I 1 1922 VOL. LXI XO. 19,124 TRICE FIVE CENTS Entered at Portland (Oreon Poatofflro aa econd-ctagg Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1923 4-POWEH TREATY AMPHIBIAN MONSTER DEAN HICKS- SAYS MEDF0RD MAN WRITES BEST STORY OF 1921 CRIME WAVE IS LAID PARTIALLY TO AUTOS FIGHT ON SITE SELECTED HERE FOR STATUE OF T. R. VOTERS TO DECIDE ON PHONE RATES BELIEVED STILL ALIVE FAGES REAL FIGHT HE WILL RESIGN MAY ENTER COURT PROFESSOK SAYS TALES FROM PATAGONIA ARE CREDIBLE. EDISON MARSHALL WIXS $500 DRUGS AND UNEMPLOYMENT ' ALSO HELD RESPONSIBLE. PARK BLOCK BETWEEN MADI SON AND JEFFERSON CHOSEN. PRIZE FROM SOCIETY. DANCING Present Probability Is Pact Will Win.. LONG DEBATE IS EXPECTED Most Republicans in Favor of Ratification. SOME SENATORS IN DOUBT Misgivings, However, Are Mostly of Kind That Can Be Satis fied by Reservations. BT MARK SULLIVAN. fCopyrlght by the New York Evening Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON. D. C, March 6 (Special.) Let there be no doubt that there Is a real fight ahead on the four-power treaty. The present prob- ability is it will pass; but there will be a long debate, and the chances are that most of the developments of that debate will be adverse to the treaty. Nearly all that can be said in its favor is already known and most of the speaking in its favor will consist of repetitions of the familiar appeal to confirm the results of the Washing ton conference. As it stands today, the overwhelm ing bulk of the republican party is favorable to ratification. Many of the republican senators have doubts, but these doubts are mostly of a kind that can be satisfied with reservations of one sort or another. 4 Republicans In Opposition. Only four republican senators are definitely in opposition. They are: Borah of Idaho, LaFoIlette of Wis consin, Johnson of California and France of Maryland. Incidentally, the last three of these come up for renomlnatlon and election the coming summer. Johnson, for example, will need to satisfy the voters of his state that he is right at primaries that come in August and the election ia November. France will need1 to do the same thing 1n September, and LaFoIlette in the same month. Aside from these four there are three other republicans who are nearer the area . of doubt than any others. These are McCormack of Illinois, Moses of New Hampshire and Brandegee of Connecticut. No one of these has made any public statement of his attitude, but persons who talk with them privately get strongly' the idea that their present disposition is to accept the general ! rable point of view of the country and "go along" with the party. Ratification Is Favored. Aside from these seven, the entire! republican majority is in one degree or another favosable to ratification. Only some unexpected development during the debates or some obvious change in the present attitude of the public would lead to further defec tions among the republicans. As to the democrats, there are about half a dozen who are implac-( ably hostile to the treaty, and about an equal number who are definitely and strongly favorable to it. But the bulk of the democratic party is on the fence and the attitude of the party as a whole will be determined by events which are in the making this week. One thing is clear: Underwood js not able to deliver his fellow demo cratic senators as a party. Hardly any of the democrats will be deter mined in hi position, or even in any degree influenced by the fact that Underwood is for the treaty. If Harding thought he was insuring democratic support by making the democratic leader of the senate one of the participants in the conference he will be disappointed. Harrison Surer Spokesman, On the treaty as well as on some other matters, Fat Harrison of Mississippi comes nearer being the spokesman of what may be called the' militant democratic thought in the senate than Underwood There is no definite anti-treaty among the democratic senators. They are merely in a state of trying to tnake up their minds as to what to do. Tou talk with one of them on Mon day and he expresses a half-hearted intention to vote for ratification. You talk with the same man on Saturday and xind he has begun to wonder whether the country may not change its attitude and is going to wait until the debate is over before taking a definite position. This thing that may be called the sentiment of the country is what will really determine the question. If the country stays where it is now be lieved to be, namely, in favor of mak ing the Washington conference a clean Job by ratifying all of ts re sults, then the considerable body of democrats who have the balance of power, will vote that way. Public Opinion to Rule. But if the country shows signs of being disturbed and if the suspicions and doubts expressed in the opposi tion speeches find any measurable re sponse among the public, then the treaty will fail. If the country continues to be so overwhelmingly favorable to the treaty that it would be disposed to how