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TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. MAT 22, 1921 15 STRIKE IS ill SIT Preliminary Move Made Coal Agreement. for COMMISSION IS TO ACT Miners, Operators and Public Jo Be Represented on Ikxly .Ac ceptance Voted by Tnions. SEATTLE. Wash., May 21. (Spe cial.) The end of the state-wide coal miners' strike is in view. 'ine pre liminary movement for settlement of the walkout that has tied up the mines of the state for the last 60 days was made this afternoon when the repre sentatives of the miners, who were in convention two days, voted to accept the'Clifford plan for a commission for the adjustment of the difficulties. This commission, which was, pro posed by Director Clifford of the state department of labor and which naa been accepted by both the operators ana miners, is to consisi 01 live iuem bers two representing the miners, two representing the operators and the fifth to be appointed by Clifford. Special Survey Planned. The commission is empowered to make a survey of the general situ . ation, investigate costs of production costs of living, wages and all other angles of the Question. .Recommenda tions of the commission will be sub . mined to both miners and operators for ratification. -Clifford declared today that he had appointed J. H. Alport, a-mining' en gineer of Barnesboro, Pa., as the fifth member of the commission and that Alport had already telegraphed his acceptance, starting immediately lor Seattle. Alport is no stranger to Seattle, as he was a member of the commission that investigated the coal situation last year in the northwest following the nation-wide coal strike. He was appointed by the national bituminous coal commission at the instance of President Wilson. He was also ap pointed following the war by the al lied governments to appraise the dam age done in Belgium and northern France by the Germans. Wage Cut Demand Dropped. Clifford has also recommended to the operators and miners the appoint ment of the same representatives who worked with Alport on the commis sion of a year ago. These were Km est Newham, district secretary of the miners; Robert Harlan, district 'ex president; D. F. Buckingham, general manager of the Roslyn Fuel company, and N. D. Moore, vice-president of the Pacific Coast Coal company. President Sh.ort of the Washington State Federation of Labor, speaking before the convention of miners, rec ommended the adoption of the Clifford plan, but the final vote on the propo sition was not taken until late in the afternoon. The vote was almost unan . imously in favor of the plan. Sixty delegates were in attendance. The operators have withdrawn their demand for wage reduction, leaving the commission free to Investigate the situation as it existed prior to the shutdown without demands from either side. gineer officer late In the afternoon, and it was expected that she would be able to depart before daybreak th!s morning. She is the only ship- i ping board vessel at present held up ere by the strike, though the pri vately owned steamers Willamette and Anson S. Brooks are idle, and in at least one case because a crew can not be obtained. 3TOX-UXIOX CREW IS SIGNED Shimmer Board Steamer to Leave San Francisco for Far EaA. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21. The shipping -board steamer Creole State, operated bv the Pacific Mail com pany, will leave here Monday for far eastern points with a non-union crew, markine the first of the company's ships to get away, since the ship strike . beaan. shipping board and company officials announced toaay. The Creole State was to have sailed last Monday but her departure was held up by the strike. The operators said a full non-union crew bad been signed and the strikers' representatives admitted that the vessel was nearly ready to leave. NEGRO SAILORS ATTACKED Member of Schooner's Crew Miss ing After Raid om Vessel. PORTLAND, Maine, May 21. James Walker, a negro member of the crew of the schooner Mary W. Barrett, was missing today after a raid on the vessel by a gang of men who at tacked five negro sailors after driv ing them from their bunks to the deck at pistol points. The negroes fought back but were severely beaten. When the encounter ceased Walker could not be found. It was believed he fell overboard in the fight and police made arrangements to search for his body. HEALTH OF CQMY IS REPORTED UPON Multnomah Association Holds Its Annual Meeting. WORK TO BE EXTENDED County Nurse Examines 1864 Chil dren During: Tear; Fifty Per Cent of Defects Corrected. PASTOflS ME ASSIGNED CONFERENCE OF FREE METHO- DIST CHCRCH CLOSES. Several Clergymen in Attendance Remain in Portland to Attend Special Services Today. The 26th annual Oregon conference of the Free Methodist church closed four-dav session in this city yes terday