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POIITLAXD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VALERA DEFEATED
FDR RE ELECTION
FREIGHT RATES TOO
TO PREDICT WEATHER
YEAR IN ADVANCE, AIM
NORTH DAKOTA TAX
AGAIN HELD VOID
1921 MOTOR VEHICLES
INCREASED BY 14,825
TOTAL OF 118,615 LICENSES
ISSUED IN YEAR.
HIGH, SAYS WALLACE
ALL OF
LOWER OPERATIXG COSTS DE.
CLAUED IMPERATIVE.
liEVT OX INTERSTATE RAIL
ROADS RULED OCT.
AMUNDSEN HOPES TO FIND
KNOWLEDGE AT POLE.
NEWBERRY
denes
METHODISTS ASK
SCHOOL RANGE BAN
RIVERVIEW FACES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
v
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Ireland as Result Has No
Government of Own.
f VOTE IN DAIL IS 60 TO 58
New President Is Needed to
L. Carry on Work.
NO NAME YET SUBMITTED
Beaton Sinn Fclncr Scouts Idea of
Frutrlcidal Strife Ultimate
Solution Predicted.
DUBLIN. Jan. 9. (By the Asso
ciated Tress.) Ireland tonight wu
without a government of Its own.
Eamon de Valera had resigned from
the presidency and the proposal for
h's re-election to that office, which
includes the office cf premier, was
defeated In the Dall EIreann, 60 to 58.
Mr. de Valera marie It clear that
iall the members of the ministry,
whether they voted for or against
him.
Lest there should be any doubt,
Michael Cosgrave, minister of local
government, who dally, he said, was
sending out letters from hie depart
ment to Irish public bodies, asked if
all that was to stop. De Valera re
Plied it must stop until successors of
the ex-ministers were appointed.
London Delegates Divided.
The vote on De Valera's re-election
was doubtful until the figures were
announced The London delegates
who signed the treaty were divided.
four voting against De Valera, and
one, Robert C. Barton, In his favor.
Mr. de Valera himself refrained from
voting, while Llam Roisite, member
for Cork citv. when hl
N called, said he would not take respon
sibility for plunging Ireland into
fratricidal strife.
Cheering followed the announcement
of the figures. Both Grififth and Col
lins were quick to pay tribute of
admiration to Mr. de Valera, while
the -whole assembly arose and ap
plauded him.
Fratricidal Strife Scouted.
V A noteworthy feature of Mr. de
1 Valera's later statement was that
talk of fratricidal strife was all non-
how to conduct themselves.
The course to wh'ch the ex-president,
after his defeat, urged his oppo
nents was to appoint a president in
his place and let that president ap
point his own ministers. He accepted
defeat in good spirit and pledged h's
support to the new government so
long as It was marching along the
road to Irish Independence. He ex
plained his reasons for assenting to a
motion for his re-election were the
same as for declining to go to Lon
don on the delegation, his Idea being
to keep a reserve power in the in
terests of the Irish republic behind'
the men in contact with the British
ministers.
No Name Is Submitted.
It soon became evident that the sup
porters of the treaty were not anxious
to submit any name for the presi
dency. Richard Mulcahy. hlef of
staff, recalled that the Irish nation
had got along for a considerable time
without any president. Michael Col
lins submitted a motion that the Dall
should request Arthur Griffith to
form a provisional government.
This did not hinge to clear the
(situation and Mr. de Valera kept
rising frequently, pressing his argu
ment that they must act constitu
tionally, keep the republic in being
and give it a ministry.
Support Pledge Cheered.
He objected to the creation of "any
alternative government which would
RlinnrPHS the Dall. anri ripnlarori that
t If the republic as it existed were
abandoned he and his followers
Would walk out.
His declaration of willingness to
stand behind the new government. If
such action entailed no sacrifice of
principle, and his further statement
that he and his associates were ready
to back the new government if it
should require support against any
outside enemy, were loudly cheered
Commandant McKeown cried out that
De Valera's speech was the most
statesmanlike he had ever made.
