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15 WILLAMETTE RIVER BEGINS TO RECEDE Portland's 1916 Winter Fresh ct Is Passing Rapid Drop Is Official Forecast. COLUMBIA RISE IS SLOW Mwrrunl of lrx la III; Mrrsni Af Icrta lnl , oalitloia. alta- tor Reckon llllt Poeaaiblc IXN t f .amity I'roen VMvirr Jam. T-ttUn.f 1)14 Winter fr"it U lite V : meta lu.er rv;'l'l Iwo-teotha of aa lo.-r hare, alii coatlBM to de -iir alioir to. lay. aa4 tomorrow em ;bil a non rapi-i fa-'- endeavorine" to tL it. normal laieL aye tnatrlct r'M.tr tlaaLa. I. a mtiiniiw la itii beati'y l tha 'u;un&i4 Kier. it brl from )am. tiT-(rt4 m. but reoitr weather bea e f f'ti.y rhflv4 rapi rtaintf et all rmtj. The Columbia dropp4 one I'ntk of a foot yeaterday at Tho Pellae. 4 at VtScniKtr the ' for tfc 47 waa one-taad of a foot. Tn waa a da.lme ne at ery r'tnt on tri Willameio tuvar. en. the at a o l- in tha afternooa. tha aua r-Jtn l J frl At iirvnttf ina tVlumbii readme waa li I fa!. ia !. while thar waa a marK4 ehora in tna crrni her, da to ih fact tha real of trio fre.fcat Bat (.aaeed tn4 there wa.e eeoua" of a riae In the Co :.imai t ha .iht effort, tner wilt be- iif wtiar ff a fear day. f eaa) lo CMr rondiitau FrMlev aicht rtxt a powarful nftjen.-o on both tr.m arvj th-ir trtbutariea. ! . iIIt in t Witlamette. wrier another rio ha. been rport4 ipitrM a a 'onlum- of beaav rin during th rr'.;: rf tho txt. tnarei e r-uiine.e, prooab'y fol rwa.t or rait, with ooi"iatr. y irnjt rnvAi.tRtf. la Ihe forrat for l'rt.n. ami inifr ll: but with en.wa rl.w. t the nor ktimf larcelr a.ar-oeared. it la rKnt there t little I, k. lino... I of J I'lu.lue imi( ln aa t It an t.m that acaia . t t IVi.UnHlU Vulumo to ta 4nff p' int. Alone tno roit aa tfHf wfri! rratl-t a -r to lat Biht. lb dirartioa b-n t at N"rt llo4 aaa) wnfc a alix-itf of un! li mi. taa a btn ainooca. IV Untaval atotboo. Th" rr'n.iral diffh-olly rort. fronttntf rtvrmn t tha miniil of It o la tha .'. umMa. a ni with tha ra-l-a.. of il at'ornvr Tah-una aar "ap rlari. vbrrt ana h baa rraa ia an.-a Jantary I. tn a a-1 of Ih ttaup w aa a.um t T b In aitt. Ihauf h tara l a )r at Varwoutar t b fa. h. ona4 wi'h. anj a.a that r.aa aut It anar bthf tha IoWar-rlaf a'a, Hi. or raa.),n aa faurto4 to tha waathar huraaia at 1 o'clo- a yatar4a7 r a f.jll-jwa: U-4t C'aaaa oalaft ra'r. nil, a F A. M. a I . t ii : a t r a tt i : a : i . - a : a-1 - . , M:rrio; ut.nir v )l'anljln n-rw lcll and hatrom (nanlr t:rwrt Waahpitla. rTTt.rr. Tan. 1 1 Th laajpora t:if tiara tdT rnaaJ frna fraajinc pofni ia but ha avaraco II. a a t'a hfvhaat min-4 lat AuttamajL. aRow maltaii wait on tha auanr alat'a of tha mt'rintafna. but l)a tamparatur at I a. tit trfaa wltl b h tB SI. A r.iintm'im ot 3 l foracat for tt!c to'!.t. TKa r' t)T of Imparlw aorfaj front U aitarn Waihfnclo" to ittf an waahfna out of Msbwa ant oh.fi'tlun of railraHa In Whli""m t i-i'tnta Vrrnr waathar la at band. wi'" ram. T Milwaiaaa rntrn, faa aiariijad la hi.;. d'jfira; t"a ronnit furnmar. rhraa milaa of rii'rto anowaho-ia IB t'i Ijiaa Kaa. hla rouniri. t oat at t' a aumm l of pneaalmia Taaa. Hut ttr inotiUH tKr tla MUwauha ajo'itl haaa au?far.i no a-rtoua Intar ruption of it moanitia ia thi Wta aa io: vnt: i:m j aiim n.oon; jt .rinU Ucpocta TKaxr I. I rar la (.rantl Itonilc Vatlry. t. cr. m:. nr. rh, u. ispa- ctai m1'ln d-op in tho tamp ra tura In patvit a ha'f doran farm In tn i;ranf f:orta Val'ar from Inwn latn, but. In tha aaant that a thaw d-aaiopa ti4 awalla tb tlaar. tha taenia will yffr. T"a tB-iaa la a !