OREGON STATE UBIURT
FEB 1 1922
VOL. LX XO. 19,094
Entered at Portland lOretron)
Pnfftoffw n s-ond-c'a'n Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VANCOUVER WEDDINGS! f
rncT toq nnn im iooiil
(IS MOW READY
WAR ON ILLITERACY IS
BEGUN IN WASHINGTON
EXECUTION OF THREE
MAY BE POSTPONED
EXTENSION OF REPRIEVES BY
GOVERNOR POSSIBLE.
DRIVE FOR GHEST
"WILD MAN" KILLED
IN FIGHT WITH POSSE
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WJI y-yJ,VKJU 111
TO CHINA SETTLED
L
2373 COUPLES ARE LICENSED.
CAMPAIGN IS OUTLINED BV
STATE COMMISSION.
TERROR OF LARGE DISTRICT
FALLS TO FEDERAL HUNTER.
COUNTY GETS $11,803.50.
Nil
RETURN
MAYOR
ML
TO CLEAR HIGHWAY
FUNDS
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Agreement With Japan
Finally Reached.
RAILWAY ISSUE IS DECIDED
Harding's Plan Understood
t to Be Basis.
LONG SESSION IS HELD
Only Details of Phraseology of
t Proposed Treaty Remain as
( Conference Problem.
f WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 39. (By
the Associated Press.) An agreement
on all the principles Involved In the
t plan for return of Shantung; province
to China was reached toajtght by the
Japanese and Chinese arms delega
tions. f After the two groups had been In
conference for nearly seven hours,
' wrestling with the final problem of
I restoring the Tslngtao-Tslnanfu rail
road to Chinese control, word came
0 from the committee room that only
details of phraseology of the pro
si posed treaty remained In the way of
a complete agreement.
1 Harding Plaa la Baals.
t 'The basis of the settlement was un
derstood to have been the plan sup-
t ported by President Harding- provld
. Ing that China pay for the road in
- treasury notes and that Japanese ex-
( perts he retained In the operating
personnel during- the period of pay-
( ment.
It was announced, however, that in
rrder to work out the remaining- de
l tails, the two delegations would meet
' again tomorrow. Pr. Koo of the Chi
nese delegation predicted that before
tomorrow night a final and definite
settlement could be announced.
i
- Payment Is Provided.
1 In their discussion today, the Jap
, anese and Chinese centered their at
tention on the key problem of Tslng
t tao-Tslnanfu railway, with which the
"good offices" of President Harding;
Secretary Hughes and Arthur J. Bal
, four had concerned themselves. The
proposal given approval in substance
I provided that China pay for the rail
t road In It-year treasury notes, with
a five-year option, and that Japanese
i experts be retained during the pay
ment period in some departments of
road administration, but under a Chi
, nese superior official.
The conversations will be resumed
n tomorrow and It Is the hope of some
delegates that the agreement will be
A in such definite form that it can be
. announced at the plenary session, the
first since December 1.
I Resolutions Are Approved.
It is the expectation of the confer-
' ence officials that the plenary Bes-
f slon called for Wednesday morning
will be followed by another that
i afternoon In order to bring; up to date
the formal ratification of various de-
' clsions reached In the armament and
I far eastern committees. A doxen of
the resolutions relating to China havt
r received committee approval onlj
and the Root submarine declaration
also awaits the official sanction ot
j. the conference proper.
With the naval treaty and Shan-
tung definitely out of the way. only
r a few collateral Issues will stand In
the way of a final adjournment of
K the conference. None of these promise
to take long and some of thj) dele
gates believe they may be on their
I way home by the end of the week.
Arms Imports Yet Undecided,
Among subjects yet to go through
both the committee and conference
I stages of agreement are the proposal
v f to prohibit importation of arms into
! China, a settlement regarding the
Chinese Eastern railway, a declara
. tlon regarding territories In China,
the Chinese request for abrogation ot
t the "21 demands" treaties and a
l general resolution relating to land
armament.
I It was revealed today that the
, French had withdrawn their reserva
tion on surrender of their leased
L territory in China and that as a
consequence an agreement on that
subject was Imminent.
