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;:gon statf j.mii, VOL. LXI XO. 10,127 PRICE FIVE CENTS Entered at Portland (Oregon Pftatofficp hji Peconrt-clat8 Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922 HARNEY VALLEY GETS AID TO DEVELOPMENT PRESIDENT APPROVES BILL TO ALLOW IiAXD EXCHANGE. STflRY nF MIJRflFR IS0LDIER bonus bill oiuni ur MuiiuLii held doomed to die ACQUITTED KILLER EX-BANKER OF KELSO REPORTED IN MEXICO SAILORS CARRY F. L. STEWART FROM LOS ANGELES. HARDING ON VACATION AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. PUBLIC ADDRESS DECLINED. PRESIDENT PLAYS GOLF. PEACE IS DECLARED ADMITS MURDERS TOLD AMID TEARS SALES TAX IS ONLY PLAN PRESIDENT WILL ACCEPT. WEALTHY WIDOW COMMITS SUICIDE IN UNIVERSITY ROW Mrs. Helen Denny, Once of Portland, Dead. . DESPONDENCY HELD CAUSE Woman Also Divorced Wife of Dr. Leonard Wyeth. TWO NOTES ARE WRITTEN One Is Will; Other Asks That Body Be Cremated Ill-Health Also Blamed for Deed. LOS ANGELES, March 9. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Helen V. Denny, formerly of Portland, Or., and later of Seattle, Wash., shot and killed herself at her home here this afternoon, after writ ing two notes, one in the form of a will and the other asking that her body be cremated. Airs. Denny was the widow of O. O Denny of Seattle, who was said to have been the first white person born in that city. When Mr. Denny died in 1916 he left am estate that was valued at $450,000. Before her first marriage, Mrs. Denny was Miss Helen V. Stewart of Portland, Or. Later, Mrs. Denny was married to Dr. Leonard Wyeth of this city, from whom she was divorced about a year ago. At that time she resumed the name of her. first husband. Body Is Found by Maid. After writing the notes Mrs. Denny, who was 53 years of age and who lived at 1533 South Grammercy, en tered the bedroom of her home and fired a shot into her brain. The body was discovered by Kate Hunt, a maid, who notified the police. Mrs. Denny was believed by friends to have been despondent over the di vorce action which was heard in the local courts about a year ago. She also was suffering from poor health. According to the maid and Charles Smith, the house man. Airs. Denny Bold her residence in South Gram- mercy place a short time ago and to day was packing her belongings. She intended to move to 2503 Victoria drive. Body Fonnd by Maid. After eating lunch Mrs. Denny re tired to her bedroom while Smith went to the garage and the maid to the. kitchen. Several hours later the maid knocked on Mrs. Denny's door and then entered. She discovered Mrs. Denny dead on her bed and a revolver j clutched in her hand. Police from University station, who took charge of the house, discovered the notes left by the dead woman. One was addressed to Miss Tillie Seldman, 81 Shotwell street, San Francisco. This was the will. In the note Mrs. Denny said: "I am feeling very de pressed and blue and if anything should happen to me, please do as 1 k you." Mrs. Denny then disposed of most of her personal effects. The second note was addressed to Air. and Airs. Hrry K. Stephenson of Long Beach and carried the request that her body be cremated. Notes Turned Over to Coroner. Both notes were turned over to the coroner after the body had been re moved to the undertaking establish ment. From what could be learned from friends in this city, Airs. Denny came to Los Angeles from Seattle some time after her first husband, O. O. Denny, died. She bought a home in Grammercy Place and lived for a time alone with her servants. A num ber of years later she was married to Dr. Leonard Wyeth, then in the army, but divorced him about a year ago. Since the divorce she resumed her first husband's name. Family Well Known. The dead woman's first husband, O. O. Denny, was engaged in opera tions in real estate in Seattle and San Francisco and was well known on the entire Pacific coast. Mrs. Denny, from what could be learned todaV, was his second wife, and the police learned that two of the dead woman's step daughters are now living in or near Seattle. No plans for burial could be announced, according to the coroner, but a suicide death certificate will be signed. SEATTLE VISITED IN" AUGUST Relatives of Airs. Denny Reported to Live In Washington City. SEATTLE, Wash., March 9. Airs. Denny moved from Seattle to Los Angeles a year ago last September, purchasing an expensive home in the California 'city. She visited friends and relatives here last August. Orion Denny, said to have been the first white person born in Seattle, was Airs. Denny's first husband. He died in 1916, leaving an estate valued at $450,000. Airs. Denny was married here to Dr. Leonard Wyeth, with whom she went to Los Angeles. Air. and Airs. Wyeth were divorced about a year ago, aiyl Airs. Wyeth received her former name marriage to Denny, Airs. Denny was Helen V. Ste -art of Portland, Or. Private Operators and Government Enabled to Consolidate Timber Holdings. