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rORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CLYDE B. AITCHISON
HELP JOBLESS ONES,
IS MAYOR'S APPEAL
PLAN TO PUT FARMER
ON BOARD NEAR VOTE
MATE AND BRIDE DIVE
TO DEATH FROM SHIP
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COXTIBMED BY I'PPER HOUSE.
STATEMENT ISSUED BY EXECU
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ciple Given by Hughes.
21 DEMANDS ARE POSTPONED
Spheres of Influence Matter
Delayed by Conference.
TARIFF IS AGREED ON
Revision Every Seven Years Is Pro
vided for to Keep Charges "
X'p to Date.
WASHINGTON'. t. C Jan. 16. (By
the Associated Tress.) Final adop
tion of the new Chinese tariff agree
ment by the far-eastern comfnittee.
formal postponement of consldera
tion of the famous 21 demands Im
posed on China fcy Japan In 1915 and
of the question of spheres of Influ
ence until the Shantung question has
been disposed of, and . reaffirmation
by Secretary Hushes of the Ameri
can "open door" policy in China,
marked the resumption today by the
arms conference of its study of far
eastern questions.
The far-eastern committee had not
met since January 6. pending efforts
of the naval committee to. compltfe
its work. Today's meeting-was called
primarily to pass the final draft of
the tariff agreement.
Open Dour Considered.
With the traiff question disposed
of, the nine powers represented in the
committee took, up the -question of
the open door after Secretary Hughes
had suggested that consideration both
of the 21 demands and spheres of In
fluence be deferred until the Shan
tung question was disposed of put
side the conference by the Chinese
and Japanese delegates.
Secretary Hughes, opening a dis
cussion of the open door, supplied the
otffer delegates with copies of a "def
inition" of an open door policy re
garding China. This, It was under
stood, was baaed on a note Secretary
Hughes bad delivered the Chinese
minister here July 1 concerning the
rights disputed by other powers, of
the Federal Telegraph company, an
American corporation which had ac
quired a concession for the erection
of a wireless station. In this note
the secretary reaffirmed the Ameri
can policy regarding the open door
In China.
British Indorse Policy.
Some question arose as to whether
the "definition" should Vppiy to pri
vate enterprises and at a committee
meeting tomorrow the discussion will
be continued. The British delegation,
. It was understood, subscribed in
principle to tbe open door through
Mr. Balfour.
Under the tariff agreement, the
tariff resolution commission at
Shanghai shall Immediately revise
the schedule adopted in 1918 so that
the custom duty shall be an effective
S per cent. This resolution shall be
completed within four months and J
become effective within two months
thereafter. M
A special conference, the agree-1
ment provides, composed of the pow-J
ers. shall meet within three months'
In China at China's request to pre
pare the way for the abolition of the
Llktn (internal tax) with a view to
granting China the right to levy sur
taxes of 2Va per .cent on necessaries
and & per cent on luxuries.
Pension Is Arranged.
To keep the tariff schedule up to
date, thus assuring an effective rate,
the agreement provides for a revision
after four years and again every
'seven, years thereafter. .No mention
la made of restoring to . China au
tonomy over her tariff, as asked by
the Chinese delegation in its 10 points
presented when the arms conference
opened.
When the Chinese and Japanese
delegates met today to continue their
Shantung conversations, the agree
ment reached Saturday to restore to
China the administration of the Klao
Chow leasehold, together with all
documents necesssrv for lrB ad
ministration, formally was adopted. '
This leaves only the question of mines
and salt fields to be disposed of with
the exception of the question of con
trol of the Tslngtao-Tslnanfu railway.
Italy Offers I'uule on Cables.
A puzzling question has arisen In
regard to the six-power treaty for
allocation of the former German ca
bles in the Pacific. It being revealed
today in Italian quarters that the
Rome government was not disposed
to give Its assent until there had
been some agreement also on thi
seized German cables In the Atlantic.
