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h'.AH 15 1112 SectionOne Pages 1 to 24 98 Pages Eight Sections VOL. XLI 0. 10 Entered at Portland lOrex-jn Postofflce aat Seeond-elasj? Matter. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, - 3IARCII 5, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS HARDfNG IS PROUD $i,864,408collected ipnmrrnrrQ mi NORTH BANK FREIGHT JUMPS INTO CANYON EIGHT PASSENGERS' ESCAPE WITH THEIR LiIVES. . SEATTLE ASKS CUT IN TELEPHONE RATE MISSIONARY SLAIN R.TIBET ROBBERS MR. OLCOTT TO RUN IN GASOLINE TAXES 1 L ILL" u ' FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN OF YEAR'S RECORD NEW DRUG LAWS SALKS IN , JANUARY AGGRE GATE 2. t 35,296 GALLONS. PATRONS ALSO DECLARED EN TITLED TO REFUND. EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL ENTER RACE. ALUMNI REQUEST ing Out Promises Is No Easy Task. CONGRESS IS BIT WAYWARD Washington Conference Big : gest Event, Doubtlessly. GERMAN PEACE IS MADE Introduction of Economy Into Gov- eminent Affairs Another of '. President's Achievements. BY ROBERT T. SMALL, f Copyright. 1922, by The Oregontan.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4. (Special.) President Harding tonight looked back over his first year in the White House and both officially and unofficially felt somewhat proud of what the year had meant to him and to the people of the United States. , ' ; It is the president's boast that he ! ha3 never failed to keep a political - promise. He made this statement afresh but a day or two ago and to night as he contemplated his record of 12 months ' in the chief magis trate's chair he felt there was noth ing to retract, no matter what his political critics might say. Mr. Harding has found that things look vastly different from the execu tive office than they did from the front porch at Marion or from the . rtar platftorm of a campaign special ttain. But he -has been very earnest in his desire, one might say naively, earnestly to make promises and per formance as nearly one as possible. Task Not Altogether Easy. It has. not been an altogether easy task. Congress has not done its share. It has been said that the re publican majority in the house has been too big, too unwieldy, for snappy teamwork. But regardlless of what congress -has done or has not done. President Harding In his first 12 months of of fice has virtually completed the pro gramme of legislative recommenda tions he had outlined for his entire administration, , "- In the eyes of t,he world, if not of the country, the outstanding event of Mr. Harding's first year unquestion ably has been his assembling of the Washington conference on the far east and the limitation of armaments. The president generously has given the senate, credit for a share in the conference idea, but it was h$ who actually called the nations together and history will so record the fact. Senate Threatens Upset. . But now the senate is threatening to upset the most important work of the conference. There is real con cern in Washington as to the fate of the so-called four-power Pacific pact negotiated with Great Britain and France. Senate opposition has proved surprisingly strong in the last few days. If by any chance the four power pact shquld fail, it woujd carry down with it the naval limitations treaty and most of the other agree ments, for It was upon the accord in the Pacific, expressed in the four power treaty, that the naval limita tions were based. : The four-power treaty is a substi tute for the Anglo-Japanese alliance. That alliance automatically is re newed if the four-power pact fails. Therefore, in the face of such an alli ance, the United States would be forced against its will and against the will of the other powers to start Afresh on naval competitions. It has been inevitable that Presi dent Harding should drift further and further from congress. rontrfm Is Disappointment. For a time the president did go to the capitol and lunch in the senate restaurant, but he hasn't been there for a long time now, except to make his formal appearance in house or (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) Carry Vehicle Fuel Used In Oregon Since February, 1919, Would Fill Tank Train 101 Miles Long. SALEM, Or., March 4. (Special.) Taxes on motor fuel oils remitted to Secretary of State Kozer in Janu ary aggregated J53.650.S3, making a total of 1,86M08.61 received from this source since February 25, 1919, when the first gasoline tax law be came effective. Gasoline sales in Oregon during the month of January, 1922, totaled 2,655,296 prallons. - When compared with the month uf December, 1921, this represents a decline of 756,902 gallons, or appro Innately 22 per cent. Sales of gasoline in January, 1922, however, showed an increase of 1 per cent when compared with the same month in 1921. Distillate sales during January showed a falling off of 7000 gallons when compared with the figures for the previous month. Refunds under the law of 1921, which are paid when gasoline is purchased and used for purposes other than the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways, amounted to 117,172.86 up to January 31, 1922. All money produced by the motor vehicle fuels tax, except such sums as are necessary to pay refunds, are used in the maintenance and con struction of state highways.. As a graphic illustration of the immense quantity of motor vehicle fuels consumed in Oregon since Feb ruary 25, 1919, -Ir. Kozer pointed; out that a container 400 feet in diameter a.