Jl However, Mr. de Valera's words
V were not echoed by several of his re
f publican followers. Miss MacSwiney,
F Llam Mellowes. David Kent inil
L others displayed a determination to
fight out the republican cause. Miss
i MacSwiney was particularly forcible
in tier mreat against any attempt by
the new provisional government to
adopt the republican tricolor as the
flag of the new free state.
Motion Held Out of Order.
Mr. Collins apparently thought
they could summon a ratifying body
, of members for southern Ireland, in
cluding the four members represent
ing Trinity college. They could call
it the Dall EIreann until somebody
knowing Irish well could find a bet
ter name for it. This was imme
diately countered with the reminder
that the Trinity college members
would not take the republican oath.
Finally John J. O'Kelly, minister
of education, argued that Mr. Collins'
(motion was out of order, because no
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farm Produce Prices Must Rise
and Other Prices Decline to
Re-establish Balance.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 9. To bring
about a normal adjustment in agricul
ture and through It in Industry, rail-
I road deficits "must be met by reduc
tions In operating costs rather than
by advances In rates," Secretary Wal
lace of the department of agriculture
declared In an address tonight.
Agriculture, he said, "urgently
needs the adjustment of freight rates
on farm products to a point at which
they bear about the same ratio to the
price the farmer received for those
products as prevailed before the war."
It would be better for all Interests,
he continued, if during the reconstruc
tion period a general price level about
60 per cent above the pre-war normal
could be established and farm prices
brought up to this level rather than
that other prices be forced down to
the level of agricultural products.
But this seems impossible at present,
he said, so "other prices must come
down as agricultural prices come up
until the relation is restored."
An "efficient" agriculture and an
"efficient" transportation system, he
declared, are indispensable to the na
tional welfare and are dependent
upon one another.
"It would be unfair," he continued,
"to say that the unprecedented de
pression in which we, find agriculture
today Is due wholly to the very large
increases in freight rate3 Imposed the
past three years, but It is fair to say
that these Increased freight charges
are a large factor in retarding agri
cultural recovery.
'The trouble now is, that whereas
the prices the farmer receives for his
crops are lower than before the war,
the prices he pays for the things he
needs are from 25 to 75 per cent above
the pre-war prices. Hence the pur
chasing power of the major farm
crops is probably lower than at any
time in our history, and this has very
much to do with the nation-wide In
dustrial and business depression.-
"It is doubtful whether agriculture
can make a complete recovery for
many years unless the normal ratio
between the prices the farmer re
ceives for his crops and the freight
rates he pays is re-established very
soon."
EGG MARKET COLLAPSES
Conditions In Chicago Reported
Bordering Upon Panic.
KANSAS' CITY, Jan. 9. Wholesale
prices for eggs dropped 5 cents or
more a dozen here today, firsts sell
ing as low as 28 cents.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. Conditions In
the egg market are "almost panlcy."
due to heavy offerings of fresh eggs
and consequent unloading of storage
eggs, according to S. E. Davis, secre
tary of the Chicago butter and egg
boaH.
There was a marked decline in
fresh eggs today, he said, with heavy
offerings and the price of April
futures today was 22 cents, compared
with 41 cents last year.
Mild weather and plentiful supplies
at many points had caused the price
of fresh ejgs to drop with the result'
that those dealers holding cold stor
age stocks were anxious to sell, he
said. Eggs for January delivery
were quoted today at 28V4 cents.
NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNS
Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky.,
Damaged by Morning Blaze.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 9. Fire, be
lieved to have started from defective
wiring, early this morning destroyed
the inside of the five-story Courier
Journal office building.
The loss is variously estimated be
tween $500,000 and $1,000,000.
Starting in a jewelry shop,' the fire
soon spread to all parts of the upper
stories.
The building has been famous for a
half century as the former home of
the Courier-Journal and Louisvilie
Times.
A number of other buildings were
endangered by flying paper, the burn
ing building now being occupied by
the Courier-Journal Job Printing com
pany. PER CAPITA WEALTH CUT
Decline of $6.09 In Year Reported
by Treasury Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 9. Per
capita circulation of money In the
United States declined $6.09 during
the past year, according to a state
ment issued today by the treasury.
