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VOL. LXI-NO. 10,103 "P"? 'JfV"f l..V
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
L OF HI
PARSEE PRIEST PRAYS
AT EPISCOPAL ALTAR
POPE IS CROWNED
HAYS URGED TO TEACH
BIBLE TO FILM STARS
LODGE TO CONSTRUCT
HOMEINVAUCOUVER
FINAL GHEST DRIVE
TO OPEN TOMORROW
HALL IS INDORSED
S4.
AMID GREAT PDAIP
E
CXIQCE CEREMOXY TAKES
' PLACE IX SEW YORK.
CHICAGO PREACHER SUGGESTS
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS SITE
IS PURCHASED.
NEW DEAL ALL AROUND IS AN
NOUNCED BY GENERAL.
METHOD OP REFORM.
IVA
MliMERSTO DECIDE
STRIKEJHISWEEK
Fight Against Wage Cut
Declared Likely.
GOVERNOR
OWES
500
Savings of 6000 Chica
goans Are Lost.
OIL DEALS EAT UP FUNDS
Financial Wizard Says He
Was Double-Crossed.
LARGE RETURNS PAID
Money Only Borrowed, So Dasls
for Prosecution Appears
to Be Lacking.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Raymond . J.
Bischoff. taken into custody yester
day after involuntary proceedings in
bankruptcy had been Instituted
against him by creditors, today ad
mitted that ha owe about 4.600.000.
representing the savings of 0OO Chl
cagoans, mostly foreigners. Less than
1.000.000 worth of oil and gas stock
of doubtful value I available to meet
the obligations. It was announced.
Bischoff. whose financial operations
apparently rival those of Charles
I'onsi. the Boston "wlsard." breathed
a huge sigh of relief when taken into
custody.
The Central Trust company yester
day was appointed receiver for Bis
choff. JFelix Streyckmans. attorney
for the creditors, said he Believed
Bi.-choffs liabilities will run near
1 7,000,000.
Biaehoff Only 33 tears Old.
Bischoff. only IS years old. ob
jected strenuously when it was sug
gested that he accompany deputy
marshals to the section of the city
here his creditors reside.
Bischoff told federal officials that
he had been in trouble since last No
vember and lost much of his money in
several oil deals In which he aaid he
was double-crossed.
Bischoff, by paying large returns
on money borrowed in a few particu
lar instances, gained a reputation as
a financial wlsard among the people
with whom ho dealt, according to fed
eral agents. Profits of 40 per cent
on short-term loans were said to be
common and Bischoff was (aid to
have paid as high s 100 per cent in
terest. Soase Content Take Sates.
According to Mr. Streyckmans, only
the creditors that objected to long
waits were paid in actual cash. The
rest, he said, were content to accept
their alleged earnings in more notes.
Some of the people sold almost all
they owned to give Bischoff money,
llr. Streyckmans said. One man. he
said, sold his home for J7000 and
turned over JS200 to Bischoff.
James J. Kelly, attorney for Bisch
off. today asserted that his client had
violated no law, but has simply lost
money by speculation.
"The mails were not used." Mr.
Kelly aaid "The cotes he gave to
Investors were simply promissory
notes, and a man can't be Imprisoned
fur failure to pay such a note If he
fcasn't the money."
Prevention Basis Lacking,
Creditors may receive 10 cents on
the dollar. Mr. Kelly said, when
Bischoff s holdings are liquidated.
Federal authorities intimated there
was no bais for prosecution.
John Augustinak, bodyguard for
Bischoff for a year, said today that
Bischoff had even fooled h:s own
aa leymrn.
"Only last Monday he called his 4'l
agents together and told them be
would have a remittance of JiOO.OO
from New Tork in a day or two," he
aaid.
Bischoff cams from Davenport, la.
He first attracted attention when he
spoke in Chicago, Denver. St. Louis.
Omaha and other cities in 1917. call
ing himself Sergeant D. C. Brecken
ridge, member of Princess Pat's Ca
nadian regiment. He was exposed
then as a deserter from the Amer
ican army. Ho was arrested at Salt
Lake City for desertion and after
court-martial was sentenced to Alca
trea prison for IS months.
