6 TIIE MORNING "OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL, 15, 1923 AT MOSTLY PLATITUDES List of Finance Experts Is Roll of Safety-Firsters. SOME PROGRESS MADE Formidable Collection or Talent So Far Deals Largely in Vague Generalities. BY JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES. Fellow and Bursar, Kings college, Cam bridge; editor Economic Journal, London: author "Tao Economic Consequences of the Peace," and "A Revision of the Treaty." (Copyright by the New York World. All riBhta reserved. Published by arrange ment. ) GENOA, April 14. (Special cable.) Of the four Genoa commissions, one deals with finance. This commission Aas appointed three sub-commissions, each of 12 members, for currency, ex changes and credit, though the line of division between the first two is Bhadowy. - This attempt to extract a cabinet from a mass meeting has been only partly successful, the first session of the sub-commission on currency be ing also attended by a concourse of ' 150 deputies and experts. The au thorities are attempting, however, to enforce moderation in the retinues of members. The financial experts here assem bled could hardly be surpassed in col lective experience and intellectual power. The central bank are repre sented by governors or deputy gov- ' ernors -in Vissering of Holland, Stringer of Italy, Havenstein of Ger many and Picard of France and there are two directors of the Bank of England, Mr. Peacock and Sir Charles Addis, who are expected shortly. Bank Send Chiefs. Many of the great merchant bank ers and joint stock institutions have eent their chiefs. Bell of Lloyd's, -Ter Muelen of Hope's, the great Amster dam house which was agent for the British treasury in the wars with Napoleon and again in the late war; Wallenberg of Stockholm's Enskilda bank; Gluckstadt of the Landsmanns Bank of Copenhagen; Melchior from the Hamburg firm of "Warburg, who of all Germany's financiers commands the widest international respect for lnteeritv and intellect; Professor Cassel of Stockholm; Mr. Hawtry of the British treasury; Mr. Brand of Lazard's and Sir Henry Strackosch, of whom the last two are the nominees of General Smuts. These represent the pick of the writers on post-war finance. And the faithful band of officials of international experience, the real ity behind the shifting cabinets of the hour, the permanent element in a dis solving world, whose honorable tra ditions of anonymity I must never' the less respect, are also here, not to mention ministers of state who keep the ring and hold the stakes in this boxing match of wits. And perhaps even a Russian financial Phoenix may rise .from the ashes of the rouble. Embarrassment Is Possible. But in. this galaxy. Sir Robert Horne, who presided over it with firmness and gentleness, may find an embarrassment of counsellors. Great bankers are autocrats. There may be too many here who know all about it, are more used to impose their own Ideas than accept those of others. Moreover, the list given above might serve also as a list of the most cautious persons now living in the world. At the first meeting of the sub commission on currency the prelim inary draft of the experts, prepared in London during March, plus certain Interesting additions, was produced and considered. At the second meet ing Germany and Russia . proposed amendments, -and' the whole thing then was referred for further devel opment to the Genoese hierarchy namely, an expert committee or first sub-commission of the sub-commis-eion of the second commission. Real Experts Chosen. As distinguished from the sub-commission, itself, ministers do not sit on it, and the most expert persons have been chosen more or less irrespective of nationality. Sir Basil Blackett pre sides over Avenol, Bianchini, Visser ing, Cassel, Cattier, Havenstein, Du bois Pospicil, Brand and Strakosch. - What do the documents before this committee amount to? In subject j matter, a good deal; in effective form and actual consequences, very little. ! For in the form there is a fatal defect. What we need is something In the nature of draft convention to which those delegates who approve it could recommend their govern ments to adhere something, that is to say, which might actually come to pass. Actually nothing is being consid ered at present but a series of pious declarations and general principles. Many of these are old and stale. It doca not help much to repeat in gen eral terms that currencies should be staple, that budgets should balance and that banks of issue should be .free of political pressure. Platitudes Are Cited. The first