japanese al
liance had passed away, said he
agreed to this, but that it was neces
sary to have regard to conditions in
the future.
He refused to believe, he said, that
the alliance had given rise to any
real misconception or misapprehen
sion in America, except among people
who were misinformed, but. in any
case, he declared, there was no reason
for such apprehension or to miscon
ceive Great Britain's determination to
maintain friendly relations with her
American kinsman.
Irish Question Touched.
It is considered extremely unlikely
that the premiers ot the British
dominions will consent to a discus
sion of the Irish question at the
comine imperial conference, notwith
standing a decent statement by Wins
ton Churchill, secretary for the colo
nios, that 'the government was will
ing to have that problem included in
the agenda.
POIXCARE COUXSELS CACTIOX
TACOMA. Wash.. June 17. Hoy
Gardner, beginning service of hi
50-year term at McNeil Island federal
priKon near here today, was rapidly
adjusting himself to prison life.
Officers said Gardner was In good
humor and seemed unperturbed by his
confinement. He ate an especially
hearty breakfast this morning and
sitpt well following his arrival at
the prison from Centralia at S o'clock
last night.
The prison physician, after exam
ining the captured outlaw this morn
ing, declared he was one of the finest
physical specimens he has seen.
Warden Maloney was not at the
penitentiary this morning and until
he retflrns, Gardner will not be as
signed to his line of work. He was
registered, put into prison clothes
end otherwise forced to enter the
routine of convict life.
That lfoy Gardner apparently never
gave up hope until he was behind the
bars was the declaration of J. B.
Holohan, United States marshal of
San Francisco, who passed through
Portland yesterday morning on his
way back to California after deliver
ing the notorious outlaw to the prison
officials at McNeil's Island.
Mr. Holohan said that Gardner
seemed to be watching all the time
for a chance to make another escape.
He added that while waiting for the
boat at Stillacoom to go across the
sound to the island the prisoner
asked if it wasn't about time to take
off the handcuffs.
The prisoner, he said, maintained
his Jaunty air all during the trip to
the prison.
W. G. Chandler, special agent of
the Southern Pacific at Dunsiuuir. '
was with Mr. Holohan.
ELECTION INTEREST IS KEEN
Anti-Catholic-Labor Alliance
Also in Field.
$950,000 TAX LEVY UP
Four Director Will lie Chosen
and Decision .Made on Hull
Inj of Funds.
Interests in Facinc Held to uc.
niand Extreme Care.
PARIS. June 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Raymond Poincare,
former president of France, writing
in the Revue des Mnndes concerning
an alliance between Great Britain
and France, which has been discussed
In political circles for the past few
weeks, says:
"Such an alliance, which might have
the gravest consequences at some fu
ture date and upon which some day.
war and peace might hang, can only
be definitely decided upon after ma
ture reflection.
"We are friends of Japan, but Eng
land is the ally of the mikado's gov
ernment. Tomorrow a thousand
questions may arise in the Pacific
between the United States and Japan,
which would intensify racial strife.
"How far would England be drawn
in by her alliance? Nobody can say.
It is then our duty to preserve our
liberty, so as not to be ourselves In
volved in the entanglements."
Dr. Gaston de Cunha,, president of
the council of the league of nations,
has addressed identical notes to the
nrlme ministers of France, Great
Britain, Italy ami Japan with regard
to the urgency of having the approval
Of the unuea stales m sciiiemenis
between themselves before decisions
can be taken by the council on man
dates for the former German colonies.
The contents of the. note have been
communicated to the United States
government.
AGREEMENT COUNTED LIKELY
London Times Gives British View
on Disarmament.
DALLES HAS CHERRY WAR
I,ow Bid by Canners Leads lo Co
operative Marketing.
THE DALLKS. Or., June 17. (Spe
cial.) All the elements of a three
cornered cherry war, with the grow
er reaping the advantage of competl.
tlve bidding by the buyers, are begin,
ning to take shape in Wasco county.
Two canneries are the lowest bidders
for Wasco county cherries, offering
4 cents a pound.
Many local cherry growers have
joined the Oregon Growers' Co-operative
association, however, and are
marketing the!.' fruit through that
organization by shipping cast. It
is expected that these growers will
tcallze from I to 10 cents a pound
upon their fruit.
AUTOS CRASH; NONE HURT
Group of Notables in Narrow Es
cape in HlgliHay Wreck.
MARSH FIELD, Or., June 17. (Spe
cial.) Nine or ten persons riding in
two heavy automobiles narrowly es
caped injury last night when elth'er
L. J. Simpson or Frank Daily mis
judged the width of the pavid high
way and their machines craved to
gether near a curve at Bay Park.
Wheels were torn from both the
Simpson and Dally cars and the
automobiles were badly wrecked. K.
C. McCormlck. vice-president of the
Southern racific, Mrs. McCormlck
and several other guests were in the
Simpson car and none sustained
bruises of any extent.
SCHOOL KI.F.t'TIO FACTS.
Tolls open at 1- o'clock nnn
today and close at t o'clock
P. M.
Any cltiicn. male or female,
21 years of age, who has re
sided In the school district for
30 days, can vote for school
t'Irector.