He then came to Chicago and en
tered the employ of a packing house
concern, later opening a brokerage
office.
SOLONS WANT DISGUISE
I"ale linkers I'rgcd to Prevent
Itccojtnitlon by Lobbyists.
RICHMOND. Vi. Feb. 12. Protec
tion for members in the Virginia
house of delegates from lobbyists by
furnishing each member with a be
comingly and appropriately designed
set of false whiskers is provided in
a resolution offered in that body and
now pending before the committee on
manufactures mechanical arts.
The resolution follows:
"Resolved, by the house of dele
gates, that the clerk of the house
be and he is hereby authorised and
directed to take the measurement of
and furnish to each member of the
house a luxurious set of artificial
whiskers, appropriately and becom
ingly designed for the purpose of dis
guise, to facilitate ingress and
caress from the house without recog
nition b' the various lobbyists.
Resolved, further, that the cost of
such paraphernalia be paid by such
lobbiea."
Members of Zoroastrian Creed
Translate Worship In Front
of Christian Pedestal.
NEW TORK. Feb. 12. For the first
time in the history of the Episcopal
church a parsee altar was set up
yesterday in front of a Christian altar
and a parsee priest said the- prayers
of ais faith before the sacred fire.
This happened in the church of St.
Marks-in-the-Bouwerie, No. 234 East
Eleventh street, where a priest of the
Zoroastrian creed and Bahman Pes
tonjl Wadia, a Hindu layman of that
faith, occupied places of honor. The
rector of the church, the Rev. Wil
liam Norman Guthrie, took a consid
erable part in the service, which was
a translation of parsee worship.
At the beginning, the altar of fire
was lighted and devotions paid to the
sacred fire. The altar, which was a
pedestal set in the sanctuary of the
church, directly in front of the regu
lar altar, bore on It an ornamental
fire pot. This was filled with an In
flammable substance and waa made
to blase by the parsee priest, while
he intoned certain devotions to it.
These were interpreted by Dr. Guth
rie to the congregation, which nearly
filled the church.
Following the fire devotions. Dr.
Guthrie read for the lesson a story
of the seven visions vouchsafed to
Zoroaster, after which the parsee lit
any waa chanted. Dr. Guthrie taking
the versicles and the congregation and
choir the responses.
The speaker for the occasion was
Bahman Pestonji Wadia, the Hindu
who has been the official representa
tive of the labor movement in India
in the two International conferences
of the league o nations. He was the
co-editor of New Indian.
GIRL SMOKERS WIN CASE
Teachers' College, Columbia I'nt
versity, Takes Back Expelled Pair.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Smoking by
graduate girl students in the dormi
tories of Teachers college, Columbia
university, is banned on architectural
rather than ethical or moral grounds.
This announcement was made today
by Miss Margaret Kilpatrick, presi
dent of the student body of Wh.ttier
hall, in giving news of the read
mission of two girls expelled in the
fall semester for violations of the
no-smoking rule.
"The girls here smoke we all do,"
said Miss Kilpatrick. "but we do not
all do it here In the hall. The rooms
are too small and that is really the
reason for the rule against smoking
in Whittier.
"Why, the place would soon be
a smoke-stuffed den if we allowed
the girls to smoke wherever they
pleased.
They all smoke wherever else
they want to, but not in the halls."
VICTIM'S BODY RECOVERED
Swift Current Where Fred 5IenzeI
Sank Makes Grappling Difficult.
The body of Fred Menzel, No. 4 Hol
gate mooring, who was drowned at
the foot of Bast Crampton street
Thursday night when a skiff manned
by himself and wife capsized, was re
covered yesterday afternoon at 12:30
by City Grappler Brady. The water
where Mr. Menzel was last seen to
have gone down was very swift and
the grappler experienced much diffi
culty In recovering the body.
Mr. and Mrs. Menzel were out after
some stray logs to be used for fuel
last Thursday and upon their return
ran into a swift current within strik
ing distance of their houseboat. Their
skiff capsized and Mrs. Menzel, an ex
pert swimmer, aesisted her husband,
who could not swim, to the sunken
hull. She then swam for help, but
before aid arrived her husband had
gone under.
