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4 THE MORNIXG OREGOMAN, WEDNESDAY, ArillL 5, 19 'MARSE' BESTS m HOW KENTUCKY Final Honors Paid to Mem' r . ory of Editor. FUNERAL SERVICES SIMPLE Wot Again Shall His Life Be 1'ouiid," Says Clergyman "He Leaves Ko Successor." a much loved and honored member of the college faculty. He was born in Rocksbury, Conn., September 21.-1858. He was graduated from Amherst col lege in the class of 1883, and the Yale Divinity school a few years later. For many years Rev. Mr. Whittle sey was in the ministry on the coast, serving: under the Congregational and Presbyterian churches. Among pas torates which he has served are New port, Pendleton and Eugrene. He was for 5everal years a member of the faculty of Dallas college. He was married to Miss Penelope Skinner in 1890. Rev. Mr. Whittlesey's mother is In Connecticut: a brother and sister also live in that state and a brother re sides in Kansas. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Ludella Goodspeed of Seattle, and three pons Ralph E. of fcos Angeles, Roland D. of Portland, and Raymond C. of th-e University of Beiruit, Beiruit, Syria. Tha funeral will be held tomorrow in the college chapel in this city, and interment will be in the Greenwood cemetery, Portland. For the past eight years he had held the chair of ancient languages in Philomath college. LLOYD GEORGE HELD TO DODGE PROBLEMS American Viewpoint on Big World Issues Not Met. IS REPARATIONS ISSUE KEY Genoa Conference AVitliout Mov to Settle German Status and Ke duce Expenses Useless. EXAMINATION MADE AFTER BREAKDOWN IN' COlItT. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 4. "Marse" Henry Watterson came home to Ken tucky today to rest for all time. A great assemblage of Louisville citi zens and men of national promTnence who knew him in life came to honor hia memory. Flags on public build ings flew at half-mast, while simple services at the First Christian church were being- held for the dean of America's journalists, who died in Jacksonville, Fla., about three months ago. The casket, placed on a catafalque ifirectly.in front of the pulpit, was flanked on one side with scores of floral offerings from many parts of the country. The folds of an- Ameri can flag, which stood to its right and rear, were stirred by the breeze from the open doors. ., Grouped near the pulpit were mem bers of the- Watterson family, the .aitivA natlaiirfirc c r, m A t whom had been associated with Mr. Watterson (sentence and $500 fine, for bootleg- in his newspaper work for 50 years. Theodore .Aramatas, However, Is Found Guilty by Jury Sen tence Delayed by Judge. Theodore Aramatas, native of Greece and drafted soldier in the late war, was found insane by an exam ining board yesterday after having broken down completely on the wit ness stand in the 'court of Circuit Judge Evans, where has was being tried on an appeal from a six montns and the honorary pallbearers. Among them wasi Alexander Konta, New York banker and manufacturer, to whom Mr. Watterson dedicated his biog raphy. James W. Brown of the Edi tor and Publisher, New York, attended ;9 the representative of the president and governing committee of the press congress of the world. - Jim Wilson, for years Mr. Watter son's devoted negro servant, grief stricken, sat with the family. -The services were in line with that simplicity which had marked the life of Mr. Watterson. A ritualistic read ing, a hymn, a prayer, an anthem by the choir and an eulogy were the out ward tributes. . ''He leaves no successor," Rev. Dr. E." L. Powell, pastor of the church, said, "for "only Ulysses can wield the bow of Ulysses.' " -- "Not again," ho continued, "shall hjs like be found. Others who have lived and wrought on a great stage have acknowledged their indebtedness to the glowing inspiration they re ceived through discipline or associa tion with this great man, and his influence long will abide, while others of the younger generation who have fe.lt his electric touch will carry for ward his work." ; The burial service was read by the lie v. Dr. Charles E. Craik of Christ Church cathedral at Cave Hill ceme tery, where the casket was lowered into a stone vault. - A plain block of granite above it. from its- eminence on a hill, overlooks the city where the veteran ediitor of the Louisville Courier-Journal spent come of the most active years of his lite. C0RVALLISJS BUILDING Boom in Business District Is Ex pected This Summer. CORVALLIS, Or., April 4. (Spe clal.) Corvallis will experience an other building boom this summer, this time in the business district. A two-story brick structure 150x150 fuet will be built on the corner of Third and Madison streets. Smith Bros., hardware dealers; Alex Rennie, capitalist, and John F. .Allen, drug gist, are putting