THE SUXPAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 21, T91f.
bursed . under - the regime of former
County School Superintendent Clyde
T. Bonney should have been appor
tioned according to the old law, ac
cording to an opinion banded down by
Attorney-General Brown of Oregon in
a letter officially directed to A. .E.
Gronewald. countey superintendent of
schools.
This opinion. If followed, will neces
sitate an entirely new apportionment
of funds and renders warrants drawn
according to Bonney's stipulations
void, la the consensus of opinion here.
At least on school district has re
fused to accept the position taken by
the attorney-general and will contest
the Issue in court. Other school dis
tricts may adopt the same attitude.
District attorney Galloway and Coun
ty Judge Adklsson favor bringing the
Issue to trial.
BILL PASSES SENATE
Esch Bill to &e Compared
With , Similar Measure.
LABOR PROVISION PUZZLE
CUMMINS
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Conferences on Differences to Be
gin Tomorrow -Iveaders- Hop
for Agreement Xext Month.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 80. Th Cum
mins bill, pavlnsr th wsy tor return
ft the rialroads to private operation,
paused the senate late today by a vote
of 48 to 30, ending a prolonged dlscus
slon of the measure and making the
holiday recess of congress possible. It
went through without change In the
anti-etriko and other Important pro
visions, and was sent to conference
for adjustment during the recess with
the Ksch bill, passed, by the house
November 17. Final enactment of per.
rnanent railroad legislation Id hoped
tor by leaders early next month.
The ultimate disposition of the rail
road problem, . however, still Is in
doubt, as the senate and house bills
will be in conference and congress in
recess on January 1, the date previ
ously set by President Wilson for re
turn of the lines to their owners.
Unless vetoed by the president, the
pending- legislation, according to plans
Of congressional leaders, wouia re
quire the return of the roads by Janu
ary 31. The railroad administration,
however, lias plans ready for their
return January 1 under a presidential
proclamation, should Mr. Wilson ad
here to his announced progremme.
Measure Differ Greatly.
The Cummins bill was supported by
33 republicans and 13 democrats and
opposed hy eight republicans and 22
democrats.
When the house was informed that
the senate had passed the Cummins
bill, Representative Esch, chairman
of the interstate commerce committee,
who will head the house conferees,
said the labor sections of the two bills
were so "radically different that it
seemed absolutely certain- that the
conferees would later have to ask the
house for" instructions." This made
necessary a vote of the house to bind
its conferees o the plan of voluntary
mediation of labor disputes proposed
by the house bill.
Representative, Garner, Texas,
democratic whip said he favored a
test in the house on the senate labor
section which includes the anti-strike
provision. Both senate and house
bills propose private ownership and
operation of the railroads under strict
government supervision, but differ
radically In other respects than their
labor provisions.
Conferences Begin Tomorrow.
The eenate bill would transfer the
roads at midnight of the last day of
the month in which the legislation is
enacted: the house hill would return
theoi similarly if enactment should
come before the 15th of the month,
otherwise at the end of 80 days.
Conferences to harmonise the two
bills will begin Monday.
Attack, on the Cummins bill In the
fenate centered largely on the antl
etrike clause, penalizing lockouts or
etrikes of employes, all efforts to
eliminate or modify it being defeated.
It now must run the gauntlet of con
ference with predictions general of a
compromise with the house plan of
voluntary mediation without prohibit
ing strikes. Also to be harmonized
are the senate and house plans for
labor bodies to deal with disputes
over wages and working' conditions.
Both the senate and the house bills,
in varying degree, permit consolida
tions of competing systems, upon ap
proval by federal authority. They
also are alike In prescribing exclusive
federal regulation of intra-state rates
affecting inter-state commerce.
Kate-Making Is Problem.
Among major differences are the
creation of a transportation board
and a new statutory rule of rate
making, to guarantee fixed dividends,
both proposed only in the senate plan.
The transportation board under the
senate bill would determine the coun
try's transportation needs with the
Interstate commerce commission being
directed to grant rates sufficient to
meet these demands. The house bill
while directing the Interstate com
merce commission to keep informed
on the transportation needs, facilities
and services, would greatly, extend
the commission's" authority, and not
make It subject to order from an
other government body.
The senate's rule of rate making,
guaranteeing 6 per cent returns to
the carriers, was rejected by the
house, which proposed the present
rule that the Interstate commerce
commission shall fix "fair and rea
sonable" rates.
