The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 22, 1914, Section One, Page 10, Image 10

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SUNDAY OREGOXIAN,
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WASHIN6T0HTQ GET
SAFE, SANE LAWS
Almost Every Member of Leg
islature Owes Election to
t "Economy Platform.
BUDGET TO BE HELD DOWN
Attorney-General Otferg to Draft
Bills Proposed by Legislators to
Prevent Necessity of Inter
pretations by Courts.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.)
If the announced plans of state of
ficials and of legislative leaders go
Into effect, the Fourteenth Washington
Legislature, which convenes here Jan
uary 11, 1915. will be noted for three
things, in startling contrast with pre
vious Legislatures of recent years.
These will be an economical programme
as to appropriations, a comparatively
email number of new laws and prac
tically none of freakish tendencies,
and carefully-drafted measures to
avoid later legal complications.
The Legislature of 1913 passed ap
propriation bills which exceeded by
several millions of dollars, the high
water mark of previous sessions, de
spite free use of the veto power by
Governor Lister. A considerable por
tion of the increases were unavoidable.
As to how many were unnecessary no
two critics agree, but the impression
among the voters of the state follow
ing the session was that the Legisla
ture was the most extravagant on
record. In consequence practically
every legislative candidate this year
ran on an economy platform. Repub
lican leaders have announced since the
election their intention of seeing that
these pre-election promises are com
plied with strictly, and as Governor
Lister has reiterated his intention of
using the veto again if appropriations
pass a. reasonable limit, there seems
but little doubt that the state treas
ury will be guarded carefully.
Budget to Be Presented. .
For the first time a budget outlining
the combined requests of the various
etate departments will be presented to
the coming Legislature. Although some
departments will ask for increased ap
propriations the state officials will be
able to point out that the Legislature
may have no fear that such appropri
ations will lead to extravagance. About
$1,000,000 of the amount appropriated
by the last Legislature will be re
turned at the end of the present bi
ennium. Of this amount $200,000 is
money not needed for initiative and
referendum expenses, $280,000 excess
appropriations for the purchase of Jute
for the penitentiary bag mill, and $30,
000, the unused appropriation for the
exchange of state lands in National
forests. The remaining $500,000 rep
resents a flat saving from the amounts
appropriated In the actual conduct of
state offices and institutions during
the present biennum. While the de
partments will ask sufficient appropri
ations to meet any possible emergen
cies, they promise to make similar re
turn at the end of the next biennium.
The defeat of all but two of the
Initiative and referendum measures
submitted at the recent election is
taken generally as an indication that
the voters are not clamoring this year
for a flood of new laws. Among the
more Important subjects that will come
before the Legislature are a "first aid,"
or medical attendance amendment to
the compensation act, establishment of
vocational training as a part of the
public school system, and adoption of
a water code, a subject put over by
several past Legislatures. The vari
ous state departments also have nu
merous recommendations, but these
concern principally amendments of ex
isting laws to make them more read
ily workable.
Freak lam Unlikely.
The composition of .the Legislature, !
which Is strikingly conservative. Is a
virtual guarantee that it will be a bad
year for freak measures. Two fea
tures of the membership of the com
ing session are of the number of sub
stantial business and professional men,
coming as new members, and the num
ber of seasoned veterans returning to
political life after an absence of many
years. .
Governor Lister and Attorney-General
Tanner have been co-operating for
several months in an effort to have
measures Intended for enactment pre
pared In proper form. All departments
under the Governor some months ago
prepared their proposed measures, and
the Attorney-General's office has
drafted the bills in oroper legal nkrase-
ology. Attorney-General Tanner now
Is offering the same service of draft
ing bills to members-elect of the Leg
islature, and during the session plans
to have one or more special assistants
on duty to continue this work. The
object of these preparations is to have
such measures as are enacted in proper
form, in an effort to reduce to a min
imum the work of the Attorney-General's
office and of the courts in at
tempting to Interpret Its enactments
after adjournment of the Legislature.
