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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1923
26 PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DEFENDER OF WOMEN
GORED BY MAD BULL
M. VAN ALSTtNE IX CRITICAL
VALENTINO DHAWS
DINOSAURUS HUNTERS
LEAVE FOR CANADA
COAL MAXIMUM PRICE
XLI NO.
pitiiti
POLK IS MOT TO AID
IN BUILDING HIGHWAY
L
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TO BE $3.50 AT MINE
TO
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40-MIXMON-YKAR-OIiD SKELE
- TON IS SOUGHT. . ;
AGREEMENT AFFECTS 80 PER
USE OF MARKET ROAD FUND
CONDITION FROM WOUNDS.
CENT OF ACTIVE FIELDS.
BARRED BY COURT.
AMUNDSEN READY
FDR DASH TP POLE
Explorer Is to Leave Seat
tle Tomorrow.
DAN FUNDT LT
1
MEN II
Half of Business Sec
tion Is Razed.
One Unconscious From Fall
When Roof of Hotel y
Caves In.
INCENDIARISM IS SUSPECTED
Blaze Starts in Frame Build
ing Flames Fanned
by Wind.
PRINEVILLE, Or., June 1. (Spe
cial.) Half of Prineville's business
section was wiped out early today
by a fire which started in a frame
apartment house and swept away
five blocks, causing a loss estimated
tonight at $350,000. The authori
ties suspected that the blaze was of
incendiary origin.
Four volunteer firefighters were
injured, and one, John Wachter, who
fell from a roof, was unconscious at
a late hour. It was feared that he
suffered a fractured skull and inter
nal injuries. The others injured
were George McFall, Jack Haines
and William Wesley, who were
overcome by smoke.
Grace Wilson, telephone operator,
gtuck to her switchboard and sent
calls for aid to neighboring towns
until the exchange building was
wrapped in flames.
Postoffice Is Destroyed.
The Prineville volunteer fire de
partment, with hand-drawn equip
ment, was unable to check the blaze,
which finally was halted by the ces
sation of the wind after buildings in
advance of the flames had been dy
namited.
Among the buildings burned was
the Prineville hotel, a modern two
story stone structure, covering half
a block and costing more than $100,-
000. The postoffice also was de
stroyed. Postmaster Williamson
was able to save nothing but a hand
ful of registered mail and the keys.
He has opened a temporary office
in the Masonic building.
The fire was discovered about
midnight by Dr. C. S. Edwards, who
sounded the alarm. At that time
the flames were confined to the
Jordan apartments, a remodeled
school building recently condemned
as a fire hazard. The building was
a frame structure. The flames were
first seen in the second story, it was
reported.
"Wind Fans Flames.
The firemen, with antiquated ap
paratus, turned out and attacked the
flames, which were fanned by a high
wind, and before which the volunteer
iirengnters were neipiess. jcvery j
able-bodied rnan in the city soon re
inforced the firemen and the strug
gle continued through the night. The
firemen tried dynamite to remove
buildings from the path of the
flames, but sparks carried the blaze
across the razed structures.
Mr. Wachter was injured at the
Prineville hotel. The walls caved in i
while he was in the building, but he,Api),;s Drop From 10 to 15 Cents
was uvrown ciear 01 ine structure,
The others were overcome by smoke
but were carried to safety, and their
condition was not considered serious.
Best Buildings Destroyed.
A curious feature of the fire was
that Prineville's best buildings were
destroyed, while frame shacks in the
immediate vicinity remained intact.
The small amount of insurance car
ried in proportion to the loss makes
the blow one from which it will be
doubly hard to recover. No plans!
for rebuilding have as yet been dis-
cussed, interest centering about the
efforts which are being made by of
ficials to fix the responsibility for
the fire.
More than five blocks were in
cluded in the devastated area be
fore the wind died at 5 o'clock this
morning.
Houses were deserted by women
and children in night attire, fearing
that the residence district might be
included.
The old Prineville hotel was the
(Concluded oa Pags & Column 5.)