HUSBAND'S DEFENSE WINS
Man With Damaged Jaw Fails to
Get $15,000 Injury Balm.
A plea of self-defense made by C.
W. Borders, who was sued in the
circuit court for $15,000 damages fol
lowing an assault on Walter E.
TrNeilly, satisfied a Jury in the court
of Circuit Judge McCourt yesterday
which brought in a verdict for the de
fendant. D'Neilly declared that, without pro
vocation. Borders attacked him in the
lobby of the Palace hotel, San Fran
cisco, breaking his jaw and injuring
him to such an extent that he snant
four weeks in a hospital. Borders
contenaea mat L xseuiy had made im
proper advances to Mrs. Borders and
had threatened him. The attack oc
curred last February.
NEGRESS SHOWS PROWESS
Viola Jones, 250 Pounds, Gives
Two Officers Busy Reception.
Viola Jones, ISO-pound negress.
gave Officers Davis and Drennen a
hard tussle when the two representa
tives of the emergency squad entered
a house at 106 North Ninth street, ac
cording to the testimony of the offi
cers in municipal court yesterday...
The woman gave Officer Davis a
hard punch on the nose and then In
rushing out of the house nearly
knocked Officer Drennen off the front
porch.
Lottie Slaughter, .who Is said to
have been attracting men from a
window at that address, received 90
days in jail by Municipal Judge Ross
man. The judge released Viola Jones.
QUOTA BASIS ATTACKED
Kcdlstribotion of Wasco School
Funds Held Essential.
Ti:i: TMLT.KS. Or., Dec. 20. (Spe-c!a!.)-The
high school funds 41s-
E SMALLPOX IN CITY
HEALTH OFFICTTR. BAYS THERE
ARE 300 CASES IX CITY.
Isolation Hospital Is Too Small.
Home Quarantined Sending
Outside Patients Condemned.
Chrlslmaa in 157 homes in Port
land will not be visited by Santa
Claus or any other person save the at
tending physician, the homes being
quarantined for smallpox. Portland's
small isolation hospital is filled to
its capacity of ten patients. In the
homes now isolated there are from
one to three persons afflicted with
the disease, according to City Health
Officer Parrish. which makes more
than 300 cases of the disease preva
lent fn the city at this ttme.
Spread of smallpox In Portland is
due, according to City Health Officer
Parrish, to the large number of cases
sent to Portland from various cities
in Oregon and Washington. Effort to
stop the sending of smallpox cases to
Portland, Dr. Parrish says, has been
without avail, although many com
munications have bean forwarded to
the state health officer during
recent months on the subject.
"At least 75 per cent of the eases
of smallpox prevalent in Portland are
due to the Influx of smallpox patients
to Portland from outside cities." said
Dr. Parrish yesterday. "During the
past two days, five cases of smallpox
have been sent Into Portland.
"Portland should have a large Iso
lation hospital, capable of handling
at least 100 cases at one time."
Dr, Parrish anne-ttneed yesterday
that he would again appeal to the
council on Monday for Immediate re
lief, so that the healthy members of
Portland's population might be af
forded some protection. The majority
of smallpox cases now reported to the
health bureau are mild ones, but nev
ertheless. Dr. Parrish points out, at
any time it la possible that severe
cases may become prevalent.
CLACKAMAS WARMS UP
POIilTICAIi ASPIRANTS BEGIN
GROOMING FOR RACE.
Incumbents In Many Offices Ex.
pect to Run for Re-election.
Sheriff's Job In Demand.
OREGON C1TT, Or., Dec. 20.
(Special.) -County politics in Clacka
mas are beginning to warm up and
aspirants for a number of offices are
bobbing up for the May primary.
Present Incumbents of the offices of
clerk, recorder, treasurer, assessor,
surveyor and coroner will be candi
dates for second terms, and are not
likely to encounter opposition. School
Superintendent Calavan probably will
be a candidate to succeed himself,
and rumor has It that Supervisor
Brenton Vedder has his eyes on the
position. .
Sheriff Wilson is expected to be a
candidate for a fourth term, and K. L.
Johnson, H. E. Meads, A. J. Bell and
a number of others are regarded as
possibilities for the republican nomi
nation, while rumor has it tha.t ex
Sheriff Mass will seek the place again
through the democratic primary.
