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LAST TIME TODAY THE DELIGHTFUL ACTOR
FRANK W. STAFFORD AND ALL-STAR BILL
Both Parties Recognize Evil
of Present System.
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DEMOCRATS WIN POINT
Bourbons Are Quicker to Include
In Platform Plank Favoring
Change In Present Custom.
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RAP SENIORITY RULE
BT MARK SULLIVAN
(Copyrig-ht, 192:;, by T?w York Evening
Prwt, Inc. Published by arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C June 22.
(Special.) The democrats have
been a little quicker than the re
publicans in announcing: as a cam
paign issue the abolition of the
seniority rule in appointments to
chairmanships of committees in the
senate and house. For some time
important republican senators have
been trying to bring about an agree
ment among the leaders to announce
the same issue.
The republicans are even more
keenly aware of the vices of the
seniority rule than are the demo
crats. A glaring example of it is
the case of the new senator
from Pennsylvania, Senator Pepper.
Everybody concedes that Pepper, on
every ground, is one of the ablest
present members of the senate, but
because he is a new member he is
prevented from making as large a
contribution of service as he might.
Small Joba Given Out.
Senator Pepper is not the chair
man of any committee, and even as
a subordinate, he has only been
accorded membership on the com
mittees on banking and currency,
military affairs, interoceanic canals
and library. Of these, the first two
are important committees. The last
two are relatively innocuous.
Everybody knows that Senator Pep
per, both because of his ability and
because of the vigor that goes with
his relative youth, would be more
useful as a chairman of one or more
important committees than some of
the men who now hold these posi
tions. Another example is afforded by
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. Al
though Senator Lenroot is recog
nized as combining ability and en
ergy and although he has been in
the senate four years, he is not yet
chairman of any committee. Burton
of Ohio has served in the house and
senate for 22 years and is a man of
outstanding ability. But because
there was an interruption in the
continuity of his service his ca
pacity is now circumscribed by a
'mere subordinate membership in the
house committee on foreign relations.
Beveridge Is Barred,
Still another example is provided
by Beveridge. Beveridge has al
ready served 12 years in the senate.
But if he is elected next November,
as he probably will be, he will be
compelled, because of the interrup
tion in the continuity of his service,
to go to the bottom of committees
in which he was formerly powerful.
The combination of experience,
energy and ability which Beveridge
will bring to the senate will be
deprived of its value.
Both the democrats and the re
publicans have been making quiet
efforts this summer to persuade
able men to be candidates for the
senate and for the house. They
have been trying to enlist new men,
unknown to politic's.as well as men
who have served in' the senate or
house years ago. In both cases they
have encountered unwillingness
based partly upon ' the fact that
these new men or ex-members would
be compelled to take subordinate
positions on the committees.
Leaders Recognize Evil.
The whole effort represents an
ettempt to get away from the pres
ent confessedly low state of ef
ficiency in congress, a condition
which Is admitted by all who are
candidates among the leaders of
both parties.
Of course, even if the innovation
should be adopted, there will still
re-main the question of what to sub
Btitute for the rule of seniority. It
is apprehensive of the personal dif
ficulties and controversies that
would arise out of any effort to
achieve the best distribution of tal
ent that makes many leaders hesi
tate about throwing the seniority
rule overboard.
It has at least the virtue of a me
chanical convenience which evades
the necessity of discussing the ex
tremely personal question of rela
tive ability. If the seniority rule is
abolished the party in power will
need, even more than it does now, a
leader with the authority to say
what is to be done. From whatever
angle you approach the question of
making congress more efficient, the
need of leadership is the point you
always arrive at. i
AMBER W'HITBECK ARRESTED
WITH REPUTED KIDNAPER.
Runaway Declared Cruel Father
Drove Her From Home and De
nied She Was Enticed.
Amber Whitbeck, 17 - year - old
Hood River girl alleged to have been
kidnaped by J. J. Brugger wood
cutter, two weeks ago, was taken
into custody last night by the wom
en's protective division, and Brug
ger was arrested, charged with kid
naping, wjien the pair were located
at the residence of Mrs. A. L. Hart
man, 839 Kennilworth avenue.
When first confronted by Mrs.
