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20, THE DIORXIXG OREGONIANW: WEDNESDAY. FET5KUATIY 22, 1922 GOMMISSIONHUNTS DATA ABOUT TAXES Meetings to Be Hejd All Over 0 ' State in March. SUGGESTIONS ARE ASKED Sessions Will Be Held in Baker March 13, La Grande 1-1, l'eii dlcton 15, The Dalles 16. TA X NVlOSTHiATION COM- J .MIJl.SIO.X. -' 'The c i in In I s s I o n will go t a-field to seek first-hand infor J niation mid solicit suggestions. J ' for remedies. , . t Decision made not to.investi-.,: sate educational phase . otrax ' , problem. . v 4 t ItejH property pays 85. 2 pen J J cejit of 1021 taxes, and personal f property 14.8 per cent, " ; " l - Preliminary survey of; tic-? f timber situation, as affecting a T the taxation problem, is . rer J I ceived. ' -' iHsposilion expressed "about" f lifihrening up on, the 6 per cent t ; limitation. JVIetho,d to prevent J the limitation being circum- i Invented will be sought. tv . I 1 1 ' ' ''. t To gather first-hand information, of lax conditions, the state tax inves tigation commission will swing arounu the state in March, holding public hearings in many communities. -''The commission will urge the attendance Ui - tllPSJA lllDotilliru nf tha nminlv courts, -assessors, taxpayers' leagues ami all others interested in the prob lem, and will ask for suggested rem edies. . Hearings will he held "iVTBakt-r on March 13; J.a Grande, March H; Pen dleton, March .15; The Dalles, March .10. Astoria probably will be reached March 17. .Later the commission will go into the principal towns of the Willamette valley. ' - To determine the taxable wealth, what the tax burden should be and -what course to recommend so that the tax burden will not be felt so Ki'v iji riy, is iie poncy wnicn me com mission agreed at yesterday's meet ing to cling to. A suggestion was made that the commission investigate the Oregon . .Agricultural college and the University of Oregon to ascertain if saving could be effected in those institutions of higher learning, but on motion of Henry . K. Reed this plan was indefinitely postponed, as such an investigation would lead log ically to many others and probably pet nowhere. However, the commis sion expects to take up later the matter of charging fees to students as a source of revenue. Grange for Income Tax. Information was given the commis fiion yesterday that the state grange has appointed a committee , with spe cific instruction to prepare and sub mit at the November election a state income tax. The commission itBelf is uorking- on a state income tax and plaits recommending such a rev enue producer in its report. The commission was of the opinion that its duty is not to initiate an income tax, but to prepare one and recom m?iid it (to the legislature under authority of the act creating the com mission. There are a few points an rii income tax which the Commission has not agreed on, such, as whether it should be a flat rate or a grad uated tax, and what- the amount of exemption should be. . . At this time- the commission 'Ex pects an income tax to carry half of the state .tax burden and not all of it The commission reiterates its de termination that it does not intend devising a means of raising more money so that .more money can be spent, but it wants to find a method of making intangibles, which now escape paying taxes, bear their, pro-' AsscKKed Valuation 1.00i04,107. The total assessed value of prop erty in Oregon is 11,020,804,197, ac cording to a study submitted by John G. Schroeder. Under the definition . real property, as defined in Oregon - laws, carried 80.2 per cent of the tax burden In 1921, and personal property, as defined by the Oregon statutes, 14,8 per cent. ' l lie ciabincaiiun mm assessed value of the real and personal prop erty, presented in the study, follow: f Tillable land $254.78.8U9 70.157,184 82,997,388 33.145.158 Non-tillable ". Improvement on deeded lands - Town and city lota... Imp'ts on town-city lots...... f Bailroad apportioned value... ITloti.,. una ut rv i-nmnanioa 205,116.985 101.382.650 84.308.595 29,545,011 . 1.001,723 '' 7.5U4.876 TeleRraph companies Telephone companies ...... '. . Total .........( $871.039, .V) Personal Property- ' Imp'ts on unpatented lands. ...$ 1.328.425 Jtailways under construction... 1.4."6.9S5 Kteamboats, sailboats, etc. 36.345,312 AId.se. .stock-in trade ' 51,-5",657 Money, .notes and accounts 20,193,371 Shares of stock..:. 16,38tt,90 Hotel and office furniture 3,517,275 Horses and mules 8.765.699 Cattle 16.996.558 Sheep and goats 6,507,241 Swine . 572.976 Doks 't 141.385 Miscellaneous "....J 876,467 Sleeping companies '.' 1 469,404 . Kxpress companies 231,296 Refrigerator car companies.... 196,653 Total 150,7 15.833 Total assessed val. of state. $1,020,804,197 Bond Retirement Vp. Resolutions recommending that In future bond issues provision be made at the time of the isue for a tax to take care of the retirement of the bonds or that the bonds be issued in definite serial form so as to take care of the amortization were adopted at the close of yesterday afternoon's session of the state tax" investiga tion commission. ' If, - Members of the commission de clared that this was an important subject because in a great many cases bond issues were allowed to run with practically no provision for retiring them when due. The. case of various port districts in the state was raised and figures were presented to nhow that ports, exclusive of the Port of Portland, had bonded indebtedness jkjfgregating $7,200,000, with a sink ing fund of but $11,000 present.. . 