THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 2, 1922
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MISS RQBERTSO
IS NOT ANSWERED
League Director Does Not
Care to Reply to Attack.
CHARGES CALLED ABSURD
airs. William Palmer Lucas of
Women Voters, City Visitor,
Lauds Her Organization.
Contrary to the expectations tot
local member of the Leag-ue of
Women Voters. Mrs. William Palmer
Lucas of California, regional direc
tor since the resignation of Mrs. C.
B." Simmons of Portland, made no
reply to the attacks on the league
by Miss Alice M. Robertson, member
of congress from Oklahoma, and per
sonal representative of President
Harding at the Rose Festfcral.
While in the city on her official
visit Miss Robertson raised the Ire
of members of the league here by
asserting that It was a democratic
organization and that she would up
braid it wherever she appeared for
public speaking.
Extended Talk Mntfe.
Mrs. Lucas arrived in the city
early yesterday morning- from Se5
attle, where she had spent a week
addressing different units of the
League of Women Voters. The 6nly
official function she took part in
was a luncheon tendered her by the
local chapter of the league at the
University club, where she made an
extended talk.
In an interview Immediately aft
erward she asserted that she did not
"care to answer the attacks of Miss
Robertson. "The generalities which
she uttered," Mrs. Lucas declared,
"are not worth answering. Miss
Robertson has not been specific in
her attacks; she has merely said
that the league is of a partisan na
ture and that It is antagonistic
toward men.
"Had she made a definite and spe
cific attack, I should be moved to
reply, but so far as I am informed
there is nothing really to reply to.
And there is no need In asserting
a truth in contradiction to a state
ment obviously untrue.
"The League of Women Voters is
entirely nonpartisan, and charges
that it is a democratic organization
are absurd. Miss Robertson is evi
dently grievously misinformed, or
she would not have made such a
statement. That she was connected
with the anti-suffrage movement is
perhaps responsible for her attitude,
and anyway she was elected to con
gress before there was such a thing
as a league of women voters in
Oklahoma.
League Ueld STot Partisan. I
"That more than a dozen of the
leading universities and colleges
over the country nave asked us to
add courses of citizenship to their
curricula is evidence enough that
the league is not partisan in any
way or form. If it were these Insti
tutions would not come to us for
courses in citizenship, because they
are after the fundamental principles
of politics and government and not
instruction on party distinction and
merit.
"And that same Idea is the whole
reason for the existence of the
League of Women Voters to make
for better citizenship. When women
received the ballot the league was
formed to inform women voters on
its' use, and that Is the greatest
training for any citizenship.
"The league is not antagonistic to
men. Our aim is to work with the
men voters as though there was no
difference. I recently attended the
national convention of the league
and there was j not a single note
struck there on any of these points
which have been brought up in Port
land by the visit or Miss Robertson.
Lady Astor Quoted.
"Lady Astor made the best expres
sion of these points at the conven
tion that I have heard. She said the
conception of politics is generally
erroneous; that most persons con
sidered politics an acquaintance and
study of the men in politics, while
it is in reality a study and knowl
edge of problems and conditions.
When she was asked how she could
be a loyal native or Virginia and a
loyal member of the British parlia
ment at the same time, she replied
that a good citizen and an advocate
of the right principles could be a
lpyal member of anything, but that
a poor citizen was desirable no
where. She showed the same per
spicacity in answering the dreaded
question about Ireland when she
said she had no sympathy with
causes founded upon ancient griev
ances and customs, and that if Ire
land looked forward more she would
go forward faster.
"It is this spirit with which the
league seeks to imbue women voters.
The ballot is no good unless we
bring our spiritual life into It, and
deal with causes rather than men.
We are seeking to instruct wdtnen
voters In picking the sound princi
pies and sticking to them. There
has been too much attention paid
to officials and not enough to the
offices they fill. To vote intelll
gently it is imperative that the voter
know as much, if not. more, about
the office that the candidate is to
fill as about the candidate.