Infuriated Animal Plunges Horns
Into Victim Three: Times
Before Rescue Comes. -
M. Van Alstine, Portland real es
tate dealer, was gored three times by
an infuriated bull yesterday, while
trying to protect some women from
the onrush of the maddened beast. He
is at the Good Samaritan hospital In
a critical condition. His wounds may
prove fatal.
The- attack occurred one mile below
Holbrook, on the lower Columbia
highway, where Mr. Van Alstine was
showing some land to a party of pros
pective buyers. Mr. Van Alstine was
gored twice through the abdomen and
once In the leg. He was removed to
the operating table as soon as he
reached the hospital, and an emer
gency operation was performed. .
The bull Is owned by Fred Ulrloh,
a farmer on the land Van Alstine was
exhibiting to the party. The animal
followed the party around the pasture
for some time and, when It assumed
a threatening attitude, Mr. Van Al
stine stepped in front of the others
to protect the women. Tha bull
charged, piercing Mr. Van Alstine
through the stomach with its horns.
Aa Mr.. Van Alstine struggled to re
gain his feet, the enraged bull
charged again and again.
Others in the party rushed up and
finally succeeded in beating the ani
mal away witji clubs.
Mr. Van Alstine Is married. He
lives at 164 East Forty-eighth street,
and has offices in the Chamber of
Commerce building. Accompanying
him on the party was Andrew Smith
from the same office.
ACTRESS WINS DIVORCE
Constance Talmadge Gets Decree on
Basis of Mental. Cruelty.
LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 1. Con
stance Talmadge, screen actress, was
granted an interlocutory decree of di
vorce today from John Pialoglou, to
bacco' manufacturer of New York, on
grounds of mental cruelty. No answer
to the suit was filed by Pialoglou.
Miss Talmadge testified that on
April 5, 1921, a few months after their
marriage, Pialoglou told her that he
did not care to continue married life
and asked her to leave their eastern
home. She did not, but he packed up
and left her, she said. -
Her mother, Mrs. Margaret Tal
madge, testified to support charges
of mental cruelty. Miss Talmadge an
nounced that she will soon leave Los
Angeles for a visit to Europe.-
75 DEGREES REPORTED
Portland Gets Relief From Warm
Weather of Wednesday.
Misgivings as to the weather van
ished early yesterday when Portland
arose to find summertime in posses
sion of the city. The hot spell had
taken itself elsewhere, after all but
breaking the record of many years.
A maximum temperature of 75 de
grees was reached yesterday at 4:45
o'clock, almost 20 degrees less than
the torridity of the previous day.
Light clouds promised showers, but
withheld their fulfillment.
Unless rain fall- soon to terminate
the dryness caused by the hot winds
of the past week, fires and serious
ones are almost certain to break
out in the lower altitude forests, said
officials of the forestry service.
SPOKANE HIT BY QUAKE
Three-Minute Disturbance Is Felt
by Many Householders.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 1. An
earth shock, lasting for three min
utes, was felt by numerous house
holders of this city this afternoon
and was recorded on the seismograph
of Gonzaga university.
Reports were received from many
I parts of the city and from outlying
districts to the east and the west.
Some reports said the shocks were
accompanied by a heavy rumbling.
Dishes were rattled and In one in-
j a wa report aam-
FRUIT PRICES DECLINE
. Per 100 Pounds.
CHICAGO, June 1. Declines in the
prices of fresh fruits, nota&ly apples,
were noted in the weekly market re
port of the United States bureau of
markets and crop estimates today.
Northern sacked round whites were
down from 10 to 15 cents per 100
! Punljs ana were semns " to
in tnicago.
South Carolina Irish Cobbler po
tatoes dropped 7S cents per barrel
in most markets and were selling at
$4.50' to 35.50.
GIRL OF 13 BEARS TWINS
Unusual Case of Maternity Occurs
at Salvation Army Home.
Twins were born to a 13-year-old
mother at the Salvation Army White
Shield home early yesterday morning.
I according to Major Sophia Harris, In
charge of the home.
The babies, both girls, have been
named Violet and Viola. They weigh
3 pounds 14 ounces and 3 pounds 7
ounces. This Is the third pair of
twins at the home at the present time.
