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VOL. LX NO. 19,084
Entered at Portland fOroni
Poatofftfy aa Pmni1-o'ii'i Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COLD SNAP HITS
SPORT OVERWORKED,
LOS ANGELES SOA'KED
BY DELUGE OF RAIN
E LEASES
POPE BENEDICT ILL;
PHYSICIANS WORRIED
DIRECT U.S. HELP
FARM BLOC'S IDEA
MR. HAYS TO ASSUME
M0VIETASKMARCH5
SAYS HARVARD CHIEF
IMPORTAXCE OF FOOTBALL IS
E
POXTIFF SAID TO BiAVE SYMP
TOMS OF IXFIXEXZA.
DOWXPOCR FOLLOWS SERJtES
OF EARTHQUAKE.
RESIGNATION FROM CABINET
TO FOLLOW SOON. .
"held overestimated.
JIMS
STORM IS LOOSED
OH SCHOOL DANCE
ALL NORTHWEST
OtfOK
LEGION
Record Temperatures of
Winter Reported.
16 ABOVE LOCAL MINIMUM
Wallowa Has 40 Below Zero,
k Lowest in 4 States.
MERCURY STILL DROPPING
Woman Injured by Stove Explosion
Crop Damage Expected to
Bo Trifling.
nrcronD tkmperatcres are
REPORTED IS NORTHWEST.
The weather prediction for
today Is: Oregon and Washing
ton, Including Portland, fair and
continued cold.
The following minimum tem
peratures were reported yes
terday: Portland 18 above.
Astoria 20 above.
Wallowa 40 below.
Boardman 20 below.
Hood River 12V4 below.
Boise 8 below.
Goldendale IS below.
Pendleton 21 below.
Seattle 1 above.
Spokane 12 below.
Deer Park, Wash. 32 below.
Chehalis 7 above.
Bend 6 below.
I. Grande 14 below.
Wasco 14 below.
Moro 18 bolow
Grass Valley 22 below.
Heppner--13 below.
Kamela 30 below.
The Pacific northwest Tuesday
night experienced the coldest weather
of the winter, with still lower tem
peratures predicted for last night.
The mereury In Portland varied
from a minimum of 16 above zero to a
maximum of 30 above, while In other
sections of the state the minimum
varied from 20 above, at Astoria, to
40 below, at Wallowa, In eastern Ore
gon. The latter was declared the
lofrest temperature in four states.
Little damage was reported, aside
from bursting water pipes and, in
one Instance, the explosion of a 'stove,
with a woman injured slightly. The
previous cold weather had driven
down the eao In the trees and most
sections reported enough snow, to
protect the winter grain.
Coatlaurd Cold Predicted.
The prediction for today follows:
Portland, fair and continued cold,
north to east winds; minimum tem
perature may go below IS degrees
above zero.
Oregon and Washington: Fair, con
tinued cold, moderate winds, mostly
northerly.
Kastern Washington and Oregon,
northern Idaho and western Montana
were shivering with the mercury at I
the lowest point since 1909, accord-
Ing to officials of the Spokane weath-
er bureau. Indications were, weather i
officials said, that the cold ware
would continue last night.
Deer Park, about 25 miles north of
Spokane, was unofficially reported
as 32 below. It was 12 below in Spo
kane between 9 and 11 o'clock yester
day morning, the mercury rising to
about IB above in the afternoon. The
sky was clear.
Walla Walla Is Cold.
It was 20 below at Walla Walla
Tuesday night.
It was partly cloudy at Yakima,
Wash., last night, with a moderate
northerly wind blowing. The mer
cury dropped to 4 below there yes
terday morning and rose in the after
noon to 16 above.
Minimum temperatures reported for
other points In the Yakima valley
were: Keechelus, 224 below; Kachess,
$ below; Sunnyside, 4 below; Naches,
4 above, and Tleton headquarters H
degree above.
Southwestern Oregon reported
freezing temperatures; the lowest at
Kugerie was 16 above and the maxi
mum 31. while Salem reported an un
official temperature of 27 at 6 P. M.
Mercury Takes Drop.