CALL OF INDIANS HEARD
Federal ' Official to Investigate
Protest From Klamath.
Thomas Maguire, assistant United
States district attorney, left last
night for Klamath Falls at the di
rection of United States Attorney
General Daugherty, . to make two
private Investigations, one of which
will be into the complaints of In
dians forwarded to the department
of justice to the effect that they
were being prosecuted without right
by stats courts for misdemeanors
committed within the reservation
there.
According to Maguire. the Indians
are claiming that they are frequent
ly arrested within the reservation
by state officers and tried and sen
tenced in state courts while they
are subject to punishment and fine
only at the hands of the federal au
thorities. The other case which Ma
guire will investigate-Jls of criminal
nature and cannot be commented on
until after the Investigation is com
pleted. Gun Wielder Fined $20.
Joseph J. Craig, who brandished a
revolver during a street altercation
with his wife at Front and Yamhill
streets Friday night, paid a $20 fine
and surrendered his revolver in mu
nicipal court yesterday. He was
found guilty of carrying concealed
weapons. Craig and his wife were
in an automobile fighting for pos
session of the gun when pedestrians
overpowered him.
REGIONAL HEAD OF LEAGUE OP WOMEX VOTERS CONSIDERS
ATTACKS NOT WORTH ANSWERING. '
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Mrn. William Palmer Lucas of California, who declared the accusations
of MitH- Alice Mary Robertson asainsf the league too Indefinite and
vague to warrant a reply.
POLICE METHODS HAPPED
ATTORNEY SCORES LEVY OTP
FIXE BY OFFICER.
Company Demands That Its Case
Be Taken Into Court and Says
Council Will Get Protest.
A bitter attack against the police
practice of permitting a patrolman
in the traffic bureau to levy fines
against violators of minor traffic
ordinances instead of sending such
cases to the courts was launched in
municipal court yesterday by Frank
Hilton, an attorney, representing a
local service station.
The defendant company, repre
sented by Mr. Hilton as attorney and
secretary, had been "fined" $4 by
P. R. Johnson, a policeman who has
charge of the tags placed in the ma
chines of offending autoists.
Mr. Hilton told Judge Ekwall that
Johnson had assured him that the
ti was in the nature of a fine
although the receipt states that it
is bail money only. Instead of per
mitting his concern to be fined by
a policeman he insisted that the cut
be sent to municipal court.-
Judge Ekwall told Mr. Hilton that
such questions should be settled be
fore the city council inteadof po
lice court, and Mr. Hilton gave as
surance that a proper protest would
be made to that tribunal.
The system employed by Patrol
man Johnson Is to assess nominal
fines" against offenders of the
traffic laws when they appear at
the traffic bureau with their tags.
Although the receipts show that this
is ball money, the cases are never
docketed in municipal court. It is
also seldom that a complaint is
Issued against the person who is
compelled to pay such fines.
Many automobile owners prefer
paying from $1 to $5 in the traffic
bureau rather than appear In mu
nicipal court, although many have
protested against the practice of
permitting the police to serve both
as the arresting officer and judge.
Although the system which was
so bitterly opposed by Mr. Hilton is
admittedly imperfect and subjected
to continual opposition, police of
ficials point out that the muuicipal
court docket would be so badly
clogged if all such minor cases were
taken Into court that it . would ne
cessitate the employment of at least
one more judge.
NEW LIBRARIAN NAMED
Miss Elizabeth Woodhouse to
Take Charge of Sellwood Branch.
Miss Elizabeth Woodhouse, a
graduate of the Los Angeles library
school, has been appointed librarian
at the Sellwood branch library to
succeed Miss- Hazel White, who re
signed recently. Miss White has
been popular in the Sellwood com
munity, and her many friends regret
that she will be no longer connected
with the library there. She will
leave at once for her home in Spo
kane. Miss Woodhouse has been em
ployed in the circulation department
at the central library for the last
three months. Miss White, was
librarian at Sellwood for a period
of three years.