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, March 9. Early development of the Harney valley in eastern Oregon was foreseen in the president's approval last night of the bill providing for land exchanges in the Malheur national forest In Harney and Grant counties, Oregon. By the enactment into law of this bill the government will be able to put its 10,000,000,000 feet of timber into a compact block, while private owners can assemble their 2,000,000,000 feet of holdings into a single tract on the border of the forest, where it will bo easily accessible to the millman and the logger. It was understood that this ex change means the construction of a railroad 100 miles or longer from the Bear valley by way of Burns to Crane, thus providing a very large tonnage for the Oregon Short Line, which, however, according to representatives of the latter road, is in no way finan cially interested in the construction of the new line. Numerous appeals have been reach ing T ashington for the passage of this legislation as a means of speed ing up industrial development in east ern Oregon. The legislation was ini tiated here just seven weeks ago upon the introduction of a bill in the house by Representative Sinnott, who acted upon a petition brought here by E. W. Barnes of Portland. Air. Barnes has steadfastly refused to discuss the possibilities for devel opment offered by the passage of the exchange bill, but the fact that it meant big things for eastern Oregon came out in the course of the efforts of the Oregon delegation to get action on the measure. COLONEL CABELL HONORED Local Officer Gets Decoration for Services In War. Colonel Henry C. Cabell, United States army, retired, and a resident of Portland, Wednesday received the dis tinguished service medal for services during the war. Brigadier-General R. M. Blatchford presented the decoration at Vancouver barracks in the presence of all troops at the post and many citizens of Portland. The citation which came with the medal follows: "For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services while in charge of war risk ' insurance matters and later in charge of the appointment di vision of the adjutant-general's office in the war department at Washington, D; C, from 1917 to 1919. "By his untiring efforts in dealing with other departments and the pub lic he expedited the dispatch of of ficial business and the solution of in tricate problems arising under new laws. "He rendered services of great merit." LOVE WINS 0. A. C. CO-ED Modem Way of Dairying Brings Bride to Student-Af ilkman. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis, March 9. (Special.) Leston Love of Corvallis is a junior in dairying. Love came to him in a unique way. '. Miss Greeta Weatherspoon won third place in the co-ed milking con test at the "Ag. fair" at the college. She had previously walked beside Love in the parade preceding the "Ag. fair," assisting in the represen tation of the "modern way of dairy ing." Their engagement was announced at a dinner party in Waldo hall. Miss Weatherspoon will change her course from commerce to home economics. Love is working his way through college by milking three cows and running a milk route. SMELT RUN IS AT HEIGHT Two Persons Get 100 Boxes of Fish From Cowlitz in Short Time. VANCOUVER, Wash., Alarch 9. (Special.) The smelt run in the Cow litz river is at its height. Hans John son, 17-year-old son of Air. and Airs. Andy Johnson, and a helper left here at noon yesterday for the Cowlitz river in a power boat. At midnight last night Hans telephoned his father they already had dipped up 100 boxes of fish and were still dipping. This is thought to be a record in such a short time. The price of smelt has dropped from 20 cents a pound, which was charged for the first run, to 8 pounds for 25 cents, or 2 cents a pound for 50-pound lots or over. This run is especially good, being all males and sound and firm. FIRE LOSS PUT AT $21,750 Several Firms Suffer in Blaze at First and Washington Streets. - An estimated loss of 121,750 was placed by fire bureau officials yester day on the early morning blaze in the building at the northeast corner of First and Washington streets. The . fire started in the part occupied by the Pacific Coast Leather Sc. Shoe Finding company, whose loss was placed at $15,000. Other 'firms which suffered include Lincoln & Allen, bookbinders, loss $3000; Art Emporium, loss $1000; F. M. Koontz Harness companv. loss $500; Willey Fruit company, loss $250; damage to building, exclusive of firms, $2000. The losses are all partly covered by insurance. Beebe Describes How Painters Were Slain. DRINKING BOUT IS CAUSE Elder Victim Said to Have Grabbed Shotgun. REVOLVER THEN USED Alan's Sou Silenced to Prevent Ex posureConfession Repeated to District Attorney. SALEM, Or Alarch 9. (Special.) Carson D. (Pete) Beebe. who arrived at the state hospital here a few days ago following his acquittal in the Linn county circuit court on a charge of murdering. John Painter, today in a confession made to Dr. John C Evans, a physician at the institution, admitted that he killed both. Painter and his son William and buried their bodies in a shallow grave some dis tance from the Painter home. At the time Beebe was tried for ths murder of the elder