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TIIE HORXIXG OREGONIAX, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1922 r HEW ELECTIDH LAW CAUSES CONFUSIOW Voting on City, School and Port Matters Set for May. OLD SYSTEM EXPENSIVE Initiative Measures, Bond Pro posals, Charter Amendments, All to Be Submitted Same Day. PUG ET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle Wash., Jan. 3. Seattle and King county are coming: Into a confusing political situation tnis spring: through the operations of the new state law rhlch requires municipal, school and Fort district elections to be held on one and the same day. Under the law the first Tuesday after the first Mon oay In May Is fixed as the day. It will ran this year on May 2. The law was enacted bv the last legislature chiefly at the instance of teattle and King county officers and taxpayers' organizations. Its purpose le to consolidate In one election day . the efforts that have heretofore been pread over separate elections at various times of the year, with promise of considerable saving In election costs. The law also provides that Initiative measures, bond pro posals, city charter amendments and ell such matters as require submis lon to popular vote, shall be set down lor the same election day. Old Srntfm Eifnlv(. Hitherto the annual city election has been held the first Tuesday after the first Monday In March, the city primaries having been held two weeks earlier. Election of school di rectors and election of port commis eioners have been held on separate dates early In December each year In the even-numbered years the congressional, legislative and county elections have come at the usual time in early November, with the big na tional and state events superimposed every fourth year. Fairly frequent special elections on bond Issues and other matters have helped to keep the county and more particularly the city, keyed up to al most continuous performance of what the campaign orators call the highest ci titles of citizenship. In every year It has been expensive. In every second year It has been exasperating, and In the big fourth years It has been ex hausting. The new law was passed In order to concentrate as much as possible, and to pull down the costs. The date was set farther along In the spring In order to allow better time for registration of voters which starts each year on January 1. Tenure of Office Affected. Present and prospective confusion arises from the fact that the general public, and few if any public officials, realized until recently how the new law would affect the tenure of men In office at the time of Its passage. Under the old law school directors and port commissioners went out December 31 of each year, their suc cessors having been elected early in December. With no elections In De cember. 1921, the men In these offices will hold over until June 1. 1922, when they will be superseded by those elected in May. But at the'same May election suc cessors must also be chosen for the school directors and port commis sioners whose present terms do not expire until December 31, 1922, and T'hlle the law makes no change as to the three-year term for' which school and port officers are elected, the legal advisers of both school and port districts say that the men elected next May will serve only until June 1, 1925, or two years and five months. By that time the new law will have become automatically adjusted to the three-year term provision. In this spring's election four school directors must be named, instead of two, and two port commissioners, instead of cne. City officials whose terms, under the old law, would have expired two weeks after the March election, will this year and hereafter hold unil two weeks after the election in May. Seattle elects three of its nine council men each year, its mayor every second year, while its corporation counsel, city controller and city treasurer are elected for four-year terms. It happens this year that all of these offices, save that of corporation counsel, are to be refilled. This, with the doubling up of candidates for school director and port commissioner, with one initiative measure already filed and other proposals sure to fol iow, points to a spring full of politics for city and county. JUDGE THOUGHT NOT NEEDED Senator Polndexter Not Much Im pressed With Congestion In Courts. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle, Jan. 3. Senator Polndexter will re turn to the national capital not very much Impressed with the need of an other federal judge for the western district of Washington. This is the opinion of men close to the senator, while those who brought the matter to his attention admit that they re ceived no encouragement to believe he would attempt to procure an amendment by the senate to the house bill creating and distributing 12 new judges, in which bill this dis trict Is not mentioned. Members of the western Washing ton bar called Senator Polndexter's attention to the evidences of conges tion In the district courts presided over by Judge Neterer and Judge Oushman. They were heard at length, but it Is said that the senator's only response was to point out the dif ficulty of procuring an amendment by the senate when no showing of the need of a new Judge for this district had been made before the distribu tion had been decided upon and the bill passed by the house. Bearing in a way to the same point, however, others who had opportunity to talk with Senator Polndexter may have succeeded In convincing him that the troubles and delays in the federal courts of this district are due to the scarcity of help in the office of the United States attorney. District At torney Kevelle has four deputies, three in the Seattle office and one stationed In Tacoma. Though new laws and new efforts at enforcement have heavily Increased the volume of work, there has been no enlargement of the attorney's staff. It is smaller than the office force of the legal ad viser of many northwestern counties and cities. MUltD.fc.ll niAnii 1J lit. l-'lljUDj Would-Iio Suicide Who Killed His Mother-ln-Iaw Recovering. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 3, Robert H. Watson, who shot and. Killed his mother-In- law, Mrs. Mary Bushnell, last Satur day, and afterwards shot himself, Is recovering from his self-inflicted wounds at the city hospital and will face a charge of first degree murder, according to announcement by the prosecuting attorney's office today. Watson, who is 62 years old, is well known to Deputy Prosecutor Mea cham, the county divorce proctor, hav ing visited the office several times in an effort to prevent his 20-year-old wife, thejAiughter of Mrs. Bushnell, from gening a divorce. Watson blamed Mrs. Bushnell for his marital troubles and was advised by Meacham several times to keep away from the Bushnell home. Saturday Watson called Meacham by telephone and told him he was going out to see his wife and take their baby away from her. The di vgrce proctor again warned him to stay away, but he persisted In going and the fatal shooting followed. MISSING GIRL FOUND DAZED Suilor From Warship Is Arrested as Assailant of Victim. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. . Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3. A 15-year-old girl, missing since New Year's eve, was found by the police early this morning lying in a dazed condition in a vacant lot within two blocks of her borne, in the southern part of the city, a victim of an assault. She is now in the city hospital in a critical condition. N. I Pulley, 23 years old, a sailor from the United States Ship New York, was arested a few hours later on the belief of the police that he la the girl's assailant. If the girl recovers, a statutory charge will be filed against Pulley, according to the police; if she does not survive, the case wlli be more serious. VETERAN AID WORK PLANNED Government Experts to Pass on Claims of Northwest Men. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3. Field representatives of the United States Veterans' bureau will resume their work in Oregon, Washington and Idaho tomorrow. The three state squads, consisting of med ical, compensation and vocational training experts, will establish tempo rary headquarters in the various coun ty seats, where they will hear and register claims for government aid of disabled service men. Plans also are being made to hear the claims of bedridden service men. The bureau now has disabled men in 24 northwestern hospitals. DECEMBER WET MONTH Astoria Records Show 7.S Inches of Rain In 31 Days. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) Notwithstanding the cold snap that prevailed during a portion of the month, December was an exceedingly damp one. The records at local Weather Observer Rosenberg's office show that the rainfall in the 31 days ended last Saturday amounted to 7.3 Inches and that the greatest precipi tation during any 24 hours was 2.85 inches, on December 11. There were' 16 clear and 15 cloudy or partly cloudy days. The maximum temperature was 58 degrees, while the minimum was 25 degrees above zero. This is the fourth consecutive week of east wind, an unusual occurrence for this section. This morning the temperature dropped to below the freezing point. tonight the mercury was higher and. as the barometer was beginning to ran, many believe that southerly winds with rain were due. 8 COMPANIES CHARTERED Vancouver, Wash., Rubber Concern Has $1,000,000 Capital. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 3. Articles of incorporation filed with Secretary of State Hinkie include the following: E. S. Saul corporation, Seattle, SluO.OOO. E. S. Saul, C. E. Meharfey and Beatrice E. Saul, manufacturers and Jobbers. Sequim Light & Power company, Se quim. Amendment Increasing capital stock from $3500 to S.'tO.OUO. Thompson Fishtail Propellers company, Seattle. 