- in t flraatl 1:nn4' lliaar Baar tho I'aarb brtdtta. la tha rantar of tha allay. Tha tra l formmc ant pilinc ana) raiaad tha watar la ft thia ttrnliif. bat. d io t frailn-. tha rlnf baa aa watar ruaninc thaa aiarday. t'onaaojuantly. bo MFiau barm baa D n dona. If a thaw rnmaa farrnara la that -tB.tr bit a'tampt to dvaamita tha Jam. I.Ian. I t'ltr lia In tho path of tha btrfc watar that would follow pre lr(4 damminc of tha rtaar. nKi:u ii.ih ir.:n rAsj-i-s Trraaa-ratarv frrfa S3 Drtrrra. Ice l orma anU KMrr Itrwtl-r-a. B K T R w. rh. li. l5pa'aL V.t.t a drnn 1rm J to ao iaro lat r sit tha flno.fa.l araa aorth of fa city bai-aTi a Ir of iro an 4 tha attm ix-ailH. tia Towjar RlTar drTPiha" ' tn-a. No rapM f (irtt.r brt1 damaa- wora raiaJ t '4T ! it ! b- iaa.J that all T.ood alai-ia- h pai.aj ttr tha pfa.art. .?.' K. A V traina aro atitl da Tira.J baraua of !o.tun l"i'tqf 1 f,.-oj. d atrti-ta waat of hara. A land- lila la aaoorta.l batwaan Canyon M and r''!a f'r. aa that tral oa tha mam roa.l la Mo.-ba t. A roa4 rraar la wor!nt ta t t forouhf.-a epan. it : i i.oi i iti. coi.rMiii llorwl r.ltrf llrrain lfTia Alt ialit ItrM t p. x if.T.-r Rtvrn. rr, r. i p-- r)i h-l'lllaj with tha baattaat f i aa of I a'a. practira: ly atopplna tr'pa of !! farri'. ahu'h ban to roit tha rr aatardair after a two wtatia' tiaup. tha Columbia baa fatlrn mora than a f"ot ain.a laat omhl. i,a wtab'a thaw waa broucht tn an an t br a r'Tinjf aaat wtn-t l a f'op 4a lcis;'ak-ra la li l(ra iba't SOME OF THE CIRLS WHO WILL '' t 4 ?iu I . I J"'' I t 'fN--v-v ' . y C?aV oV ft'zjr" m as. (aro. Tha wind ha contlnuad In tha aaat throushout tho day. and tba mrll Inc of now baa ban Imparcaptiblo. Tha malting of aoowbanba at tha top of tho aaat larn of II-mhI Itlyar ra laaaaj a mlnlaturo laha yaatardajr and aaahad out a amall aartlon uf tho I rack of tba Mount Hoo4 lUHaay Company Ha. R. II lUrly. conaral paoB"' acant. ld that tba damaao waa lihl. and that tha lino will bo rrpalrad by tha tlm now and H4a aro cleared from tha track aouth of I . H I tpa-rtad that racular traffic will b raauraad Monday. ri:NPL:Tov ti: us mru; Paaro IJno la llrpalrrd and Walla WalU SrrrW IW-jIna. rrxtui:Tov. or. o. i: tjpi- iaL Aflar a lapaa of Ihrre d- 'alt rrk balwaaa Pendleton and Walla Walla waa reaumed today. Tha dam a enured by tha biKh watar In VnTcta Canyon havlnc bn rapalrad. traffic oer tha I'r ndleton-raaro branch of tha Northern I'artfie waa returned Acordin( to m-eaa roralred bT County Ju.lit Cbarlea Marsh, nearly eeary bride a'ro Hotter Creek In t'matllta and Morrow rountlea. with the eiceptlon of a few atael brldcaa alone the stream, wera waahed out durlnc the paat few day. ;uru:i.D DAMtr.r is ntvv flriJcra. Coanty l:raatl and Hall Ultra Saffr-T In I rood. TDMrnoT. Waah Keb. II Spe cial. After one week of complete I re lation, without traina or mall, tha re ceding t B -rlMi rauaed by maltloc rnewa ibo damasa to the railroad that It I eatlmated wilt take three week to repair. Road 8uprTlor John Vlorrla do rlareo the damaee to roada In Garfield County will reach jearal brid( ba btca waibcd out. a well TIIE SUNDAY ORECOXI.W, rORTLAND, FEBRUARY 13, 191C. TAKE PART IN PUBLIC AUDITORIUM IES T03I0RR0W NOON. - s4sj '1. af a eTral hundred feel of concrete re taining wall on 1'ot ah Crcea. KlTcr Rrmalna Stationary. WIIITK SALMON. Wanh.. Feb. 12 (Special.! No further rise In Columbia Ittver at thia point haa occurred alnce yraterday afternoon. 