11 Timber Tax Proposed. Iii connection with the discussion o? the port indebtedness, kthe ques tion of whether a tax on timber as cut In those districts would not be a good means of taking care of those bonds was raised by Chairman Day. C. S. Chapman of the commission ex pressed belief that this would not be necessary, inasmuch as the timber was being cut too slowly. No de cision was reached. That the adoption of an income tax for the state would be injurious to . the investment of outside capital in Oregon was the prediction made by Leslie M. Scott, who participated in the discussion on invitation of Chair man Day. Mr. Scott pointed out that the great advances in development in the state during the past had been through the medluni.of outside cap ital. ' - "We are still" inviting outside capital to come inf he said. "But why should they come he"re if they are compelled to pay an income tax?" .Alternative Is Suggested. Mr. Scott suggested that as an al ternativethe expensesof the state be cut down. He said that he would be gin upon the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural college by providing that -students pay tui tion in those schools.. ' -- Coe A. MeKonna announced that he also did not believe that theobliga tion of the state in educational mat ters went so far as to provide free education to the extent that it was how being furnlihed. ' He declared, however, that real property needs re lief from the present burden and the income tax was the only . solution which had jet seemed feasible. Walter SI. Pierce"eclared the state should provide education for the stu dents of the state .from the primary grades all the. way- tfirough if this government is ta live as an institu tion. ' Kxtenxion Work 1n"rget. He expressed the belief, however, that some, of Jhe exterisioh.work of the state educational institutions might be done away with. He also estimated that by cutting down in various ways, the expense of running the state government might be; re duced from $9,000,000; to $8,000,900: Chairman Day contended that with out the income tax there were many people who contributed nothing to the support of the state governments - That the'.general property tax on mature timber be continued, consider ation being given to -the burden which suck property can bear, was recom mended by C. S. Chapman in a report given to-the commission. J11 the case of cut-over or burned ovef land, where reforestation is In progress, Mr. Chapman suggested that there should be a nominal- yearly tax on the land and a final yield, or de ferred tax. payable at the time the timber was cut. This, he said, would enable the property owner to take care of the greatest porfion o the burden of taxation at the time he was getting the return' from his invest ment. Mr. Chapman said that it was. ap parent that if a general property tax was levied on such property, the first year's growth of timber would be taxed year after year,, whereas this was not true of any other crop. Th levying of a general property tax 'On cut-over land, Mr. Chapman declared was a detriment to efforts to reforest., . :'- - He said that the ideal" tax on ma ture timber land-was also the one suggested for the cot.over land but said that at present- that . wou'ld re quire too . greata. revolution in the presenf system. .-'. ' ' ROAD SOUTH OF BEND BAD Silver Lake Singe Unable to Go Be- . yond Summit Station. ' BEND, Of.,". Feb. 21. (Special.) Conditions on. the roads south of Bend 'are the-jworat in :many years as the result of Sunday's 'snowstorm, L. J. Harriman', driver of the Silver Ijake stage, reported after an event ful trip which began Sunday morning and ended at 4 o'clock, this morning when Harriman returned to Bend. The stage was only ableJo go as far as Summit Station, half the distance between Bend and Silve'r Lake, but Mr. Harriman hoped to be able to' reach Fremont when he left here this afternoon. Snow is 18 inches deep at Lapine, and deepens from that point to the summit, being from four to eight feet in many places. Mall is being taken from Summit Station- to Fort Rock in sleighs. Snow on. the high desert, east of Bend,- is driving jack rabbits by the hundreds to- deserted home steaders' cabins. r LEGION "POST. TO" VISIT - t - Vancouver War . Veterans to Help Reorganize County Branches. VANCOUVER, Wash., Fb. 21. (Special.) Members of Smith-Rey nolds post American Legion, will visil a number of the smaller posts in the county, to. assist in reorganization where needed.' A joint meeting will be held with ' the post in Ridgefield Thursday evening. Legionnaires leave the- American " Legion, community building at 0:45 .o'clock and go by automobiles. A'similar jaunt Will be taken "fo the post In Camac on the evening of February 28. .The .Portland post will be guests of the- local'', post Monday evening, March' 6. '',".' . Dr. J.- B.v Blair was apppinted to represent the' post at the Associated .Charities at-! a ""meeting- to be held February 28.' ' ,' , ,- -. ; W. C. -i". UNIONS FORMED Women of Clackamas Station and .-Ulmlstone Organized. OREGOJ? 