ALUMNI NAMES OFFICERS
Dr. M. 31. Rachleff New President
of Portland Association.
The Alumni Association of the
Oregon State College of Chiropractic
held its dinner and election of of
ficers at the Seward hotel Thursday
night. Music was given by a saxo
phone quartet composed of Gladys
Cooper, Pearl Bradshaw, H. H.
Haynes and Stanley Wentz.
The officers elected were: Presi
dent, Dr. M. M. Rachleff; vice-presi-dent.
Dr. C. H. Charlton: secretary
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and treasurer, Dr. Clara A. Charlton.
Dr. P. O. Riley, president of the
college, presided. Addresses were
made by members of the faculty and
student body.
BUM PAYS BACK DOLLAR
Detective's Faith in Humanity
Rewarded After Two Years.
Frank Collins, police detective,
still retains an abiding faith in hu
manity. Just two years ago some
Btranger, out of funds and disheart
ened, "bummed" the veteran "cop"
for a dollar, in order to purchase a
job- fron a north end employment
office.
Collins had completely forgotten
the transaction until Friday night
when the stranger appeared at po
lice headquarters with a silver dol
lar. The loan was recalled to the
detective's mind and the debt was
paid in full.
The honest man with a good mem
ory was E. P. Carlson. This is the
first time he has been in Portland
since he had borrowed the stake
from Collins.
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M TO MEET HERE
Regional Convention to Be
Held in Portland.
DATES JULY 13 AND 14
Fnlly 250 Delegates of Western
Membership of Association
. Expected to Attend.
The first regional convention of
the western membership of the
National Paint, Oil , and Varnish
association will meet !n Portland
July 13 and 1 The Inability of
many of the Paclflo coast paint men
to attend eastern paint conventions
and keep in active touch with the
latest ideas In the industry and the
presentation of the newest thoua-ht
in paintdom are the contributing
laciors in tne organization of the
western conference. Fully 250 dele
gates and their friends are expected
to attend
International Air Lent.
Ernest T. Trigg and George V.
Horgan of New York City, president
and secretary, respectively, of the
association, will be among the
speakers at the Portland meetinsr.
Mr. Trigg is also a director of the
United states chamber of commerce.
The presence of delegates from
Vancouver and Victoria, B. C, and
Montreal, Canada, will lend an In
ternational atmosphere to the meet
ing. It is hoped to have the Van
couver and Victoria paint clubs
affiliate with the association during
the coming' convention. George
Henderson of Montreal, president of
the Canadian Paint, Oil and Varnish
association, has signified his Inten
tion of coming to Portland for the
conclave.
A full programme for both busi
ness and entertainment has been
prepared. Among the speakers for
the two days' session are some of
the highest authorities in the paint
world.. The meeting will open at
the Multnomah hotel July 13 with
an address of welcome by P. C.
Patterson, president of the Portland
Paint, Oil and Varnish club.
HljthTray Trip to Be Taken.
He will be answered in behalf of
the national organization by F. M.
Brinlnstool of Los Angeles, vice-
president of the western sone The
evening of the first day will be de
voted to a review of the paiht film,
"Save the Surface," to which the
master painters of the Pacific north
west are invited. The business
session will continue ' until noon
July 14, at which time the delegates
and guests will be taken over the
Columbia river highway.
The Puget sound and Portland
Hundreds of Important Economies!
Thousands of Dollars' Worth of New Furniture
Offered at Prices Temptingly Lowered!
It is an opportunity to refurnish your home or to furnish a new one, selecting furniture that you
would not ordinarily choose because of outlay, but now marked so low that you cannot afford to buy
any other! On many items the saving amounts to nearly one-half ! If you desire, convenient terms
may be made for payment.