1916 REPUBLICAN YEAR rroplr Ih-nuind Itrturn to lropor lljr. Say a O-roritr A. 1rr. VANCOUVER. Wab Feb. i:.tPpe claD 4;ore A. Lee. of Seattle., formerly chairman of tha Public Serv ice Commlaalon and later Aaalalanl Attorney-General of thta atate. waa Id Vancouver today to deliver the prin cipal addreea at celebration of Lin coln birthday. Commenting on the political altua tlon. Mr. I-ee aald: "My travel over Waahlngton convince me that thla year will be an overwhelming Republican year. The operation of the Cnderwood free-trade bill on tha Industrlea of the Northwest have boon so disastrous that people are demanding Immediate and affartlve relief. -I shall announce my candidacy for Governor on tha Republican ticket within JO days." N. STEELE 'DIES, AGED 85 Former Iolk County .'armor Paaaca Away In Salem. FALEM. Or.. Feb. II Special.) N. fit-elr. 1. died at his home bere early loda). Ill waa a native ol Jrclaod. C ROUND-BREAKING CEREMON and when a boy came to Canada with hla parents. In 18S5 Mr. Steele settled on a farm In Polk County with hla family, living there until seven years ago. when he moved to fe-alem. Resides a widow the following chil dren survive him: Mrs. Isabella Hllti brand and Mrs. Jessie Siewurt. Mon mouth: Mrs. Kffle Younir and Mrs. Iiaisy Kays, of Salem: Urorcei Steele. Portland: Robert Steele, Twin Falls. Idaho: Arthur and Kdward Steele. Su rer, and William and Iionald Steele, of Salem. Thirty grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive him. TAXIDERMIST FINED $50 Man Freed AHer leer Law Violation l Con lolctl on New fount. A few da ISO I. B. Haxeltine. a deputy game warden of BaKcr. Or., was showing a trapper In Baker County the" haunts of the cougar. Tho trapper became confidential at.d revealed tha namo of a man who had violated the game law In March. 1H. by ehootins two deer out of season. The arrest of Albert Harper, the ac cused, followed. Harper denied hi guilt at first but finally confessed. I', was discovered before his arrest aa ' game-law violator that he had been a violator of another of the state's statute, operating a a taxidermist for more than a year without a license. He was arrested, tried, found guilty, was sentenced.- but hi sentence was sus pended. As soon as he had been dismissed with an admonition by the court he waa arrested on the second charge, was found guilty and fined 150. ' Read The Orcgoalao's Classified Adi. WORK DUE TO BEGIN Ceremonial Arranged for Audi torium Block Tomorrow. YOUNG WOMEN WILL ACT Immediately After Set Programme Contractor' I'orcea Are) to Get Bu py Mayor Albee and Mr. Baker to Speak. Much ceremony will attend the dig ging of the first shovelful of dirt tomorrow noon on the Market block at Third and Market streets, the site of Portland's proposed $00,0OO public auditorum. The ceremony will start steam ehovels. wagons, trucka and a large force of men to work on the ex cavation. Six weeks will ae the work completed ready for work on the su perstructure. The ten commercial organizations which are to take part In the ground breaking ceremonies announced their lists of appointments of young women yesterday and will have their repre sentatives on hand promptly at 12:30 o'clock. Uiebisch & Joplin, contractors, will have steam shoVela. trucks, wag ons and a large force of men to start work as soon aa the ceremonies close. The Progressive Business Men's Club and the Ad Club have named their representatives, but have no made the names public because features they have arranged require secrecy. Other organizations submitted their names to Commissioner Baker yesterday. The organizations, members of the City Council and the public will assem ble at the site at 12:30 oclock and start the ceremonies at once. Girls will turn over the first shovelful of dirt, after which short talks will be given by Mayor Albep and Commission er Baker and possibly by one or two others. The police and fire bands will provide music. Motion-picture men have arranged to take pictures of the affair for the cur rent events