Sophie E. King of the women's pro
tective division, the girl denied her
identity and said her name was Lena
Smith, and that she was from Day
ton, Or. Later she confessed and told
the officers a story of cruel treat
ment at home which had driven her
away. She said her father beat her
and other members of the family
and that she had been planning to
run away for nearly two years.
' According to her story, she came
to Portland part -way on foot and
by stages in automobiles of accom
modating persons. She said she met
Brugger by accident the first morn
ing she was here, and denied that he
had kidnaped her or influenced.her
to l&ave home. She was placed in
the detention rooms to await a more
thorough investigation, as several
points of her story do not connect.
Brugger said he was working at
present near Gresham. He also will
be investigated more fully.
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SIR HENRY
SIR HENRY WTLSON KILLED
ON DOORSTEP OF HOME.
Dead Man Chief of Imperial
Staff in Last Stages of War.
Service Illustrious.
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and surrendered quietly. Both were
taken to a police station, where the
taller of the two, who apparently
was the leader, lay on the floor be
cause of his injuries.
A civilian asked: "Who are you?"
and he replied, "I am an Irishman:
I could have got more of you chaps
if I hadn't been afraid of hitting
the kids."
The civilian said: "You are a dirty
blackguard."
Both men refused to give ad
dresses- or occupations. They will
be charged with the murder of Field
Marshal Wilson and the attempted
murder of Constables March and
Sayer and a civilian, Alexander
Clarke, by shooting.
Constable March was shot in the
abdomen in the course of the pur
suit and was taken to a hospital
where his condition is considered
grave. Both Constable Sayer and
Chauffeur Clarke were struck by
the random shots of the fleeing
murderers.
All London was horrified by the
tragedy. The house of commons
adjourned af ter sympathetic
speeches by H. H. Asquith and Aus
ten Chamberlain. The king can
celed tomorrow evening's birthday
dinner for the Prince of Wales.
England for more than a century
has been particularly free from
political assassinations . Apart from
the shock of the untimely death of
a popular soldier and a member of
the commons in the prime of life.
all discussion turned to the political
aspects of the affair.
Wilson Mark for Hatred.
The sinister methods of the Irish
factional strife had not been Im
ported to England before, despite
threats which necessitated special
police protection for the premier
and other prominent officials tak
ing part in Irish affairs. The news
papers demand measures to keep
England free of Irish gunmen and
their terrorism. Field Marshal Wil
son had been a shining mark for
the hatred of the republicans be
cause soon after his election as a
member of the house of commons
for County Down he accepted an
invitation from Sir James Craig to
visit Ulster and advise the north
ern government on best measures
for military defense against the
south.
By birth a northern Irishman,
Field Marshal Wilson had been a
lifelong supporter of the Orange
faction and whatever definite ef
fect his death may have there seems
no possibility that it will have any
other than to intensify the bitter
ness between the factions wmcn
seemed on the eve of quieting down
after the recent elections.
Political Sensation Created.
The field marshal created a po
litical sensation early in the year
by his attacks on Premier Lloyd
George, with whom, during the war,
he was on terms of cordial intimacy.
Tn a letter to Sir James Craig he
declared it was due to the action of
Premier Lloyd George ana his gov
ernment that south . and west Ire
land were reduced to a welter of
chaos and murder, difficult to be
lieve and impossible to describe. He
gave it as his belief that the dan
gerous condition would increase un
less men arose in those countlei
who could crush murder and
anarchy and re-establish order. He
evrvressed the opinion that Great
Britain herself would have re-estab
lished order in Ireland. ,
On Monday the commons will dis
cuss the murder and Ireland gen
erally. Mr. Chamberlain will speak
for the government and Winston
Churchill's oft-postponed statement
goes by the board. , .
ASSASSINATION STIKfS ULSTER
Populace Blames Sinn Feiners
for Killing Marshal.
BELFAST, June 22. (By ihe As
sociated Press.) The news of the
assassination of Field Marshal Sir
Henry Hughes vWilson created a sen
sation in Belfast, where it is feared
it will provoke reprisals. The Sinn
Feiners were popularly blamed for it.