resentment against any formal party action against ratification, the iCoocluueu on P&tfe- 2, Coimua a. English Hunter Declares That While in Andes He Found Flattened Vegetation. BUENOS AIRES, March 6. (By the Associated Press.) Belief that a ple siosaurlan monster, an amphibian of I the mesozolc order, generally believe to exist only in fossil form, ia still alive in Patagonia was expressed today by Professor Clementl Onelli. director of the Buenos Aires zoolog ical garden. He announced that he had received credible reports that such a monster was seen in a lake territory of Chubut, near the Andes mountains: - Professor Onelli make public a let ter from an English friend of his named Sheffield that while hunting in the Andes he discovered a trail of flattened-out vegetation near a lake, Indicating the track of an, animal of enormous weight. Later, says the letter, Mr. Sheffield saw in the mid dle of the Jake an animal with a colossal neck, like that of a swan, whose movements in the water in dicated that the body was shaped like a crocodile. He said harpoons would be necessary to capture the monster. Professor Onelli said the evidence confirmed two previous reports that such an animal had been seen alive in the last year in, the same region where various scientific expeditions have made rich findings of animals of geological ages. HAYS ON JOB FOR MOVIES Most of First Day Is Spent Re ceiving Good Wishes. NEW YORK, March 6. Will H. Hays, ex-postmaster-general. took up his duties today as executive presi dent of the motion picture manufac turers and distributors of America. He spent most of the first day in his sumptuous new offices receiving best wishes of leading motion picture producer. Mr. Hays denied he had been em ployed to bolster the industry against attacks on its morality, asserting the following two clauses from his con tract told the whole story of his duties: "To obtain and then to maintain the highest possible standards of moving picture production. "To develop to the highest possible degree the moral and educational character of the Industry." CHINA CALLED ON TO ACT State Department Asks Action Against Missionary's Slayers WASHINGTON. D. C, March 6. The American legation of Pekin has re' quested the Chinese government to take immediately all possible meas ures to apprehend and bring to trial the robbers who murdered Dr. A. L. Shelton, an American missionary, at tsatung r eDruary 17, it was an nounced today, at the state depart ment The announcement said that the ac. tion of the legation at Pekin was taken upon receipt of a telegram from an American missionary at Batang, giving an account of the murder. Dr. Shelton was a medical missionary of the Church of the Disciples of Christ. First news of his death was received in a cablegram addressed to the gen eral mission board of his denominar tion, at St. Louis. WHISKY ON HIP ALLOWED Police Judge Refuses to Fine Men Who Carry Small Quantities. CLEVELAND, O.." March 6. Police Judge Sawicki today refused to fine any of the score of men who were arraigned before him, arrested over the week-end when found carrying pints or half pints of whisky in their hip pockets. "Many respectable people carry a little around with them," Judge Sawicki said. "It's not against the law, and 1 can't see where an officer gets the right to search them. Where a person is known to have a gallon or more, it may be proper to arrest him. But when it's so small it can be carried iu the back pocket that's different." LINDSAY CREDITORS SUE Involuntary Petition In Bankruptcy Filed in Federal Court. NEW YORK, March 6. The alleged victims of Alfred E. Lindsay, who is charged with swindling wealthy women of nearly $1,000,000 in fake stock transactions, today filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against him in federal court. Lind say, described as a broker in' invest ment securities, was recently in dicted in the state courts. The petitioning creditors are Mrs. Lillian N. Duke, divorced wife of the "tobacco king," who claims J600.00Q,; C. Dorothy Atwood, who claims $70,000, and Sarah E. Arnold, who claims $30,000. JUG0-SLAVIA PROTESTS Cabinet Sends Note to Rome and Notifies Allies. BELGRADE, March 6. (By the Associated Press.) The . Jugo-Slav cabinet, after a thorough discussion of the-situation at Flume, has decided to send a note of protest to the Rome government. The allied cabinets are being ad vised that this step is being taken, and that it also has been decided to adopt measures to protect Jugo-Slav i interests. Recent Fight With Bishop Sumner Is Cause. ' PULPIT TO BE LEFT APRIL 1 Mind Not Yet Made Up as to Future Course. ""' MERELY OUSTING FOUGHT Charge of Disloyalty In Sermon Is Denied Promise Previously Made to Retire. . Rev. K, T. T. Hicks, (dean of the St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral for the last three years and recently in the limelight as a result of a controversy with Bishop W. T. Sumner, head of the diocese of Oregon, announced yesterday that he