-.d 150 feet in height would be re quired to hold it. If it were being transported over the highways in the ordinary 2 14 -ton tanker truck of 600 gallons capacity, the trucks being placed 25 feet apart, there would be a caravan of oil carriers 1110 miles in length, or enough to occupy the Columbia river highway from Port land to The Dalles and east through Pendleton and La Grande to Hunt ington, the highway from Portland to Ashland, from Portland to Astoria, and down the west side highway from Portland to Corvallis. ' To transport the 140 millions of gallons by rail would necessitate a line of 13,380 tank cars of the 40-foot type, each with a capacity of 10,500 gallons, and the train would occupy a . trackage of 101 miles, or the en tire distance between Astoria and Portland. ; SANTO DOMINGO GETS AID Red Cross Dispatches Relief for Native Victims of Smallpox. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4. Headquarters of the American Red Cross announced tonight that upon request of is. A. Mitchell. it field di rector in the Dominican republic, It had appropriated $:i0UU for food, medi cines and other relief for smallpox victims in the republic There are now 22,000 cases at Santiago, Meca and La vega, Mr. Mitchell reported, and last week there were 225 deaths. The Amerlsan marines stationed at Santo Domingo, it was said, were not af fected. Disinfecting apparatus, it was an nounced, has been sent by the Red Cross from Haiti to the Dominican republic and large quantities of vac cine have been supplied by the United States navy. CRUSHER FALLS; 5 HURT Rock Bunkers and Bins Collapse on Sherman Highway. MORO, Or.. March 4. (Special.) Five men were injured when rock bunkers and bins used by the King C:nstruction company of Portland on a rock surfacing contract on the Sherman highway collapsed this morning. Frost had weakened the foundations and a Dassinz train pre cipitated the crash. One man sus tained a broken leg and one a frac tured hip: another' was injured inter nally, while the others suffered minor bruises- The men, whose names were not learned here, were sent to a Portland hospital. A large force is at work grading the Sherman highway between More and Wasco. Bowers & Bowers are the general contractors. UOOK1HG VouNGVrER! Delegates to Be Sent to Washington, D. C. OPIUM IMPORTS ATTACKED Root of Evil Declared Out of Reach of States. HARDING ASKED TO HELP Governors and Representatives Line Up Strong Campaign to Extirpate Use of Narcotics. A campaign directed against nar cotics, which is certain to develop into a national Issue, and "Very prob ably reach out until it becomes an international affair, was launched yesterday at the conference of gov ernors called together by Governor Olcott of this state. Assembled in the city council chambers were two western gover nors. Governor Olcott of Oregon and Governor Hart of Washington, as well as the representatives of Gov ernor Stephens of California and Gov ernor Davis of Idaho, In addition there were federal, state, county and city officials, as well as club women and many citi zens, all ready to give of whatever assistance possible to stamp out traffic in narcotics. Resolutions Are Adopted. Resolutions were adopted covering all phases of the situation', but this body of men and women who- were gathered together yesterday were not content with the mere passage of resolutions. A delegation of representatives of western officialdom will be organ ised, it was decided, to travel to Washington; and in person appear before representatives of i congress to urge the enaction of laws with "long teeth" in them, which will hit at the very fountain head of the narcotia evil the manufacture of narcotics, its importation and exportation to and from the United States, and the shipment of narcotics in bonds through the United States by other countries. " Public Opinion to Be Roused. It was, decided definitely ; that such an innovation would. not only re sult in an effective awakening of members of congress to the necessity of some speedy action, but will like wise inform the people of the nation that the narcotic evil ia a problem