THE SUXTJAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, MARCn 18, 19 J 7. 23 OflLY two FOB MAYOR RAGE AS YET George L.' Baker's Entry Prac tically Assured anchSev al Others Mentioned. DAN KELLAHER ON LIST Among Those Prominently Spoken . of for Commisslonersblps Is K. K. Kubli A. Li. Barbur to Run Dlcck Probability. ' Wltln the city election only 11 weeks distant, the political situation is liven ing up decidedly. Only two aspirants are formally In the race as yet for Mayor, and only one for Commissioner, with two vacancies to fill. Hflwwfr. a inst of nrosneetlTfl candidates is in the background sound Ins out public sentiment or awaiting a favorable opportunity to come out. The two Commissioners whose terms expire are Mr. Daly and Mr. Dleck. Commissioner Daly has announced his candidacy for Mayor to succeed Mayor Albee, who will not run. Will H. War ren, private secretary to Mayor Albee. also is an announced candidate to suc ceed his chief Several others, however, are men tioned as probable candidates for Mayor. Commissioner George I Baker Is virtually certain to run. In fact, his petition of candidacy is already signed and ready to be filed in the City Audi tor's office when the legal time for filing- opens. Commissioner Baker Is expected to announce himself In a few days. Ralph TV. Hoyt MentloMed. Another prospective candidate Is Ralph W. Hoyt. former head of the Rose Festival Association and one of the Republican delegates from Oregon to the Republican National Convention last Jnne. Ex-Mayor Rushlight has the bee again, according to rumor, and may get Into the contest; and current gossip pictures Dan Kellaher, ex-State Sena tor, as listening eagerly for the crack of the starter's gun to leap down the track for the same goal. Still another who is mentioned for Mayor Is Frank L. McGulre, president of the Portland Realty Board. Mr. .Mc Gulre is quite a young man. but he Is understood to' harbor political ambi tions. Up to the present, there are more candidates and prospective candldaten for Mayor than for the two Commit, elonerships to be filled at the election June 4. One who Is etrongly mentioned for Commissioner is K. K. Kubll, Repre sentative In the Legislature from Mult nomah County at the last session of the Legislature. Mr. Kubli demonstrated himself to be a vigorous and forceful legislator. His record was eo impres sive that he has been the recipient of strong urging to run for Commissioner. Mr. Kubli has not given a definite reply as yet. If he consents to run. he will unquestionably make a strong race. Mr. Kubli was a member of the City Council several years ago. Mr. Dleck Likely to Run. Commissioner Dleck has not said as yet whether he will or will not run to succeed" himself, but it Is the general belief that when the time comes he will be found offering battle to his oppo nents. O. Laurgaard. also one of the Mult nomah County members In. the Lower House of the Legislature, and promi nent as a civil engineer. Is the only candidate for Commissioner definitely to announce himself as yet. A. L. Barbur. City Auditor for many years, has made up his mind to run for Commissioner this time. He will an nounce his candidacy in the next week or so. William Adams. City Treasurer, has not quite determined whether to run for Commissioner, or to set his cap for State Treasurer next year. If State treasurer Kay runs for Governor. Mr. Adams would like to succeed as State Treasurer. John M. Mann, another of the 12 Multnomah County Representatives In the Legislature, may come out for Com missioner. At any rate, political gossip links his name with the race. He is understood to have strong support. Btill others who are mentioned are Jacob Kanzler, secretary of the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, and A. H. Averill, a former president w toe vnamDer. "THRIFT WEEK" PLANNED FUNDS WILL BE RAISED FOR RED -CROSS AND HOSPITAL. April 1. and bearing Interest at the rate of 64 per cent. The notes are being offered to sub scribers at 9 and Interest, at which price they will yield slightly more than 6 per cent. The loan Is convertible at par at any time before maturity into 20-year 5 per cent bonds payable in 1937. The col lateral pledged behind the notes is to have a value of 1120,000,000 on the basis of the current rate of exchange, and will Include $20,000,000 of Ameri can securities, including Canadian Pa cific issues. Principal and interest are payable at the option of the holder In francs at the fixed rate of exebarge of 5.304 francs to the dollar, without deduction of French taxes. BOYS JOIN AIR CORPS SCORE OR MORE MEDFORD TOTJTHS ESiLIST IN ARMY. CHARTER REVISION DRAFT IS OUTLINED Committee Appointed to Sup port Measure at Polls in City on June 4. SPECIAL ELECTION URGED Provision. Made