Hitherto It had not been the purpose
of the conference leaders to take up
the Atlantic question here, but they
would not discuss the prospect to
night. While the far eastern committee
i perfecting its revision of the
Chinese tariff today, a resolution of
protest against the plan was intro
duced In the senate by Senator King,
democrat. Utah, and another resolu
tion designed ' to bring to light the
situation of governments now .main
taining large fcrmajnents Introduced
' (CoucluUcU oa 'm, Culuwa .
Southern Senators Abandon Figlit
on Oregon Member of Interstate
Commerce Commission.
THE OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. D. C. Jan. 16. Clyde B.
Aitchison was confirmed as a mem
ber of the interstate commerce com
mission late today in a brief execu
tive session of the senate.
The shortness of the session was
taken to mean that southern senators
who opposed bis confirmation two
weeks ago had abandoned their fight,
which was not directed personally at
Mr. Aitchison, but at the Sailure of
the president to name a commissioner
from the south.
STEFANSSON F0R PROBE
Investigation of Charges Declared
Gladly Welcomed.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Jan. 16. Vilhjal
mur Stefansson, Artie explorer, today
declared that he would gladly wel
come Investigation of the charges
made by Professor O'Neill of McGlll
university, Montreal, and Dr. R. M.
Anderson of Ottawa, second in com
mand of the Stefansson expedition In
1913, that the explorer subordinated
other interests to his own personal
advantage.
These charges, and "many more
were made by Dr. Anderson to the
American" Geographical society of
w York in 1918," said Mr. Stefans
son, adding that after considering thf
charges "the society voted me their
gold medal.
"The charges were also widely
circulated and well known at Ottawa
at the time the Canadian government
voted me in 1920 the thanks of the
nation for my Arctic work."
DOCTOR MURDER SUSPECT
Physician Gives Bonds Following
Arrest for Double Killing.
EAST ST. LOUIS. 111.,' Jan. 16.-sDr.
Robert X. McCracken was released
on bonds of $10,000 late today fol
lowing issuance of two warrants,
which charged him with the murder
of Mrs. Clara Richwlne. 34, and her
father-in-law, William Rrowme, 75,
who were found shot to death in their,
home last Monday.
Dr. McCracken, rhortly before ar
raignment, gave out a statement from
his cell, Jn which he declared bis in
nocence. A preliminary hearing was
set for January 26.
The evidence upon which the war-1
rants were issued has not been made
public, but police announce that in
formation given by a woman friend
of Mrs. Richwlne led to the examina
tion and arrest of the physician.
AID FOR INDIANS PLANNED
Harding Proposes $156,000 Ap
propriation for Destitute.
x WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 18. As
immediate appropriation of $156, 00C
is needed for the relief of destitute
Indians, President Harding today in
formed congress. Declaring that the
situatlh is so critical that 1 would
be "unsafe" to delay action, he urged
prompt passage of a resolution au
thorizing, the expenditure.
Failure of last year's crop in man)
localities and "industrial stagnation'
were given as the main causes of
destitution among Indians by Indian
Commissioner Burke in a report for
warded to Speaker Gillett by the
president. Indians on 30 reservations
are in dire need, he said.
3 CITIES' CARS TIED UP
Strike on Virginia Railway and
Power Co. Lines Complete.
RICHMOND, Vs., Jan. 16. Tie-up
of the street railway lines of the Vir
ginia Railway & Power company of
Richmond, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Va, whose employes struck today In
protest against a wage reduction, was
made complete tonight when the last
car operated over the lines here was
taken to the barns.
The only arrests of, the day here, re
sulted when alleged strike sympathiz
ers jeered at the crew of one of the
cars operated. Three men were ar
rested and gave bail for their ap
pearance In police court tomorrow.
WIFE AND CHAUFFEUR GOME
Bank Teller's Miffc Withdraws
$1000 and Disappears.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Aubrey H.
Bull, teller of tbe Harriman National
bank, reported to the police today
that his wife, their 7-year-old daugh
ter Elleanora and the family chauffeur
had been missing from his home in
Ridgewood, N. J., since December 31.
That day, be said. Mrs. Bull with
drew $1000 from a bank, said she was
going to meet Mr. Bull uptown, and
disappeared. Later, Mr. Bull said, be
found a trunk missing from the home.
