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5 PRESBYTERIANS CUT OUT 13 AGENCIES following his return to Olympia from a highway inspection trip. Governor Hart said the great vol ume of tourist travel made imperative uniform taxes on gasoline. Chief ex ecutives of Washington, Idaho, Ore Bon, Montana, California, Utah, Ne vada, Arizona, New Mexico and Col orado will be asked to attend, . he announced. ? Plans for sending a western dele gation to Washington representing the White Cross league to present to congress the need for greater re strictions against the sale and use ot narcotics are under consideration by Governor Hart, he Bald, The governor is accompanied on his inspection trip by the other mem bers of the state highway commis sion, James Allen, state highway en gineer; C. L. Babcock, state treas urer, and C. A. Clausen, state aud itor. MAGIC Four Boards Are Created to Carry On Work. DEBATE IS SPIRITED ONE . THE MOIttflXG 0REG0NIA3", TUESDAY, MAT 23, 1923 mr- "as if sr Consolidation, Most Radical Reor ganization Step in 134 Years, Precipitates Argument, EES MOINES, la.. May 22j (By the Associated PressO Thirteen agencies of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America were elimi nated and replaced by four new boards when the 134th general assem bly lato today voted to adopt the principal enacting clauses of the Btone report ot consolidation of church agencies. This consolidation, the most radical reorganization Btep in the 134 years' history of the church, precipitated the most spirited debate seen on the floor cf this session. Continuous applause during Dr. Timothy Stone's reading f part one of the report and several test votes on minor Issues indicated that the 800-odd commissioners were overwhelmingly in favor of the con solidation. Minority Defer. Vote. Minority leaders managed to refer a, vote until time for adjournment loomed up, when a motion for a 30 miirute extension was passed. This afforded time for tho passage of the firat three paragraphs of part one of tha resolutions. These three para graphs contain the part of the con solidation act eliminating the 13 old agencies and creating four new boards. The agencies eliminated by the as sembly's action are: Board of foreign missions, board of home missions, woman's board of foreign missions, woman's board of home missions, board of publication and Sabbath work, gen eral board of education, board of min isterial relief and sustentation, board of church erection fundk board of mis sions for freedom, board of temper ance and moral welfare, permanent committee on evangelism, permanent committee on men's work and perma nent committee on Sabbath observ ance. Work Is to Be Carried On. Their work will be carried on by the following boards, of which they will beoome departments: . Board of foreign missions, national board of missions, boar of Christian educa tion and the board of ministerial re lief and sustentation. Parts two and three of the report, which were set for consideration to morrow, relate to the office of the general assembly and to creation of a general council, a new board. These two parts include the subordination of the permanent committee on va cancy and supply, the executive com mission and the new era movement. RATE DEBATEJS FUTILE Warehouse Owners and Farmers Fail to Reach Agreement. WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 22 (Special.) Representatives of ware house owners and farmers battled for two hours this afternoon in an ef fort to reach an agreement on the Question nf rataa v.. i . . tvJ ue euargea tne farmers for storage this year, and ....... Up ln despair. The dele gates were as far apart on the matter when they left the committee room as when they started. They said the discussion was entirely friendly, but that both sides were firm. The ware house men stood out for $1 a ton charges, with 10 cents a ton a month after SO days. The farmers insisted that the grain be stored for 60 cents a. ton, with S cents a ton charges after 0 dayo. BL V. Kuyfcendall. head of the board f publlo works, suggested that the farmers and warehouse men try to settle their differences in order that the state might not be forced to call expensive hearings, but the sugges tion was fruitless. Five representa tives were named for each side to the controversy. PLEA IS MADE FOR GIRL President Asked to Prevent De portation ol 1 6-Tear-Old Miss. ABERDEEN, Wash, May 22. (Special.) An urgent appeal has been sent to President Harding to Interfere in the propdsed execution of the order for the deportation of Sally Lappanen, 16-year-old Finnish girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Leppanen of Aberdeen. The telegram to the president was sent by Guy Kelly of Tacoma, following an inter view with C. W. Huotari, Aberdeen merchant, in behalf of the family. Sally Leppanen was accompanied to New York by her sister Tyne, 19 years old. The older girl was ad mitted, but the younger one was not, the ground of rejection being a tuber cular affection. Representative John son exerted his best efforts to stop the deportation, but it was impos sible to do anything because of the wording of the law. President Harding promised imme diate consideration of the case. $12,000 POSTED TO AXSWER SIX IXDIOTMENTS. Ex-Secretary Paddock of North Dakota Industrial Commission Puts Up $2000 Ball. FARGO, N. D.. May 22. (By the Associated Press.) A. C. Townley, formerly president of the National Non-partisan league, gave bonds of $12,000 In Cass county district court here today in connection with six in dictments against him, returned by the recent grand jury which investi gated affairs "of the defunct Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo. H. A. Paddock, Minneapolis, ex