article ends with these dreary words: "It is for every country to over come its budgetary deficit by its own independent efforts. Only then will its way be open to currency reform." The next clauses are perhaps a shade more interesting. They lay down that Europe should have a com mon standard, that this standard should be gold, that governments should declare at once that this is their ultimate object and should in dicate their programme in general terms. But the document goes on to say that many countries are not ready for any such "thing and some day each country will have to decide whether or not to return to its own parity. And when it comes to a programme we are back again on stale maxims. "Expenditures must be met without uncovered note issues, and there must be a free. gold market, possibly on the basis of the gold exchange standard. , Germans Add Bit. "In short, some day, somehow, and at some parity we have gold again, but when, how or at what parity Genoa shrinks fi'om declaring. . The German amendment merely adds that the balance of payment must be satisfactory before currency reform is possible, which is a polite way of saying reparations must be settled. The Russian amendment is to the effect that those countries with superfluous gold ought to give or guarantee advances to those lack ing it, which is a polite way of say ing Russia would like a loan. But there remain one or two pro posals not yet quoted which are worth more. The draft recommends a conference of central banks to estab lish measures for continuous co-operation and to co-ordinate a credit policy "so as to avoid those wide fluc tuations in the purchasing power of sold, which might otherwise result PRODUCT Ei from simultaneous and competitive eforts of a number of countries to se cure metallic reserves." Convention Is Considered. This body is also t consider draft ingr an international monetary . con vention for eventful restoration of an effective gold standard. The draft also declares "no scheme for estab lishing the purchasing power of the monetary -unit can be fully effective without co-ordination . of policy be tween Europe and the United States, whose co-operation shall therefore be invited." In these last passages are the germs of future action. Can they be developed into anything? Personally I am of the opinion that the time is already ripe for much more than the generalities outlined above. WATF.R PLANS UNDER WAY Oak Lodge Project Enters Stage of Preliminary Estimates. Preliminary plans and estimates are being prepared for the distribut Ing system of the new Oak Lodge water district, which it is propose to supply from the Bull Run water mains of the Portland water system. H. L. Gilbert, civil and hydraulic en gineer, has been selected to do this work by the commissioners of the district, John Oatfield, Henry Babler and H. L. Olsen. The district, which has an assessed valuation of $1,000 000, can issue bonds to the equivalen of 10 per cent of this valuation for the purpose of constructing its water system, and on the estimates mad by Engineer Gilbert will be baaed the amount of bonds to be asked at special election to be called soon. The district's territory includes practically all of nortlren Clackamas county, between Milwaukie on the north and Glen Echo on the south, Oatfield road on the east and the Wil lamette river on the west. CHARGES ARE REPUDIATED (Continued From First Page.) John P. Hannon, who, he said, has handled his affairs for years. -After informing Attorney Hannon of all the developments in the Chief Young case, newspaper representa tives were summoned and received the official statement as well as- a per sonal interview with Mr. Brown. .. Effect Not Yet Known. Just what effect this unexpected revelation will have in connect'on with the effort . of a few dis gruntled firemen to oust Chief Young is not known, but, judging from state ments made by Commissioner Bigelow Wednesday, an upheaval is due in the fire department. Chief Young, when confronted with news of the charges against him, had stated that he had information point ing to the fire marshal's office as the headquarters for the campaign that was being waged against him 4n the fire department. Mr. Brown's startling statement of last night corroborated this opinion and was taken as verification of re ports that have floated about the city hall for months that the fire mar shal's force was intent upon ousting Chief Young. In the presence of reporters Mr. Brown made it plain that it was not his habit to meddle in other people s affairs and that he had become in volved in this thing