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TOE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 12, 1918. VETERANS MEET III A B UY TOMORROW lng of the People's Council for Democ racy and Term of Peace, drew fir to day when Attorney L. E. Bean and David Graham, candidate for nomina tion in opposition to Mr. Katon. for mally protested to the University -of Oregon against tha circulation by Dr. George Kebc. a member of tbe faculty, of coptra of tha Med ford Mall-Tribune containing an editorial In defense of Mr. Eaton ahd concluding with tha statement: The anlmna of tha nerarntlon la Plans for Entertainment of G. ',or.! if. Jh;tJ,li .r" his seat." Attorney Bean later Interviewed Dr. Rebec. Dr. Rebec admitted that he had Itlrcn out three of the papera, but said that be had no thought or Intention of reflecting on Mr. Bean. Mr. Graham or any other candidate. He stated that as a result of years of association with Mr. Eaton he felt friendly toward him and while he thought he should have been "spanked" for attending the meet ing of the People's Council, he believed be had been treated too severely. A. R. and Kindred Organ izations Complete. STATE ENCAMPMENT OPENS Xatlonal Commander-in-Chief Is to Attend Governor Wlthycombe One of Speaker 1000 Visitor Are Expected. FIVE ASK FOR DIVORCES Mrs. Robin Asserts F. L. Robin Married Her for Her Money.. U.C1 REPORTS YEAR OF ACTIVITY OBLIGATIONS MUST BE-MET SOMEDAY Association Rises to Duties and Problems Created by World War. COMMITTEES CITE PLANS That Ferdinand L. Robin married her ALB ANT. Or.. Mar 11. (Special.) Ion January IS of thia year aolely for Plans ara complete for tha 17th an-1 her money. Is charred by Marie J. nual encampment of the Department of I Robin in a ault for divorce filed yester Oregon. Grand Army of the Republic. I day. Aa soon as they were married he the Womini Keller torpa and tnei began asking her for money, she says, Ladles' of the G. A. K-. wnic.n wui open Kuiployment Bureau Reports Dearth of Domestic Help New Lead ers to Be Trained for Work in Association. A general meeting of all committees of the Y. W. C. A. was held on Friday evening at tbe association building for the purpose of developing Interest, and exchange general information as to In Albany neat Monday for a seasion tf three days. Approximately 1000 peo ple from all sections of tha state are expected to be here to attend the three conventions. Orlando A. Somers. of Indiana. Na tional commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and soma of the other National officers will attend, and Governor Wlthycombe will ba the speaker at on of tha meetings. Tba Knights or I-ytnia Man win oe the convention hall for tha Grand Array of tha Republic. The Women's Relief Corps will meet In tha Elka Temple, and the Ladles of the O. A. R. will hold their convention In the Masonic Tem 'pl. The open evening meetings will be held In the United Presbyterian Church. Tha headquarters of the Grand Army and tha Woman's Relief Corps will be at the Hotel Albany and tbe Ladles of tha G. A. R. will have headquarters at the ft- Francis Hotel. Oregaa Vetera aa tm Meet. Incidental to tha three larger con ventions, the Oregon Veterans Associ ation will hold Its annual convention here Tuesday. This organisation Is composed of tha veterans of tha early Indian wars In this state. Monday forenoon will ba devoted to the reception of delegates, registration and assignment of rooms. Early Mon day afternoon tha credentials commit tees of the three organisations will meet in their respective halls. The Grand Army will hold Its opening ses sion at S o'clock Monday afternoon and receive tha reports of its officers. The other organisations will have memorial services that afternoon. Tha first popular meeting of the n TABLET TO BE SET OX ISLAND IS BULL RUN LAKE IN HONOR OF LATE WATER SUPERINTENDENT. ii :jMtnmy - y -ft 'ivii;S?Jf .;!-".' In tha new extension branch of T. W. C A. at St. Johns. Leaders la Demand. Miss Jane Scott, of Seattle, who la executive for the field, which Includes Washington. Oregon. Idaho and Mon tana, told of the cry for leadership in association work and of the plan to train new leaders In the local associa tion that they may carry on the work in tbe larger field. Mrs. E. II. Andrus, chairman of the social committee, told .a11r,ataK City's Outstanding Improve cluslvely to work for the men in unl form, co-operating with tho work of tne y. m. c a. Mrs. Charles H. Kamm told of the work of the hostess committee and its many different interests; of the differ ent classes of persons whom the hostess for the day Is called upon to