The loosely-drawn form of many of
the statutes has been" a source of much
trouble in past years and the' courts
have not yet decided all the points of
difficulty arising from the 1913 ses
sion laws.
"HALFWAY" LAW DECRIED
Bill of Committee of Hundred to Get
No Support From Cardwell.
ROSEBURG, Or Nov. 21. (Special.)
- No such bill as that proposed by the
Committee of One Hundred, and hav
ing for its purpose the enforcement of
the prohibition law in Oregon, will re
ceive my support," declared W. W.
Cardwell. Representative-elect from
Douglas County, today.
"The proposed measure of the com
mittee is the flimsiest kind of a make
shift." he added. "This state is either
going to be wet or dry, and no half
way measure will suffice."
"The bill seeks to prevent the dis
pensation of liquor in all public places,
even if It is given away; but permits
persons to keep liquor in their private
homes and dispense it at their private
tables. The court would be kept busy
year in and year out determining what
was a private home.
"The verdict of the people at the
recent election was for a dry state.
Personally, I am In favor of putting
that into execution. There is no use
Quibbling over the matter."
SUICIDE RESCUE ROMANTIC
"Widow Saves Life of Infantryman
for Family and He Is Glad.
To be saved by the quick wit of the
woman he loved and for whom he was
about to commit suicide was the ex
perience ot Fred Weller, 37 years old.
color sergeant of the Twenty-first In
fantry at Vancouver Barracks, yester
day afternoon.
Weller, who has a family residing at
"Vancouver, became Infatuated with Mrs.
Eva Earll, a widow employed In a down
town' hotel, but Mrs. Earll Is said to
have refused to accept his affections.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Earll told Captain of Detectives
Baty Weller visited her and declared
his love for her. She requested him
to leave, and Weller went to a drug
store, where he obtained a bottle of
carbolic acid, saying he wanted it to
use in cleaning a bird cage. Weller
then engaged a room in a Park-street
hotel. He wrote two letters, one being
a farewell note to Mrs. Earll and the
other was & letter to bis lodge.
Fearful lest Weller attempt suicide
Mrs. Earll summoned Detectives Tiche
nor and J. Moloney. The officers en
tered Weller's room with a pass key
just as the bottle of poison had reached
Weller's lips. The detectives seized the
poison. Weller was taken into custody,
and at detective headquarters he in
sisted on shaking hands with Tichenor.
"Ain't a man a fool to lose his bead
over a woman?" he grinned.
NOOSE NOW FAR BEHIND
MULTNOMAH COUNTY AO OS 281 TO
ANTI-HANGING TOTAL.
Abolishment of Capital Punishment
Appears Certain, Returns So Far
Showing; 283 Majority.
Complete returns from the tally
sheets of every precinct In Multnomah
County have added 218 votes to the
former majority of 65 votes In favor
of the amendment to abolish capital
punishment in Oregon, and give the
measure a final favorable majority of
283 in the state. The measure doubt
less has carried.
The' total vote In the state In favbr
of the abolition of the death penalty
now is 100,552, against it 100,269.
These figures include the official
vote from every county except Lin
coln and Wallowa, and the complete
but unofficial vote from those two
counties. The Multnomah County vote
is official for 258 of the 326 precincts.
The previous totals presented by The
Oregonian contained unofficial figures
from Lincoln and Wallowa as well as
from Josephine and Wheeler counties,
but the official figures from Josephine
and Wheeler have been found to coin
cide exactly with the unofficial returns.
It is improbable, therefore, that the
official reports from the missing
counties will change the result.
The present figure on the measure In
Multnomah County, complete from the
tally sheets, is 33,115 in favor of abo
lition and 30,732 against It a majority
in its'favor of 471. The previous unof
ficial figures compiled from the pre
cinct statements were 30,732 for and
30,479 against, a majority of only 253. -
The result means that persons con
victed of murder in Oregon cannot be
hanged as a penalty for their crimes..