An early drop in temperature yes
terday morning after a night of com
parative mildness broucht lh lrt.t
offlrlal weather bureau thermometer!
to 16 degree above zero and four
degrees above the m'ninium pre
dicted. K. L. Wells, weather observer, fore
cast last night for a similar if not
lower minimum during the night. His
prediction gave no hope of warm
weather or snow.
A very rapid drop In temperature
tCoiu lulled on Pare 4. Column S.)
POHTI.W1I OFFKIU. TKM-l-KHA'I't
KES ItSltHDAl.
Hour. Peir 'Hour. Dee
12 midnight. . 26 10 A. M 21
1 A. M 25 1 I A. M ;t
2 A. M 23 12 roon 25
3 A. M 21 1 1 l. M 21
4 A. M 20: 2 P. M 29
6 A. M 21! 3 P. M 2!
A. M IS 4 I'. M 30
.1 A. M 1: 5 P. M ;9
A. M IS, S P. M 25
9 A. M 131
Necessity of Great Public Spectacle
Every Saturday in Fall Doubt
ed by Dr. Lowell.
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CAMfiP.IPOK. Mass., Jan. 18.
Public Interest In football has tended
to give excessive importance to col
lege athletic contests, A. Lawrence
Lowell, president of Harvard univer
sity, said In bis anrAial report, made
public today. He said the question
was one that concerned all American
colleges and that "It would be well
to consider afresh the proper place of
Intercollegiate athletic contests In the
scheme of education.
"The public Interest In the sport has
become general and has Increased
markedly." he said. "It has tended
to give excessive Importance to col
lege athletic contests.
"Intercollegiate matches have a dis
tinct value In stimulating sports,
which are the best form of physical
exercise In youth; but the single boat
race between Oxford and Cambridge
on the Thames, and the cricket match
between these universities have been
enough to stimulate unflagging in
terest in those sports among stu
dents. One may ask whether or not
the same plan would be sufficient In
football.
"The necessity for maintaining for
this purpose a public spectacle at
tended by thousands of spectators
every Saturday throughout the au
tumn is certainly not clear; and
whether it ought to be maintained for
any other object Is worth considera
tion. .
Although the severity of the In
juries suffered, and especially the
danger to life, have been materially
diminished by changes in the rules,
football remains a rough and strenu
ous sport in which injuries are often
received that Impair the efficiency of
the players for a couple of weeks or
more."
Dr. Lowell said Harvard teams
should not travel more than they
have been doing, as it would inter
fere with study.
GELLATLEY IS PARDONED
Ex-Sheriff of Benton- County Re
stored to Citizenship.
CORVALLIS, Or.; Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) Ex-Sheriff Gellatley, convicted
two years ago of misappropriating
Benton county funds, has received a
pardon, restoring him to full citizen
ship. Mr. Gellatley was sentenced to
the penitentiary and paroled to his
brother. He has always been consid
ered an exemplary citizen and his
misuse of public money was generally
attributed to carelessness and lack of
understanding rather than to criminal
intent.
Practically every business and pro
fessional man in Corvallis and a large
number of prominent farmers signed
the petition asking for the pardon.
The misappropriated funds were re
stored to the county by relatives at
the time of the discovery of the short
age. SONG BIRDS IN DISCORD
Muratore and Mary Garden Find
Harmony Impossible.
CHICAGO. Jan. 18. Luclen Mura
tore, French tenor, today announced
he would withdraw from the Chicago
Opera company after the close of the
present session. Muratore had been
scheduled to open the New York sea
son at the Manhattan opera house
next Monday night in Samson and
Delilah.
Friction with Mary Garden, general
director, and the failure of Miss
Garden to present Lina Cavalieri, who
in private life is Mme. Muratore, In
the title role of Tosca. are given as
the reasons why the famous tenor de
cided not to renew his contract.
BOY SLAINBY PLAYMATE
Lad or 14 Is Fatally Stabbed at
Cleveland School. "
CLEVELAND, Jan. 18. Fourteen-year-old
Alfred Krantz. Kennard
Junior high school pupil, was stabbed
and killed in the school yard here to
day in an encounter which, police say,
began with the teasing of a girl pupil
by a 16-year-old schoolmate, who is
charged with delinquency.