'CiTV. of.,' Feb. 4$. (Spe cial). Mrs. E. B. Andrews of this city, state organize- of the,-W. C. T: U.,'irganized a union at Clackamas stafion on Tuesday tfternooi. and today organized one at Gladston'. The Clackamas union was formed at th hcraf .ot Mre. Sarchet. Mrs: Mary. J. xiook' was chosen president; Mrs. -xLulu ""'Cavender, vice-president; Mrs. ' G-,' - C. Robertson, secretary,, and Mrs. Dora jHerrfngton, treasurer. The Gladstone meeting was at the home of 4 Charles Moran. Mrs. Annie Bntier jvas elected president; Mrs. Charles 'Moran, vice-president; Mrs. Qrant (5lds, , secretary; Mrs, T. E. Gatvlti -treasurer. ' . t Miss Frances Iiitscher Buried. ' - . ' DAYTON,- Or., Feb. 21.-MSpecial.) The body of Miss Frances Litscher, who died Sanday afternoon from the effects of poison taken with sui cidal intent Friday night, was buried in the Oddfellows': cemetery here this afternoon; -The body was removed from Salem Sunday to McMinnville, where a service for relatives was con ducted this 'afternoon by Rev. M. A. Marcy, formerly the Methodist pastor here. ; Another, brief service was held at the cemetery. Mis Litscher was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lfen Litscher. Surviving her are the father and mother, a brother in Tillamook and a brother and sister in Portland. : V - Episcopal Convocation Ends. SALEM, Or:, JFe. 21. (Special.) The semi-annual , convocation of the Episcopal church, central diocese of Oregon, closed i her today. Bishop wajter x sumner dl .Portland pre-sid-etl. Included among the speakers '.were "William yhitefield of Portland, I Bishop Sumner,. "Mrs. Wilson Johnson of Porttend, Rey. H.'D. Chambers of Salem, . Arehdeacon' J. C. Black of Portland .and Dean Jennings. The convocation .was-the first ever held during the current church year. ' Tax ltecjuction Club .Organized. SALEM. Or.,' Feb- ?1- (Special.) A branch of the so-called Oregon Tax Reduction Club was organized at Sil verton last night" with a membership of 105. J. L. Stalker was elected presid'ent. Frank Bowers, secretary, and John Porter, treasurer. The or ganization flayed the .present admin istration for extravagance and urged resubmission of the educational mill age bills- to the people. S SALES TJIX URGED RETAIL CLOTHIEUS OF OllKGOX FAVOR PRESIDENT'S PLA.V.; , Annua State Convention Closes ' and Association . Will Meet ' Next Year in. Portland. - SALEM, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) The Oregon Retail Ciotiiiers- associa tion, at its annual state convention held- here today,, elected B. 12. Bow man of Portland president of the or ganization for the ensuing year. Henry Harth of Roseburg was elected vice-president; J. Deo McClain of Al bany, secretary, and Gus KUhn of Portland, treasurer. The directors are D. E. Wheeler, McMinnville; H. H. Sichel, Portland;' R. M. Williams, The Dalles; Charles BeJhd, Pendleton; S. T. Richardson, Medford, and W. T. Wade, Eugene. The next convention-of the associa" tion will be held in Portland. A reso lution waa adopted urging the Wash ington retail clothiers to join in the 1923 convention. . , - The sales tax recently proposed by President Harding as a means of pro viding- a soldiers' bonus was discussed. This tax appeared to meet with favor among the clothiers. It was declared by the speakers, however, that the tax should cover many lines of en deayor so. that no hardships would, be worked, ln.ny particular field. - The cpnvention went on record fa voring a- national truth-ln-fabric law.'something similar ter that now in fprce in the state of Washington. The. convention closed tonight with a dinner. The speakers were R. E. Bigeiow of Seattle-fcnd Professor N. LH. Cornish of.-- Oregon Agricultural college. ' Mr. Bigeiow' js a director of the .national? association. I MRS. BUSWELL DIVORCED Decree' Grains Alimony"' '-of $3tToo v ' Cash and $ 15,. Monthly. Mrs. Helen SengfelderBuswll was granted a divorce by Circuit Judge Evans yesterday from W'alker A, Bus well, son 4of F. V,' BusweH,'head 6f the Buswell Lumber company of Portland. The decree carried with it alimony consisting' of a cash .pay ment of, $3000 and $175 a month. At torney fees of $700 v.ere allowed. Charges of cruel and inhuman treat ment, consisting of numerous quarrels extending over a number of years, were made by the wife. Buswell' con. tested the suit. The wife said she had left her husband because of his cruelty, -that he virtually drove her from his home. He declarcdj she left of her own accord. Mrs. Buswell's f.omplaint was filed last June. Temporary alimony of $l,ri0 has been paid since tha-t time. The, Buswells were married in Spo kane June 26, 1918. Obituary. . Christian 31. Hemrich. ' 1-uneral services will ber held from the 1' in ley chapel at. 2:3,0 o'clock this afternoon for Christian M. -'Hemrich, who died Monday at' the family home, 730 Woodward avenue, following an illness of several days of pneumonia. "Burial will be tin River view cemetery. - Mr. Hemrich was 46 .years - old and had' ben. employed by William Gadsby & Sons for the'-past 22 years. He was head of the sales department at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and a daughter, Gertrude. He was a member of'the Woodmen of the World. James Jbsepli O'Sullivan. ' Ja"aies ' Joseph O'Sullivan, 50, died yesterday morning at Emanuel hos pital. The body is at the. East Side Funeral Directors, 414 East Alder street. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mr. O'Sullivan had been in the United States 31 years, and for many years was a resident of Oregon and an engineer. He was the husband of Mrs. Emma E. O'Sulli van, matron at the Multnomah county farm. Besides the widow, he leaves three sons and two daughters Dennis O'Sullivan and Mrs. Al Hanson of Portland; Mrs. "Lloyd Hutchinson of Heppner, Or., and John, and Thomas O'Sullivan of -Hoising'ton, Kan. Mrs. Margaret Siebels.' " The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Sie bels. who died at the family residence, 546 East Sixth street, February 19, was held yesterday afternoon at 4he conservatory chapel of the East Side Funeral Directors and at the grave in Mount Scott Park cemetery by the Sisters of Hermann, of which order she had long- been: a member. Mrs Siebels was in her.' 73d year and had livtd 34 years in Oregon. Besides the widower, Jjfeorge H.-fciiebels, sb leaves IoJir sons B. K. .and George Siebels of Portland, William Siebeis ;of Spo kane' and Hugo Siebels of Seattle. v 1 . ; Evefyn Ma.ud Proctor. ' ... ' Evelyn Maud Prqctor, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. J. Proctor, died at the family residence, 703 Spokane avenue, Monday, at the age of 6 years and 10 fnonfhs. Besides her mother and father, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Frank Lamb of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Shirley Locke and Bernice Proctor of .Portland ; three brothers, Percy Proc tor of New York, Cecil Proctw and Douglas Proctor 6f Portland. ' - , " . H -'-" ' ' Mrs. Stella' "Roach. J, ' ILWACO,' Wash., Feb. 21 (Special.) Mrs. Stella Roach, wife of. John Roach, died Monday afternoon at the family residence on Sand Ridge, after an attack of epilepsy, leaving a 'wid ower and four young children. The eldest child is 9 years of age, the youngest a babyof 7 months. The Roach, family have lived here about two years. Interment will be Wednes day In the Ilwaco cemetery. . .: "Emily Olive Clark. '; T; Emily Olive Clark, 37 years ofd, wife of Roland L. Clark, died of scar let fever at the isolation hospital yes terday morning at 7:30. Burial was made'in the Rose City -cemetery in the afternoon. Mrs. Clark was quar antined at the hospital on Febrfcry 15 Three of her four children. Wood: son, Robert and Prosser Clark, also contracted the disease, but all recov ered , i - Thomas AUman. ' Thomas Allman, pioneer civil en gineer, who died at Cathlamet Sunday, will be buried at Hillsboro this after noon with services at 2 P. M., accord ing to advices received by relatives in this city. Mr. Allman, who was 67 years old at the time of his death had been a resident of Oregon for many years and was particularly Vwell known in Washington county. -' : Marion andPanl Samson. " -. CANBT, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Canby was largely represented at the funeral services for Marion Samson I ' iri.i'nt .1 and his ojily son, Paul Samson, of Needy, held at the Rock Creek church this afternoon at 2 o'clock; Inter ment was in Rock Creek cemetery. Champoeg Lodge No. 27, Masonic, had charge of the services for both men. The Oddfellows and the Kirk Rebekah lodge of this city also were repre sented. Mr. Samson and his son died in Portland, the son contracting in fluenza while jut the bedside of "his father in a Portland hospital. He died Saturday, the father dying the fol lowing day of organic trouble. K ' " " P. II. Allnian. ASTORIA. Or Fe6. 6l.-r-(Special.) P. H. Allmau. a pioneer of the Wil lamette valley, died Sunday evening arMiis home in Cathlaiuef, Wash. Mr. AUman was a native of Boston, Mass., 72 years old, and came to Oregon with hiat parents when . a child. He resided at Hillsboro forimany years, but during the-last quarter of a cen tury hal made his home at CathlameL where he was county 'engineer, a po sition Jie held at trie time of his deatlv.-' Mr. AUman married at San Francisco., Elizabeth Roberts Wolfe of Boston, who survives him. He also left one dariglitcr, Mrs. H. H. Mott of Astoria;- V ' - 'V -' ' Edward Watson McDaniel. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 8l.(Special.) Funeral services for' Edward Watson McDaniel were held yesterday - Rev. J. C Spencer of the Methodist chur,ch officiating. The body was taken to Lebanon for burial in - .the Masonic cemetery there. Mr. McDaniel jjied Sunday following, an illness Of, two weeks, attributed to appendieitis". He was born at Jacksonville, Or,, June 2. 1885. He came to Linn ftunfyiwith his parents while eight years. -of age and recently wa"a fariier 'near-Tangent.; In 1994 he married Miss Clara Preston. He iseurviveijLby Ms widow, two sons, two brothers and three sis ters. - .. " . '-,;; ' ' : , '( W. K. Brown, - AMITX, Or, Feb. 21.r Special.) W. R. Brown of this city died, in the McMinnville hospital lastsFriday eve ning at the age of 84 years 7 months and 13 days. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Amity, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, con ducted by Rev. M. B. Parounagian, aastor of the Methodist church. Mr. Brown was born in New Brunswick, July 4, 1837. He came to Amity in 1S66 and had made his home here ever sincei His widow and. four sops survive.- v . " .- Margaret "Yvonne Howard. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) The funeral services of -Margaret Yvonne Howard, 3-inonths-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis E. Howard of Willamette, were held to day" from the Lutheran church. Rev. -William Kraxberger, pastor, officiat ed. The services wer attended by more than 100 people. Interment was in the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Mary Landi. V v - . . ; , OREGON-CITY, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Landi, wife of Sam uel Landi, died at the Good-Samaritan hospital in Portland this morning. Mrs. Landi arrived in Oregon City two months ago from Italy and was mar ried to Mr. Landi, a well-known farm er Residing near Stafford. CONVENTION MARCH 10, 11 General Contractors Arrange for Meeting in Portland. Members of the Portland chapter, Pacific Northwest Association of Gen eral Contractors', arranged plans for the annual convention of this section at a dinner held last night in the Multnomah hotel. Tfie convention is to be held in Portland March 10 'and 11. Meetings are to be held in the Multnomah hotel.. ' The association is national in its character and is composed only of general contractors who finance and direct work. There are 120 members of the northwest group,, which in cludes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Montana. Oregon has 60 mem bers. Natt McDougall is president of the local chapter. C. J. Cook is to be chairman of .the convention to be , held here next month. "There are to be sub-commit tees named to -mak complete ar rangements for the guests wlio are ta be here. It is expected that there. will be"about.300 visitors. REALTY AGENT FINED $50 John B. Goddard Pays for Party Held in Business Office. " John B, Goddard, rear estate agent, was fined- $30 in police ourt yester day as the sequel 'o a) party which he staged on the night, of January 31' in his office in the Couch' building, witi Miss Mary-Brown a stenographer, as his only guest. , Judge- Rossman de creed a $25 fine for disorderly eop duct and an additional 25 penalty for having liquor in his possession. The police broke" into the office and found Goddard and the 'girl, ac cording t) the coun testimony bf ar resting officers who raided the office after other, tenai-fs of the building had Complained. . - ',;'.' ThOj name, Mary Brown, was said by poliee o "be. tictitious.-. Goddard, according to the police, is now on pa role from a sentence, of three to 20 years for an allegedf criminal attaqk oi a 15-year-old girl. ' Many Pujls Sick at MarshHeld: MARSHFIELD, Or,, Feb.' 21. (Spe cial.) C. A. Howard, superintendent of the. Marshfield. schools, stated that 54 students of the high school were absent Monday part or-all of the day, because of illness, largely flu. Three teachers are down with' the prevail ing sickness, which the fetate board of health orders must be treated as flu. Friends' Church Dedicated. SALEM, Or., FebT "21. (Special.) The new Highland ' Friends . church, erected at a cost of approximately $10,000, was formally" dedicated last night. Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, is a member al this church and' contributed liberally of his funds for the erection . of the new building. V'- ' Vancouver Has Employment Office, ' TANCOUVER, . IWash., Feb. 21. (Special.) An employment office has been established by' the city council in'the office of the city clerk, Robert E. Brady, in the United States Bank buildings basement. "The plan -is for persons in need of rnen or women fo. work to telephone" to Mr,,- Brady, No. 488, and tell what is wanted. .-V B. Gfteedy Better. ' TIGARD, -Or., Feb. 21. Special.) B.. G.. Leedy, wl lately went to Rochester for an operation on his eyes , at the Mayo- sanitarium, is on the way to recovery... '. ; ; , .. .' ' ,.'-' ; ! ' .Mill Opens tip. ' V KALAMA. Wash 'Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) The-Columbia shingle mill was started again yesterday morning after being shut down since the first cold snap. ' Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. 11 STOCK MARKET IMPROVES Bullish Appearance " Is Im parted to Dealings. UNDERTONE IS GOOD Transactions Approximate Million Shares Many Stocks Easily Surpass Previous Kecords. BY MONITOR, (Cops-right by Philadelphia Public Ledger. Published by Arrangement.)' . NEW YORK, Feb. 21. (Special.) In view of the approaching holiday, today's stock market gave an im pressive exhibition of activity and strength. Transactions approximated 1,000,000 shares,, the undertone ofHhe general list -was decidedly' f irm. while the" display of strength by the Bpec-" uiative tavontes imparted a bullish appearance to thb whole market. " Many stocks easily surpassed their previous high records for the year, and the most encouraging . feature was represented by v the fact that these performances were recorded by issues of accredited merit instead of specialities that were being put through their best market paces. In this number were United States Steel. Baldwin, General Electric, American , Locomotive, Studebaker, American Woolen. American Car & Foundry and Sears Roebuck. The whole market was the broadest and most active that .has been seen In several weeks. '' Industrials led the advance, but the rails also shared in the upward movement. Rock' Island went to within a fraction of its high point of two years ago. Among the high-priced issues, Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were easily the features. There was little news In circula tion, but most of it was of a favor able character. The new hisrh level for sterling was greeted with sat isfaction by the speculative element. There is also a feeling through the street' mat the legislation for the soldiers' bonus has received its quietus for the present as a result of tne opposition from the solid busi ness interests of the country.. commodities were inclined to be somewhat reactionary although this tendency may have been caused chief ly by pre-holiday profit-taking. The hear future of cotton will be deter mined by March deliveries on Thurs day. , , ' The weekly review of the Iron Age reports better buying of steel prod ucts and a higher rate of mill opera tions. The increased activity is in terpreted as a response to necessity buying and recent railroad purchases. . From the opening' to the close of trading on the New York stock ex change today prices advanced,' prac tically witnout exception. There was no news; there was not even gossip. Buying orders flowed into the market for all classes of stocks and in a vol ume seen on but few days thus faT this year. Practically, all of these or ders originated locally,' wire houses reporting little . active interebt from out of - town -and local commission houses did little business for.,publie account. - .