Fine Bedroom Pieces
at Lowered Prices
$40 Walnut - finish flOQ 1JF
Dresser iDiO.I
$34 Mahogany-fin- Q0 4 nr
ish Dresser D-iTt I O
$33.50 Walnut-fin- flOQ 7fT
ish Bed . . D0iD
$33.50 Mahog. fin- flJOO rrr
ish Dressing Table OalO
$35 ' Walnut-finish flOQ QK
Chiffonier iS&OtOO
$49.50 Mahog. fin- (j0 nr
ish Dressing Table D4 f O
$10 Hardwood Bed- AM FA
room chair tDTCeOll
$1-1.50 Hardwood (Pt? FA
Bedroom Chair .... DOOU
$45 Ivory Enamel JOpT AA
Chiffonier DLD,t
$45 Gray Enamel (gOQ f7r
Dresser 90 I D
$103.75 Bedroom Suite
in Ivory Enamel
$76.25
Full-size Bed, Dressing Table
"and Chiffonier. In Washington
street window.
Fine Bedroom Suite - .
in Mahogany
Regularly Priced $905 -
$575
This is one of our finest
suites, consisting of Full-size
Bed, Chiffonier, Dresser and
Dressing Table. One suite only
to be sold. -
Scores of Bedroom Suites and
Single Pieces for the Bedroom
are included at prices' corre
spondingly reduced.
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Paint clubs will unite in ' playing
host to the visiting delegates and
theiit families. The entire Seattle
and Tacoma delegation will motor
to Portland. A ladies' entertainment
committee will provide scenic tours,
luncheons and theater parties for
the feminine guests at the conven
tion. The trip over the highway
Friday afternoon, July 14, will cul
minate in a convention banquet at
Columbia Gorge hotel.
Canadian Delegates' Coming.
The general entertainment com
mittee consists of P. C. Patterson,
chairman, manager Portland branch
W. P. Fuller & Co.,- and president
of the local Paint club; E. H. Mor
gan, president E. H. Morgan com
pany, and E. D. Timms, northwest
district manager Pittsburg' Plate
Glass company. The other com
mittee chairmen follow: Banquet
and publicity, S C. Rasmussen;
registration and Information, E. H,
Morgan; automobile and printing,
D. A. Aronson; golf, T. ' Morris
Dunne; ladies' entertainment, E. D.
Timms. C. B. Woodruff, secretary
W. P. Fuller & Co., San Francisco,
Is chairman of the business pro
gramme committee. Delegates will
attend from Victoria, Vancouver
and Montreal, Canada; Seattle, Ta
coma, Spokane, Oakland, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Salt
Lake City and Denver.
LEGION . WOMEN ELECT
Auxiliary Chooses Delegates to
State Convention.
At the last regular meeting- of the
American Legion auxiliary, held
June 19, Mrs. Maggie Johnson and
Mrs. Paul Bartnolomew were elected
delegates to the next state conven
tion of the auxiliary, to be held at
The Dalles July 27, 28 and 29.
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, national
president of the American Legion
Tapestry
Overstuffed
Rockers
Regularly Priced $42.50
$27.85 .
Covered with ejetra quality
tapestry and' furnished with
loose spring cushions. These
Rockers have--just been re
ceived, but we put them on
sale at the reduced price.
Living-Room , Furniture
Attractively Reduced
Visit our floors filled with the
newest and best in furniture for
the living room and select at a
considerable saving. Our stocks"
of Davenports, Easy Chairs and
Rockers are most complete, both
in overstuffed and in cane and
mahogany types.
EXTRA Full-size Tapestry
Upholstered Davenport with
spring seat 'and back and
three spring cush- CQ Kf
ions. Special. . . . 0O I t)J
Quick Meal Gas
Y Ranges Reduced
$150 Quick Meal (PQQ rn
Gas Ranges " DO.OU
$125 Gray Enamel Quick
Si."..?.,...S105.00.