for General Vote on Mayor and Auditor With 11 Dls . trlct Representatives Civil Service Provisions Defined. today asking that the Sheriff be en joined from collecting the - special 4 mlll tax levy made by Astoria road district, and that the County Court be restrained from expending the fund in the manner that the district meeting directed. The suit was brought by A- G. Spexarth, W. C. Logan and six other property owners. The complaint al leges that the road district meeting was not called legally, but the prin cipal contention is that the funds were not appropriated for legal project. The meeting directed tbat $2000 be used to improve the Willlamsport road. $2000 for work on Date street, .and the bal ance of approximately $20,000 be used to pave what is known as .the Smith's Point road. The complaint avers that Date street and the Smith's Point roads are city streets, and public funds can not be expended upon them. Enthusiasm for Aviation Brinch la Almost Epidemic Anxious Mothers Consult Recruiting Sergeant. MEDFORD. Or., March 17 (Special.) A score of Medford youths, between the agea of 18 and 25 years, have en listed or signified their intentions of joining the aviation corps of the United States Army within the last week. The first detachment of the aerial contingent from Southern Oregon will leave Medford today for San Diego. where they will enter the Government training school. They are .erle Kel logg. Tommy Scantlin. Seeley . HalL Lloyd Williamson, Delbert Jones, Paul Leonard. Lyle Purdin, Frank McKee, Kenneth Baker, George Holmes, Stew ar Torney and Vincent Vance. The re mainder are awaiting parental consent, and will depart for service a week from Sunday. Williamson and Jones are stars of the Medford champion basketball team. All of the young men have mechan ical talent, and a few are acquainted with the workings of wireless teleg raphy. McKee once before tried to enter the aeronautical service, but was halted by parental objections. All en listed for a seven-year period, three under the colors and four in reserve. Enthusiasm for entering the aviation branch of the Army Is almost epldemlo amontr the boys, and anxious mothers daily confer with recruiting Btl,-, LEGAL FIGHT FORECAST MRS. ALEXANDER NOT TO ACCEPT REMOVAL BY SCHOOL BOARD. Amendment of the commission char ter to provide for a Mayor and 11 dis trict commissioners to replace the pres ent Mayor and four Commissioners, Is to be proposed by a committee on char ter revision of which J. E. Dunne Is president. Circulation of Initiative pe-( tltlona Is to be started at once. The measure Is to be called the "short charter" and will be backed by a general committee, the officers of which are: J. E. Dunne, president; Mrs. F. W. Valentine, vice-president; G. L Thompson, second vice-president; George L. Koehn, secretary, and Ralph Hoyt, treasurer. It is proposed if the measure Is passed at the election June 4 to have a special election June 28, at which a Mayor and 11 district commissioners would be elected to replace officials who will be elected June 4 under the present charter. The position of Audi tor Is made elective also, while all others are made appointive by the Mayor. Eleven Districts Proposed. Provision Is made for 11 districts. each to elect a commissioner. The DE LA MAR MINE LEASED PORTLAND SYNDICATE TO OPEN IDAHO PROPERTY AT ONCE. Famous Old Mine la Southwestern Part of Gem State Expected to Give Profit mm In Put. the city at large. The terms of office are fixed at four years. The salary of Mayor Is fixed at $4800 a year and com missioners $1200 a year. All other sala rles are to be fixed by the Council. The civil service provisions specified are that employes may be discharged for cause without a hearing, but have an appeal to the Civil Service Board. The decisions of the Board in these cases Is made unreviewable. The pri mary nominating election system la re established by the measure and the date of regular elections Is set for the same date as state elections. To get the system started, provision is made for the six highest In vote for commission ers at the June 28 election to serve for your years, while the next five The famous old De La. Mar mining I would serve for two years. This pro- property In Southwestern Idaho, ad- I vision is aimed to keep from changing joining the Jordan Valley district, of all commissioners at one time. The Oregon, has been leased by a .fortlana I cost or trie elections would De divided syndicate associated with Seattle capi- I between the city, county and state. The tal, and the dump and tailings will be I two highest men in each district at the operated by them at once. I primary election would be the candl It Is reported, and credited by mining oates at tne general election unless one men. that $24,000,000 In gold and silver I candidate at the primary should get a has been produced by the De La Mar I majority or an tne votes cast, in wnicn property and that high values are yet I event ne wouia De consiaerea eiectea. contained In the 600,000 Tons of ore on I Petition Form Changed. tne oump ana in tne tailings. in An Interesting feature of the measure property consists of S5 claims, to- I . .. wo ,H.r. gether with a 400-tOn mill, full mining I nn measures, ordlnanres. refarxndiim equipmcm nuu ciocinc.i i)Uor. I petitions or other measures could be The ' deal yesterday was handled submitted to the voters on one netltion. through the brokerage firm Of" H. R. The Mivnr n nrl Auditor would ha re- Hill & Co.. of the Henry building, and quired to give full time and exclusive ftir. ass ana nis associates win leave i service to the city. The Mayor would at once for the property which they 1 not be a member of the Council and expect to be operating within 60 days. 1 would have no vote in the Council and The old De La Mar mining property no veto power. The President of the belongs to the mining belt of Eastern Council would name all Council com Oregon which has had a romantic and I mlttees and preside at Council meet lucrative past. air. Bass said yester- I In ers. day arrangments were under way for I The Mayor would be authorized to running rich ores of adjoining proper- I appoint an executive board, comprising ties through the De La Mar mill. ! the Mayor. City Engineer and City At- "Thls district will soon take its place I torney, to handle administrative affairs. again among Idaho's mineral producing I The Mayor, in addition to appointing counties, I am sure, as a number of I Municipal Judge, City Engineer, City fine properties are now on a paying I Attorney, City Treasurer and Purchas- basia," said Mr. Bass. "Idaho produced ing Agent, would name the heads of all approximately $40,000,000 In metals In departments of the service and have 1916 and there is no reason why Ore- I power or removal at any time, itemovai gon cannot greatly increase her pro- of the City Attorney automatically duction durinir the next few ven.ru. It would remove deputies under him Is becoming generally recognised I lne entire legislative business or Tne am on sr mininar men that there are city would be vested by the measure in many properties here which may easily I tne Council, while the executive power Charges of Bad Faith oa Part af Au thor! tips and That " Hearing; Was ' bat Ruse Will Be Made. Far from regarding the decision of the School Board In dismissing Mrs. Alevia Alexander, former principal of the Benson Polytechnic School for Girls, on charges brought against her by Superintendent Alderman as final. counsel for Mrs. Alexander will take further legal steps to retain her po- ition In the service of the Portland schools. As to just what legal course will be followed In fighting the case further, no decision has yet been reached and will not be known for several days. It is probable that the court will be asked to review the evidence in tne case and the findings of the Board in he hope that the court may declare Mrs. Alexander's dismissal as unwar ranted by the facts. . The Injunction proceeding brought against the School Board will be fought out. The next step will be the filing of either a reply or demurrer In an swer to the complaint filed for Mrs. Alexander asking that a writ be is sued restraining the directors from de ciding tho case. When the Board files Its answer, a hearing will be set and then arguments will be heard In court as to the alle gations of counsel for Mrs. Alexander. to the effect that the directors were prejudiced and biased and acted ar bitrarily, spitefully and In bad faith. It will also be alleged that it was never the Intention to give Mrs. Alex ander a fair hearing, but that the fil ms of charges against her and the hearings that followed were merely a ruse to dismiss her. be made big dividend payers. The lease closed yesterday is financed in advance, as is the pro gramme for resumption of operations. would Mayor. be vested exclusively In the CLERKS OPPOSE. BURLESON I DEAD,! HURT IH FIRE Postmaster-General's Confirmation I BOISE PHOTOGRAPHER RESCUED Held Undesirable. I AFTER SAVING FATHER. Resolutions opposing tho confirms- I Twenty-five Lodgers In" Fashionable uoo di -osunaster-ijenerai tsurieson Dy the Senate were adopted unanimously yesterday by a mass meeting of the Railway Mall Clerks' Association, held at the Oregon -Hotel. There was a large attendance and not a dissenting voice. was heard when the resolution John M. Myers is dad and his son Hotel Flee to State Capitol Nlghtclotltest Girl Saved. BOISE. Idaho. March 17 (Speclal.)