with the assignment of preach ers for the Portland, Salem and The Dalles districts by the station com mittee composed of Bishop beuew. Distriot Elder Klotzback, J. A. Hooper, retiring district elder; R. A., Trullinger and Sidney Scott. Altnough tne Business Beai" y co terday formally closed the comer ence, a number in attendance re mained in Portland for special serv ices, which are to be held today at hA First Free Methodiet . church. Reports of the work of the Multno mah County Public Health association during the past year and plans for Its extension during the coming year were taken up yesterday at the an nual meeting of the association held at the courthouse. Members from out lying communities and representatives of kindred organizations include the state tuberculosis association, the state bureau of nursing, the Univer sity of Oregon extension division.' Mrs. Ruth Gould, county nurse, who has organized the work in Multno mah county duringathe past year, pre sented a report of the work during the year and the possibilities for ltd further development and service among the children and the sick In the rural districts of Multnomah county. Half of Defects Corrected. A total of 1S64 children out of the 2596 in the county outside of Port land were examined by Mrs. Gould during the year. Defects, ranging from those of ..vision and hearing to physical deformity, were found and a record of BO per cent of corrections attained. Advice and instructions for the care of the sick and actual medical assistance were administered in a large number of cases. A marked change of feeling among- the parents of the county was noted during the year by Mrs. Gould. Numbers were inclined to resent her visits as in trusions when she first appeared but later her visits were welcomed and her services were in demand. Mrs. Gould's resignation from the work was announced. She will go east with her husband, an engineer. who has been assigned to work in Illinois. Miss Mary Billmeyer, a grad uate of the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, and recently connected with the county nursing work In Kalama zoo, Mich., has arrived in Portland to take the position of county nurse. Biology. Specialists Wanted. Plans for a statewide move to se cure the services of social oioiogy specialists to present sex hygien lectures were announced by u. The present intention is to closely the waters rising from he back water of the Grande Ronde. Farmers who have watched the floods of ll94 aad 1918 said " the present flood covered as much terri tory, and estimated that between 30, 000 and 35,000 acres were under water with the possibility that many addi tional acres would be covered during the next three days, w-hen. If cooler weather comes, the peak of the flood will have been reached. WATER COVERS BED OF LAKE Houses in Deschutes County Are Partially Submerged. " ; BEND, Or., May 21. (Special.) As a result of the heavy rains this month Silver lake, for several years a lake in name only, has become one in reality. It was reported here this morning by autoists returning from I Lake county, that water now covered ' the lake bed to a depth apparently of four feet and settlers who home steaded the flat only a few years ago i have hastily driven out their stock, leaving houses partially submerged by the rising waters. An attempt at draining was made, but there was little chance that this could be more than partially successful. Last night's shower here added .04 ! of an inch, bringing the precipita- - tion for the week to 1.77, and the total for the month to 2.78 inches. Although th Deschutes at this point ! does not actually flood, it has reached , its highest known etage. Crane ' Prairie, at tffe headwaters of the river is inundated. inuw v..stjMavwM rfHSBhdKMMUGftuateS InnfedBsUatssMsl LABOR CONFERENCE CALLED Four Big Brotherhoods to Pass on Wage Award. CLEVELAND. May 21. Approxi. mately 600 general chairmen of the four big brotherhoods and the Switch men's Union of North America will attend a joint conference in Chicago Friday, July 1, to consider and pass upon the wage award to be made bv the United States railroad labor board, effective on that date. The call for the Joint conference was signed by Warren S. Stone, grand chief enginer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers: W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Enginemen; I. E. She-pperd, president of the Order of Railway Conductors; W. G. Lee. president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and T. C. Cashen, newly elected president of the Switchmen's Union of North America. Rail Wage Cut Is Rejected. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. Em ployes of the dining car, hotel, res taurant and commissary department ot the Southern Pacific company de clined through their representatives in conference with company officials today to accept a 0 per cent cut in wages. The department also includes train and parlor-car porters. Open Shop Agreement Made. BUFFALO. N. T., May 21 Fifty printing plants here, representing 90 per cent of the city's productive ca pacity, announced an agreement to maintain open shops and operate on a basio 48-hour week. East Ninth and Mill .streets. The programme for the day rouows. Grant. Old-time Methodist lover feast at 9 interest about 20 districts in employ- nVln-k. led bv B. F. Smalley of wood- in trained man to carry out th hnrn- missionary service at 2:30, led I instruction in social biology by lec by August Youngern of Seattle, who during in each high echool one day recently returned arter i out of each month. - micsinnarv wor k in Japan; preaching! offi pars of .the Multnomah count at 10:30 and 8 by Bishop Sellew of association elected were: President, Jamestown, N. i . I Mrs. George Honey, Gresham; vice- The assignments announced yester- president, Mrs. J. W. Grant, Fairview dv follow: I swrrtarv. Mrs. Louis Harlow. Trout- Portland district, w. i. .tvioizoacn, daie: treasurer, Ralph Hoyf, rortiana, istrict elder: First church, w. Cnmmunitv vice-nresidents: Gresham, Johnston; second cnurcn, . -noper. Mrs. Mary Stubbs; Corbett, Mrs. J. w Third church, O. N. Blair; AiDena. Evans: park Rose, Miss A. G. Dates F. L. Burns; Gresham, J. A. Hopper, jfuitnomah, Mrs. Charles Larson. Damascus. J. ti. Brown; sc. neieiia VnnVtnn TJ. N. Hi sbYL . Hilleboro :SW?a?i;.ffi,Si"St: RIVER RISE LOSES SPEED . - -, , i.tr-ii-f w 1ST -r,rfe. district I 'Continued From First Page.) elder- Salem, e! I. Harrington; New- phone wires, though none had left its! berg, H. E. Kreider; Falls City, J. N. mooring Wopd; Woodburn. B. F. famauey; Dredging May Halt. S.rS'WAloBfi;r;. "1 . Dredging operations of the Port of " T. m xt Portland will be halted by a rise of me .uaues ai&Lriui.. . i. uic, - - district elder; The Dalles, E. N. Long; five feet more, it was stated yester- Madras, C. H. Carlson; Maupin, H. A. Walters. day by James H. Polhemus, general manager of the port. With the river at a stage of 20 feet the dredgers working to a channel depth of 35. feet at zero are now actually 55 feet be low the surface. Work cannot be carried on more than 60 Jeet below the surface, Mr. Polhemus aald. The mill of the West Oregon Lum ber company at Linnton closed down yesterday because of the high water. "Forest Fantasy" and "Spirit of Sea" The Peninsula mill, one of the few re maining in operation aiongr lub w u- JUL CS1E FETE HELD KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA AND ALPHA TAU OMEGA WIN. Are Entries That Capture Trophies on Campus. 8 TRUE BILLS RETURNED Four . Indictments in Connection 4 With Jacksonville Bank. MEDFORD. Or.. May 21. The Jack Ron countyx grand jury this morning returned eight true bills, four in con nection with the Bank of Jacksonville failure last August. Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley, ex-county treasurer, was indicted on a new count, alleging "aiding and abetting an officer of a bank in making a false entry in the books of a bank with intent to deceive a person appointed to examine the affairs of such bank." This indictment replaced one sub mitted to the grand jury for consid eration at the last term of court. R. D. Illnes. ex-vice-president of the bank, was indicted on three counts, one embracing the charge against Mrs Blakeley and two for receiving deposits in an Insolvent bank. , Two "John Doe" indictments, said to be In connection with the failure, were also returned. Pete Stauff and Frank Kodat. who were alleged to have attempted to rob the Gold Hill bank in April, were in dicted for burglary. lamette and Columbia rivers, will be forced to suspend operations if the flood reaches a height of 23 feet. Fair .Weather Forecast. The silver lining to the dark cloud of industrial inconvenience of high water lies in the fact that the placid, if elevated, waters of the Willam ette will be enjoyed today by hundreds of boating parties, for the weather man, has predicted fair weather for today with westerly winds. The lagoon within Rosa, island, which exists only at high water, and is penetrable to boats only at still higher water, is now open. Lush meadow grass and spring flowers wave under water while the canoeist Passes over them and stirs them with his paddle. A few hours of sunshine will take the chill from the water of the shallow lagoon and the spot is a favorite with small boys eager for the first swim of the season. According to old residents and denizens of the waterfront, conditions are now almost identical to those of 1894, the great, flood year. According to Hugh Bradv. city c-rnDnler the river reached a 20-foot stage in th latter part of May, 1894, and .then went over the top in June. mat