Interest generally, however, centers
In the election of members of the
legislature and of the county court.
The death of W. A. Dimick has cre
ated a vacancy In the state senate,
and C. Schuebel, a member of the
lower house, is an avowed candidate.
Grant B. Dimick, a cousin of the late
senator, has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate, as is George C.
Brownell. For the lower house there
is a possibility of a new lineup, with
Schuebel In the senatorial race, and
Representative Cross aspiring to a
place on the county court. Repre
sentative Dedman has served two
terms, but may be a candidate for a
third. John R. Cole of Molalla; W. H.
Balr of Canby. E. W. Bartlett of
Estacada and several others have
been proposed by friends as pros
pective candidates.
CHENEY TO BE RETAINED
COUNCIL CONSENTS. TO RE
HIRING OF EXPERT.
Pledge Jlade, However, That Plan
ning Commission Can Have
but $6000 in 1D20.
For the second time within a week,
the question of retaining Charles H.
Cheney as consultant to the city
planning commission at a salary of
$300 fr one week's work per month,
came before the council yesterday.
Unanimous consent was given to the
retention of Mr. Cheney by the plan
ning commission, but not until City
Commissioner Pier had obtained a
pledge from other members of the
city council that the planning com
mission would not be allowed an ap
propriation of more than (6000 for
1920.
City Commissioner Pier alone stood
out against the retention of Mr.
Cheney. He based his opposition on
the plea that $300 was too much
money to pay any city employee for
one week's work. Mr. Pier said the
work of the planning commission was
excellent but that he could not recon
cile himself ta voting for the reten
tion of Mr. Cheney at $300 a week.
Mayor Baker contended that the
failure of the city council to re-hire
Cheney would result In dissolution ol
th,e planning commission, and as a
result the city would lose about $16,.
000 already Invested In preparing the
zoning plan. . , .
Other members of the commission
agreed with the. mayor that Mr.
Cheney should be retained In order
to keep the planning commission in
tact and handle the problems expected
to arise over the zoning system.
Cliristmas Trees Received.-
A shipment of 1S00 Christmas trees
was received here yesterday by C.
Clarence Liking, former service man,
remembered here as a member of the
party which took the army trophy
train through the state, and the trees
A gift of something in music will be in good taste and
will be appreciated not only this Christmas, but for years
to come. There are to many things in the musical Kne
that you can give.
' VICTROLAS
Victrolas are priced at $25. $35. $50, $70. J$ 1 10.
$130 and up to $430. We will gladly arrange con
venient payment terms.
Victor Records
What better gift to the owner of a Victrola or any make
of Talking Machine? Victor Records at 85c $1.00,
$1.50 and up to $3.50. Packed in attractive Christmas "
boxes if desired. If in doubt what records to give,
present one of our Merchandise Orders. .
Record Albums, $1.50 and $1.75
Player Roll
A most acceptable gift in the home where there is a
player piano. Rolls from 75c to $1.25. Duo Art
rolls, $1.25 to $4.00. If uncertain what rolls would
be desired, give one of our Merchandise Orders.
. Music Cabinets
Something that is Teally needed where there is a piano
or a player piano to properly care for sheet music or
player rolls. Cabinets from $22.50 upward.
Piano Lamps
Piano or floor lamps, complete with shades, at a wide
range of prices.
Piano Benches
in mahogany, ebony, walnut or oak, with compartment
for sheet music. Prices from $ 1 7 upward.
Merchandise Orders
If you prefer to leave the selection to the one for whom
the gift is intended,, we will issue a Christmas Merchan
dise Order in any amount.
Open Evenings Until Christmas
m
Sherman pay & Co.
Sixth and Morrison Streets, Portland
(Opposite Postoffice)
SEATTLE TACOMA SPOKANE .
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22
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will be sold throughout the city by
Liklns. with the aid of ex-service men
from Liberty Temple. The trees are
displayed at Park anl Glisan streets.
They will be sold both wholesale and
retail.
FALL IS AIMED AT RICH
Japanese Patriot Hurls Self From
Balcony Toward Millionaires.
.TOKIO, Japan, Deo. 20. As a pub
lic protest against the luxuries of the
newly rich, a young Japanese patriot
threw himself yesterday from the top
balcony of the Imperial theater in
the direction- of a group of million
mh Holiday
$175. rrn
. . !&- I k .:
issB a te 'j
aires , who were seated In the or
chestra.