The girl appealed to Krantz, ac
cording to the police, when the other
boy passed a bantering remark. The
encounter followed.
The boy under arrest denied he
stabbed Krantz.
GUATEMALA BREAKS PACT
Kopubllc Secedes From Central
American Federation.
SAX SALVADOR. Jan. IS. (By the
Associated Press.) The Guatemalan
national assembly has decided to se
cedj from the federation of, Central
American republics, says a dispatch
today from Guatemala City.
The assembly, says the dispatch,
has declared the Guatemalan consti
tution of 1ST9 to be in force, and has
recognized the validity of acts passed
up to 1920.
'BEAUTY POWDER' DEADLY
Student's Effort to Change His
Complexion Proves Fatal.
TORONTO, Ont.. Jan. IS. Anderson
Buchanan, a law student, died sud
denly today after taking a "beauty
powder" sent him by mail.
The powder was guaranteed to
change his complexion within 24
bom I
Veterans Declare War-on
Invasions.' v
CROOK IS STORM CENTER
Ex-Soldiers Want Opportunity
to Develop Land.
EXTENSION TO BE FOUGHT
Service Men Determine That Bitter
Opposition Will Be Offered to
Spread of Orientals.
Indications are that Oregon may oc
cupy the spotlight in a new act of the
Pacific coast Japanese drama that has
been so intensly interesting to diplo
mats during the past few years. The
scene is Crook county, Oregon, where
landowners in the Ochoco irrigation
project near Prineville. have an
nounced their intention of importing
Japanese colonists and und-rtaklng
an ambitious programme of leasing.
Here the scheme runs counter to the
policy of the American Legion, for
this organization at the. last national
convention went on record as oppos
ing any new Japanese land schemes,
voted, in other words, to confine the
Japanese to their present areas of oc
cupation. According to reports from Crook
county it appears that the owners of
land in the Ochoco project are having
a great deal of difficulty In getting
their property producing, through
lack' of settlers. At the present time
the American Legion In Oregon has a
state land committee, working to as
sist men under the state bonus act.
and offering them advice and help In
placing their $3000 state loan.
Veterans Sent ii Crook County.
One of the prime locations, where
the legion expects to locate a number
of ex-service men, and where some
already have been sent. Is Crook
county. Tom Sweeney, chairman of
the legions land committee, returned
yesterday afternoon primed with first
hand information, and was not a bit
lenient in arranging what he called
"Crook county predatory interests" in
their Japanese scheme. "The state
land committee is a vigilance com
mittee," he said, "and we are willing!
to make this an issue Japanese J
against ex-service men. As far as
Japanese are concerned on Ocl.oco or
any other project the American Le
gion national organization as well as
the state organization, depends on the
posts near where -speculators are at
tempting to- bring in Japanese to use
all friendly persuasive measures they
can to discourage importation into
localities where there are no oriental
settlements at present. The national
organization, meaning every Amerl;
can Legion post in the United States,
Is already on record as opposing any
new Japanese communities. The local
posts are on the firing line. Friendly
persuasion is preferable but Japa'.ese
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Engagements for Day Canceled as
Result of Attack or Bron
chial Catarrh'
ROME, Jan. 18. (By the Associated
Press.) Pope Benedict is confined to
his bed with an attack of bronchial
catarrh and symptoms of influenza,
but his condition Is not serious.
This announcement was made to
night by the Osservatore Romano, the
official Vatican organ.
The pope canceled all of his en
gagements for the day. receiving only
Cardinal Gaspari, papal secretary of
state.
The condition of Pope Benedict,
says the Stefanl News Bureau, bas
ing lta Information on a reliable
source. Is causing some concern, the
fever today having reached 103.8. The
bronchial catarrh is very diffuse, .and
on account of the pope's age, 67 yeans,
attending physicians fear complica
tions. Notwithstanding the pressure of
those about him that he remain in
bed, the pope today was about his
apartments for some time.
According to the -Vatican, the pope
was stricken with an attack of grippe,
which, however, had shown no grave
symptoms. For several days he suf
fered from cough, but did not wish to
keep to bed. This morning, upon the
Insistence of Cardinal Gasparrl, the
papal secretary of state, the pope
consented to keep to bed. The at
tending physicians after their visit
reported that the pope's condition was
unchanged.