Inasmuch as the amendment carried
no provision specifying a substitute
penalty persons convicted of murder In
the first degree can go unpunished.
lawyers declare. District attorneys and
prosecuting orncers in the state al
ready have initiated the practice of
charging persons accused of homicide
with murder in the second degree, for
which the penalty may be fixed at life
imprisonment.
It is probable that the next Lesri
lature will fix the penalty for murder
in the first degree at life Imprisonment.
GIRL'S SLAYER IS HELD
JUDGE REGRETS HE CANT SEN
TENCE TRONSON TO GALLOWS.
Attorney for Girl's Slayer Waives Pre
liminary Examination and Prisoner
Is Hound Over.
"My only regret Is that I can't sen
tence you to hang."
Municipal Judge Stevenson declared
the above yesterday morning Just be
fore he held Fred Tronson, confessed
slayer of Miss Emma Ulrlch, over to
the grand Jury on a charge of first-
degree murder.
Tronson was brought Into court and
he exhibited a look of coldness and In
difference to what tranepired in the
room. He gazed coolly about the court
room, which had been crowded early
In the morning with curiosity seekers.
rronson occupied the same seat In
the courtroom" 5s on August 8, when
he was arratrred on a charge of car
rying concealed weapons. He stood up
when first brought Into the courtroom,
but soon appeared to lose his nerve
and he sank to his seat.
When hia name was called off by
Deputy Court Clerk Crounse. Tronson
arcse and answered In a clear, defying
voice. Attorney Dan Powers, his coun
sel, waived preliminary examination
and Tronson was bound over to the
grand Jury. It was reported that Tron
son would be charged with second
degree murder because of the uncer
tainty of the result of prosecution
under a first-degree charge, for which
the anti-capital punishment bill has
been Interpreted as revoking the only
penalty. It was decided, however, to
draw up a complaint charging first
degree homicide.
Tronson was removed to the County
Jail later in the day.
DEPUTY CHARGES BRIBERY
Seattle Marshal Says Witness List
Against ex-Interpreter Sought.
SEATTLE, Nov. 21. Deputy United
States Marshal H. V. R. Anderson tes
tified today that Hartvig Norman, an
ex-Deputy Sheriff, offered him a bribe
of 11000 if he would secure a list of the
Government witnesses against Frank
H. Tape, ex-Chinese Interpreter In the
Immigration Service, who is on trial
in the Federal Court, along with Vic
tor M. Place,' China Dan and Chin Kim,
charged with conspiring to intimidate
a Government witness.
District Attorney Clay Allen intro
duced evidence that Lum Kong, prin
cipal witness against Tape and who
was murdered by a highbinder last
September, had lived in fear of as
sassination because of threats made
against him when it became known
he was to be a Government witness.
City detectives testified that China Dan
admits trying to scare Lum Kong, who,
China Dan said, was a stoolpigeon for
the Government.
WASCO SCHOOLS AID, TOO
Fund for Christmas Presents to Be
Spent on Flour for Belgians.
WASCO. Or.. Nov. 21. (Special.)
The pupils and teachers of the Wasco
public schools unanimously have de
cided to use their funds, which usually
go for an exchange of Christmas pres
ents, to buy flour and send to Bel
gium. The local milling companies will sell
the school children flour at $4.50 a bar
rel, and transportation charges are
free. Already many of the citizens and
farmers In the vicinity of Wasco have
contributed flour.
ORPHEUfil IS HALTED
Opening of New Theater De
layed Over Boycott.
HEILIG TO HOUSE SHOW
Acts to Be Staged at Broadway and
Taylor Today and Tomorrow.
Considine Decides on Step
Pending Labor Conference.
As a result of the boycott on the Or
pheum Theater building and the re
fusal of union men to play In the or
chestra the Orpheum will not be opened
formally tonight In the new playhouse
at Stark street and Broadway, as
originally schndulea.
