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VOL. XIv XO.
Kn tared at Portland (Omron)
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DR. HULTEN QUITS
JUSTICES OF PEACE
LACK OF THRIFT LAID
nu. S. HOUSEWIVES
POLICE FIND TRAIL .
OF CIRCUS ROBBERS
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STORM BREWING IN
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
FIVE STATES WARNED HEAVY
RAINS IN SIGHT.
DR. LI1MVILLE ONLY
THRIVE ON SPEEDERS
CHURCH SUDDENLY
ST. HELENS JUDGE COLLECTS
VEFUTj SURVEY IS SLIDE OF
MEN SAID TO HAVE STOLEN
AUTO IX PORTLAND.
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9233.60 IX AUGUST.
CO-OPERATION.
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CONFEREIMCE WITH
WITNESS
OCTED
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NOW LIKE'
IN ARBUCKLE CASE
APPOINTEE ON JOB
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Alleged Oil Stock Dealer
Leaves Portland.
RALLY PLANS ARE JOLTED
Baptist Leaders Staggered
by Minister's Departure.
PULPIT SEEMS REJECTED
Preacher Called to Serve White
Temple Is Not Kxpcctcd to
Return Here.
On th eve of the great home
coming rally of Bible school students
and membert of the White Temple
iFirst Baptist church). Dr. H. H. Hul
ten of Oklahoma City, who wai for
mally called to the pastorate last
Thursday night and who waa to have
preached at both morning and eve
ning; services today, suddenly an
nounced that he waa returning to his
home. He left the city at 11 P. M.
yesterday.
' That he will ever return as a can
didate for minister of the congrega
tion to which he has been preaching
since August 7, is seriously doubted,
a'though he himself told The Ore
grnlan he had made no decision.
That Dr. Hulten had decided not
to ride out the atorm which broke In
the White Temple congregation among
a minority because of the charge that
he at one time stepped from his
position as an Oklahoma City pastor
snd sold oil and mining stock, which
later proved worthless, became known
yesterday when an official of the
church admitted that the man to
whom a call had been made had re
fused to remain in the city over today
and fill the advertised engagements
to preach.
HheumaJUm AUntit Alleged.
' Dr. Hulten himself, when seen at
the Congress hotel yesterday after
noon, declared that ha had not as yet
reached a decision as to whether he
would accept the call o the White
Temple.
"1 am suffering Intensely from
rheumatism. evidently contracted
ince my coming to Portland," said
Dr. Hulten, "and am returning to my
home in Oklahoma City for a time to
see If I can get rid of this aliment."
"Have you decided to accept or not
to accept the call to the White Tem
ple?'' Dr. Hulten was asked.
"I have not," he replied, with a
smile.
"Why are you leaving so suddenly,
with the church programme all ad
vertised for Sunday?" was another
question.
Too 111 la llulten'a Reply.
"Why, I am too 111 to go through
with the programme," was his reply.
"This climate seems to give me rheu
matism. I assume that there will
be no difficulty in meeffng the needs
of Sunday's services; they have a sup
ply pastor, you know."
Dr. Hulten referred to Dr. B. B.
Sutcllffe. who. It was announced of
ficially following Dr. Hulten'a refusal
to remain over Sunday, will have
charge of the Bible school rally at
10:30 this morning and will preach
at tonight'! service at 7:45. Dr.
Butcllffe la associated with the Moody
Institute work here.
In response to a direct auestlon as
to whether he had formulated any
written statement as to bla Intention
or as to hla sudden leave-taking. Dr.
Hulten replied:
Tims Taken to Consider. .
"Not navtng reached a' decision, I
could not have made any statement.
I have talked it over with the com
mittee on pulpit supply as late as this
afternoon, but, as I have told you,
reached no decision as o accepting
or refusing to accept the call they
have made me. It Is a d.fflcult mat
ter to make up one's mind on a sub
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Other Bench Officials on Lower
Highway Tare Well on Flnea
Paid by Motorists.
6T. HELENS, Or., Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) While the aggregate fees col
lected for August business by the
justices of the peace at 6t. Helena,
Rainier and Clatskanle did not equal
the amount collected durl.ig the
month of July, the compensation of
the offices Is such as to make the
lobs attractive.
