THE SUXTJAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, MARCn 18, 19 J 7.
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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.
Harry Helair. of Brooklyn, identi
fied the handwriting on the hotel regis
ter as that of his wife, Elsie Lee Helair.
He said she had 12500 worth of jewelry
In her possession when she disappeared
on Thursday after receiv'ng a mys
terious telephone call.
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