would resign from his present position, effective April 1. Dean Hicks said that his formal resignation would be in the hands of Bishop Sumner shortly. He gave no reason for his action other than that he was not satisfied to 'remain following the recent trouble which he had had with the bishop. Promise Made to Bishop. "Before Bishop Sumner left for New York, where he is now holding special services, I advised him that I would resign effective the first of next month and I intend to keep this promise," said the dean. Dean Hicks added that he had not yet decided as to his future course. "I do not want another parish for a time at least," he said. "I am now contemplating what I shall do when leaving my present position and I expect to be able to make an an nouncement shortly." A fight between Dean Hicks and Bishop Sumner was precipitated in February when the bishop demanded the resignation of the dean, effective March 1. The dean was accused of disloyalty to the bishop, and reflec tions were cast upon his manage ment of the Pro-Cathedral. Dean Refuses to Resign. The dean refused to compter with the request of the bishop, declaring that, on the grounds that the Pro Cathedral was in effect the same as a parish, the latter did not have the power to remove him. The dean also contended that the chapter of the parish in voting to request the dean's removal had also acted illegally, in that it had not been called for meet ing, according to the canons of the church. The bishop in demanding the res- (Concluded on Page y.... ............. ...................... . . . ......... '. Mt '' . LET'S HOPE SHE DOESN'T MISS THE TRAIN THIS TIME! : ITiL 7 f I 'B ' . r - ' . J Invitation to Attend Dinner and Receive Award In Person Is to Be Accepted.' MEDFORD. Or., .March 6. (Spe cial.) The distinction of having writ ten the best short story published by an American in. this country during 1921 belongs to Edison Marshall of Medford. who received official notice of the award today from the Society of Arts and Sciences of New York, consisting of artists, and scientists of renown, which gives as a memorial to O. Henry a prize of $500 to the best story written during the year and $250 for the second prize. . In part the letter of notification said: "Your story. The Heart of Lit tle Shikara,' has won the first prize of $500 offered by the Society of Arts and Sciences for the best short story written by an - American and pub lished in America in the year 1921." The notification Invited Mr. Mar shall to attend the annual dinner of the society, which will be held at the Hotel Astor, New York, March 20, and receive the award in person. The Medford author will accept the in vitation. , The prize-winning story was pub lished in January, 1921, and its locale was laid in India. The prize stories, as well as a few more from which the final selection is made, are published every year in a volume "Prize Stories of 1919," 1920, etc. , , The committee of award for 1921 Includes Blanche Colton Williams of Columbia university; Edward Wheeler, editor of Current Opinion, and Glenn Frank, editor of Century. In the years 1916 and 1917 Mr. Marshall was presented with "roll of honor" stories, supposed to have per manent literary value. In 1919 he was included in the prize volume for the first time with "The Elephant Re members," but did not" win a prize. In 1920 the committee said of his wqrk: "Edison Marshall, represented In the 1919 volume by 'The Elephant Remembers.' has writter the pic of Brother Bill the Elk.' In spite of Its length, some 15,000 words, the com mittee, was mightily tempted to re quest it for publication." MEDICS STUDY HELD MESS Pick Out Fundamentals for Fresh Start, Advises Stanford Head. . CHICAGO, March 6. Pr. R, M. Wilbur, president- of Stanford uni versity, told the i American Medical association today that' medical edu cation was "such a stagnant mess that the student emerged a mystified doctor." "Repetition of elementary work. duplication and lack of co-ordination, too much informational material and rigid legal hour requirements have made the medical seho-1 a place where only those who can gorge can expect to come out trained," he said. " "The best, thing to do is to scrap it entirely, look carefully over the mess and pick out the fundamentals for a fresh start," he added. : ... 1 . r ..... ...... c. , A Parole and Pardon ' of Criminals - Other. Factors, According to National Surety Company. NEW" YORK, March 6. Drugsi, un employment, the parole and pardon of criminals, combined ,with man's un willingness to give up the high life he tasted during the waT, . were held responsible for the prevailing wave of crime in a report issued today by the National Surety company. The automobile;; Is the biggest fac tor in the crime "wave," the -report stated, because it facilitates the quick "getaway." '- .vM'1' -i Another important contributor is the acetylene torch, which enables the bank robber to penetrate vaults and safes in a few moments. The report cited a recent robbery in California, when burglars burned a hole in a "burglar proof vault and escaped with the contents while police were responding, to a burglar alarm.. The "quick touch" method of opera tiota recently has become . popular among criminals, it pointed out. Drug stores. Bilk and fur shops, chain stores, banks, garages and auto accessory stores were named as the greatest suf ferers through this method the rob bers boldly driving up to the place chosen for the job, loading the loot nto an automobile and covering the escape with pistol fire. EXPLOSION KILLS 7 GIRLS . ' . 