Major Harris said the home now
was trying Jo get sufficient clothing
Mexican Marriage Tale
Is Colorful One.
TRIAL IS STILL IN DOUBT
Preliminary Hearing Is
Continue Today.
to
WIFE NO. 1 ON STAND
Wedding Never Annulled, Declares
Woman, Who Lets Court Decide
What Her Name Is.
LOS ANGELES, June 1. Rodolph
Valentino, screen actor, did not learn
today whether he must face a. jury
on a charge of bigamy. His prelim
inary hearing was begun, but was
continued until tomorrow or pos
sibly Saturday so some missing wit
nesses might arrive.
A desert, foreign customs, and a lot
of flowing robjes In purple and other
eye-filling colors were tha somewhat
appropriate settings and features that
surrounded the marriage of Rudolph
Valentino Gugllelmi, better known as
Rodolph Valentino, and Miss Wini
fred Dewolf, also known as Miss Win
ifred Shaunnessy-Hudnut and as Na-
tacha Rambova.
The colorful tale of a Mexican mar
nage was repeated with embellish
ments today in the court of J. Walter
Hanby, justice of the peace, where
Valentino had been haled to answer
to the complaint charging him. with
bigamy. ,
Complaint Based on Records.
The complaint was based on records
here and at Mexican. . Those here
showed that Valentino divorced Miss
Jean Acker in January. Those at
Mexican showed he wed Miss De
wolf - Shaunnessy Hudnut - Rambova
there on May 13. The authorities here
held that the Mexican marriage was
bigamous because Valentino had only
an interlocutory . decree in his dl
vorce case, which will not become
final until next January and hence,
they explained, he was still married
to Miss Acker.
Whether his marriage was big
amous or not, Valentino continued to
draw crowds today. The court room
of Justice Hanby was jammed by
flappers and femininity and scores of
eager eyes centered on the tall young
actor as he sat somewhat slumped
iii an arm chair and worriedly
gnawed a nervous finger while he
soberly listened to the evidence.
Ml Acker First Witness.
The prosecution's first witness was
Miss Acker, who answered to the
bailiff's call of "Mrs. Jeaa Acker
Valentino." When the clerk .request
ed her to state her name, she turned
to her attorney and asked, "What is
my name?" The court record was
made to show that her name was Mrs.
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
THE
Party Leaves Chicago to Search for
Monster's Bones Pickaxes
.- - Only Equfpment.
' CHICAGO, June 1. A party of
hunters equipped only with pickaxes
and chisels departed for Canada to
night to search for the skeleton of
a 40,000,000-year-old dinosaurus. The
party was sent out by the Field mu
seum and expects to be gone all summer.
Hunting for dinosauna is very
much like prospecting for minerals,
according to J. B. Abbott, one of the
party. Oftentimes fragments of bone
are found In a wash which comes from
some distance .and. these are traced
back to the mother rock and digging
for the skeleton is begun there, he
said. -
The present expedition Is prepar
atory to another which will be made
to Patagonia in the fall. '
SCHOONER CAPTAIN HURT
Fire Truck Hits Skipper's Car and
Two .Are Injured. ,
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 1. Cap
tain Dan Klllman of the schooner , Ela
A was seriously injured and Charles
Richard of Hoquiam was bruised when
a machine in which they were riding
was struck broadside at Market and
Park streets by a ladder truck of the
Aberdeen fire department at 9 o'clock
tonight.
The car was carried 45 feet and
smashed to pieces, and Captain Kill-
man was pinned, under .it. Richard
was thrown from the car and escaped
serious injury.
Captain Killman's home Is at 2813
North Warner street, Tacoma. His
ship is loading here.
CANADA INVITES HARDING
President Asked to Visit British
: Columbia Cities on Trip.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1.
President Harding' tentatively ac
cepted today an invitation tendered
him. by Sir Auckland Geddes, the Brit
ish ambassador, to visit Vancouver
and Victoria. B. C, this summer dur
ing his proposed Alaskan trip.