For speed cases brought before
him. Judge Hasen. of fit. Helena,
collected $221.40 In fees for himself
and this amount was further In
creased by collections of $21.65 for
other cases. Judge Clark, of Rainier,
collected $114.40 in fees and his
Judicial contemporary. Judge Craft,
of Clatskanle, drew down $85.80.
It is not probable that Judge Hasen
will have a record-breaking fee month
In September, for alnce September 1
not a speeder has been brought be
fore blm, although 40 arrests were
made In his district on Sunday, Sep
tember 4, and on La bo.- day. Since
that time Traffic Officer Abbott has
flagged 20 or 25 autolsts who were
exceeding the sneed limit in this
vicinity, but none Interviewed Judge
Hasen, for the cases, should the of
fenders appear, will be tried before
Judge Clark or Judge Craft.
There la a well-founded rumor that
Sheriff Wellington and Judge Hazen
have had soma disagreement and the
consequence is that the traffic of
ficers who serve under the direction
of the sheriff do not bring any speed
cases to the St. Helens justice's court.
EDITORIAL ROUSES COURT
Spokane Publishers to Be Cited for
Possible Contempt.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 17. Su
perior Judge Bruce Blake today In
ctructed Prosecuting Attorney Meyer
to prepare a c'tatlon against The
Spokesman-Review, ordering ita rep
resentatives to appear before him at
!0 A. M. Monday and show cause why
they should not be punished for con
tempt of court for the publication of
an editorial appearing in this morn
ing's Issue.
The editorial in question commented
cn the court's probable action in a
suit brought by the city in an effort
to compel the Washington Water
Power company of thia city to resume
service on an outlying line, connec
tion of which with the down-town
section has been severed by the dis
mantling of track on streets where
the company's franchise has expired.
NO WINE PERMITS HERE
Federal Itevenue Bureau Ruling of
No Uho In Oregon.
Oregon residents are coming for
ward with alacrity and asking for
permits to make wine for their own
consumption as a result of a, recent
revenue bureau ruling permitting
home production with certain limita
tions. But all are doomed to disappoint
ment, according to Milton A. Miller,
Internal revenue collector, who says
his office will not Issue any permits
frr home manufacture of wine.
"Since announcement of this ruling
this office has been deluged with ap
plications for permits." said the col
lector, "but my word to each and all
Is that they are out of .luck. The
Otegon law prohibits the manufacture
of wine for any purpose."
FORMAL CHARGE REQUIRED
Killing on Prosecution of Traffic
Law Violators Issued.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 17. For
n.al written complaint is required of
members of the state highway patrol
before a violator of motor vehicle
tawa can be tried before court au
thorities, Attorney-General Thomp
son ruled today in response to a
'etter from L. D. McArdle. director of
the department of efficiency.
The attorney-general also ruled
that a member tl the United States
ubllc health service Is exempt from
the law requiring an operator's II
i mc it he uses a car for government
business strictly.
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NEW INVITATION EXPECTED
Abandonment of Principle De
clared Not Asked.
PEACE HELD SOLE OBJECT
Conference on Basis of Truth and
Reality Avowed Purpose of
Sinn Fein Authorities.
LONDON, Sept. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A conference between
the British cabinet and representa
tives of the Sinn Fein seems assured.
Eamonn de Valera, Irish republican
leader, dispatched a telegram to Mr
Lloyd George tonight, which appar
ently cannot fail to achieve this re
sult. His message was In reply to one
from the premier declaring firmly
the Inability of the British govern
ment to meet Sinn Fein plenipoten
tiaries on the basis that they were
representatives of an Independent
nation and point out the consequences
of such recognition.
There were hurried consultations
among Sinn Fein leaders at Dublin
from which emerged the latest mes
sage declaring their earnest wish to
meet the British government's spokes
men. Mr. de Valera passed over the ques
tion of recognition as an independent
state, and made reference to "self
recognition," which Is considered so
far outside the terms of international
definitions that it is hardly expected
to raise an obstacle to the conference.
Conference Held Ortali.
There has been a strong demand
for a meeting between British and
Irish representatives by Irish news
papers, and it Is believed that they
represent Irish public opinion, tend
ing to a resumption of the negotia
tions. In London newspaper offices to
night a conference was considered
certain.
