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VOL. XII. NO. 306.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, ' FEBRUARY, 28, 1914 TWO SECTIONS 16 PAGES.
; JRICE TWO CENTS.
oh fttAxn An irri
CTAVM TITS CUTTS
MARQUIS UPSETS
IN 33RD LAP OF
GRAND
PRIX RACE
Leader Overturns With Me
chanician, in Sunbeam Car
Both Taken to Hospital
" Seriously Hurt.
PULLEN TAKES LEAD
WITH OLDFIELD SECOND
Two .Mercer Drivers Ahead
at End of the Thirty-fifth
; Lap of Race.
Chief of Sanitary
Inspectors-Resigns
Dr. Charles A. Ballard Quits City
Health Office Because of Alleged
Dlssatlsf actios "With Department.. .
Dr. Charles A. Ballard, i;hief sani
tary Inspector under City Health Of
ficer Marcellus, submitted his resigna
tion to Mayor Albee this morning, to
take effect at the mayor's pleasure.
Dissatisfaction over the way the de
partment Is handled Is said to be the
cause of his resigning. 1
Dr. Ballard held a long conference
with the mayor this morning. It is
stated, however, that Dr. Ballard com
plained of the way the enkire health
department is managed. Three other
members of the department) were also
before the mayor in an attempt to lo
cate the cause of the dissatisfaction
Which is said to be rife in the depart
ment. Among those who were called
before the mayor this morning were
Acting Health Officer Wolf, Assistant
Hearth Officer Beeman and City Bac
teriologist Pernot. j
RUSH FOR WATER-.
METERSRESPONSE
TO DALY VICTORY
Commissioner's Mail Weight
ed With Appeals From Cit
izens Asking for Installa
tion at Early Date.
Today's Contestants.
No. Car. Driver. Mechanic
1. Flat, Teddy Tetzlaff, F.
L. Radford.
2. Mercer, Spencer Wish
art, Jack Center.
3. Stutz, Gil Anderson, Tom
Rooney.
4. Mercer, Edwin Pullen, A.
Vollmun.
6. Mason, Wm. Carlson,
D. Bbsmo.
8. Alco, B. Taylor, 8. W.
Yaeger.
1. Mercer, Barney Oldfield,
Geo. Hill.
8. Stutz, Earl Cooper, Bob
Aulert. '
9. Mercer, Huntley L. Gor
don,. O. Puterbaugh.
10. Isotta, Harry Grant. Em
tio Jandelli.
11. Apperson, Frank Goode,
Geo. Storck.
12. Mercedes, Ralph De
Pal ma, Tom Alley.
H. Sunbeam, J, B. Marquis,
Harry 1 laugh.
It. Marmon, Chas. Muth,
Jack Erskine.
16. Flat, Dave Lewis, Louis
Sorell.
17. Marmon, Guy Ball, Harry
fc'ohncr.
, 1. Fiat. Frank Verbeck,
Henry Miller.
19. Alco, Tony Jenette, Bert
Hooper.
26. Mason, B. Tttehenbacher,
L. F. Quinn.
i
Jury Disagrees in
the Armstrong Case
Prosecution Will Be Taken Up Again
In Three Weeks, If Possible, Accord'
lug to Plans of District Attorney.
One Juryman and the fact that Sup
erlntendent A. P. Armstrong of the
county schools alone of the former
city civil service commission were on
trial are said to have been the reasons
for a disagreement of the j Armstrong
Jury which was discharged last night
at 9:30 o'clock by Circuit Judge Kav
anaugh. If possible the case will prob
ably come up for retrial within three
weeks.
At one time the vote for conviction
is said to have been eleven to one and
on other ballots 10 are said to have
stood for conviction. . Superintendent
Armstrong and his brother, Robert
Armstrong, were charged with having
given out secret information to Joseph
Keller and Robert H. Craddock to aid
the latter two in passing a civil serv
ice examination for captain of police
t Spring Lamb, That
Am, Truly Arrives
Virions of Tine Juicy Boast. With
Mint Sauce Make the Portland Epi
cures Wear a Smile,
"Spring has come."