that every citizen of the country should study a d aid in combating. Public opinion, it developed, has not been aroused in some states. It has only been in the last few months, as Mayor Baker pointed out, that the citizens of Oregon have been given any insight into the tremendous spread of the eviL f Jones Bill Indorsed. - In California and Washington the fight against narcotics has been waged for some time, but the public was unaware of the menace until Harry D. Smith, chief federal narcotic officer, who attended the conference yesterday, began an educational cam paign to enlist public support to the battle -which he and other officials were making against the ever-increasing use of narcotics. ; Federal laws limiting the importa tion of crude opium, as well as pro hibiting the exportation of opium and its derivities and other narcotics, 13 the purpose of the Jones-Miller bill now pending before congress. " The conference yesterday gave its hearty indorsement to this bill and adopted resolutions addressed to congress urging the passage of this bill. . It was the consensus of opinion 0 those assembled who were familiar with , the narcotic situation that no real progress can be made in the war on the use of narcotics so long as opium can be imported into the United States, and so long as manu- Concluded on Page IS. Column l.i NrvHN rArXYtcm CO.S H"VWlS NNfvy Hcwr fcoe-s. w Go our .? Accident Occurs . on Goldendale Branch, Five Miles From Lyle, Wash. Loose Rail Is Cause. STEVENSON, Wash., March 4. (Special.) Eight passengers escaped with their lives when a mixed freight and passenger train, on the Golden- dale branch of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad, jumped into a can yon and turned over early this after noon. The accident took place five miles from Lyle. The passengers, who were badly shaken, but not in jured, were taken to Lyle on the en gine. The wreck was said to have been due to a section of rail which had been completely turned over. As the engine left the track five cars load ed with lumber followed. The pas senger coach, wh.ch was on the rear, also turned over. Several minutes after the wreck a snowslide covered the track ahead and considerable work was required to clear the way for the engine which was placed back on the track within an hour. - A report brought to Stevenson late this afternoon stated that one week's work would be required to remove the freight cars from their positions In the soft earth. , La Follette to Run Again. MADISON, Wis., March 4. Robert M. La Follette, United States senator, will seek re-election next fall, his office here announced today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4f degree.; minimum, S6 degrees. - TODAY'S Occasional rain: southwest winds. - Departments. Editorial. Section 8, page 8. : Dramatic. Section 4, page 6. Moving picture news. Section 4, page 1. Real estate and building- newi. Section 4, page 10. Churches. Section 5, page 2.' Books. Section 5, page 3 Schools. Section 5, page 8. Automobiles. Section 6. Music. Section 4, page 4. Flowers for home and garden. Section 4, page 11. - Women's Features. Society. Section 3, page 1. Women's activities. Section 3. page 10. Auction bridge. Section 4. page 9. Fashions. Section 5, pages 1 and 4. Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4. Madame Richet's column. Section ; 6, page I- ., . , .v , - -; Child welfare column. - Seetton 15. Pe 5. Special Features. , The romance of the girl on the dollar. - Magazine section, page 1. The old-fashioned girl's triumph. Maga zine section, page 2. . "The -Culvert." fiction feature. ' Magazine section, page 3: ... - Xews of world as seen by camera.' ' Maga zine section,, page 4. Loom and spinning wheel have little re semblance. Magazine section, page 8. Society's tangle of second marriage fail ures. Magazine section, page 6. Purity- of our nation's food. Magazine sec - tion, page" t. ' s. - Hill's cartoons. "Among Us Mortals." Mag azlne section,, page -8. ... , : Prominent women in the mews. Section 3, page 7. Flrsrt highway up Coos river replaces boats. Section 4, pag 8. Mrs. Caruso would communicate with dead husband.' Section 4, page 9. Dr. Rtraub Is ploner of Oregon university. Section 4. page 8. - . ' Darlrng's cartoons on topics of the -day. Section 3, page 7. Home arrangement and construction. Sec tion 5, page 8. James J. Montague feature. Section 4, page 31. " ' Foreign. Maximlllla-n Harden says T'nited Rtates is . wise to avoid European conferences. " Section 1. Page 20. . , Mme. Cailleaux may edit Calmett newspa per. Section 1, Page 7. - Collins and Griffith between two fires. Sec tion 1, Page 4. New national party slated to arise out of coalition. Section 1, Page 2. Duel-fighting duke excommunicated and , then forgiven. Section 1, Page 1. National. Debt commission will dun Europe. Sec tion 1, page 17. Mr. Chamberlain emphasizes need of mer chant marine for America. Section 1, ' Page 7. Lent gives relief to Washington society. Section 1, Page 6. Black la popular in capital circles. Sec tion 1, page 5. . Treaty discussions in senate to continue till vote is taken. Section 1. Page 2, Harding proud of year's record. Section 1, page 1. Domestic. New York flocks to se-c portrait. Section 1, Page 8. Missionary slam by Tibet robbers. Section 1, Page 1. -Lodge opponents rallying forces. Section 1, page 4. CURRENT NEWS ILLUMINED Tariff Collected Since August 1, 1919, on Schedule That Was ' Held Illegal by Courts. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., March 4. Seattle's 65,000 tele phone subscribers are entitled to a substantial reduction In rates. Not only that, but they have coming to them from the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company a rebate of more than 18 with interest from the date of payment ot each of their separate monthly bills. - All this they are to get if the city' is successful in the action to be brought first before the state department of public works and later, if necesary, in the courts. The contention that telephone pa trons have been overcharged at the rate of 70 cents a month since Au- "t 1, 1919, forms the gist 'of -the petition .filed with the department of public works by the corporation counsel. - The telephone company is accused of levying tribute for two years under a tariff that had no legal sanction or existence. During the war, when the telephone company was under federal control. the rates were raised approximately 75 cents a month. An order permitting the increase was issued by the state public service commission as then con stituted, but was declared illegal by the state supreme court. In actua practice, however, the rate has been in effect ever since, m spite of the court's decision. The government relinquished control .of the company in August. (Concluded on Column 4.) Domestic. Grain speculation as menace is debated. Section 1 page 5. ' Pacific Northwest. Louis E. Bean, - candidate for . governor, outlines platform. Section 1, page 10- Oregon institutions confronted by housing crisis. Section 1, page 9. Teacher is found bound and gauged. Sec tion 1, page 8. Moses Alexander, who served two terms as governor of Idaho, may run again. Section L page 8. Direct election law to be fought In Wash ington state. Section 1, page 8. Hearst declares war on Senator Poindexter, but offers no candidate. Section 1, page 8. . State educating injured workers. Section 1, page 9. Pacific university alumni asks trustees to resign. Section 1, page 1. Seattle asks cut In telephone rates. Section 1, page X. Oregon collects $1,804,408 In motor fuel oil taxes. - Section 1, page 1. North Bank: freight train on Goldendale branch jumps into canyon. Section 1, - .-page 1. . ' Sports. . Frank" Troeh - of Vancouver picked on - mythical trapshootlng team? Section 2, - page 5. , - , - j Terro iliyake peeved because he has not landed match with Ted. Thye. Section i . 2, page 5. State aquatic meet promises to be big event. -Section 2, page 4. - Jefferson high basketers virtually win scholastic championship.. . Section , 2, page 3, . : . Coast title bouts to be held here March 30-31. Seotion 2, page 2. Idaho team leaves fori eastern game. Sec tion 2j page 4. - First golf event of season is today. Sec tion 2, page 4. Season of training held overplayed. Sec tion 2. page 2. Bruggy only Beaver not yet lined up. Sec tion 2, page 1. Marty Krug traded for Bill Kenworthy. - Section 2, - page 1. - . - Harper opponent seems bard to land. Sec tion 2, page 3. Olympic club baseball team defeats Stan ford.' Section 1, page 7. , Commercial and Marine. Local wheat bids lower, in line with Chi cago break. Section 1, page 22. Bear raid at Chicago upsets all grain pits. . Section 1, page 11. Bond and stock markets irregular at close. Section 1. page 23. Prices of stocks drop and trade Is slower. Section 1, page 22. Wheat and flour shipments this season total 51,530,784 bushels. Section 1, page 21. ... '-. Recent brokerage crash in Walltet con fined to small firms. Section , page 23. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon engineers against Diamond lake - area for park. Section 1, page 20. Legionnaires will circulate initiative pti tions for anti-alien land law. Secton 1, ; page 18. , Co-i.eferees seek new drug la-w .Section X, page 1. Republicans to have six candidates for governor. Section 1, page 12. Two valuations used by utilities. Section 1,-. page 14, - , Woman mauls man whom son accjed. Section 1, page 18. - - V Movie acting hard, says Section 1, page 14. Louise Lovely. Weather report, data and forecast. Sec tion 1, page 22. Laurelhurst case lost in court. Section 1, page 12. ' - " Retail . merchants ask public to aid. Sec tion 1, page 12. BY CARTOONIST PERRY. . The. w ovo ootiN'rmN l . . ' : : ' ' ' ." ' " " ' - - , - Dr. A. L Shelton, Noted Worker, Murdered. FEW DETAILS ARE LEARNED 20 Years of Life Devoted to " Bandit-Infested Nation. WIFE ESCAPES INJURY Mrs. Shelton Reported to Have Been in Northern India Having Bible Translation Printed. NEW YORK, March 4. (Special.) The mountain passes of Tibet that have witnessed the last moments of many emissaries of the white man's civilization who have tried to traverse them In the interest of religion or science have, according to advices received here today, been the mute spectators of another tragedy that is destined to shock missionary circles throughout the world. There in the land famous for Us "devil worshippers" and its forbidden city of Lhasa; there where he es caped just two years ago from a band of Chinese br'gands . who had held him captive for 71 days; there where he struggled for almost 2 years in an effort "to make the last nation on earth a part of the king dom of Our Lord," Dr. Albert L. Shelton, preacher and physician, lias been slain by outlaws. . Martyrdom Report Meager. A meager report of his martyrdom reached Rev. Drs. S. Guy Inman and A. E. Cory of this city today In the form of a telegram from Dr. H.'G. Howden of the United Christian Mis sionary society from the headquarters of the society in St. Lou's. The cablegram from Tibet came from Dr.( W. H. Hardy, also a medical missionary in China, and read: "Robbers- killed Shelton near. Ba tang February 17. Notify girls.. The girls referred to were Dr. fehel ton'a daughters, Dorothy, 17, and Dorris, IS, who are attending school in Pomona, Cat. 1 Headquarter at . Batang. Dr. Shelton's headquarters were at I Batang, hear the Tibet border, and ! Dr. Hardy's cablegram was from Lia- kiang, the nearest telegraph station, a 15 day's journey, and this. It was explained, was responsible for the delay in news of the murder. Although Tibet has not been open to missionaries, Dr. Shelton departed from Vancouver last August to open a hospital at Lhassa. He had received a written invitation from the Dalai Lama, the supreme power of the Buddhist church in the province, to establish "the hospital, in recognition of his work among Tibetan soldiers. The last word received from Dr. Shelton was when he was 15 days' journey out of Batang, which he said he expected to reach December 23. The theory of the mossionary society here is that he reached Batang on scheduled time. Lhassa is a 35-day trip by caravan from Batang, and it is not thought the time between De cember 23 and February 17 was suf ficient to allow him to organize the. caravan. Consequently it is believed he was killed while on a side trip alone, administering to the sick. ' BTo Other Murder Reported. The theory of his safe arrival in Batang is the fact that no one else was reported murdered. Ih his party were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morse and their small child of Tulsa, Okla., and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Duncan of Buffalo, who were entering the mission field. To a reporter ' Dr. Cory, who re ceived the telegram here, expressed the belief tonight that the society, where he is the local representative, had been unable to obtain any furthet details as yet. He was sure, he de- I (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) Formal Statement and Text of , Platform Will Be Issued in Jfear Future. , Ben W. Olcott announced yesterday that he would become a candidate for the republican nomination for gov ernor of Oregon at the coming pri mary election. Governor Olcott's announcement that he would again be a guberna torial candidate was made here while he was in attendance at the narcotic conference of western states gov ernors and their representatives. The governor said that Within i short time he would make formal an nouncement of his- candidacy and at the same time make public the plat form upon which he would seek elec tion. "I have been too busy with the de tails of my office to fcfrmulate a plat form yet," said Governor Olcott. "That will come later. However, I have decided definitely to become candidate." 35 KILLED BY CYCLONE Buildings and Shipping Destroyed in Port of East Africa. LORENZO MARQUEZ, Portuguese East Africa, March 4. Serious los of life and damage to property was caused by a cyclone which recently swept the seaport town of Chlnde, in this teritory, destroying the govern ment offices and many other build ings and causing the sinking of nu merous launches and other craft in the port. At-least five Europeans and 30 natives were killed and it is feared more casualties will come to light when the details are known. Havoc was wrought on the estates of the Sena sugar factory, limited, which also lost 19 lighters and two launches. METEOR FOUND AT DAM Workmen at Ochoco Project Place Strange Rock in Retaining Wall. PRINEVILLE, Or., March . 