TASTE OF POISON FATAL
Student Dead as Result of Class
room Investigation. .
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 18. An
autopsy on the body of Eugene C.
Neary, student at Georgetown medica'
school, led today to the announcement I
by the coroner that death resulted
from "an irritant poison." Neary Was
said to have been one of a number of
students who at class yesterday
tasted a poison which had been passed
among them, in order that they might
familiarize themselves with its char
acteristics. The coroner was told that the stu
dents were warned that the substance
was a deadly poison.
.
$500,000 IN BONDS GONE
Non - Negotiable Papers Worth
$100,000 Left by Thief.
ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 18. Securi
ties stolen when a registered mail
pouch was taken from the New York
Central railroad station here early
today were reported by the local po
lice tonight to have been worth
$500,000.
A packet of bonds, which had been
la the pouch and were found beside
a ventilating grate at the postoffice
building here, were said to amount
to $100,000 and to be non-negotiable.
WIDOW GLASS REDUCED
Cut in Prices Amount to 23 Per
Cent, Says Announcement.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 18. The Amer
ican Window Glass company today
announced reductions amounting to 23
per cent in prices of common window
glass.
A reduction of 22 per ent was made
in April, 1921. i
Thousands of Tourists Frightened.
Old Residents Pronounce
Weather Bit Unusual.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) Heavy rain almost deluged
this city and environs tonight, fol
lowing the series of earth tremors
which were felt over southern Cali
fornia last night. Tonight's down
pour was a continuation of what lo
cal residents described as "most un
usual weather," which has prevailed
here for the past few weeks. The
"unusual weather" started shortly
before the first of the year with
heavy rains which soaked this section
of the state from Los' Angeles to as
far south as San Diego.
Although Los Angeles of course has
some alight rainfall annually, this
season, "oldest residents" assert, has
made a record which they cannot re
call as being duplicated here.
The series of quakes which shook
this city last night numbered nine
and though damage was reported as
being confined to broken window
panes In the residence section of the
city and cracked plastering in many
buildings, they served to frighten
thousands of tourists who flock here
every winter to take advantage ot
Los Angeles' wonderful climate. Local
residents, however, were not fright
ened, though hundreds rushed to the
streets more or less hastily when tho
shocks continued throughout the eve
ning. In any case Los Angelenoa say that
the quakes harmed no one, so .as a
matter of fact it is not worth men
tioning to friends in other parts ot
the United States.
BERKELEY, CaL, Jan. 18. Profes
sor Clawson, head of the department
of geology at the University of Cali
fornia, and the man who recently an
nounced a method for predicting
earthquake shocks, said today of the
Los Angeles concussionsi
"Unless San Pedro felt the shocks
stronger than Los Angeles they
couid not have been caused by guns.
From the reports 1 have seen it would
appear more likely that local earth
quakes were responsible."
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. Tem
perature in San Francisco continued
a downward course toifght in the
face of a cold north wind that
whipped up a choppy sea In the bay.
Today's lowest temperature was re
corded at 39 degrees. v
ENGINE THEFT CHARGED
Produce Company Proprietor Said
to Huve Stolen Locomotive.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 18.
Charged with stealing a locomotive,
Robert Spornltz of West Allis. Wis.,
proprietor of the Milwaukee Produce
company, was sought tonight in con
nection with what was described as a
daring attempt to make off with a
carload of freight.
Details were related to the police
by John Beasley, a butcher. Who said
Spornitz, single-handed, had stolen
the engine from ths New Butler yards
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road and taken it 15 miles in an at-'
tempt to steal a carload of Cheese.
He was halted by a stalled freight
train.
Beasley, who is under arrest, said
he and Spornitz planned to couple
the engine to a carload of cheese
which was loaded at Keesus, Wis..
yesterday, haul the car to Butler,
Wis., and unload it.
New Federal Loan Bill Ex-
pected to Pass. .
MEASURE STRONGLY BACKED
Co-operative, Marketing Next
on Bloc Programme.
BIG' THINGS MAY HAPPEN
Should Producers See iu Leugue of
Nations Cure for Distress He
suits Would Follow.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. U1!1. by the New York Evening
Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 19.