The president was said to have told
the ambassador that his plans for a
trip to Alaska were dependent on
early adjournment of congress, but
that in event the trip was made possi
ble, he would be pleased to' stop.at
the two British Columbia cities dur
ing the voyage to Alaska. -
WOMAN BEATS TEACHER
Mother Fined for Attack Because
Her Son Is "Kept In."
ROSEBTJRG, Or., June 1. (Special.)
Mrs. Theodore Taylor today paid a
fine of $15, after pleading guilty to a
charge of assault and battery on Nora
Davis, a school teacher, near Drain.
Mrs. Taylor Is alleged to have become
indignant over the fact that her boy
was "kept in" after school. She went
into the schoolroom, took possession
and proceeded to "beat up" the
teacher who was responsible for
holding the boy to his lessons after
hours. : . y
Miss Davis was badly, frightened
and was bruised on the face and head.
STORY THE FOREST FIRE TELLS.
Establishment of Scale by Produc
ers Is Announced by Mr. Hoov
er Some Hold Out. r
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1. Es
tablishment of a maximum price of
$3.50 a ton for coal at the mines In
80 per cent, of the present productive
fields for the duration of the strike
was announced tonight by Secretary
Hoover. He regretted, he added, that
a small minority of the operators
representing western Kentucky had
refused to co-operate and demand
higher prices. . . -
Consumers can insure themselves
a square deal under the established
prices by checking freight rates with
the maximum price, Mr; Hoover said,
determine whether they are buying
contract coal and make proper al
lowances for cost of retail distribu
tion. . . . ;
The maximum price, he explained,
applies solely to spot coal and con
sumers not treated fairly may appeal
to the commerce department with as
surance that inquiry Into their cases
will be Instituted. -
Mr. Hoover announced be has been
advised that operators of Virginia,
West Virginia, Tennessee and east
ern Kentucky would accept the max
imum of $3.50 a ton, while Alabama
operators will accept the rate of 25
cents a ton below the Garfield scale
In that district.
Western Kentucky operators, he
continued, are demanding 1-4.25 a ton,
but he did not feel Justified in ad
vising the public to accept that price
level, although he said production
costs were higher In . that district
than in other fields.
ROBBERS BIND WOMEN
Masked Thieves Escape With Loot
, of $25,000 in Daylight.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. June . 1.
Three masked and armed robbers
bound Mrs. Valentine J. Eowen and
her maid. Miss Anna Fosberg, placed
them-in a closet of the Bowen resi
dence, ransacked the house, and, de
parted with jewels, money and other
valuables, worth In all about 325,000.
according to a report to the police.
The robbery took place shortly be
fore noon today. . ,
BANDITS SHOT TO DEATH
Possemen, Using Machine ; Guns,
' ' - Kill Bank Robbers..,". V
' FLINT, Mich., June l.--Bandits who
participated in the robbery of the
Metamora State bank at Metamora
here this morning were shot to death
this afternoon by possemen using
machine guns, according to a tele
phone message received here.
A member of the posse was wound
ed in the exchange of firing.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
Soldiers Reported .in Charge of
Upper Silesia Districts.
BERLIN, June 1. (By the . Asso
ciated Press.) A dispatch from Beu
then, Upper , Silesia, said the inter
allied commission has declared mar
tial law throughout Urban and rural
districts of Kattowitz, Gleiwitz,
Hindeberg and Rybnik, Silesia.
The newspapers in Silesia are being
censored.
MAUD IS LOADED DOWN
Lumber Carried to Build
Homes on Ice Pack.
HANTOM FLEET SOUGHT
Whether. Eerie Vessels Are Iiegen.
dary or Really Exist Is What
Scientists Will Decide.
SEATTLE, wash., June 1. (By the
Associated Press.) Captain Roald
Amundsen's exploration ship Maud,
crammed to the last Inch of her cargo
holds with equipment and supplies.
is ready to set sail Saturday on the
first lap of the long voyage through
the ice floes to the north pole, Cap
ta'n Amundsen said today.
Two airplanes, to be used in me
teorological and topographical Inves
tigations in the uncharted polar
basin, were loaded aboard the vessel
yesterday, and tomorrow the last of
60 tons of fuel oil will be turned into
the ship's tanks. Captain Amundsen
will not sail with the Maud, but will
join the ship at Nome, leaving Seattle
Sunday on the steamer Victoria.