EDISON HONORED IN T0KI0
Birthday Observed by Industrial
and Political Leaders.
TOKIO. Feb. 12 (By the Associ
ated Press.) Several hundred indus
trial and political leaders observed
the birthday yesterday of Thomas A.
Edison. American inventor, at a ban
quet at the Tokio Industrial club.
'Che function was under the au
spices of the Japanese Sociciy for
the Encouragement of Inventions,
and was arranged by a special com
mittee of the society under the -direction
of Viscount Shibusa va. presi
dent of tho American-Japan a'woc'a
tion. who was the first speaker.
Tributes also were paid by Baron
Sakatani. Baron Goto, mayor ot
Tokio, and the American ambassador,
Charles B. Warren
A n e&sage of felicitation wss ca
bled Mr. Edison.
CO-ED CODE WINS FAVOR
Laws and Traditions Seem .Likely
to Be Complied.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Euarene,
Feb 12. (Special.) The idea of a
"co-ed code," proposed by lira. George
Gerlinger of Portland, regent of the
university, is favorably received by
leading co-eds.
The code would be a compilation of
the laws, traditions and customs of
the university women. Ella Rawlings
of Corvallis, Helen Carson of Hood
River. Marian Linn of Eugene, Mildred
Ferguson of Portland and Helen Man
ning of Portland, all office holders,
have publicly expressed themselves as
heartily in favor of such a code. The
Women's league probably will under
take the formulation of the code.
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Pontiff Hopes Soon to
Mingle With People.
UNIVERSAL PEACE IS HOPED
Message Is Sent Broadcast
Over World.
BLESSING GIVEN CROWD
Sew Head of Church Accedes to
Cheering and Appears on St.
Peter's Outside Balcony.
ROME. Feb. 12. (By the Associated
Press.) Pius XI was crowned pope in
the bascilica of St. Peter's today amid
scenes of pomp and enthusiasm and
in the presence of princes and digni
taries of the church, the diplomatic
representatives of foreign countries,
members of the Roman aristocracy
and a vast assemblage filling the
great structure to the very doors.
The ancient custom was carried out
with impressive ceremonies and the
newly elected pontiff now occupies
the throne of the first pope reported
crowned, Leo III. who reigned from
793 A. D. to 816 A. D.
Pius XI again blessed the crowds
from the outer balcony of St. Peter's,
this time nearly 200.000 people cheer
ing, "long live the pope," and waving
handkerchiefs. It had been officially
announced that owing to the cold
weather the pope would not bless the
crowds from the outer balcony, but
such was the insistence and warmth
of the cheers that the pontiff finally
decided he must answer the call.
Beaedietloa la Bestowed.
Thus, it was lorg after 1 o'clock
in the afternoon when the pontiff
appeared on the balcony, surrounded
by Cardinals Vannutelli, Gasparri,
Mercier and Bourne and bestowed the
apostolic benediction.
Previous to this, 60,000 gathered
within the edifice, rising spontane
ously, had cheered the holy father as
Cardinar Lega placed upon the pope's
head the tiara, emblem of sover
eignty. Old Romans, who had wit
nessed the coronation of several
popes, say that the enthusiastic re
ception accorded the present pope has
never been equaled in their memory.
Three Eraotfcnu Dominant.
Good will, sincerity and hope were
the dominant emotions prevailing Id
Rome as the new spiritual leader was
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Movie Director-General Ought to
Get Aetofrs to Learn and Obey
Decalogue, Says Minister.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12. A Bible class
of movie stars with Will Hays, director-general
of the movies and
postmaster-general, as teacher, and
the ten commandments as the text
of study, was advocated in a sermon
here today by Rev. George G. Dowey
at the Third . Presbyterian church.
"Will Hays is an elder in the Pres
byterian church," Rev. Mr. Dowey
said. "He is also a Sunday school
teacher. He is also the new director
general of the movies. I suggest that
he put his religious beliefs and tal
ents into affect and see if he cannot
get some of the movie stars not only
to learn the ten commandments, but
also to obey them.