upon false rep resentations that had been made to him by Inspectors Pullen and Mo Farland and their attorney. He declared that when he filed the charges he did not "believe it would be necessary for him to make more than a nominal appearance, and that he knew of the charges only through statements that, had been made to him, which he certainly- could not prove himself. Chief Young could not be located last night, but, according to Com missioner Bigelow, thevchief was in conference with Wallace McCamant. his attorney, throughout the day pre paring to defend himself against the charges. BROADCAST IS TRIUMPH (Continued From First Page.) lectures conducted under the auspices of Seiberling & Lucas, which have been a daily feature of The Oregonian broadcasting for the past two weeks Miss Godwin had five more numbers played on the phonograph, explain ing the origin, history and interpre tation of each before it was played. The next regular broadcasting from The Oregonian tower will be on Sun day night between 7 and 8 o'clock, when Dr. William Wallace Youngson superintendent of the Portland dis trict of the Methodist Episcopal church, will deliver the first sermon to be sent out over radio in Portland. This will be a special Easter sermon. Dr. Youngson will be assisted in this programme by Mrs. Goldie Peter son Wessler, soprano soloist of the First Methodist Episcopal church for the last seven years, who will sing three selections. Students Give Sunday Concert. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, April 14. (Special.) The University of Oregon chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary musical sorority, gave its annual Palm Sunday concert at the Presbyterian church. These concerts are always appreciated and wen attenaea. xne tollowing .pro gramme was given: Organ prelude, "Andante" (Tschaikowsky), Anna belle Denn; chorus, "Close of Day" (Parks); violin solo. "Preislied" (Wagner), Alberta Potter; solo, "Now the Day Is Ended" (Bartlett), Mme. RoseMcGrew; flute pbbligato, Beulah Clark: violin trio, "Ballade" (Partini), Alberta Potter, Helen Harper, Mar garet Phelps; quartet, "There Is a Green Hill" (Wilson), Miss Smith, Gregory, Mesdames Powell and Case; obbligato solo, Bernice Alstock; offer tory, "The Swan" (St. Saens), Anna belle Denn; solo, "Oh, Divine Re deemer" (Gounod), Mme. Rose Mc Grew; violin obbligato, Helen Harper; flute solo, "Souvenir" (Boehm), Beu lah Clark; trio. "Twilight" (Abt), Mme. McGrew, Mrs. Whitton and Mrs Case; postlude, "March Pontificale" (Lemmens), organ accompaniment, M. Lucille Murton. Bridge Building Begun. - STAYTON. Or., April 14. (Special.) L. S. Lambert, road supervisor, has a crew building a new bridge across the mill ditch near the sawmill, as work will soon begin at the rock crusher and a substantial bridge will be needed to hold the heavy loads of gravel passing over it. The county mixing plant, where the "hot stuff" is concocted, will be moved hp re from Aumsville. ; Stayton Expects Cannery. STAYTON, Or!, April 14. (Special.) The outlook for having a cannery ready to. operate here by the time the canning season opens is very good. R. D. Hope of Medford, who has been manager of the cannery there for several years, will be the factory manager here. The cost of the plant and the matter of financing its erec tion, etc., are under discussion. Stock to Be Increased. SALEM, Or., April 14. (Special.) The G. F. Johnson Piano company of Portland today filed with the state corporation commissioner notice of increase of capital st-ock from 160,000 to fllO.000. FLOODS IN ILLINOIS CITY FORCE EXODUS Beardstown Made Helpless by Veritable Milirace. QUICKSAND RAZES HOUSES Salvation Army Serves Doughnuts to Refugees and Livestock .. on Farms Destroyed. BEARDSTOWN, 111., April 14. (By the Associated Press.) Exodus of the homeless from the flooded city of Beardstown began today. Habitable houses are cramped. Three-fourths of the people are home less. Water has riven above all pre viously conceivable heights anfl to day developed- a menacing current through the streets, which, with the added baleful evidence of quicksand. caused the first outward signs of anx iety on the part of the population. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, the only one remaining in operation tonight, had a gang of sec tion workmen building their tracks higher in the hope that they might survive the flood crest. P'-I-atlon Army Brings Food. When the flood begins to recede, all the after effects of a flood are an ticipated. Mayor Perry announced that supervision of work then would be turned over completely to the state department of health. Uniforms of the Salvation Army were seen in the lowest habitable parts of the city and workers carried baked doughnuts by boat to second story dwellers and to the 500 or more living huddled in tents. Politicians and quicksand were the principal cause of today's first mur murings. IJext Tuesday is election day and candidates for aldermen in fivecity wards view with perplexity the fact that polling places in five wards are under water. Quicksand Drags Down Houses. Quicksand beneath the city, which has been quiescent until stirred to activity by river water, had dragged down two large houses and had en gulfed brick pavements in different parts of the city, so that travel by foot is no longer safe. Boots and boats were the two means of travel in the city yesterday. Tonight there is only one safe way by boat. Reports of the suffering of farmers in the flooded districts about the city today told of the countless livestock drowned. LEVEES HOLD FLOOD BACK New Orleans and Other Cities of , Lower Mississippi Safe. NEW ORLEANS, April 14. With the crest of the Mississippi river within a few inches of the top of the levees here, and a forecast by the w.eather bureau indicating that an additional rise of 1.3 feet is probable before the end of the month, every flood protective agency in the city was reported on the alert tonight to cope with, any emergency. Government engineers in charge of the levees, officials of the dock board and riv.ermen, declared there was no danger threatening the lower reaches of the river. Especially was this true, they said, with regard to New Or- eahs. Today's forecast that a stage of 22.6, six-tenths of a foot higher than the previous high record established n 1916, would be reached here, caused no apprehension among levee offi cials. Reports from Plaquemine, La., where a newly constructed section of. evee had shown signs of weakening. were to the effect that the engineers had - won their fight there and no further trouble was anticipated. TRACTORS MOVING REFUGEES People of East Peoria Drainage District Flee Danger. PEORIA, 111., April 14. Tractors are being used tonight to take peo ple and their belongings out of the East Peoria drainage and develop ment district, following warning that the dike of the Illinois river is not expected to stand for" more than 24 hours. A high wind will break the levee, rivermen say. All public buildings in East Peoria have been opened to the refugees. Trains entering Peoria are going through six inches of water for two blocks. Negroes Driven From Homes. CAIRO, 111., April 14. Refugees are coming into Cairo "from the flood dis trict north of the city, where rising eep water has driven 100 negro fam ilies from their homes. An appeal was made today to the Red Cross to send ents to shelter the refugees. The Ohio river has remained above the 50-foot stage for 18 days, which ex ceeds previous records, and seep water has risen tovan unprecedented height. Levee Reported Swept Away. McCLURE, 111., April 14. A report received here stated the levee where the Big Muddy river enters the Mis sissippi, about 60 miles north ot here. gave way shortly before noon and that 75,000 acres of land are threat ened. The railroad officials have ad vised residents to move to high lands. he report, Which was received from railroad men. added. Hocking Valley Situation Serious. COLUMBUS, O., April 14. Heavy rains which prevailed over most of Ohio late today and tonight had caused small streams in many parts of the state to overflow their 'banks and brought about what was regarded s a serious flood situation in the Hocking river valley. BONUS PAPERS PASSED Oregon Commission Approves 60 Requests for Loans. SALEM, Or.. April 14. Special.) The world war veterans' state com mission, at a meeting held here today. pproved approximately 60 applica tions for loans. The loans averaged $2500 each. The commission also passed upon nearly 100 cash bonuses, averaging $250 each. ROAD BOND FIGHT WANES ressure Brought to Bear to End Lane County Recall Action. EUGENE, Or., April 14. (Special.) Pressure is being brought to bear upon the. organization behind the iroposed' recall of Lane county s 2,000,000 bond issue, to withdraw the petitions and failing . in this legal action may . be taken by the good roads advocates, according to an nouncement here today. A series of meetings has been held during the last two days, at which members of the committee in charge of the recall petitions were in con ference, with the members of a com mittee from the Eugene chamber of commerce regarding the