assist. Mrs. W. B. Maxwell gave a brief review of the work of the girls' clubs. The report of the war service committee of buslnes women was given by Dr. Grace Keith, who dwelt on the ditions for women in the business Criticisms Aimed at Measure for wo.r'd- , Forcing Payment of Delinquent work of the association by Miss Ida Assessments Are Answered V . J fin t X frenArnl rrAtarv nf tha I association, the formal meeting ad- DT citY Attorney. journed and the guests enjoyed a so cial nour together. ment Bonds Held to Be General Liabilities. PROPOSED ACT CONSIDERED OLCOTT IS CONFIDENT GOVERNORSHIP NOMINATION SCRED, SECRETARY SAYS. Sltnatloa Looks More Favorable Election Day Drawn Near Good Vote la Predicted. City Attorney LaRoche yesterday is sued a statement answering criticisms which have been made against a mea sure to be voted on at the special city election Friday providing a new means of forcing property owners to pay up AS- delinquent street assessments. Mr. LaRoche explanls the workings of the proposed new- system and answers the criticisms as publicly made. His state ment follows: 'A strong- objection has been urged by a citizen of Portland, for whom I have the highest regard, against the Ph4s fVfck-k Will Designate Heretofore Caaamed Islaad aa "Dodge Jalaad." An attractive metal tablet In honor of the late Frank T. Dodge is to be made la permanent part of an Island in Bull Run Lake, the source of Portland's water supply, which Island has been named "Dodge Island." The tablet will be taken to tha island aa soon aa the snow In the Bull Run region recedes sufficiently to campment win be Monday evening. Tne enable pack trains to get through. J. A. K. die and drum corps win piay preceding It and tbe meeting will be opened with music by tha . A. R. I and when she refused to give It to him quartet. After a prayer by Dr. W. P. he started a course of cruel treatment. White, pastor of tha United Presby terian Church of Albany, L. M. Curl. Mayor of Albany, will deliver the ad dress of welcome. After a solo by Mrs. W. H. Davis, of this city, the re sponses to tha address of welcome will be made by the presiding officers of each of tha three organisations. The Hammer quartet will sing and the ad dress of tha evening will then be made by National Commander Somers. Farad Set far Taeaaer. Each of the three organisations will Both are past middle age. Extreme cruelty Is alleged In the di vorce complaint of Nona Owre against Peder J. Owre. to whom she was mar rled at Woodburn in 1S9S. They have four minor children. The plaintiff asks for $55 a month In permanent alimony. Grace Bunco wants a divorce from Erbin Bunco and $40 a month for the support of herself and small son. She charges cruelty and failure to provide, They were married In 1912. Carl Eck- strom says that Alice M. Eckstrom hold a business meeting Tuesday morn- abandoned him less than a year after Ing and tho encampment parade will then take place. The Albany Home Guard company will act as escort to tbe veterans and tha Honor Guard girls and other local organisations will i .top .t th.-Aiy High EEL! LEAVE GIVEN COLLEGE MEN where the Woman's Relief Corps will they were married in ISIS. Desertion Is charged by Cecil Beckley In a suit for divorce from Belle F. Beckley. They were married in 1911. present a flag to the school and the Ladles of the G. A. R. will present a picture of Abraham Lincoln. Superin tendent Boettlcher. of the local schools, will respond to the flag presentation and E. A. Hudson, principal of the Reed Professor Secures Appoint ment as T. M. C. A. Worker Abroad. Two Instructors at Reed College have high school, to the presentation of the I secured recommendations for a year's picture. I leave of absence. They are Professor luesaay aiternoon wui bo devoted lUrold Guy Merrlam. of the English to business by all tha organisations and at i o'clock tha visitors will ba guests at a banquet at tha Armory pro pared by Mcpherson Post No. S. G. A. I'.