"I admit that Mr. Hays will have a
hard time to abolish the carousals of
the movie stars. They have become a
habit of life, but as a man who be
lieves this nation has become great by
following the teachings of the pilgrim
fathers, who brought the Bible to
America in 1620, Hays ought to do his
best.
"There is still room for a Bible class
of movie stars witb Elder Will Hays
as teacher and the ten commandments
as a text for Bible study."
PERSHING MEETS DOUBLE
Chicago Man Cautioned ot to
Ruin General's Reputation.
CHICAGO, 111.. Feb. 12. General
John J. Pershing, here for a Lincoln
day address, Saturday met his double
and cautioned him to be careful.
The meeting took place when Gen
eral Pershing went to see a play pre
sented under auspices of former serv
ice men and in which John J. Kelly,
Chicago business man, played the
part of the American commander
without make-up.
After shaking hands and looking
intently at Kelly, General Pershing
id: " '
"By Gosh, you do look like me. I
hope you are a careful man you
might easily ruin my reputation; yes,
be careful,, very careful."
ROOSTER BEST RAT TRAP
Fowl Battles Rodents That Invade
Hen House and Wins.
WIXSTED. .Conn, .Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) "The best rat trap I 'ever had
is my Rhode Island Red rooster," as
serted Roscoe Toung. a local poultry
fancier. "When rats invade the hen
house in quest of chickens or grainj
the rooster immediately gives battle
and nine times out of ten the intruder
loses his life.
"The other morning when I went
out to feed and water my hens, Bill
was holding down a good-sized, half
exhausted rat with his bill. I helped
him out by ending the rat's life."
NOW FOK PITY SAKE, BILL, BE REASONABLE.
Plans to Be Prepared at Once for
First Unit of Structure for
Aged and Children.
A home for the aged and children
will be erected in Vancouver, Wash.,
by the Knights of Pythias grand
lodges of Oregon and Washington, ac
cording to announcement of officials
of the two grand lodges last night
following a gathering at Vancouver
yesterday as a result of which a site
of 13 acres on Main street in the
Washington city was purchased.
It was declared that plans would be
prepared immediately for a 50-room
structure costing approximately ?60,
0O0 or $75,000 as the first unit of the
home, it is intended to start work
this year and the home probably will
be completed for opening early next
year.
The site obtained for the home is
within the city limits of Vancouver
and about five blocks from the high
school. The value of the property
was said to be 118,000. Of this amount
it was said that the Knights of
Pythias lodge at Vancouver had raised
212,000 and would also probably raise
the remaining amount so that the
grand lodges would receive the site
free.
The grand lodge of Oregon was
represented at yesterday's meeting by
Leif S. Finseth of Dallas, grand chan
cellor; J. W. Maloney of Pendleton,
grand manager of exchequer; Walter
G. Gleeson, Portland, grand Keeper of
records and seal; Millard F. Hard
esty. Seaside; Fred J. Johnson,' Leslie
E. Crouch and W. J. H. Clark of Port
land, grand trustees.
Representatives of the Washington
grand lodge were: Edward A. Davis
of Pasco, grand chancellor; Harry M.
Love of Colfax, grand keeper of rec
ords and seal; George Bennett of Se
attle; Dan Bowes of Aberdeen; Ellis
Laird of Colfax, grand trustees.
A number of the visitors stayed
over in Portland last night at the Im
perial hotel.
NEW SUN SPOTS FOUND
Aurora Borealis and Electrical
, Trouble Are Predicted.
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 12. Discovery of
a large outbreak of spots near the
center of the sun, covering a territory
at least 50,000 miles across, was re
ported tonight by Dr. David Todd,
formerly director of the Amherst ob
servatory, who maintains an observa
tory at his winter home here.
The appearance of the sun spots.
he said, was sudden and unexpected
the sun's disk, was perfectly
smooth and quiescent Saturday. It is
very likely, he declared, that; brilliant
displays of the aurora borealis will be
seen in the north and that telegraph
and other electrical instruments will
be disturbed, as they: usually are
when the spots first become visible.