On January 1, 1922, the per capita
circulation was $53.03, based on a
total of $5,775,400,315 and an estimat
ed population of 108.917,000. as com
pared with a per capita of $59.12 on
January 1, 1921, based on a total of
$6,340,436,718 in circulation and an
estimated population of 107,249,000..
DEACONS OUT OF DANGER
Churchmen AVho Drank Wood-Stain
ai Sacrament Recovering.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Jan. 9.
Ten men, nine of them deacons' and
elders, poisoned yesterday by wood
stain served by "mistake for sacra
mental wine during communion serv
ices of the Seventh Reformed church
here, were pronounced out of danger
today. I
The wine and wood-stain were in
a closet and an elder accidentally
filled the communion cup with stain.
Trustees Criticised at Lot
Owners' Meeting.
NO IRREDUCIBLE FUND HELD
,7
Abrogation of Bylaw Requir
ing It Disclosed.
TRUSTEES' ACT EXPLAINED
Failure to Accumulate Fund for
Maintenance Declared to
Hare Been Impossible.
How to finance Riverview cemetery
so that its grounds permanently and
adequately may be cared for, and the
spirit of the pioneers who established
It in 1882 be perpetuated thereby, was
the problem laid before a meeting of
lot-owners, held in the main library
hall yesterday afternoon. It was ad
mitted frankly by the board of trus
tees, of which W. MLadd is presi
dent, that it never has been possible
for them to set aside a stipulated 30
per cent of sales receipts and to re
tain it in an irreducible fund.
As a result of the fact that ex
penses of maintenance and operation,
combined with a mortgage of $115,
000, held by the First National bank
of Portland, until recently paid off
and canceled, exceeded revenue for
many years, the trustees, notwith
standing an article in the by-laws
that there must be 30 per cent of re
ceipts from sales of lots placed In an
irreducible fund for the purpose of
permanently caring for the cemetery,
were unable to do so.
Legislature Legalises Abrogation.
Instead, they said they had used
their best Judgment, obtained abro
gation of the article at a meeting at
which 12 lot-owners were present,
and, at the 1921 session of the legis
lature, secured an amendment to the
so-called state cemetery act, the ef
fect of which was to legalize their
acts.
Criticism of the acts of the trustees
was voiced 'at the meeting, chiefly by'
C. Henri Labbe, chairman of a com
mittee of five lot owners, authorized
by an annual meeting of the associa
tion, and Joseph N. Teal, a lot-owner
No one, however, as much as inti
mated that anything beyond "poor
judgment" had actuated the board
and no personalities were indulged.
Conditions relative to the financial
side of beautiful Riverview cemetery
are so acute that the First National
bank had seen fit to extend no fur
ther credit, and he did not know
whence funds were to come to meet
current monthly bills, was the state
ment of Mr. Ladd when, after long
discussion and the reading of reports
and recommendations by various per-
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FIRST TIME ONE OF T2IOSE GAMES WAS EVER KNOWN TO BREAK UP WITHOUT SOME
BODY GETTING HURT.
t
Justice Van de Vanter Declares
Action "Taking of Property
Without Process of Law."
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 9. The
supreme court, ruling for the second
time on the North Dakota statute
imposing a special excise tax against
corporations, joint stock companies
and associations organized under the
laws of other states and doing bus!
ness in that state, today declared It
Invalid so far as it had been applied
to Interstate railroads.
Justice Van de Vanter in delivering
the opinion pointed out that the act
as originally -enacted provided that
the tax in the case of, railroads, tele
phone, telegraph and other companies
having lines that enter into, extend
out of or cross the state, shall be
assessed upon "that proportion of the
entire property of the corporation
which its mileage within the state
bears to its entire mileage within
and without the state." The justice
asserted that when this tax, levied
on the mileage ratio, was challenged,
the supreme court held "that the tax
so assessed was an unwarranted
interference with interstate com
merce, and a taking of property
without due process of law."
North Dakota then assessed the tax
upon a ratio fixed by contrasting the
value of the company's railroad with
in the state with the value of its
entire railroad within and without
the state, and it was this basis for
taxation which was at issue in the
case decided today. .