CABLE SERVICE BROKEN
Communication Between Orient
and San Francisco Interrupted.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Trans-Pacific
cable communication from San Fran
cisco was broken today, the Commer
cial Cable company announced. The
cause of the interruption has not been
learned.
Messages to anC from Guam. Jafian.
China and the Philippines went via
the Atlantic - i
IRELAND AT ONCE
Withdrawal Is Announced
byWar Office. -
DUBLIN CASTLE SURRENDERS
Transfer of Authority Is For
mally Made..
NEW MINISTERS CHEERED
Crowd Welcomes Michael Collins
and .Colleagues State
ment Is Issued.
LONDON, Jan. 16. (By the Asso-
clateqVJ The war office today issued
an official announcement that the
evacuation of southern Ireland will
commence forthwith. Battalions which
are about to leave. were named and
it was stated that other units would
leave as rapidly as possible.
DUBLIN, Jan. 16. "(By the Asso
ciated Press.) The governmental
powers for Ireland, as vested in the
British authorities at Dublin Castle.
were turned over today to the pro
visional government of Ireland, as
constituted last Saturday under the
Anglo-Irish treaty. The. transfer was
made by Viscount Fitzalan, the lord
lieutenant In the privy council
chamber. '
Crowd Cheers Arrivals.
The viceroy this morning awaited
a telephone message announcing the
new ministry had arrived at the cas
tle, -but not until 1:28 o'clock this
afternoon did the cheers of the
crowds outside announce the arrival
of Michael O'HIgglns and William
Cosgrave. Immediately afterward Vis
count Fitzalan, with two aides, ar
rived, and they all proceeded to the
privy council chamber, where ' the
transfer of powers was effected.
From an early hour this morning
all approaches to the cast'.e were
blocjced by good-humored crowds
watching for what was described s
the "fall of Dublin castle."
Mr. Collins Congratulated. ' '
A statement issued at the castle
sajgr
"In the council chamber of the
castle today the lord lieutenant re
ceived Michael Collins as head of the
provisional government provided for
in the treaty. Mr. Collins handed the
lord lieutenant a copy of the treaty
on which acceptance of its provisions
by himself and his colleagues had
been indorsed, and other members of
the provisional government were in
troduced. "The lord lieutenant congratulated
Mr. Collins and his colleagues, a'nd
informed them that they were now
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Problem Up to City of Relieving
Warft and Preventing Crime En
gendered by Unemployment.
Mayor Baker and" members of his
unemployment committee yesterday
joined in making public an im
portant statement relative to the sit
uation in Portland, calling upon em
ployers of men and women to assist
In providing woak for worthy persons
who are In sore need. The two-shift
plan is advocated, more equably to
distribute employment, and a strong
appeal, made to all for co-operation
in eliminating want and reducing
crime that might be superinduced by
unemployment.
The statement follows:
To the public:
"Portland, in common with other
cities, has as problem of unemploy
ment. It is a problem which belongs
to every citizen. Several plans have
been adopted to meet the situation
and the immediate whole-hearted co
operation of the public Is urged. The
city has established a woodyard
where men are employed for meals
and room and several -hundred men
aie working there dally. This is In
tended to relieve conditions for the
man with a family by drawing the
single man from the field. The
woodyard has relieved the crime
wave and has met the needs of many
hundreds of men and it must be -continued,
"to continue the work public
support Is necessary, as the. woodyard
must be financed
"The city has arranged a charity
ball at tbe public auditorium for
Wednesday night, to which the en
tire public is invited, and every per
son able to attend lsiurged to pur
chase tickets at Sherman, Clay & Co-'e
ticket window, Sixth and Morrison
streets, or at the auditorium on the
night of they ball. The proceeds of
the ball will go to the mayor's un
employment committee to help finance
the woodyard and meet other needs
oi the unemployed.
"Further to assist in relieving con
dition's, citizens throughout the city
are urged to provide- work for mc.
Every householder can afford to give
a man at least one day's work clean
ing basements or yards or doing re
pair work and this wtt) greatly re
lieve the stress. Obtain r.ll help
through the Public -Employment Bu
reau; Main 2765.