advisability of withdrawing the petitions, but no promise has heen made as yet. Attorneys consulted by members of the good roads association have given it as their opinion that the proposed measure is not an initiative but referendum measure, and cannot be voted on at a primary election. GIRL AIDS SAFEBL0WERS Veggmen Furnished With Infor mation by Stenographer. NEW YORK, April 14. A story of a gang of safeblowers, working with the aid of a girl stenographer as a scout, todav was obtained by detec tives investigatiing last night's raid on the Royal Insurance company building at. 84 William street, in which nearly J75.000 worth of cash and securities were taken from a number of offices. The police said they had obtained the story from George Breckenridge, a night watchman, who was found bound and gagged. According to de tectives Breckenridge confessed being a party to the robbery and unfolded a plot for systematic robbing of large office buildings in which the girl, a sweetheart of one of the band, played an important role. The girl would obtain employment in the office chosen by the - gang, make plans of the building and learn the method' of handling the money. Then she would turn her information over to her bandit ' lover and resign, according to the police, sharing in the loot when the gang did the job. RADIO SET TO BE SHOWN Electrical Expert Will Explain Construction of Apparatus. Boys and girls living in the neigh borhood of the Albina branch library will be taught how to build their own radio sets at the library build ing tonight at 8 o'clock, when E. F. Pearson, engineer of the Northwest Electric company, will assemble a complete receiving outfit and explain the different units and their con struction. Blueprints, with full directions how to construct a set, will be given out by Mr. Pearson following the demonstration. Material for the making of 50 complete outfits, ex cept the. telephone-receiver parts. will be supplied by the Northwest Electric company to those young folk who show the most interest in radio construction. JAPANESE PEARLS STOLEN i Custom House Official Reports Loss of Synthetic Gems. Synthetic pearls, from Japan, eight strings in all, were stolen from the desk of S. P. D. Sorenson, assistant custodian of the custom house, some time Thursday. The pearls were val ued at $45. While Mr. Sorenson was absent from his office some person, it is believed, went in to use the telephone and the temptation of the pearls was too strong. Mr. Sorenson has no sus picion as to the identity of the thief. The pearls were bought by Mr. Sor enson 10 days ago The person who took them may have thought they were genuine, pearls instead .or a clever Japanese imitation so nearly perfect that they might deceive any one. THREE ACCIDENTS FATAL Industrial Commission Gets Re port for Week. SALEM, Or., April 14. (Special.) There were three fatalities in Ore gon due to industrial accidents dur ing the week ending April 13, ac cording to a report prepared here to day by the state industrial accident commission. The victims were: Thomas Olson, miner, Scof field; Mar cus Lovenstein, teamster, Portland, and Anest Lemonldes, station man. Myrtle Point. Of the total of 395 accidents re ported, 363 were subject to benefits under the workman's compensation act, 23 were from firms and corpora tions that have rejected the law, and nine were from public utility corpora ations not entitled to operate uinder the act. TRADE HELD "SPOTTED" Expert Says Portland Retailers Maintain Excessive Prices. ' After a survey of business condi tions in. Portland, covering a period of two weeks, Franklyn Hobbs, well-known Chicago statistician and analyst, yesterday announced that he found retail prices generally in this city quite "spotted." In some In stances, he said, pre-war prices pre vailed, but in others he found quota tions running as high as 50 per cent above the prevailing markets in other places. Mr. Hobbs made his survey for the benefit of a string of national and state banks. Stayton Mail Sold. STAYTON, Or., April 17. (Special.) E. D. Alexander who, until March 1, was postmaster here has purchased the Stayton Mail and has installed a linotype in order to meet the growth and development of this community. Mr. Alexander, who is an old news paper man, will be assisted by Francis A. Perry, for:ner owner of the Junp tion City Times, as managing editor. Read The Oregon.ian classified ads. LIMBERS UP YOUR SORE STIFF JOINTS TT7"EATHER exposure and hard - work bring pains and aches in muscles and joints. Have a bottle of Sloan's Liniment handy and apply freely without