After fully analyzing the statute
as changed, Justice Van de Vanter
said that it wis clearly the intention
of the legislature "to put the corpo
rations which it dscribed in a sepa
rate class for the purpose of the tax,
to require as to them that the tax be
computed and assessed on the special
basis prescribed, and to exempt them
from the basis applicable to other
corporations."
To sustain the tax in question the
supreme court "should have to hold
that the taxing officers, on finding
that it (the tax) could not constitu
tionally be assessed on the basis spe
cially prescribed in the statutes, were
at liberty to assess It on another and
different basis which the statute
shows was not to be applied to corpo
rations of the class to which these
railroad companies belonged," Justice
Van de Vanter stated, adding, "of
course, we cannot so hold."
STATE BONUS BODY ACTS
Commission Passes on 600 Claims
of Oregon War Veterans.
SALEM? Or., Jan. 9. (Special-.)
The world war veterans' state-aid
commission, at a meeting here today,
passed on more than 600 claims filed
by ex-eervice men under the so-called
cash bonus and loan act. This law
was enacted at the 1921 session of the
legislature and subsequently was ap
proved by the voters of the state at a
special election.
Bonds to provide money to finance
the loans and bonuses will be sold
within the next few days and actual
payments to those entitled to the ben
efits probably will be under wa
within a month or six weeks.
Fees Collected by State Aggregate
$2,334,031.25 29,230 New
Registrations Made.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.)
During the year 1921 a total of 118.
615 motor vehicles. Including passen
ger and commercial cars, and S164
motorcycles were registered and li
censed in Oregon, according to -a re
port prepared today by Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state.
During 1920 there were 103,790 mo
tor vehicles and 3517 motorcycles.
These figures show an Increase of
14,825 In the total of motor vehicles
in 1921 over the number registered in
1920, and a decrease of 353 in the
total number of motorcycles regis
tered. During the year 1921 616 dealers in
motor vehicles were registered, while
during the year 1920 the number of
motor vehicle dealers registered and
liensed was 751, showing a decrease
of 235. The number of chauffeurs li
censed in 1921 was 8129, while in the
year 1920 the total number was 3394.
The license fees from all sources,
that is, for motor vehicles, motor
cycles, motor vehicle dealers, chauf
feurs and motor vehicle operators
registered, and for transfers and du
plicate license plates, aggregated in
1921 the sum of $2,334,931.25. For the
year 1920 these fees totaled $2,085,
1C8.50, representing an increase in
fees for the year 1921 over those for
the year 1920 of $249,762.75.
During the year 1921 the transfer
of 18,675 motor vehicles and 493 mo
torcycles was reported to the depart
ment, or approximately 16 per cent
of the motor vehicles registered dur
ing the j ear passed from the hands
of the persons by whom they were
originally registered.
Of the 118,615 registrations of mo
tor vehicles during 1921, 89,385 of
them appear to be re-registrations,
while 29,230 are registrations either
of new cars or of motor vehicles
which have not heretofore been res,
istered in the state of Oregon.
ELECTION FAVORS POLAND
Indications Are That Lithuania
Will Lose Vllna.
PARIS, Jan. 9. Although the def
inite results of the election in the
Vilna region yesterday are unknown
as yet, dispatches say tne returns
greatly favored Poland.
Since their re-establishment as na
tions following the war, both Lithu
ania and Poland have made claims to
the Vilna region, which Is situated
on the border between them.
KICK FOUND IN C0C0ANUT
Jamaica Rum Discovered in Place
of Natural Milk.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 9.
Two hundred cocoanuts which con
tained not their own natural milk
but a pint each of strong Jamaica
rum were seized by federal agents
today at a Minneapolis railroad
station.
Each cocoanut was plugged with
a cork.
"With God as Witness,
I'm Innocent," Is Reply.
SPEECH READ TO SENATE
Republicans Think That Talk
Cleared Member.
DEMOCRATS DON'T AGREE
llow Senator Came Through Trying
Ordeal Viewed Through
Partisan Eyes.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 9.