service. Following Is a Mat of the delegations selected by the varioun organizations to take part In the ceremonies: Rotary Club Marjorle M. Tike. Ma rlon Spoerl. Bcrnardine Grabel. Myrtle Mclean. Stella Rlggs. Monday Musical Club and Daughters of the Confederacy Dorothy Logan. Beth Ludlam. Ilenrlettr. Heppner. Ktel ca rarrlsh. Frances Allen. Chamber of Commerce Ruth Plum mer. Marie llaller. Hortense Ballin. Lenore Blseslng. June CarroIL East Side Business Men's Club F.dlth Camp, lllldreth Caddon, Mildred Caddon. Agnes Miller. Dorothea Car- PTransportatlon Club Florence Pat terson. Mrs. Hazel A. McKown. Kdna Baldwin. Thelma Hollingsworth, Lena Krleger. , .... T.ealty Board Fannie S. Taylor, Mil dred Seufert. Marjorle Englchart, Ger aldlne Palmer, F.unlce Cowglll. Third-Street Business Men s Club Mrr Hazel B. Roberts. Mrs. Marcus Chn. Elizabeth E. Erlckson. Marguer ite Polltsch. Anna Golden. Manufacturers' Association A. u. Ibbe. chairman: Francis Klngsley. 1 Lu cille Dunne. Nancy an. Elsie eld man and Crystal Hyland. POSTER-RELIC IS GIFT ABHAM J. DITTEHOKKER. LINCOLN ELECTOR. I HONORED. Sole Surviving Member of Groap That Named Prealdrnt Recalla Emancipator aa He Knew Him. To Abram J. Dittenhocfer, prominent in Republican political circles in evr York, sole surviving member of the electoral college that gave to Abraham l.lncolre his second term aa President of the United States, has been pre sented a poster of that second Lincoln cleetlon campaign. Judge Dlttenhoefer is the father-in-law of Leon Hirsch. secretary of the Meier & Frank Company. He has re ceived a copy of the New York Times msitazine of February 6. containing a full-page article descriptive of the poster, and containing the statements of Judge Dittenhoefer. recalling the days when he waa stumping for both Lincoln and Fremont, the first candi dates put up by the Republican party. From the Times cornea the following description of the poster: 'It Is an exceptionally good example of lithography and is printed In blue and red. It is five feet high and three and a half feet wide. There is a border of stars and shields In red and blue around the entire poster, and at the top. also in colors, under the heading Union Nomination,' an eagle and shield appear." The poster contains the names or the men then running for the state offices, and among the list of electors beside that of Judge Dittenhoefer is the name of Horace Ureely. heading the list as elector-at-large. Judge Dittenhoefer recalls well the Intimate associations he had with Lin coln. LIBRARY SHELVES FILLED rxks Bought at Stores and Present ed to Ontario Institution. ONTARIO. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) Members of the Ontario Woman's Club gave a book social last night for the benefit of the public library. The books had been on sale for a week at one of the stores and purchasers presented them at the library last night. Re freshments were served. The social was given as a departure from the annual library ball, which has been a custom for several years. A gratifying number of volumes was re ceived for the shelves, especially In the children's department- J. C. BUSH SELLS FARM Dairyman Pays $8500 for 50 Acres Near Chchalis. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) J. C. Bush sola his Maple Grove farm of B0 acres two miles west of Chehalis yesterday to B. Furrer. a well-known Swiss dairyman living In this city. The price was $8500. The farm is a choice tract of Chehalis River bottom land, about 35 acres be ing in a high state of cultivation. W V. McClosky, of Seattle, has pur chased 10 acres from Mrs. Emma Meegan, of Curtis, for 12600. COSTUME CHARGES AIRED Mra. K. G. Wonder Kxplalns Offer to Charity Opera Sponsors. In reply to the recent report that the proposed repetition of the opera "Romeo and Juliet" for the benefit of the Baby Home would probably have to be abandoned, because of the re fusal of a costume house to loan the stags costumes without charge, Mrs. Fred Q. Wonder, of the Chicago Cos tume House, yesterday made the fol lowing statement: "I thl-.ik tho committee headed by J. E Werlein have asked too much of me. When the first production was staged I rented them 90 costumes and outfits for the 16 principals for $330. Later they asked for 45 additional cos tumes, and I gave them without charge. "When they came to me again I said I would be glad to furnish the cos tumes, and the services of myself and help, without charge. If they would have the costumes cleaned and pay for the cartage. I think that was a rea sonable offer, but they apparently do not appreciate it. They discovered that it wot Id cost about $250 to have the costumes cleaned. I had to pay for the cleaning In the previous instance." GUARD ADDS MARINES PORTLAND 5IEN ARE FORMING NEW SELECT MILITIA BODY. Organisers Seek to Have Cracks Com pany for Duty oa Board Train- . Ing Cruiser Marblehead. A company of marines ia to be added to the Oregon National Guard. One of the first official ceremonies on the new training ship, the cruiser Marblehead. Leon Howard, One of the Leader in Organising the Company of Marine for the Oregon Na tional Gsjard. when she arrives in the river in March, will be the mustering in of the com pany. Stanley D. Young, formerly en sign of the Oregon Naval Militia, who served five years, and Leon E. Howard, formerly Battalion Sergeant-Major and First Sergeant, Third Infantry. Oregon National Guard, who has nine years' service to his credit, have received authority to organize the company. They have started work, and yesterday 24 of the necessary 48 men had been obtained. . The company will be a crack organi zation, composed of select men. All marine companies, both regular and mi litia, are composed of picked men from civil and military life, and certain rigid requirements have been set up In organizing the Portland company. The applicant must be five feet eight inches in height or over, of good physique, pood moral character, living perma nently In the city, of good family con nections, and seriously interested in the National Guard and Naval Militia work. A master gunner from the Navy will be engaged to drill the men. who will be put through not only the naval, but also the military, paces because of the duty required of marines. ill. A. HARRIMAN VISITOR UNION PACIFIC TERRITORY COV KRED OFTEN BY DIRECTOR. Son af Late Financier Saja All Ordera for Car Materials and Ties for Season Placed. W. Averill Harriman, son of the late E. H. Harriman, and director of pur chases for the Union Pacific system, arrived in Portland, yesterday for a brief business visit. Mr. Harriman is accompanied by Mrs. Harriman and E. E. Adams, engineer for the Union Pacific system in New York. Mr. and- Mrs. Harriman were in Portland on a similar visit a few months ago. "I aim to get over the Union racific territory every few months." said Mr. Harriman upon arriving at the Benson Hotel. "1 want to learn all I can about the line and j.ts requirements." In his official capacity Mr. Harriman has charge of all the purchaser made for the entire Union Pacific territory from a paper of pins up to the biggest locomotive that the road operates. His Jurisdiction extends over the Union Pa cific proper, the Oregon Short Lino and the O.-W. R. N. Company. He was in consultation yesterday with G. W. Saul, purchasing agent for the O.