rubbing, for it penetrates. You will find at once a comforting sense of warmth which will be followed by a relief from soreness and stiffness. Wonderful to relieve all sorts of external aches and pains rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lame backs, sprains and strains, over-exerted muscles. For 40 years Sloan's Liniment has helped thousands the world over. You aren't likely to be an exception. It certainly 'does produce results. Ask your neighbor. At ail druggists 3x, 70c, 1.4U. Liniment MM ARIV1ED MEN SEIZE TIB Coup' Is Anti-Treaty Party's Biggest One Yet. 2 CONSTABLES ARRESTED Pair Are Liberated Later No Op position Is Encountered by Invading Forces. DUBLIN, April 14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Early this morning the biggest coup yet effected by the anti-treaty party was carried out. Some 300 armed men, marching in twp forces, seized the Four Courts building, formerly the seat of the national court of justice, and the Four Courts hotel, nearby. No oppo sition was encountered. Two of three constables on duty were arrested but were liberated later. The seizure was reminiscent of Easter week, 1916, when the same buildings were besieged and similarly fortified. " Great alarm was -caused when the events became known, lasting until the explanation was vouchsafed by the anti-treaty men that the build ings had been taken because they were more fitted for their headquar ters than the present headquarters in Rutland square. This explanation, however, failed to reassure many people who are appre hensive that the adjournment of yes terdays peace conference may prove significant, especially as it is alleged that the Independents gave no guar antee that .-cts of violence would be avoided. A large body of Sinn Feiners en tered the postoffice at Sligo today and took possession of all depart ments of the office in the name of the Irish republican army. They gave COUH DUBLIN .pi.'.,VjymyLiaj; i-ejgMir... wiai. i wi m'y."W.i i. hum ,yj j. mw m.v. mi .. ,y - n. i . n mi '. iihhiw ' " " m J .C,L--.y.:H.-' 'I i i -ml ."4.., .j. M--tm - H.i, ., ..., ... J TT fTV Jk' S n auenfc reproduction of the .J ti JJ rA if mad Alaska gold rush of '98 j pu..i.jiimi.ij.i'1'J1J!1iiiiijili.ji:I wm.BH'Wi-iuinM'.j nn ii mu. u.n.g juiia-mia ,im.i. ipmiii.nini iiii urn in n iihi; i im mu m. ui mi n i i n 111 n i m urn r i i n n r ) r3 rFfrLiu (of? "s.tiJmh -r-""' rHftMMr?a III l AY -at -: H . aswi -it - . - ! r K''li&'.t .AV'S- . ..-., ' ! ; : V..y..'.)A;...'. . . .. . - .."'.; j ( . . v. y- . .. You've heard of the trail of Ninety-eight But its woe no man can tell. It was all of a piece and a whole yard wide And the name of the brand was "Hell." We're not so wise as these lawyer guys, But, just between you and I, . It'll be along, long trail till you'll hear a tale Like the tale of "Chicago Belle." '7 -vmm.t instructions that business was to pro ceed as usual and left a party to see that these orders were carried out. REPRISALS ARE THREATENED Proclamation Is Issued by Army Officers In Mullingar. MULLINGAR, County West Meath. Ireland, April 14. (By the Associated Press.) A proclamation threatening reprisals for outrages in Belfast was issued by army officers here today. The proclamation, which was signed "anti-pogromists," said: "We have decided,, that for every further casualty in Belfast which is the direct outcome of a pogrom every supporter of the pogrom in the Mullingar area will be fined 50, which will be personally collected by us. This order is operative from Mon day next." CHURCHES ARE ENLARGED Permits at Hoquiam Taken Out by Two Work of One Finished. HOQUIAM, Wash"., April 14. (Spe cial.) Improvements to cost $4500 will be made to the First Baptist church, it. was announced today by Rev. Lem T. Root, pastor. A permit was taken out which calls for a base ment, front entrance, roomy corridor, enlargement of the auditorium and an addition large enough for seven rooms for use of Sunday school classes. It is also planned to build a dining room and install a kitchen. The First Christian church has under way some alterations, and took out a permit for additional work to day to cost $600. When completed this work will have cost $2500, it is estimated. . The First Presbyterian church has expended in recent weeks $12,000 in alterations and erection of a manse. GOVERNMENT REFORM AIM New System to Be Submitted to Oregon City Voters. OREGON CITY. Or., April 14. (Special.) A combination of the com mission and business manager forms of government is to be submitted to the voters of Oregon City . This, according to William Andre- sen, head