Painter he denied the charge and alleged that John Painter killed his son and then com mitted suicide. For fear that he would be implicated in the affair, Beebe told the officers that he buried the bodies where they later were found by searchers. The Jurors, after hearing the testimony at the trial, acquitted Beebe on the grounds of insanity. Confession Later Repeated. In his confession to Dr. Evans, which later was repeated to John Carson, district attorney of Marion county, Beebe said he had been em ployed by P.Mnter, and the day before the murder the latter went to La comb, where he purchased some moonshine liquor and clover seed Upon his return, Beebe said, he and the two Painters drank heavily of the liquor. The following morning Beebe said the drinking bout Was re sumed, that he and the elder Painter engaged in a fight. During the fight Beebe said he received a severe blow on the head, with the result that he started to run from the house. It was then, he said, that the elder Painter reached for a shotgun which stood in thj kitchen. Fearful of being killed, Beebe said he whipped out his re volver and shot Painter three times The latter fell dead in his tracks. Son Then Starts to Run. Beebe said Painter's son ther started to run from the ranch, ap parently to notify a neighbor of the (Concluded on Page -, Column 3.) CHAFING Ve-ttSTcre.vC.- t- A C YV J Hello J ifl 1 rT,P' v r Insurance Companies Begin Fight Against Payment of Policies of Alan Who Disappeared. KALAAIA, Wash., Alarch 9. (Spe cial.) F. L. Stewart, missing cashier of the defunct Kelso State bank, who was reported to have drowned him self from the Goble-Kalama ferry in the Columbia river March 17, 1921 has escaped to Alexico, according to evidence obtained by attorneys who were here today collecting data for their fight against payment of Stew art's life insurance policies. The suit to collect the insurance will begin in Tacoma April 4. It was said that the attorneys had obtained sworn statements from three sailors who identified Stewart's photograph as that of a man whom they had carried from Los Angeles, Cal., to Manzanita, Mexico. The sailors had no previous acquaintance with Stewart, it was said. It was also announced that Stewart had been seen : in Los Angeles by several' persons who previously had known him in Kelso. The attorneys said they had depositions from these witnesses, and would introduce them at the trial. ' Stewart, who had been 22 years with. the Kelso State bank, was con sidered one of the city's most stable citizens. He had a wife and small son. His life Insurance policies were said to amount to $119,000. None of the money, it was understood yester day, has been paid to the heirs, the companies having refused to accept the proof of death offered. Mr. Stewart's disappearance oc curred on the night after the state bank examiner had closed the bank for reorganization. Air. Stewart had come to Portland to try to get help for the bank, and disappeared be tween the time when the ferry left the Oregon shore and when it landed on the Washington siae. tie was seen on the deck shortly before the boat reached the Kalama landing. When his baggage was found by the crew, search for his body was begun. The Columbia river was dragged unsuccessfully, and although his hat and coat were found, all efforts to discover his body resulted in failure. In a short time reports were received to the effect that Stewart had been seen in various places. On the strength of these reports the insurance companies refused . to pay policies. The heirs tiled suit to collect. Two Seattle firms, Preston & Thorgensen, and the firm of Judge Chadwick were retained by the"eom- panies to resist the claims. "Just another effort on the part of the insurance companies to escape paying me the money they know is justly due," declared Mrs. Alaude E. Stewart, wife of F. L. Stewart, miss ing Kelso State bank cashier, last night, when she read articles from Kalama telling of her husband's re ported disappearance and escape into Mexico. "Agents of the insurance companies have been making every effort to prevent me from bringing federal suit for the collection of my hus-1 (Concluded oa Page 3, Column 2.) ALL IN THE SAME CLASS. AMI.MfiLS I ANO .... Railroad Officials Take Elaborate Precautions to Protect Train Bearing Presidential Party'. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 9. (By the Associated Press.) President Harding lost no time in going to the links upon arriving here this after noon for a week's vacation. Immedi ately after reaching his hotel from the station he donned his golfing clothes and, accompanied by Speaker Gillett of the national house of rep resentatives, Under-Secretary 1 of State Fletcher and E. B. McLean, the Washington publisher, played 18 holes on the St. Augustine links. President Harding plans tomorrow to board Mr. McLean's houseboat for a cruise down the coast, stopping at favorable opportunities for golf. The president and Airs. Harding were greeted enthusiastically upon their arrival by special train from Washington. A throng of citizens who had gathered at the