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QUEER DENIZEN OF DEEP RESEMBLES MYTHICAL MERMAID.
Large Array of Federal Jobs
Waiting to Be Filled.
DOPE MAY BE UPTURNED
Civil Service Rules Slated for Mod
. iflcatlon to Break Demo
cratic Strongholds.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY .3. 1221
SENATORS TO NAME
CHOICETHIS MONTH
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This month the Oregon senators are
supposed to get under way and make
recommendations for federal appoint
ments. While in Portland recently
Senator Stanfield said the recommen
dations would be made Just before
the terms of the incumbents expire.
There is, however, a Job lot of Jobs
now ready, and the big Jobs are near
at hand.
Here is some Information as to the
offices, their democratic incumbents
and the compensation, which give an
idea about when the senators can be
expected to act: s
Surveyor -General Edward G.
"Worth. Term expires July 18, 1921.
Salary. 13000 a year.
Collector of internal revenue Mil
ton A. M'lier. Took office August 16.
1913. Salary, $5400 a year.
Marshal George F. Alexander.
Term expires September 14, 1921. Sal
ary, $4000 a year.
Collector of customs Will Moore.
Term expires October 21, 1921. Sal
ary, $4000 & year.
District attorney Lester W. Hum
phreys. Term expires November 19,
1923. Salary, $4500 a year.
Prohibition director Johnson S.
Bmith. Took office January 5, 1920.
Can be removed at any time. Salary,
$3000 a year.
Overdue Jobs Listed.
Here are some overdue jobs in the
land office, which provide for maxi
mum compensation, meaning a salary
of $500 a year with fees and commis
sions not to exceed $3000:
Roseburg Receiver, Richard R.
Turner, resigned.
Burns Receiver. Sam Mothershead,
term expired May 13, 1921.
La Grande Register, Charles S.
Dunn, term expired September 5, 1920;
receiver, Nolan Skiff, term expired
May 13, 1921.
The Dalles Register, H. Frank
Woodcock, term expired May 13, 1921;
receiver, Luran A. Booth, term expired
same date.
Lakeview Register, James F. Bur
gess, term expired June 26, 1921.
"The foregoing offices have been
available for republican occupants
from th dates set down-. Mr. Dunn,
at La Grande, has been hanging on
for nearly six months, and five other
jobs could have been filled six weeks
ago.
Land Posts Open in 1921.
Two land office jobs will become
vacant next year receiver, George I,
Smith, at Portland, . compensation
$2340.75, whose time is up on January
SO, and register, Thomas Jones of
Vale, whose commission expires Oc
tober 11. 1922. Five other land office
appointments do not run out until
1923 an-1 1924.
United States appraiser, at Port
land, is occupied by George B. Wel
ter, with a salary of $3000. This is a
presidential appointment, made on
I ecommendation of the senators.
The new collector of internal rev
enue, whoever he may be, cannot turn
the office upside down to take care of
republicans. Most of the staff is now
under civil service and for the last
two years every vacancy in that of
fice has been filled from the civil
service list. Kven the chief deputy.
Jack Littel, compensated at $3000 a
year. Is somewhat protected by civil
service. There is quite a field force,
however, which can be changed on a
strictly political basis. There is a
presumption that the civil service
rules now governing the collector of
internal revenue office will be modi
fied sufficiently to enable some re
publicans to be taken care of.
Many Under Civil Service.
There are plenty of good federal
offices in the state, but unfortunately
for place-hunters,, they are out of
reach, as they are in the civil service
list. For example, there are superin
tendents of the Indian agencies at
Chemawa. Klamath Falls, Pendleton,
Warm Springs and Siletz; national
bank examiner for Oregon; project
managers for the reclamation service
at Klamath Falls and Hermiston, and
district counsel at Portland; a whole
mess of jobs in the forest service,
ranging from $2120 to $4000, and some
Jobs In the lighthouse service, which
pay well.