( Obstacles which have delayed action
( on the arms importation ban for
China also were understood to have
been removed and the far eastern
I committee may act on the arms reso-
lution tomorrow.
Few Sittings Expected.
The "21" demands are not expected
I to occupy more than one or two com
4 mittee sittings, the Japanese, Chinese
and American delegations merely
putting into the record their, views.
t In their consideration of the far
eastern treaty which is to embody
I- all the decisions regarding China, the
I arms delegates ars making no present
plana for an affirmative declaration
' regarding the Franco-Japanese alii
j ance. In some quarters it has been
suggested that a clause abrogating
t the alliance be put into the far
(. eastern convention, but some dele
gates at least arj said now to be
( lieve It will be unnecessary In view
of the agreements to which- France
and Japan have pledged themselves
I here. '
It Is understood also a definite
I derision has been reached to put the
isiwlunU 3, Column 2)
Auditor, Who Is Also Minister, Of
ficiates at 171 Ceremonies
and Collects $835.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. SO.
(Special.) Fees and wedding licenses
for 1921, spent . in Clarke county,
amounted to almost $23,000. There
were 233 licenses Issued at 14.50
each. George B. Simpson, judge ot
the superior court of Clarke county,
married 225 couples, Irut turned In
11125. all he collected, to the county,
so the county actually received for
this business $11,803.60.
J. L. Garrett, county auditor. Is also
a minister of the United Brethern
church, but la without a charge. He,
however, has the right to marry cou
ples, so during last year married 171
couples, which at $5 per couple
amounted to $855. The county
commissioners last year ruled that
Mr. Garrett should turn Into the
county any fees he collected for marrying-persons
on the county time. Mr.
Garrett has not yet turned in any
money earned in this way. He works
after hours, going- to the office after
midnight and at 4:30 o'clock in the
morning, when called by couples who
want to be married.
Of the 2373 couples married, Frank
E. Vaughan, Justice of the peace,
married 684; Rev. A. D. Skaggs, re
tired Christian minister. Just across
the street east of the courthouse, 559;
Judge Simpson, 226; J. L. Garrett, 171;
Itev. Luther B. Deck, Lutheran, just
across the street south from the
courthouse, 150; Rev. Charles E.
Baskerville. Presbyterian. 107; Rev. S.
rhelps, Presbyterian, 41; Rev. C. C.
Curtis. Christian, 65; Rev. George W.
Frame, 65; Rev. C. F. Benn.'tt, county
superintendent of schools and Presby
terian minister, without a charge, 6.
The eight ministers and justice of the
peace married 2073, leaving 300 cou
ples married by about 30 ministers
fiom various parts of the county and
from Oregon.
YACHTMAN SWEPT TO SEA
Victim Returned to Ship iy Wave,
But One Seaman Is Drowned.
NEWPORT KEVte, Va., Jan. 30.
Gordon Woodbury, ex-assistant sec
retary of war, was swept over the
railing of his yacht. "Half Moon," 40
miles oft Cape Charles, Friday night,
but was returned by a wave to the
ship. It waa stated tonight when the
yacht. formerly the "Germanla,"
private yacht of ex-Einp?ror William
of Germany, was towed into old Point
Comfort In a damaged condition by
the Standard OH tanker Japan Arrow.
Several members of thecrtew also
were swept overboard. It was added,
but all but one were rescued. The
japan Arrow came up a few minutes
later and got a tow aboard.
TRADE HELD RESTRAINED
31 Corporations and 21 Individ
uals In Gotham Indicted.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 Twenty-one
corporations and 24 individuals en
gaged in the heating a: I ventilating
branch of the building industry were
ludicted by a supreme court Jury
today for violation of the Donnelly
anti-trust law. Five other persons
were indicted for conspiracy.
The anti-trust law offense spe
cifically charged was entering into
an agreement June 1. 1920. for the
purpose of fixing prices and prevent
ing competition In restraint of trade.
