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G THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921 ML BONUS ISSUE IS TO BE S3, Soldiers' Bonus Commission Starts to Function. BIDS TO BE OPEN SEPT. 28 Offer of lowest Interest Kate to Be Accepted Few Apply for i Jobs as Appraisers. SALEM. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) Frovislon for a bond sale in order to procure the funds provided by vote of the people under the soldiers' bonus and farm and home loan was made by- the world war veterans' state aid commission, today at the conclusion of a ten-hour session. The Initial issue will be for $3,000,000- and bids will be opened. September 28. The call for bids pro vides for the sale of bonds at par to the lowest bidder on interest rate, not to exceed 6 per cent. In choosing this method of selling bonds the commission expects to get the ad vantage of later prevailing prices and get the lowest possible interest rate. Rapid Progrremi Made. Rapid progress In laying the foundation for bonus administration made possible the action taken today. The forms of application for loans of all kinds had previously been worked out and approved and the methods of organization and - administration agreed upon. While no official statement was made by the commission it was learned from a well informed Bource that the commission plans to put out the detailed application forms within the next two weeks and then begin the active work of establishing eligibility of ex-service men on an aggressive scale so that a large number of disbursements can be made wtien the money is received from sale of bonds. Indications now are that the pay ments will be made in a large number of cases by Thanksgiving day. Adop tion of the basic rules and regulations occupied most of the time of the commission today. Forty sections were adopted unanimously amplify ing the law and establishing vital decisions and methods of procedure. Several of the legal points covered by the rules and regulations must await pending decisions of the attorney-general, it was learned. New Joha Deferred. Appointment of attorneys and ap praisers was deferred for a full meet ing of the commission and until ap plications are at hand from all coun ties. About 200 applications are now on file, half of them being from aspiring examiners of titles. Appraisers' jobs do not appear to be so eagerly sought, judging by the comparatively small number of applications, the present supply being insufficient- to fill the positions required by law. Meeting to Be Held Today. It was decided that attorneys and appraisers shall not receive compen sation of any character from the state and that the administration of law among the counties shall not be at public expense. Two more meetings of the committee will be held in quick succession in order to effect a num ber of decisions now pending. The next meeting will' be on Friday of this week and the second meeting next Monday. Today's meeting;. was held In the offices of the commission in the United States bank building and was attended by Governor Olcott, George A. White, adjutant-general, Lyman G. Rice of Pendleton, Arthur C. Spencer of Portland and Harry C. Brumbaugh, secretary of the commission. war, and he said that he had for months suffered from a severe at tack of shell shock. He felt that he ought to get away somewhere. According to the young man's story he is 26 years of age he recollected nothing more until he "came to" while sitting on a bench in Pershing Square. He said he knew that he had spent four nights sleep ing in that nark. When he waked up he asked . A companion in misery who was sit ting by his side what city this was. He was informed that he was in Los Angeles. At once his mind and mem ory returned, and he reported his situation to Inspector Cookson. going to the federal building as he was di rected by a man he met on the street. Mr. Cumbus said that the hat he had on was not his; that he had lost his watch somewhere, and that the shirt he had on he had never seen before. He had in his possession $3 in cash, but where he got it, or what he did with his money, if he had any when he left home, or how he got to Los Angeles, he does not know. He was hungry, frowsy and unkempt, and seemed to be almost in a state of physical collapse. So strongly did he Impress Inspec tor Cookson with the truth o his story that he was ordered sent to the hospital to be cared for. His mother and sister, who live in the Georgia town, were communicated with by wire, and instructions asked as to his care and disposition. Mr. HEARTLESS PARENTS MALTREAT CHILDREN Humane Society Uncovers State-Wide Brutality. CASES ARE NUMEROUS Little Bodies Bruised and Maimed With Whips, Knives and Other Instruments of Torture. At least one case of cruelty to chil- dren has been reported every day for the last 30 days to Mrs. F. W. Swan ton, general manager of the Oregon Humane society. Every complaint when investigated was found to be Bills extending the time for the payment of grazing fees in the na tional forests from September 1 to December 1, this year, were Intro duced simultaneously in the house to day by Representatives Arentz of Ne vada, and Taylor of Colorado. mm ARMS PARLEY DENOUNCED Presbyterian Pastor of Seattle Sees Danger In Conference. THE OREGONIAN NEWS B0REATJ. Washington, D. C, Aug. 9. Dr. Mark Mathews of Seattle, ex.