- Artlclra Donated Will Be Sold, Half of Proceeds Going to Donor and Rest Movement, "Thrift Week" will soon be a fact in Portland. A number of well-known Portland people determined so yester day when they met on the 11th floor of the Journal building and organized a committee for that purpose. A week will be set aside in which to i-alse mon ey for a patriotic fund to be at the dis posal of the American Red Cross and a fund for Children's Orthopedic and General Hospital. Many articles that are usually let go to waste will be do nated and after going through a steri lization process will be offered for sale. One-half of the gross selling price of articles donated will be given to the donor and the other SO per cent will be given to the fund which will be at the disposal of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. A. L. Mills, presi dent of the First National Bank, is act ing as treasurer and custodian for the fund. During Thrift Week bank books and literature will be distributed free and was adopted. The members of the association are opposed to the Burleson policy of ad ministration. In that they allege It Horace C. Myers, a prominent Boise photographer, is lying at death's door as the result of a fire in the snerman House, a private fashionable hotel of sacrifices efficiency to economy. They I this city, today. Scantily clad in the say nis metnoas or nananng.mau de- nightgowns, about 25 lodgers made lays deliveries and methods in use their escape from tho burning building years ago are resorted to to ellect to the State Capitol across the street- slight economies. I Two of the maids were saved from For example they point out that rail- death by firemen. Both threatened to way mail clerks are being dismissed I Jump from third-story windows. from the service for no adequate rea- I Horace Myers made a heroic attempt son ana mai u men lorrasny on tne I to save his father after discovering th run between Portland and Focatello I fire. He was terribly burned about th have been discharged. I head and body His father was suffo cated and lived only a few minutes , i n AmnvnH f.Am V. a tintMinir RAILROAD AID IS OBJECT Horace Me w unconscious, when aiscoverea ill ins ruui: , wncia xi w tutu Klamath Falls Com mite Will Make Canvass in San Francisco. CHIEFS RENEW FIGHT New Objections Found to Fire men's Two-Platoon Plan. ' SALARY WOULD BE FIXED FIGHT FOR BOY It! COURT TJJTCLE AJfD ACST SEEK TO ADOPT CHARLES R. TURNER. AGED 5. Father Wins Habeas, Corpus Proceed ings Couple Say He Had Long Abandoned Child. As though In answer to the success ful habeas corpus proceedings insti tuted In the Circuit Court this week by R. W. Turner to obtain the custody of his son, Charles R. Turner, aged 6. Mr. and Mrs. James T Hendryx. uncle and aunt of the boy. filed a petition for adoption of the lad In the County Court yesterday. At the birth of the boy In Vancouver, Wash., his mother died, and her sister. Mrs. Jennet E. Hendryx, was given the care of the youngster. The petition asserts that the father. R. W. Turner, promised at that time to relinquish all claim to his son ana tnat tne uncie and aunt have fed and clothed the boy since birth. They say that Mr. Turner abandoned his son and paid not more than $100 for his care during these five years. He now wants the child because he is re-married and can give the boy a home, having no children by his second wife. The,Hendryx couple say they are perfectly able and willing to glva the child a comfortable home and contend that it would not be to the best in terests of the boy to place, him in tne care oi a oiep-moiner. The boy's father now lives in Amboy, Clarke County, Washington, and would take the lad there. Other City Employes Obliged to Stand Entire Cut in Event of Emergency- Mr. La Roche Advises on Legal Phases. Coder the two platoon (two shift) plan which members of the Fire Bu reau will ask the voters to pass at the city election June 4, the fire service not only would be divided into two shifts, but also the firemen would con tinue to get one day off In six in ad dition to their regular vacation periods and would be protected absolutely from any decrease in salary for any cause whatever. Such is the advice of City Attorney LaRoche given mem bers of the board of fire chiefs after a study of the two platoon measure pre pared by the firemen. In face "of these conditions the . fire chiefs have taken a new interest in their fight against the plan. They are preparing a statement against the measure in which they will on on rec ord ai unanimously opposed to it for reasons which will be set forth In their statement. , The chiefs Bay the system not only will increase the annual cost of the Fire Bureau by $200,000 or $300, 000 a year, but will also entirely dis organise the work by preventing the fire-prevention campaign of the city, and