- "' ' ' ' The same interests which havebeen buyers of United. States Steel from 80 up were the largest buyers again today, their orders being, executed at me iop eigntn. it is the common be lief that this is a powerful specula tive interest which has been guiding the market activities of a number of speculative issues and which has not been opposed by. so-oafled insiders in advancing the quotation, for steel, It is unquestionably true,.'hat this in terest has disposed, of "many thou sands of shares of various .spsciai stocks. Whether ' the . steel oanTbu liquidated should the necessity aris at a profit is a question which th trading element have jiot been able to answer to their satisfaction.-. " . .-..', - '"'-V -, The group operating in StudehaVor today fulfilled Its prediction of. 99 for that stock and now has broadcast a price slightly above, par as -the ob jective. It is said by brokers who r.ire oeen active in the stock that the short interest is largeJHnow than at tne beginning of the week. Signs of uiairiuucion at tne close of last week lea to selling by several profession als qn a large scale. It is understood that they are stop orders in consider able ,volume just above 100 and the poolis gunning for thworders. Considerable stgnif i-cance " was at tached in some quarters to the course of the average prices for both the in dustrials and the rails, which, today advanced in unison to a new high record for two years, Heretofore in dustrials alone, or rails alone, have advanced- into new. high ground, but this is the first d3? that both groups have atted together. -This is taken by some students to iiidicate that instead-Of the generally expected reac tion the market may enter into a pro longed general advance, subject only to minor reactions. - , J - . "... , ' Canadian Pacific was the leader in the extent of its advance in the rail road group today. On purahases of onlysa few thousand shares, the price advanced above 134, crossing Union Pacific with little Opposition. This stock and Union Pacific were repre sentative of the railroad group as a whole, practically all of these stocks making new high records for two years. Those firms which have been advocating the purchase of railroad stocks for many months now are re ceiving some comfort for their faith. While speculative operations are re sponsible for the present movement, these operations are based on a keen insight into the generally improved situation of the carriers. One of the gratifying railway re ports was that - of the Delaware, Lackawanna .-& Western for. 1921. This showed net income after taxes, interests, Vrentalsr additions and bet terments, of $19,158,403, equal to $11.32 per share on the $84,554,000 -of com mon stock outstanding. This com pares with $17.83 per fehare- or just one-half the present total stock which was outstanding In the 'previous year Lackawanna has been bougbt.or sev eral months, for the account of im portant banking interests. The statement of the Lackawanna Steel company-tor last year was about what the financial community had expected. . The company reported a net loss after taxes and charges of $3,384,877 as compared with a net profit of $4,294,374 in the previous year. ' ' ' , f ' " . . While United States Steel was ag gressively strong, it was noticeable that-the independent steels lagged. Crucible at' one time today sold at 59, which is one-eighth below the recent low. Uncertainty as to action to be taken by directors next month on the dividend is responsible for liquidation in this issue. ." Mexican Petroleum and itsassoci ated stocks were under pressure during the morning, the former de clining more than five points when Pacific The business of the PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY is conducted without com "petition arui under satisfactory franchises in the states of Washington Oregon and Idaho. Net earnings for the past four years have averaged 2.25 times all bond interest. Seventy-one per cent of the Company's plant capacity is operated hydro-clcctrically. FOURTH AND STARK STREETS Portland, Oregon the digest of an address by Ralph Arnold confirming earlier predictions of salt water in the Mexican fields reached the financial community. The underlying strength of the mar ket was shown by its failure to de cline during the sharp break in Mexi can, operations in this stock are so largely professional that little out side interest is attached to the erratic fluctuations. , --. The speculative group in Rock Island continues its aggressive tac tics and carried the . space for the stock to -within a rraction of its high of 1920. There was no news to ac count for the -advance, but a willing ness on the, part of the pool to take all offerings that qarae to the mar ket. , - Sears-RoeBuek and. Montgomery Ward Vere strong