Instead John W. Considine, owner of
the Orpheum franchise in the North
west, decided late last nlerht to put on
the opening Orpheum bills today and
tomorrow, ootn the matinee and even
ing performances, at the Heilig The
ater, on Broadway at Taylor street.
The moving-picture show scheduled for
the Heilig has been set aside.
In another section of The Oregonian.
which went to press last night before
the Orpheum officials decided not to
open in the new home, is an announce
ment that the theater would be dedl
cated tonight. This announcement was
counteracted too late to be corrected.
He theater managers do not yet
know whether their present week's bill
win continue after tomorrow night.
Mr. Considine has announced that he
will not play in the new house until
the difficulty with the Portland Cen
tral Labor Council is adjusted satis
factorily.
Vote By Unions Required.
As "The Poor Little Rich Girl" opens
at the Heilig Tuesday night that house
win not be available any longer and It
has been suggested that the old Heilig
l heater at Eleventh and Morrison
streets might be used temporarily.
ihe theater managers have been ne
gotiating with the union officers dur
ing the past few days, but have not as
yet come to an agreement and it is said
that a complete settlement will not be
possible before the end of the week be
cause the subject will have to be put
to a vote of the various uniohd af
fected.
The entire trouble began when John
W. Blodgett owner of the Orpheum
building and the property on which It
rests, awarded the contract for the
construction of the building to the Hur
ley-Mason Company, an open-shop con
cern. When John W. Considine leased
the building for 10 years it is said he
did not know that a boycott existed on
the building.
Considine Kavors Unions.
The fact that he stands for union la
bor Is announced as his reason for can
celing the dedication of the new build
Jng, planned for tonight, when he
found all angles of the controversy
could not be adjusted. He said last
night that each of his 19 theaters was
built by union labor and that he em
ploys nothing but union labor in any
of his houses. In this instance, he
declares, he is being made the inno
cent victim of circumstances, but he is
resolved to suffer a loss rather than
defy the unions by opening with non
union men in the orchestra nit.
After the lease had been signed for
me Dunaing ar. Considine was advised
of the boycott and took steps to ar
range for the employment of union
men throughout the building. His reu-
resentatlves effected this arrangement
with all sub-contractors except the
concerns which had charge of the sheet
metai worn and the Installation of the
inside electricity. Accordingly the
Doycott remained on the building.
W. M. Davis, Mr. Considlne's attor
ney, said last night that he did not
know what proceeding would now be
necessary to settle the difficulty, but
that they stood ready to do everything
necessary to bring about a. satisfac
tory adjustment
Tickets May Be Changed.
It was announced Friday that a non
union orchestra was being rehearsed
to insure the opening performances
tonight, but Mr. Considine would not
consent to such an arrangement. The
Portland Musicians' Union has been
instructed by Its National president,
Frank Carothers, of New York, not to
permit union men to play at the Or
pheum in Portland until the disagree
ment between the owners of the house
and the Central Labor Council is ad
justed. George E. Jeffery, president of
the Portland union, said that they
would obey these orders.
In case those who have purchased
tickets for Orpheum performances la
the new building wish to turn in their
tickets and receive their money back
they may do so. It was announced.
Ticket adjustments for today and to
morrow may be made at the Heilig.
SEED CORN $2 A BUSHEL
Sherwood Rancher Harvests 400
Bushels From 10 -Acre Field.
SHERWOOD. Or., Nov. 21. (Special.)
A. tJtcnison. of Parrot Mountain.
south of Sherwood, this week finished
hauling the corn which he recently
purchased from the Stubbs ranch, a
mile north of town. Mr. Etchlson
hauled 16 loads of 25 bushels each. He
purchased the corn in the field at the
auction held at the Stubbs ranch re
cently, bidding In 10 acres of it. The
corn was grown from seed furnished
Mr. Stubbs by the Southern Pacific
Company and was of the yellow dent
variety, the ears well filled and matured.