110,000. G. H. Thompson. John Currle, C. B. Hagen, l.oren King. E. W. Uoufchton. Patents and inventions. Commerce Building; company, Tacoma, $100,000. W. H. Miller, D. I. Cornell. Inland Steam Car company. Spokane, f'JO.Ooo. R. i Braden, J. w. Cowan, Lulu K. Braden. Pacific States Rubber company, Van couver. $1,000,000. A. M. Elliott, N. W. Merrlfleld. Sheller Motor company, Sunnyslde, $20,000. Roscoe Sheller and A. C. Fleming Enterprise Security company, Yakima, $15,000. A. R. Hunter, Gertrude E. Huntor, .(. J. Bartholet, Guy O. Shumate. Policeman Refuses Wage Cut. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) Owing to the fact that the city commission recently cut the monthly wage of the day policeman to 1110 from $130, Lew Hawkins has tendered his resignation. The cut in wages is In line with others that the city com mission has announced in various de partments of the city administration Early Filing Required. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 3. Appli cations to purchase lands or timber at the state public land sale on the first Tuesday in April must be in by January 15, State Land Commissioner Clark Savidge announced today, in order to give time for inspection worn. Ornheum matinee today. 15-25-FO-Ad. For the Last Times TODAY AND THURSDAY! cJACIC HOLT UiVUl Lit Gfflrf e Brnadhnmt's thrilling pluy and Stew art Kdward White's great novel. fMrturlsed in the actual life of the I -and of the Midnight hun. Scenic Weekly Two-Part Comedy Keates and Our Mighty Organ SHERIFF S INDICTED E Theft of Tools by Clackamas Official Alleged. INVESTIGATION LONG ONE Accused Official Declares That Al legations Are Result of "Frame up" by Enemies. OREGON CITY, Or. Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) William J. Wilson, sheriff of Clackamas county, was indicted today by the circuit court grand Jury on charges of larceny by bailee. Wilson was charged with taking tools belonging to C. E. Moulton and valued at $87.50. The indictment was the result of Investigation made by District Attorney Stipp and officials of the Northwest Law and Order league. The offense was alleged to have been committed March 4, 1920. Sheriff Williams, characterized the Indictment as the result of a political frame-up, said that those who insti tuted the investigation have been trying to "get" him for months. "There's nothing to it. I was not called before the grand jury, and, I will clear myself in court," ha said. Probe Made Since November. Investigation of the sheriff's office has been conducted here since the middle of November. Officers of the Northwest Law and Order league ap peared before the grand jury at the opening of the November term and. although no public bills were re turned It was generally understood that testimony regarding the activi ties of Wilson and his deputies was taken. H. E. Meads, ex-deputy sheriff and candidate for the republican .nomina tion for sheriff in opposition to Wil son, and C. E. Moulton, Portland plumber, were the chief witnesses be fore the grand Jury. A bill for inves tigation into the Wilson case from F. W. Snyder, head of the Law and Order league, has been presented to the county court. It totals $263.28. Of this amount, $106.20 has been ap proved by District Attorney Stipp. Wilson and the law and order men have never worked together. Wilson refused to approve bills sub mitted by Snyder for prosecution of liquor cases in Clackamas county. Some were paid by the county court and $646.77 is still pending. At the recent meeting of sheriffs of the state in Portland, Wilson openly denounced the private operatives. Four of Sny der's men face liquor charges in the federal courts, and Snyder's state authority has been revoked by the governor. Meads for some time served under Wilson, but 111 feeling arose and he resigned. The specific charges in the indict ment are the outgrowth of an affair at Hillsboro nearly two years ago. The Sears bicycle shop was robbed, and a small safe taken. It was later found near Oswego by a school girl. Deputy Sheriff Meads went to inves tigate and found it had been blown open and the contents stolen. A ma chine, stolen from C. E. Moulton of Portland was discovered several hun dred yards down an old road. It had been there for several days. Meads brought it to Oregon City. Tools Taken From Auto, Moulton declared that when the car was returned to him, uuto and plumb ing tools were missing. It was the theft of these tools which has been charged to Wilson. Moulton was brought here to testify from Lincoln county, and the North west Law and Order men charged this county for 282 miles of travel, to gether with time at $6 a day for each man. The portion of their lump sum bill, which was not approved by the district attorney, was understood to be for trips to obtain affidavits and for "evidence." According to Wilson, an attempt was made to indict him upon liquor charges. "I know that people all over the county were interviewed by Sny der and his