They also were accused of the
move made a few nights ago against
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
when an attack was made upon
Stormont Castle, his official resi
dence. Field Marshal Wilson was a popu
lar figure in Ulster. Premier Craig
and the members of the northern
cabinet were deeply moved by the
itcwa of the tragedy and as a mark
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H. WILSON.
of sympathy and mourning, the
Ulster house tf commons adjourned
until Wednesday.
Republicans Deny Charge.
DUBLIN', June 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) General Owen Duffy,
chief of staff of the Irish republican
army, emphatically contradicted the
allegation that Field Marshal Wil
son's assassination was the work of
that organization.
EDUCATORS TO DEPART
Oregon Delegates to National
Convention Going to Boston.
A number of Oregon educators
will leave during the week end to
attend the annual convention "of the
National Educational association, in
Boston, July 1-8. Delegates going
from Portland are: E. H. Whitney,
representing the superintendent's
department; B. A. Thaxter, presi
dent, representing the Portland
Principals' association; Miss Jessie
Skinner, president, representing the
High School Teachers' association;
Miss Julia Spooner, president, repre
senting the Grade Teachers' associa
tion, and Miss Cornelia Spencer,
principal, Kennedy school, as state
delegate.
J. L. McLouglilin, superintendent
of the Corvallis schools, and R. W.
Kirk, superintendent of Oregon City
schools, also are expected to attend
as delegates from the state teach
ers' association. N. C. Thorne of Lin
coln high school, and Herbert Augur
of Jefferson high school, both now
in the east, are planning to attend
the convention.
C. A. Rice, assistant superintend
ent of schools In Portland, is state
director of the national body in Ore
gon. As he will be unable to attend
the convention Mr. Whitney has
been designated to serve in his stead.
WOMAN FOUND IN RIVER
Purported Suicidal Attempt Frus
trated by Electrician.
Had not Lawrence Callahan, an
electrician, living at the foot of
Cherry street, chanced to stroll to
the edge of the river near the west
end of the Broadway bridge, late
last night, what the police believe
was an attempt at suicide would
have been successful. Callahan heard
a noise in the water. Ten feet from
the shore he found what proved to
be an elderly woman struggling. He
orougnt ner to shore and called the
harbor patrol.
The' woman was at least 60 vears
old from appearances. She was
poorly dressed in black clothesi It
is thought she jumped from the
Broadway bridge in an attempt to
Kin nerseu. Although not badly af
fected from her plunge, she could
not give her name, and after being
ireaiea at me emergency hospital
sne was sent to St. Vincent's hos
pital.
Clackamas to Get Gaities.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 22.
(Special.) The Oregon Guernsey
Gayeties,. the annual state meeting
of the representatives of the Guern
sey Breeders Clubs of Oregon, will
be held in Clackamas county in 1923.
Word to this effect was received
Thursday by Sam H Caly, executive
secretary of the local commercial
club. The decision to hold the af
fair here came as the result of an
Invitation extended through the
conventions department of the club.
Carnival
Dancing
Noon and Nigh
Chinese and
American Dishes
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Emerson said: "Do something a little bit
better than anyone else and the world will
beat a path to your door." My clothes, by
virtue of their Quality, continue to bring cus
tomers in increasing numbers to this store.
Many men have bought here for a score of ,
years and more others are just beginning to
learn the advantages to be gained in wearing '
Quality clothes in addition to the saving of
money.
BEN SELLING
Portland's Leading Clothier
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SELIAVOOE K1TXE ORGANIZA
TION FINISHING BUILDING.
Work Also Begun on Ranges, and
New Targets Are Constructed
Near Rocky Butte.
The new clubhouse of the Sellwood
Rifle club is practically completed
and will be ready for the use of the
club members in the near future.
The new building is constructed of
logs and is 20 feet by 36 feet in di
mensions and contains only the one
large clubroom, which is being fitted
in unique style. A huge rirepiace is
being installed at one end of the
room to add to the comfort. The
workmen are putting the final
touches to the interior decorating
this week.
In addition to building the
new clubhouse the members of the
club have been active lately In get
ting their new ranges into shape.
Five double run targets have been
installed and a 500-yard range is
available for the use of the mem
bers. The range is on Craig road,
near Sandy boulevard, just to the
rear of Rocky butte, and the club
house has been constructed there
so as to be handy to the range.
Rocky butte forms the back of the
range.