4. (Spe cial.) One day recently the crew of workmen employed on the Ochoco dam found what eems without ques tion to be a meteor. The body of rock is about five feet in diameter and it was unearthed a short distance below the surface and blown out by the use of powder , It was placed in the retaining wall of the canal. CLOUDY WEEK SLATED Occasional Rains Are Forecast in Pacific States. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4. Weather predictions for the week be ginning Monday are: Northern Rocky mountain and pla teau regions Local snows at begin ning of week; generally fair there after; colder first half; normal tern perature thereafter. Pacific states Considerable cloudi ness; occasional rains; normal tern, peratures. NEW COMIC STRIP BEGINS MONDAY, "Home, Sweet Home," a new daily comic strip by II. J. Tut hill will appear, six times a week in The Oregonian begin ning tomorrow. It presents the humorous side of domestic life in a highly entertaining way and is entirely free from vulgarity. . Tuthill is rapidly gaining favor as one of the best comic artists of the day. He began his work in St. Louis but was called to a wider field in New York. The present strip is comparatively new and is rec ognized as one of' the best. Tufn to it on the classified advertising pages tomorrow. The popular "Polly and Her Pals" will retain its place in The Oregonian. niU.YHEY NEVER LEftH.? YouCOET'E.E.N EOVte. BlCAy5t THE tRAm o TVC CoiiiNQ THUSTEESTODUIT Pacific University Board Held Drive Slackers. BACKING CALLED INADEQUATE Financial Campaign Cause of Adopting Resolutions. NO ACTION IS TAKEN Accused Official! Name fommlllee to Confer With Alumni, But Do Not Resign. On the ground that they had nt given adequate support to the finan cial campaign for Pacific university at Foreat Grove, the trustees of that institution yesterday were asked by the alumni to resign In a body. The request was embodied In resolutions, signed by the executive committee of the alumni association of the school and presented at the board of trus tees' meeting yesterday afternoon In the office of Frank M. Warren In the Yeon building. The resolutions, demanding the resig nations for the "best Interests of the school," were presented by R. J. Klrk wood, chairman of the executive com mittee of the alumni association. The names of 15 persons some of them now on the board but everal who are hot were suggested In' the resolu tion as trustees to be named when the board is reorganised. Trunteea Take No Art Ion. Members of ,the board of trustee announced last night, following a meeting which consumed the entire afternoon, that they had declined to take any action on the alumni's reso lution. As a compromise move, however. the trustees said they had appointed committee, headed by Harrison G. Piatt, president of the board, to meet with the alumni for the selection of four alumni representative to fill va cancies In the board and to meet with the present trustees. It was said that City Commissioner Pier had presented hi resignation for action yesterday, on the ground that he was unable to attend the meetings. - and there were three previous vacan cies, making in all four vacant trustee ships which it was proposed to fill with representatives of the alumni group Acceptance !Vot Kxpeeted. Mr. Kirkwood expressed the belief last night that this plan of the trus tees would not be acceptable to the alumni. "I believe that the alumni will not be content with less than the full programme outlined by our resolu tions," he declared. The resolutions, which had been adopted and signed at a meeting ot the alumni executive committee Fri day night, called attention to the lack of $20,000 of the funds necessary to cover expenses of tho university for the coming school year, which. It was declared, had brought the Institution to a crisis which might mean Ita discontinuance. It was said also to be the opinion of the signers that united action might be obtained and best Interests of the institution served by a reorganization of the board of trustees. Attention was called to past Inhar monious relations In the board and a list of 15 members was suggested to replace the present board. This in cludes some present members of the board, however, whose resignations would be made merely for technical reasons. The suggested members of the re organized board, Mr. Kirkwood eatd. were selected with a view to combin ing the business interests of Portland and Forest Grove, the Congregational churches of the section and the alumni of the school. It was declared In the communica tion that th- aiumnl would undertake (Concluded on l'ar"" !, Coiunin 1.)