men, and I understand that testimony was taken before the grand jury on that subject.". he said. "They didn't do anything. They couldn't," he continued, "because they had noth ing on which to base their charges. They have been 'sore' ever since I refused to approve their thieving bills-." Woman Fatally Burned. BREMERTON, Wash., Jan. 3. Mrs. Hattle Zuber, 23, wife of Jerry Zuber, a rancher of Chicago, eight miles from Bremerton, died here today as the result of burns suffered last night when a pail of gasoline she was car rying into her home became ignited from a lighted match. The Dalles Man Picked. CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan., 3. (Spe cial.) Following a meeting held last night by the new board of directors of the chamber of commerce, at which applications for the position of cham ber secretary were considered, a tele gram was sent this morning to E. F. Van Schoick of The Dalles, Or., of fering him the position. It is ex pect erlthatiiewillBccent and that M NEW SHOW FRIDAY! Oil URGELW CHE - : ---X. sir f t . 1 1 r sJk Ji. lj!gammUm "BsfctTr im St. i V ff ftny J DON'T TELL EVERYTHING A picture that thrills with lively sen sations and charms with its fashion i and beauty. It is all that you expect, then some and some more. TODAY he1 will be here this week to begin his duties Mr. Van Schoick has had 13 years' experience in this line of work. For the past year he has been secre tary of the chamber at The Dalles. BANK RULING IS SOUGHT Decision on Rights of Guaranteed Depositors Demanded. OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 3. A writ of mandamus was issued by the su preme court here today against John P. Duke, state supervisor of banks, to show cause why guaranteed deposi tors of the deTunct Scandinavian American bank of Seattle should not be given a preferred lien in the assets of the bank over unsecured depos itors and general creditors of the in stitution. The case was set for hear ing January 13. Petition for the writ was filed to day by counsel for Dan Ashley Lewis, who is a guaranteed depositor of the bank. ' The petition declared that the state supervisor is preparing to pay all de positors and creditors on a parity basis and the action is a friendly suit brought on behalf of the guaran teed depositors. Girl Fugitive Captured. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 3. (Spe cial.) A negro girl by the name of Britton. 18 years of age, escaped from the state industrial school at Grand Mound Saturday night by making a rope of sheets and lowering herself to the ground from a second-story window. Attired In overalls, the fu gitive walked to Olympla, where she was apprehended and returned to the institution yesterday. Two Street Cars Held Up. TACOMA, -Wash., Jan. 3. A lone highwayman early this morning held up a one-man street car In the west end of the city and then speeded to the north end in his automobile and duplicated his crime. He obtained about $25. LOOK WHO'S HERE NOW!! CONTINUOUS 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M. H ARGL V ! . $ Sf "A SAILOR -MADE MAN " AND TOM SANTSCHI in "THE HEART OF DOREAN' v.- - "-- ii -i .- -- - - - i llV I .in. .1 . I ....Till - .i.iiiai ii mi. nil i Gloria Swanson It Elliott Dexter j SEED POTATOES BARRED WASHINGTON ISSUES QUARAN TINE ORDER. Tubers From California Kept Out Because of Eelworm and Sloth In South. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 3. All seed potatoes grown in California will be tarred from this state,' except those that have been inspected by a regular ly authorized officer of the state of California both in the field and be fore shipment, according to a new quarantine order to be issued here by E. L. French, director of the state de partment of agriculture. This is due to the prevalence of the potato eel worm and the tuber moth in Califor nia potatoes, it was said. Another quarantine order prohibits shipments of five-leaved pines, cur rants or goosberry plants from any part of western Washington to pre vent any spread of the white pine blister rust, which is reported to have invaded certain sections of western Washington. The order also provides that all black currant plants be de Etroyed wherever grown. A quarantine has been Issued against shipments of alfalfa meal from the state of Utah, all counties In Idaho south of Idaho county, two counties in Oregon, two in Wyoming, one in Colorado and one in Nevada, in order to protect this state from the alfalfa weevil. No filbert trees or nursery stock will be allowed In this state from east of the Rocky mountains, another quarantine order now being prepared will state. The filbert blight is said to constitute a real menace to the growing of filberts on the west coast, which promises to be quite an in dustry. ... Peach, nectarine or apricot trees OYD 4!l in his greatest comedy hit yet a super-dreadnought feature with no limitations on lafs. . JUST GOBS OF JOY for four big, joyous, sparkling, merry reels. THAT'S THE OFKKRI THAT HASI f PIT PUKTLA.XD IX A L.lll,ll from most of the states east of the Mississippi river and Nevada will be barred by another quarantine order to keep out the peach yellows and peach rosette. POLL TAX REPEAL SOUGHT Mayor of Spokane Will Initiate Vital State Legislation. SPOKANE. 