Standing at his place in the senate and
speaking publicly for the first time
in his own defense, Truman H. New
berry, senator of Michigan, declared
today that with God as his witness
he was not to this hour conscious of
a single act unlawful, dishonorable
or corrupt in his campaign against
Henry Ford In 1918.
For a half hour, Mr. Newberry read,
a prepared speech without interrup
tion, and for 30 minutes more he was
subjected to a cross-examination by
Senator Walsh of Montana, a demo
cratic member of the committee,
which, in a minority report, held he
was not entitled to his seat.
How Senator Newberry came
through the trying ordeal was viewed
for the most part through partisan
eyes. There appeared to be no doubt
that his republican friends were Jubi
lant. They rushed toward him offer
ing congratulations.
Democrats Charge Evasion.
Many democrats later asserted Sen
ator Williams of Mississippi had
about expressed their view when he
characterized the Michigan senator's
defense as "full of evasion."
Ready with gavel In hand to stop
any demonstration that might break
with the end of the senator's hour.
the vice-president put it quietly in
place again, for there was no outward
evidence of how the members and the
birr crowds in the galleries felt. Two
hands clapped once high over the
heads of the senators but nobody took
up the signal.
Senator Newberry walked Into the
senate five minutes before the open
ing prayer and then 'went to the
cloak room, where he remained until
within five minutes of the conclusion
of a speech by Senator Trammell,
democrat, Florida, who was proclaim
ing against his right to be there. And
as he went out, with a rush of sena'
tors around him, he scarcely heard
the opening sentences of another
speech in his defense.
Statement Head Clearly.
Unaccustomed td public speaking
he read clearly and distinctly, first
announcing he could no longer re
main silent and that he would not
suffer interruptions but would gladly
yield for questions when he had fin
ished his statement.
There had been intimations that he
would be the center of a hot fire of
questions, but only Senator Walsh in
terrogated him after he had read his
speech, and the inquiry related strict
ly to certain features of the evidence,
as adduced at his trial and before a
senate committee.
Almost at the outset Senator Walsh
wanted to know why a statement like
that Just given to the senate had not
been made before.
'I did not appear on the stand at
the Grand Rapids trial because I was
what the lawyers might call a good
client," said Newberry. The faces of
his friends lighted up.
Lawyers' Advice Followed.
"I followed the advice of the law
yers in charge of the case, who said
I had no information to give," he con
tinued. "I did not volunteer before
the senate committee for the rea
sons I have stated."
Then, pressed as to why he had
not made a similar statement in re
sponse to a letter from his state.
Senator Newberry shot back that he
saw no reason why he should en
courage his political critics in their
efforts to defeat him.
The cross examination ended ab
ruptly within a minute of the hour
allotted Senator Newberry under the
rules. Once he asked the privilege
of being permitted to sit, but a mo
ment later was on his feet again and
answering Senator Walsh, told him to
go ahead and shoot.
Friends of the senator declared to
night that his speech had made a
"fine impression" and that two or
three republicans, classed as doubt
ful, were ready to vote to seat him.
The vote may be taken Wednesday.
Five Other Speeches Made.
Five other speeches on the New
berry case were made today. Sena
tors Trammell, Williams and Hefl'n
of Alabama spoke against Senator
Newberry and Senators Edge, New
Jersey, and Sterling. South Dakota,
in his favor. Senator Borah, repub
lican, Idaho, is expected to speak
tomorrow in opposition to the Mich
igan senator.
Defending Senator Newberry, Sen
ator Sterling, declared the former
had directed that no campaign at
tack be made on Mr. Ford and that
the expenditure of large sums for
advertising was necessary "against
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Instruments to Be Taken for Super-
Scientific Study of Upper
Reaches of Northern Air.
NEW TORK, Jan. 9. Within four
years Captain Amundsen, Arctic ad
venturer and discoverer of the South
Pole, expects to return to civilization
from the North Pole in possession of
the knowledge and power that will
enable scientists to predict weather
conditions for a year or more in ad
vance. Captain Amundsen, who arrived
here tonight from Seattle, Wash., is
en route to Washington, where he
will discuss with directors of the
I Carnegie institute details of his re-
newed attempt to drift across the top
or tne worm in his ice-uouna crait.