-moderator of the Presbyterian assembly of Amer ica, in Washington today prepara tory to starting on a lecture tour, denounced the coming disarmament parley as "the most dangerous con ference ever called." He conferred with Senator Poln dexter and announced his intention to support the senator for renomina tion next year. AUTOIST TAKES PLUNGE Salem Realtor Has Miraculous Es cape From Death. SALEM, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) D. E. Hart, member of a local real estate firm, had a miraculous escape ARCHITECTS SKETCH SHOWS NEW MATERNITY ANNEX TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL. 1HBT wi otwiiw -i wnJaiigT THEODORE B. WltcOX MEMORIAL, HOSPITAL. . The Theodore B. Wilcox Memorial hospital, now under construction at the corner of Twenty-second and Mar shall streets is nlannprl to care for maternity cases only. The hospital, whicn will be a unit oi tne Gooa Samaritan hospital, was made possible by a gift of $125,000 by Mrs. Theodore B. Wilcox In memory of her husband. The building will be a three-story concrete structure ana win De nreprooi. n win De v oy ou icet in aize "a will accommodate 28 or 30 cases, according to the plans prepared by Lawrence & Holford. The lower rioors will have eight double and 12 private rooms and the top floor will be fitted up with operating rooms. On this floor will also be an X-ray room, nurses' work room, sterilizing room and waiting room. The hospital is located opposite the Good Samaritan hospital. The cornerstone of the new unit was laid June 11, with .Bishop waiter uayior aumner in cnarge or me cere monies. It is expected that the building will be completed early In 1922. GIRL SEES LOST CAREEH 3 3 -YEAR-OLD DACER BTJRXED BY GAS RANGE FLAME. Miss Margaret llelser Meets With BadAccident, but Has Presence of Mind to Jump In Tub. Margaret Helser, 13 years old, wept last night in a ward in St. "Vincent's hospital for fear her career as an aesthetic dancer would be ended by ecars from burns on her arms. Miss Helser has been studying to be a professional dancer for several years and was preparing for a dance at 8 o'clock last night when she bent over the flame of a gas range and eet her dress on fire. She was wear Ing a dancing frock of flimsy ma terial wuuen turned rapidly. When the girl . saw what had happened she ran from the house. her motion fanning the fire. For tunately a tub of water was standing-) lust outside the door and she had presence of mind enough to jump into it ana sit flown. This extln gulshed the flames on her skirt, but her bodice was still ablaze, the fire einging her hair and scorching her lace badly. Her mother, Mrs. Maude Helser snatched a rug from the floor and followed the girl to the yard, where she smothered out the fire with it An ambulance was called to the family home, 1427 Commercial street, and Miss Helser was taken to St. Vincent's hospital. She was badly burned about the arms and chest and on one hip. Although her burns were painful, her first thought was about her dancing career and she wept to her nurse in fear that scars would disfigure her so she could not appear in public again. Y, IN POVERTY, MUST TRAVEL AFOOT Colonel to Take Command on 2586-Mile Hike. MODE CAUSED' BY ORDER STo Transportation Allowance Available for Soldiers Follow ' ing Readjustment. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Colonel Herman Hall and his command, the 19th Infantry regiment, recently or dered from Camp Sherman, Ohio, to the Presidio at San Francisco, are to march the 2586 miles across the con tinent instead of coming by rail, it was announced today at ninth corps area headquarters here. With the information that Colonel Hall is to lead his troops afoot, mak ing at best 20 miles a day. plans for the turning over to him of the com mand of the Presidio have been In definitely postponed. It is estimated the earliest date Colonel Hall can reach San Francisco will be January 1, 1922. Discovery that Colonel Hall and his troops are to march to the coast was made, officers said, when the general order for the readjustment of the troops of the country was studied for provisions regarding al lowance for transportation. Instead of the usual transportation, it was found that the order directs ail offi cers and troops to "proceed by marching." The marching order -will also apply to troops of the 32d infantry now stationed at the Presidio, which have been ordered transferred to various army posts in California, Oregon and Washington, it was