'wash., Jan. 3. Initia tive measures proposing the repeal of the state poll tax law, changing the state public service commission from an ap-pointive to an elective body, and giving cities of the first class the right to regulate public utilities ope rating within their confines will be petitioned for throughout the state as soon as the necessary steps can be taken. It was announced today by Mayor Fleming. He said the necessary petitions would be placed in circulation as soon as registration of voters is large enough to facilitate their signatures. Boy Drowned While Skating. BREMERTON, Wash., Jan. 3. Louis Eckerle, 8 years old, was drowned while skating on a small pond in front of his home at Phliney Bay, a suburb, today. Orphenm matinee to.lay. 15-25-50-Ad. SI TILL FRIDAY ONLY CHARLES a inR.S.V.P. This is just about the very best that he has ever done. COMING! a ANITA STEWART in "Her Mad Bargain The story of a beautiful woman, who sold her life for $50,000. RAY g' RI VOL! -g t i f iiii.l'.isilh i.lnnnii iiiHiiiLsi'b-Jm , . .. .. , - - I fl j THE mother "You're all we got, Davy" his older brother is crippled, his father is dead, victims of the mountain fued to his mother he is still the "baby" lie must be her breadwinner now yet every instinct fights for revenge he can't have 'em thinking he's afraid. "Don't you see how men are about those things?" he demands. His face is clouded his hands clenched "I got to go," a sob heaves in his chest rebellious tears stream over his cheeks he is crying like a baby he throws an arm across his eyes he stum bles from the room. HOW does this simple, homespun boy, who wants to be a man, tear free from the agony that racks his soul? Must he break his moth er's heart? or his own? See Richard Barthelmess in the role of David in "Tol'able David" at the Lib erty beginning Friday. Barthelmess, star of "Way Down East," never had a warmer, more lovable, more human role! The story is from the Saturday Evening Post. The author is Joseph Hergesheimer. II Iflil IIMflV NATURE PUT IRON F In the honkn of trriilns) sind the jreln and kln of fruit and Tntrtblr but modern methods of cookery throw all these thlnKs away hence the alarmlnp Increase in anaemia Iron starvation of the blood, with its never ending trend of symptoms of nervous irritability, ncneral weakness, fatigue, disturbed digestion, headaches, pains across the back, etc. Kither go back to nature or take organic iron Nuxated Iron to help enrich your blood and revitalize your wornout. exhausted nerves. Over 4.000.000 people annually are usinjr it. Nuxated Iron is sold by all diugHiats. f -rRed BlooH.Strnitli andEndc- A Simple Way to Remove Dandruff There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it. then you destroy it entirely. To do this Just net flbotit four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drutr store (this is all you will need), apply it at nisht when retiring; use enoush to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finKer tips. By mornln? most. If not all. of your dandruff will be (tone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of It. no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all Itching and dig ging of the scalp will stop Instantly, and your hair wWl be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred time better. Adv. OR YOUR BLOOD is pleading ...si, Mil SALTS IS FINE FOR T Flush the Kidneys at once when Back hurts or Bladder bothers. Xo man or woman who eats meat regularly can mHke a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. AIe.it forms uric acid which clogs the kid ney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste und poisons from the blood, then you Kit sick. Nearly nil rheumatism, head aches, liver trouble, nervousness, con stipation, dixziness. slecplessnt-ss, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidm-ys. The moment you feel a dull ache In the kidneys or your back hurts, or If the urine Is cloudy, of ft-nstve. full of sediment. Irregular of passage or. at tended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Sails from any reliable pharmacy and take n tablespoonf ul in a gl:iss of water be fore breakfast for n few das and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthla. and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine ao 1: no longer causes irritation, thus end ing bladder disorders. Jad Halts Is inexpensive and cannot injure; It makes a delightful effer vescent llthla-water drink which ali regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean serious kidney complications. Adv. Phone Your Want Ac's to THE OREGONI:: Main 7070 Automatic 560-95 K