nigner water than that now prevailing is to be expected is borne out by the fact that in the last 20 years only four times has the crest WAm RdfiT FAR Rfliin of the summer freshet been reached In WMOUU Duuoio run iyuhu May In only one of tneaa years1904 did the river go as high as UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, May 21. (Special.) With all Its lure of soft colored lights and beautifully modeled floats, the celebrated annual canoe fete of the university opened an extremely successful junior week end here. The fantastic, the enchant lne, the grotesque, the gruesome, floated silently down the dim mill- race into the play of the spotlights, past the judges' stand and melted into darkness again. When the last gaily decorated canoe had gone its way tbe Judges announced that Kappa Kappa uam ma. with its lovely "Forest Fantasy,' had won the cup for women's organ izations, and Alpha Tau Omega, for its "Spirit of the Sea," had captured the men's trophy. Other entries were:- Pi Beta Phi with "SDirit of the Fountain"; Phi Delta Theta. with "Icebound"; Beta Theta Pi's lighthouse; Friendly Hall's gaily lighted Jinricksha and pretty Jap maid; Chi ?si's "Chinese Funeral"; Hendrick's Hall's entry, "Secrets of the Sea," and Phi Gamma Delta's snouting whale: "From the Land of the Pharoahs." by Sigma Delta Phi "A Breath of Spring," Delta Tau Delta; "The Crystal Gazer," Alpha, Phi; "The Casls." Bachelordom; "Van Ity," by Delta Gamma. bank WAGE CUT IS ACCEPTED (Ontinued From First Page.) ticeable. however, and police were called in the morning to stop a ston ing near the Victoria dolphins below the east end of the Broadway bridge. Several men. presumably strikers, were reported to be throwing stones at non-union crews of the steamers moored at the dolphins, but they scattered on the approach of. the police. The steamer West Nivaria. fully laden for-the orient and carrying 700 eacks of mail In her hold, had a com plete personnel except for one en- Farmers and Business Men Hold All-Day Celebrution.' THE DALLES, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) Farmers and business men from all parts of Wasco county as sembled at Maupin today, to attend the big good-roads rally being held there in the Interest of the proposed $800,000 bond issue and resultant construction of the Dalles- Callforn'a highway. The rally was made a holi- lt is now. The record of summer floods at Portland since 1900, with dates and river stages at the crest of each flood, runs as follows: June 3, 1901, 21.6 feet; June 4, 1902, 21.6 feet; June 18, 1903, 24.8 feet; May 21. 1904. 21.6 feet: June 16, 1905, 14.4 feet; June 9, 1906, it. reel; June 6. 1907, 20 feet: June 20. 1908. 22 feet; June 21, 1909. 22.4 feet; May 16, 1910, 19.9 feet; June 20, 1911, 20 feet; June 2. 1912. 20.5 feet: June 8. 1913, 24.7 feet; May 29. 1914. and trout feed at noon, a baseball J' VHeeT ' June 22 12 " game in the afternoon and rally at !.,l t'M: ,e ,;,,", i night, followed by a dance, . J8; ""'-?0 J"nf Representatives of The Dalles- lm i9'4 fe,t' Jun" w s feeL Wasco county chamber of commerce. the county court and many grange and farmers' union organizations, ad dressed the assembled farmers. ' Mrs. Albert M. Grilley Selected. SALEM. Or., May 21. (Special.) Mrs. Albert M. Grilley of Portland to day , was named by Governor "Olcott as a member of the board of Inspec tors of child labor. She will succeed Mrs. Anna Z. Crayne, also of Portland. Mrs. Grilley is the widow of Albert M. Grilley, for a number of years prominently connected with the Port land Young Men's Christian association. Fuel question solved, page 3. Adv. GRAND RONDE LEVEE FAILS Flood Situation in Union County Grows More Critical. LA GRANDE, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) The flood situation In the vicinity of, Catherine creek and the Grande Ronde river became more critical this afternoon, with the breaking of another levee, which it had been thought would withstand the rising water. The main stream of the creek was swollen today from the torrential downpour, which fell during the night and morning In the flooded section, and farmers watched INDLW VILLAGE IS FLOODED Inhabitants Hurriedly Pack Goods and Flee in Rowboats. THE DALLES, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) An .entire Indian village, on the lowlands near The Dalles, con taining abouf 60 inhabitants, today was flooded by the rapidly rising wa ters of the Columbia river, causing the Indians hurriedly to pack all their household goods and flee In row boats. The village stands on a point several miles above The Dalles. The river continued rising today, standing at 35.1 at 6 o'clock tonight Tbe flood waters took oh a surlier note today, being filled with rushing debris of all kinds. Several hundred acres of grain land along the fertile river plain