- of this city; Fair Oaks Circle. La dies of the G. A. R of this city, and the citlsens of Albany. Tha programme of the popular meet department, and Robert D. Leigh, in structor in government. Mr. Merrlam has secured an appoint ment as a Y. M. C. A. representative in Fiance. He intended to leave In April, but postponed his departure until June, provided the appointment Is still valid. Mr. Leigh expects to enter Harvard jng luesaay evening follows: Music at the beginning of the Fall term. Ho by the Albany High School band; tho has a political science followshlp which allied songs. Hammer quartet, of Al- -m enable hlra to work under Pro- bany; prayer. Rev. O. B. Pershing, pas- feasor Munro. a prominent man In the tor of the First Presbyterian Church field of political science. Mr. Leigh of Albany: reading. Mlaa Orah Hark- la to specialise in state government. nesa; music. G. A. R. quartet; address, and will return to his classes at Reed uvTcroor vunycomoe; snort laiss by I after next year. (cicnuii, viauini songv, xea oy .l. j, Irvine. The final business sessions of the three organizations will be held 'Wednesday forenoon, and that after noon each will Install its officers to be I Reduction in Price of Milk Is De- cnoaea at tha coming session and then DAIRYMEN ENTER PROTEST adjourn. dared Not Warranted. PPQFRVniB DlflT DM MO Dm I A formal protest was filed yesterday Med ford Takes Step to Protect Water Supply; Orders Strict. MEDFORD. Or., May 11. (Special) After instructions from tha City Coun cil. City Engineer Arnspiger started this week to fence off the city reser voir, post non-trespaaa signs and In- 1th Mayor Baker by Alma D. Kats. of tha Oregon Dairymen's League, against the ruling of the City Milk Commission In favor of a reduction of tha price of. milk. The Mayor has agreed to Investigate the proposition. The dairymen say the reduction In price Is not warranted by conditions and that the reduction If enforced will add to the present deplorable condi tion of tha milk business dua to high tall arc lights for Illumination at night " P n the high cost of prod- as precautionary measures against In Jury to Medford's water supply. The reservoir caretaker also waa aworn In aa a deputy Bhei-lff and given orders .to arrest any suspicious characters prowling around the prohlbtttd area, day or night. coincident with thia action. Fire nets necessary in producing milk and getting It to the consumer. Snow Falls In Colorado. DENVER. Msy 11 A snowfall meas uring three Inches fell here last night and earlv todav. Tha atorm la aenitral Chief Lawton asked Permission to gal In this aeetion of Colorado and In ' e n ia rumored mat the dta-1 Wyoming. covery or a plot to shut off tha water apply and etart flrea In the city was " wuaa or int omer. the work of the various departments. Miss Carrie A. Holbrook, president of the local association, presided, intro ducing the committee chairman. Mrs. John Ross Dickson reported on the work of the membership commit tee, telling- of the organization of the department and the co-operative work of the churches. Mrs. Kelley Rees gave a brief summary of the work of tbe department of education, which In eludes the commercial school, the home economics and physical education de pertinents, snowing the Increased en rollment of the commercial department, and Its enlarged equipment to meet th new demands made upon women wh are preparing to enter the buslnes world; the new line of work in do mestic arts which has so many prob lems in conservation, and the plans for Summer recreation which will be or ganlzed at once. Clab Leaders Report. Mrs. C. J. Smith gave the report of the work of the recently organized world service committee, which is made up of representatives of different clubs and has Inaugurated a plan to rais money for girls' work in Japan. Re ports under this head were given by Miss Pauline Dunike, of the Wegfaf club: Miss Marie Rockwell, of the wa service committee; Miss Sallie E. Mc Coy, of the A. M. O. club, and the re ports of the Campflre and So-Forth clubs were given by Miss Ethel Mitchell. The report of the religious work committee was given by Mrs. Wallace McCamant concerning the work in high school circles and of the vesper serv ices. Mrs. W. F. Norman, acting chair man of the lunch room committee, gave an encouraging report on the work of that department and of the recent Ira provements In kitchen equipment. An Interesting item of Mrs. C. D. Brunn's report as chairman of the employment committee was data on the difficulties of finding workers to fill the many new demands for women In Industries and especially in domestic service of all kinds. During April. 1917. this depart ment filled 130 domestic positions and this year during April they have been able to fill only 2t positions of the same kind, in spite of the helpful co operation of other employment agen cies. Honse Committee Active. - The report of the house committee, given by Mrs. F. M. Warren, showed the responsibilities of this department. On account of the increase in travel among the friends and relatives of the men in uniform, the number of guests taken cara of this year Is much greater than that of last year. People who have missed friends In coming to the city, children who have not been met at trains, persons waiting to enter hos pltals are brought to this department and turned over to the house secre tary. Miss Selma P. Flodlne, who acts In the unique capacity of adjuster-of- personal-af fairs for the world at large. Mrs. Edwin P. Northrup. chairman of tbe extension committee, introduced Mrs. J. A. shaw. of St. Johns, who told in an Interesting way of the work done GRAIN ELEVATOR PLANNED Ranchers of Matin Country Decide ! Erect Structure for Storage. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, May 11 I special. to to used by tho fact that the farmers of the Pine Grova district! oenniteiy have decided to construct co-operatUe gr.n elevator seven miles I east of Klamath Falls, ranchers In the Malln country, ii miles southeast, are! Becoming interested In tbe matter and have arranged for a meeting at the jaa an nail Sunday afternoon. F. L. Ballard, of tha United States! bureau of Markets, has agreed to be Present and to outline the details nec essary xor such a venture. GRANTS PASS HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT WEEK IN PROGRESS. it ifit !-L a V.v - ..-i- at s- ' Jk-'H - .-, . - N.1- OFFICERS OF 118 CLASS. GRANTS PASS, Or, May 11. (Special.) Commencement week at Grants Pass High School begins Sunday with tha baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Charles R. Drake. Rev. L. Myron Booser and Rev. B. A. Finch will participate. Thursday will be class day. Miss Leah Parker will deliver the salutatory. I-'Bfeno Men Assert Professor Con-1 MIsa ,vln Isharo the class history, and Miss Ruth Gelsler the valedictory. ! . t u 4uw. neisD .iua, juias ,ua Ajiarrson ana auss l aullne Dean will atng a class song. Friday evening at the opera-house President J. H. Ackerman. of tha Or iron State Normal School, will deliver the address. The members of the class are: Ella Anderson. Arllne Burch. Pauline Dean. Ila DeGraeee. Hilva Duncan. Helen Ellis. Estella Feldmaler. Helen Flfleld. Lucile Garber, Ruth Gelsler, Hattie Gerbers, Vivian Isham, Hazel King, Gertrude Ker- REBEC ACTION PROTESTED ducting Eaton Propaganda. EUGENE. Or.. May 11. (SoedaLl Propaganda In the Interest of Allen IL Katon. candidate for tho State Legla- latur from Lane County, who Is op- hey. Clara Knips, Lola Lewis, Cora Lindsay, Leah Parker, Grace Presley, Mar- posed for nomination by both the dally garet Rathbone. Ellen Taylor, Viola Walton. Mattle Williams. Josie Wright, newspapers ia Eugene because of bis Albert Berkshire, Ted Blrchard. Edwin Robinson, Reginald Robinson. Burton participation as a delegate la the meet-I Robinson, Relnhold Schmidt, Deal WUkins, Mac Wllklna and John. Williams, SALEM. Or., Mav 11. (Special.) "I r- shall receive the Republican nomlna-1 t tlon for Governor from tha vntAra.nfl e the state." said Secretary of State I t Oltt .no ,i .v. I T iiticai situation. 'There is no doubt in my mind about the result,' he said. "I will win. I am measuring this statement by the same yardstick with which I have measured results In tbe past. The! measurement has proved correct in the past, and It will this time. In fact, in none of my previous campaigns has the situation looked so favorable before the primaries as it does now' Hundreds and hundreds of letters have been received, not only from every section of the state, but from practically every precinct In the state, and all Indicate that my nom ination is assured. "I can safely say that the situation Is at this time better than it has been at any time prior to the primaries in any of my preceding campaigns, and it continues to look better each day. "I may also say, from the interest manifested in my campaign for the Governorship that a very respectable percentage of the registered vote will be cast at the election next Friday. I know there have been reports that the vote will be light, but I look for a vote well up to the average ot pre ceding primary elections. I have made no campaign over the state this year. In line with the state ment that I made In announcing my candidacy, and I am satisfied with the outlook. "I note with pleasure that the present campaign for the Governorship has been quietly conducted, along dig nified lines, and in a manner creditable to the Republican party." PRESIDENT OF HOSPITAL OF FERS FREE HELP FOR. SOLDIERS' WIVES. I i " 0 - i s I f r ir t. .? - i I I ' i i " I MA t f& - A : 4 IfGIRL CASE "UP AGAIft "Dangerous and Unsafe to Be at Large," Is Charge. PATHETIC STORY RETOLD this inquiry, and that is, granting that there is a personal liability on tn part of a property owner when he or It bonds a public improvement assess ment against the property, can , the city insist on enforcing