by making administrative affairs of the Bureau subject to vote of the firemen rather than subject to orders of the board of chiefs. - At present the firemen receive one day off in six. The Council last Fall offered them one day off In five and later agreed that they should get one day off in four, and still later one day off in three. This plan was turned down by the firemen who want to work in two shifts. Such a plan to keep the service to its present ef ficiency would entail 100 per cent in crease in the number of firemen. The only other way of meeting the situa tion would be to cut down the number of men in the stations or to abolish some of the stations. Jobs in the Fire Bureau would be decidedly In demand should'' the two- platoon measure carry, the chiefs say. The men In addition to working one shift would have a day off every sixth day. and would get their run annual vacations. And on top of this they would be protected from any salary cuts. Other city employes have expressed an interest in the plan. Inasmuch as the payroll of the Fire Bureau amounts to one-third of the city s entire payroll. In case of any emergency which would entail, through necessity, the cutting of salaries, the firemen would be pro tected and tho rest of the service would have to stand the entire cut. MRS. M. E. RANKIN IS DEAD Sister of Judge Jones and Wife of Early Millman Passes. Trrn. Mirr E. Rankin. 867 North Nineteenth street, a sister of District Judge Joseph H. Jones, died last night at tho home of her son, "-. J. ttanicin. 368 Twelfth street, following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Rankin, who was almost 7 0 years old, was the wife . of James Rankin, pioneer sawmill man who for years was foreman of the old Willam ette Steam Sawmill and otherwise in terested with the Hogue family in tneir sawmill enterprise. Mrs. Rankin came here in 1862, crossing the plains with her mother. Besides her husband Mrs. Rankin leaves two sons. E. J. Rankin and John Rankin who are In the employ of the county. Mrs. W. D. McDonald, of Van couver, Wash., and Mrs. W. A. Hart, of Portland, are sisters. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock from one of the Cathollo churches. People Demand Guaranteed entlsiry THE DALLES MAILS HIT carried his aged parent after battling with the flames and smoke. Soot flying from one of the chim neys and alighting on the roof is be lieved to have caused the fire. Th KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 17. entire top of the building was In rSrxtrlall A committee of business 1 flames wnen the department arrived men and members of the Klamath Falls Tie loss runs Into several thousand Business Men's Association will go to dollars, but is covered by Insurance San Francisco next week to raise more of the terminal fund money. This committee will follow up the preliminary work done by Captain J. W. Siemens and Paul Johnson, of this city, who brought the matter of the raising of the terminal fund of $75,000 tn th Attpntlnn of th San Francisco pocket ana nome savings Danns given Chamber of Commerce and many of the NATIVE SON DEAD AT 62 James B. Davis Dies TXear Albany .on Farm Where He Was Born. Postoffice "Economy" Order Causes Reduction in Service. THE DALLES, Or., March 17. (Spe cial.) The new "economy" order of the Postoffice Department, annulling mail service on eastbound train No. IS from Portland and Imposing "straight-through service from Oma ha west, is causing much indignation here among business "men. This ruling means virtually the cut tine down mail In The Dalles to one train each way daily. Much important mail under the new arrangement will be delayed 12 hours It Is figured. An attempt will be made to put on closed pouch from Portland to The Dalles, augmenting the one-train-a- day Eastern arrangement now pro posed. . If this is unsuccessful a protest will be filed with the department. Similar protests are expected from other points along tne line. THREE DEER KILLERS FINED Game Warden Says Animals Are Driven From Hills by Snow. PENDLETON. Or.. March 17. (Spe clal.) Deputy' Game Warden George Tonkin has returned home after secur ing the conviction of three hunters for illegal hunting, oi deer. Airred Todd and Harold Todd were fined $25 each and costs at Rltter. The former is a Government hunter in Nevada and will lose his Job. William Ryder, of Uklah. was fined $25. Fayette Mettle, of Uklah, was arrested and charged with MILL IS TO BE ENLARGED Reopening of Industry at Wheeler Encouraging to District. WHEELER. Or., March 17. (Spe cial.) The reopening of the big Wheeler Lumber Company milling plant In this city is the cause of much satisfaction throughout the Nehalem Bay district. The mill has a capacity of about 150,000 feet daily and will Install addi