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MEETING TO OPEN TODAY
Alliance With Rail Unions to
Be Discussed.
OPERATORS STAND FIRM
Leaders of Employes Said to Be
Worried by Owners' Refusal
to Negotiate.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.
(Copyright. 1922, by The Oregonian.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Feb. .12.
(Special.) Whether the 500,000 union
coal miners of the country will walk
out- on strike April 1, next, probably
will be decided this week. The min
ers' national organization, the United
Mine Workers of America, meets here
tomorrow, with delegates from every
union field in the country present,
to frame its wage demands.
On the eve of the meeting re
garded as the most momentous ever
faced by the largest labor union of
the country the situation shapes up
as follows:
1. The miners will vote probably
unanimously against accepting the
wage cuts proposed by operators.
2. A counter demand of a 20 per
cent wage increase probably will be
made.
Hoover makes Move,
3. Secretary Hoover hag made a
preliminary move looking to the pre
vention of a nation-wide coal strike,
and this move probably will be placed
before the convention for action.
4. John L. Lewis, president of the
miners' organization, has received
replies from virtually all the railroad
union presidents, to .whom he pro
posed an offensive and defensive al
liance of rail and coal employes.
5. The railroad workers are will
ing to meet with the" miners "to dis
cuss such an alliance as Lewis pro
poses, but have not committed them
selves to the alliance. '
6. There probably will be an of
fensive alliance of the two classes
of workers in time to bring about a
joint coal and railroad workers'
strike. .
Evasive Course Possible.
Among, the possibilities is one that
the miners will make no wage de
mands whatever, but vest the scale
committee with full power to act in
negotiating with the operators. Such
action, if taken, would be a completer
reversal of form followed for more
than 20 years, would upset to a
greater or less degree some of the
operators' plans and would shift from
labor to capital the responsibility for
making the first advance.
The miners' scale committee, con
sisting of fhe presidents of all the
district organizations and the three
national officers, has been in session
here since Tuesday formulating its
proposals to the convention. Thes?
proposals, which are the only busi- j
is. ou, we
wU...w.h ur
presentation the first day of the
.. m.. i . ,, ... . ,
meeting. They are virtually finished
, . , . .
tonight, but there may be minor ,
changes Monday.
United Front Likely.
The, advance of 20 per cent in
wages, proposed by members of the
committee, If adopted,- would place
the bituminous miners on an equal
footing with the anthracite workers,
who recently vote'd to make such a
demand in their field. Both anthra
cite and bituminous wage -agreements
expire simultaneously this year, for
the first time in many years, and the
negotiations, therefore, will find the
miners presenting a united front.
Leaders of the miners are frankly
worried by the operators' refusal to
meet in joint conference to negotiate
a wage scale. Thus far the opera
tors have not only declined to meet
the miners' representatives, but have
proceeded on the theory that they
will make numerous local wage
agreements, each agreement to cover
a producing field. In several fields
drastic wage cuts have been proposed
and the employers have decided to go
ahead, post the new wage scale and
fight a strike, if it comes, without
holding any prospect of meeting with
the employers to present the de-
mands. In such case, the miners'
leaders assert, the men will walk out I
In every union field.
Conference la Sought.
Secretary Hoover's proposal to tne
miners, it became known today, was
made last October. At that time he
asked both operators and miners to
consider the advisability of continu
ing work during the period of wage
negotiations. It is reported that the
operators accepted. The miners, how
ever, declined to accept the proposal,
stating that the entire subject of
wages had been left to the scale com
mittee and that the organization could
not commit itself until after the Scale
committee meeting. .
Miners' leaders here are most eager
to arrange a joint conference with
the operators. They profess to be
lieve that if such a meeting could
be brought about some basis of
agreement on wages could be reached.
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Portland Is Not Going to Fall Ono
Cent Short of Mark Set,
Declares Leader.
The last big drive of the army of
workers for the Community Chest
will start tomorrow with optimism
and determination to "go over the
top" before 10 days.
A' new deal all around was an
nounc yesterday by General Robert
E. Smith, chief. Starting tomorrow
the army of volunteer workers will
open up a "mopping up" campaign.