(Special.) Next on the programme of
the farm- bloc Is a bill for the lend
ing of money under government aus
pices to farmers on the security of
their livestock and crops. The pro
posal Is to set up mechanism for this
within the present body that manages
tho lending of money to farmers on
their land. For the work of the in
stitution there will be an initial con
tribution of government money, to be
supplemented with further money
from the public, raised by the sale of
bonds. This measure will go through.
It has the favor not only of the farm
bloc, but of some members of the
cabinet, and there is less opposition
to It thau there was to the bill for
putting a representative of agricul
ture on the federal reserve board.
After this bill the farm bloc will
next push its measure to legalize and
otherwise facilitate co-operative mar
keting by the farmers. By the time
this is out ofthe way we shall be in
tue midst of 'the tariff debate. The
present expectation is that on this
point the democrats and the republi
cans who compose the farm bloc may
find their interests dissimilar and may
split Into their party affiliations. The
greater probability, however. Is that
the farm bloc will have its way in lar
fff making.
barmen.' Outlook Driest.
All in all, things are going very
well with the farmers. The agricul
tural conference to be held here next
vfek will stimulate Interest in the
farm bureau and further their polit
ical prosperity. There is one possible
result of the momentum which this
farm movement has secured wnich
might entail extremely Interesting
possibilities. Practically the single
purpose of the farm bloc in congress
and also of the American farm bureau
federation, of which the farm bloc in
congress is merely the political agent.
Is better business for the farmer.
The farmers' economic d'stress is the
chief cause of their power, and the
cure of that distress is the chief ob
ject of their activity.
Now, if it should ever occur to the
farmers that the fundamental cauee
of their inability to sell their crops
lies in the disturbed state of the
world and that the best available
cure would be the league of nations,
either as it -stands or suitably mod
ified, then, in that event, there might
be interesting political developments.
A good many people believe that the
only certain way to end the existing
paralysis of our foreign trade Is to
Join the league of nations, and a good
many others believe that Joining the
league would be at least the quickest
and surest way of restoring pros
perity. If that idea should become
widespread among the farmers the
probable consequences are obvious.
Query Comes From West.
Already Washington gets from the
west a state of thought which ex
presses Itself in the slogan, "if a
league of four nations, why not a
league of 47 nations?" This slogan,
of course, is not an accurate compari
son of the four-power treaty with the
league of nations. Slogans rarely are
strictly accurate, but that does noi
diminish their political potency.
One of the most prominent republi
cans in the country says that success
for his party in the elections next
fall is menaced by the fact that the
administration in calling the Wash
ington conference and entering Into
the four-power treaty has forfeited
the only clear Issue that the repub
licans had, which was the contrast
between isolation and the league of
nations. If the farmers ever get the
Idea that their business interests are
Intimately tied up with our participa
tion either in the league of nations
altogether, or in economic confer
ences, the effect will be Immediate
and great.
One extremely satlsfao.ory result
of the deference shown to the farmers
in putting a representative of agricul
ture on the federal reserve board will
be to head off what threatened to be
one of the leading issues In the cam
paign this year. A few weeks or
months ago that Issue tended to ex
press itself in headlong violence
against the whole federal reserve
board. It was stimulated and largely
led by the former controller ot the
currency. John Skelton Williams, of
Virginia, and Senator Heflin of Ala
bama, and was also expressed in vary-'
ing degrees by some republican sen
ators In the west. The farmer had
been led to believe that the federal
reserve board had treated him very
badly.
Some of Mr. Williams' speeches In
tkcuutaiuUd an A'aiis i, equina uj. 7
Announcement Made at Dinner for
Postmaster-Genera I Reputed
' Salary to Be $150,000.
NEW YORK, Janr 18. Will Hays
will become directing head of the
new National Association ot Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors
"immediately after March 4," it was
announced tonight at a dinner at
which the postmaster-general was
guest of a group of motion picture of
ficials. Mr. Hays resignation from the cabi
net will be presented soon. It was
said. -
Mr. Hays announced he signed a
contract which makes him executive
head of the organization. His salary,
reported as tentatively fixed at $100,
000 a year, was not announced.