To vote for the S-mlll levy,
in addition to having the qual
ifications to vote for director
it is also nccescary to hat
property In the district or show
the election Judge satisfactory
evidence that the elector baa
stock, shares or ownership In
any corporation, firm or co
partnership which has property
in the district, as shewn by the
last county assesmcnt, on
which it pays a tax.
Vote early; do not wait until
nirht
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
LONDON, June 17. In a lengthy,
double-spaced editorial, the London
Times this morning discussed a dis
patch from Its Washington corre
spondent Interpreting the attitude of
the Hardtng administration and
American opinion on the general aa-
pects or ii , Tt(1 boxcar ouiiaw
IConcluucd oa I'g 3, Column 1.) 1'age 1.
The Weather.
TESTER-DAY'S Maximum temperature, 3
degrees; minimum, aj decrees.
TODAY'S Fir; westerly winds.
I-'orelan.
Philippine government reported near
bankrupt. Huge 1.
Britain will no! be party to any treaty
directed snalni-t t'nltcd Slates. Psse 1.
American cltlrcns held In Greek army.
Page t.
Domestic.
Nurse testifies Mrs. Sllllman adWsed
Indian of birth of tiuy. Page S.
Labor federation gels henind parking
house workers in wage oi.puic. case..
National.
Senate re.lerta its own psrker bill an
passes that ox nouse. t-aga .
Pacific Northwet.
Oregon ex-service men benefited by state
war funds must repay unacr ponus iw.
Pace 1.
Wet tourists dah for Vancouver, B. C.
Page o
Mrs. southard to be tried in higher court
Page !.
Gardner adaput himself to new prison lit.
Page 1.
Farmers organise Oregon co-operative
council. Page 4.
Kporta.
3J1 entries llstrd for nortnweat go. I
tournament. Page l-'.
Paclflo Coast league results: At Port
land 8. Ios Angeles 4; at Seattle 0,
San KranclM-o ."; at los Angelea,
Vsrnon 7. Wait Lake 4: at San Kran
rlpco, Oakland t, Sacramento 4.
Page 12.
New York-Multnomah dual meet to be
snappy. Page 12.
Dempsey handles negro heavyweight liko
baby, page u
Commercial and Marine.
Wool trading Is broader with moat aetlvllj
In Oregon. Page 19.
Hot weather responsible for wheat ad
vance at Chicago. Page 10.
Selling "f stocks for both accounts con
tlnuea. , Page 18.
Swirteagl sails with wheat cargo.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Strawberries yet on local market. Tags 10.
Playgrounds open today for the summer.
Page 10.
Two men caught with narcotics Indicted.
Page 11.
710 Portland high school students gradu
ated. Page t.
Truster blamed la Kplscopal suit. Page 13.
Sugar price falls to I DO a sack. I'.ire 1.
Big vote expected In school election today.
Page 1.
Woman suspect refuses to talk. Page 1.
suspects caught.
Today two elect ions will be held:
One to elect four school directors and
the other to vote a special tax of 1
mills. All citizens who have lived In
the school district for a month or
more can vote for the directors, but
to mark a ballot for the levy the
voter must show substantial evidence
to the election Judge that he or she
owns properly or owns stock in a
concern that dues. It is not necessary
to be a registered voter.
The main Issue appears to be In
the selection of the directors, whether
the citizens' ticket shall be elected or
the set of candidates being backed by
a combination of the anti-Catholic
societies and organized labor. The
four candidal "! on the citizens' ticket
were drafted by a committee appoint
ed by the City club, which made a
survey for the best material In the
community.
Tea Candidates on Ballot.
There' are ten candidates on the
ballot. The citizens' ticket consists
of Mrs. James Ileggs, Charles It.
Moorcs, LV V. Llttlefleld and K. C.
Summons. The combination ticket
of anti-Catholics and organized labor
curries the names of J. K. Martin,
W. J. H. Clark and George P. Klsman,
and for the fourth place George IS
Thomas Is used on the orange colored
slip, while the name of W. K. Kimxey
1 used in lieu of that of Thomas on
ethers. James C. Cjino is apparently
on no special tirket.
aiany teachers are supporting the
candidates who were brought Into the
field by the City club for the very ex
cellent reason that Mrs. Ueggg and
Messrs. Moores, Llttlefleld and Gam
mons are under no pledges or prom
ises to any organization or cllqui,
but have given their word that they
will give their best thought to the
welfare of the schools In thia dis
trict. Heavy Vate Expected.
That there will bo a heavy vote
this afternoon is the general belief.
Interest In the school election has
warmed up in the past few days. Last
year when the election was held.
June 19, there were 8917 votei cast
for director, and on the levy then
proposed there were 732 votes cast.
This time there are more directors to
he elected and there is a substantial
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CA.NDIDATES ARE
DORSED.
The Oregonian recommend,
the followintr candidates for
t school director in today's elec
tion: ,
MRS. JAMES BEGGS
CHARLES B. MOORES
E. V. LITTLEFIELD
E. C. SAMMOXS
Tolls open at noon and close
at 8 o'clock.
Any citizen, 21 years of age.
who has resided in the school
t district SO days is qualified to
t vote for school director, even
I ., J
tnougn not rcgisiereu.
4 For the 3-miIl levy, the
f voter must own property
within the district or show evi
dence that he or she owns
stock in a corporation or con-
cern which owns property in
the district on which it pays
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