Early today Premier Lloyd George
sent a telegram to Mr. de Valera,
which followed on the heels of the
Sinn Fein response to his cancellation
of the Inverness arrangements. With
out delay De Valera dispatched his
reply, announcing, "we have already
accepted your Invitation in the ex
act words which you requote from
your letter of the seventh."
The premier in replying to the Irish
leader's previous insistence that the
meeting be held "without prejudice
and untrammeled by any conditions,"
declared:
"It would be idle to say a confer
ence In which we had already met
your delegates as representatives of
an Independent and sovereign state
would be a conference 'without preju
dice.' "
Allegiance Flrat Concern.
Such acceptance of the delegates,
he pointed out, would set an example
to other powers to treat Ireland as a
sovereign and Independent state and
he emphasized that Uere could be no
abandonment, however Informal, of
the principle of allegiance to the
king.
Reports tonight from Gairloch Indi
cated that Mr. Lloyd George continues
to improve. It la thought that he
will be able to return here by Tues
day, if necessary. An early meeting
of the cabinet is reararded likely.
SEVERANCE HELD IMPOSSIBLE
British Premier Explains Cancella
tion of Conference.
LONDON. Sept. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Prime Minister Lloyd
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British Premier ts En
couraging Message.
PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS BY CARTOONIST
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course, yootvv- rre
Purchasing Power of Wages Is De
clared to Have Decreased
Steadily Since Nineties.
BT RALPH BURTON.
tCopyrlrht. 1921. b The Oreonian.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 17.
(Special.) Is the average American
housewife a spendthrift?
The government sgents today are
studying this perplexing question.
Their study is based on the fact that
the war's effects have stimulated
greatly the progress of the co-operative
movement abroad, but. although
prices have gone high in the United
States and. despite lower wages, are
continuing to rise, so that living costs
have proved a problem for wage earn
ers, efforts to promote co-operative
enterprises have not been very suc
cessful. A careful study of co-operation In
the United States. Just completed for
the University of Illinois, gives the
lack of a spirit of thrift among
American houaewlves aa among the
principal causes for the failure of
co-operative moves, and race pre
judice as another.
The family man whose income did
not increase between 1914 and 1918
was In a bad way. Everything he
needed and all the things his wife
and children thought they ought to
have became so coBtly that a new
system of living had to be adopted.
Millions probably reduced the amount
of meat in their diet. There was a
definite lowering of the standard of
living, and a large number haven't
yet gone back to the old schedules.
What happened during the war
waa only an intenaified manifestation
of what has been going on for two
or three decades, according to some
highly Interesting figures Just worked
out in another investigation by Pro
fessor Paul Douglas of the University
of Chicago, which showed that the
purchasing power of wages has de
clined steadily since the '90s.
But the war has been the great price
changer Anything whose wholesale
price did not double during the war
waa looked upon as cheap, and the
department of agriculture now reaches
Independently much the same conclu
sion that was reached by the federal
trade commission during the war
namely, that the course of prices In
tho world war was much the same as
that In the civil war. If the parallel
continues, we may expect never to
return to the 1914 price levels. But
since In 1873 prices had gone back to
about the 1863 level, in 192 wemay
have prices at about where they were
in 1916. And this will be" the new
price level for the new normal condi
tion. .
Economic pressure which reduces
the standard of living Is the great
promoter of co-operation, and even In
the United States co-operatives In
creased in number and Influence dur
ing the war. There is now a national
order ol co-operatives. But they are
not very powerful yet.
"Absence of a spirit of thrift among
the common people" is blamed for the
failure of co-operatives In the United
Statea In the summary of the investi
gation. "There is a desire to emulate
those more fortunately placed among
the people of this country that Is
hardly existent in some of the Euro
pean countries. A willingness to pay
whatever is asked for an article la
characteristic of Americans, but not
of most Europeana.
"Most all of the 'polyglot or hete
rogeneous character of the popula
tion' has made co-operation difficult.
National and radical preiudices have
destroyed the good will so essential
to successful co-operation. Conse
quently much of our prosperous co
operation is found among distinct
racial and national groups, such as
the Finns, the Russians, the Germans
and the Jews."
In the view of the investigators,
the practical benefits of co-operation
are not so much concerned with the
money saved aa with the education
of the working people In business
principles and policies and In awak
ening an interest In political condi
tions. -
Two Seek Postmastership.
UNION, Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Thus far there are but two announced
t-andidates for the postmastership at
I'nlon. the present incumbent, O. J.