- Lumber Carried on Deck.
A deckload of lumber forms an im
portant item in the Maud's cargo.
The explorer explained that after the
ship Is frozen into the Arctic ice
pack with which he expects to drift
past the north pole living quarters
for the dogs of the expedition and
huts for scientific observations will
be constructed on the let. The ship,
by means of the lumber, will be con
verted into a "house," where, for the
five or more years the vessel will
drift, the crew will live. :
University of Washington co-eds
are planning to contribute their share
to the ship's supplies Saturday just
before sailing time. For days the
explorer's feminine admirers at the
university; have been engaged In
making candy for members of the
expedition. Candy, it seems, is an
essential in the navigation of the
Arctic waters, and Captain Amundsen
has gratefully accepted the gift.
Celebration Plans Made.
Plans for the celebration in con
nection with the Maud's sailing were
announced today. As the ship moves
away from the pier a detachment of
United States marines will cut the
cable and destroyers from the Puget
Sound navy-yard at Bremerton will
escort her up Puget sound. At West
Point light, six miles upsound, a
farewell salute will be fired as a rec
ognition on the part of the United
States government of the Norwegian
government expedition. 1
It is expected the Maud will reach
Nome, Alaska, In about three Veeks.
Dogs and some additional supplies
will be taken on there, and by the
last of June the vessel will be again
heading north into Bering sea toward
Wrangell island and the drifting ice
pack.
"Phanton Fleet" to Be Sought.
As Captain Amundsen drifts slowly
across the cheerless expanse of the
Polar basin from which no white man
l-.as ever emerged alive, he will search
the white waste about him for signs
of the "phanton fleet" the frozen
company of lost ships that the Eski
mos claim swings around the north
pole year in and year out, gripped in
the Inexorable clutch of the great Ice
floes.
Scouting over a wide area on each
side of the auxiliary powered schooner
Maud, the famous explorer will have
an extraordinary opportunity to in
vestigate the reports of the eerie fleet
brought out from the. farthest reaches
of the north by the natives.
Clews to Be Investigated.
Whether the fleet Is legendary or
really exists Is one of the problems
that has haunted the minds of Arctic
explorers for many years. While Cap
tain Amundsen's expedition is first
of all scientific in Its scope and pur
pose, any clew as to the existence of
the phantonm fleet will be investi
gated, members of the party have de
clared. Vesels have strangely disappeared
in the unexplored Polar basin since
the beginning of Arctic navigation.
In one full swoop the hungry ice pack,
in 1876, carried off 30 whaling ships
from the. waters north of the Ameri
can continent.. Most of the men fled
to the ice and escaped to Point Bar
row and other points on the Arctic
coast, but 70 refused to desert the
ships. The slow but ceaseless move
ment of the ice carried them into the
mysterious uncharted " region that
comprises 1,000,000 square miles.
Crews Reported Frozen.
Eskimos, who have escaped from
the ice pack after being carried far
north into the unknown wastes, have
returned with stories of ghostly ships,
frozen in the ice, white with frost,
and manned by frozen crews.
Old-time Arctic navigators always
have placed a certain amount of
credence in. the reports. They hold
that once within the maw of th ice
pack the ships would rest secure In
their foundation, and that from then
on the chief destruction would be
Construction of Pacific Highway
to Benton Line Prohibited
and Agreement Nullified.
DALLAS, Or., June 1. (Special.)-y
The county court of Polk county is
enjoined from paying any portion of
the expense of constructing the west
side Pacific highway, between Holmes'
gap and the Benton county line, by a
decision of Circuit Judge Kelly at Sa
lem, In setting aside a contract be
tween the county court and the state
highway commission whereby the
county assumed an obligation of
$118,000 covering a period of four
years for its share of the highway
expense and attempted to divert at
once 143, uuu irom the county's marxei 1
road fund for that purpose. H. J.'
Hildeburn and W. N. Trent, contract
ors, also are enjoined from doing any
further work on that portion of the
highway south of Monmouth.
