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Jltfuitif PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. LXI XO. 19,369 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Poatoffice a Second-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY. DECE3IBER 18, 1922 $5,000,000 IN WORK PLANNED FOR 1923 FRANKLIN T. GRIFFITH, HEAD OF CAR COMPANY, BACK. E TWO FIRES STARTED IN THAWING PIPES ARRESTS ARE THREATENED BY FIRE MARSHAL. HARDING PLEDGES HELP ON BONUS MORE COLD SLATED, WITH RAIN OR SNOW ANDY GUMP'S FAMILY TO APPEAR IN MOVIES EINSTEIN THEORY FACES HARD TEST WAVE APPALLING Oil ROUGH SEAS EASTERLY WINDS ALSO ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY. FAMOUS CHARACTER TO BE PUT OX SCREEN. JUVENILE 1 REPUBLICAN BOAT I "V Leadership in Congress i Appears Wobbly. PARTY COUNSELS VARIED tWing Favors Nomination of . Progressive in 1924. HIRAM JOHNSON STRONG Fear Is Expressed That Harding Would lose Through Split In Ranks of Voters. f BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 17. With republican leadership In con gress wobbling and the president unwilling: to assume the role of dic tator, the republican elephant is still Btaggering from the effects of the election trouncing and groping for a. way out of the Jungle. Republicans foresee a lot of rough going between now and the 1924 election, particularly with a new congress intervening, in which their control will be extremely tenuous and they are prey to a diversity of counsel on the course to pursue. A significant development of the last week has been an outcropping of cloak room expression of dissatis faction by old line republicans with Mr. Harding as party leader. Fore bodings of disaster in 1924 if the president should be renominated have been heard from unexpected Bources. Progressive Nominee Wanted, To win in 1924, say these new re publican malcontents, it is going to be necessary to nominate a progres eive who can avert a bolt by the radical wing of the party. If Mr. Harding should be renominated, it Is asserted, the progressive faction will vote the democratic ticket or line up with a third party, accom plishing republican defeat in either ftvent. . . There will be a number of rivals cf Mr. Harding, should he be an nounced for renomination, and Sen Utor Johnson (republican, Califor Ilia), is virtually certain to be one j lot the foremost. Now, the surpris ing part of it is that numerous con servative republican leaders who were against Johnson in 1920 are for him now. Their theory Is that Johnson would hold the progressive contingent in line for the ticket as they feel Mr. Harding could not feope to do. Johnson is regarded as far less Radical than when he came to the enate. He has parted company (with the ultra-progressives and lined up with the conservatives on numerous occasions, notably when !he supported the Fordney-McCum-her bill without cavil, with the re sult that the standpatters have ;warmed to him, while the radicals ihave begun to exhibit a certain coolness. Still, calculate the regu lars, the progressives would find it difficult to organize a disastrous fcolt, were he the nominee. ' j Primaries to Be Hot. It already is apparent that the 5924 presidential primaries will be the sce'ne of a spectacular struggle. Johnson cut a wide swath in the 1320 primaries and there will be tnany more presidential primary states in 1924, if the progressives achieve their purpose. There is to le a conference of governors in Chi cago next month to agree on plans for state legislation and establish Ing presidential preference pri jnaries in states now without such Jaws. , Mr. Harding made a conspicuously poor showing in the 1920 primaries and there is much speculation on his probable fate in the 1924 ex pressions of preference. He is op posed to the presidential primary system and for a return to the old plan of unfettered conventions. His friends are confident, however, that there will be a decided reaction in his favor by the time 1924 rolls around and that there will be no fear of his ability to carry the pri mary states as well as those in which the delegates will be selected by the party leaders. Compromise Candidate Expected, Republican politicians also look for the entrance into the contest of candidates who will offer them selves as a compromise to those who are not satisfied with Mr. Har ding and yet hesitate to support an aspirant of the type of Johnson; One hears a good deal of talk in this vein favorable to Senator Pep per (republican, Pennsylvania). Mr. Pepper also has heard the gossip, but has discouraged it, asserting he is for the renomination of the presi dent. The republicans in the senate are lar from a cohesive aggregation. Senator lodge (republican, Massa chusetts), is majority leader but scarcely more than in name. Sena tor Watson (republican, Indiana), younger and more aggressive, is