The young man was serlouslr In
jured by the fall; the millionaires
were unoarmea.
A. L. Mine la Dead.
A. Jj. Miner, a resident of St. Johns
since 1886, died of paralysis at his
home there yesterday. He is survived
by hlu widow, three children and seven
grandchildren. Mr. Miner was born
In Clinton county, New York, in 18J7.
isariy in life ha went to Minneapolis.
Minn., where he was connected with
the Pray Manufacturing company for
zu years. He came west in 1886 and
purchased a tract of land at St. Johns
and had since made his home there.
Slippers
LARGE VARIETY
Popular Prices Only
UY practical and useful
lnristmas gilts. What
is better than a pair of
comfortable clinnsr.
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assured standard quality at a
lower price.
Ladies' Felt Juliets, fur or rib
bon trimmed, vast assortment
of colors; priced $2.2o, $1.05
ana si.ts
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dies' Soft Soles. Felt Mocca
sins, all colors, plain or ribbon
trimmed, priced. .$1.75, $1.05
Men's Black or Brown Everett
and Opera Slippers or Romeos;
turn or stitch-down soles, priced,
a pair... $3.45, $2.05, $2.45
Men's Felt Slippers and Juliets
in black, oxford gray and fawn
colors, price4..$l.uO to $2.25
Spats
A very appropriate Xmas gift;
big shipment jusb received 10
button Spats -all the popular
colors; priced $1.05
B&mplephoe&tore
129 4th St-, Bet. Wash, and Alder
Opposite Circle Theater
G.
615-617 Washington St.
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for Man, Woman and Child
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and you would not be with
out one for many times its
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Proved Enduarasice
Essex Did Xt S037 miles In fifty hours Greatest endurance record made "by
a stock car on Cincinnati Speedway under A. A. A. official observation ending
December 12. ,
Now time has proved how Essex
retains those wanted qualities of
silence, smoothness and power even
after hardest service.
. . Such endurance was never expect
ed of a light weight car.
But Essex legion of friends Jcnow
that aside from size the Essex has
nothing in common with other light
weight cars.
True, it has economy, which Is the
chief light car appeal. But only
among large, high-priced cars are
found comparisons ior its perform
ance qualities.
Big Car Performance
Light Car Economy
. Think how many who formerly
owned big, costly cars now drive the
Essex.
It proves mere size was not what
they sought. They wanted qualities
that heretofore only large, fine cars
offered. But they prized such light
car advantages as economy and nim
bleness. When the Essex met their
demands for fine car comfort, qual
ity and performance, with the added
advantage of light weight types, they
chose it without hesitation.
The Essex was designed to embody
the wanted qualities of the finest
cars, in a size it would be possible to
build at moderate cost.
L. Boss Automobile
The
Portophone
Built in a neat Durable
Leatherette Carrying; Case,
with record holder. Weight
18 pounds. Easily carried
about.
PLAYS ANY DISC
RECORD
Any time, any place for any
occasion. Musically correct,
mechanically rig;ht.
$35.00
Why pay more and get less?
FREE
Demonstration
616 Gasco Bldg.
Fifth and Alder
PortlpM. Or-.
the Esse
What thousands say of It proves
how well it meets those exactions.
Costs Less to Operate
Easier to Handle
With the Essex you sacrifice na
pleasure, comfort or performance
ability that the big, costly car can
give.
What car can show more speed?.
In any community you will find the
Essex is rated with the fastest In
less than a year it has established its
position as a performance car that
all respect for ability.
And Essex owners are learning an
other quality that improves .their
esteem and affection for it. That is
its endurance, which accounts for
thousands of miles of transportation,
free of repair or annoyance. They
have discovered the Essex requires
little attention.
Its solid, compact assembly, thaf
has been proved in every trying test,
will satisfy you, too, of its endurance
powers.
Then take a ride In the Essex. Tt
will reveal qualities that charm you
as they have nearly a million others.
And you will make sure of having
your Essex when you want it by
placing your order well ahead of the
desired delivery date.
. Give him cigars like he would
buy for himself
Rich's Cigars
CHRISTMAS
CANDY
NOVELTY
J BOIE AND
BASKETS.
Pipes
Rich's Cigar Stores
4th and Morrison 6th and Washington
Co.
Portland
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