-W. K. N. Company. "We are not in the market right now for any heavy purchases in this territory." said Mr. Harriman. "We have completed placing our ordora for car material, ties and other lumber products In the Northwest." The Harriman party has just com pleted an Inspection of the Oregon Eastern Railroad, which is the line be ing built by the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany from Vale, Or., westward through Central Oregon. They will remain here today and then proceed over other parts of the system lines in the North west. ENTERPRISE DEBATERS WIN Union High School Forensic Team Defeated on Military Question. UNION. Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The Enterprise High School debating team defeated the Union High representa tives here last night. Sylvester Bur leigh and William Ault made up the visitors' team and handled the negative side of the question. "Resolved. That the Swiss system of military traaining should be adopted by the United States. , Mark Crouter and Mark Phy repre sented the Union High. The Judges were Attorney John S. Hodgin. Kev. Mr Drahn. of the Lutheran Church, and Miss Flora Koch, history teacher In La Grande High School, all of La Grande. Chicago Track Athletes Make Sween. CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The annual In door track meet between the Univer sity of Chicago and Northwestern Uni versity tonight was won by Chicago. 72 1-3 points to 13 2-3. Chicago won all the firsts except the pole vault, which was a tie. ft ' Mi I V ' it t i .A ..- .. A: i " Jit I Ljttaiii a' . imtesms-SviritasA I RQAD BILLS JUGGLED Fight Marks Determination to Beat Appropriation. PRECEDENT IS IGNORED Jurisdictional Quarrel of Commit' tecs Probably Intended as Kx- cuse for Sidetracking All t Roads Legislation. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 12. For the purpose of fooling the public, the United States Senate is staging a fine little fight between the committee on agriculture and the committee on postoffices and post roads as to which committee shall have jurisdiction over legislation pro posing Federal aid in the construction of good roads. The presumption is that the Senate will contrive to prevent the passage of any road bill this session that contemplates a drain on Federal funds. The House recently passed the Shack leford bill, which contemplates an an nual appropriation of $25.01)0,000 by the Government to be used, with state funds, in building roads. This bill in the Senate was referred to tho com mittee on agriculture. Precedent Not Followed, Last session and at all previous ses sions bills providing for the construc tion of roads in whole or in part with Federal funds have been referred to the committee on postoffices and po.st roads, and the Shackleford bill which passed the last House went to the post office committee in the Senate. That committe, a year ago. rejected the Shackleford bill and substituted a bill K.. thA inint pnmmittPe. of which Senator Bourne, of Oregon, was chair man, but the bill never was Drougut iv a vote. u.notn,. Roniiipjrl of Alabama. chairman of the postoffice and post roads committee, is now himmuis the Shackleford bill be taken from the agricultural committee and referred to his committee. Senator Smith, ol Georgia, and several others objected and frankly confessed they had had the bill sent to the committee on agricul ture because they had assurance that that committee would report the House bill favorably, whereas they fcarfd the postoffice and po.st roads commit tee would reject the Shackleford bill again and report the Bourne substi tute. Fight I Still Young. It