Among the five Indicted for con
spiracy were three labor leaders
John N. Imhoff. Martin McCue and
Louis Gebhardt
VIRGINIA HARRISON WEDS
Daughter of Philippines Ex-Governor
Bride of Christian Gross.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30. Christian Gross,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Grose
of Chicago, and Miss Virginia Ran
dolph Harrison, daughter o; Francis
Burton Harrison, former governor
general of the Philippines, were mar
ried in French Algiers Saturday, ac
cording to a cablegram received by
Mr. Gross' parents, today.
After a tour of Algiers the couple
will reside in Algiers, while the
bridegroom completes a course in a
college there.
GERMAN CONVICT ESCAPES
50,000 Marks Offered for Capture
of Lieutenant Dittmar.
BERLIN. Jan. 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Lieutenant Ludwig
Dittmar, whom the Lelpsic supreme
court recently sentenced to four years'
imprisonment In connection with the
sinking of the hospital ship Llando
very Castje in war time, has escaped
from the prison at Naumburg. it be
came known today.
A reward of 50.000 marks has been
offered.
WOLF KILLED BY HAND
Animal Found Within City Limits
of Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 30.
After using only bis gloved bands,
Arthur Lener, Minneapolis, killed a
large timber wolf within the city
limits, the first instance of its kind
for more than a decade. He slew'
the animal by g.asplng its hind legs
and crashing its head against an iron
railing when it attacked him.
He collected $7.50 bounty today.
Commission Puzzles on
Just How to Do It.
TIME NEEDED TO DECIDE
8-Foot Width Costs $7500.
Full Width $15,000.
PROPOSALS ARE HEARD
If Manual Labor Is to Be Used,
Employment Would Be Given
at Least 100 Men.
Money is available for clearing the
Columbia River highway of snow in
Multnomah county, but the county
commissioners yesterday decided to
take a couple of more days to decide
what to do. The section of the high
way In Hood River county under
control of the state highway depart
ment and is being- cleared by the
state.
An eight-foot roadway can be
cleared to the Hood River county line
for $7500, or the full width can be
cleared for $15,000, according to esti
mates of C. C Kelley, assistant state
highway engineer, who made a re
port to the Multnomah county com
missioners at the conference held
yesterday afternoon. Co-operation
with the O.-W. R. & N. railroad com
pany will be needed in either case.
Trncka Offered Free.
If the county commissioners want
to clear the road by manual labor,
thereby vgivlng employment to at
least 100 men, the state highway
commission will furnish free all of
the trucks the county wants and all
of the engineers that the county may
wish. This offer was made by John
B. Yeon and W. B. Barratt, members
of the highway commission. i
According to Engineer Kelley's re
port, the highway can be cleared In
five weeks.
Samuel C. Lancaster offered to open
the highway from Portland to the
Rood River county line, full width, at
actual cost, provided that he be given
full and complete charge of all forces
and equipment, without interference
from anyone.
The Hauser Construction company
offered to clear the highway at cost
Burning Also Proposed.
J. A. Manning offered to burn a 10
foot sTrtp. with 50-foot turn-outs
every 300 feet, for about $2500 for a
mile section. He promised to give a
bond that he would finish the Job in
a week.
After hearing these proposals,
Charles Rudeen, chairman of the
commission and presiding at the
meeting, moved an adjournment, ex-
(Coacluded on Page 3. Column 3.)
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Co-operation of Editors, Club Wom
en, Teachers, School Heads
and Others to Be Asked.
OLTMPIA, Wash- Jan. 30. Co
operation of editors, clubwomen,
school superintendents. teachers,
bankers, business and professional
men will be solicited in a campaign
to stamp out illiteracy In the state ot
Washington, It was decided at the
first meeting of the state illiteracy
commission here today.
County organization was the chief
business and a tentative list of county
committeemen was agreed upon, five
persons being named from each coun
ty with school superintendents as
chairmen. 4
Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preerton.
state superintendent of instruction,
was elected president of the com
mission; C. . D. Cunningham, com
mander of Centralia American Legion
post. vlce-prside.nt; Chapin D. Fos
ter, Grandview, president State Press
association, secretary; George D. Ped
dycord, Colvllle, president Washing
ton State Bankera' association, treas
urer. Mrs. Minnie D. Bean, president of
'the Washington Education associa
tion, will call upon teachers of the
state to teach either a class or one
Illiterate to read and write. Foster
will call on the state press to sup
port the campaign, while Mrs. A. E.