tional machinery to increase the output another 50,000. The mill is modern, being electrified throughout. In addition to operating full capac tty the company will let contracts at once for the construction of six mod ern bungalow style cottages, the plans and specifications of which were drawn by Johnson St Mayer, Portland architects, the value of each building running in the neighborhood of $2000. A new street is to be graded In the lo cal townsite and six miles of main line logging railroad built at their Coal Creek camps. , j i D sen My practice is limited to high-class Dentistry only at Prices Everyone Can Afford Open Day and Night I am in the Dental Business to Stay You are entitled to the same protection when you spend your money on your teeth as you are in buying a good watch or a diamond ring. People From Far and Near come to me with their teeth, to fix up simply because I guar antee everything I do. If I can't guarantee a piece of work, I won't do it, and tell you so right then. I firmly believe that the reason for refusing to guarantee Dental Work is born of selfishness. That the scien tific plea they make is but an EXCUSE, and not the real REASON. That the unwilling ness of the Dentist to assume I have been practicing dentistry in Portland for 12 years. I have thousands throughout the entire 'responsibility for his work Northwest who will testify to tu0w maVino- fh natient VUViVVJ -k--'0 take all the risk) is but nother My Palnleas Method, Mr Selentlfle Work. My Very Reasonable Pees. By always doing as I advertise I have made my business a clean, sweeping success. Dentists come and go, but the Old Reliable ELECTRO PAIN LESS Is always with you. Don't forget that. sample of selfishness and in jus- if tice. The day will soon come ) when the Dentist that won't guarantee his work will abso lutely have no business and why should he? Any Dentist Can Cut Prices, But it Takes Brains to TURN OUT BETTER WORK! MY PRICES' FOR 15-YEAR GUARANTEED WORK All Other Work Electro Whalebone Plates $15.00 Flesh Colored Plates $10.00 Ordinary Rubber, AH Bed $5.00 Porcelain Crowns $3.50 to $5.00 Gold Fillings, from $1.00 22-K Gold Crowns S3 .50 to $5.00 22-K Gold Bridge $3.50 to $o.OO Proportionately Low We Have the Knowledge, Ability . and Experience Electro Painless Dentists IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING Corner Sixth and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon 1 KIR, CUMMINS IS ILL Senator Collapses When Ad dressing Republicans. matter how it may appear to others, lies so straight and clear before me that It can neither be mistaken nor misunderstood." Senator Cummins alluded to Ger many's method of submarine warfare as "the last product of the devil's arsenal." VICTIM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL for opening savings accounts. All sorts of articles, as clothes, shoes, books,' furniture, foods, fruits, pictures and almost any useful or or namental article will be accepted for sale. The children are also asked to begin to save their papers as there will also be a paper week for the same object. Mrs. R. D. Inraan Is president of the association directing Thrift Week, and Rev. Oswald Taylor, secretary. NEW FRENCH LOAN MADE Issue of $100,00 0,000 Floated at S 4 Per Cent on 2 -Year Basis. TTEW YORK, March 17. J. P. Morgan & Co. announced today the flotation in this country of a new French loan for J100, 000,000 In two-year notes, dated merchants In the Bay City on their recent trip there. SUSAN M. JT00LEY DEAD Iilnn County Woman Passes After 53 Tears of Wedded Life. ALBANY, Or.. March 17. (Special.) Mrs. Susan M. Tooley, aged 75, died at her home, five miles north of Albany, today, after a wedded life of 63 years. She resided most of her life in her native state of Indiana. She came to Oregon 26 years ago and had -resided near-Albany the past seven years. She was an active member of the Baptist Church. She Is survived by her husband. J. K. Tooley, and five children: S. W. Tooley. of Tallman; C. K. Tooley. of Portland; Mrs. C. W. Hatfield, of Dallas; Mrs, Patient Belittles Attack and De clares Condition Is Xot Serious. Opposition to Armed Neu trality Bill Is Defended. NEW YORK, March. 