With him he will take the instru
ments for a super-scientific study of
the upper air reaches of the polar
regions. He says he will attempt to
work out the theory of Professor Wil-
helm Bjerknes of the University of
Christlanla, .Norway, that the weather
conditions at the North Pole govern
the weattier of the remainder of the
earth's surface and that an Intimate
knowledge of the farthest north
weather "temperaments" will enable
scientists to determine for a year or
more in advance a more or less exact
chart of weather conditions In the re
mainder of the world. If this Is ac
complished, he said, it will prove an
inestimable boon to the world's crop
growers.
Captain Amundsen will make all his
scientific reports to the Carnegie in
stitute. His vessel, the Maud, is now
being provisioned in Seattle for a
seven-year voyage although the Norse
explorer believes he will complete his
unique expedition in less than four
years. There will be nine men In his
party, including Captain Oscar Wlsp-
Ing, who was one of his crew on the
trip to the South Pole. The Maud will
sail next June.
The explorer brought to New York
two adopted daughters, members of
the Tsjuktsji tribe of Siberia. They
are the first of their people to visit
the United States.
Captain Amundsen said he adopted
the two when he found them starving
with their tribe near Wrangel island.
They will leave soon for Chrjstlania,
where their foster father has ar
ranged for their education.
RAW FOOD RESTORES HAIR
Hope Is Held Out to Bald-llcndcd
Man by Chicago Doctor.
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 9. Declaring
that there was hope for the bald
headed man if he would live "the nat
ural life" and eat raw food. Dr. St.
Louis F.stes, first vice-president of the
International Institute of Applied Psy
chology of Chicago, told the conven
tion of the American Academy of Ap
plied Dental Science today how he
himself had been a nervous wicck,
tald-hcaded and a "candidate for the
cemetery," but by living naturally and
avoiding cooked foods, he said he had
regained robust health and a thick
crop of hair.
Dr. Estes said "the natural life" In
cluded plenty of exercise, fresh water
and the eating of uncooked food.
"Because of the damnable food you
eat, you do not have any ideas," he
said. "You are victims of aphasia.
Your bodies are out of plumb."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4S
degrees; minimum, 38 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; winds mostly
southerly.
Foreign.
Valera defeated for re-election. Page 1.
Russia agrees to attend economic confer
ence. Page 3.
National.
Newberry denies all charges. Page 1.
Limit on aircraft Dot yet attempted
Page 2.
Arm treaty Is to be signed soon. Page 2.
New senator from Pennsylvania able man.
Page 4.
North Dakota tax on railroads again held
valid. Page J.
League of nations two years old today.
Page 6.
Domestic.
Railroads must reduce operating costs.
say Secretary Wal-lace. Page 1.
W. O. Nesmith loses in fight for Polk
county farm. Page 3.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Cummtng
Wltzell held. Page 3.
Amund.wn hopes to find wav to predict
weather year in advance. Page 1.
I'aciric Northwest.
Opposition to poll tax in Washington state
Increase!. Page 7.
Motor vehicles in Oregon Increase 14.823
in year. Page 1.
Eleven In Seattle aspire to be mayor.
Page 7.
Sports.
University of California proposes Pasadena
as permanent place for east-west foot
ball game. Page 12.
Barred trio to get hearing on amateur
status tomorrow. Page 12.
Columbia university applies to Join ath-
letlc organizations. Page 12.
Commercial and Murine.
Larger production of dairy produce with
imports weaken markets. Page 10.
Wheat lower at Chicago on increased es
timate of Argentine surplus. Page lit
Bond market aided by lower money rates.
Page 19.
Extension at municipal terminal No. 1
to start at once. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Investors in marks buy German goods to
get back their cash. Page liO.
Methodists ask bar on dances in public
schools. Page 1.
Year successful one, says game warden.
Page 11.
Plana for Lents sewer laid before counci:
Page 13.
State bank guarantees not fully trusted by
depositors. Page 18.
County commission to clear one mile of
Columbia highway as cost test. Page 20.
Aliens are smuggled Into United States
Page 10.