However, there are deputyships in
the marshal's office and there will be
a number of places in the office of
collector of internal revenue and, in
the course of events, assistants in the
orfice of district attorney. These will
all help, if the senators will only
agree on someone for the main jobs
end. when they have agreed, make the
recommendations.
The political rumors of late are all
to the effect that the tentative slate
has been upset.
FEDERAL PLCMS ARE READY
Washington Official Expected to Be
X'amcd In Few Days.
TACOMA, Wash.. July 2. (Special.)
Appointment of Mark L Davis of
Tacoma to be collector of internal
revenue and Millard T. Hartson of Se
attle to be customs collector of the
Puget sound district, is a matter of
but a few days, according to Guy E.
Jvelly, national committeeman, who
returned last night from Washington.
1. C, where he attended the meeting
of the republican national committee.
These two federal plums will be the
first to fall in western Washington
eaid Mr. Kelly, and saon afterward
will come from President Harding's
hands the appointment of Ed Benn
of Aberdeen as United States mar
enai, i om r iievene or Seattle as
district attorney and W. W. Conner of
Seattle as immigration commissioner.
"President Harding assured me that
If congress adjourns by August 16 he
km come to me state or Washington
on a western trip." Mr. Kelly said.
"But Congressman Fordney. chair
man of the house ways and means
committee, when I had luncheon with
him the day before 1 left Washing
ton, said that with the obstacles in
the way of the tariff and revenue
bills he didn't see how they could get
tnrougn oy the middle of August.
"Secretary Fall is coming to the
state and expects to leave the capital
about July 20. He wants to look
over the Columbia basin irrigation
project and the Lake Kachess and
Lake Keecholus projects and then to
visit Mount Tacoma and the national
park. Then Secretary Denby Is com
ing out to the Puget sound naval
station and will visit Tacoma."
That J. H. Davis will be the next
postmaster at Tacoma, although he
-will have to wat until the expiration
of Postmaster Calvin Stewart's term
two years hence, was the confident
prediction of Committeeman Kelly.
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PHOTOURAPH OF DICOXG FROM ARABIA.
PHOTO DEPICTS MERMAID
TRAVELER PRODUCES UNIQUE
EVIDENCE OF WATER TRIBE.
Arabian Coast Provides Nearest
Link Conecting Sea Denizens With
Human Being Family.
Colonel John Leader of 1823 East
Eleventh street, has a photograph of
what he believes to be the nearest
connecting link between the mermaid
family and the human being, the
photograph having been taken of the
mother of the family after she had
been captured and lived 48 hours in
captivity. The hide was then stuffed
and is still in th&vpossession of Co-
wasjee Dmshaw, a. Parsee, who lives
on the coast of Arabia near the is
land of Perim.
While Colonel Leader was a visitor
at the steamer point on the Arabian
coast near the Perim island, a party
was organized to capture one of the
mermaid family. The mother and
two pups were caught with the aid
of a strong net. The two little ones
lived but 24 hours while the mother
died 48 hours after she was cap
tured. The party secured the advice
of a scientific authority and the in
formation was given that the family
was evidently the descendants of a
tribe of cave dwellers who lived
along the coast some 10,000 years
ago and who sought protection from
their enemies in these caves, living
off fish and sea food. The animals
are probably of the dugor.g species.
resembling sea lions.
According to Colonel Leader the
Idea that they are descendants of hu
man tribes comes from the fact that
they are warm blooded, t'hey have in
telligence of human beings and they
continually cry in a human voice.
They were examined closely and dur
ing the time they were in captivity,
they refused to eat anything and
continually cried and moaned with a
voice which sounded as if it came
from a human being. The upi.er fins
of the creatures are shaped like
hands with the bones of the fingers
plainly traceable through them. Fish
ermen who lived along the coast com
plained that the strange creatures
had solved the method of diving into
their nets and taking fish from them.