is now under water. Farmers, anticipating that their land would be flooded, hurriedly cut their hay, .raked it and hauled in green. TRUCK GARDENS IN UNDATED Columbia at Hood River Raises at Rate of Inch an Hour. HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 21. (Spe cial.) The Columbia has raised at the rate of an inch an hour here for the past 24 hours,, and much ad ditional lowland truck farms on the Oregon and Washington sides of the river are inundated. Ranchers of the Binen section were busy removing nay irom jana that win - soon be flooded if the river continues to rise. Harry Munemato, whose large truck; rancn is protected by dikes, is keep ing the tract free of seepage water by means Of electrically driven pumps. COLUMBIA CONTINUES TO RISE Farmers Drive Livestock to Higher Pasture Lands. VANCOUVER, Wash.,X May 21.' (Special.) The Columbia river con tinued its rise and was 20 feet noon today. There is considerable drift in the river, which Is now higher than for several years. Farmers on the lowlands today were driving out the livestock for pasture on higher lands. A number of fields that have been planted are now partially under water. It Is thought that the river will come up a foot or further and preparations are being made for it. i ,w:1 Prepare d IKS Memorial Day will soon be here. Far and wide patriotic programmes are being planned. Those of. us who- do not don our uniform again will want to look our very best in civilian clothes. I SELL THE BEST SUITS IN THE CITY FOR $3i-others from $25 to $40. USE MY STAIRWAY SAVE DOLLARS Broadway at Alder Cat-ty Corner From Pantages i'i liji'ihiTf M i -f 1 inafl,. Kelso Dikes Protect Farmers. KELSO, Wash., May 21. (Special.) -With the Columbia river rising at a rapid rate, lowland farmers of this vicinity are not apprehensive of fl oding or their-lands, which are protected by dikes,-completed during the past, few years, in 1917 the Co lumbia reached a stage of nearly 24 feet at fortiand, which is the high est freshet since the dikes were built. These dikes are planned to protect against a zs-root flood or more at Portland, and the-only freshet that ever exceeded that mark was the 84 flood. 25 STUDENTS ELECTED FOUR HONOR SOCIETIES ON EUGENE CAMPUS BUSY. week, and an attempt will be made I charged a rifle about 200 yards away this spr'ng to arrange several inter-( presumably at a bird. The bullet Four Juniors Are Admitted Friars, Which Is Considered to Be Greatest Honor. to Yakima River on Rise. ,:. PROSSER, Wash.. May 21. -tSpe- claL) Yakima river was higher just now than at any time in several years. No damage has been done, as it never overspreads any part of the Yakima valley In the Prosser district. Last week's rain, which was the heaviest May rain ever known, and was of inestimable value to crops, augmented the flow of water, from snow melting in the Cascades until a record stage almost was reached. Diking District Endangered. KALAMA. Wash.. May 21. (Spe cial.) The present high water stage of the Columbia rivef is endangering the diking district, between Wood land and Kalama. L. E. Hart, local dairyman, and C. A. Bradt. Guernsey breeder, have been forced to take their stock to higher ground. River Readings at S A. M., Saturday. STATIONS Wenatchee Lwlston .. matilla ... The Dalles . ugene .... Ibany ..... Salem Oregon City Portland . . . ,32.0, 18.5 21.1 34.1 5.fl 6.81 4 4 5.1 1-1.4 0 -1-1.2 1-1.7 1-0. fl 0 -0.2 0.1 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, May 21. . (Special.) Twenty-f've prominent university students have been elected to four of the most noted honor societies on the campus, ac cotd'ng to announcements made to day. Friara is the senior honor society and is considered the greatest honor that can be bestowed upon a. uni versity upper classman. The Juniors elected are Wayne Akers of 'Wasco, Lyle Bartholomew of Salem, Earl Les lie of qoquil'le and Norton Winnard of Eugene. Scroll and Script is a woman's-hon-orary scholastic organizat'on, and elects to membership only Junior women who have had exceptional grades during their college .careers. Alice Evans of Portland, Isabelle Kidd of Portland, Emily Perry of Portland, Marian Taylor of Eugene, Lelaine West of Camp Lewis, Wash., have been' elected to membership. Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journal ism society, elects every .year the most promising woman in the school of journalism. The new members just elected are Ruth Austin of Wood burn, Lenore Cram of Hood River, Helen Dougherty of Portland, Inez King of Corvallis, Margaret Scott of Bellingham, Wash.; Jean Strachan of Dufur, Jessie Thqmpson of Salem and Elizabeth Whitehouse of Forest Grove. Zeta Kappa Psi, women's national forensic fraternity, annfcally selects for membership a number of the women in the university who have -been most prominent in debate. Those elected are Glen Frank of Eugene, Elizabeth Hadley of The Dalles, Vera Houston of Portland, Elizabeth Melts of Mist, Elizabeth Stephenson of Portland, Emily Veazie of Portland and Adelaide White of Eugene. ' . collegiate forensic contests for next season. Verne Ferguson, a sophomore of Bremerton, Wash., will be yell king next year, according to an announce ment from the executive committee, which named him early in the week for the office. 