The 10 acres yielded 400 bushels.
A Portland seed house has contracted
with Mr. Etchlson for 200 bushels of
the best corn for seed at $2 a bushel.
The balance will be used to fatten the
fine hogs which are raised on the Etchl
son ranch.
MILEAGE CREDIT DEFINED
'Actual Ownership of Roads Needed
for Assessment Valuation.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Nov. 21. The
State Supreme Court today held that
counties in Western Washington are
not entitled to receive credit on the
assessment rolls for the mileage of
railroads operated under ljase. but that
the law- means "actually owned," so
tne writ asked by w. G. Hellar. on -behalf
of the Pierce County Taxpayers'
Association, to force tr.e state officials
to make such distribution, is denied.
If granted,. Pierce County would have
gained $3,000,000 in assessed values at
tne expense of Eastern Washington
counties, while King, Thurston and
other west side counties would also
nave proiited to a greater or less ex
tent. WOMEN TO TRY ORATORY
Club Folk Join Class at Portland
Y. M. C. A. Xow.
Clubwomen. leaders in ti a o.t.i.t
ol the Parent-Teacher associations and
others prominent In club and civic llfff
of the city, have joined the women's
class in oratory at the Portland X. M
C. A.
The first meeting Wednesday after
noon indicated the interest that the
training has stirred among the active
women of the city. Practical work in
public speaking will be given under
the direction of Professor Harrington,
of the department of English and pub
lic speaking at Pacific University.
Parliamentary procedure. Instruction
on topics of current interest and per
sonal supervision over the studies of
each woman In the class will be some
of the features of the course that Is In
tended to meet a need long felt among
clubwomen. The membership of the
class will be limited to 25 and the In
struction will extend over a period of
four months, meetings being held at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoons. There
will be little of the literary or elocu
tionary training In the work. Professor
Harrington's purpose being to teach
the women to talk fluently and easily
on topics of interest before members of
their sex.
CONCERT RARE TREAT
CHAMBER MUSIC DELIGHTS AUDI
ENCE AT MUSEUM OF ART.
Mrs. Pipes, Mr. Konrad and Mr. Hutch
ison Are Heard In Instrumental
' Selections.
Chamber music is often called a
pleasant experience for the ultra-musl-caL
It Is looked up to as something for
the elect; something so technical that
the ordinary citizen calls extraordinary
in the way of musical relaxation.
If any such doubts existed as to the
nearly divine, or rather ethereal, mis
sion of chamber music to elevate and
refine, these doubts would have been
dissipated had one attended the highly
educative- chamber-music recital that
took place last night In the main
studios at the Museum of Art. the in
strumentalists being Mrs. Susie Fennell
Pipes, violin; Ferdinand Konrad, 'cellist,
a-uu xi. j. nuicniaon, pianist.
Ibese three instrumentalists again
played with an. agreement as to unan-
ny or ensemble and attack, added to
fine finish and tonal beauty. Two trios
were rendered, the Arensky "Trio No. 2.
opus 73," with four movements, and the
Godard "Trio in F, opus 72." also with
four movements llegro moderato, ada
gio, vivace and allegro vivace. A slierht
Intermission was observed between the
rendition of each trio, and ui t?hnrm
Ingly were the selections played (they
were reauy works of art) that the audi
ence sat as 11 entnraued, and, after a
storm of applause, refused to leave
until two of the latter movements In
tne (jrodard trio were played again.
Mrs. Pipes. Mr. Konrad and Mr.
Hutchison have played so long together.
so laitnruny, ana so admirable com
rades are they, that perfect musical
good fellowship and unanimity exist.
The result is that this rare spirit is re-
"euieu in tne music iney play, and a
treat out of the ordinary Is presented
and enjoyed.