The decision of Judge Kelly fol
lows a hearing last February by that
Jurist of a suit brought in the circuit
court of Polk County by Ernest
Zilesch. and others, to determine the
legality of the state highway com
mission's location of the highway
south of Monmouth to the Benton
county line, instead of south of In
dependence, and also the legality of
the use of the market road funds on
a state highway. The case was taken
to Marion county by stipulation, as
Judge Belt of this city was disquali
fied because of being' a taxpayer of
the county. .
Judge Kelly holds that the loca
tion of the highway by the commis
sion . is valid, having been so. de
termined by Judge McCourt, then sit
ting in the circuit court of Multnomah
county, but held with the plaintiffs as
to the invalidity of the contract of
indebtedness and the transfer of mar
ket road money by the county court
FEDERAL DEBT BEING MET
First Step to Liquidate June 15
Obligations Is Successful.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June L Suc
cessful completion, of the first step
in the government's programme for
meeting its indebtedness of more than
$750,000,000, falling due June 15, was
announced tonight by Secretary Mel
Ion, who 'reported subscriptions ag-
gregating about' $375,000,000 have
been received for the treasury's latest
offering of 1200,900,000 of 3 per cent
certificates. . ...
June 15 the treasury must be pre
pared to meet the maturities of about
S380.000.000 in outstanding certifi
cates, about 1260,000,000 of 3 per
cent Victory notes called for redemp
tion and $125,000,000 of Interest due
on various government securities.
Tax receipts June 15, It is estimated.
will approximate 300,000,000. ,
TREASURE IS UNCOVERED
Cask of Ale Found by Purchaser of
Old-Landmark.
WINSTED, Conn., June 1. (Spe-
cial.) Robert Doherty who recently
purchased a landmark on Oak street,
while excavating near the barn on
the premises yesterday uncovered
what proved to be a email blind cellar.
He explored the underground cham
ber and found a cask of ale, how long
It had been there nobody knows. Age
had improved the ale wonderfully,
.Doherty and his friends asserted,
after tasting it.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TODAY'S Pair; westerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
to degrees; minimum temperature, 04
degrees.
Foreign. '
President of Northern China resigns.
Page 4.
Belfast outrages more serious than ever.
Page 3.
National.
Status of .bonus bill unchanged. Page 2.
Rail dictatorship by combine of banks de
nied. Page 1.
Maximum coal price to be $3.50 at mines.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Valentino hearing draws big crowda
Page 1.
Revolver carried by murder victim. Page 2.
American bar committee advocates swift
Justice to curb crime. Page 20.
Max ' Oser accused of many conquests.
Page 3.
Convention of national realty boards nomi
nates two sets of officers. Page 4.
Treasurer testifies against Governor Small
Page 6.
Dinosaurus hunters start for Canada.
Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Judge Griffiths is held eligible under law
to run against Senator Polndexter.
Page 5.
Amundsen's vessel ready to sail tomorrow.
Page 1.
Prineville hit by $403,500 fire. Page 1.
Loan fund tilts enliven federation women's
convention. . rage 1.
polk not to aid in building highway.
Page 1.
Sports. ' . .
Pacific Coast league results: at Portland
. 6, Sacramento 5 (13 innings): at Los
Angeles 3. Vernon 6; at San Francisco
4. Oakland 3; at Seattle 8. Salt Lake 12.
' Page 12.
Braves defeat Giants, 2 to 0. Page 12.
Portland in line for golf title. Page 12.
Hapless Beavers facing transfer. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Larger domestic wheat crop than- last year
Inoicatea. rage ia
Wheat stronger at Chicago on better ex.
port and milling demand. Page 16.
Cargo of Iowan released. Page 15.
New York market seems confused. Page 17.
Three steel companies are to be merged.
Page 15.
Portland and Tielnltr.
Portland realtor, while protecting women
in party, gored by maddened bull.
Page 1.
Check on welfare bureau defended by- Mr.
X Rudeen. Page 10.
Chinese sentenced by mistake. Page 26.
Northwest fires now dyinr down. Page 4.