forging to the front as the real leader. The Lodge following Is Jeal ous of the Watson ascendancy. Then there is a large group of young senators who are against both Concluded, ott fus 2. Column 3,1 Third Blaze Alarms Citizens of Chinatown, Who Fear Gilt Idol Is Menaced. Fire starting from the use of torches applied to frozen water pipes damaged two Portland homes yes terday. Warrants will be served for arrests in all such cases, Captain Fred W. Roberts, deputy fire mar shal, declared last night. "Such procedure is hazardous and in violation of the law." he said. Slight damage was done to a dou ble house at 405 East Yamhill.street, occupied by Mrs. E. Whitman on one ! side and H. W. Blair on the other. Blair was said to have been at work in his own basement with a blow torch in an attempt to open the frozen pipes. Flames spread . up through the floor into his neighbor's apartment. Floor and walls were badly scorched. A paper torch' said to have been employed by Mr3. E. Clemens in the rear of her house at 211 Meade street, in thawing out another frozen pipe, was responsible for a second alarm turned in by neigh bors who saw the smoke. No dam age was done. A roof blaze on the Irvington school, East Fourteenth and Thomp son streets, attracted neighborhood attention early in the afternoon. A spark from a nearby chimney was thought responsible. The blaze was extinguished by the firemen before damage resulted. , Into the Sunday calm of New Chinatown came a disturbing ele ment in the form of a blaze start ing from an overheated flue not four feet from a great gilt idol in the rooms of the Bow On society at 95 North Fourth street. Firemen who made their way to the third floor of the rickety structure were impeded in their work by a crowd of anxious orientals who feared the proximity of axes to the gilt figure. The blaze was extinguished despite the mtereference. Several hundred dollars damage was done to fixtures in the place. INFANT MORTALITY LOW 500,000 Live In Square Mile but Death Rate Lowest In World. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. One square mile on the lower east side, -where 500,000 persons live, shows one of the lowest Infant mortality rates In the world. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, United States senator-elect, declared today, in an address to the congre gation Beth Hamilrash Hagafor. In this crowded area, Dr. Cope- land said, among every 1000 chil dren born 50 die in the first year of life. In contrast, he said, in the upper Fifth-avenue district 100 of every 1000 children die during their first year. WARSHIP FLEET SIGHTED Merchant Vessel Is Reported Un der Convoy Off Brazil. PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Dec. 17. The captain and passengers of the British Steamer Almanzora, which arrived here today, reported having seen last night on the high seas a fleet of 12 warships of the destroyer type steaming southward convoying a merchant vessel, presumably a col lier. The nationality of the fleet was not ascertained. As far as it is known no fleet at present is navigating these waters. Therefore, the reported presence of the ships is causing speculation. ASTORIA CITIZENS RELAX Community Sing Held; Al'Kadcr Band of Portland Plays. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) Except for scores of men who wtsio engageu in erecting temporary structures In which business enter prises may 'be established, Astoria relaxed today from the terrific strain under which her citizens have been since the big conflagration. This afternoon a community sing was held at the high school audi torium, the music being furnished bV the Al Kader. Shrine band of Port land. THEATER OWNERS UNITE $5,000,000 Corporation Formed for Co-operative Distribution. NEW YORK, Dec... 17. Formation of the Theater Owners' Distributing corporation for purposes of co-operation among independent owners throughout the country was an nounced today. It has an authorized capitalization of $5,000,000. Directors include Sydney S. Cohen, New York; William A. True. Hart ford, Conn.; Harry Davis, Pittsburg; L. J. Dittman, Louisville, Ky., and W. D. Burford, Aurora, 111. SHIP'S PASSENGERS SAFE Liner Refloated After 120 Are Taken to Safety. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 17. One hundred and twenty passengers of the steamer Prospero, which ran , aground on Small island, near Green's pond, on the east coast of Newfoundland last night, were safe ly landed this morning. The vessel, which is owned by the Newfoundland sovernment, was refloated later with Nos. 1 and 2 holds damaged. President to Give lit if Money Can Be Rd. - s' ' VETERANS GET & 7 NEWS Word Given Out by Colonel Forbes at Cincinnati. EX-SOLDIERS HAVE PLAN Sales Tax With Foodstuffs Ex empted Indorsed by Dele gates at Meeting. CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 17. A di rect message from President Hard ing pledging his support to a bonus measure for ex-service men provid ing a feasible .means for financing the burden can be found, was pre sented by Colonel C.. R. Forbes, di- 1 rector of the veterans' bureau at Washington, before a joint confer ence of national and state execu tives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars here today. In the conference were the mem bers of the national council of ad ministration and thje department commanders of the veterans' organ ization. Immediately following Col onel Forbes' address and a discus sion, which "resulted In strong ap proval of a sales tax, the executives unanimously adopted a resolution indorsing a sales tax with foodstuffs exempted as a means of raising the necessary revenue to finance the bonus. C. Hamilton Cook, Buffalo, N. Y., national commander ofthe Disabled American Veterans of the World War, who was attending the con ference by invitation, said that his organization would take immediate action to support the resolution. The American Legion, which is the largest of the veterans' organi zations, was not represented at the meeting. Colonel Forbes called President Harding by long-distance telephone shortly before going into the con ference, and in the course of his address referred to his conversation with the president. "I called him up because It was suggested to me that the bonus might be touched upon," he said. "I wish you knew the pulse of Hard ing. I wish you knew his inner most thoughts. I wish you knew how he loves the ex-service men." f Most of the conference today was devoted' to an executive session at which matters of policies were dis cussed. The address of Colonel Forbes, however, was open to the public. Colonel Forbes left for Washington tonight. The executive board of the organizaton will wind up the two days' conference with an executive session tomorrow. JENMIVJQ SEYM'S Coating of Ice Makes Streets Treacherous for Motorists and Pedestrians. WHAT COLD AND WIND HAVE DONE TO THE NORTHWEST. Hood River has snow flur ries. - Astoria cold snap unbroken. Salem walks and pavements are coated with ice. Chehalis reports "Kalama river frozen over, forcing the power plant to close. No re lief obtained. Logging camps shut down. Olympia has light rain that freezes as it falls. Cold con tinues. Lebanon has heavy fog. Damage from freezing feared. Cottage Grove, streets cov ered with ice. Molalla has icy streets. Low est temperature 4 above zero. Hourly Temperatures for Portland Yesterday. Midnight ..20110 A. M 21 1 A. M. 2 A. M. 3 A. M. 4 A. M. SAM. 6 A. M. 7 A. M. 1A.M. 9 A.M. .19 11 A. M 21 .19 ..19 . .19 ..20 ..20 ..20 ..21 ..21 Noon 22 1 P. M.....24 2 P. M 23 3 P. M 23 4 P. M....'.23 5 P. M 23 6 P. M 23 7 P. M 23 The weather forecaster, has pre dieted continued low temperatures and rain or snow, driven by easterly winds, for today. Gloomy contemplation , of the prospect of a silver thaw was the lot of Portland folk yesterday who ventured into frozen mist which began to fall early in the afternoon and continued at night. The streets were treacherous for pedestrians as well as motorists. Low temperatures with rainy and cloudy weather were reported also from all parts of the northwest. At Walla Walla the lowest point reached was 2 degrees above zero and the highest 14 degrees. r Spo kane reported a minimum of 4 de grees and a maximum of 10. The minimum at Bakerwas.4 above and the maximum 18. Portland's lot, a minimum of 19 and maximum of 24, did not appear so bad when con trasted with those cities. The mini mum temperature was registered at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, hold ing for three hours. The highest point was reached by the mercury at 1 o'clock. A Bteady temper ature of 23 degrees above was reg istered from 2 to 7 o'clock. "Oh, boy! Ain't that some Ice? Darn that wind, though!" That's the way a small boy on skates at Laurelhurst park summed up the situation as he and scores of com panions circled about the lake on the best skating ice in years. De spite the fact that never was Ice more tempting the effect on an ardent skater produces by sight of the smooth surface being similar to that of the "Blah Blah Blues", on a Jazz dancer the crowd at the park, because of the biting wind, was much smaller than usual, Eastmoreland lake was also sur- (Concluded oa Page 3. Column 1.) THE CORNER GROCERY CLUB. THE: FIRSV THHG rAG0NMr OO WHEN 1 HAVE. OPE . fVTI ON t bUY A FA-'lR 'OF - PEON PANTS! i a 4 Sidney Smith, Creator of Comic Strip, Signs Contract to Write Story. (Bv Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Dec. 17. The philos ophy of Andy Gump, Chester, Min., Uncle Bim and others who figure the famous "Gump" newspaper strip is going to be featured in the movies. Announcement was made today that Sidney Smith, creator of "The Gumps," had signed a contract to write the "Gumps" for the screen. The feature will be produced in regular, movie style, real- people playing the parts of the nationally j known "Gump" character" Pin. i inres or two reels each will be re leased semi-monthly and the work of making thefilrfis will be started immediately under the supervision of one of the best comedy directors m the business today. The first release will be early in the new year. . , . While the announcement made no mention of the money involved, in the contract it can be reliably stated that the author of "The Gumps" will receive a salary that will compare with those received by prominent motion picture stars. FOOD PRICS ADVANCE Costs in Portland 35 Per Cent , Above Those for 1913. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17. Both , retail and wholesale food prices increased 2 per cent or more during November, according to fig ures made public today by the de partment of labor. Notwithstanding the Increase, the department said there was a decrease of 5 per cent for the year ending November 15 in retail food prices, while wholesale food prices Increased about 1 per cent during the year. As compared with 1913 retail food prices In November were given as 46 per cent higher In Chicago and Pittsburg, 44 per cent in Dallas and San Francisco, 42 per cent in Cin cinnati, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, 39 per cent in Omaha and Seattle, and 35- per cent in Louisville and Portland, Or. ' AUTOS HIT SLEDS, 6 HURT Willamette Students In Sleighing Parties Injured. . WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa lem, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) Six students were injured in two acci dents which marred sleighing parties last night, when automobiles crashed Into the sleds on which they were riding. Zelda Mulkey of Portland was thrown beneath the wheels of an automobile, but escaped with a bro ken finger on the left hand, a broken knee cap and bruises about the legs. Hazel Malmsten of Vernonia, Rich ard Briggs of Kennewick, Elworth Anslow of Port Orchard, Esther Moyer of Roseburg and Willard Carey of Walla Walla, sustained mi nor injuries. None of the injuries are believed to be serious. The sleds were trailed behind automobiles and carried no lights. Jed akius v 0 HfVrAAOCS am'bayuin suits VWM. ' XFMmXM AWmflHVf' rrrr, - v y i if r r in T'. vc wm YA Whether Light Subject to Gravity at Issue. STARS ARE LOST IN GLARE Remarkable Changes in Col ors Are Recorded. PI flWFT IS AT VARIAWr.F Scientists Await From World Ob servatorles Verdict of As tronomical Parties. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec 15. (Spe cial.) Like that of Newton, who, 300 years ago, explained to mystified mankind why it was that people on the underside of this round world, instead of falling off into space, went about upside down in comfort. fastened by their toes to the earth in perfect security, will the name of Albert Einstein go down to pos terity, as that of a great revolution ary leader of scientific thought? This Is the question scientists are asking themselves today while awaiting from thi world's, observa tories the verdict of the astronom ical parties which voyaged around half the globe to Christmas island and western Australia to view and record the solar eclipse of Septem ber. By their photographs will Einstein's bold pron6uncement that the sun attracts or bends toward it passing rays of light from nearby stars, that in other words light has weight and is subject to the law of gravity, be judged, according to Dr. R. K. Young, of the Victoria observ atory staff, who, with Professor C. A. Chant of Toronto university formed the Canadian section of the expedition that assembled at Wallal, on western Australia's 90-mile beach, on September 21. Plates to Test Theory. . Two Einstein plates were secured by the Canadian astronomers. Ten were obtained by the Americans, headed by Dr. W. W. Campbell of Lick observatory. Other observa-; tions -were made by scientists of Great Britain, British India, New Zealand and Australia, who watched with the Canadians and Americans a Waiial; still others by British and Dutch observers, among the lat ter Einstein himself, at Christmas island. "These plates taken at this eclipse, when measured and reduced, will prove, disprove or modify the Ein stein theory, I have no doubt," said Dr. Young. "About 300 years ago Newton brought out his famous book," ex plained Dr." Young, "on mechanics and the nature of forces and the law of gravitation. This was an epoch making discovery. It made reason able the belief that the earth was spherical. Before then it seemed contradictory to common sense that (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) PICTORIAL ROAD MAP. t Motorists contemplating T vacation trips into Oregon's j scenic wonderlands or to ad- jacent states find something 1 