features. The buy ing was larg-ely' for Chicago account, but was said to be speculative in character rather than for invest ment. There is reported to be a stale short interest in both these stocks, which is showing some nervousness, due in part to the continued advance in the grain market. ' In usually well-informed quarters it is said that there is a bear clique operating on a large scale in Davison Chemical. This group is said to have taken a short position below 55 and is fighting ,the advance. Buy'ng, ac cording to these sources, is for the account of interests identified with the company. A considerable quan tity of stock is being withdrawn from the market and in the event that an announcement of an important con tract is made, as some well-informed people expect, at the end of the pres ent week the short position may be found untenable. Buying in the rubber stocks has been of the strongest character and made . its appearance in volume on publication of the unfavorable re ports of these companies this week. Firms which are buying the stocks take the view that the worst that can happen has happened and the prices at which these stocks are selling are speculatively attractive. This is particularly true of Kelly f Springfield, Keystone, Lee Rubber '& Tire, Ajax and United States Rub ber; SNOBBERY CHARGE MADE President of University of Chicago to Investigate. CHICAGO, Feb. 21. An investiga tion by the faculty to find out if t-niversity of Chicago, fraternities "are snobbish, catering only to the rich and assuming an air of class supe riority over non-fraternity students," will be launched at once, Harry Pratt Judson. president, announced today, in teply to a letter from the parents of a student in'which those charges were made. This letter informed President Jud won that one fraternity recently gave a dance at which the favors cost io and the cost for each couple was at least $20. The fraternities are in a- campaign trying to outdo each other In expen sive entertainments, the letter said, with the result that the poor boy has no chance Gift Goods to Be Auctioned. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 21. (Special.) NearVy $1000 worth of goods and various kinds of service will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at , Fifth and Main streets Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by W. S. Wood, of the committee from the Community Bazaar, held here last week. Bend Uses Much Electricity, i tiEND. Or. Feb. 21. (Special.) The largest per capita use of electric power of any city in the United- States is shown for ,Bend in statistics col lected by the Bend Water, Light & Fower company. Angeles, ton steel EASTBOUND From Portland, Or. (ARTIC.AS Mar. 13 RRI KU Mar. 26 i'WEST CATAXACE.Apr. 7 J' Tari-n mace "j V i Regular service between Portland, Maine; Philadelphia, Boston, ATf l j New York and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland. Oregon; .It J fc-i Seattle and Tacoma via II Western S. S. Co.'a 8800- For Further Information Apply to this ADMIRAL. L.1.VE. 101 Third Street. Yokohama. Tientsin ( Taku 6 8 WEST NOMENTUM.. Mar. S 8 8 WEST KADER... Mar. 27 ' Shanghai, Manila, Hongkong S S WEST.CATOTE Slar. 17 S S WEST KEATS Apr 17 for further Information regarding apace, rates, etc.. apply to TRAFFIC DEPT.. 109-522 Board of Trade Bide, Portland, Oregon., or Astoria Shipping Co.. Astoria. . . Oregon, or R. T John Co. Centra Bldg. Seattle. Wasn Power and Light FIRST MORTGAGE 5 GOLD PRICED TO YIELD 6.25 iiiHiiiiiitiiitiiiHriiiiinniirHiiMiitiiiiimiiM HinliiimiimiiiiiiitiiiHtmiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB I For a detailed statement of the earnings of this com pany, fill in and mail the attached coupon today. Blyth, Witter. & Co. T UT SES WOMAN AM) NEGRO WAITER LEAP INTO OCEAN. Two Lives Are "Lost Within Two Hours No Reasons Uiven in Captain' Message. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. Mrs. Alice M. Hills, Amberst, Mass., and Harold Hollow ay, negro, a waiter, Clung themselves into the sea from the Matson liner rluckeye State within two hours of each other, while the steamer was approximate J- 300 miles south of Los Angeles yesterday, ac cording to a radio message received today from the vessel's master, Cap tain John T. Diggs. Captain Diggs' message gave no reason for the sup posed suicides. The Buckeye State stopped when Mrs. Hills threw herself overboard at 4:05 P. M. and a lifeboat was sent over the side. No trace of Mrs. Hills' body was found. Apparently the boat had hardly gotten under way again before Holloway leaped over the side. Another lifeboat was launched, but he had disappeared as completely as had Mrs. Hills before him. Mrs. Hills' booking was in charge of a tourist agency, which announced that she had made the application for the booking in Riverside, Cal Hollo- way shipped at Baltimore on the last trip of the Bucket State from that port. According to company officials DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT pnRTLAKD. Feb. 21. Maximum tem perature. 47 degrees; minimum, 31 degrees. River readinB, S A. M., 4.8 leet; change in last 24 hnurs, o. 8-foot fall. Total rain fall (." P. M. to 5 P. M.), 0.04 inch; total rainfall elnce September l. iujj, o.io inches; normal rainfall since September 1. 30.26 inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 1921, 5.10 inches. Sunrise. 7:04 A. M. ; sunset 5:48 P. M. ; total sun Shine, 4 hours 15 minutes: possible sun shine, 10 hours 42 minutes. Moonrlse. 