secretary of the North Dakota indus trial commission, gave bond of $2000 in connection with one indictment charging false entry. This also deals with relations between the Scandinavian-American bank and the Con sumers' United Stores. Five of the indictments against Townley charge embezzlement in connection with money transfers be tween the Fargo bank and the Bank of North Dakota. The other indict ment alleges a false entry in connec tion with relations between the Fargo institution and the Consumers' United Stores company, which operated a number of league-controlled stores. The voluntary appearance of Town ley to give bonds was the first public knowledge that he had been indicted. Cass county officials also made publlo Indictments In the Scandinavian-American bank Investigation against three men who have not been arrested, but will appear volun tarily. The men are F. W. Cathrou, Botti neau, ex-director-general of the Bank of North Dakota; H. J. Hagen, ex president of the Scandinavian-American bank, and H. D. Ellis, ex-cashier of the People's State bank of Cassel totn, N.- D. TWO ARMY PLANES HERE Literature on Citizens' Training Camp to Be Distributed. For the purpose of distributing literature on behalf of the citizens' military training camp at Camp Lewis from July 27 to August 25, two army airplanes have arrived at Van couver barracks from San Francisco and will remain in the north for the next 10 days or two weeks. The planes, which' landed at the barracks Sunday, were piloted by Lieutenants Ned Schramm and H. C. Minter, who had as their mechanics Sergeants H. C. Minter and C. A. Dotta. The two planes will circle above the various cities of the state dropping circulars and other literature con cerning the training camp. A recruit ing station has been established here at the Y. M. C. A., where applications for enrollment will be received be tween now and May 31. GAS RATE HEARING HELD Service Commissioner and En gineer Get Evidence at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or.. May 22. (Spe cial.) H. H. Corey, state public serv ice commissioner and C. J. Green, chief engineer of the commission, con ducted a hearing in Pendleton today on the petition of the Pacific Power & Light company' for an Increase in gas rates and a petition concerning a public crossing one mile east of Mil ton. , . Representing Pendleton were Har old J. Warner, Mayor G. Hartman and several councilmen. Other persons in attendance were C. R. Lester, gas engineer; Ben Forbes, reporter; T. B. Collins, as sistant In the rights of way de partment of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company; Ar thur R. Murphy, attorney for the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav igation company; John Lang, attorney lor the Pacific Power & Light com pany; Will T. Neal, rate engineer for the power company. Q uality in clothes Economically toldt Old and hackneyed is the expression ' "the best is always the cheapest" and yet, it is a rule that applies especially, well in regard to clothes. Quality does not mean a vast difference in price. A little addition in price in my store is an assur ance of a large measure of additional ' value. . $35 $40 $45 $50 BEN SELLING MORRISON AT FOURTH Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century w m 0 if liiiJIi m mw-& HEALTORS PI! 512,536 licensed brokers ijf state ; number 2043. . STOCK OWNERS SOUGHT Accounting Is Demanded in Action Involving $1,500,000 Property. SEATTLE, Wash., May 22. An at tempt to determine who owns stock in the Alaska Development company capitalized at $1,500,000 and possess ing what are declared to be valuable oil properties near Casper, Wyo., was begun in superior court here today when J. R. Prigmore, one of the de fendants in the main suit, filed a cross complaint 'n which he admits the allegations of the plaintiff and sets forth his independent claim for stock. The main suit is brought by Ed ward Brady, George Harroun and Ben t, Moore, against August and Au gusta Peterson, J. R. and Maud Prig more and the Alaska Development company, and has to do with the division of . stock in the concern. In his cross complaint Prigmore . has asked for an accounting. TAX CONFERENCE WANTED Governors of Ten States Are to Be Asked to Meet at Sacramento. SPOKANE, Wash., May 22. Plans for a conference of governors of 10 western states at Sacramento,, Cal., to consider uniform taxes in the near future were announced here today by Governor Hart of Washington, who said h would issue the invitations RE-ELECTION TO BE ASKED Most Washington Representatives Will Be Candidates. SPOKANE, Wash., May 22. A ma jority of the members of the lower house in the Washington Btate legis lature will be candidates for re election this fall, C R. Maybury, chief clerk In the house since 1911 said here today. Mr. Maybury, who Bald he had vis ited nearly all the counties of east ern and central Washington during the last six weeks, declared he had learned that 64 or 65 of the 97 mem bers of the lower house hope to be returned next session. Numerous Complaints Received by Department and $10,276 Re turned Under Law. SALEM, Or., May 22. (Special.) There are 2043 licensed real estate brokers in Oregon, according to the annual report of the state real estate department, which was completed here today by C. V. Johnson, deputy state real estate commissioner. License fees received from a total of 2506 real estate brokers during the vear covered n the report aggregated $12,536, while the disbursements to taled $7285.52. There has been turned into the general funds of the state from the real estate department a total of $13,967.27 since the real estate browers' law went into effect. Of