THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1922
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SCHOOL MEASURE
TO BE ATTACKED
Bill Is Unconstitutional, Say
200 Lawyers.
INSTITUTIONS STAY OPEN
Xcw law Does Not Go Into Effect
tntil 1926; Plans Are
"ot Yet Revealed.
Although it is generally ad
mitted that the compulsory school
bill, enacted at Tuesday's election,
will be subjected to a test of its con
stitutionality, opponents of the
measure said yesterday that they
were not reacy as yet to divulge
their plans. The leaders of the
oppos'tion had not fully outlined
thein plans for the future. Private
and parochial schools are still run
ning and will continue to run, as
the bill does not Decome effective
until 1926.
The measure1 has just started on
its road to reality, the "anti" forces
declared. Two hundred of the
leading lawyers of the state, after
examining the measure, have pro
nounced it to be unconstitutional, a
direct blow at the rights of par
ents and the rights of property. On
these two grounds the attack is
expected to hinge.
Two Courses Are Open.
According to the opponents two
general courses of legal action are
open. One is to demand an injunc
tion preventing the governor from
publishing the 4ill and declaring it
a law. The other is to test the
constitutional! y of the measure in
the higher courts.
If a permanent injunction against
the publishing of the measure as a
law were issued by a court federal
or state, the' matter would end
there. But in case the injunction
were refused, it is pointed out that
the bill, becoming a law, could not
be attacked until som prosecution
were brought under it. If the op
ponents were forced to wait until
the bill oecame effective, in order
to open their attack onits consti
tutionality, it if claimed that the
status of private and parochial
schools would be so seriously af
fected that there would be little to
gain In a legal victory.
"It is too early yet to make any
definite announcement as to our fu
ture course." announced Joseph A.
Hill, head of Hill Military academy
and executive secretary of the Pro
testant and non-sectarian committee
for freedom in education.
Attack Is l'rom3nel.
"The bill will be attacked. Two
hundred lawyers who have examined
it have held it to be a violation of
the provisions of the federal con
stitution. But it is too soon to an
nounce our future course.
"However, private schools are not
going to close immediately, as some
people expected, not knowing the
WIFE OF AMERICAN EXPATRIATE, WHO PROMISES TO TAKE
HIS WEALTH TO ENGLAND.
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LADV VIOLET ASTOR.
Lady Violet Mary Astor, wife of Major, the Hon. John Jacob Astor
(son of the first younger brother of the present Viscount Astor), is a
daughter of the fourth (late) Earl of Minto and sister of the present
(fifth), and is the widow of Major Lord Charles Mtrcer-Nairne, who was
killed in action during the war. News dispatches from England tell of
Major Astor's campaign pledge, made at a meeting of the unemployed in
Dover, to transfer all his property, both real and personal, to England.
He is a conservative party candidate for parliament.
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Sir Arthur and Wife Find
Spiritists Numerous.
EAGER QUESTIONS, ASKED
Poor Ragged 3Ian With Unsold
Papers Under Ami Most Persis
tent in Seeking Information.
terms of the bill in detail. Hill
Military academy will continue to
operate."
The general legal objection to the
measure, according io lawyers, is
the fact that it In. ringes on the
rights of parents to select the place
of education for their children, and
that It is a violation, of constitu
tional guarantees in that It forbids
a person to own. operate or teach in
any school but a public scnool.
. The attack may be started in state
or federal courts, although it is gen
erally stated that the case will ulti
mately go to the United States su
preme court for final decision.
ROAD TAX IS APPROVED
Improvement Voted for Rock
Creek, in Linn County.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 8. (Special.)
The first of the 25 special road
districts in Linn county to report
the voting or a special tax for road
improvement next year is Rock
Creek, near Gates. The amount of
the tax is $2500. This sum will be
used in making improvements on
the county road from Gates bridge
running each way. Fred Ratzburg is
patrolman and S. M. Bassett secre
tary of the district.
Other districts have filed petitions
for special road improvement and
some -of them have held elections al
ready, while others still have to sub
mjt the propositions to the people of
the districts. District 2 has peti
tioned for $1500. District 3 at Shedd
wants $2000. Number 7 at Oak Grove
asks for $2500. Brownsville, district
8, only needs $702.- Plainview, dis
trict 9, requires a small sum. Tan
gent asks for $4000. Shelburn wants
$Sfl0. Scio's amount is fixed at
$1300. District 16 seeks $2000. Dis
trict 17 wants $2500. Other dis
tricts and the amounts petitioned
are: Crowfoot. $2000; district 20,
$1000; Crawfordsville. $4000; district
22, S2000: Berlin. $600; Lacomb $500;
Jordan, $4500, Mill City, $10,000; dis
trict 2S), $4000; Kingston, $2000; Riv
erside, $2000; Munkers, $1000; Bell
Plain, $700, and Foster, $1000.