They were continually killine
sharks along the coast there, al
though they were smaller than the
sharks. The picture is that uf the
mother, which measures eight feet
from the tip of her nose to the tip
of her tail.. They were caught in
1908. In the opinion of Colonel
Leader there are none like them in
the world today, but those familiar
with the strange mammal say it is
not yet entirely extinct.
the organization for Oregon and a
more intensive development of the
work here than has been possible
under the old system where the state
of Washington, Oregon and Idaho
were administered to in a group.
Commissioner Adam Gifford of
San Francisco, department command
er in charge of the work throughout
the west, will conduct the installa
tion exercises. He will be assisted
by Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Scott,
also of department headquarters.
Brigadier Hay has been in the
Salvation army work for a period of
3a years and his wife for 33 years
For the past year and a half he
has been stationed with the west
ern Canada territorial headquarters
at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Previous to
that he was divisional officer In
charge of' the work in the province
of Alberta.
In connection with the creation of
a divisional department in Oregon
Major and Mrs. John Bree of Port
land have been made divisional of
ficers for the social and industrial
departments of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho with headquarters here
Captain and Mrs. William T. Bruce
have been transferred from Lytton.
Cal.. -to assist Major Bree. They had
been general secretaries at the army
boys and girls home at Lytton.
The programme for July 5 includes
a meeting of all the officers of the
state in the afternoon. A dinner will
be given at Hall No. 4. First and
Alder streets, at 6 P. M. The in
stallation will be in the hall at
o'clock.
LEADERS TO BE SEATED
SALVATION ARMY TO START
OREGON DEPARTMENT.
Brigadier and Mrs. John W. Haj
to Become Divisional Command
ers at Exercises July 5.
Installation of the Salvation army
divisional commanders of Oregon,
xsrigaaier and Mrs. John W. Hay,
win be held at hall No. 4, First and
Alder streets, at 8 o'clock P. M. Julv
5. The installation will mean the
establishment of a new department of
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John IV. Hay new Salvation
Army commander of OreffOB,
to be Installed Tuesday.
YOUNG WOMAN INJURED
MISS JESSIE ROGERS VICTIM OF
AUTOMOBILE CRASH.
Car Dives Into Embankment AVhcn
Driver Attempts to Avoid Hit'
ting Another Machine.
Miss Jessie Rogers, 23 years old,
343 Sherman street, received a frac
tured collar bone, a brain concussion
and other painful injuries when an
automobile in which she was Return
ing to Portland overturned on
sharp curve west of Clatskanie, yes
terday morning, while attempting to
escape hitting another machine which
had become stalled in the roadway.
Miss Florence Henry, also of 343
Sherman street, and J. Crockett of
Astoria, driver of the overturned
automobile, escaped with slight cuts
and bruises. '
The injured woman was brought to
Portland by train at noon and taken
to Good Samaritan hospital, where it
was said last night her injuries are
not fatal.
According to Miss Henry, their ma
chine had rounded a curve about two
miles west of Clatskanie when they
noticed another automobile which had
become stalled across the road be
cause of a collision with another ma
chine. The driver of the incoming
automobile either had to run down
the persons standing by the wrecked
machine or take to an embankment.
Crockett, she said, swerved his car
into a deep embankment and it over
turned three times. The machine was
wrecked.
CHURCH HONORS SCHOOL
"Pacific TTnlversity Day" Set by
First Congregational Leaders.
"Pacific University day" has been
Ret for next Sunday at the First
Congregational church, when Rev.
A. E. Cook, professor of religious
education at Pacific university, will
speak on "One Hundred Per Cen
Americanism." At the evening serv.
ice Rev. Harold L. Tuttle will occupy
the pulpit. His sermon topic is "The
Challenge of the Pilgrim Faith."
Miss Esther Silverman of Pacific
university will make a short talk a
the morning service and Miss Mary
Raker in the evening. They will tell
of the needs of Pacific university.
Dr. Cook is a recent arrival at Pa
cific university. He is wid-ely known
in the United States and Canada as
preacher, teacher, lecturer and au
thor. He has just come to Oregon
from Washington. D. C. Mr. Tuttle is
a graduate of the Pacific School o
Religion in Berkeley, Cal.