Larson, president of the State Federa
tion of Women's clubs, will bring the
matter before the various clubs.
Bankers will be asked by Peddycord.
it was stated, to provide a fund for
financing these campaigns.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, chair
man of the Illiteracy commission of
the National Education association,
who has been co-operating In the
work in the state, left here tonight
for San Francisco, to attend the illit
eracy conference to be held there
February 3 and 4.
SCHOOL DEBATERS TO VIE
Vancouver and Centralis to Thresh
Ont Sales Tax Question.
VANCOUVER, Wash,. Jan. SO.
(Special.) A debate between the
Vancouver and the Centralia high
school debating teams will bj held
here Friday evening. The question
to be debated is: "Resolved, that the
principles of the sales tax should be
adopted and added to the general
scheme of taxation" Vancouver will
have the negative side this time, but
has lost twice on the affirmative
side, as has every other team in the
district debatlntfjfn that side.
Members of the team are Blanche
Robinson. Elizabeth Todd and Ralph
Brown.
BOYS' -CLAN IS ROUTED
Secret Organization Aimed at Ne
groes Is DiKpersed.
HATTIESBURG. Miss.. Jan. 30. A
secret organization composed of small
boys has been discovered and brojten
up at Elllsville. The organization
had a membership of 22 and called
Itself "R- A. R.t" "Run, African. Run."
It is said the purpose 'was to run
negroes out of town.
WELL HURRY UP ABOUT IT!
HO -HUM- -""""pSl
LK
Decision by Supreme Court in Cases
or John Rathic, Elvlc Kirby
and Dan Casey Awaited.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 30 (Special.)
Unless the supreme nourt hands down
an opinion In the habeas corpus pro
ceedings involving Elvle Kirby, alias
James Owens, by Thursday night. It
will be necessary for Governor Olcott
to extend the reprieves granted to
three men now awaiting execution in
the state penitentiary. These men
are John Rathle and Kirby, convicted
of participating in the murder of
Sheriff. Til Taylor of Umatilla
county, and Dan Casey, .who was
found guilty of slaying "Buck" Phil
lips, special agent for the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company.
Habeas corpus proceedings to lib
erate Kirby from the penitentiary
were started here several weeks ago.
After hearing the arguments Judge
Bingham denied the writ, whereupon
the case was taken to the supreme
court. Arguments in the case were
heard by the supreme court last week.
In order that the case brought by
Kirby might have careful considera
tion Governor Olcott reprieved his
execution until February 3. Similar
action also was taken In the cases of
Casey and Rathle. Governor Olcott,
It Is said, la not likely to allow any
of the three men to bang until the
supreme court submits an opinion.
Should the state supreme court up
hold the decision of Judge Bingham
it la possible that the case will be
carried to the United States supreme
court, attorneys said today.
460 ON DISABLED LINER
Three Tugs Sent to Meet Princess
Matolka,. Which Is Returning.
NEW TORE, Jan. 30. The liner
Princess Matolka, which sailed for
Danzig Saturday with 460 pasjengers
aboard, had her steering gear dis
abled in a heavy gale and Is return
ing to port, a wireless message said
today.
Three tugs have been sent to meet
her. The accident occurred 100 miles
at sea. Among the passengers are
312 Polish orphans who were en route
to Danzig after hiving spent a year
in American charitable Institutions.
MURAT0RE HAS OPERATION
Premier Tenor of Chicago Grand
Opera. Company 111.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Luclen Mura-
'""i . -
Opera company, was operated upon
for acute appendicitis at tne Auauoon
hospital today.
The operation was reported "en
tirely successful" by physicians.
SUPREME COURT RESTS
Highest Tribunal Takes Its Regular
February Vacation.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 30 The
supreme court today took a recess
until February 27.
This Is the regular February recess.
6000 Campaigners Are
Spread Over City.
RESPONSES ARE GENEROUS
Public Seems to Understand
Purpose Thoroughly.