17. United States Senator Cummins, of Iowa, was removed to a hospital here today after he had collapsed when making a speech at the Republican Club. While he pro tested that he did not need aid, his friends forced him to ride to the hos pital. At the hospital it was announced that Senator Cummins condition was not serious. His collapse was attribut ed to a fainting spelL He would be re moved shortly .to the home of a friend, it was said. Senator Cummins, one of the the "lit tle group of willful men" mentioned by President Wilson at the close of the recent Senate filibuster, alluded to the situation today: 1 "The charge that I engaged In a con spiracy to defeat legislation by prolong ing the debate until the expiration or Congress is false and was known to be false by those who gave it publicity, he said. Senator Cummins asserted he opposed the legislation solely because it at tempted to confer on the President the Dower to make war. "Mv ancestors." he added, "were Americans a full half century before the Liberty Bell proclaimed the in dependence of the colonies of the new world. I Intend to do what little I can to maintain what they helped to create and no storm of censure or abuse can turn me one hair's breadth from the path of my duty, which, no WIRE OFFICIALS ON VISIT Western Union Party to Consider Improvements Needed Here. A party of Western Union officials. Including B. I. Brooks, division traffic superintendent: r. C. Labadie. chief clerk; A. W. Douglas, division equip ment supervisor from San Francisco, and C. F. Schwandt. district traflic su pervisor, of Seattle, arrived from San Francisco yesterday morning on a tour of Inspection to include Oregon, Washi ington and British Columbia. The party will remain in Portland looking into local conditions and ar ranging for such improvements atul additional facilities as may be neces sary until Wednesday, when it will leave for Seattle. Mr. Brooks Is a recent arrival on the Coast, having previously been at th had of the traffic department of the Mountain division, with headquarters at Denver. Kelso Schoolgirl Dies. KELSO. Wash., March 17. (Special.) Irene Baxter, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Baxter, living west of Kelso, passed away suddenly Wednesday night. She had been ill with typhoid-pneumonia, but her con dition was not regarded as serious. She was born in Cowllts County and is sur vived by - two brothers, George and Alexander, and one Bister, Alice. Fu neral services were held yesterday morning from the Jlaraan Catholic Church. Classmates In the Kelso High School acted as pallbearers. Sberidan to Have Playground. SHERIDAN, Or.. March 12. (Spe cial.) The Civic Improvement Club of Sheridan Is to establish public play grounds this Spring in this city. A big carnival will be given on St. Patrick's day to raise funds for equipment. Great preparations are being made and suc cess Is assured for raising a good sum, all of which, will be used for this cause. Read The Oregonlan classified sd. killing three deer. He pleaded not i Henry Gerdes. of Plainview, and Walter ALBANY. Or., March 17. (Special.) I James B. Davis, aged 62. one of Linn County's oldest native sons, died today prey for hunters. at his home about six miles north of guilty and will be tried at Pilot Rock. Tonkin says he saw 29 deer In one band while on the trip. The deer have been driven out of the mountains on account of the deep snows and are easy nnnFftniu npri flRPn I oyai Albany. I Mr. Davis was born on the farm on which he died, and had lived in this Carranza Consul Says General Still in Cabinet. EL PASO, March 17. A statement Issued tonight, denied the charge that Portland. Or, General Obregon was leading a po litical movement In Mexico and an nounced that he would continue to serve in the Carranza provisional cabi net until May 1, when Carranza would be Inaugurated President and would appoint his new cabinet. This, the Consul said, was positive proof that Obregon's loyalty to the government was unquestioned by Gen' eral Carranza. I I county his entire life. He was a mem ber of the Oddfellows' lodge at Jeffer son. Mr. Davis is survived by four children, Jesse Davis, of Albany; Cleve Davis, of Dayton, Wash.; Nora Davis of Corvallis, and Pauline Davis, of MOVE MADE TO BLOCK TAX Action Filed Against Road Expen ditures at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.. March 17. (Special.) Action was filed iu the Circuit Court I railroad strike. $40,000 PAID FOR CATTLE Other Sales of Beef Are Held Up by Car Shortage and Strike. BAKER. Or.. March 17. (Special.) Word of one of the largest cattle transactions reported in Baker County in several months Was brought to this city today from Homestead. The Koopmon Brothers, of that place, sold $40,000 worth of cattle, to be shipped from Homestead as fast as cars can be obtained. Several sales of beef are reported to have been held up owing to the short age of cattle cars and the threatened Tooley, of Albany. AUTOPSY REVEALS MURDER Young; Woman Found Dead in New York Hotel, Strangled Is Verdict. NEW YORK. March 17. An autopsy performed on the body of a young woman today, found' dead In a Broad way hotel yesterday, who had regis tered as "Florence Gray, of Boston," disclosed that sue was murdered by strangulation, according to the Coroner. 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