both the per sonal liability and the lien against the land? Or will tho city be forced to elect between these two remedies, and, having made its election, will it have lost the right to enforce the one not elected? Bonds General Liabilities. "However interesting a discussion of these matters may be, we think that the objection of our fellow citizens who opposed the enactment is fully met with the statement that the pro posed measure is to give the city an additional method of collecting bonded lien assessments, and that it does not abandon any existing remedy, and that the experience of our office and the experience of trained legal minds em ployed in collaboration regard this en actment as not only beneficial, but as the only practical solution of what has become the weakest and most dangerous point in the city's financial system. . "Th, rill t f n ntlinar !mnirVAmAnr hnnnft. it must not be forgotten, are general A frail little wisP f " Slrl, with liabilities of the city, and some day the unhappy past and uncertain future, sat city will be forced to liquidate them, I yesterday In the Juvenile Court. She and if it cannot do so out of the values is 16-year-old Mabel Johnson, whose that are in the properties improved widowed mother. Mrs. Alvtna Johnson and assessed for the improvement or has battled through the local courts for by enforcing personal obligations several months in frantic efforts to against the parties responsible for the see that mother-love shall triumph over improvement, tne debt must tnen Da the law and srive her possession of the met Dy a general lax on eacn ana every i child. taxpayer in me cny. x uo uujctiui uangerous and unsafe to De at urges that the proper course unaer larpre.' the circumstances is to abandon this This was the chare-e nlaced ae-ainst additional method and look only to the the name of this hapless little creature individual, we regard tne suggestion by Hugh Krum. truant officer of the as unsafe. Portland public schools, and it was A concrete illustration of the situ Commission Summoned by Jud; Tazwell Pronounces Mabel John son Mentally Deficient Moth er Appeals to Circuit Court. upon this charge that she was exam ined yesterday by a feeble-mindoil commission, sitting before Judge Tazwell. Mentally Deficient Is Verdict. 'Mentally deficient" was tho verdict of the commission. By psycholoirie.il tests they proved that wan-faced Mabel Dr. Viola 31 ay Coe. To assist In the work of the Red Cross, Dr. Viola May Coe, president of Coe Hospital, has offered to give free service to soldiers' wives during the war. When Dr. Coe's offer was made it was received with graitude. Following was her message to the Portland chapter: "Wishing to be of service to the wives of soldiers now serving under the Stars and Stripes in France who may need present as sistance, I will donate a bed with the nursing care, - including the use of the surgery, ror one ma ternity case continuously from June 1 to the close of the war at the Coe Maternity Home, Twen- ty-rirth and Lovejoy streets, T'rtT-tlflnrl innltvatlnn la tA grtrra through the home service sec- t tlon, Portland Chapter, American 4 Red Cross." Monday afternoon every boy and gin who is to graduate front the eighth proposed cnarteer amenament provid trrtme n Krauuuar bciiuv. win ua o ina. n jneii u j u opportunity to . get acquainted with th lectlon of deUnquent bonded assess GRADE PUPILS TO VISIT HIGH SCHOOLS TO HOLD RECEP TIONS TO COMING FRESHIES. Portland Leads AU Cities of Her Slse la Average of Students Wko Take Higher Education. ation is presented by the Kings Heights Realty Syndicate, which ap pears to have bonded assessmments to the extent of $356,648. The last state ment of this company filed with the Corporation Commissioner shows that the capital stock is only $150,000, and nil ftf this Is nAtri nn exeent 11000. 'It is doubtful If any of the stockholders Johnson is not possessed of adequate of this company have received divi- mentality. Public school records (lends, and if the city proceeded against showed that she has not been capable the stockholder it would have the pros- ot grasping the rudiments of ex pect of recovering judgment for only mentary schooling as are her more 11000 UDon Its claim of .356.648. A fur- fortunate scnooimates. ineir veraii-t ther question would then arise as to the meant that the widowed mother must solvency of the stockholder and the i"iauy wso in ner Dacue ior ner cnuri ability of the city to collect the judg- B"t before Judge Tazwell took off! ment by an execution." ciai action committing her . to tho teeoie-minaea nome, Airs. Joimson s at torney