SIRENS ANNOUNCE START
Bonfires Blaie In Street at Night
and Speakers Talk to Crowds
of Needs of City's Poor.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
A raw wind, a gray day, a threat
of snow none ot these prevailed
against the esprit de corps of the
community chest battalions when they
took the field yesterday, 6000 real
recruits, to launch the great chari
table and philanth: lc drive for
$798.777 the price of Portland's
happlnets for a twelvemonth to come.
Spreading out through the city,
until the thousands of campaigners
were serving in all business and resi
dential districts, the crusade met few
obstacles at the onset and found
everywhere an understanding of the
chest and Its significance. Early re
turns confirmed this fact, and though
the seasoned campaigners who lead
the drive take nothing for granted
it is evident that Portland is keenly
aware of her clvle obligations.
Filled Cheat Assured.
Not idly or without knowledge ot
the city's nu: .anlty was the slogan
of the second community chest cam
paign chosen. Though here and there
the Seekers met with refusals, as In
all other drives, the note was one of
public affirmation and they heard
their shibboleth taken up by donors
with heartiness:
"Sure, we'll help."
Three days to end the drive?
Though not beyond the pale of
possibility, those wbb direct the chest
campaign believe that such an ob
jective is over-optimistic. From the
physical mature of the task alone,
the need f-r calling on the many
thousands of Individual contributors.
In every district of Portland. It is
apparent that the chest cannot be
filled and its great lid clanked down
within Su brief a tl:ae. But that it
will be filled, that every dollar shall
be subscribed, admits of not an In
stant's doubt, they say.
No Refusals Kneonntered.
Indicative, of the Initial response
that met the workers was the happy
rjiort of Brigadier-General Sensenich.
commanding Division 1, who reported
before noon that one of his colonels
had met with not a single reverse,
and had obtained subscriptions from
every prospect approached. It was
s 9 o'clock that the brigades turned
to their advance, and within the half
hour another colonel of General Sen
senlch's division had reported a total
of $1000.
Adjutant-General Walker, who is
directing the crusade while Gener .l
Robert E. Smith frets at home with
a cold, declared his gratification at
the progress made yesterday. This
sentiment ran through the divisions,
but it was tempered with the knowl
edge that individual subscriptions
must be Increased this year, to
finance largely increased demands
upon the charitable treasury.
Veterans Not Forgotten.
It seems not generally known that
the 1922 budget includes $40,000 for
the relief of disabled soldiers, boys
who were battered and Incapacitated
under th, flag, or that an additional
75,00(i has been allocated for the re
lief of the unemployed. So many, bo
very many, of the Jobless had. a Job
a few short years ago a Job in the
army somewhere overseas. At the
public employment bureau today or
tomorrow, or next day, the curious
may discover hundreds of them stand
ing In line for a chance to saw wood
and earn a meay men who are yet
wearing the service overcoats.
Merely as a suggestive aid to giv
ing, or Investing, In the community
chest there has been prepared the fol
lowing table of monthly pledges by
income. If generally observed this
schedule will Insure the heaping of
the chest and the relief that Its treas.
ure is destined to give. The sched
ule follows:
Monthly
Monthly Income subscription.
Under 1100 ,
100 to f l.-.O f .73
15Uto200 1.00
S2U1 to 3oO 2.0u
1301 to 1400 3.00
(401 to S0UO r 6.00
It Is suggested that individuals
whose net worth exceeds $5000 should
add to the above sum equivalent to
?i to 1 per cent ,of net worth, for ex
ample: Tear.
Income $250 per month calls for $24.00
Net worm st $12,000 calU lor 80.00
Total subscriptioa to ehest . . f 404.0O
General Smith la Foiled.
Early yesterday morning, unmind
ful of Mrs. Smith's admonitions. Gen
eral Smith announced that he was
ready to lead the campaign, nd In
sisted upon getting up a decision
that his doctor had warned him fre
quently against. He said that he
never felt better and that his place'
(Concluded cn Fas Column 2.) .
Bullet Drops Outlaw Who Robbed
Ranchers and Often Vanished
in Uncanny Way.