"Employers using unskilled help
are urged so to divide up their em
ployment that double shifts of worthy
men with families may be given em
ployment rather than confining the
work to one group. Employers are
requested to obtain all help through
the public employment bureau. Main
2765, as this organization can furnish
labor of any class and will send out
men who need work most.
"Unemployment among women also
is serious and employers are re
quested to give employment to
worthy single 'Vomen or women with
dependents In ' preference to women
with husbands supporting them wher
ever this may .be done without seri
ous interference with tbe efficiency
of the work.
"Portland Is in no worse condition
than other cities as far as unemploy
ment is concerned, but this public
appeal is made at this time because
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THE PRIMARY CLASS.
FEDERAL RESERVE IS DEFEND
ED AXD DENOUNCED.
Senator Glass, Author of Act, De
ntes Charge That Body Caused
Agricultural Slump.
WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 16. The
senate probably will vote tomorrow to
put a farmer on the federal reserve
board, leaders said tonight. Such ac
tion would be taken on a bill amend
ing the federal reserve act so that, in
making appointments to the board,
the president must have "due regard
for fair representations of the finan
cial, agricultural and industrial com
mercial Interests and the geographical
subdivisions of this country." The
measure is a compromise, to which
President Harding and most senators
have agreed.
Senators today denounced and de
fended the many phases of the re
serve board's activities. There were
several attacks on "Ihe general ad
ministrative policy of the board, while
Senator Glass, democrat Virginia, a
former secretary of the treasury, and
known as the author of the-reserve
act, stouXly defended the board's per
sonnel and programme. He- denied
charges that the board was the c-Jse
of the heavy decreases in prices of
agricultural products.
The other principal speech was by
Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska,
who, whlle"saying he was eager to do
anything which would aid the farm
ers, warned that ."the" farmers are
about to be fooled again."
"They think." he said, "that this
legislation wHl work wonders; that
itwill give immediate relief; that a
sort of millenium will be produced.
But it won't, because by no legisla
tive act can congress take- away the
discretionary power veBted- in the
executive over appointments."
He said he propably would vote for
some of the amendments which he
said would be offered to the com
promise measure, but that In most
cases his vote would be "In protect
against what he described as nearly
a maladministration of affairs by the
reserve board.
Mr. Glass offered official statistics
showing, he said, that while prices of
agricultural products tumbled last
year, the regional reserve banks' ac-
tually had increased the volume of
currency and enlarged credits. He
submitted figures showing the
"shocking decline", in prices of agrl
tultural products during 1920 along
with statements showing that the
amountsof paper rediscounted by the
reserve Tanks Increased from $2,215,-
COO, 000 on January 11, 1920, to $2,687.
000,000 January 1, 1921.
The currency in circulation In
creased from $3,003,000,000 to $3,336.
COu.000 between the same dates, he
declared.
RUM AIRPLANE IS SEIZED
Pilot and Two Men Arrested on
Mexican Border.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 16.
Seizure of the first rum-running air
plane this year was announced oday
by prohibition headquarters.
The plane, with 120 bottle of Mex
ican tequilla, the prohibition bureau
said, was seized on the Mexican bor
der at Del Rio, Tex., and the pilot
and two men arrested.
HEART
LCtiG AGO
ADOPT IDIATiJ
Regional Meeting Plan Is
Approved.'
HOOVER HOLDS CONFERENCE
Labor Board to Act Only if
Sessions Fail.
GOOD WILL 1ST BIG AIM
Provisional Agreement Reached bj
Road and Brotherhood
' Officials.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan! 16. A
provisional rfgreem nt was reached
today by rairway' executives anfl
heads of the four railroad brother
hoods, meeting at the Instance of
Secretary Hoover, to submit wage
and working questions affecting train
service employes to regional confer
ences for adjustment, if possible,
without contests before tHe railroad
labor board.
Railroad executives will meet In
Chicago Saturday to consider the
proposals, while brotherhood4 chiefs
will report back to their organiza
tions and if the agreement is ratified,
as all concerned expected that it
would be, the regional gatherings will
be s"umioned about February 10.