The clubhouse project and the new
ranges have been planned and work
started on them since the war, al
though the club is a pioneer organi
zation in the Sellwood district and
has existed there for years. It has
a membership roll of about 75 at
present. The officers are Berlin E.
Davis, president, and A. A. Linster,
secretary. The regular meeting
dates are on the second Monday in
each month, but the range is avail
able for the use of the club mem
bers at all times.
JURY CLEARS MOTORIST
John Albeit Absolved of Blame
for Death, of Boy.
John Alheit, Walla Walla motor
ist, whose machine ran down and
killed 7-year-old , Robert Smith in
front of the Glencoe school, Wed
nesday afternoon, was absolved
from all blame by a coroner's jury
which viewed the scene and heard
evidence of witnesses last night.
The boy alone was at fault, the
jurors decided, and added a further
finding to their verdict in the opin
ion that the school board should
Anivalanche
Daring deeds and rescues 'mid
the blizzards of the north. The
romance of a dazzling heroine
who bewitched the law. A
sensational two-star triumph!
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take steps to discontinue the prac
tice of youngsters who use the
school driveway as a place for
coasting.
Alheit was driving an automobile
north on Forty-ninth street and
Robert - was coasting down the in
cline which leads from the school
yard. The driver, seeing the boy,
jammed on his brakes and headed
his car for the curb. When the front
wheels struck the concrete the rear
of the heavy machine swung around
in a circle, brushed the boy before
it and crushed him between, the rear
wheel and the curbing.
Though Alheit was absolved from
responsibility for the boy's death,
he still faces a charge of reckless
driving, preferred by the police on
account of the evident speed that
his car was making just before the
mishap.
DISABLED TO NEED WORK
National Commander of Wounded
Veterans in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. Rob
ert S. Marx, national commander of
the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War, announced on" his
arrival here today that he would
seek to have the organization at its
convention next week go on record
as demanding that the board which
grants compensation to veterans
actually view the disabled man's
body instead of getting its informa
tion from written reports.
The pecond convention of the vet
erans' association opens next Mon
day. Mr. Marx said the need of
providing for employment of the
109,000 men disabled, now being
given rehabilitation training, would
be urged on the government, as
well aa the need for more hospital
facilities.
Marx is from Cincinnati. He came
r:re with John J. Kelly, known as
the state hero of Illinois. According
to Marx, there are now 32,000 vet
erans in government hospitals, com
pared with 20,000 in 1919. Of the
million or .more claims for compen
sation now on file with the gov
ernment, he said, about half are
valid.
MAN BOUND AND ROBBED
Robbery and Assault Reported to
Police by L. Ii. Barnhill.
Two young men, neither much
more than 20 years o-ld, bound,
gagged and robbed Leonard L.
Barn-hill, 733 Pacific street, last
night, in the vicinity of Caruthers
of Thrills!
OH, KIDDIES!!
BALLOON MATINEE TOMORROW
and Macadam streets. They stole
J4.50 in cash and a watch valued at
$55 from his -pockets.
Barnhill told the police that he
had met the youths in the Union
cafe and bought them a meal. After
wards, he said, they took a walk.
and while crossing an alley way, o-ne
jumped on him from be hand ana
choked him into unconsciousness.
When he regained consciousness he
was bound and gagged. Extricating
himself, he called the .police, but the
men had made their getaway.
SLUGGED MAN IS DYING
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planned in an attempt to save his
life. Members of his family have
practically given up hope.
Cushmore was a native of Phila
delphia, married and the. father of
four children. He was a member
of the Maccabees and the Spanish
War Veterans, and had just re
turned from Pendleton, where he
represented the local post in the
state convention of the order.
lr. Strahorn at Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 22.
(Special.) R. E. Strahorn, presi-
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DORIS MAY IN "BOY CRAZY'
California &
dent of the Oregon,
Eastern railway, is here for the
first time in two years and will
spend a week, he said today, in
going over the Strahorn survey be
tween this city and Bend and prpb
ably east toward Crane. Extension
work he said had been resumed "in
a modest way" from the end of the
line at Dairy, 20 miles east of here
toward Sprague river, 12 miles
farther on. He hopes the rails will
be laid to Sprague river this year.
Mr. Strahorn expressed little faith
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