is evident that some of the Demo cratic Senators who two years ag' favored the Bourne bill, based on a bond issue, are now going hack on that plan. The fight on the roads bill, however, is yet in its infancy, so far as the Senate is concerned, and the probabilities are that the scrap be tween the two committees over tho question of jurisdiction will be used as the excuse for sidetracking all good roads legislation. Jf that does not suffice, then ttie fight will be between the advocates of the Bourne plan and the supporters of the Shackleford plan, and inabihty to reach a decision will justify laying aside the road bills until after tho election. AUDITOR DEFENDS REPORT John Y. ISiclinrdson Answers Criti cism of AV. Al Jones. Firmly defending his report on his audit of the books of the State Fair Board. John Y. Richardson, public ac countant, yesterday severely arraigned W. Al Jones, retiring secretary of the Board, for his alleged criticisms of Mr. Richardson's report Mr. Richardson's reply to Mr. Jones, in full, is as follows: "V. Al Jones, former secretary of the State Fair Board, has seen fit to ex press his views in the press on tho subject of my report recently rendered in the matter of the audit of the ac counts of the State Fair Board for the past year. Mr. Jones attempts to crit icise a report which the press quotes him as saying he has never seen. "For his benefit. I will state that the report is impersonal: that there is nothing in the report that is not based on facts, and that we are not prepared to substantiate. His insinuation that the report was purchased by the State Fair Board is entirely uncalled for and has the earmarks of libel. Neither Mr Jones nor any other man in civil or public life has enough money to buy a report over my signature that is noc based on facts." SEAMAN'S BILL IS ISSUE Chamber Will Ballot on Referendum of National Body. The Chamber of Commerce will issue ballots and arguments to the member ship Tuesday on the referendum of the National Chamber of Commerce on the seaman's act. .., . The vote on the referendum will be taken by the entire membership Mon day February 21. H. E. Pennell. chair man of the committee of the bureau of trade and commerce, which has pre pared the arguments on the referen dum, will give an address on the sub ject at the meeting of the members council at the Chamber February jl. The local committee recommends a favorable vote on all sections of the rePoriof the National Chamber's com miUee, excepting the recommendation that a Federal shipping board be cre ated. Senator Chamberlain has intro- -al'com hill Dei ie r f m uuun - - Section of the United State, re com- mends that the rortiaim ".in from voting on that section of he referendum which deals with simi lar provisions. One St. Johns Progressive Signs. One lone Progressive thus far has registered in St. Johns for the pri maries. Practically one-third of the .. I..- -r luni voters in that dTstrlct have registered. .Class, led as to political affiliation, me L" v . .t. kuc- Renub icans. are snown on mc . 40S; Democrats. 136; Socialists, lo. and Progressive, 1. Centralia Director Is Cunditlate. . r t tjtdu1i Feb. 12. (Spe- cial.) John Saunders, who was re cently appointed CJch?m rector to fill the unexpired term ot Mrs. L S. Turner, who was k ed in an auto acciaeni ." "" subject didacy yesteroay . Mrs to the school election March 4 Mrs Turner s term woum a- v , Turner s ieri Saunders" 1. It is not - --- candidacy will be contested Kast'side Club to Repeat Play. So successful was the Rose City Park Club presentation of "Untangling Tony" that it will be repeated next Thursday night at the clubhouse.