ELKS' MINSTREL COMING
Blackface Entertainers to Stage
Show at Anditorium Here.
Jazz music, clog dancing, plantation
melodies, and all that contributes to
the success of minstrel shows and the
black face art will be seen and heard
Wednesday night at the auditorium
when the 80 Elks from Minneapolis
stage their show.
The minstrel show comes to Port
land under the direction of Alex Robb
of Chicago. The members of the com
pany have been selected from the
Elks lodge of Minneapolis All are
professional entertainers.
A challenge to certain stock fire insurance agents who attempt to defame the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association.
ClERTAIN agents for stock-company insurance interests are circulating in this locality false and mislead
ing statements against the Northwestern Mutual Fire. Association. We offer $500 reward if they will
prove these statements true.
As we have supplied all these agents with the FACTS none can innocently continue to circulate such falsehoods.
When they do it is with the sole object of preventing property owners from obtaining the large benefits accruing through
Northwestern Mutual insurance, in order that they themselves may receive commissions on the excessive cost under stock
fire insurance methods.
Stock company interests naturally look with covetous eyes on the more than
$4,000,000 profits returned by the Northwestern Mutual to its Policy-holders
millions that otherwise would have gone into the stock company treasuries.
These agents are circulating a letter of Insurance Commissioner A. C Barber
of Oregon, in an endeavor to prove that the policyholders of the Northwestern
Mutual can be assessed for the payment of fire losses and that the Northwestern
Mutual lost' in surplus during the first part of 1920. This propaganda is being
carried on in spite of the fact that each stock company agent has been mailed a
copy of a subsequent letter from Commissioner Barber utterly refuting these
charges. To quote from this second letter:
$500 REWARD to anyone who
will prove these statements .
or any one of them untrue:
(1) THAT Sorth western Mutual pollciM
ax absolutely non-uses sabls Sat
loss or duup by Sr.
(2) TKaT ta gorthw Urn Mutual has
larger caan utati in proportion to
Its losses and liabllltiM tnan the tan
largest stock firs lnsnrsnos com
p aulas in tlia country.
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(3) THAT the northwestern Mutual has
a much lower loss and sxpcnss ratio
than these ten largst stock com
panies. 4) TSAT ths Vorthwastern Mntual
does not nave ths great conflagrm
tlon liability the board companies
carry (large conflagrations are recog
nised as the great menaoe to insur
ance companies).
(5) THAT no mutual fire Insurance com
pany has ever failed after it has ac
cumulated even one-eighth the cash
assets now held by the. Vorthwest
em Mutual.
(8) TEAT bo stock Are insurance com
pany la furnishing Its policyholders
safer insurance than that provided
by the Morthwestem Mutual re
association. '
(7) TSAT ths Northwestern Mutual has
VXVBS lAara to pay a Just
claim, and that no company has a
better record for equitable adjust
ments and prompt payment of losses.
(8) TUT ths Northwestern Mutual
saved its policy holders last year
alone, more than enough money to
establish two capital stock firs in
surance companies with sufficient
cash resources to comply with the
laws of any ons of the PadSe Coast
states.
"A letter intended to answer a direct inquiry may be so used as to
misrepresent the statements intended by the writer. I am advised that
this letter has been used as the basis of statements that the department
has declared all policies of the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association
assessable. On the contrary, this department is frequently advising that
any mutual association which can comply with the Oregon laws relating
to non-assessable policies may issue such contracts, and that there can be
no question that the cost of the contract is limited to the amount desig
nated in the policy."
Commissioner Barber then says that his reference to the North western
Mutual's financial statement had been misconstrued to indicate a decline in business.
He refers to an official examination report, recently released which said:
"The gain in surplus from April 30 to June IS, 1920, was ap
proximately $100,000."
We print conspicuously, herewith, eight statements referring to the superior
strength of the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association and we offer $500 reward
to any person who will prove any one of them untrue.