lacking in the formal, flat, J unimaginative road map. The missing quality .will be . discovered in an unusual pic- f torial map drawn by Fred A. J Routledge a Portland artist I widely known for his accurate t I scenic visualizations for the I : New Year Edition of The SOregonian. This road sketch, . . Mrl'iilo lonlntiY! rr 11 m n I n T j highways and the principal j branches with fidelity, is given life and color by a I treatment showing mountains in relief and a view of the state of Oregon which would be obtained from an airplane hovering high above the Cali fornia line. As far north as Seattle and as far east as the Bitter j Root mountains of Montana, the drawing shows in per- spective, giving a clear idea t of the main traveled Oregon j roads and their connections with adjoining states. A key map shows the portion 1 of principal roads which are t paved. Details of road building are accurate, being based on i latest information available J from the state highway com- 4 mission. Tt is a map which t will be preserved by automo- T bile owners for years to come, and occupies a double page in the scenic section of The Oregonian Annual. About Half of Sum to Be Used on Oak' Grove ' Plant and Rest on Street Lines. Extension and betterments to the properties of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company during the coming year will mean the expen diture of $5,000,000, according to Franklin T. Griffith, president of the corporation, who has just re turned from a -three-weeks' trip east. Half of this amount will go into the new power project on the Oak Grove branch of the Clackamas river, which It is expected to com plete by July, 1924. The remainder of the expenditures will be dlstrib uated among numerous improve ments that will keep the properties thoroughly modern. President Griffith passed some time in Philadelphia, Washington and New York. In the last named city he attended the National Elec tric Light association executive committee meeting, being vice-president of that organization. "A1 new development in the dis tribution of utility stocks has been taking place," said Mr. Griffith. "It is estimated that th'is year the vari ous utility companies of the coun try will have distributed $"00,000,000 worth of stocks to their customers and it is forecast that next year these sales will reach $250,000,000. "The various utilities of the country are expected to expend nearly $1,000,000,000 in construction during 1923. which means that more than one-fourth of the total amount will be supplied through sales of stocks. "This is. real public ownership of utilities, with the customers of the various companies becoming part ners in the enterprises, this invest ment being made by patrons In the districts served by the concerns. "Generally, it appeared from what I saw in the east, conditions are on the mend and the country is facing more favorable times. We are so well assured of this outlook that our company is going ahead vigor ously with its own construction work planned for 1923." STOCKMAN DROPS DEAD Elmo Neil of Ashland Is Stricken While Tying Shoes. ASHLAND," Or., Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Elmo Neil, about 36 years of age and a well-known rancher and stockman ' of this vicinity, dropped dead at his home near here while preparing to come to the city last night. He had been working in the cold all day and has just eaten and taken a bath. Death oc curred while he was in the act of tying his shoes. His wife was alone with him more than two hours be fore assistance came. Heart disease la ascribed as the cause of death. "Jr. Neil is the third member of his family, to meet death in this manner. He was a member of Ashland Elks' lodge No. 994. $4623 OFFERING TAKEN East Side Baptist Church Gives Liberally to Near East Relief. An offering totaling $4623.74, the largest contribution made by an church in the northwest toward near east relief work, was taken yesterday morning at the East Side Baptist church following an address by Mrs. Jeanette W. Emerick ofi Rnatnn e imnnrt Ail hi, an annaal ,,. v, not,t- on,, -or xs T-r;n th. fund is expected to be. swelled to more than $5000. Mrs. Emerick told of her work in caring for 6000 orphans' and 3000 j aged people in Constantinople. She I spoke at the First Methodist Episco pal church last night and left on a late train for Boston. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 24 degrees; minimum, 19 degrees. TODAY'S Rain or snow; winds mostly easterly. ' Foreign. President's body to He in state. Page 2. French criticize American stand. Page 6. National. Composite of Lenroot and Capper bills is sought. Page 3. Republican boat on rough seas. Page 1. Domestic America is warned against klansmen. Page 5. Twenty-seven missing from tug believed dead. Page 7. Harding pledges help on bonus. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. ' 1j Grande furniture store destroyed in fire. Page 14. Oregon forest fire loss in 1922 $423,317. Page 6. ni'istein theory faces hard test. Page 1. Sports. Coast league clubs set records in sales. Page 12. Oregon to choose varsity tossers. Page 13. l'ar.s want to see Jess, try Dempsey. Page 12. McKay to get $1 for Milwaukie 'bout. Pago 12. .Commercial and Marine. New York bankers rush bond market. Page. 19. i New European policy big aid to business. Page 19. Grain- prices hit season's high mark. Page 18. Advanco in sterling puzzles financial world. Past- 18. Portland and Vicinity. Chicago Christmas buyers spend freely for luxuries. Page 1. Two fires started In thawing pipes. Pa pc 1. Juvenile crime wave appalling. Page 1. Christmas cheer assured for city's poor. Page 20. Legislators may take action to aid As toria. I'-iko 7. Loosing camps take vacation. Page 18. Christmas day greatest festival of years. Pase 10.- More cold, wi-.n rain or snow, predicted. - Page 1. - Reform School Declared Jail Recruiting Office. SEGREGATION IS URGED Accidental Offenders Taught by Habitual Criminals. 583 CAPTURED IN YEAR Police Prepare List of Persons Under 18 Who Were Ar rested Durhig 1922. Jl'VEXILE CRIME LIST FOR YEAR STARTLING. Pearl Goode, 17-year-old girl, arrested September 28, 1921, and held responsible for 40 house burglaries. Albert Fuhrer. 16. arrested and rearrested after escapes from the reform school. Cred ited with .a dozen crimes. Helen Burgoyne, 19-year-old girl who followed occupation of highwaywoman. At pres ent serving sentence in county jail. Herbert West, the "yokel," who committed three of the most daring robberies ever perpetrated in Portland. -Arrested December 13. Rhody Beers, his accomplice, a reform school graduate, held on a like charge. Francis Vanderzanden, 17-year-old country youth, now In jail at Hillsboro for the cold-blooded murder of Jacob Dahinden, aged recluse of Washington county. An aged man murdered in cold blood by an Impressionable country ' youth a city terrorized for a week by a 15-year-old desperado rob bery, burglary and other major of fenses committed dally by beard less boys such are the high spots of a wave of juvenile crime now rampant In Oregon. The police shrug their collective shoulders and say that the cause is none of their business, that they are paid simply to catch the offend ers officialdom discusses the ef fects of heredity and environment, tackles the situation from the scien tific standpoint and talks of segre gation of natural and accidental of fenders, but the fact remains that more than half of the crime com mitted In Portlnd is committed by minors who have not reached their eighteenth birthday. Oregon System Tareet. "The trouble with the wayward boys who go to the reform school and then graduate into habitual criminals is that the people of Ore-, gon are using a system of handling I these boys that was obsolete 30 years ago, said Judge Kanzler, of the juvenile court. "The reform school is strictly in stitutional. Good ' boys, bad boy.", boy burglars, boy highwaymen, boys of every degree of incorrigibility are housed together under one large roof. They study together, work to gether, play together. The boy who is sent there simply because he plays hookey from school and won't mind his parents soon absorbs the atmosphere of the institution. His ambitions become criminal. "The cottage plan has been pro posed, and It is the only sensible system of handling the boys. Under this system, the home replaces the institution. Twenty or 30 boys of about the same grade of delinquency are housed in separate buildings under a house mother and a house father. Groups Kept Separate. "They work together, they play together. They are kept entirely separated from the boys of the other cottages. The thoroughly bad have no opportunity to corrupt the boys in whom there is no taint of habitual criminality. "While we have noticed no extra ordinary increase in juveaile orime in our work at the juvenile court, if there is, the people of Oregon are I themselves to blame. In the first place, the present reform school sys tm is ancient and obsolete. It should be replaced by the cottage plan. Then the state should have 60ine intermediary institution for thor oughly bad boys habitual criminals whom we are unable to reform. I believe as District Attorney 'Myers does, that this state needs some sort of half-way house between the peni tentiary and the reform school." Herbert West, the 15-year-o!il "yokel," was landed in Jail only after he had pereptrated three of the most daring robberies ever staged in Portland. Francis Vander zanden, 17-year-old country boy, at tempted to attain fame as a "two gun bad man," and made his start in this direction by shootine down an Inoffensive old man who refused him food and money. Police records (Concluded oa Fage 2, Column 2.)