.' Session Lasts All Day.
The action came after an all-day
session in which active heads of many
of the larger railroad oganizatlons
participated and whlcn was called by
a smaller preliminary meeting of
railroad executives and labor leaders
with Mr. Hoover.
Among those present were Carl
Gray president of the Union Pacific;
C. H. Markham. president of the Illi
nois Central Daniel Willard. presi
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio., and
Hale Holden, president of the Chicago.
Burlington & Qulncy. and B. F. Bush,
president of the Missouri Pacific. (
Among the brotherhood officers
were Warren S. Stone, chief of the
engineers; W. G. Lee, chief of the
trainmen; L. E. Sheppard for the con
ductors and Timothy Shea for -the
englnemen.
Decisions to Be Facilitated.
The regional conferences, Mr.
Hoover said, would "facilitate the
work of the railroad labor board and
tend to create a spirit of working
good-will and the settlement of dif
ferences by adjustment, not by meth
ods of litigation."
Mr. Hoover stated that the confer
ence today did not discuss wages or
working agreements In themselves
and added that he considered the rail
road labor situation as disconnected"
from negotiations over codl mining
wages. .
Railroads have given notice to the
railroad labor board and the organ
ization of their employes that they
will ask general reductions In wage
scales, but the proceedings have not
yet been brought to trial. It is an
ticipated that a new wage scale
agreement, if reached by the negotia
tions between the train service men
and the roads in the regional confer
ences, will be substituted for any de
cislons whltti might be reached
through formal proceedings.
Appeal to Board Possible.
Appeal to the board would only be
taken on such matters as were not de
cided at the conference.
"The meeting today was purely in
formal," Mr. Hoover's statement said.
"It was decided to submit to the rail
way companies and to the train en
gine service organizations the pro
posal that the pre-war regional con
ferences should be convened to con
sider the endeavor to adjust all ques
tions between the railways and the
four brotherhoods. Such conferences
are to take place as near February
10 as practicable. This procedure is
In full accord with section 301 of tbe
transportation act."
BARBERS KEEP PRICES UP
HO-Cent Haircut Will Stay, Declare
Portland Shops.
The 50-cent haircut and the 25-cont
shave are here to stay and there is
no thought of price reduction in the
future, according to Portland barbers-Reduction
in the price of haircuts
and shaves at Salem to 35 and 15
cents respectively, announced in ad
vices from that city, has been made
by only one non-union shop ' there,
according to Lee Canfield. president
of the state board of barber exami
ners. CITY HAS BREAD STORES
Mayor of Tiffin, O., Establishes
Markets to Combat High Costs.
TIFFIN. O., Jan. 16. Continuing
his fight against food profiteers and
the high cost of living In Tiffin.
Mayor Unger today established three
bread stores, two at fire stations
and one in his automobile supply
house here.
Bread is being brought from Toledo
bakeries and retailed at 6 cents a
pound loaf. Tiffin bread retails at 8
eeAts. i
Vesta Fired by Explosion of Cargo
of Xaphtha-Captaln and
Nine Men Saved.
LONDON, an. 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Eleven members of
the crew of the German steamer
Vesta, bound from Hamburg to Lis
bon, as well as the wife of the chief
officer, were killed by an explosion
on the kiip Sunday night, following a
fire. Ten survivors of the crew were
landed at Lovestoft by a trawler late
this afternoon.
Details of the disaster, as related
by the captain of the vessel, are that
during heavy weather Sunday night
the deck cargo, consisting largely of
naphtha, shifted. An explosion oc
curred and soon the whole vessel was
in names, except a Epttco uiiuci iu
brfclge, where the crew huddled for
safety.
A boat was .lowered, but it wa
engulfed In the heavy seas and it
three occupants drowned. The mate,
clasping his bride In his arms, jumped
overboard. Both perished. Others
also plunged into the sea only to die.
Finally only the captain and nine
men were left. They were rescued
after great difficulty by a trawler.
They had been scorched by the flames
and partially asphyxiated by the
naphtha fumes.
MINES RESUME OPERATION
s
Full, Shifts at Work In Four More
Butte Workings.
