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TITE STTNIAY OHEGONIAN, POItTXAND, JAXUART 11, 1920 13 K KflVFRlfiFnT SK Nfi WHY ALIENS WAIT Kto.ve Is On to Require Nat uralization in 7 Years. MANY APPLICATIONS LAPSE Questionnaire to All Judges Indi cate Plan to Limit Time In Which to Become Citizens. Indications that the. government naturalization officials may ask con gress to place a statute of limitations on aliens who take out first citizen ship papers and tnen let them so by default are given In a questionnaire which was recently mailed out from naturalization headquarters at Wash ington to all Judges authorized to pass upon the citizenship Qualifications of those desiring: to become American citizens. If such an amendment should be made to the naturalization law it would place a lasting: barrier against 1 thousands of aliens who take out their first papers merely for the pur pose of Joining labor unions but who never expect to complete their clti senship requirements. According to records compiled yes terday by J. B. Easter, chief clerk of the county naturalization bureau, 100 aliens who took out first papers more than seven years ago have let them lapse beyond the statutory pe riod and have taken out new first papers within the past 30 days. Time Is Unlimited. Under the present law an alien can take out his first papers any time after he arrives in the United States. He Is then given a period of seven years to complete his naturalization requirements. These 100 aliens pro cured their first papers, but there after made no effort to complete their citizenship. Under the law as it now stands they can wait another tseven years without taking any steps to complete their citizenship, and again come Into court and procure first papers for the third time. "The department Is sounding out sentiment among jurists throughout the United States as to what should be done, and in my opinion if an alien fails to complete his qualifications within the seven years now allowed he should be forever barred from again' seeking citizenship in this country," Mr. Easter said yesterday. "Any man who cannot complete his citizenship within seven years, most certainly does not think enough of the honor of becoming an American citizen to be entitled to that protec tion. "It is also my opinion that aliens who have lived in this country for more than 10 years should be pro hibited from taking even the initial step toward citizenship. If a man can not determine whether or not he wants to be a citizen of this country within 10 years after his arrival here it is my belief that he does not think enough of the country to entitle him to citizenship." Cases Are Cited. Cases at point were given by Mr. Kaster to explain the apparent laxity of the existing laws. His records for this month show where a citizen of. a central European country came to the United States in 1874, having lived here for 46 years before taking out even his first citizenship papers. Another case showed where a na tive of Germany came to this country more than 20 yearB ago. This particu lar person completed his naturaliza tion and became an American citizen. Later he moved to Canada and in order to procure government land In that country, he renounced his al legiance to the United States and be &me a naturalized citizen of Canada. He returned to the United States a few months ago and last week de cided he wanted to become an Ameri can citizen once more. His first papers are now on file in Mr. Easter b office. There are scores of similar cases, says Mr. Easter, which indicate that aliens are taking their citizenship re sponsibilities all too lightly, and for istt reason there is a general belief among those who edminister the nat uralization laws that the reins should be tightened and more severe re strictions imposed upon those who de sire to become citizens of this country. DOG LICENSE SUIT BEGUN W. B. Iloneyman to Test Validity of State Tax Law. Injunction proceedings to test the validity of the new state law requir ing a state license for dogs was started In the circuit court yesterday when Walter B. Honeyraan filed suit against District Attorney Evans, Con stable Petersen, County Clerk Bev cridge and Chief of Police Jenkins to restrain them from molesting his dog through failure to take out a state license. The suit is a friendly action taken with the approval of District Attor ney Evans in an effort to clear up all doubts as to the validity of the state law. The complaint sets forth that the fact that the county is made lia ble for the killing of any domestic animals by dogs is sufficient to make the act unconstitutional. County officials more than a week ago advised dog owners not to take out the new state dog licenses until a final court ruling can be procured relative to the act. Dog owners in sist that the state tax is an imposi tion when a city tax is also required. Mr. Honeyman in his complaint sets forth that the licensing of dogs is purely a local matter and one over which the state should have no Juris diction. CAR SEPARATION .URGED Seattle Mayor Says Municipal Line Should Be City Department. SEATTLE, Jan. 10. Mayor Fitz gerald, who is running for re-election, in his first campaign speech here Fri day declared the Seattle municipal street-car system, said to be