"The purpose of this association
will be to attain and maintain the
highest possible standard of motion
picture production and to develop to
the highest degree the moral and edu
cational value of the Industry," Mr.
Hays said. "I believe in the earnest
ness and integrity of their determina
tion to carry out these purposes and
am convinced of the possibilities of
very large plans and successful con
summation. My service will bejln
inimediately after March 4."
A statement Issued by the producers
expressed confidence in Mr. Hays'
ability "to direct the Industry to Its
predestlned'place of importance in the
civilization of today and tomorrow."
"The public Will find we Will follow
the leadership of Mr. Hays with that
faithfulness and enthusiasm which he
has never failed to Inspire," It con
tinued. "We are both proud and happy In
our association with -Mr. Hays and we
look forward to the future with per
fee confidence."
The producers whose names ap
peared on tho formal announcement
as the committee in charge of form
ing the association were Adolph
Zukor, William Fox, Marcus Loew,
Lewis J. Selznick, R. G. Cole, Samuel
Goldwyn and Carl Laemmle.
FIRE INTERRUPTS LODGE
Punic Caused Among pddfcllows
by Blaze in East Side Hull.
Fire in the Oddfellows' temple at
East Sixth and East. Alder streets
caused a panic among members of
the Hassalo, 'M'lnerva and Samaritan
lodges, which were in session there
last night. Five men escaped from
the lodge chambers via ladder before
the 100 men in the chambers realized
there was no danger.
Hassalo lodge, which formerly held
meetings In the West Bide temple at
First and Alder streets, was initiating
with the other lodges as guests. Rub
bish in the basement caught fire about
9 o'clock and sent dense smoke
throughout the building. The loss
was about $20. The lodge session
was resumed after the rooms had been
ventilated.
STORM HITS VIGO, SPAIN
Elec rlc Light and Street-Car Ser-
" Vices Paralyzed.
VIGO. Spaig, Jan. 18. (By the As
sociated Press.) Electric light and
street-car services hre were para
lyzed today as a result of a violent
storm which struck the coast last
night.
A number of motorboats were driv
en against thesea walls and smashed,
and the city's avenues fronting the
sea were covered with wreckage of
small. boats. Several fishing macks
are reported missing.
Four persons are known to have
been drowned.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum. 16 drgT(.a
80
TODAY'S Fair; continued cold; north to
east winds.
Foreijrn.
Trotiky predicts failure at Genoa. PaKe 2.
Pope Benedict 111; physicians worried.
Fate 1.
National.
Open door policy In China is accepted in
part, rage 3.
Pafftage by congrepi of new government
loan bill held a.urcd. Page I.
Ex-soldiers testify to murder and cruelty
In France. Page 8.
Senate republican, decide to press allied
debt refunding bill and aoldiera' bonus.
Page 6.
Appropriation bill carries $494,304,238.
Pase 2. S
Mr. Hays to take up movie task on March
S. Page 1.
Ship board expects to pay debts by July 1.
Page 14.
General Pereliing testifies before nouxe
military affairs committee, i'age 13.
Dnmefttlc.
Importance of football overestimated, say.
president of Harvard. Pag 1.
Arbuckie witness charges durance. Page 14.
Los Angeles soaked by deluge of ram.
Page 1.
Paclfio Northwest.
Moors and Orcult found guilty of robbing
circus. Page 6.
Mr. Olcott calls governors of five states to
confer on narcotics evil. Page e.
Washington poll tax showing criticized.
Page 7.
Sports.
Babe Asher war hero as well as boxer.
Page 12.
Washington defeats Aggies in basketball,
32 to 81. Pige 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Northwestern wheat prices maintained' by
farmers' holding. Page 21.
Stocks close strong with support from bull
pools. Page 21.
Nawsco line operating refrigerator steam
ers of lder company. Page 2U.
Portland and Vicinity.
Cold snap grips Pacific northwest. Page 1.
Library committee atanda pat on choice of
site. Page 11.
Proposed Japaneae leases provoke veterans.
Page 1.
Last tribute is paid to Dr. John If. Boyd.
Page 22.
Bonfires in downtown district to be fea
ture of community chest drive. Page 22.
gtorm is loosed on school dances. Page 1.