When the chamber-music concert is
in progress the only light In the large
room is wnere tne musicians are. and
the remainder of the auditorium is dark.
The effect is singularly restful to the
appreciation of music sense, and the
listener gets the idea into his con
sciousness that he is looking on a staire.
Whoever thought out that arrangement
is clever. Marked appreciation was
shown by the large audience.
The next concert of the series takes
piace xjecemoer 5.
MAN HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Bud Anderson's Car Badly Damaged
in West Side Collision.
A man giving his name as J. C.
Thompson, of Troutdale, was badly
bruised about the head and arms at 6
o'clock last night when a car listed as
being the property of the Wlnton Motor
Car Company and the automobile of
Bud Anderson, the Vancouver light-
weignt pugilist, collided. Thompson
was riding in the Winton company car
with several others when the collision
occurred at Tenth and Stark streets.
Bud Anderson s car was badly dam
aged, but the other car escaped. Thomp
son was taken to the Good Samaritan
Hospital. The occupants of the un
damaged car drove rapidly away as
soon as Thompson was removed.
LABORER, HURT, AIDS SELF
With. Fractured Arm and Gash, in
Head, Man Seeks Police Station.
After falling 25 feet from a trestle
near Columbia Boulevard, on the Van
couver carline, striking a wooden
stringer, fracturing his left arm and
tearing his right ear almost off. James
O'Reilly, a laborer, climbed back to the
car track, waited for a car, and came
into Portland for medical assistance.
Getting off the car at Broadway and
Oak streets, O'Reilly walked five
blocks to the police station, and coolly
told Captain Circle and Desk Officer
Niles his trouble. He waited in the
lobby until an ambulance came to take
him to the Good Samaritan Hospital.
CHAPLAIN BIDS FAREWELL
James Ossewaarde Will Speak Before
Union Congregation.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 21. (Spe
cial.) A union service of the churches
of this city will be held at 3 o'clock
this afternoon In the First Presby
terian Church, when Chaplain James
Ossewaarde, of the Twenty-first In
fantry, will deliver his farewell sermon.
Chaplain Ossewaarde will leave Monday
lor his new station at AJcatraz Island,
where he will have charge of the reli
gious work of the Pacific branch of the
United States Military Prison.
Chaplain Ossewaarde. during his two
years' residence in Vancouver Barracks,
has become very popular. '
ROAD WORK LEVY IS VOTED
Warrenton District to Expend 10
MHI Assessment on Routes.
WARRENTON, Or.. Nov. 21. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the road dis
trict here this afternoon, a 10-mill tax
levy was voted. The taxable property
of the district is valued at $2,264,671.
The proceeds of the levy, which will
total $22,642, will be divided equally
for the construction of a macadamized
road to Flavel and for a macadamized
road toward Seaside. A substantial
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J. C. McCue to Addres9 Elks.
M'MINNVTLLE, Or., Nov. 21. (Spe
cial.) J. C. McCue.a Portland attor
ney, will deliver the memorial address
at the. Elks' memorial exercises here
December 6 at the Imperial Theater. A
particularly Interesting programme has
been arranged by Elks Lodge No. 1283,
which comprises selections by Elks or
chestra and band organized by this lo
cal order.
Senator W .T. Vinton, past exalted
ruler, will deliver the eulogy. The
services will bo la. the afternoon,
BIG PROBLEMS VITAL
State Commonwealth Confer
ence. Dates Set.
SPECIAL SESSION IS SOON
Governor-elect Withy combe Will
Open Meeting at Eugene Decem
ber 10; Unemployment and
Economy Will Be Discussed.
CTNIVERSITT OF OREGON. Eugene.
Nov. 21. (Special.) A special session
of the State Commonwealth Conference
will be held In Vlllard Hall, at the Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene," on Decem
ber 10. 11 and 12, to discuss "unem
ployment," "greater economy and ef
ficiency in state administration" and
"hydro-electric districts." Governor
elect Withycombe Is to open the con
ference. The final recommendation of the con
ference on each of these three Legisla
tive problems is to be submitted to the
proper committee in the Oregon Legis
lature with the view in mind that the
recommendations will be drafted into
bills for the consideration of the Leg
islature at its meeting in January.