this amount $3983.21 was turned over to the state treasurer on December 31, 1919, $4823.58 on December 31, 1920, and $5250 on December 31, 1921. "The real estate department is en tering upon its fourth year in Ore gon," said the report. "We have vis ited every section of the state in an effort to round up delinquents and to receive suggestions looking to the betterment of the profession and at the same time hear complaints and conduct hearings. Numerous com plaints have been received and a total of $10,276 has been returned to citi zens who had lust complaints since the law became effective." Copies of the report are being sent to all real estate operators in Oregon by the state department. . to favor acquittal. The four women on the jury voted for acquittal. Burch must go to trial a third time, according to the district attorney's office. The case will come up next Saturday morning, when Judge Sidney N. Reeve will be asked to set a new trial date. It was expected he would transfer the case to another depart ment of the superior court. The sec ond trial of Mrs. Madalynne Oben chain, co-defendant in the case, is set for June 5, before Judge John W. Shenk. Four women and three men voted to acquit Burch. Five men voted for conviction, holding out for the death penalty. BURCH JURY DISMISSED FINAL BALLOT IS REPORTED 1 TO 5 FOR ACQUITTAL; mm Defendant in Kennedy Murder Case Must Go to trm for Third Time; Hearing Saturday. LOS . ANGELES, Ca!.. May 22.-rThe jury in the trial of Arthur C. Burch for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy was discharged by Judge Reeve to day after reporting it was impossible to agree upon a verdict. Jurors said that the final ballot was seven to five for acquittal. This divi sion was unchanged since Saturday, when the first ballot of six to six was changed by one more Juror swinging TAX REFORM IS PLANNED Two Initiative Measures to Go Be fore Voters In November. SALEM, Or., May- 22. (Special.) Ballot title for a proposed constitu tional amendment requiring a two thirds majority of all votes cast to adopt any measure creating or Incur ring a putblic debt by the state or any district c(r municioallty was com pleted toTTay by I. H.' Van Winkle, attorney-general. The proposed amendment is being initiated by the Oregon Tax Reduction clubs and will go before the electorate' at the gen eral election next November. Ballot title also has been completed by the attorney-general for the bill initiated by the Oregon tax reduction clubs providing for repeal of so much of the millage tax law as levies a state at one and two-tenths mills an nually for the Oregon Agricultural college and the University of Oregon. This also will go before the voters in November. PRESERVING IDENTITIES OF 2 MAJOR PARTIES FAVORED. REVOLT REPORT DENIED French Unable to Confirm Rumor of Trouble in Bulgaria. PARIS, May 22. The French for eign office tonight was without any confirmation of the reports cir cuitously reaching here yesterday that a revolution had broken out in Bulgaria and that King Boris had fled. The Bulgarian legation, more over, has issued a denial of the re ported revolution. Although no press dispatches direct from Sofia were received in Paris to day, the dispatches of yesterday made a mention of revolutionay activities. Woodland School Job Resumed. WOODLAND, Wash., May 22. (Spe cial.) After a week's delay on ac count of shortage of lumber, work on the new high school building has been resumed. The concrete forms for the foundation are ready and the furnace room is now being built. Mr. Bur graff of Albany, the architect, ar rived today to Inspect the work. Justice Rand Suggests Return to Old Convention System as Alternative to Changes. SALEM, Or., May 22. (Special.) Modification of the present primary system so that the identity of the two majqr parties may be preserved or a return to the old convention system was advocated by John L. Rand, justice of the Oregon supreme court, in an address at the Salem Commer cial club banquet held here today. "A system which permits of class hatred and class prejudice such as characterized Friday's election does not augur well for the good of the state," Mr. Rand said. "If the wel fare of the state is to be maintained there must be two political parties, one working as a check against the other. If one becomes corrupt or makes a mistake the people can turn to the other for relief. "If the republican party is to be held responsible for the administra tion of the affairs of the state, then the republican party. should be per mitted to nominate its candidates for office. But who are the republicans in this state- now? Everybody, he .declared, intimating that the contest in the republican ranks had attracted to the ranks of the party the bulk of the voters from all other parties in Oregon under a system which fails to make provision against such con tlngencies. Justice Rand declared that the high taxes, which entered into the cam- TODAY 1 . rV t I! OUT-OF-TOWN WORK PROMPTLY DONE. WE PAY RETURN POSTAGE m A Lovely Gown One so filmy and fine that it might have been spun of dawn mists and cobwebs. It may be soiled or perhaps the fashions for the ensuing season suggest that it should be made over. We are able to do either for you in a distinctive manner. DESIGNER AND FITTING ROOMS AT THE MAIN ESTABLISHMENT AND THE THIRD AND ALDER BRANCH 1 ! j , V i paign, were the fault of the people rather than the officials in power. Body Is Identified. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 22. (Special.) The body of John Nyland er, 37, driver of the automobile in which four men plunged to their deaths through the gates of the A. J. 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