Wounded wife says mate suffered halluci
nations. Page 4.
Coast merchant tailors propose to continue
present wage scale. Page 6.
International check on narcotic drugs sug
gested. Page 4. '
Riverview cemetery faces financial crisis.
Page i.
Board Urged to Forbid
Use of Buildings.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
Committee of Five Named to
Present Argum&nt.
LAW TO BE INVESTIGATED
School Ii rectors, HowcS'cr, See No
Objections to Allowing
Community Affairs.
Methodist ministers unanimously
adopted resolutions urging the school
board to prohibit dancing in publlo
school buildings, at a meeting of
clergymen and laymen at the First
Methodist Episcopal church yesterday
morning. The pastors and laymen
then unanimously adopted a long
resolution denouncing dancing, par
ticularly In public schools.
"We especially deplore the fact that
dancing has become the order of the
public school, and we are sure that
the same subtle agency which took
the Bible out of the school has helped
to put the dance In Its place." said
the resolution adopted by the mass
meeting. "We are certain that danc
ing is no proper part of the publio
school rystem."
Committee Is Named.
The ministers appointed a com
mittee of five personally to call upon
the school board at the next meeting,
January 18, and present the ideas ex
pressed in the resolutions adopted at
the meeting. The members of the
committee are Rev. Clarence True
Wilson, Dr. Charles MacCaughey, Kev.
F. M. Jasper, Rev. L. C. Poor and
L. D. Mahone, who represents the
laymen.
The clergymen were Informed that
dancing took place, not in the school
rooms, but in some' other part of the
building, to comply with the state,
school law. A committee of three
was then appointed to confer with
the attorney-general of the slate in
order to obtain a clear interpretation
of any existing school laws on
dancing.
.Mothers) Are I'ralNed.
Only one woman present at the
meeting exprcss-jd tho views of the
Parent-Teacher associations, under
whose auspices dailies have been
held In public schools. She was Mrs.
W. 11. Hathgato, president of tho
Parent-Teacher council.
"I fuel that Portland mothers have
been assisting in meeting a great
need In this city by giving their time
to chaperone school dances," said
Mrs. Bathgate. "They are busy women
and they have given unselfishly of
heir time to see that these dances
are supervised.
"I think that these community
gatherings In our school houses, under
the supervision of the parents, are
safe means of amusement for our'
young folk. I always have been in
favor of opening our schools us com
munity centers."
Mr. Shull Sera No Objection.
School board members said last
night that they saw no objection to
dancing In the schools If carried out
under the present system, with par
ents always In attendance.
"I have not looked up the law on
dancing In the schools, but If there
Is no legal objection to It I think
dancing should be permitted In the
schools." said Frank L. Shull. "1
think that the ministers did not take
quite the right attitude.
"I notice that the resolution states
that 'dancing is no part of the public
school system." Dancing is not a
part of the public school system. The
school board simply allows tiie build
ings to be used for such civic and
neighborhood uses as it thinks best.
I look upon the dances held In the
school gymnasiums as community af
fairs, since many parents attend. I
have no objection to such gatherings."
Investigation Held l.wUlng.
"I think that the Methodist minis
ters have not investigated fully
enough to denounce dancing In the
public schools." said A. C. Newilf,
chairman of the board. "Young peo
ple will dance, and I feel that it is
part of our duty to see that we give
them dances of the right kind. I feel
sure that young people are better
protected at dances In our school
buildings than at dances anywhere
else in the city."
The same opinions were expressed
by George P. Eisman and W. J. H.
Clark, who said they looked upon
these dances as neighborhood gather
ings. D. A. Grout, city superintendent of
schools, said last night that the school
law that dances should not be held
in "schoolrooms" had been interpret
ed for years as applying to t-nly
"classrooms." Dances have been held
for ten or 15 years, he said, In the
school gymnasium or assembly halls.
At least 12 chapcrones must be pres
ent at every dance.
Kvlls Laid to Dnnrlmc.
L. D. Mahone of the Laymen's as
sociation, who presented the resolu
tion to the clergymen, spoke at yes
terday mornings' meeting of the evils
of dancing. He said that lie roimld
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