13 (19.81-1-1.1 River Forecast. The Willamette river at Prtrflanri will rls Sunday and Monday, reaching stages of about 20.0 feet Sunday and 21.1 feet Monday, and remain nearly stationary Mrs. Amanda 3. Casteel Dead. ALBANY, Or- May 21. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Amanda Jane Casteel, for 40 years a resident of Oregon,, who died yesterday at the home of her son, R. L. Casteel of this ity, was held here this afternoon. Rev. J. C. Spencer, pastor of the First Methodist church of Albany, conducted the .services, and burial was In Crystal Lake cemetery, near Corvallis, where her husband was uried. Survivors are three children. S. Casteel of Portland, R. L. Cas teel of Albany and Mrs. H. E. Moore Stranger, Alberta, Canada. of Albany College Wins Debate. ALBANY COLLEGE, Albany, Or., May 21. (Special.) The Albany col lege negative debating team won over the Pacific college affirmative team by a score of 2 to 1 on the question of, "Resolved, That com pulsory arbitration should be adopt ed in the settlement of labor dis putes." James Macnab and Dorothy Bell comprised the Albany team, while Bush and Hlnshaw represented Pacific cUege. 3 BOOTLEGGERS FINED Two Patrolmen Beat Search and Seizure Law by Eyelash. Patrolmen Harms and Nutter beat the search-and-seizure law by an eyelash yesterday, and procured the arrest of three Austrian bootleggers in a lodging house at 85 North Second street. The Austrlans were fined $50 each in police court In the afternoon. "?hey were Tony Jakic, Mike Susnar and Mike Anick. The two policemen saw Jakic and Susnar enter the lodging house from an automobile and Nutter followed tqem up the stairway. The police man stood guard on tbe outside of a door until it was opened. As soon as one of the Austrlans opened the door a few inches Nutter poked his head Inside and saw 18 bottles of moonshine on a bed. He then en tered and made the arrest. The moonshine was being purchased by Anick when the trio were arrested. PARKER ESCAPES PRISON Man Who Attacked Young Girl Sen- , tenced arid Paroled. George T. Parker, convicted of. a felonious attack upon a young girl. was sentenced to 23 months' Imprison ment and paroled by Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday. Parker is the sole support of a wife and three chil dren, who were dependent; on charity when he was arrested. In admitting Parker to parole. Judge Morrow said he felt as though he owed an apology to the mother of the girl who was wronged, Dut mat he believed his action was the best thing that could be done under all the circumstances. The jury recom mended leniency. Parker became engaged to the girl and told her mother he intended to marry her. All the while he was llv ing with his wife. SPAN BID'S TO BE OPENED Offers on Oregon City Structure to Be Examined May 28. SALEM, Or., May 21. (Special.) Bids for the construction or tne pro posed new bridge over tne Willam ette river at Oregon City will be opened at a meeting of the state hltrhwav commission to be held In Portland May 28. The. atructure will be 850 feet long, with a central span consisting of a half-through arch and nanKea Dy re infnrmri rnncrete piers and an ap proach viaduct. Estimates prepared by engineers for the highway com mission indicate tnat tne sirucm will niat S220.000. The expense of the bridge will be borne Jointly by the state. Clackamas county and the municipalities oi rc gon City and West Lynn. Boy IJuntcr's Bullet Hits Man. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 21. Harry Neat of Dexter. who is visiting at the J. I. JoneS home here, sustained a rifle bullet wound a few days ago. While on the road between Dexter and Goshen he stopped to help a friend fix a tire on an automobile. A young lad dis- Btruck Mr. Neat. Legion Convention Date Changed. HOQUIAM. Wash., May 21. (Spe cial.) Four destroyers, a detachment of Camp Lewis Infantry, the Camp Lewis band, and a quota of men with tanks, are petitioned for by the local American Legion post to be sent here July 14, 15 and 16. the dates of the state legion convention. Admiral IIukIi Rodman, commander of the I'aclllc fleet, hud ordered the dentroyers here for the first four days in July, but a change in the dates makes necessary the new request. Phone your want ads to The Ore- ponlnn Main 7070. Automatic 5B0-S5. BENJAMIN RICKL! 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