30 Injured When Powder Removed From Cartridges Blows Up. BIRMINGHAM, England, March 6. Seven gijls were killed and 30 severely injured today in an explosion of pow der which they were removing from cartridges at Tipton, a short distance northwest of Birmingham. The faces of the injured girls were blackened by the powder beyond rec ognition. The explosion blew off the roof of the building. NEW JERSEY IS IN LINE Senate Ratifies 18th Amendment by Vote of 12 to 4. TB.ENTON, N J., March 6. The New Jersey senate tonight ratified the 18th amendement to the federal constitution by a vote of 12 to 4. Three republicans joined with Sen ator Simpson, democrat, in voting against ratification. The republicans were Senator Smith, White and Whit ney. , ..-.-;' STEAMER STUCK IN ICE Bornholm, 70 Miles From Cape Race, Has Coal for Elght,Days. HALIFAX, N. - S., March 6. The steamer Bornholm, five days out from St. Johns, N. F., for Halifax; is stuck fast in the ice about . 70 miles south west of Cape Race. - She., has sufficient coal for. eight days. . - Opponents Plan to Stop . Use of Schools. SECRET COMMITTEE NAMED To Get Injunction Against Board Is Proposed. FUND DONATIONS ASKED If Legal Battle Is Not Made, Plan Is to Place Issue on Bal lot Next . Fall. . Plans for a strenuous campaign which may take the form of a legal battle, carried to the supreme court of Oregon, wore laid by opponents of dancing in school buildings at a meet ing in Centenary-Wilbur Methodist church, last night when permanent organization of the Oregon Home Protective league was effected. The fight against school dances will be directed by a committee of 15 men and women, whose names will not be made public. The committee was voted power to conduct the anti- dance campaign by obtaining an in junction restraining, the school board from opening school buildings "to dances, by placing the dance matter before the voters at the fall election, or by any other method chosen by the committee after careful consider ation. About 100 Attend Meeting-. ' ' About 100 persons attended the meeting, and nearly all of them signed membership cards in the new organization, the purpose of which is to preserve the moral influence of the home and close public school buildings to dancing. Funds to carry op injunction pro ceedings will be supplied by popular subscription, if 'this method of at tack is selected, according to an an nouncement by Rev. Charles Mac- Caughey, one of the leaders of the anti-dance movement, who also sug gested that persons wishing to con tribute might write the amount they would give on the back of the mem bership cards distributed last night. Petition May Be Circulated. If the injunction plan Is not thought advisable by the committee, a pe tition will be circulated to place the question on the ballot at the fall election. . ' "My blood Is just as hot and Just as tingling as when we first threw our glove into the ring," declared Rev. Guy- Fitch Phelps, pastor of Sellwood Methodist church, who was the first speaker of the evening. "Our opponents and enemies are feeling our power and we have had a fine. response from the churches and citizens of, Portland." .. Victory Is Predicted. "With similar organizations in all the cities of the state, we can carry our campaign to victory at the fall election," said Dr. MacCaughey. "Our local controversy is part of a great national movement. We have lS.O'OO people who will do what 'we say at election time. Nearly 7000 votes against high school dances have been recorded In ballots taken in 57 Portland churches, representing 11 denominations. Only 114 persons voted in favor of the school dance. "We are dancing our way down the slippery way that leads to the j place of inferior nations. If this fight goes to the supreme court it will take money and lots of it, but we can raise it. . Stand on Tango Recalled. 