up the new business bjock, which will have offices over head and be occupied by the hard ware company and the Allen drug store. -Across the street plans are being made for the erection of two store buildings, while two blocks further south on Third street the Highway garage is completing a 50xl00-foot addition. On Fourth and Madison the .Whiteside Bros, will erect a new theater 75x100 feet, the foundation or which is already laid. ging. -, He cried, howled, shuddered, buried his face in his hands and whimpered when James E. Craib, his attorney, called him "Frank" in the course of a re-direct examination. Later in vestigation showed that the mention of a Red Cross nurse or the name "Frank," by which he was known in the army, would send him into hys terics. - It was not shell-shock. The near est to the battle front that Aramatas got was a barracks in Camp Meade Md. Since hia discharge he was con fined for a while in the Morningside hospital in this city and is said to have vabout $800 n government co pensation awaiting him, for which he has steadfastly refused to make ap plication. Despite his behavior on the witness stand the jury returned a verdict of gu'lty in his case. Judge Evans refused to sentence the man until after a mental exam ination had been made. Bruce Cam eron, special agent, arranged for it late yesterday and Dr. A. E. Tamiesie pronounced the man unquestionably insane. He was not ordered commit ted to Salem, pending an investiga tion of his case, which may lead to his being sent to the government hospital at Steilacoom, near Tacoma, Wash. MAY QUEENS NOMINATED Final Election at Pacific University to Be Tomorrow. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., April 4. (Special.) Pri mary elections for queen of the an nual May festival on May 19 resulted in the nomination of Miss Edith Wea ver and Miss Lucile Robinson, both seniors and residents of Forest Grove. Tha final election to decide the win ner will be held next Thursday. c Miss Weaver, as a Red Cross nurse, served In France during the war. She is retiring president of the Philo xnathean Literary society. Miss Robin son Is now president of Kappa Delta society.. Both are prominent and pop ular in the social circles of the school -.and tha closest race in year la predicted. TRAIN SLAUGHTERS SHEEP Shasta Limited Ploughs Through Band, Killing 50 Animals. HARRISBURG, Or., April 4. (Spe cial.) The southbound Shasta limited -Nffn.,,1n.. . t .1. 3 . i . r dwuuoj wiiiiif, yfuwea mrougn a Wand of sheep belonging to Mike .Tiannich near Alford station, killing about 50. The track was strewn with dead sheep for nearly a quarter of 'a mile. The train was delayed over ;an hour. ' Mr. Bannich recently lost heavily .in a fire which destroyed a big barn -on the farm he is renting. E. D. CUSICKENTERS RACE .Republican Nomination as Senator ; From F'ourth District Sought. SALEM, Or., April 4. (Special.) E. ;i. Cusick, Albany banker, tonight ;filed with the secretary of state his declaration of candidacy for the re publican nomination for the office of state senator from the fourth sena torial district. The district comprises :Lane and Linn counties. Mr. , Cusick's slogan reads: "For ,'sane retrenchment in the state's ex penditures and activities." POLICE CHIEF IS SCORED Discrimination in Handling Traffic Offense Cases Charged. SALEM. Or., April 4. (Special.) Chief of Police Moffitt, at a meeting of the city council here today, was severely scored by members of the council for alleged discrimination in handling persons charged with violat lng traffic laws. Alderman Vander vort openly accused the chief of po lice of dismissing some men of promi nence while others less prominent were haled into court and fined. Criticism also was leveled at the chief for importing traffic officers. when, as one councilman said, "many ex-service men are walking the itreets for want of employment." Deer Killers Fined. GRANTS PASS, Or.. April 4. (.Spe cial.) Unaccompanied by an officer, C. M. Fleming and Evard Billings hiked to this city from' the lower Rogue river, about 80 miles from Grants Pass, to plead guilty to .a charge of killing deer out of season. They were assessed $50 each by James Holman, justice of the peace. The men were apprehended last December by Dr. George G. Bancroft, game warden, and only recently made up their minds to come here and plead guilty. Syndicate to Open Mine. MARSHFIELD. April 4. (Spe cial.) A mining district, which for lack of capital, never became prom inent, is expected to receive a boom in Curry county this year, when a San Francisco syndicate starts devel opment of the T. J. Brown mine at Agnes, near the junction of the Rogue and Illinois rivers. The San Francisco syndicate intends expending $150,000 on the mine before they start to take out the