filed immediate notice of ap peal to the Circuit Court and Judgment of the Juvenile Court was stayed pern! lng the appeal. The little srirl was al lowed to return home with her mother temporarily. The examination of Mabel Johnson by the commission was held behln closed doors. The girl's mother and her attorney were the only ones present with the members of the commission. vtoaia Dr. Robert G. Hall, Dr. W. S. House apd Dr. Edna Sherrill. An open hearing was held in tho case against lo-year-old Gladys John son, who had been charged by Krum with being a dependent child. "Sisters" Still Her Friends. Mrs. L. Blake, of the Women's Pro tective Bureau, testified she had seen Mabel and Gladys Johnson at Broadway and Washington street at 10:35 at night during tho early part of the week. "Mamma works as a janitress at the GARBAGE PLAN VAGUE xo PROVISION APPARENT REGVLAR COLLECTION. FOR Hotel Men Fear . Proposal Reault In Accumulation of Refuse Along Streets Tho interests backing the plan for a municipal garbage collection system in Portland have worked out no defl nite plan for operation and therefore many important features in connection with the municipal system which is to be voted on at the special city ?lr'tinn Pplriav nr rfpeirifllv uncertain. It is the plan to have the city's Morgan building and I had been there system entirely replace all private col- neiping ncr wim ner wars, lection of garbage, prohibiting gar bage men from even taking the refuse from hotels and restaurants which is now disposed of by these people to hog raisers. Hotel keepers are wondering how declared Gladys. Mrs. Johnson said she Is now arrang ing to place the daughter. Gladys, in a convent at Oswego some day this week. Judge Tazwell told Gladys that ir she did not start to school Monday .vl ' ""' ,"1 morning and attend regularly she would details particularly as to the frequency be Picked up notice by Juvenile S.--?-1 attaches and placed in an insti- of collection and whether such a sys tem would ultimately require garbage cans on sidewalks. They are wonder lng how the food conservation idea can be claimed as a feature in ravor of the city's system when all foodstuff from restaurants and hotels already is being used as hog feed and the new plan would merely change the tition. 'But I am going to give this girl one more chance, and it will be the last one, he emphasized. "I have had enough trouble from this family." J'You mean you have caused us as much trouble as you can," retorted Mrs. Johnson. This was the third court fight which system of getting this refuse from the Mrg. Johnson has gone through within the past four months in her efforts to retain the custody of her two daugh ters. steps In education. For the benefit of the embryo freahles. students ana teachers of the high schools will hold receptions to the prospective grade- school graduates. Teachers will ex- grounds: (1) That the lots owned by the corporations which are in default are without value as they are in gulches and stand on end and are rocky; (2) plaiT th,? vs uVseW f -t tH.M. ,of these corpora will tell the children the advantages of high school education and answer questions, and the students will try to give their visitors an Idea or nigh school spirit and activities. Later in tbe week all tne cnuaren ill visit the High School of Com merce and the polytechnic schools. These visits are intended to help the student to decide what line of study to adopt. The only choice which a prospective student may make is be tween the high school In his own dis trict and the commercial and technical high schools. To this annual trip of Inspection is believed to be due the fact that the Portland schools have such a large percentage of students who continue their educations through the secondary school age. The average of students who continue through the high schools Is 85 per cent for tbe United States, while Portland leads all cities of her size with a percentage of 64. The class which graduated from grammar schools January 28 contained 1449 pu pils. 1314 of whom continued their edu cation by entering high school. This class made the unusual record of 90 per cent. NOTED LECTURER COMING Theosophical Society of Portland Arranges for Free Course, The Theosophical Society of Port land has arranged for a course of free lectures to be given by L. W. Rogers, of Los Angeles, Journalist and psychol ogist, and author of several books on he "new psychology. The lectures will start Thursday night. May IS, at Theosophical Hall. In the Central build ing, and tbe subject will be "The In visible Side of War." Mr. Rogers will' speak May 17, 18 