said. Orders were issued from- corps headquarters ' today in conformity with the order from. Washington for officers and troops now stationed at Fort Lawton, Seattle. Wash., to pro ceed by marching from their present post to Camp Lewis, Wash., near Ta coma. This distance is about 60 miles. Corps officers would not comment on the probability of the marching or der being cancelled. They said the matter was in the hands of the army chief of staff at Washington, D, C. Cumbus said his sister assisted him in the postoffice work. It is the opinion of the physicians ho examined the unfortunate man that his condition is due entirely to the hardships of .the war and shell shock. YOUTH HELD AUTO THIEF Harry Knecht, Aged 19, Arrested by Patrolman' Taylor. Harry Knecht, 19 years old. 3840 East Fifty-second street Southeast. was arrested at his home last night and held under $1000 bail charged with larceny of an automobile May 24. Patrolman Taylor of the auto theft department made the arrest after a hunt which lasted from that date. Tavlor first arrested Knecht. to gether with Thomas Abrams, at Sixth and Taylor streets, June 7. On the way to the station house tne two youths got away and only Abrams was recaptured. He is now serving a three-year term at the penitentiary. Knecht. it is said, confessed to steal ing a number of cars and accessories in Portland, Oregon. City and The Dalles. The confessicm is said by the police to include activities in knock ing down and reassembling cars in order to sell them. Altogether five machines were stolen by the two, In addition to pilfering from parked cars, according -to the confession. ROCK THROWERS ESCAPE Deputies Fail to Get Bombarders of Refreshment Parlor. Efforts of deputy sheriffs to find persons who laid down a rock bar rage on the Multnomah Hazelwood from the cliffs towering above were fruitless yesterday. Shortly after midnight it was reported to the sher iff's office that vandals were hurl ing rocks down the hillside at the refreshment parlor, shattering win dows and breaking showcases. Deputies Rexford, Wilson, Mollen hour and Lamont responded. Though the bombardment was -continuing when they arrived on the scene, a few shots into the air appeared to quiet the rock artillerymen. Nor trace of them could be found. It was not thought that the shower resulted from a miniature landslide, as the rocks seemed to be hurled far into the air from the hillside. HOBO CLAIMS POSTAL JOB BEX CUMBUS SAYS IIK AVAS AMXESIA VICTIM. Officials Invostlg-atlng Story of Georgian Said to Have Suffered From Shell Shock. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. (Special.) A mysterious case, involving Ben I Cumbus, postmaster at Hahira, Ga., which is a presidential office, paying $1500 a year, has - developed in the office of Postoffice Inspector Cookson Mr. Cumbus told the inspector that the last thing he could recollect was that on March 1 he had written a letter to the postoffice department at Washington, asking for a leave of absence on account of 111 health. Mr. Cumbus was a member of a OFFICERS ARE EXAMINED Major Dusenbury Conducts Tests at Linn County City. SALEM. Or., Aug. 9 (Special.) Major James Dusenbury of the coast art'llery was in Albany today, where he examined officers who have ap plied for orders to attend the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe, Va On Wednesday Major Dusenbury will leave for Fort McArthur, Cal., to serve as Inspector of annual field training encampment of the northern California guard. - . Major Dusenbury is connected with the adjutant-general s offices here. Ackerman Successor to Be Chosen SALEM. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) The board of regents of the Oregon state normal school will meet here next Monday to select a successor to J. H. Ackerman, formerly president of the institution. It was said tonight that several persons had applied for the position. Although nothing defi nite has yet been given out by the regents it was indicated that Mr.. Ack erman's successor will come from an eastern state. The meeting of the regents will be held in the office of the state superintendent of schools, it was announced. Klamath Falls Man Dies. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) Fred Ramsey, who was committed to the state hospital here two months ago from Klamath Falls, died at the institution today. His body will be sent to Klamath Falls for burial. Mr. Ramsey was about 28 years of age and was prominent in the Klamath Georgia regiment during the world j Falls vicinity. true and often the actual conditions were found to be worse than the re ports. Four complaints of flogging and beating of babies reached Mrs. Swanton yesterday afternoon. "Normal parents find it hard to re alize that there are mothers and fathers in this city who abuse their children beyond belief," said Mrs. Swanton last night. "If they could see marks of whips on little bodies and wounds