gold. y Traffic Halted by Rock Blast. TILLAMOOK, Or., April 4. (Spe cial.) Quite a little Inconvenience has been caused to travel the last few days by a big blast of rock at the Farmer grade, where the Nestucca river has been eating away the road at the side of the mountain. - One ton of dynamite was used in 30 holes and 3000 yards of rock were removed by the explosion, covering up the road bed. Through travel was resumed today. Horse-Beater Is Jailed. ALBANY. Or., April 4. (Special.) Because he beat a balky horse so un mercifully that he knocked out one of the animal's ayes. Thomas Miller, proprietor of a motion picture theater at Brownsville, drew a jail sentence as well as a fine when he pleaded guilty in the justice court here to day to a charge of cruelty to animals. Justice Olliver fined him $50 and sen tenced him to serve ten days in the county jaiL BY, MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Bveninff Post inc. Published by Arrangement. WASHINGTON, D. C. April 4. (Special.) The difference betwee the American point of view abou what needs to be done in Europe an the Lloyd George point of view brought out clearly in the latter1 speech. We think the foundation stone th wie thing without which no durabl structure can be built is fixing th German reparations. Lloyd George admits that he has promised France not to bring up this question. We think the next thing is the re duction of large armies, which wast the substance of the nations support ing them and keep people in a state of fear and worry. Lloyd George ad mits that this also is to be omitted. Budgets to Be Considered. As to a third thing, the balancin of budgets by the European countries, which in plain words means spending less than their income, as every pri vate citizen must do, Lloyd Georg says that it is to be taken up. W agree that this is one of the essen tials but we think it is contingent on the other two matters. We don't see how Lloyd George o anyone else at the Genoa conference can accomplish anything on this third point so long as the other two points are ignored. . It isn't possible for America to ge much food for hope out of the fact that Lloyd George has partly charmed and partly bullied the British house of commons into giving him anothe lease of power. ( Personality Wins Victory. All it proves is what we knew be fore; namely, that Lloyd George is the most, subtle, plausible and sue cessful politician now sitting in any of the high places of the world. He didn't get nor ask for the affirmation of any great principle. He didn make the fight on principle. He made it on personality and since he has much more of that commodity than any other public man in England, he won readily. This episode in the house of com mons has done nothing new, has taken no forward step, has indicated no fixed policy, and doesn't give the world any reassurance. All that hap pened is what has happened every previous time when Lloyd George found himself in a crisis. Indorsement Proves Nothing. He showed himself more witty in badinage, more quick in repartee, more humorous in poking fun at his newspaper critics, more dramatic in making his hearers shudder at un known terrors and altogether more plausible and charming than any other living public man.- But nothing is proved by one more demonstration that Lloyd George can make the house of commons "rock with laughter" at one moment, and at the next scare them into a cold sweat with talk of "hordes of savage revo lutionaries" about to rush into Europe from Russia. When you read that Lloyd Geoge, in his speech, coaxed cajoled, joked and defied in turn' you wonder whether that is precisely what is needed by the world in us present straits. Concrete Proposals Lacking. You can't help comparing that per formance with the plain speaking, the concrete proposals, the insistence on fixed principles that caused Mr. Hughes' speech at the opening of the Washington conference to lead lto tha one great forward step the world has taken since the war began. There are fundamental principles nvolved in this European situation and no dependable step forward can be regarded as having been made un til there has been a showdown on these principles. It may be the time has not yet come for that. It may be that Lloyd George is still the needed man. the opportunist whose virtue is that he keeps the ship afloat during the storm and is cheerfully willing to head it In any direction, no matter where, until after the storm is over. Disturbing Hint la Given. One of the suggestions in Lloyd George's speech has a disturbing hint. He says exchange must be stabilized. and so it must but exchange only can tote stabilized by the adoption and practice of sound economic method bv the various governments or the world. To try to stabilize exchange in any