Skiff, democrat, and Tony D. Smith,
republican. These applicants expect to
take the civil service examination at
La Grantle September 24.
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Effort to Stop Payment on Drafts
Stolen In $30,000 Holdup
Made by Officials.
Evidence which, tended to show
Ihatbe trio of road bandits who held
up the treasure wagon of the Sells
Floto circus at Vancouver late Friday
night and mads away with approxi
mately $30,000 in cash and bank
drafts, used an automobile which they
stole in Pcrtland was procured yes
terday by Jos Conaon, general man
ager of the circus, who arrived in
Portland to assist local authorities in
running down clews on the robbery.
J. R. Smith, who recently started' a
car rental agency at 105 North Sixth
street, told the circus officials that
three young men, who answered the
description of the highwaymen, had
rented a Hupmobile from h'm Septem
ber 13, paying a $35 deposit on the
car. These same mree men told him
hey had Just arrived In Portland
from Alaska and wanted to use the
ca.- for about three hours in order to
ee the city. They have not returned
the machine.
In checking over the descriptions of
these three men with Mr. Smith, cir
cus officials found that they tallied
with the three paycar hold-ups . in
every particular.
It was also learned that three men
of the aame description, but giving
different names, were picked up by
the police at about 3 o'clock, on the
morning of September 14 for being
out after hours. In police court that
day they were released. They showed
evidences of being plentifully sup
plied with funds and told Judge Ross
man they had Just arrived in the city
from Alaska.
The roan who appeared as spokes
man for the trio when they rented
the machine at Smith's agency gave
the name of J. L. Hodgeson. Another
aald his last name was Ernst, but Mr.
Smith .could not recall the name of
the third member of the party. None
of these names was given by the
three men picked up the following
morning by the police.
Hodgeson was about 6 feet 11
inches tall and weighed about 180
pounds, said Mr. -Smith. He ap
peared to be about 25 years old. The
other two were about 23 years old and
four inchea shorter in height than
their spokesman. One of the others
was badly pock-marked, as was one
of the trio picked up by the police on
September 14 and released the same
day.
Mr. Condon said he believed the
three men had driven the stolen auto
mobile toward Centralia and that the
chase will lead north. He said efforts
had been made to stop payment on
the bank drafts, but inasmuch as
they had not retained the numbers
of the drafts he was uncertain
whether or not this could be done.
The Hupmobile stolen from the
local dealer had been newly painted,
while the right rear fender was
said to tally with the description of
the automobile uaed by the bandits
Friday night. The men were all us
ing new revolvers of a larfce caliber.
Circus officials felt certain that the
trio stole the automobile several days
in advance of the careful.)' planned
robbery. This, they said, '. evidenced
by the fact that they remained in hid
ing for two days after getting a car
to use in the get-away.
Sergeant Gilmore, speaking for
Chief Burgy of Vancouver, said last
night that they are following up sev
eral important clews, but be did not
know Just when developments might
be expected. He said the aearcb was
being made toward the north, which
bears out the belief of circus offi
cials that the bandits headed that
way.
One theory which had been ad
vanced to the effect that ex-employes
of the circus had planned and staged
the hold-up waa acouted by Mr. Con
don. He felt certain that none of
Oe ex-employes had any part in It.
Mr. Condon announced yesterday
that all employes of the show would
be paid off in Portland tomorrow
Yesterday was the regular pay day,
but in view of the shortage of cash
it was necessary to wait. He aaid
arrangementa had been made with a
local bank to meet the weekly pay
roll of approximately $21,000.
PERRY ON SOME TOPICS IN THE NEWS.
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Missing Doctor Leaves
Minden, Nev., to Hunt.
RETURN ORDERED BY SHERIFF
Testimony Expected to Shed
Light on Girl's Condition.
COMEDIAN IN COURT
Continuance Is Granted on Man
slaughter Case Important
New Evidence Reported.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. Find
ing of Dr. Arthur Beardslee, missing
Hotel St. Francis physician, who at
tended Miss Virginia Rappe before
her dearth, was the outstanding de
velopment tonight in the Roscoe Ar
buckle case.
A telegram to District Attorney
Brady from the sheriff of Douglas
county, Nevada, at Minden, stated
that Dr. Beardslee had left Minden
yesterday for Bridgeport, Mono coun
ty, California, on a hunting trip.