The persons who will participate In
the discussion of the three measures
and t.he elements in the state that are
expected to be represented at the con
ference are as follows:
Prominent Folic to Attend.
1. At the unemployment session
The State Legislative committee on
unemployment; social service workers;
representatives of labor; city officials;
state officials; members of the incom
ing Oregon Legislature; members of
state commissions or other bodies hav
ing to do with labor in any form, and
representatives of employment agen
cies; the State Labor Commissioner.
Francis A. Kellor. managing director
of the North American Civic League of
Immigrants, 95 Madison avenue. New
York, probably will meet with this
session.
2. At the session which will con
sider the question of greater economy
and efficiency in state administration
State officials. Including members of
the more important departments.
3. At the session considering hydro
electric districts The State Hydro
Electric Commission; all city officials
who can come; persons Interested in
power development; legislators, and the
State Engineer.
Report to Be Heard.
The Commonwealth Conferences are
usually neid in May. At the 1914 meet
ing, held on the University of Oregon
campus, a committee on unemployment,
composed of Father Edwin V. O'Hara,
of Portland; F. G. Young, professor of
sociology at the university; Dr. Arthur
n.vans wood, professor of sociology a
Keed college, and Mrs. Millie Trum-
ouii, isaac swett and A. H. Uarris. of
Portland, was appointed. The present
special session is to hear the report of
this committee and to have its findings
ready for the use of the 1915 Legisla
ture. "The Commonwealth Conference
nopes ajrthese reports to aid the ap
proaching session of the Legislature in
arriving at the best legislation on
three matters of great Importance to
uregon unemployment, cheaper and
more efficient state administration and
utilization of the state's water noway"
said FN G. Young, the originator of the
commonwealth meetings.
"It has worked up to this climax In
an impartial and scientific manner. It
aims simply to present the results of
long and hard research in problems
that affect the state in it entlmtv nH
to enable the Legislature to expedite
Its xi-r-i- "
WAR VETERANS MEET
SPANISH - AMERICAN FIGHTERS
HONOR OLDER ORGANIZATION.
Banquet, With Speeches. Closes Great
est Session Held by John Barlow
Camp No. 8 at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 21. (Spe
cial.) The greatest and most im
portant meeting ever held bv the
United Spanish-American War Veterans
Of John Barlow Camp No. 6, took place
in Eichenlaub's Hall Monday night
when 33 members of Ellsworth Post,
no. 2, urand Army of the Republic,
were admitted to honorary member
ship in the organization. Grand lodge
officers from various parts of -the state
and several from Oregon were present.
The bpanisn-Amerlcan War Veterans'
Band, the first of Its kind to be or
ganized in the United States, played
many old-time airs, "Tenting On the
Old Campground," "Dixie," "Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp, the Hoys Are March
ing," "Columbia and "The Star
Span gled Banner." '
After the initiation in Sohns" Hall,
all proceeded to Eichenlaub's Hall led
by the band.
Here a banquet was served to 250
and speeches were made by Mayor
Crass, Judge R. H. Back, of the Superior
Court of Clarke County, members of
the Council, and other prominent resi
dents of the community.
Gold medals, with the colors, and
bearing the inscription, "Honorary
Member," were pinned to the blue
uniforms of the honored guests, who
sat at the head of the table over which
Fred W. Tempes, Camp Commander,
presiaea.
C. E. Huston, venerable commander
of Ellsworth Post, with tears in his
voice, tol-d of the hardships suffered
on the battlefields of more than half
a century ago, and of his having sons
in tne opanisn-American war.