other way is like trying to fix" the thermometer. Allied to this was Lloyd George's suggestion about revaluation 'of currency. Undoubtedly, as to several coun tries, something like this is bound to come. But when this subject is tnrown into the pot at Genoa look out for a good deal of wild talk about cheap gold, and cheapr silver, and fiat money, and all the other short cuts for creating wealth through some other means than work. America Is "Fat Boy." There Is serious danger of unsound proposals from the Genoa conference, and all such suggestions are likely to squint' toward the United States as the "fat boy." No observer of the present course of the world can fail jWHITTLESEY SERVICE SET Philomath College Professor to Be Buried In Portland. ; PHILOMATH, Or., April 4. (Spe cial.) Rev. Charles T. Whittlesey, (professor of ancient languages in i Philomath college, who died Sunday at the Corvaliia General hospital, was Sawmill Resumes Operations. ALBANY, Or., April 4. (Special.) The sawmill of the Albany Lumber company, which has been idle for more than a year because of condi tions in the lumber market, resumed operations yesterday w: li a full crew. Logging operations prepara tory to the opening of this plant have been under way for a month or more It is planned to operate the mill reg ularly in the future. V niverslty Opens Spring Term. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, April" 4. (Special.) Classes started today upon the opening of the spring term. Students flocked back to Eu gene yesterday to register in the university, and it is thought that the enrollment will be smaller because of financial conditions and scholastic standards. All the machinery of the university was put into action today, and regular work begins tomorrow. Let Portland Window Cleaning Co. do your spring cleaning. East 7657. Adv. Orpheum matinee today, 15-2-5-50-Ad. Stop Laxatives Which Only Aggravate Constipation Kujol is s lubricant not a medicine or laxative so cannot gripe. When you are constipat ed, there is not enough lubricant produced by your system to keep the food waste soft. Doctors prescribe Kujol because its action is so close to this natural lubricant. Try it today. tc take account-of the fact that the air is increasingly filled with sugges tions about some new basis for money and currency. ' The most dependable Americans I know say that the first and essential step towards normalcy in the world must be to change the German repa-: rations from an uncertain sum to a; fixed sum and then to let Germany know firmly that she must pay it. It isn't a matter of relieving Germany, Twice the reparations that Germany can pay would not be enough to meet the demands sufficiently. It is wholly a matter of making these reparations a fixed and known sum, instead of an rndeterimnate and unknown sum. Reparations Biggest Problem. There can be no economic order among the nations so long as an ele ment as big as the German repara tions remains an unstable, fluid qual ity. Because the Genoa conference, when it meets next Monday, will start off with an agenda from which the Ger man reparations and the subject of armies are excluded, America will be in a position of hoping for the best, but not expecting much, and feeling relieved on the whole that we are not in it and will not be committed to what it does. TAX DEADLINE 15 HERE INTEREST IS TO BE CHARGED BEGINNING TOMORROW. CHINESE GETS LIFE TERM HARRY CHIN PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER CHARGE. Second-Degree Crime Admitted by Oriental Accused of Killing -John Stevens. - Harry Chin, slayer of John Stevens, white man, in the course of an at tempted tong murder, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree before Presiding Judge Tucker (yesterday afternoon, waived time for passing sentence and was ordered imprisoned for life in the state penitentiary. Chin is a member of the Suey faing tong and one of the gunmen who tried to kill Ing Sung, young Hop Sing tongman, at the height of the local tong war of last fall. The intended v'ctim was wounded in the leg, but flying bullets instantly killed John Stevens, a passerby. Chin and a man supposed to have been Lee Kim. joint ly indicted for the murder, fled from the scene, but Chin was recognized by a bystander, who escaped the fusil lade of lead, and the police were in formed of his identity. With Lee Kim, he was arrested in a Thurman-street house, asleep, the night before a planned daah for Seattle. Stevens came to Portland from Boise, Idaho, was a waiter and had no known relatives in this section. The shooting occurred at Second and Burn side streets November 10, 1921. John A. Collier, attorney for Harry Chin, was glad to agree to a second degree plea, for the evidence against his client was strong and there was a