Emplovers assent to neutral hiring point.
Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page
15.
Scholarship Board Loses
Appointive Power.
DEBATE AT TILLAMOOK WARM
Mrs Trumbull Casts Dissent
ing Vote on Amendment.
JURY DUTY IS STRESSED
Mr. Alexander Thompson Urges
Retention of Direct Primary
Before Federation.
TILLAMOOK, Or., June
clal.) Spirited debate on the vcholar-
ehip loan fund, board and other re
visions in the constitution gave zest
to the afternoon session of the Ore
gon Federation of Women's clubs in
the first meeting of this convention
devoted entirely to business.
Every amendment proposed by the
revision committee, of which Mrs.
Charles M. Castner Is chairman.
passed with but slight change. The
discussion, however, consumed three
hours and proved so exciting that fre
quently five or more women were on
their feet simultaneously.
"I rise to a point of order," became
the refrain with each speaker Intro
ducing a new stanza, so filled with
wit that delegates greeted both sides
with laughter and applause.
Mrs. Trumbull Dissents.
The most advisable method of fill
ing vacancies on the scholarship loan
fund board called forth lively discus
sion in the final vote. Mrs. Millie
R. Trumbull of Portland cast the only
dissenting vote on the amendment
providing that vacancies on the loan
fund board be filled by the executive
board of the federation. The old meth
od had been to have the board fill its
own vacancies. -
"The scholarship loan fund has been
known for years aa the major work of
the federation," said Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, one of the leaders in sup
port of the amendment.
"This fund is our fund. It belongs
to each one of the 123 clubs In this
federation. Any proposed change is
of interest to every member of this
organization.
"I know of no body of trustees,
with but very few exceptions, which
is elected for life, and which handles
$23,000 a year. Let the "federation
control this board, since this fund
belongs to all of us."
tDpoIntlve Power Defended.
Mrs. Trumbull opposed taking the
appointive power out of the hands of
the loan fund board, since, she said,
the board knew best the policies it
had been following.
Mrs. Castner drew the fire of a
half-dozen speakers by pointing out
that not one of the nine members of
the loan fund board Is present at the
convention. She said the same condi
tion prevailed two years ago and that
last year only one member attended.
Mrs. Castner excepted Mrs. Sarah A.
Evans of Portland, chairman of tha
board, Mrs. Frederick Eggert and Mrs.
P. L. Campbell, all of whom are unr
able to attend because of illness. i
The loan fund board was created at
the 1908 convention and is composed
of nine trustees, who were chosen for
life and who hitherto have rilled their
own vacancies. The convention voted
unanimously to Increase the loan fund
board to ten members, one of whom
will be the retiring president, who
will serve until her successor retires
from the office of president. Mrs.
Castner, ex-president of the federar
tion, automatically became the new
tenth member of the board by this
action.
44 Girls Get New Loans. .
Mrs. Evans" report, read this morn
ing, showed that 44 girls reeeived new
loans this year and 38 loans were re
newed. The girls are attending
seven Oregon-colleges and universir
ti.s. The treasury will be practically
empty when the heavy demand comes
in the fall, according to the report.
Ninety-two clubs of the federation
contributed to the fund this year.
A change in the constitution, fa
vored by Mrs. Callahan, was adopted,
making the six departmental chair
men members of the executive board
to serve in an advisory capacity.
Resolutions and invitations for
next year's convention win be of
principal Interest on tomorrow's pro
gramme. Marshfield and Oregon City
already have extended the invitation
through placards in the convention
hall. The executive board decides the
place of meeting.
Mrs. Alexander Thompson, chair
man of the department on legislation,
made a plea this morning for reten
tion of the direct primaries.
Jury Duty Urged.
Mrs. W. Christian Ahlf, president of
the southern Oregon Federation of
Women's clubs, spoke on women jur
ors and their relations to the Oregon
jury system. She urged every woman
to accept jury duty as a responsibility
and a privilege.
Miss Elizabeth Fox, dean of women
at the University of Oregon spoke on
"Applied Education in the Women's
Clubs."
The women visited the cheese fac
tories this morning and were the
for the new anivals.
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