and 19, also, at 8:15 P. M.. and the course will generally answer these uestlons: "Will tbe war bring Amer-. lea a large measure of the heartaches that already afflict' France and Eng land?" and "Why tbe Theosoplsts think it probable, and are trying to prepare the public mind for the Inevitable." BIG RESERVOIR PROJECTED Toledo Plans to Increase Supply This Tear. Water TOLEDO. Or.. May 11. (Special.) Toledo will Increase its water supply by building a reservoir twice as large aa the old one. The city plans to bring an additional supply from a fork of Mill Creek, the source of jthe present upply, and, if necessary, operate a pump to keep the six-inch pipe full during the Summer months, to provide plenty of water for the city and the various sawmills and meet demands as the city grows.- Work on the new reservoir will begin as soon as material arrives. The city is teeming with activity. Phone your want ads to The Orego- GUB. Main 7070. A 6 OS 5, tions are personally liable for the un paid bonded assessments. "My information as to the first point is that 75 per cent of the property of these corporations possesses an inher ent market value, in normal times, in excess of the bonded liens. As to the second point the personal liability of the stockholders of the corporations which became the owners of the tracts that were subdivided and improved the Individual members became stock holders in these corporations for the purpose of limiting their liability, Security of Property Aim. "When an application is made to bond an assessment for an improve ment under the Bancroft bonding act. this application contains the state ment that the applicant will pay the amount of the assessment in 10 equal annual installments, etc, and the claim that there is a personal liability is based on this application. The applica tion, however, when accepted, results In the Imposition of a lien against the property Itself, and safeguards as to the value of the property are found In the Bancroft bonding act, the theory of which was to look to the absolute se curity of the property, for by the terms of the act an Improvement could not be bonded If a certain value was not found in the property, "Until this question of personal lia bility shall have been determined by our Supreme Court it will remain a doubtful question. But, granting, for the sake of argument, that there is a personal liability, upon whom or what does that rest? Plainly against the corporation as an entity. But the thought In the mind of the objector Is that a personal liability can be en forced against the stockholders of the corporation. As to this, there are nrob ably only two circumstances in which a stockholder can be held to a personal accounting: '(1) Where he has subscribed for stock In the corporation and has failed to pay in full for the stock. This failure may result when there has been only a partial payment in cash for the stock or where something has been given for the stock which lacks suffi cient value to liquidate the debt. And Assets Mnat Go Flrat. (2) Where unlawful dividends have been declared by the corporation and received by the stockholders. In either of these cases the stockholder, if solv ent, can be forced to pay into the treasury of the corporation the moneys which he lawfully owes It, so that the debts of the corporation can be paid. Neither of these remedies against the stockholder can be enforced, however, until after all of the assets of the cor poration have first been applied to the payment of the company s legal obliga tions. The only property these corpora tions had, so far as we are Informed, were the tracts of land subdivided and what was deemed sufficient working capital, and any one who has had ex perience with these problems will acknoweldge the difficulties and the uncertainties of securing any tangible results from litigation based on the theory of a personal liability in the matter of these assessments. We are now having experience which is not assuring. "Another question Intrudes Itself in hotels and restaurants to the hog feed ers. The city . would get the profit Instead of garbage men as at present. There would be little or no additional salvage The garbage measure was submitted to the City Council and got a place on the ballot after but slight Investiga tion on the part of the Council. No at- Mayor Baker Proposes Ordinance lo lenuuil una uetsii giveu lu 1.110 ueiaua BOATS TO BE RESTRICTED of organization if the measure should carry at the election. No information Is available as to the frequency of collection either in the residence sec- llions or in the business district. Protect