They will go into their districts, geo
graphically allotted and endeavor to
bring into the chest the subscrip
tions of those who were reluctant to
give In the days of the campaign al
ready completed.
During the week "the organization
experts of the campaign will out
line a new plan of drive to start late
this week and the first of next.
It will be a professional and indus
trial campaign, announced General
Smith.
Under the plan that has been in
operation and through which more
than $450,000 has been subscribed.
many of the 50,000 potential sub
scribers have been missed or over
looked. General Smith and his corps
of officers and assistants plan to
segregate the workers into profes
sional and -industrial groups. Law
yers will canvass the lawyers; doc
tors will canvass doctors; dentists
will coax the brothers of their pro
fession Into the chest fold, and so on
down the line through factory and
office until not a man or woman ca
pable of giving shall haye been over
looked. Today, being a holiday, the tired
hut optimistic and determined work
ers will rest from their labors and
tomorrow they will get back into the
game grim and unrelenting.
Tomorrow noon at the Multnomah
hotel the workers and their officers
will meet for the last time during the
drive. The new plans for the cam
paign will be outlined, the "moppers
up" receive their instructions and the
professional and industrial plans will
be related.
"We have no reason to be discour
aged," declared General Smith. "Quite
the contrary, we are all optimism.
Portland is not going to fall a cent
short of the quota of $798,777 that has
been set. We are well over half way
to the goal and nothing shall prevent
us .from reaching it."
GASSED VETERAN-SUICIDE
Body of Carl G. Brown Is Found
. in Deserted Cabin.
CONDON, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
The body of Carl G. Brown, gassed
overseas veteran, was found in a de
serted cabin at Gwendolen by Sheriff
Montague, District Attorney Weiner
and Coroner Cathey, who returned
from there today. The veteran was
despondent and took his own life by
using a double-barreled shotgun,1 the
coroner said. Death was believed to
have been instantaneous.
Brown was about 26 years old and
single. His father lives at McMinn-
ville.
GIRL FALLS ON PASSERBY
Woman Drops Three Stories and
Lights on Man's Shoulders.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. Miss
Emily Morgan, 21 years old, tumbled
from a third-story window of the
Riaito
theater building today,
crashed through a glass marquise
over the theater entrance and landed
,j ..c-nr.
on the shoulders of A. S. West, who
. ... 1J.,, ci,.
was passing on the sidewalk. She
with a fratrrt
The man whose snouiaers Dutterea
her fall and saved her more serious
injury suffered nerve shock" only.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43
degrees; minimum, s degrees.
TODAY'S -Occasional rain: variable winds.
Foreign.
New pope crowned amid pompous scenes.
Page 1.
Germany seeking United States aid at
Genoa. Page 6.
De Valera opens drive against provisional
government. Page 2.
National.
Foindexter urges federal aid for state
road. Page 3.
Bed relief workers defied by Hoover.
Page 3.
Domestic.
Mi-ers to decide strike this week. Page 1.
Clews run down in Taylor murder. Page 2.
Coolidge and Pershing visit Lincoln tomb.
Page 2.
Rival of Ponzi loses $4,500,000. Page 1.
Kentucky in row about Darwinism. Page 6.
W'iH Hays urged to teach Bible to film
stars. Page 1.
Parsee priest prays at Episcopal altar.
Page 1.
Church in uproar in theater debate.
Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Lower car fares wanted in Tacoma. Page 5.
Knights of Pythias to build home in Van
couver, Wash. Page 1.
Sport. i
Novices score highly at trapshoot. Page 10.
Portland bowlers win by eight pins.
Page 11.
Washington and Idaho fives to meet this
week. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Sailings reflect diverse commerce. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Patriotic societies indorse Charles Hall for
governor. Page 1.
Final chest drive to open tomorrow. Page 1.
Pacific university alumni to hold mass
meeting. Page 18.
Japan to resume lumber buying on Pacific
coast. Page 16.
Analytical banker sees light ahead. Page
15.
Pastor depicts Lincoln as peer of justice.
Page 7.
Weather report data and forecast.