of the charter committee. is the plan, details of which are to be worked out for presentation to a . ' ff "5" -1 - '' -"" Direction q Jensen ana, yon jerperg mass meeting of citizens, the date of which has not yet been decided. A commission of three members, elected by the people, who serve without pay. forms the basis of the system. The commissioners are em powered to elect a business manager who will have complete charge of the affairs of the city, subject to super vision of the commissioners. AUTO TAX HELD ILLEGAL Oregon Wholesale Vehicle Law Ruled Out by Circuit Judge. OREGON CITY, Or., April 14. -(Special.) On the, ground that the city may levy a vehicle tax for regulatory purposes but not ag a means of rev enue, Circuit Judge Campbell, has held illegal the Oregon City wholesale vehicle license ordinance. The decision overruled the action of the recorder's court, and sustained the demurrer that the complaint did not constitute sufficient grounds for suit. The ordinance provided a tax of $30 a quarter for all vehicles delivering articles in this city for resale. It chiefly affected - Portland wholesale houses, who brought a technical suit to test the law. It is understood here that the de - cision of Judge Campbell will not be appealed to the supreme court, but a new ordinance will be presented to the council. DRY REINS TIGHTENED Federal Raid Directed Against Sale of Liquor , Appliances. CHICAGO, April 14. Federal pro hibition agents raided the Home Manufacturing company here' today and confiscated copper tubing, stills, malt and hops and flavoring extract valued at $50,000. According to Guy W. Cinders, chief field agent, the raid is in the nature of a test case.- If upheld by the courts no place selling stills and other paraphernalia applicable to the manufacture of distilled liquor and home brewed beer will be free from federal prosecution, he said Stayton Factory to Reopen. STAYTON, Or., April 14. (Special.) E. C. Downing has purchased the old chair factory which has been Idle for some time and will install new machinery in the plant, will build a new dry kiln and will make other Also Pathe Weekly Pathe Review and Comedy i,imi.ii.i.i ii ... . "V.-. .-!' s 111 fl31 frl Improvements. The f.iotory, which made a specialty of rawhide-bottom chairs, was closed down during the business slump. The new owner will not only make ra whlda-sent chairs, but will make camp stools egg crates and other articles. Rate Employe IteHlRin. SALEM. Or., April 1 4 (Special.) E. A. Robins, employed In the rule department of the public service commission since June. Ii0, has re signed his position and will l-ave to morrow for Los AngeW-s. where h will enter the employment of the gen eral freight department of th Southern Pacific company. Prior to coming to Salem. Mr. Kolilna was employed by the OregonrWashlnn ton Railroad A Navigation company, with headquarters at Portland. Entrance Requirements Strii-U-r. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. S.i lem. Or., April 14. (Special.) For the first time in the history of the Institution all prospective student for the coming year will be required to fill a formal application blank and present it to the university before entrance will be granted. The Intio- ' vation In entrance requirements came i as a result of a recent limitation In next year's registration whereby the enrollment will be limited to 2O0 glrli and 250 boys Ex-Lumbor Broker Arreted. STAYTON, Or., April 14. (Special.) J. L. Wilson, formerly a lumber broker at Eugene, was recently ar rested at Duluth, Minn. It was al leged that he came Into possession of a check for $417.88 intended for the Stayton Lumber company and that he forged the signature of Grant Murphy as indorsement, and cashed the check at a Eugene bank. Murphy, who Is secretary-treasurer of the lumber company. Is also mayor of this city. Two Connected Eggs Laid. OREGON CITY. Or.. April 14. (special.) A nen of the Barred Rock strain, owned by Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Stewart at Lawton Heights, several miles from Oregon City, made a rec ord for herself this week, when ! laid two eggs Joined together by means of a small tube, about a quar ter of an inch in length. One of th eggs was of ordinary size, while the other was the size of a Bantam esx Both were oi soft shell, but perfect on the tnald. CECIL TEAGUE at the W'urlitzer is accompanist in a Special Easier Concert to morrow at 1:30 P. M. Father of Victory Ganne Caprice Viennois Krrisler Music Box Revue (Irving Berlin's biflr Broadway success.) The Rosary Nevin miii. . -i i t il IV