BUTTE. Mont., Jan. 16 Four mines
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany resumed operations today with
full shifts of about 2000 men and
other properties in this district in
creased their forces. Butte r.nd Supe
rior mines and Clark properties will
continue to add workmen, it was an
nounced.
Wprk at the Anaconda smelters was
resumed today with a torcev'f 'uu
men. It was stated that eventually
1800 men will be employed there. In
crease of employment at the Great
Falls smelter is expected to begin at
the end of the week.
The mining properties have been
closed for several months because of
unfavorable conditions of the metal
markets.
TAX EXEMPT BONDS HIT
Secretary Mellon Proposes Check
on City aad State Extravagance
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 16.
Adoption of a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting further issuance of
tax exempt securities was advocated
today by Secretary Mellon before the
house ways and means committee. An
amendment, he said, would have the
tendency of Increasing Interest rates
an state and municipal bonds and
would do much to check extravagance
of states and municipalities.
He estimated thnt $10,660,000,000 In
tax exempt securities were out
standing. Committee members say
others had estimated the amount as
high as $16,000,000,000. , -
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 83
degrees; minimum, -u decree.
TODAY'S Rain or snow; winds mostly
southerly.
Foreign.
Mate and bride leap to death from flaming
steamer. Page 1.
Brltlrh evacuate Ireland at ones. Page 1.
British support principle of open door In
China. Page 1.
Pomeare undertakes amendments to treaty
drafted by Brland. Page 4.
National.
Clyde B. AKchlJ-on confirmed as member
of Interstate commerce commission.
Page 1.
Conjrress will pass bonus, says Sullivan.
. Page 2.
Neglect of disabled veterans is charged.
Page 7.
Railways ani unions adopt direct media
tion. Page 1.
Senate may vote today on plan to put
farmer on federal reserve board. Page 1.
Foreign debt refunding bill revised to ault
secretary of the treasury. Page 15.
Change asked in dry law enforcement.
Page 3.
Waterway report forecasts fight. Psge 7.
Pome-rilr.
One minister elopes with wife of another.
Page 4.
Proflta of Chr'stfan Silence publishing
society related by manager. Page 3.
Pacific Northweat.
Defendant grilled in circus trial. Page 8.
Moonshine suspect In drunken brawl In
llouglas county cabin. Page 6.
W. H. Paulhamus attacks ' Senator Poln
dexter. Page fl.
Oswald West offers to accept bonds for
completion of Tumalo project. Page 6.
Adventures Jn operation of municipal util
ities prove costly to KearT'e. Page 5.
Pupils to enter contest with essay on
teeth. Page 13.
Rpnrts.
Eleven boxing snd three mat events snhed.
uled for armory tourney. Page 12.
Knockout for Langford or Wills predicted.
Page 12.
Coast league unqualifiedly aijalnst draft.
Page 12.
Idaho basketball tcra beats Oregon.
Jtige 13.
Commerelih and Marine.
Hop growers encourage! by better de
mand from eaJL Page 20.
Competition from Argentina and Australia
check wheat advance at Chicago.
Page 21.
Heavy buying of railroad shares in Wall
atreet market. Page 21.
Exports of Oregon customs district 11
months In lii-l show Increase. Page 14.
Importance of Imports i tressed at cham
ber forum, rage 14.
Business conditions In Canada steadily Im
proving, says banker. Page 20.
Increasing electric power loan shows Port
land's industrial progress. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
City council discards 72 street projects
for current year. Page 13.
Ice-coated streets double accidents. Page 22.
Jury fetirea la case of Miss Aan Johnson.
Page 10.
Contest to break will of Lawrence K.
Moore begun. Page 22.
Rlvervlew cemetery fund to be Irreducible.
Page 1.
Crowding of Albertlna Kerr baby home is
denied. Page 11.
Mavor and unemployment committee ap
jtead Id ciu inc aauataace, fags t.
Cemetery Financial Mix
up Being Cleared.
SITUATION IS NOT HOPELESS
Lot Owners Lay Plans to Per
petuate Ground Care.