the larg est municipal system in the world, should be conducted as a separate de partment of the city government. At present the municipal railway is operated as a branch of the depart ment of public utilities. "The superintendent of the rallwav shotild be concerned only with the management thereof, and should be relieved of the responsibilities of other public utilities, which he now has," he said. , REED COLLEGE TO VOTE Referendum of Academic Opinion on. Peace Treaty Sought. Reed college faculty and students wiu cum veies tomorrow on pnas of the peace treatr ratification, as part of the largest organized effort ever attempted to get an accurate referendum of acaaemlo opinion on a publio question In this country. Promoted by the editors of the Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Colum bia student publications, and sanc tioned by the presidents of these in stitutions, the plan is to get the opinion of every faculty member and student in the -United States on one of six propositions for treaty ratifi cation. Of the propositions, two call for unqualified "yes" or "no" answers to the treaty as it stands. The third favors reservations advocated by the majority of the ' senate; and - the fourth calls for Immediate ratifica tion, with a compromise if necessary. Two other propositions have been added at the suggestion of Senator Lodge and provide for a separate peace with Germany, and another stating specific reservations for the league of nations covenant. The referendum tomorrow at Reed has been initiated by the Reed Quest and will be managed by a committee of the Social Science club. The opin ions of the faculty and students will be taken separately, the results made known, locally and then forwarded to the eastern headquarters. CHURCH GETS EDUCATOR A. F. BITTSER TO BE IXSTITU- TIOXAIi DIRECTOR. Many Activities of Westminster Will Be Taken Over by Jeffer son High Professor. Officials of Westminster Presby terian church. East Seventeenth and Schuyler streets, yesterday announced the appointment of A. F. Bittner, head of the department of mathematics in Ik it?' "4 A. F Bittner, who becomes In. titutional director of West minster Presbyterian church Jefferson high school, to the position of institutional director of the church. He will assume charge of his new du ties In about two weeks, with the end ing of the present school term. "The appointment of Mr. Bittner to the position of institutional director is the first step in Westminster's pro gramme of expansion," said O. W. Davidson, chairman of a special com mittee having in charge the campaign of the church to obtain J50.000 with which to enlarge the work in Irving ton and adjacent communities. "He will have charge of all. work of the young people In our church, including the Sunday school, of which he will be the superintendent. Because of his many years of activity at Westmin ster and his work in Jefferson high school, he is well acquainted with the people of our section of the city. We feel exceptionally gratified at his ac ceptance of the important place." Mr. Davidson also announced that his committee will resume this week its campaign, which was brought to a sudden halt by the recent snow storm. He said that more than $26,000 had been obtained, with which to en large the work of Westminster In Irvington and other nearby centers. Mr. Bittner, who is a graduate of the University of California, lives at 622 East Nineteenth street North. He has been associated with the Portland public schools for the past 10 years, the first two of hich he was instruc tor in mathematics in Lincoln high. For seven years he was superintend ent of Westminster Sunday school. Woodburn Banks Elect. K ALA MA, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The Mountain Timber company. the mill of which in this city burned several years ago, is preparing to put in a bulkhead along the water front of its property. It is planned to fill In all the low ground when the gov ernment dredge commences operation. As soon as this is completed the com pany expect to rebuild. With the Co lumbia shingle mill, the Kalama lum ber and shingle mill already running, and the Barr shingle mill almost ready to run, Kalama is taxed be yond its limit in its housing capacity. GRAND ARMY MAX. HERE FOR 20 YEARS, DIES. James I. Miller. James I. Miller passed away Tuesday, January 6, at his home, 2043 Delano street, in this city. He was born August 6, 1841. at Solon, la., and served three years in the civil war with the 20th Iowa infantry. Company F. A widow and four children sur vive him Mrs. A. J. Flood. Mrs. W. H. Heustis and James L. Miller, all of this city, and Charles H. Miller of Weed. Cal.. all of whom were with him at his death. Mr. Miller had been a resident of this city for 20 years, coming here from Albany, Or., and was a member of Ben Butler post, G. A. R. i IS & i wry . . ' V r s 1m ? ? ) ' ' k - -; I:: - - -w ii 1 r i - n X -' 4 1 ; . ':--''".I ; ' 3 r - ' It i . - -A i - i M IS.GERTRUDELAHEYI STILL HAS HUSBAND Marriage Annulment Again Denied by Judge Morrow. NEW EVIDENCE NOT TAKEN Slystery of Soldier Deserter at Van couver and Canadian Sergeant Killed In Belgium Intensified. Efforts on the part of Mrs. Gertrude- Lahey to induce Circui' Judge Morrow to reopen her marriage an nulment