Brady instructed the Mono county
sheriff to order the physician to re
turn at once to San Francisco.
Dr. Beardslee's testimony is ex
pected to shed light on the condition
cf Miss Rappe the day following the
Labor day party In Arbuckle's suite
in the St. Francis, at which she suf
fered Injuries which caused her death,
lleardaley Is Summoned.
Beardslee was summoned as a wit
ness at the coroner's inquest, but did
not appear, and police detectives re
ported they were unable to find him.
Arbuckle appeared in the superior
court today to obtain a continuance
on the manslaughter charge against
him. He will not again leave the city
prison until next Thursday, when his
preliminary examination is to begin
before Police Judge Lazarus on the
murder complaint signed by Mrs.
Bamblna Maude Dclmont. a member
of the party in the comedian's rooms.
Mrs. Mae Taubc, another member oi
the Labor day party, was interrogated
today by District Attorney Brady,
who asserted afterwards that she had
clung to her original statement that
she was the woman who aummoned
Assistant Manager Boyle of the St.
Francis when Miss liappe became ill.
At the inquest Mrs. Delmont de
clared that it waa herself who tele
phoned for Boyle.
formation in Obtained.
District Attorney Brady said he ob
tained other Important information
from Mrs. Taube which be would not
divulge and which, he said, may lead
to taking up certain new phases of
the case before the grand Jury on
Monday night.
Manager Coieman of the St. Francis
and other executives and employes
of the hotel today were called before
Robert H. McCormack, assistant
United Stales attorney in charge of
liquor prosecutions, for questioning
regarding the origin of the 20 quarts
of liquor said tc have been consumed
at the Arbuckle party.
The manslaughter charge against
Arbuckle preferred In a grand Jury
Indictment, will be railed for hearing
on Monday, September 26, It was
agreed today.
Court's Side Door Uaed.
Arbuckle was led into the court
room today through a side door and
esc rted to a seat at the attorneys'
table. The bailiff explained that the
reason Arbuckle was not handcuffed
and placed 1 the prisoner's dock was
because he is not a prisoner of the
sheriff and the police, who are now
holding him, sometimes briug pris
oners into the court without the
handcuffs.
A crowa of several hundred gath
ered in the hall to see Arbuckle, but
most of them were held by the po
lice on the second floor, the floor
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Fruit Men of Coast States Advised
to Tako Immediate Measurea
to Protect Crops.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. Rain
warnings were sent throughout
northern and central California.
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Ne
vada today by the United States
weather bureau, telling those who
are drying fruit to stack their trays
and take every other precaution
against downpours.
"There is an unsettled condition
over the north Paclflo and plateau
regions which is rapidly developing
into storms that will virtually sweep
the coast ' statea," the bureau said.
"Fruit men should take immediate
measures to protect their crops."
The rain warnings will be sent Into
southern California tomorrow, it was
announced.
There was little Indication of how
severe the storm will be.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 17.
Weather predictions for tho week
beginning Monday are:
Pacific states Normal temperature
and generally fair except for showers
on the north coast.'
"FATTY" PICTURE. SHOT UP
Wyoming Cowboys Cancel Arbuckle
Film With Guns.
THERMOPOLIS. Wyo.. Sept. 17.
A mob of about 150 men and boys,
many of them cowboys, entered the
Maverick theater here last night,
where a "Fatty" Arbuckle flm was
being shown, and shot up the screen
and seized the film, taking it into the
streets and burning part of It. F. Z.
Buzzetti, manager of the theater,
said today that representatives of the
purity league had visited him and
asked him not to run the picture
earlier in the day.
Mr. Buzzetti said: "I had the pic
ture booked and saw no reason why
I should not run It. I refused the
request of the purity le.igue repre
sentatives, believ'ng I had a right to
run the picture and did not need their
advice."
No damage was done to the theater
other than shooting up the screen,
Mr. Buzzetti said, and no attempt was
made to Injure him.
VIRGINIA WAR IS PROBED
525 Indicted as Result of Recent
Trouble in Mining District.
LOGAN. W. Va.. Sept 17 Three
hundred and twenty-five names were
Included In a blanket Indictment
charging murder, returned by a Lo
gan county grand Jury today. The
Indictments followed an Investigation
of disturbances on the Lugan-Boone
county border.
Among the names are tnose of C. F.
