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I2f THE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 2(5. 1919. V STATE CIVIL SERVICE SCHEME IS PREPARED Appointive Officers and Em ployes Included in Bill. MEASURE GAINS SUPPORT Committee of Which Bishop Sumner Is Chairman Prepares Bill for Legislature's Consideration. Civil service for all appointive pub lic officers and employes of the state is the purpose of a bill which will make Its appearance in the Legislature. A bill of this character was suggested in the report of the committee on consoli dation, appointed by the Governor un der a resolution adopted by the 1917 session, but the bill which ts now being prepared for introduction is backed by a committee of wnich Bishop W. T. Sumner is chairman. Others on the committee are Richard VV. Montague, Miss Ida V. Jontz, Manuel C. May, Mrs. tleorge (Jerlinger, Mrs. George Frankel and Mrs. Jessie L. Ream. Others interested in the measure are: W. G. Kliot, Jr.; N. G. Ouback. profes sor of government: Professor James D. Barnett, of Eugene, and Chambers of Commerce, the latter because of the prospect of economy being brought about. At the invitation of friends of the merit system. Miss Eldred Johnstone, field secretary of the National League, and representative of the civil service department oi State Federated Wom en's Clubs, has arrived to aid in pre senting the bill. Mrs. Charles H. Cast ner, of Hood River, will go to Salem to aid in advancing the measure, and a headquarters for the committee for civil service legislation will be estab lished in Salem. Certain Uifption Made. According to the draft of the bill, the following exceptions are made from the blanket of civil service: Judges of courts of record and one stenographer of each judge; one clerk for each court of record; the persons appointed to perform judicial functions, receivers. Jurors and members of boards and com missions appointed by the Governor and serving without pay; members of the State Ipdustrial Commission, of the Public Service Commission and of the Slate Civil Service Commission; the Governor's private secretary and two confidential employes in his office: appointees to fill vacancies in elective offices; one deputy 6f each elective officer; officers and teachers in educa tional institutions not reformatory or charitable in character; all attorneys-at-law and serving as such and other officers and employes of the Lee-is. lature. ... Incumbents need not worrv over the bill, as they are not disturbed by its provisions, save as they are liable to removal on the same basis as em ployes appointed under the provisions "l the act. The commission is to be composed of "three commissioners, ap pointed by the Governor for overlap ping terms, and the appointees must be people who are knowrr to be de voted to the merit system. Salaries to Be Fixed. Under the bill the commission has extensive powers. The commission is to classify and grade all positions, des ignate the minimum and maximum sal ary, and arrange that salary advances be made on the basis of efficiency and seniority. Abuses and frauds in examinations are rigidly guarded against in the bill. Political activity of civil service of fice holders is limited to membership in & political club, attendance at politi cal 'meetings and to entire freedom from all interference in casting votes and in seeking election or appointment as school director, member of the Board of Education or member of the Library Board. Penalties for violation of the provisions of the act range from a fine of $50 to six months' Imprisonment. 'S NOTABLE COLONEL LAWRENCE HELPS ARABS IX FIGHTING TURKS. Young Englishman Does Remarka ble Work in Blowing Up Troop Trains on Hedjaz Line. LCWDON". (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Colonel T. K. Lawrence, of the British Army, who recently arrived in London with a son of the Sheriff of Mecca to give infor mation concerning the Arabs' aspira tions for independence, is character ized by some Ioidon newspapers as "one of the most remarkable men pro duced by the war." A fair-haired young Englishman of 29, smallish of stature, Colonel Law rence gave such services to the Arab cause that he was treated as a sheriff, and given the additional rank of Emir, which is equivalent to that of prince. No other European or Christian, ac cording to the London Daily Mail, has ever received such a distinction at the ACTRESS TELLS SECRET l Well -Known Actress Telia How to Darken tiray Hair With a Simple Home -Made Mixture. Joicey Williams, the well - known American actress, who waB recently playing at the Imperial Theater in St. Louis, Mo., made the following state ment about gray hair and how to dark en it: "Anyone can prepare a simple mix ture at home, at very little cost, that will darken gray streaked or faded liair, and make it sofl and glossy. To a half pint of water add 1 ounce of bay rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and ounce of glycerine. These in gredients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost, or any drug gist can put it up for you. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired hade is obtained. This will make a gray-haired person look 20 years younger. This is not a dye, it does not color the most delicate scalp, is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off. Adv. A Health Builder For Weakened Lungs Where a continued cough or cold threatens the lungs. Eckman's Altera tive will help to stop the cough, strengthen the lungs and restore health. SOc and $1.50 bottles at drug gists, or from ECK1U.V LABORATORY. Philadelphia. -Adv. hands of the royal family, which is the senior descendant of Mohammed. Before the war Colonel Lawrence was a student of history at Oxford. As he was able to speak two Arabian dialects, he was sent by the war office in 191 to do intelligence work in Egypt. Later he was assigned to aid in the negotiations with the King of the Hedjaz, who revolted against the Turks at Medina in June, 1916. after ward joining the sheriffs military kuvicof XTVZ"Work Will Be In Charge of golden dagger. With Sheriff Feiseul, he planned the blowing up of troop and munition trains on the Hedjaz line, and so suc cessful were their operations that the Turks put a price on their heads ot $85,000 each if taken alive, and 135.000 dead. They blew up seventeen trains, one a great troop train which c-ntained Djemal Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Turkish army, and his staff. For this train Colonel Lawrence lay in wait for nearly three days and nights. Several trains were permitted to pass in safety. Then came the big one, and Colonel Lawrence pressed a button that set off a mine. The two huge en gines were toppled into a ravine and the train waa wrecked. Djemal Pasha's car near the end was derailed, and the commander-in-chief waf launched into space. Uninjured, he picked himself up from the sand and fled for life, tearing off as he ran his medals, decorations and epaulettes. These were found later and given to Colonel Lawrence. AUSTRALIAN TOUR MADE CHAUTAUQUA EXTERTA I N M EXTS SUCCESS 1" ANTIPODES. J. R. Ellison Returns Convinced That Government Ownership of Railroads Is Not Wise. American enterprise, with a Portland man as the directing agency, has scored a new conquest in establishing the Chautauqua system in Australia. J. R. Ellison, head of the Ellison-White Chautauqua System, has just returned from this achievement. It marks the first time a Chautauqua has been con ducted off the North American conti nent. Until Mr. Ellison and 60 entertainers landed in A ustralia and put them under way the circuits of Chautauqua assem blies, familiar to every American citizen, were unknown in tnat land. When the season has been finished there 71 Chau tauquas will have been held in Austra lia and 16 in New Zealand. The demand for their return has been practically unanimous. Experiences and study in Australia in the past four months have turned the Portland men against Government ownership, at least as regards rail roads. "Australia is often cited as an exam ple." he said, "by people boosting for public ownership, but it is evident they have never been in Australia or have never gone very far into the question. The railroads make a fair showing on paper, but it is at the expense of the public in the matter of convenience and of freight rates. In fact, freight rates are almost as high as express rates over here. Each state owns its own railroads and each one has a different ftauge, so that freight and passengers must be transferred In going from one state to another. Public ownership has been carried to greater lengths in Aus tralia by the labor party, and there is a growing dissatisfaction over the re sults." MORE SALAHY ADVOCATED MOVE TO BOOST INSURANCE COMMISSIONER'S PAY BACKED. Life Underwriters' Association of Oregon Indorses Bill Now Before Legislature at Salem. That the present salary paid to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon is inadequate for the service required, was the opinion expressed by the Life ' Underwriters' Association of Oregon at its annual meeting yester day. The association voted in favor of the adoption by the Legislature of House bill No. 133, which would in crease the compensation of insurance commissioner to $400 yearly. The bill authorizing the Commis sioner to maintain ah office in Port land was also indorsed. The measure proposing increased taxation of com panies was opposed. B. K. Arne, assistant director of civilian relief of the Red Cross, spoke on Soldiers Insurance and its Con version." taking the place on the pro gramme assigned to Miss Dorothy Wy- Bor. New officers of the Life Underwrit ers Association of Oregon were elected as follows: H. R. Albee, Northwestern Mutual L,ife, president; C. E. Fuller, Travelers, vice-president; C. A. Hood, Mutual Life of New Torok. treasurer; Mina A. Salvage. New England Mutual, secretary; William Goldman. National Uife; A. T. Bonney. Metropolitan: W. S. Raker, Northwestern Mutual, directors. DIVIDENDS NOT EXEMPT Deputy Revenue Collector Jacobs Interprets Income Tax Law. Dividends issued on stock since 1913 are subject to the Federal income tax, according to an interpretation which has been given by Deputy Collector Jacobs, of the Portland office. This ruling was given to avoid con fusion which has been caused through a report from New York that a Federal Judge there held that stock dividends are not taxable under the Federal law. This decision related only to stock on which dividends had been received prior to February 28, 1913. The one exception is where a cor poration has increased its ownership valuation and has issued stock cover ing this increase. In such cases, the additional stock dividends are exempt. LINES TO SEATTLE CLEAR Week of Trouble From High Waters Ends With Receding Floods. SKATTLE, Jan. 25. All main line tracks tor the transcontinental rail ways from Seattle were cleared today after more than a week trouble re sulting from high waters, washed-out bridges and landslides. The Buckley, Willapa Harbor and Aberdeen branches of the. Northern Pacific were still cut off by washouts. . The streams generally are receding. J. Ham Lewis Backs I n Wilson. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, speaking today before the Lawyers' Club in sup port of the proposal for a league of nations, declared that the American Government could not abandon a single one of President Wilson's 14 principles without laying itself open to the charge of perfidy. Phone your want ads to the Orego uia.ii. Phone Main 7070, A 6095. E Junior Red Cross. GOOD RESULTS EXPECTED As Means of Stimulating: Interest National Tournament in Health Knighthood Will Be started. A big health campaign is to be pros ecuted throughout the schools through the medium of the Junior Bed Cross. The campaign will aim to teach every child in school personal hygiene with later work on community sanitation. For the purpose of the campaign, which will be inaugurated next week in Portland, there will be organized a National tournament in health knight hood, running from February 9 to May 24. The campaign is to be conducted jointly by the American Bed Cross, the National Tuberculosis Association, the Council of National Defense and the United States Public 'Health Service. Because it is believed it will have an excellent effect in teaching pre ventive measures against influenza, the campaign has the support of the Board of Education and the Consoli dated Health Bureau. Conference la Held. At a conference held Friday between Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, Portland chapter chairman of the Junior Bed Cross; Dr. E. A. Sommer, representing both the Board of Education and the Health Bureau: Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, secre tary of the Oregon Society for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis, and Miss Har dlet A. Wood, school librarian, who has been appointed librarian for the North west division of the Junior Bed Cross, preliminary plans for the campaign were discussed. Through Acting Superintendent Grout arrangements were made yes terday to have the campaign laid be fore the teachers' committee, at which it is expected to have the hearty co operation of every teacher in Portland. County School Superintendents in Mult nomah. Yamhill, Clackamas, Columbia, Washington and Tillamook counties, all of which are in the area of the Portland chapter, have already assured their delighted interest and co-operation. Score to Be Kept. The campaign, which is patterned "after the Crusades and in which the children will win themselves scores as knights, squires and pages, is based on the honor of tha child, a simple score sheet beijfg issued to each child in which a bcore each day will be tallied for: 1. Washing hands before each meal. 2. Washing face, ears, neck and cleaning finger nails. 3. Keeping fingers, pencils and any thing that might be unclean out of mouth s. 4. Drinking a glass of water be fore each meal and abstaining from the use of tea and cof.ee. 6. Brushing teeth regularly. 6. Taking 10 or morte slow, deep breaths daily. 7. Playing outdoors or with win dows open more than 30 minutes. 5. Being in bed 10 hours with the window open. 9. Sitting up straight and eating slowly. 10. Keeping neat and being cheerful. 11. Taking a complete bath on each day checked. The campaign is brought to the at tention of the teachers as a result of the draft board examinations, which showed that 30 per cent of the avail able fighting strength was for physi cal reasons, not fitted for the Army. By beginning systematic, common sense training in personal hygiene among children, the Red Cross believes the whole physical being of the next generation may be wonderfully im proved. Tally Sheeta Provided. Tally sheets will be kept for each school and the results compared Na tionally. Miss Wood has prepared a course of reading, both for pupils and teachers, designed to make the study an simple and interesting as possible. Children may obtain the books at the library. The complete working out of the plan will occupy 10 minutes every morning of the pupil's time, declares Mrs. Blumauer, and on that basis Dr. Sommer promised the co-operation of the School Board. BOGUS CHECKS ARE PASSED TWO SOI,DIKRS arrested AS ALLEGED CRIMINALS. Ringleader Believed to Have Gath ered In Nearly $1000 During Last Six Weeks. E. M. Adams and Otto Frolich, sol diers discharged from Fort Worden. Wash., were arrested by Constable Mark Pterqpn and Deputy Watkinds yesterday on the charge of passing bogus checks on various Portland firms. Constable Peterson said he believed when all the checks were traced it would be found that the alleged ring leader, Adams, had garnered close to $1000. Up to the present time checks to the amount of about $150 have been un earthed. Adams has been in Portland six weeks, during which time he has not worked, but has been seen with various women of unsavory reputation, asserts the Constable. The officer is inclined to believe Krollch is a "go-between." A charge of forgery was placed 'against Adams and one of obtaining money by raise pretenses against Frolich. A woman is responsible for the ap prehension ot, Adams, whose confession led to the capture of Frolich. Mrs. M. Miller, with whom A'dams had been quite friendly, is said to have passed a bogus check for $30 on the Portland Outfitting Company, several days ago. When she attempted to, cash a second for $35 yesterday she was held and the Constable notified. Adams was picked up on the street at First and Harrison as he was hastening to