'Nine years ago the Portland school board protested against the proposed dancing of the tango. They threat ened terrible punishments to those who took up the new steps .in the schools. Now we have the shimmy, the bunnyhug, and God knows what other weird, strange dances to weird, strange jazz music. "Dancing is being quietly nosed out of the schools, I assure you, although I do not wish to make the details known." W. O. Sims, attorney, was asked to discuss some of the possible legal phases of the campaign. He pointed out that there would be difficulties in an injunction proceeding, and stated! that ' the dance opponents "would be sure to lose such an action before two of our circuit judges." Dancing; in Schools Attacked. Mr. Sims then launched into an at tack on dancing in the schools. "I was shocked one night when I heard the sound of music anti tapping feet at the- Glencoe "school," he said. "We pay taxes to educate heads, not heels. "There are two views of the dance. From a -physical viewpoint, dancing develops every part of the body, but this is damnable, for it also stimu lates the baser parts of the body. . "Dancing is all wrong from the spiritual side. Dancing drives away every sacred thought. "People tell you that you can't rear boys who aren't cigarette suckers and girls who aren't gum chewers these days. That's all nonsense, for it's as easy for us to bring up good boys and girls as it was for our fore-1 fathers." i "If you send your children to dance. iCoauluded oa I'abe 4. Column 4.) Equestrian Monument Now Being Made In New York- by A. Phimister Proctor. The center of the park block bounded by Madison, Jefferson, Park and West Park-streets was selected as the site for the equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt by the execu tive committee of the Roosevelt memorial statue committee yesterday morning. The statue is being made In New York by A. Phimister Proctor, noted sculptor, and when completed will be presented to tho city as the gift of Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. President Harding has accepted an invitation to unveil the monument when he visits Portland, according to S. C. Pier, chairman of the executive com mittee. The statue is expected to be ready for unveiling ceremonies. early in August. Several other sites have been con sidered by the memorial association during the past few months. Final selection of the park block sitJe was made yesterday morning at a com mittee meeting attended by Chair man Pier, J. C. Ainsworth, Franklin T. Griffith, David M. Dunne. Erie V. Hauser and Dr. Coe. Following this session members of the committee visited the site, where they were greeted by the children of Ladd school, marshaled by their principal, C. M. Kiggins. Mr. Pier addressed the school children in a brief speech, in which he pointed out the love of Roosevelt for children and emphasized the appropriateness of erecting a statue of "Teddy" within view of the Ladd school. Principal' Kiggins responded with an address, in which he assured the committee that the pupils of Ladd school would consider it their duty and privilege to protect the statue from vandalism. LIBERIA CONTROL DENIED V. S. Authority Held Not Extended Over Country by Loan Terms. WASHINGTON, D. C. March 6. There Is nothing In the terms of the agreement under which the United States will lend $5,000,000 to Liberia which would perve to extend 'Amer ican authority over that country, of ficials here declared today, when their attention was called to press dispatches from Paris charging that Liberia would b virtually made an American colony. The proposed loan, it was pointed out, would be used largely to repay advances made by French and Brit ish financiers. DEATH ENDS POKER GAME Man -With Pat Royal Flush Dies Before Pot Is. Opened. NEWARK, N. J., March 6. Max Wilkofskl drew a pat royal flush In a midnight game at the home of Michael Eisenburg. Before he could open the pot he pitched forward on the table, dead Physicians said heart disease was the cause. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'." Maximum temperature, 48 degrees; minimum temperature, St de grees. TOBAT'S rOccaslonal rain; southerly winds. Foreign. Uister members, indignant over cloture, walk out of house of commons Page 3 Genoa conference to open April 10. Page 2. Amphibian monster believed still alive. Page 1. Premier Iloyd George likely to retain of fice. Page 3. Anglo - Irish treaty wins in committee. Page 3. British and German backing pledged con sortium. Page 4. National. Senate again asks information on Pacific treaty. Pase 3. Senate adopts federal budget system In handling appropriations. Page 8. Divided control of land opposed. Page 4. Four-power treaty faces hard fight. Page 1. CompromlBe soldiers bonus bill held up in committee. Page 8. 134,978,033 asked for agriculture depart ment. Page S. Domestic. Prohibition Is bad, says Mrs. Asquith. Page 8. Husband's revenge hinted In confession letter In Taylor case. Page 12.. Railroads accused of petting parties. Page 13. - Pacific Northwest. Edison Marshall, Medford. writes best short story of year. Page 1. Skookum fruit growers desert exchange. Page 7. t Sports. Yankee manager bawls out fan, who is old-time scrapper. Page 14. High schools now turning to track. Page 14. Jim Thorpe still missing. Page 14. Singles record set by bowler. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Last week's loss In local wheat prices re covered. Page 22. Chicago wheat higher on large export buy ing. Page 22. Latin - American Issues feature o bond market. Page 23. Decision on gas rate strengthens stocks of that utility. Page 22. Neiwu Maru is due to load grain and bran for orient. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Dean Hicks to resign, effective April 1. Page 1. Ball is forfeited by victims of raid. Page 12. Site chosen hers for Roosevelt statue. Page 1. Stylish girl denies bad check charge. Pags 7. Voters to decide on phone rates. Page 1. Swiss music box puts burglar to flight. Page 10. Tourist' projects will be developed. 'Page 13. ' Fight on dancing may enter court. Page t. 154 new members taken In by legion. I Page 4. J Forest service plans to develop recrra 1 tlonal facilities of Diamond lake. Page - ''J"' Weather rcpoK, data and forecast. Page 16. State Hotelmen to Sub mitMeasure to People. NEW COMMISSION WANTED Proposal. to Include Abolition of Public Service Body. ACTION IS UNANIMOUS Without Dissenting Voice, Assocln. tion Acts to Get Plan Bcforo November Electorate. Abolition of the state public service commission, as now constituted; eub stltutlon of a commission to be ap pointed by the governor, and the res toration of telephone rates prevailing nrevlous to March 1. 1921. Is the tiro- gramme which the Oregon Hotelmen's State association will submit to the electorate of the state in tho Novem ber election. Without a dissentlnar vote, the hotelmen adopted a resolution to that effect yesterday afternoon and di rected that machinery be set in mo tion to bring about fulfillment of the objects of the resolution. Immediate Action Promised. The president of the association and the legislative committee were authorized and directed and Inslruct ed, in conjunction with the attorney of the organization, to prepare an act tcsbe submitted, through the Ini tiative, for the November general election. Immediate action Is prom ised. . Hotelmen, as well as the general public, have been disappointed In ths refusal of the state public service commission to restore the old rales after the rehearing. Since the coin mission declined to modify the rate there has been a storm of sentiment against this rate-making body, and opinion has been growing that the present commission should be done away with, as to personnel. There has been recall talk and petitions to secure names for recalling Fred A. Williams. Fred G. Kuchtel and II. It Corey have been circulated, but the recall Idea as a solution has not met with popular accord. Appointment la Proposed, The movement launched by the botolinen has no connection with the talked-of recall. The hotelmen are adopting an entirely different policy and aim at a different result front what could be attained through a mere recall. In a broad way, the hotelmen do not upset the public service commis sion, as such, but merely chanse ths la.' so that Instead of being elected members of the commission shall 1 appointed. Power to appoint Is vrMed with the governor the original com mission, after its authorization, was appointed by George K. Chamberlain, then governor. Under the plan of the hotelmen the commissioners would owe their appointment to tho gover nor, as 19 the case with the slain nignway commission ana a numoer oi other important state bodies. Tito Measures Required. Trobably two Initiative mramren will be required, one clianuriiii; the commission from an elective to an ap pointive body, and anolher to deal with the restorat(on of the old phone rates. The two Ideas may be, how ever. In one Initiative act. That is a matter which the committee in charKu will work out. Roughly spoaklner, the people at the November election will be asked to vote for a measure which will Km- porarily restore the telephone rate which prevailed prior to March 1, li21, until the new commission, ap pointed by the governor, run rcoprn the subjectr In this way tlio people can kill two birds with one Hone cause the removal of the spresent members of the commission, arid' ob tain relief from the rales which the commission declines to reduce. Quick Action Possible. Under the Initiative quick action Is possible, for as soon as the slate re turns are In., such measures heroine operative upon proclamation of the governor. The movement of tho ho telmen will probably have an effect on men who contemplate entering the primaries as candidates for puhlU service commissioner to succeed -Mr Williams, whose succetsor is to b nominated on May 19. Owing to the widespread organiza tion of the hotelmen's association, petitions can be easily distributed and put Into the hands of the public lor signatures, so that tho act can set on the ballot for the November elec tion. . COMMISSION IS tO.Ii:.MM.U Woodlawn Improvement Ai-mh-Iji-tlon Score Member. A resolution adopted by the Wood lawn Improvement association at lis meeting last Saturday niirlit ron demns the public service conim iss ion for Its action on telephone rates and declares that the members of this commission should be ousted from their positions. "Ourinir the reronst i-nrt Ion period iCwailUkicd. UU 2, CwlUuitt i