station cheered them loudly while Secretary of War Weeks, who had been at Ali ami for several days, arrived and welcomed the party. Mr. AIcLean had previously boarded the train at Jack sonville. Announcement was made during the day that the president would accept no invitations to deliver an address or attend public functions while in Florida, as he desired to obtain ths utmost benefit from the vacation by complete relaxation. Elaborate precautions were take by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad officials to protect the special train on which the president traveled. Every yard of track was Inspected by a pilot train running ahead of the special. One of the last things attended to by President Harding before leaving Washington yesterday was the pay ment of his income tax. Hia check included $18,000 as income on the presidential salary. LOAN DENIED RAILROAD Security Offered by Denver & Salt Lake Held Inadequate. WASHINGTON, D. C, Alarch 9 An application of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad, made through its receivers for a $6,500,000 government loan to construct a six-mile-long tunnel on its. line west of Denver, was denied to day by the interstate commerce com mission. The commission held that the se curity offered was insufficient to guarantee the government the return of the money lnvolvea. JAIL SENTENCE IS TONIC Alan, 50, Begs to Stay Month In Prison; Request Granted. . B I NGH AM TON, N. T., Alarch 9. William Koifenstein. 50, of Cincinnati, started on a 20-day self-imposed sen tence in the Binghamton Jail, Sentenced for ten days for intoxica tion, Koifenstein found his nerves so improved by his rest cure that he begged for permission to stay nonth. His request was granted. Vie caust oe ON HtSTftrMV,- NOISE THi COUNTRY 0" PEOPLE AKE. CUrsmt Mrs. Obenchain on Stand in Own Defense. SWEETHEART'S DEATH TOLD Kennedy Slain in Dark by Two Persons, Is Assertion. , TALE CLIMAX OF CASE Cross-Examinatioa Is . Scheduled to Be Started Today Crowded Court Gets Thrills. LOS ANGELES. Cal., March 9. Mrs. Aladalyne Obenchain, faltering and weeping on the witness stand, late today told the story of the slay ing of J. Belton Kennedy, her sweet heart, for whose murder she stands indicted. Two shots were fired at him from the dark in front of his summer cottage in Lonely Beverly Glen, she said. Then two persons she could not Identify flitted past her and disap peared. She and Kennedy went to the cottage at the latter's suggestion, che swore. ' This was In direct contradiction of the state's theory of the case that Mrs. Obenchain persuaded Kennedy to go to the glen, and that by arrange ment with her Arthur C. Burch, co defendant in the case, lay in wait as they approached. Dead Body Reported Found Between the shots, according to Airs. Obenchain, Kennedy cried "Good night, Mazzlyn," and that after the second explosion she found him lying lifeless on a flight of steps in front of the cottage. The story of the shooting was the climax of an all-day examination of Airs. Obenchain. When she concluded her tale adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning, when cross-exam ination will be begun. The crowded . courtroom received thrill after thrill from the tale Mrs. Obenchain related of her love affair with Kennedy. She told of meeting Kennedy five years ago and her sub sAfiuent acauaintance with him which was intesVupted for a brief period in January, 1919, when she married Ralph It.' Obenchain. . Obenchain la Divorced. But she was in communication with Kennedy again for, a few weeks and finally, obtained a divorce from Obenchain. She denied, however, thaf Kennedy refused to marry her, as claimed by the prosecution, asserting that Kennedy importuned her to con sent to a secret marriage, which she refused to do. Shortly before the tragedy, the wit ness asserted, Kennedy threatened to kill her if she would not marry him She admitted she asked Burch to come to Los Angeles last July, that she met him at the railroad station when he arrived, and that she con sulted him about her troubles with Kennedy. Diary tsed Frequently. Referring frequently to a diary to refresh her memory as to dates, Mrs. Obenchain told of her arrival in Los Angeles on January 7, 1921, and of her frequent requests to Kennedy for the return of- the letters she had written him. Always, she , testified, he promised the letters, but she never did receive them. On almost every occasion that she talked with him he would ask her to marry him secretly, but she re fused, she .said, insisting that she be taken to his parents arid if there was to be any marriage that it be made known to them. Always he gave the excuse, she said, that his mother was very nervous and be cause of her condition he could not 'always do the things his mind would toll him to do." He Vfinally told her he would leave town for a "few days, and think things over," she said. Old Promise Recalled. At last, Bhe said, she could not withstand his pleadings longer, and agreed to go to San Francisco, where they were to be married. It was then, she said, that she thought of her promise to