Society turns out to aid unemployed.
Y" i- -
Minister's Charges of Im
morality Denied.
DOFFING CORSETS ALLEGED
Mrs. J. F. Hill Gives Lie to All
Accusations.
HEARING IS POSTPONED
Dr. WlKon Declares That Many or
School Functions Are Not
Chaperoned at All.
BIT BUN HUR LAMPMAN.
The first gust of a new storm that
centers upon the school board broke
last night, when representatives of
the Methodist ministerial association,
and of many other churches and or
ganizatlons, sent their spokesmen
Into action against dances in publla
school buildings, and were hotly an
swered by representatives of the Tar-ent-Teacher
association.
Charges of Immorality and grave
public peril, advanced by Rev. Clar
ence True Wilson, and denied on be
half of the rarenl-Tealier associa
tion, sponsor of some of the school
dances, by Mrs. J. F. Hill, state presi
dent, led to such controversial tur
moil that the board hastily adopted
a motion postponing the actual hear
ing until tondght, when it will be
held at 7:30 In the Lincoln high
school auditorium.
Thorough .Sifting Promised.
From the outset, when Dr. Wilson
advanced his cause, applauded by
scores of adherents. It became ap
parent that a special session of the
hi tn rH ti - n 1 1 1 H V. a .
Mrs. Hill, no less cheered on by her
supporters, gave the lie to reflec
tions againHt her association, the dl
tectors Interposed the motion for
postponement. Member after mem
ber, speaking for the Bchool district,
asserted his amazement at the na
ture of the charges and his deter
mination to sift thorn thoroughly.
Briefly. Dr. Wilson declared that
dances held In the public schools
are such as would warrant the ar
rest and prosecution of public dance
hall proprietors; that astounding
conditions prevail; and that It often
Is the practice for girls to doff their
corsets before their partners will
accept them. Otherwise, he said, they
are known as "Ironclads" and de
liberately shunned. He charged
that the Parent-Teacher association,
as chaperons to school dances, had
failed to fulfill Its trust, had per
mitted unconventional behavior, and
was utterly derelict in Its duties.
Charges Declared False.
To this President Hill of the asso
ciation answered that the organiza
tion had never sponsored a dance that
was not clean and conventional; that
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ments of Dr. Wilson, and that reports
. of such nature had never been re
ceived by her; that she believed them
to be false and would furnish proof
that they were false. It was tho pur
pose of the association, she said, to
furnish wholesome moral dances so
that the youth of the city need not
resort to evil halls, and In this aim
she asserted the Parent-Teacher asso
ciation had been successful.
"We do not come here with any
holier-than-thou attitude," said Dr.
Wilson, addressing the board, "to
give yQU Instructions as to the mor
ality that Is necessary to make good
citizens. We think you have the mor
ality of the scholars and their future
at heart as much as we have. There
have been some 400 oi-gunizations
that have spoken within the past
week or so. that have certain con
victions on the dance.
Dssres Declared Vnehaiirroajcd.
"I rem curlier, a number of years
ago. when two estimable maiden
ladies, with the best intention in the
world, suggested folk dancing In the
schools of Portland. Their philoso
phy was that if they could only get
the folk dances introduced these
would , eliminate the oth-r forma.
Thus, it began.
"First, dancing was introduced into
the high schools, then with more fre
quency. From this there developed
certain tendencies that I could not
believe when I learned of them.
"Social dances In the public school
buildings were supposed to be at
tended by chaperones of the Parent
Teacher association. Gentlemen,
within the past few weeks there have
been held seven or eight such dances
with no chaperones present. I have
been told of things going on there
that would put these public dance
halls to shame and subject their own
ers to arrest.
Theory Is Held Wrsig.
"Are you aware that the aire t
which girls go wrong, the average,
age. has decreased from 23 years.
Ju3t a few years ago. until I am re
liably informed by .Mrs. Lola G. Bald
win of the women's protective di
vision that the age in some instances
is now 13 or 14 years? This lower
ing of morality is significant. In 1.'
years It has never lobt stei with lli
dance.
"I have known parents who wtrt
very much opposed to their children
gambling, and mothers who stayed
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