$105 White and Black Enamel,
Porcelain Trimmed Quick
MealGas CCH Afl
Ranges 50U.UU
$225 All-White Enamel Quick
Meal Gas Ranges with A "I QA
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auxiliary, will arrive in Portland
next week. Preparations - for her
reception are being made by "the
local chapter. A dinner sto be given
here in her honor will be attended
by representatives from all auxil
iary organizations in the state.
The next regular meeting of the
local organization will be held in
the Oregon building tomorrow night.
July 3.
MILWAUKIE FAVORS SPAN
Community Club Takes Steps to
Revive Interest in Progress.
Residents of Xlilwaukie are behind
the east side communities solidly in
their effort to get the new bridge
across the Willamette river, accord
ing to the action taken in their re
cent community meeting. A com
munication from the Sellwood board
of trade to the Milwaukie Commun
ity club, urging co-operation in se
curing the new bridge, was read at
a special meeting of the MilwaukieJ
organization and a motion favoring
the indorsement of the plan unani
mously was adopted.
The Milwaukie Community club
has taken steps to revive Interest
in the organization and several plans
for the improvement of local condi
tions, with an Idea of getting added
industries and new homes there.
were discussed. Among tbe things
being considered is the plan to erect
a new higli school building. A plan
to establish a chamber of commerce
in Milwaukie met with the approval
of the gathering.
Dallas Roundup. Slated.
DALLAS, Or.. July 1. (Special.)
Dallas is to have its first round-up
on July 28 and 29. The celebration
Is being promoted by local business
men, headed by Guy Ray, who has
ridden in many wild west exhibi
tions. Rug Headquarters
at Jenriing's!
Our stocks of Rugs and Car
pets are easily the largest and
finest in the city. Reduced
prices make it doubly advan
tageous to buy here.
$85 Genuine Wilton
Seamless Velvet
Rugs in 9x12 Size
$59.25
Woven from high - quality
worsted yarns and finished with
fringed ends. In Oriental and
Chinese patterns. An oppor
tunity indeed.
SPECIAL"- $16.50 Tapestry
Brussels Rugs in (jjl O
7-6x9 size iD.L4.lti
$37.50 Axminster
Rugs In 9x12
. Size $28.65
Shown in many attractive
patterns. Desirable Rugs at a
. very modest price. V
Big Curtain Sale!
Scrims, Marquisettes, Voiles
and Bobinets.
Regular $2.75
tains, pair
Regular $4.00'
tains, pair'
Regular .$5.00
tains, pair . .'. .
Regular $5.75
tains, pair ....
Cu,T S1.89
Cur S2.59
S2.89
Cur $3.29
Madras Curtain Materials at
Reduced Prices.
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l;J !DA;Q POLITICS
Progressives in Part Com
posed of Non-Partisans.
10,000 NAMES ARE FILED
Entries for Legislature and (or
County Delegate Close and
Campaign Is Under Way.
BOISE, Idaho, July 1. (Special.)
Entries for nominations for the
two houses of the Idaho legislature,
for delegates to county Conventions
and for county offices formally
closed- today in this state and the
electiqn campaign, which has every
promise of being an intensely in
teresting one, has been inaugurated.
It is a three-cornered contest in
which the republicans, democrats
and progressives are the entrants.
The congressional candidates and
candidates for state office will not
be placed in the running until Au
gust 22, when these three parties
hold their state conventions and
make their nominations.
In all of the 44 counties In the
state the republicans and democrats
put in complete tickets. The pro
gressives filed tickets in a ma
jority of the counties. These candi
dates enter the primaries, for under
the law the primary principle holds
good in Idaho as to candidates for
legislative and county offices. Dele
gates to county conventions are also
elected at the primary to county
conventions. The primary elections
for all three parties fall on August
1. Two weeks later county conven
tions are held to elect delegates to
the state conventions The state
convention cities are: For the re
publicans, Wallace, in northern
Idaho; for the democrats," Halley, in
south - central Idaho; for the pro
gressives, Nampa, In southwestern
Idaho.