the apartment of Mrs. Miller. Two uncashed checks were found in the sweatband of his hat corresponding to checks which had been cashed. Most of the checks were on the State Bank of Portland, and were signed "G. M. Standlfer." Adams is supposed to have operated in Seattle, according to information furnished the Constable by Frolich. who was arrested at the Alaska Hotel on Information given by Adams. Women Form Curling Club. JUNEAU, Alaska. Women of Daw son, Y. T., have formed a curling club and will meet the man In a contest, according to advice Irum tnat city. SCHOOLS TO HEALTH BY PROMOT CAMPAIGN $05. OO 6-HoIe, 18 -inch Oven Ranges $37.85 $30.00 Combina tion Wood and Coal Heaters; large size $21.85 36 - inch Window Shades; all colors 75c Shades made to order at the low est price in Oregon $:i.OO to $4.00 Axminster Carpet, yard $2.00 $1 .125 Ingrain Carpet, yard 75c $;t.50 Body Brus sels Carpet, yard $2.00 $1.75 and $2.00 Inlaid Linoleum, yard $1.35 $6.00 Extra Fine Comforters $3.95 $8.00 All Copper Wash Boilers, the best made $5.45 BEING DEMOBILIZED 2000 Men Turned Back to Civil Life Every Day. TURNOUT RAPIDLY GROWING MlMM, Sick Men. Doctors, Stu dents and Teaicres I'lr.-l to Get Discharges. LONDON'. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Demobilization of the British army is now in full swing.' Up to the present lime a total of 80, 000 men have passed through the six dispersal stations in England and Scot land, and skilled workers are being returned to industry in rapidly Increas ing numbers. Soon 15 dispersal sta tions will be in operation, each of which will be capable of dealing with 2000 men every 24 hours. According to Major-Uenrrai B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock, director-general of demobilization, who at Camp Wimble don explained to a representative of the Associated Press the details of the work, it will be a long time before the demobilization limit has been reached. The question of the number of men each of the associated governments Is to leave in the enemy countries for oc cupation purposes will be dcterimned at the peace conference. The following classes are being de mobilised cn bloc here: Miners, sick and wounded soldiers. 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If these machines were pur chased in the regular way it would be impossible for us to offer them at this ridiculously low price, but we have purchased the entire Stock of Complete Fur nishings and Machines from the Imperial Furniture Co.. of Salem, who were the exclusive agents in that section for many years, at a substantial discount, which enables us to give you a White Rotary Sewing Machine at this very unusual saving. They are the very latest model made, and a guarantee given with every one. If you live out of town, phone or mail your order at once. Come in and supply your future needs now. Values here you have never before witnessed. A deposit will reserve any article or bill for future. FELDSTEIN FURNITURE CO. 1 66-1 68 1 st St., Portland, Or. Phone Main 4633 LIBERTY BONDS ACCEPTED I 80.00 .-Burner Gas Plates S8.95; sri.OO Gas Plates $55.00 Overstuffed Tap estry Rockers $31.85 $2.95 convalescents, men over 41 who were called up in the last draft, "pivotal." or leading men in industry, students and teachers. Those that will not be demobilized for the present are the railway person nel In France, men having to do with transportation generally, and those in charge of horses. Some Dtx-tora Held. Many physicians have been released, but a sufficient force will be retained to care for the 500,000 sick and wound ed now under treatment. General Hitchcock had been working on demobilisation plans for 18 months prior to the signing of the armistice, and his machinery was as nearly ready for its work as the exigencies of the war permitted. The main outlines of his scheme were borrowed from the measures, taken by the Japanese after their war with Russia. "The actual number of- units to be got ready for demobilization," said General Hitchcock, "la 17.000. There are 19 categories of men. each category having different legal rights to be safeguarded. "The rate of demobilisation depends upon transportation facilities. More and more ships are being converted into transports and they soon will ex ceed berth accommodation at the vari ous ports from which the men are being sent home. Every ship from France is now bringing over troops, some from the front. The bulk of them are min Drugs by MAIL WB I'AY THE POSTAGE. If In need of Pure Dram and Chem icals. Shonlder Braces. Areh un portu, THl'Sl'JS Elastic Stneklnao. Abdomlnnl Supporters. Sn.nensory HrnidiKK for Men. and all other rubber goods of every description, tend to the Laue-Davis Drug Co. tri M-sn PI It I S, t hird and Yamhill. Portland. 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Each receives a ration book, an un employment policy, a railway warrant, a pamphlet of good advice. $10. a label Cor the return of his overcoat, and a certificate entitling him to draw pay and all allowances for 28 days. Thorough identification of the re turning soldier Is regarded as impor tant. "You would be surprised." said General Hitchcock, "to know how many Tommies change their identification disks with pals. It's the same in the French army. Why they do it is be yond understanding. We are always burying the wrong man. The soldier turns over his rifle and accoutrements, but lie is permitted to keep his uniform and "tin hat." He must return his army overcoat within a month, receiving $5 for it. EUREKA jjj