The prestige of Oregonlan Want
Ac's has been attained not merely by
The Oregonian's large circulation, but
J by the fact that ail its readers are
t interested in Oregonian Want Ads.
Oor American Adventure, by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle.
(Copyright by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
11)22, for the United States and Great
Britain. Released by North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
ARTICLE Xt (continued).
In spite of our familiarity with
great meetings, Chicago rather took
our breath away. We are certainly
ending on our. top note. All seats
were sold out by the -afternoon, and
there were 250 people crammed on
the platform. It was with some
difficulty that my. wife and I reached
our central chairs. It was a won
derful bank, or series of banks, of
faces, stretching away back into
the gloom! My wife tells me that
I rose to the occasion. I was moved
myself and so perhaps I was able
to move others. There was hardly
a cough or a movement for the hour
and a half of the address. When I
ended there were cries for my wife,
and I glanced at her, but she prefers
not to speak in public. If she could
let her burning feelings have full
play, and voice her deep womanly
desire to bring comfort to the strick
en, she would be a world force. She
has that human touch, that natural
touch of the heart, which no man
can ever attain.
When we got into the street it
was raining heavily and Widde
combe disappeared in search of a
cab. In an instant, under the pelt
ing shower, a group of people, with
out an umbrella among them,
pressed round us with eager ques
tions about life and death. A poor
ragged man with unsold papers
under his arm was the most eager.
Why did we remember nothing be
fore birth? What about reincarna
tion? They were eager to know
more, but the cab came and we left
them still arguing a scene no man
could invent. .
' Spiritistn Give Reception.
The good spiritualists of Chicago
had arranged a reception very much
on the lines of that which we had
in Melbourne over a year ago. It
was a very pleasant evening, but in
stead of congregations, only dele
gates seem to have been present, so
that the numbers were not imposing.
I had hoped -hat it would have been
an gecasion for showing our
strength, whereas it gave a wrong
impression to the press as to our
numbers. However, the proceed
the cab was absolutely filled with
them.
- I proposed, that an obelisk be
built by international subscription
and erected at Rochester and, the
proposal was well received. We put
forward $250 and the Chicago head
quarters did the same, so we start
level. The task of collecting the
money has been left to me. -1 can
only hope that they will take my
view, but for some reason we have
never ,found our - people very gen
erous, and many continually re
ceive the greatest of all blessings
at our hands without any return. It
is at present the same small group
of men and women who do all the
work ai)d find all the money.
Aviator Telln Experiences.
I had an interesting talk while in
Chicago with Major Schroeder, who
broke the height record in 1920 in
his aeroplane. He reached 37,000
feet. At that point something went
wrong with his oxygen tube and he
fell down in the car among the
carbon dioxide which came from the
exnaust. This poisonous stuff
would soon have killed him, but
the machine, left to itself, fell seven
miles in less than three minutes.
The improved air revived Schroeder
and he was able to regain command
when only about 1800 feet above
earth. Fancy falling like a stone
for seven miles! I am not sure
if it is a nightmare or a dream of
bliss. He had ready rriy story, "The
'Horror of the Heights," and ad
mitted to me that he always at
great altitudes had a subconscious
fear that he might meet soriTe new
form of life. "Look1 out for those
big angle worms!" they had called
to him as he left the ground.
After all, the deepest sea sustains
life why not the highest air? As
a matter of fact the only strange
thing he ever saw was a flight of
snow birds, like robins, flying at
12.000 feet altitude. Also drifting
spider webs with spiders still on
them. The great problem is to
prevent your eyes freezing, which
is done by double glasses with a
sort of thermos arrangement. No
one, he thinks, will ever get much
higher because the tenuous air will
not give a grip to the machine. Al
together I was very interested in
our talk.
Reporter Hard to Please.
The reporters are certainly hard
to please. In Toledo they pro
claimed, probably with truth, that
I was careless of dress. In Chicago
they described me as exquisite, or
at any rate they depicted me as
wearing a light blue suit, a purple
tie, purple silk socks and white slip
pers. The latter I must plead guilty
to, and they would have elicited
"Niagara, I perceive," from the late
Mr. Holmes, for the children gave
them to me there as a local curi
osity. The papers have been making
free with the children also, saying.
to their great indignation, "the
young Doyles are bored stiff with
their parents' spiritualism but want
more yarns from him." "I'd like to
see that editor," said Denis, grimly,
as he read it. "Same here!" piped
the small voice of Billy. "I'm bored
stiff with his paper," said Malcom.
But the press usually holds the
balance true in the end, and they
have actually published Malcom's
first story, which is told in a series
of pictures in the Evening Ameri
can. They are really excellent and
we are all very pleased at it, from
the first legend "The black gang
going to raid the house of James
Banker, a millionaire," through
"'Hands up, you dog!" cried the
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(To be Continued.)