HEPPNER, Or. Jan. SO. (Special.)
An unidentified man who had ter
rorized the upper Butter creek section
In this county for three years and
locally was known as "the wild man"
was shot and killed yesterday morn
ing while resisting arrest by a posse
of citizens of that neighborhood who
had tracked him from the Joe M.
Hayes sheep camp, where he bad
stolen a gun and provisions th,e pre
vious night.
The posse conslstei of Charles 11c
Devitt, rancher; J. C Whittington. an
employe of the DIllard-French ranch,
and Archie McCampbell, government
hunter and trapper on that range. Mr.
McCampbell fired the fatal shot after
the wild man refused to halt when
commanded. He took refuge behind
a tree and was drawing a bead on
the trapper with his stolen rifle,
which was an army gun of large cal
iber. Mr. McCampbell's shot took ef
fect In the center of the forehead
and death was Instantaneous. The
rifle In the dead man's hand was
found loaded and cocked when picked
up.
Two members of the posse, Mr. Mc
Devitt and Mr. Whittington, encoun
tered the man on Saturday while rid
ing on the range and before he could
get to cover they captured him and
disarmed him of a small rifle, and
when one of the men went for a con
veyance to bring him to Heppner he
attacked his guard and escaped. He
had always been a mystery in the
neighborhood and waa seen only on
rare occasions and never until Sat
urday at close range. He had an
uncanny way of disappearing and
evading pursuers.
Coroner Case was notified and the
body was brought in today after be
ing moved several miles by hand sled
and hack before reaching a point,
where an automobile could reach It.
Whether the man was demented, or a
criminal hiding from Justice, may
never be known, as nothing by which
ho could be Identified was found on
the body.
ACCOUNTS ARE APPROVED
Ex-Trustees Pay Sums Not Allowed
by Court and Are Discharged.
BOSTON, Jan. 30. A decree was
entered in supreme court today al
lowing the accounta of Herbert E.
Eustace and Paul Harvey, , former
trustees of the Christian Science Pub
lishing society, and discharging them
from further responsibility in con
nection with the trust.
The decree waa entered. It was an
nounced, after payment by Mr. Eus
tace and Mr. Harvey to Fred M. Lam
son. William P. McKenzie and James
E. Patton. the new trustees, of the
amounts Judge Crosby found they
had expended from the trust fund
without authority. The items dis
allowed, amounting to about $25,000,
were reported gratuities paid em
ployes from the publishing society, as
well as the salary paid David B.
Ogden after he had ceased to be a
trustee.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 86
decrees; minimum, 2 degrees,
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
Foreign.
Cardinals gather to elect new pope.
Paso z.
British speed up evacuation of Ireland,
faga .
Shackleton's body lies In deal wood box
Page S.
Germany's note referred to allied govern
menta. rase s.
National.
Blame to b fixed tor theater crash.
Pace S.
China and Japan settle Shantung's return.
Pace 1.
Senate opposes cnngrenalinal eontrol of
allied debt refunding. Page 2.
Oenoa conference expected to end Ameri
can Isolation. Page 2.
Supreme court refuse, to let owners get
liquor from government warehouses.
Page 4.
Five-power naval treaty 'finally eo-.npleted.
Page 5.
Pome. tie.
Plckforl divorce argtments heard. Page I
Autoists are Isolated by California storm.
Page 7.
Bwmuel Oompers declarer workers never
would submit to railway labor court.
Parlfle Northwest.
Vancouver weddings cost $23,000 In 1021.
Page L
Washington state Insists that Oregon pro
hibit trolling for fish. Page 7.
Washington careful as to Its delegates oa
banquet special to iaiL Page 7.
"Wild man" Is kllred in fight with posse
Page 1.
Governor may extend reprieves of three
men sentenced to die. Page 1.
Washington begins war on Illiteracy.
Page 1.
O. 8. Edlnirton of Corvallls, misftinir two
weeks, beard of In Portland. Pago 6.
Sports.
Eigtit Notre Dame playera confess and are
disqualified. Page 12.
Harper too 111 to fight Welling. Page 12.