3 .44 A. M. ; moonset, 1:28 P. M. Barom eter (reduced to 'sea level), 5 P. M.. 20.88 inches. Relative humidity: 5 A. M., 8! per cent; noon, 77 per cent; 5 P. M 82 per cent. THE) WEATHER. Wind. I 0 Z i 0 z 3 5 STATIONS. Baker 301 311O.00IHIN Cloudy Boise 32 400 .01 1 .. iNW Cloudy Boston 3l( 4010. 00... SW Clear Calgary 0 2MI.00..X Snow Chicago 28 420.12..15 Cloudy Denver .... 28 S8IU.0O . . S . Pt. cloudy Des Moines. 28 4uj0.01 .. XE Cloudy Kureka 1 44 4!i0.00 20 N Pt. cloudy Galveston ..'62 6XI0.0U.18 E Pt. cloudy Helena j. 12 1 2:0. 12;10 SW Snow Juneaut ... . .-. 3G Kansas City 38 20.00 12'S Cloudy I.os Angeles 44 S4 0.00 lOjSW Cloudy Marahrield . 30 SOjO.OO . . NW Pt. cloudy Medford ... 34 j0i0.0O12N Pt. cloudy Minneapolis 12 240.00;12NE Rain New Orleans 58 76:0.00 . .ISE Clear New York .. 34 44:0.00 . . SB Cloudy North Head. 41) 42(0.04 24 NW Cloudy Phoenix i)0 6210.06.. N Rain Pocatello .. 84 ' saiO.02 . . SW ISnow Portland ... 31 4710.04.. N IRain Roseburg .. 32 4610.001. . NW Cloudy Sacramento 44 5010.02 . . 8 Clear St. Louis 40 72!0.0nS4'S Clear Salt Lake... 40 50 0.06 20IS Snow San Diego.. 46 5410 . 741 .. IS W Clear S. Francisco 441 88O.OOI10W Clear Seattle . 32 400. 01114, N Cloudy . Sitkat U4l 1..! Spokane ... 22 30;0.00. .N'E .Snow Tacoma ....... 44(0.02;. .jNE Cloudy Tatoosh UI. 3S!.440.02 .. XE Cloudy Valdezt . ..if-'S! !'- Walla Wailai 32) 360.00 . .jW Cloudy Washington I 42 SOjO.OO .As Pt. cloudy Winnipeg . . -8 HjO.OO ISA Cloudy Yakima ! IS 42iO.OO..S Pt. cloudy tA. M. today. tP. M. report preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Rain; northerly winds. Oregon and Washington Rain west, portion: mfdrat" northerly wind". n Portland. Maine; Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Portland. Oregon; the Panama canal.) worm Atlantic ami vessels. WESTBOUND From From From Portland. Me. Boston. Phl'.a. r.EHIGII Feb. SS Mar. 1 Mar. 7 VVKST ISLET A.. -..Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 21 - it Minn.- ........ .. MTiTfl r. vr iuik mnr. it iff. under refrigeration. ? Pacific Coast A Kenta. .It Phone Broadway 64S1. NORTH CHINA LINE Columbia Pacific Shipping Co. Qlrect Freight Service "Without Transhipment PORTLAND TO Kobe, Shanghai, Tsingtao, Bar ) , Chinwangtao, Dairen Company BONDS Please send me detailed earning statement of Pacific Pr. & Lt. Co. Name Address Mrs. Hills was alone, and there were indications that she was suffering from a nervous complaint. The Buckeye State is on her way to Baltimore from San Francisco on her last trip for the Matson line. She is to be turned over to the shipping board upon her. arrival. FOREST TRADES FAVORED House Committee Reports on Bill Presiding for Land Exchange. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. A favor able report was made from the house committee on public lands today on the bill providing for a general ex change of land3 with private owners in national forests to permit the gov ernment to bring all of its timber lands into compact bodies. Heretofore the interior and agri cultural departments have insisted on having congress authorize every ex change in a special bill. Oregon, Washington and Idaho have led all other states in this character of bills before congress. Liquor Possessors Fined $100. ALBANY. Or., Feb. 21. 'Special.) D. B. Nichols was fined $100 and costs today by Justice of the Peace Olllver on a charge of having intoxicating liquor in his possession. Nichols was arrested on the street by Sheriff C M Kendall. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-05. TRAVELERS' (HinE. Passenger and Freight Service to California Throufch Sailings to San Franclaco, Loa Angelra and San Diego. Leave Municipal Dock No. 2, 4 P. II. SS. Senator Feb. 25 SS. Admiral Evans - Mar. 4 SS. Senator - - - - Mar. 11 And Kvery Saturday Thereafter, Local Service to MAKSHHIOI.I), ElltEKA AND SAN FUANCISCO Admiral Rodman - Mar. 1 Every 14 Days Thereafter. Fast Trans-Pacific Pdssen ger and Freight Service Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila Calling from Scuttle. SS. Wenatchee - - - Mar. 4 SS. Bay State Mar. 18 SS. Keystone State - April 1 For full Information apply to 101 Third St., Corner Stark Phone U.lvry. S481. 1IU LC JOIICUU Montevideo Buenos Aires Luxurious appointed steamers of 21,000 tons displacement sailing from N. Y. S. S. Vauban March 11 S. S. Vestris April 1 S. S. Vandyck (new) April 22 Special reduced rates for Tours Round South America. For illustrated pamph lets, rates, etc, ap ,ply company's office, 42 Broadway, N. Y- Or Any Steamship or Tourist Agent or Dorsey B. Smith. ISO Broadway. Portland. Oregon. LAMPCRTg HDLT LINE Xew York Havre Paris I.a T,orraine Mar. 4 Apr. 1 l,a Savoie Mar. It May 6 .lune 10 Paris Mar. 15 Apr.. 5 Apr. 26 France Mar. 22 Apr. 12 May 10 Kochumbeau Mar. 23 Apr. 27 June I Chicago ' Apr. 0 May 11 June 15 SEW YORK VltiO (SPAIN) HAVRE I.a liounlonnaia Mar. 1 1 Fugazi ISroN., Pacific Coast Agent n. 101) Cherry St., Seattle, or Local Office. AUSTRALIA NEW ZKALANU AND SOUTH SUA Via Tahiti and Rnratonga. Mall and paaavnuer service from Sttu fr'ranciaco rrry days. t,MO. S. 8. CO. OF MSW IKAU.U SUto California St., Sun t- rancUco, r local aleauiahtu and raliruaii agencies. ASTORIA and WAY POINTS r earner aernee, . L. Dftlty (Kxrept Saturday, 7:30 P. JO. Splendid Sle-eptng Accommodation Ccnitfctiuiiii Made for All Norta t ft& South Beacb Points fare JM.XA tavh Way, 9i Hound 'Trip. AJdrr-St. Dock. Broadway 6340 , Xb iinrkiu XraobiwrtHtioa Cu