suit against J. E. Lahey failed yesterday when the Jurist de nied her motion for a writ of review. Denial of the motion was made on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to exercise due diligence in un earthing additional evidence. In presenting her motion Mrs. La hey gave the court another bit of evi dence which serves to intensify the mystery concerning the death of Ser geant Robert G. White, a Canadian soldier killed in Belgium in October, 1918, according to the records of the Canadian 'ar department, but who, according to Mrs. Lahey, was killed in a powder-factory explosion in New York in April, 1918. Mrs. Lahey, who contends Robert White. was her first husband, prior to her marriage to Lahey, was receiving a pension from the Canadian government until Mrs. Alice White of Victoria, B. C, pre sented her claim and proved herself to be the widow of Sergeant White. New Evidence Not Admitted. The evidence presented to Judge Morrow yesterday by which she hoped to procure a review of her present annulment proceedings was a war department record from Vancouver barracks showing that Robert White, her former husband, was a deserter from the United States army. Judge Morrow held that Mrs. Lahey had been negligent in not procuring this bit of information at the time of the former hearing last November. The case, which revolves about the dead soldier, is one which has com pletely mystified local court officials. Both Mrs. Lahey and Mrs. Alice White of Victoria produced marriage certifi cates showing their marriage to Rob ert J. White. Both likewise were well acquainted with his entire history and both produced photographs which were acknowledged to be of the dead sergeant. Judge Morrow yesterday expressed the belief that. -in view of the new evidence showing Robert J. White to have been a deserter from the United States army. It was more than likely he was the Robert J. White killed In the powder plant explosion early In 1918. Suit to A until Marriage Brought. Mrs. Lahey brought suit to annul her marriage with J. E. Lahey on the grounds that her former husband, Robert J. White, was still alive at the time Bhe married Lahey on June 6, 1918. She testified originally that she had received indirect word of her husband's death in the explosion and thereafter felt free to marry Lahey. Later she learned through press dis patches that a Robert J. White had fallen in action while with the Can adian troops in Belgium in October, 1918. She then sought to annul her marriage to Lahey on the grounds that her first husband was alive at the time she married Lahey. She also presented her claim for a pension with the Canadian government and received several sums of money until Mrs. Alice White of Victoria proved herself to be the genuine widow of the Canadian soldier. When the case was heard before Judge Morrow last November, he branded Mrs. Gertrude Lahey as an impostor in her attempts to claim the pension due the widow of Sergeant Robert J. White. Divorce Suit Only Remedy. With the filing of the additional evidence showing that Robert J. White was a deserter from the 21st United States infantry, Mrs. Lahey threw an additional element of doubt into the entire case. . The war depart ment photograph of the deserting sol dier from Vancouver barracks is in every way similar to the preceding photographs which Mrs. Lahey gave to the court of her husband. Judge Morrow said yesterday that the only way In which Mrs. Lahey could now get her legal separation from J. E. Lahey was through the filing of direct divorce charges. Judge Morrow more than a year ago had granted an annulment of her marriage to Lahey, but on motion of the district attorney's office he re opened the case and set aside the decree when it was shiwn that Mrs Lahey had failed to. establish con clusive proof that her first husband was dead whcn,she married Lahey. PASTOR INVITED EAST Church May Allow Acceptance of Request to Iiectnre.- An invitation to go to Boston to de liver a series of lectures on "The Anglo-Saxon Race in Prophecy," has been received by Rev. R. H. Sawyer, pastor of the East Side Christian church. The honor of such an invita tion is appreciated by both Mr. Saw yer and his church and it Is probable that he will accept. , For some time Mr. Sawyer has been a contributor to the Watchman of Israel, a monthly magazine published in the interests of Anglo-Saxon unity and identity with Israel preliminary to the restoration of Israel .and the return of Judah to Zion. The wide spread interest among eastern read ers of the magazine in this series has resulted in the invitation from A. A. Beauchamp, publisher of the Watchman. His Hearing Restored. The invisible antiseptic ear drum in vented by Mr. A. O. Leonard, which is in reality a miniature megaphone, fit ting Inside the ear and entirely, out of sight, is restoring the hearing of liter ally hundreds of people in New York city. Mr. Leonard Invented this re markable drum to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and it does this so successfully that no one could tell that he Is a deaf man. This ear drum is effective when deafness is caused by catarrh or by perforated, partially or wholly destroyed natural drums. A request for information ad dressed to A. O. Leonard, Suite 113, 70 5th Ave., New York city, will