Presidents of west conference colleges de
nounce money athletes. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
All .rades of wheat In northwest ad
vanced. Page 19.
Bullish statistics as to farm reserves
strengthen Chicago wheat market.
Page 18.
Advances In foreign exchange due to Im
proved European conditions. Page 19.
Complete scale of wages under shipping
board reduction received In Portland.
Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity. I
Farm experts say children big help In
extension work. Page 13.
Moore family life la declared happy. Page
13.
Mayor Baker announces he will not seek
nomination for governorship. Page 1.
Minlstets pledge co-operation In school
dance decision. Page 20.
Funds now ready to clear highway of
anow. Page 1.
Ex-morals squad member accused of
theft. Page 20.
Drive for commmunlty chest funds la
launched. Page L
College problems conference topics. Pace 4.
RUN FDR GOVERNOR
City's Executive Says He
Will Stay Out of Race.
FORMAL STATEMENT IS MADE
Mr. Baker Concludes Duty
Now Is to Portland.
CITY FACES BIG PROBLEM
Industrial Development and 1925
Exposition Require Attention.
Position Is Mado Plain.
Mayor George L. Baker will not be
a candidate for the republican nom
ination for governor, announcement
to this effect having been Issued by
the mayor late yesterday. Many vital
Issues before the city of Portland,
Including Industrial development,
now in its infancy, the 1925 exposi
tion and munlc'pal problems that
must be solved, led the mayor to
dee'de that It was his duty to con
clude his four-year term as chief
executive of the city of Portland.
His second term as mayor began
July 1, 1921.
No denial la made In the mayor's
statement of the fact that he has
been a potential candidate for gov
ernor. Assurances have been re
ceived of support from many sources,
and because of auch assurances the
mayor said he had given the question
very serious consideration.
Poatttosi Made Clear.
It Is known that the mayor did not
reach a final decls'on In the matter
until yesterday, and made his state
ment at once with a view to clarify
ing the gubernatorial altuation.
Since he has been mentioned as
one of the candidates. Mayer Baker
has felt that many of his official acta
have been mlscontrued and this Is
another reason why he trsued the
definite statement declaring that he
would not be a candiate for governor.
The complete statement follows:
"My name has been mentioned fre
quently of late In the newspapers
and In other ways as a candidate, or
probable candidate, for the repub
lican nomination for governor at the
coming primary election. I wish at
this time to set these reports and
rumors at rest by advising my friends
and the public that I have no Inten
tion whatever of becoming a candi
date. I make this statement with full
appreciation of the confidence Im
posed In me by many friends, ac
quaintances and others who have
urged me to seek the nomination.
City Faces Big Job.
T am now Just beginning my sec
ond term as mayor of Portland, and
In this capacity I feel that there Is a
big work to be performed for the
people of this city. We are facing
many 'vital Issues, including Indus
trial development, now In Us Infancy;
the" 1925 exposition and many munlc'
pal problems requiring attention. I
feel that it Is my duty to remain as
mayor durin? the balance of my pres
ent term.
"To become governor of the great
and progressive state of Oregon Is an
honor great enough to appeal to the
best among us. It Is an honor which
do citizen whose life is dedicated to
the public service can regard lightly,
and. because of the assurances 1 have
received from people throughout the
state. I have considered the proposi
tion fully, but have concluded that I
owe It to the people of Portland to
remain where they have placet me."
ASSOCIATED PRESS SERV
ICE LARGELY INCREASED
The Associated Press, which
serves this newspaper, has
speeded up and increased its
leased wire service from the
east and between the "larger
Pacific coast cities from San
Diego to Seattle and Spokane.
Under the new plan wires
will operate between Chicago
and San Francisco and up and
down the coast 24 hours a day.
In the past the wires were
quiet between 2 A. M. and
7 A. M.
In addition a double-wire
system has been established
from the east and along the
coast. Under the old plan only
single wires carried the day's
news from the east and to the
principal western points.
As a result of the changes
the news report handled in the
far west had been increased
greatly in volume, is delivered
to the newspapers in much
faster time than before, and
the coast is put in immediate
news contact wtih the east ,
every minute of the day and
night.
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