These statements are either true or false. If untrue, it is easy for the stock
company agents or anybody else to prove them so. If true, there is no safer or
better insurance than that furnished by the Northwestern Mutual.
Every attack on the Northwestern Mutual is an attack against the interests of
the insuring public Don't think for a moment that the stock company agents are
really worried about the Northwestern Mutual paying its losses ; but they are genu
inely worried because they know it is furnishing the strongest possible insurance
and a real fire-prevention service, at a much lower cost than they are permitted
to make for the insurance alone.
Are you getting your portion of the Northwestern Mutual's cash savings to
policy holders? If not, why not? Reach us through your telephone or maQ box.
FIRE ASSOCIATION
OUR AMBITION . . .
To save ear pelscybxtUers $1,000,000
dnrrina; this Twentieth. .Anniversary year.
Hearty co-operation of the policyholder
wul pad it over.
If yen ar a poEcyhoIoW invite yow
friends to join yew in the benefits of the
Northwestern Mutual.
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PORTLAND
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FIREWORKS ARE DOOMED
LID AYILTi BE CIAMPED DOYVX
AFTER JANUARY 1.
Tomorrow ast Fourth of July Py
rotechnics Will Be Allowed
in State of Oregon.
Tomorrow will be the last Fourth
of July in Oregon before the lid Is
clamped down tight on firecrackers
and fireworks of all kinds. But the
passing of the small boy's greatest
sport may be compensated in the sav
ing of human life and suffering and
in a lower'ng of the fire loss.
The elimination will be by virtue
of a law passed by the last session of
the Oregon legislature which gives
the state fire marshal authority to
draft his own regulations regarding
the control of fire hazards. A ruling
is now being prepared by A. C. Bar
ber, state fire marshal, following a
conference with deputy fire marshals
from different parts of the state. It
will forbid the sale at retail within
the state of fireworks or firecrackers
of any kind. It becomes effective
January 1, 1922.
The drafting of a measure was
hastened by a tragedy last week at
Albany, according to Fire Marshal
Grenfell of this city. One little girl
was burned so severely in a prema
ture Fourth of July celebration which
ended in disaster that she died, and
another was burned in a way that
will leave her scarred for l'fe.
The state fire marshal proposes to
allow the-mayor and council of cities
to permit public displays of fireworks
on a large scale, on occasion, but
these must, be carefully supervised.
The day of the small boy's real sport
with toy cannon, giant cracker, cart
wheel, rocket, torpedo and roman
candle will fade tomorrow.
The rule of the tire marshal will
in reality make more effective a ban
that is more or less general through
out the sttae at present. Practically
every city has strict regulations
against the use and sale of fire
crackers. They have been powerless
to Btop the sale through country
stores and smaller towns, however,
and their efforts have not been 100
per cent successful in instituting a
"sane Fourth."
Bank to Aid Farmers Get Stock.
PRINEVILLE, Or., July 2. (Spe
cial.) According to an announcement
made by J. L. Karnopp, president of
the Bank of Prineville, the bank will
SECURITY STORAGE &TRANSFER CO.
Storage
Shipping
Packing
Repairs
Rentals
Moving
Sales
Money Loaned on Goods in Storage
53 Fourth Street, Opposite Multnomah Hotel
Phone Broadway 3715
assist farmers on the irrigated tracts
in Crook county to supply themselves
with dairy cows of proved worth and
sows of standard breed. The plan
has not been made public as yet. In
detail, but it is thought the Ochoco
project is well adapted to the dairy
business. County Agent Tucker and
Professor Fitts of the Oregon Agri
cultural college will select the cows
and they will be delivered to the
farmers at the actual cost, which
probably will range from $85 to $100.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
pronian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95.
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For an Enjoyable Fourth
Beautiful Columbia Highway
Sightseeing Trips
1 To Horsetail Falls ...$3.24
S To Cascade Locks $5.40
Secure Tickets From Any Driver of the
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