be given a prompt reply. Adv. Horse Falls, Rider Hurt. G. T. Williamson, 550 Halg street, a stableman employed In a stable at Seventeenth and Kearney streets, re ceived a broken leg yesterday when a horse which he was riding fell at East Tenth and Clay streets. He was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital for treatment. Read The Oregonlan classified ada. In every department we are sorting out and setting aside merchandise in lines that must be sold out to make way for the arriving spring shipments. This rapid clearance necessitates the lowering of prices until, in this Pre-Inventory Sale, you will find remarkable values at greatly reduced prices. There Are About 75 of These Dresses Of Serge and Silk At 12 Price Attractive street and afternoon dresses of serge, tricotine and taffeta in all the wanted colors and fashioned along the most charming lines will prove a most economical purchase. All Better Blouses 25 Less Blouses of georgette and crepe de chine in both the delicate and the more vivid shades in peplin and waist-line styles. There are not a great number of these blouses, so do not fail to look at them in the morning. Blouses $4.95 A well-chosen assortment of plainer blouses where the value is in the excellent material used and in the newness of the cut. Children's Sweaters At 12 Price With spring days approaching comes the urgent need for well-knit sweaters to take the place of the heavy winter coats. All children's sweaters in bright and gay colors are cut one-half in price. All Fabric GOATS Now Yz Burella Silvertone Wool Mixtures Cheviot There are still at least three months of winter coat weather before us, and this is an opportunity to purchase a coat that is attractive in cut and color, that is partially or completely lined and that is a wonderful value in material and work manship. Some of these coats have large fur collars; others that are stunning in line have large collars of the material. Store Hours 9:15 to 5:45 All Cretonnes Reduced 20 Per Cent. NEW TENOR HAILED FIND Return Engagements Booked in Three Western Cities. John Hand, who appears in concert at the publio auditorium Monday night under the auspices of the city, began his northwest tour on January 3. He has appeared in Evwnston, Wy oming; Everett and Seattle, Wash. Following each concert in these three cities, Mr. Hand was imme diately booked for a return engage ment. Although Mr. Hand is booked solidly for his tour through western states, he is -arranging to make the return engagements, having held his spring and summer schedules open until the conclusion of the western trip. Mr. Hand is known as "America's new tenor," and throughout the east he !s heralded as the "season's "findi." Old Herbal Remedy Used For 40 Years in . Relieving Diabetes The most satisfactory results have been obtained in combating Diabetes by observing certain dietary rules and the judicious use of Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy, an herbal prepara tion used with marked success for more than forty years. Following is a letter from a grate ful user: "This letter is the best proof that I am still alive. Tour medicine is a miracle to me. My weight was reduced from 157 to 114 pounds when I left the hospital. I left there August 6th in despair. Hundreds of people that knew me said 1 would never live to return to my studio. After leaving the hospi tal I saw your 'Ad.' 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Dress Goods Savings In this department are special sav ings at this time of the year when room must be made for all the spring material. v S6-inch silk and cotton crepe In all colors at the reduced price 75 yard. 18-inch silk taffeta and messaline, while it lasts, 590 yard. 86-inch plaid taffeta and striped messaline, very special $1.49 yard. 40-inch covert suiting at clearance prices; now marked $1.25. 42-inch French serge reduced to $1.25. E2-inch storm eerge priced per yard $1.89. Wonderful bargains in wool remnants will make it worth your while to shop early in the day. A Corset Special At $1.50 A well-made and splendid fitting corset in whita or flesh coutil or low or medium bust with elas tic tops. Dainty Aprons $1.39, $1.65, $1.95 - You can hardly have too many of these crisp per cale and gingham aprons and among these three assortments you are sure to find the particular style that you prefer. Huck Towels I212C Each Fine huck towels, 16x32 inches, in white and white with pink borders, now priced at 200 each. Crash toweling now reduced to 150 yard. Extra heavy unbleached towels, 19x45 inches, 6 to each customer; 250 yard. Hemstitched Slips 35c Fine sheets,' 81x90 inches, now priced at Bleached sheeting, 72 inches wide, priced 77- Srof?e7?fATSAVEsyt)(MoNEvy 77fRD&MSffNG7DNSrS. Henry J. Ditter, Mgr. jor Mills has just closed a long lyceum tour. F. J. Meyer, secretary in charge of the meeting, also announces that the orchestra of Sunnyslde Congrega tional church Christian Endeavor wfll furnish music. Singing will be led by Walter Jenkins. Seattle Man Is Elected. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Raymond Frazier, Seattle, was elected to the directorate of the Rai nier National Park company in Ta coma Friday, succeeding Frank Mc Dermott, Seattle. 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