' 10,000 Sign Petitions.
When the progressives filed no
tices and petitions containing the
names of more than 10,000 electors
in this state with Secretary of State
Jones it was mandatory upon that
official to extend to them recogni
tion, and he promptly notified the
auditorand recorders of the vari
ous counties to accept the filing of
nominations of progressive party
candidates and certify them on the
primary election ballot. Each party
is permitted to supervise the hold
ing of the primaries, the precinct
committeemen In various, counties
being held responsible for the ap
pointment.of the judges to take
charge of and supervise the election
and to select the place for balloting.
Neither republican nor democratic
We offer scores of Din
ing Suites in walnut,
mahogany, and oak at
important reductions
during our Midsummer
Sale. We have suites
suitable for any home,
large or small.
Walnut Dining
Suite
Queen Anne Period
Regularly Priced $699
$385
This' is a ten-piece suite of
extraordinary beauty and qual
ity. It is shown today in our
corner window. It consists of
Extension Table, Buffet, China
Cabinet, Serving Table, ' Arm
Chair and five Dining Chairs.
EXTRA!
Mahogany Finish
LAMP BASE
and SHADE
$13.65
Washington
at Fifth
party leaders seem to be worrying
about the entrance of the progres
sives into the race. In fact, the re
publicans are quietly rejoicing over
the filings of the progressives be
cause they believe that it will hold
intact for the "thlrd party" a Vote
that might otherwise go to the dem
crats. But the strange thing is that
the democrats do not take the en
trance of the progressives Into the
fight as a serious menace to them.
They are still confident they can
elect their state ticket from top to
bottom and that they will give the
republicans a close run for control
of the next legislature.
The birth of the progressive party
in this state was in fact the news
development of the week arfd the
most Important event that has
taken place in Idaho's political cir
cles for some time. There had been
many rumors that the "third party"
proposed to invade the Idaho field
and that the "committee of 48" had
raised the finances to support the
campaign, but until the petitions
were filed with the secretary of
state this party had not become a
fact. .
The third party is nothing more
nor less than amalgamation of the
Non-partisan league, which failed to
put over its political programme In
Idaho, with a few independents who
have left both of tlye old parties.
The men who are actively leading
the progressive party this time are
not the same men who were in the
leadership of the original progres
sive party of which the late Theo
dore Roosevelt was the founder.
The men who led the Roosevelt pro
gressive party in this state are now
for the most part back in the ranks
of the republican party and not a
few of them are active in its lead
ership. They constitute the more
progressive element within the re
publican party.
Rich Men Aid Hon.
Frank E. Johnnesse. a well-known
mining man of Idaho, is the state
chairman of the new progressive
party His "chief lieutenants are:
H. F. Samuels, former republican
and later senatorial and guberna
torial candidate of the Non-partisan
league, one of the many men 'who
made their fortunes in the Coeur
d'Alene mining section, who has
borne most of the heavy expense at
tached to the financing of the
league; Ray McKaig, a North Da
kota leaguer who came to this state
as an organizer to help put over the
league programme and who led one
of Idaho's most bitter fights against
Frank R. Gooding, United States
senator; and Dow Dunning, who for
years has been prominent in the
democratic party, representing It in
the state senate during a number
of sessions, a farmer and a lawyer
of more than ordinary ability. He is
particularly opposed to M. Alexan
der, spoken of as the democrats'
most likery candidate for governor.
Kerrigan Back From Hearing.
SALEM, Or., July 1j (Special.)
T. M. Kerrigan, recall member of
the public service commission, re
turned here last night from New
port, where he went to hold a hear
ing with relation to the application
of the Taquina Electric company fur
an increase in rates. When Mr. Ker
rigan arrived at Newport he found
that the plant had been sold, but
that the sale had not been confirmed
by the courts. As a result of this,
the proposed new tariff was with
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