Shriners Plan Annual Ball.
ABERDEEN', Wash., Nov. 8.
(Special.) The annual ball of the
Grays Harbor Shriner club has been
set for December 29. Active prepar
ations for the ball will be taken up
by subcommittees to be named soon.
10,000 boxes remain to be gathered.
Very few vegetables were caught
by the early frosts and practically
every crop has been harvested and
stored. The market for the apple
crop is on the rise and growers a.re
more hopeful of the outlook.
Apple Picking Delayed.
IMBLER. Or., Nov. 8. (Special.)
Lack of material for making boxes
has delayed the picking of apples
on the Miller farm. More than
Academy Stages Plays.
MOUNT ANGEL ACADEMY". St.
Benedict, Or., Nov. 8. (Special.)
The Mount Angel Academy ' Dra
matic club presented two playlets
on the afternoon of November . 4.
The first playlet, "An Open Secret,"
was written by Regina Larsen, a
student at Mount Angel academy, in
which she took the principal part.
The second playlet was "A Case of
Suspension."
Washington, I). C, Iladio Heard.
ABKRDEEN, Wash., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The new radio station of the
Grays Harbor Stevedore company
last night picked up a message from
the station at Arlington, near Wash
ington, I. C. The message was
heard very clearly, according to
Ned Sanborn, operator. When the
instrument is tuned up properly,
Sanborn said, messages may be re
ceived from even longer distances.
The federal sending license ia
awaited before sending of message
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Sweeping Reductions Made to Keep Factory Running and Keep Our Tailors From Leaving Portland!
RC TT'l l 0 1 We believe when such a cut in price is made
easons tor This Clothing bale: Zlt ffl!
All of us know that business, at least in a great many lines, is not as good as it should be, and ours is no exception. In fact,
we had planned on doing at least forty per cent more business in all our stores than we are now doing.
We have kept our clothing factory running on full time throughout the past summer, thinking that business would pick up
and get better, but it seems we are to be disappointed. ,
It has now come to a time when we will either have to close part of our factory and lose our skilled tailors or get a much
larger outlet for our pure Virgin Wool Suits and Overcoats. After carefully considering how best to keep things running
and at the same time dispose of hundreds of surplus garments that have accumulated in our factory, we have decided to re
duce the selling price to so low a figure that it will be .an inducement for every one to come to the Brownsville Woolen Mill
Store and supply their wants.
We invite the public to come and share in these big Price Reductions and asure them of only the highest class merchandise.
MAIL ORDERS FILLED!
READ INSTRUCTIONS
During this big reduction sale it wilt be only natural for a great many
of our out-of-town customers to want to share in the price reductions.
We are anxious to supply our outside trade, but will not be able to send
samples of cloth representing suits on sale.
However, we have a mail order department that will properly take care
of your order. Tell us the size of coat (breast measure), the waist
measure and length ef pants (inseam); your age, weight, the color and
description of the suit wanted and the price you want to pay and we
will select a suit and send it on approval. If not satisfactory it may be
returned and we will refund the purchase price, i
Reduced Prices on Men s Suits
$25 Men's All-Wool Suits
$30 Men's All-Wool Suits
$35 Men's All-Wool Suits
$40 Men's All-Wool Suits
$45 Men's All-Wool Suits
$50 Men's AH jM Suits
$31
$39
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This includes all Blue Serge, Fancy Worsted and Silk Mixed Suits.
Absolutely nothing reserved.
Reduced Prices on Men's O'Coats-
$20 Men's Fine Overcoats $16
$25 Men's Fine Overcoats $2 1 &
$30 Men's Fine Overcoats $26
$35 Men's Fine Overcoats $31
$40 Men's Fine Overcoats $36
$45 Men's Fine Overcoats $39
Includes Fine Gabardines, Whipcords and our Finest Wool Over
coats. Nothing reserved.
Boys' Clothing Cut
$12.50 Good Wool Suits with 2 pants, cut to . . . .$ 9.85
Fine Virgin Wool Boys' - Suits with . 2 pairs
knickers, regular $16.50 suits, cut to.'. . .' . . .$13.85
Boys' Rubber Rainco ats
Boys' Overcoats
$ 9.50 Fine Wool Overcoats cut to. $7.95
$12.50 Fine Wool Overcoats cut. to. '. . . . . .$9.85
Boys'. Mackinaws cut to .$4.95, $7.95, $9.85
For boys from 6 to 16 years, regular $4.50 values,
cut to $3.75
Largest Manufacturing Clothiers West of Chicago ENTIRE BUILDING THIRD - AND MORRISON STREETS Branch Stores Astoria, Eugene, Marshf ield, N. Bend