Ship Plants. Canoes, rowboats and other pleasure craft will be subject to strict regula tion in the Willamette River this Sum mer if an ordinance proposed by Mayor Baker is passed by the City council. The measure is intended to keep all such boats away from docks and ship plants as a measure of safety to these plants. The ordinance as proposed provides DRAFTED MEN TO BE TRAINED AT that at any time when the operator of a boat hears tne word nan or nears ARMY TO USE BENSON POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL. Dormitory Space to Be Provided Building for Summer Period; Two Month Contract Made. In three blasts from the harbor patrol ha is to stoD and await orders. Taking of any photographs of mills. shipyards or docks is prohibited. At nisrht all boat operators win use the river only at their own risK. me cltv will not be responsible tor an damage caused by waterfront guards n Dcuai uicui.1115 v& kiitj Dual u ui Education yesterday It was decided to E p. , Knlu,inff Full Force sign a iwo-monin contract witn tne Government for the use of Benson Polytechnic High School by the War Department this Summer. When the School Board first granted the use of tbe Benson School for train ing soldiers, it was thought that KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May 11. (SDeclal.) The new Ewauna box plant here is now in full swing, with a fon:u of more than 100 employes. Soon after starting the machinery last week a delay was caused by a motor burnitiK ..... A . n nna nrlvaH 1 I n.Onl linn.'. equipment and teachers would be all ever and the new factory is now' hum. that the board would be called upon to furnish, but it developed later that the Government expected dormitory space and food supplied to the drafted men who will be sent to tbe Benson for In struction tn the mechanic arts. The War Department requires that the men be housed in dormitories not more than 20 minutes' walk from the buildings in which they receive their instruction and that they have the use of shower baths and other conven iences. To meet this demand the School Board has decided to take the seats out of a number of rooms at the Benson and house the men in the build ing during the Summer. Some other place for the soldiers must be dis covered after the Summer months. The Benson School is thought to be the best equipped in the West and the Army officials are eager to use it as a training center. Under the direction of the domestic science department of the public schools the soldiers will be furnished with meals in the school building, which is equipped for cafe teria service. Three hundred drafted men will be detailed to attend the Government training school at the Benson High. ming along at full speed. "Corn-Less Day" for Feet, Every Day Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn Dis covery! Makes Corns Peel Bight Off I Look at the illustration below. Cee the two fingers peeling off a corn as though it were a banana peel! An" the man is smiling while he's doing it. All done painlessly. Joyfully. The moment Gets-it' touches a corn or caiius x-.a Polk Women to Aid War Work. DALLAS, Or., May 11. (Special.) The Polk County council of defense. called upon to organize a woman's com mittee for furtherance of the work, has responded, being one of the first I "Get-n-it," the Only Genuine, Thoroagh in tne state to complete sucn an organ- ora-i-eeier etw Discovered. ization. The woman's committee will I Demand "beta-It.' play a prominent part in the Red Cross I growth is doomed. It takes but two seconds to apply uets-lt. The corn- drive which opens May 20, and prepara tions to that end are now being made. Dallas Woman's Club- Elects. . DALLAS. Or.. May 11. (Special.) The Dalles Woman's Club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. J. S. Sweeney; vice-president, Mrs. E. K. MacNamar; secretary, Mrs. R. C Virgil; treasurer. Mrs. H. L. Crider. The club has 73 members. It Is planned to build a pub lic bathhouse in the City Park for the exclusive use of the children. pain is eased at once. You can sit at your deokj)r walk about, dance, think, love and work with absolute ease. You can apply "Gets-It" conveniently almost anywnere wnere you can taKe your shoe and stocking off for a moment or two. uets-.lt" dries at once; then put your shoe and stocking . on again. There's no further excuse .'or suffer ing from corns and corn-pains. "Gets - It," the guaranteed, money back corn-remover, the onlv sure wav. costs but a trifle at any drug eton. M'f d by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. III. Sold In Portland at all stores of tha Owl Crug 0, Adv. A