Kecney and Fred Mooney. president
and secretary of district No. 17, Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, and
H. W. Blizzard, also a united mine
workers' official. In Addition ZOO
indictments charging Insurrection
and "pistol toting" were returned.
SHINGLE WORKERS STRIKE
British Columbia Mills Crippled
by Wage Cut Walkout.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 17
(Special.) Eighty-five per rent of
the shingle mills of Brltlsr. Columbia
closed yesterday as a result of a
strike of all classes of labor.
The manufacturers reduced the
packers 2 cents a thousand and the
other labor around the mills 10 per
cent, with the result that the men
all walked out.
Owners are hopeful of settlement
within the next 24 hours.
FINE WOOL BRINGS W2
Union Grower Sells 60,000 Pounds
Coarse Yielding 1 3 j Cents.
UNION. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
S. E. Miller, leading sheepman, today
bo Id 60.00J pounds of wool to the Port
land Scouring mills at 13Vs cents for
coarse and 14V4 cents for fine wool,
ut Union. The shipment was loaded
tc day.
Mr. Miller has put lip 2000 tons of
hay In 100 stacks and will feed it to
nis stock tne coming winter.
THE.
Rest of Patronage Recip
ients Unconfirmed.
WATCHFUL WAITING IS GAME
Dry Chief Lone One Not Need
ing Senate Action.
NO HITCH IS EXPECTED
President Harding Seems to Have
Forgotten Recess Appointment
May Bo Uncd.
Of the Individuals selected for fed
eral Jobs and recommended by the
United States senators of Oregon,
only one has taken office and only
one has been confirmed. The prohi
bition director required no confirma
tion by the senate, and Dr. J. A. Lln
vllle Is now on the Job.
Clarence R. Hotchklss has been
confirmed and appointed as United
States marshal, but the rest of the
senators' candidates are pursuing a
game of watchful waiting.
There had been some nope that a
recess appointment would be given
for the collector of Internal revenue,
collector of customs and United
States appraiser, but apparently Pres
ident Harding has forgotten abo,ut
this device.
Time la Ample Anyway,
Anyway, there will be ample time
for the nominations and confirma
tions to be made in the regular way
when congress gets together again,
for It will be only a matter of a short
time.
The delay, however, has caused
some rumors to the effect that some
thing may happen and that the men
selected will not achieve confirma
tion. Inasmuch as Senators McNary
and Stanfleld have recommended can
Sidates for these positions and are
standing back of them. It is unlikely
that there win be a mlscue.
While Clyde G. Huntley, can step
into the office of Milton A. Miller at
collector of internal revenue as soon
aa he receives his commission, George
U. Tiper will have to wait a few
weeks before he can succeed Will
Moore aa collector of customs.
Mr. Moore's Tenure la Definite.
Mr. Moore has a definite tenure,
while Mr. Miller has not. K. N.
Wheeler, selected for appraiser. Is
prepared to take over that office
when his commission comes.
There remain two Jobs still to be
disposed of. One is surveyor-general
for Oregon and the other is United
States attorney. No selection har
been made for either place. Wesley
W. Caviness of Vale, a supporter of
Senator Stanfieid, suggested by Mt
Stanfleld to his colleague. Senator
McXary. Had the two senators held
the conference last week which they
had agreed on. It is poss'.Me the surveyor-generalship
would have been
fettled, but Senator StanflelJ, Instead
ot coming to Portland for the confer
t ncu. which he hud suggested, waa In
tastern Oregon.
J. L. Day Declines Office.
J. L. Day can be surveyor-genera!
If he wants It, but he hs. declined.
The office Is known as a sinecure
and the incumbent does not have to
know the d'fference between a transit
and a keg of nails. Nrlttur Mr. ChvI-
ness nor Mr. Day is an engincec or
surveyor.
It Is the common understanding
that Senator Stanfleld ha conceded,
the selection of acanllda'4 for United
States attorney to his colleague, Sen
ator McNary. The deduction drawn
from that Is that P. J. GaKuglier of
Ontario, Or., representative In the
legislature for Malheur and Harney
counties, will not rece've ihe appoint
ment. Mr. Gallagher was one of tin
original "Stanfleld men" and spon
sored the "straight party ticket" bill
in the legislature for the special pur
ConcluIM on I'.sa h. Culuinn 1.)