Ralph Obenchain, that she would talk to him before she mar ried anyone. She decided to go to Chicago to see Ralph, she testified. . Arriving in Chicago in Alay, 1921, she received several letters from Ken nedy, she testified. He wrote her, she said, that he was planning on getting away from his parents until they be came reconciled to his marriage with her, and if she thought best he would try to arrange for their marriage in San Francisco. She left for California in June, she testified, and upon stopping In San Francisco learned from her friend. Airs. Mabel "Demond, that Kennedy's mother bad been "attacking her char, acter.'' Upon arriving in Los Angeles on July 6 she telephoned Kennedy, who did not know she was coming, and she saw him every day, she tes tified, until July 11. Kennedy Feels Bnd. She said that Kennedy felt bad be cause of his mother's actions and sug gested that he not call her for a day or two. He did not call her again, she said, until about July 17, "and '(Concluded on rage 3, Column I.) Proposal Expected to Be Buried Either Before or After Veto Is Used by Harding. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright 'by the New York Evening- Post. Inc. Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, D. C. March (Special.) There is not the faintest likelihood of the present bonus meas ure, as it now stands, finding its way to the statute books during the pres ent congress. All this activity is as empty of results as last year's bird nest. ' Harding unquestionably will veto any bonus measure that does not carry the sales tax to raise the money. It is apparent that the bonus ad vocates have pressed the president to the point where they have reached his streak of firmness. If the bill reaches Harding in its present form and If Harding vetoes it, the veto will stand. It is probable Indeed, it Is virtu ally certain that the disposition of the lower house, to placate the soldier vote is strong enough to pass this or any other bonus measure over the president's veto. But the senate will not override any veto. The only chance the present bonus bill has lies In the event that the senate may amend it to carry the sales tax for raising money. That amendment can hardly win In the house. The house is almost as strong in opposition to the sales tax as it is In favor of the bonus. The out come must be that the present bonus bill will be buried in the senate, either before or after a presidential veto. If the republicans lose In the No vember elections, either on this issue or on the combination of issues, they will then quickly pass the bonus bill before they go out of power and put it up to the democrats to find the money. On the other hand. If the repub licans win the elections they will have two years In which to turn around. Within that period many things may happen, either the bonus agitation may die down, or if it keeps up, the condition of the treasury may have Improved to the point where Secretary Mellon with withdraw or modify his opposition. ICE BLOCKS SNOQUALMIE By Using Steam Shovel Seattle. Spokane Route to Open Alay ii. SPOKANE, Wash., March 9. Snoqualmie pass will be open for cross-country travel between Spokane and Seattle about May 15, James Allen, state highway engineer, stated here today. Work of removing the snow and ice now on the highway will be started soon with a large steam shovel. Snow and ice lie eight and nine feet deep in the pass at present, he said, and it is expected to take longer than usual because of the se verity of the past winter. Equipment for the work has already been pur chased. ONSLAUGHT PLANS BARED Plot to Attack Belfast Catholics Is Revealed. DUBLIN, Alarch 9. (By the Associ ated Press.) The provisional govern ment claims to be in possession of knowledge of an Intended wholesale onslaught by orangemen upon Catho lics in Belfast tomorrow. Limerick county negotiations for a settlement are continuing in Dublin between De Valera, Arthur Griffith and Richard Alulcahy and Commandant Barry of the Limerick invaders. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49 degrees; minimum, 3 degrees. TODAY'S Shower.; southwest to west winds. Foreign. Secretary for India resigns under fire. Page 9. National. Bank loan on bonus certificate opposed. Page 3 Harney valley gets aid to development Page l. Opponents seek origin of four-power treaty, rage a. Bonus bill held doomed to die. Page 1. Harding starts week's vacation. Page 1. Davis calls for mine agreement. Page 5. America to exert pressure In Europe. Page 2. Domestic. propaganda clash before board Is hot Page 3. Story of murder told by Mr Obenchain, faltering ara teariui. rasa i. Prlrcess Fa tlma accused of smuggling. Page 8. Liquor and beauuiui women to be on floating palace, rage s. Ex-Portland woman is found shot dead. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Liquor license tax penalty proposed. Page (. Modern home declared better than genera tion ago. mi" i. ' L. Stewart, Kelso banker, reported in Mexico. Page 1. Beebe, acquitted slayer, confesses Painter double murder. Page I. Sports. Huntington wants only one grid helper. page i. Jefferson defeats Washington, 44 to 21. Page i. Beavers and Cubs to play today. Page 14. Clark boosts his own stock as slugging mixer. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Chicago wheat breaks sharply on heavv selling. Page 22. Band trading lighter with price changes small. Page 23. Public docks net city $39,482.50 !n Feb ruary. Page 16. Port of Portland commission favors con solidation. Page 16. Undertone is firm in New York stocks Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Peace Is declared in Pacific university row. Page 1. , William Ar-perion again divorced. Page 13. Contractors see building revival. Page L Bootblacks in row over Ill-cent shine. Page 4. I Weather report, data, and forecast. Page 1(1. Lincoln hiKh faculty blocks parent-teacher move. Page 4. " Pacific Alumni and Trus tees Get Together. FUND CAMPAIGN GOES ON Four of Protesting Faction to Get Board Seats. FULL HARMONY REACHED Evcryouo Said to Bo Agreed to Work for Good of Forest Grove Institution. The board of trustees and the alumni of Pacific university have set tled their differences and henceforth will work harmoniously In pushing the campaign for funds for the Fores Grove Institution, following a "peace meeting" held Wednesday night at Hiilsboro. The committee recently selected to represent the board nominated at the Hiilsboro meeting four alumni mem bers as trustees. These men are ac ceptable to the associate alumni, whom they represent, and It Is under stood that their election by the full board on- March 18 Is merely a matter of form. Nominees Are Announced. The four alumni nominated as new trustees are: R. J. Kirkwood, who Is chairman of the executive committee of the alumni; 11. K. Wltham, presi dent of the alumni, and William O, Hare and K. B. Tongue, both of Hiils boro. Harrison G. Plattt, chairman of the board of trustees, and Mr. Kirkwood, speaking for the alumni, both de-' clared last night that there is har mony between the trustee and alumni, and that plans will go for ward at once for a financial cam paign for the Institution. , Trustees Recently Asked QU. The alumni last Saturday asked ths trustees to resign in a body, on the ground that the trustees had not sup ported the financial programme neces sary for continuing the Institution. The trustees, as a compromise, sug gested that four active alumni mem bers bo named on the board to fill existing vacancies. The board has 18 members, but a number of them who are non-residents have not been able to attend meetings or take an active part In the trustees' affairs. City Commis sioner Pier has resigned and a few others, who are unable to give much time to serving on the board, have offered to resign. "I am not sure of the exact num ber of vacancies on tho board," mid Mr. Piatt last night. "There may be room for more than the four alumni who have Jufet been nom inated. .Vonlarn Deeply Interested. "Everyone seems to be agreed now that we can work together for tho good of Pacific university. The four en nominated are deeply Interested In the institution and we will all work together harmoniously. I have every expectation that this step means big things for the school. "The board of trusters and the alumni have been working at cross purposes, but at last we have reached a point where we can co-operate." said Mr. Kirkwood last night. "The alumni felt that the board was not interested enough In raising the nec essary funds for the university and the board felt that the alumni were not taking the interest In the school, which alumni of other Institutions had shown. "Now that we understand each other and now that the alumni have active members on the board of trustees, everything points to an assured future for the Institution." Committee May Be Organised. A committee probably will be or ganized In the board for the sole pur pose of raising funds. The Immediate need is for (20,000 to guarantee the budget for next year. The alumni members have pledged $13,000, which is unconditional but spread over a period of five years. According to present plans, these pledges will be advanced and the alumni asked to pay as soon as possi ble to assist in making up the 820,000. The rest will come from those who have not previously pledged and from additional gifts. No difficulty in rais ing the $20,000 Is. anticipated. "We have a much wider outlook, however, than this immediate need for funds," said Mr. Kirkwood last night. "Our ultimate objective la to raise $2,000,000 In the next three years. Of this amount about $350,000 Is now In sight. Assistance Is Needed. "Pacific university Is in need of as sistance now, because It has been derelict In the past. No provision was made for meeting the growing nndi of the institution. The smaJl endow ment of $300,000, obtained by Dr. Marsh, one of the first presidents of Pacific university, has not been in creased through the years. The in crease In the cost of living am tl need for new buildings, etc.. make ii imperative that the university hsv more money if it is to remain in tx Istence." The reprepp ntativrs ,f tN ttt .-t,-, tCooctuued oa Pagu 2. Cuuu.u - t