CHANGE IN LAW SOUGHT
Vacancies iti Board of Trustees Are
Filled by Flection at
Library Meeting.
By unanimous votu of a large num
ber of lot owners, at an adjourned
meeting held In Central Library hall
yesterday afternoon, a resolution,
presented by Joseph X. Teal, re
establishing an Irreducible fund as
"a cardinal factor In any financial
plan devised for the operation of
Rlvervlew cemetery" and Instructing
the board of trustees to seek amend
ment to the state cemetery law to re
quire this, was adopted. The over
whelming sentiment thereby ex
pressed proved the attitude of the
average peraon having loved ones
buried In the cemetery.
Mr. Teal's resolution was ss fol
lows: "Heeolved, That the principle of an
Irreducible fund, the Income from
which shall be used to maintain the
cemetery in perpetual care, is ac-
cepted and adopted as the cardinal
factor In any financial plan devised
for the ope-g-Ulon of Kivervlew ceme
tery, and the trustees are Instructed
so to shape the policies and finances
of the cemetery as to create such a
fund at the earliest possible date, suf
ficient in amount to achieve this re
sult; and, furthermore:
Amendiuent Is Favored.
"That the law providing for the
creation and maintenance of an Irre
ducible fund should be amended so
as to' read as it did prior to the
amendment of section 'Oil of the
Oregon laws by the legislature of
1921, and that by-laws in accordance
wltsald act before its said amend
ment and with the declared policy of
this association be adopted there
under." The first order of business was the
vote upon nominations to fill six va
cancies on the board of trustees, which
had expired by resignation and time
limit Twelve names were submitted
by the committee of five lot owners,
of which C. Henri Labbe was chair
man. Tii a vote resulted in the elec
tor n of the following:
Leslie M. Scott, L. Allen Lewis and
Mr. Labbe, to serve until 1931; 8. P.
Lockwoort and L. O. Clarke, to serve
until 1928, and F. W. Mulkey to serve
until 192a
W. M. l.ndd Declines Office.
W. M. Ladd, who has been president
of the 1-oard for 26 years, had previ
ously dvlined longer to serve and his
name was not presented. Contrary to
expectations, he was present to pre
side It had been announced that he
would be on his way on an extended
trip and would not be present.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Fred L. Olson moved a vote of confi
dence in Mr. Ludd. The motion re
ceived a second, but was not put, and
J. Allen Harrison arose and said he
had known Mr. Ladd many years and
declared such a motion cast a reflec
tion upon Mr. Ladd and sought to
have It recalled, but at first Mr. Olon
declined to withdraw it; later, how
ever he did after Mr. Ladd expressed
himself as wishing it to be withdrawn.
Another lot owner, a few moments
later, made a motion for a vote of
thanks to Mr. Ladd, when someone
moved adjournment and this carried
overwhelmingly.
Mr. Ladd lias o Apolosry.
Mr. Ladd, who, along with other
trustees on the board, had been thn
object of severe criticism, verbal and
formdl, as presented In a committee
report, said his conscience was clear;
that he had no apologies to make for
his actions and only. one mistake to '
ailm't that he had not placed the sit
uation as to the association's financial
condition before the lot owners three
years ago. when, he said, he firat dis
covered it. However, he declared, it
had been li.iposslble to obtain an at
tendance of more than 12 at any an
nuul meeting arfd he could see no
means of the board having done other
than was done.
Criticism, expressed yesterday aft
ernoon and at the previous session of
last week, was directed by lot owners
at the action of the board In abro
gating the by-law which provided for
an irreducible fund fur the perpetual
care of the cemetery and for accom
plishing the amendment to the state
cemetery act which supported such a
fund by requiring 111 per cent of in-v
come from sales be set aside tor the
purpose.
Income Held Insufficient.
It was the declaration of the board
of trustees that It was not possible to
keep inviolate the Irreducible fund, as
the Income was insufficient to keep
up the cemetery to the standard set
by Its founders In any manner other
than to use the irreducible fund.
"We shall see," commented Mr.
Ladd, "what the new board of trus-
tees will do; perhaps they will be able
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