Tt will be but a few short years."
he said, "until the last veteran of the
Civil War will have answered taps,
and the duty of instructing the rising
generation: in patriotism, and love of
country will fall upon the members of
the younger order We have served
our country as best we could, and I
know that you men here will do the
same, if occasion demands."
Among those who spoke were;
Charles W. Hall, who welcomed the
Civil War veterans: R. R. Staub, of
Bremerton, department commander of
the United Spanish-American War
Veterans of the Departments of Alaska
and Washington; Mr. Brock way. nast
department commander of the depart-
ment of Oregon; Judge Back, Mayor
Cra8?' y Upton, past department com-
mander of Oregon: Mr. Allen, natrlntio
Instructor, department of Oregon; E.
Curran, editor of the Clarke County
Sun; D. C. Matteson, of Bremerton, de
parement adjutant; R, H. Chaplin, of
Bremerton, department quarterma,tser.
and A. W. Calder, past department com
mander of Alaska and Washington.
Fred W. Tempes is camp commander,
A. H. Fletcher is adjutant and Walter
Reed is camp quartermaster.
The Civil War Veterans, decorated
with honorary medals were: S. V.
Augee, R. L. Austin, of Lake Shore;
Abe Axtell. George H. Brackett, Jewett
Curtis. Robert Downing, Charles J.
Devlae, T, H. fferrin, Alex Hialop,
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Patrolman Burled Today.
Members of the Portland police de
partment will assemble at the police
station at 2 o'clock this afternoon, from
where they will march to Flnley's un
dertaking chapel to attend the funeral
of Patrolman James White, who was
killed by being run over by a motor
truck at Union avenue and East Burn
side street, Tuesday night. The police
band will lead the cortege, with the
patrolmen and officers of the depart
ment marching in squads behind. The
members of the Sellwood lodge of Ma
sons also will attend. The services
will be under the joint auspices of the
Masons and the police department.
Cornelius Young Folk Give Play.
CORNELIUS, Or.. Nov. 21. (Special.)
The young people of this place gave
a play, "The Daughter of the Desert,"
n Hendricks' Hall Friday night. Those
taking part were: Mayme Susbauer,
Inez Miiler, Anne Morrlssey. Margaret
Morrissey, Carl Susbauer, Henry Sus
bauer, Claude McCurdy, William Sus
bauer, Martin Schwall, Wilford Sus
bauer, Fred Sharp and George (Sus
bauer. Jolm Cravlll, Veteran, Is Dead.
John Cravill, aged 70 years, veteran
of the Civil War, died at his home, 237
East Sixtieth street North, yesterday.
His death is said to be due to injuries
received last Sunday, when he boarded
a St. Johns car near his home, intend
ing to go fishing. Before he reached a
seat In the car, he lost his balance and
fell to the floor. It Is thought that
he was Injured internally by the fall.
Skating Party Announced.
The Jefferson High School Camera
Club will give a skating party at The
Oaks rink November 25. Amateur
racing will be a feature and refresh
ments will be served.
Indicted Youth Sent Home.
Harold Demino, 16 years old. indicted
recently for larceny in a dwelling, with
$500 Kingsbery
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A. J. Walters, who pleaded guilty and
is now serving a year's sentence, was
brought before Judge McGinn yester
day and remanded to the care of the
Juvenile Court because of his age. The
Indictment against him was dismissed.
He was turned over later to an officer
from Seattle, who will return him to
that city, where his parents live.
IF BACKACHY OR
Eat Less Meat, Also Take Glass
of Salts Before Eating
Breakfast.
Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like lumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder Is Irritated, and you may ba
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night- When the
kidneys clog you must help them flush
oft the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kid
ney region, you surfer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu
matic twinges when the weather is
bad. , .
Eat less meat, drink- lots or" water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithla, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it no longer is a source of Irrita
tion, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks - who believe in overcoming
kidney trouble while It Is only
trouble. Adv.
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Weber, Steck, Wheelock,
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lb, section 1, this paper.
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