possibility that he mighit be hanged. Stanley Myers', district attorney, agreed to the compromise to save the expense and uncertainty of a trial. Lee Kim will stand trial. Checks in Mail to Be Honored if Postmarked Before Midnight. First Half Is Due. Nine o'clock tonight is the deadline for payment of first installments on 1921 taxes at the courthouse, without an interest charge. Checks in the mail will be honored if postmarked before midnight, but. the office of Sheriff Hurlburt, tax collector, will close down at 9 o'clock. Persons who have not obtained their tax statements personally or by mailed request may get them at the counter when they go to pay taxes oday. Payments are made in the tax division of the sheriffs office, on the ground floor of the county courthouse on Salmon street between Fourth and Fifth. Because of the last minute rush of payments, no estimate is possible of the amount of money taken in Mon day and yesterday though it is known to be more than $2,000,000. It was figured last Saturday that it would be necessary to take in $4,600,000 be fore tonight if one-half the tax roll was to be collected. Taxes unpaid today begin to draw interest on first installments at the rate of 1 per cent a month. Second installments become delinquent on October 5 and a flat penalty of 5 per cent goes on all unpaid taxes Novem ber 5. JUDGE'S ASSAILANT FINED Ex-Policeman Pays $200 for Knocking Out Municipal Jurist. CORVALLIS, Or., April 4. (Special.) -The case of H. O. Hamlin was brought up this afternoon in circuit court. Mr. Hamlin had been charged with assaulting Municipal Judge Con nor with a deadly weapon. The charge was changed to one of simple assault and Hamlin pleaded guilty. Judge Skipworth fined him $200. Mr. Hamlin, until the time of the assault about a month ago, was a member of the Corvallis police force. In an argument with the municipal judge in which some forceful language was used, Hamlin was alleged to have struck the judge over the head with an iron instrument used for fastening papers with clips. Mr. Connor was knocked unconscious. Growers Elect Directors. c MEDFORD, Or., April 4. (Special.) W. B. Biddle, C. C. Cate, A. H. Dav- enhill and P. A. Scherer have just been selected by the Oregon Growers' Co-operative association and the Ore gon Growers' Packing corporation to represent this district on the state board of directors of the concerns and act also as directors for the Rogue river valley district. Their nomina tion at the primary election will be confirmed at the final election when the entire state membership casts its vote. The mail primary ballots were opened here last night. Orpheum matinee today. 15-25-50-Ad. Vagrant Gets i 5 Days. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 4. (Spe cial.) George Kelly was sentenced to 15 days In the county jail today on a charge of vagrancy. He was placed in the city jail yesterday and later, Fred Rafferty, patrolman, took an other prisoner in and missed Kelly. Henry Burgy, chief of police, went around behind the jail and was there just in t:me to catch Kelly as he dropped to the ground, minus his shoes. He had escaped from the jail by prying off some boards. The city jail is used only for prisoners who are not supposed to be dangerous. The city prisoners usually are sent to the county jail to serve their sentences. New Editor Is Appointed. REDMOND, Or., April 4. (Special.) W. B. Russell of Prineville will be the new editor of .the Redmond Spokesman. Douglas Mullahy, pub lisher, will leave soon to complete several courses in journalism, which he desires to finish. Mr. Russell has been associated at Prineville with the Central Oregonian for the last four years.. Orpheum matinee today. 15-2'5-50-Ad. ONLY THREE DAYS MORE! Ill IJ L J !'! 1 1 II I HU II iiion CM :v.;v, jS JP- 1 - t ft h( ' " ' if J ueoroe Ariiss and all-star cast A "United Artists' Production From the Popular SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY BY EARL DERR RIGGERS Unanimously indorsed by the Pert land public as being the best shown in Portland this season. George Arliss and his all-star cast give a remarkable performance de lightfully human and full of humorous "entertainment that cannot fail to please. SantaeBIa and the Rivoli Orchestra COMING SATURDAY APRIL 15th VIOLA DANA In Person COMING SATURDAY APRIL 13th VIOLA DANA In Person Entire Week Starting Saturday, April 8th i., 106YSOV. in theatre . Hi s Consecutive -yeara lU 1N-K r f- "Jit in fPTlTAv OFFERING HER SENSATIONAL SONG AND GOWN REVUE NO ADVANCE IN PRICES t (AND) GIVEN IN ADDITION TO DORIS MAY IN "EDEN and RETURN" X OTHER BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS CONTINUOUS 1 TO 11 P. M. AFTS. EVES. Except ' Sunday and Wednesday Sunday and Wednesday Matinees 20c 39c CHILDREN 10c CHILDREN 17c h X