Page 11-
Bishop Sumner within rights, says legal
.viKM-. Page 6.
ni,.,a her, Salvation Armv'
La !hi-i, v .
worker. Page 4.
Patriotic Societies Sup
port Marshfield Man.
OFFER TO BE- CONSIDERED
Action Eliminates Three
Prospective Candidates.
AID IS PLEDGED BANKER
Senator Patterson, George" Tf. Kelly
and George A. White Will
Accept New Choice.
Senator Charles Hall of Marshfield
is to be offered the gubernatorial- In
dorsement of the federation of patri
otic societies, this decision having -been
made Saturday night when the
organization met in a special session
for the purpose of making its choice
of a republican candidate for gov
ernor. "I am naturally glad to receive
such an indorsement as this, but as
yet I am not ready to announce that
I will run for governor," said Senator
Hall yesterday afternoon at the Ben
son hotel before he left for his home
in the Coos bay city.
"This offer, when officially made,
will of course cause me to give seri
ous consideration to the idea of run
ning for governor. I have in truth
never seriously considered it, but
have been content to let my friends
keep talking In my behalf."
The fact that the patriotic societies
have chosen Senator Hall as their
candidate is said to mean the elimi
nation of several prospective candi
dates from the gubernatorial field.
Senator J. L. Patterson of Polk
county, Colonel George H. Kelly, of
Portland and George A. White, adjutant-general
of the state, were re
ceptive to the Indorsement. The men
who were not successful in receiving
the indorsement are said Tto' have
pledged themselves ti get behind the
chosen candidate ana remain .out 'of
the race.
Field Is Narrowed.
The choice of Senator Hall and tha
elimination of these three narrows
the list of possible candidates con
siderably. It is almost positive that
Governor Olcott will run to succeed
himself. Louis E. Bean of Eugene,
on the eve of the meeting of the'
patriotic societies, announced him
self as a candidate. Stephen A. Lowell
of . Pendleton is in the race and
so is J. D. Lee of Portland. Rumor,
still has it that Judge William M.
Cake intends to run, but he has made
no announcement of such a plan.
Senator Hall is 42 years of age and
for several years has been in the
telephone and banking business in
Marshfield and Coos bay cities. He
was elected to the state senate two
years ago and was one of the recog
nized leaders in the 1921 session.
He has been active in republican
politics of his district and has a
wide acquaintance throughout the
state.
It is not improbalo that his an
nouncement of gubernatorial candi
dacy will be made within a few
days, although he left Portland last
night without so stating.
Holman Not to Be Indorsed.
The indorsement of Senator Hall
was -the only act of importance on the
part of the patriotic societies, it has
been learned. Many had expected
some action on the congressional can
didates, but no steps were taken
along this line.
The announcement of Rufus L. Hol
man that he would be. a candidate to
succeed himself as county commis
sioner, made Saturday, was taken by
some as an indication that be was to
receive the patriotic Indorsement. It
has been learned, however, that Hol
man will not receive the indorsement,
but that the choice of the societies
will fall to Ralph W. Hoyt, Incum
bent, and Dow V. Walker.
COW TOPS WORLD RECORD
Minnesota Holstein Gives 1053
Pounds of Butterfat In Year.
SHAKOPEE, Minn., Feb. 12. A
world's record for milk and butter
fat was broken by Princess Aggie
Folk-adot de Kil, a Holstein cow,
owned by Dr. H. P. Fischer of Shako
pee, it was announced officially
today.
The cow finished a yearly test Jan
uary 15 as a senior 4-year-old, with
31,600 pounds of milk and 1052.6
pounds of butterfat, equivalent to
1315 pounds of butter.
ROBBER KILLED IN DUEL
Pittsburg Policeman Wounded
When Fire Is Opened on Gang.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 12. Motor
cycle policemen lying in wait in an
ticipation of a robbery In the home
of Sol Rosenbloom, philanthropist,
opened fire when several men at
tempted to gain admittance at the
back door tonight, killing one and
capturing another. In the exchange
of shots one policeman was wounded.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosenbloom sailed
January 15 for Palestine.
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