several inches long made by knives and other Instruments wielded by angry parents they would realize the conditions which exist to day." . Wave of Brutality Appalls. Mrs. Swanton considers the num ber of cases reported to her appalling and does not try to account for the wave of brutality to children which is sweeping over this city and the state as well. "Perhaps some parents always have been cruel to their children, and we just didn't know about so many of them," she said. "It may be that the publicity given recent cases in which court sentences were inflicted upon offending parents has made others dare to bring their complaints to us. In this way we may have been hear- ingabout abuses which have existed for some time, but have not been brousrht to our attention until ' re cently." Stepfather Wields Knife. A pitiful sight' was the little girl yesterday. She is 8 years old and lives with her mother ana stepiatner in St. Johns. Her stepfather lost his temper yesterday, and to show his displeasure with the child hit her on the back with a butcher knife, inflicting a wound five Inches long. The mother feared her husbana so much that she dared not report the matter, although she feared most for her child's life. A neighbor brought the news to Mrs. Swanton. Another case reported yesteraay was that of a year-old baby who is being mistreated by its motner ana grandmother. They apparently wisn to get rid of the cnua ana mane nu pretense of taking proper care of it. The baby is placed in bed in such a way that it will fall out n it turna over, and is otherwise abused. Ontnlde Caxea Numerous. Cases outside of the city are han dled by the local humane society as well as those in the city. When com plaints reach Mrs. Swanton she tele phones the sheriff of the county, and every time she has rouna tne results satisfactory, she says. Last week I heard of a father wno was living in a tent at Sherwood and abusing his six children," said Mrs. Swanton. I found mat tne oiaesi child, a girl of 13, was doing the entire work for the family and that she was being badly beaten by her father. At one time he had thrown a bucket or coia water on nn, Be cause she overslept in the morning. I turned the case over to the Wash ington county authorities." Child Tied to Bed. , , Mrs. Swanton recently ' received word from Hood River that a mother was neglecting her two-year-old child and tying it to the bed while she spent the night at dances. The sheriff and his wife, wnen notuiea from the Portland office of the so ciety, took care of. the child and finally brought the mother to a realization of the cruelty of her conduct. "I receive a great many anonymous letters," declared the general man ager of the society. I used to De lieve that such communications were not worth reading, but I have found that 99 out of 100 of them,, when in vestigated, prove to be true. I always read them now. I find that sometimes they are from distressed mothers who fear to incur their husbands' anger by reporting the case directly. Cases, Settled Oat of Court. "We prefer to settle these cases out of court and only three out of every fifty ever reach the courtroom. If we can frighten parents into treating their children properly that is enough. In nearly all cases the par ents are poor and if we put the father or mother in jail we accomplish noth ing. We desire to see the children cared for and If we can bring the parents to do so through our own ef forts so much the better." from death late last night when an automobile In which he was riding 1-eft the Wallace road two miles west of Salem and plunged down an abut ting embankment for a distance of about 30 feet. He was knocked unconscious and crawled to a barn nearly a quarter of a mile from the scene of the wreck where he regained his senses. He was badly cut and bruised, but his condition is not -considered- serious by the attending physicians. CHINESE KILL JAPANESE Five Slain and 17 Badly Hurt in Fight In Manchuria. HONOLULU. T. H., Aug. 9. Five Japanese were killed and 17 severely injured In a fight between 70 Jap anese residents and 60 Chinese police at Nlu-Chwang, Manchuria, according to a Tokio dispatch to the Shinpo, a Japanese language newspaper here. The dispatch says that, according to the Japanese version contained in dispatches reaching Tokio, the dis turbance arose out of attempts by the police to enter Japanese premises In the city without a permit. The foreign office has Instructed Minister Obata to Investigate the in cident, and protest to- the Pekin gov ernment if It appears that it was pro voked by the Chinese. SOUL BET HELD' GREATEST Psychologist Tells How to SaTe Man From Discouragement. "The greatest bet in Ufa is to bet on a human soul," said Dr. O. V. Push, psychologist, last night at the auditorium in speaking' on "Life's Greatest Bet Scientific Thinking." "Man will gamble on a ball game! cards, or any fool thing, from which way a chicken crosses the road to how many beans in the pot, but they won't take a chance on helping a human being to get on his feet. "A word, a smile at the right time, perhaps a financial lift may save a discouraged man from, a life of misery." PEAR CROP HELP LIGHT Meford and Roseburg Will Have . Big Yiertl or Apples. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) W. F. Drager of the Drager Fruit company returned to Salem last night after a trip through southern Oregon in the interests of . his corporation He said the pear crop would be lighter this year than in 1920. while the prices to be paid for the product probably would not be as high as in previous seasons. The apple crop is large. Mr. Drager said, especially in the Roseburg and Medford districts. Idahoans Invited to Picnic. Ex-residents of Idaho, especially of Canton and Ada counties, are invited to attend a picnic in Laurelhurst park Friday evening, according to announcement by O. V. Badley yes terday. Those attending will bring Does your bathroom Grazing Fee Bills Passed. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C. Aug. 9. (Special.) You can easily modernize your bathroom and make it a room that your guests will admire and your family appreciate. The beautiful designs and lustrous, pure-white finish of Pacific Plumbing. Fixtures will change the entire appear ance of your bathroom. Although Pacific Plumbing Fixtures have never been excelled in quality by any other brand in the entire world, they cost no more than brands of inferior qualgy. Back of every .fixture stands this iron-clad guarantee: "Every Pacific Plumbing Fixture is guaranteed forever against defects in workmanship and materials." ' Write for a copy of "The Book of Bathrooms" 56 pages brimful of helpful information to the house builder. PLUMBING FIXTURES 3H? FOR SALS BY ALL PLUMBERS Main Offices: 67 New Montgomery Street, San Factories: San Pablo and Richmond, California Branches: Los Angeles and Portland 3 Fmctones: San Pablo and Richmond, California li If Washington Keeps H Building Money at H Why Shouldn't We? (From the Dally Record - Abstract. Portland. July 27, 1031.) A Message to' Oregon State Board of Control and Other State, City and County Officials The State of Washington has a newly created body known as the department of business control, whose director is T. E. Skaggs, with offices at Olympia, Wash. The department Is empowered with the administra tion and purchasing of all materials, the letting of contracts, etc., for the following institutions: Western State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, Northern State Hospital. State Custo dian School, State Soldiers' Home; Soldiers" Colony. Washington Veter ans' Home, State School for the Deaf, State School for the Blind. State Peni tentiary. State Training School. State School for Girls and State Reforma tory. According to a statement issued by .Mr. Skaggs. no firm, not a resident of the State of Washington, has a chance to secure "a contract or to furnish supplies. In a letter ad dressed to the Record-Abstract, under date of July 25, Mr. Skaggs states: "We beg to say that we do not ad vertise out of our state, nor is It probable that we will award a con tract to a bidder outside the state." Recently the Oregon State Board of Control awarded a contract to a Montana firm for a $150,000 hospital to be built at Pendleton; a Boise firm secured the contract for the $100,000 auditorium to be built at The Dalles, and other large building projects were given to Washington contrac tors regardless of whether they were residents or non-residents. , What we want is reciprocity, and if the Washington officials exclude Oregon contractors and business houses from participating In their business. Oregon officials, too, must take similar action and exclude Washington firms from participating in the business being dona by our public institutions. The proposition can work both ways and Immediate action must be taken. Any official who wishes to ascer tain for himself can view the letter which Is now on file at the offices of the Daily Record-Abstract. HERBERT I,. FRANK, Northwratrrn Reprenrntatlve. 710 Uirii BldK 4th and Oak Stu Portland, Or. When equal or preferred chance is given to Oregon-made products in doing work and letting contracts, by so much it helps those who are employed to retain their jobs. If Oregon products are not favored somebody will get laid off and add to the unemployed. Associated Industries of Oregon their lunches. There will be enter tainment features. Veterans to Give Smoker. Veterans of batteries A and B will hold a smoker and house warming in the newly furnished quarters in the armory Friday night. Battery A has long had an organization of its vet erans and now the veterans of the more youthful battery B have been invited to Join in the festivities of the evening. Shoe Heel Causes Broken JLeg. Mrs. R. W. 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