There was no equinoxial storm to
herald its arrival and this 19 not
March' 21. nor was a robin red breast
seen on Washington street this .morn
lng, but Portland did receive its first
shipment of the season! of spring
lambs. Visions of roast lamb, of mint
sauce, or broiled chops and an all-hail
The Grand PrJx speed record lstto n beautiful spring! Adios to
I mutton nrni fsirrwell tn crnat fluah
3 -..- miie an nour ieniKc,, tne dainty little fluffy lambskins that
It wan made by the late David I yesterday were gamboling on the green
Uruce-Ilrown at Savannah in 1911. ar on, the way and spring is in their
I wane.
Today's shipment came from Boring.
Tetzlaff, le Pal ma, Oldfield and Not only was It earlier than usual, but
THE COURSE
Forty. eight circuit of 8.401
mile track for a tfltal of lOXJMS
miles.
PREVIOUS RECORD
PEOPLE ARE GAINERS
BY NEW DEPARTURE
Waste Will Be Eliminated
and Service Will Be
Adequate.
the qualify is said to be unusually
good. This indicates that the entire
growing season Is advanced and Port
land epicures may feast indeed
Cooper carried a good share of the
public's money today.
(United Trend loused Wire.)
Santa Monica. Cal.. Feb. 28. The
Sunbeam car, leading the Grand Trix
automobile race, overturned In the
thirty-third lap today.
Driver J. H. Marquis and Mechanician
Harry Haugh were Injured seriously.
They were taken to St. Catherine's
hospital, where It. was stated the ex
tent of their Injuries could not be de
termined at once.
Marquis took the lead in the thirtieth
1 -,l,nn n. Pilma mnrip lit first StOO 1 . . .... . ...
. iana posiornce, resigned toaay on ac-
to take on gas, oil and water. At tho count of , health. He ,8 suf fer,
end -of the thirty-second lap Marquis , - , "
hi-, ,! bv a. considerable trom nervous breakdown.! the second
margin attack within the last two years. He
At the end of the thirieth lap, the stated he would leave the service en
elarmed time of the leaders was: Mar- tirely unless he recovers his health
i- a-in-31- in.rsniL !ii!02: Telwithin the next year,
I.lm. 8:12:11: Pulleff. 3:12:38. Old- Postmaster Myers said that he may
Postoffice Official
Tenders Resignation
. V
Assistant Postmaster Williamson Suf
fers Breakdown in Health for Second
Time in Two Tears.
W. E. Williamson, for the last six
years assistant postmaster in the Port-
TURNJED OFF!
field was In fifth plaj.
Ralph De Palma, winner of Thurs
day's Vanderbilt cup race, pushed his
Mercedes Into the lead in the twenty-slxth-lap.
Oldfield completed this cir
cuit in second place, with Marquis
third.
Tnllen and Anderson, who had been
in first and second places a lap pre- at the beach.,
vious, were not In sight when yils
trio thundered by the stands
Verbeck got back into the race in
the twenty-first lap, when he substi
. tuted for Dave Lewis in Fiat IS'o. 16.
Lewis was injured several days ago In
appoint a successor to Mr, Williamson
Monday. As the position. comes under
civil service, the selection of a man
must be made from among tien now
in the service who are drawing salaries
not lower than $1200 per annum. The
assistant postmastership pays $3000.
Williamson will "live close to nature"
r
Scientist Killed
by Captive Snake
(Concluded oa Put Two. Column Two)
TELEPHONE COMPANY
EQUALIZES CHARGES
. i. ii m
Bell Subscribers Outside Mile
Limit Now on Same Basis
as Others. .
I Sr. Frederick Pox Bitten in Calcutta
"While Experimenting With Antidotes
I or serpeass coom r oiaun jluis.
Calcutta, British India, Feb. 28. The
bite of a snake caused the death today
of Dr. Frederick Fox. an Australian sci
entist, who had devoted hjs life to the
treatment of snake bites. A snake
which he was using for experimental
purposes attacked Fox and inflicted
five punctures. Four of the punctures
were Incised, but the fifth escaped no
tice. Poison symptoms developed later.
Antidotes were given, but too late to
bo of use.
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company has abolished its system of
charging users of Its services outsldc
of the one mile limit $7.50 a year for
each quarter of mile distant from the
mile limit. This is .'the result of a
conference held between- Will H. Daly,
commissioner cf public utilities, and
Fred Spoerl, commercial manager of
the telephone company.
Formerly subscribers living - fur
ther than a mile from the central of
fices were required to pay $7.50 per
year for each quarter of a mile bc-i
yond the first mile limit in addition
to the regular rates paid. Complaint
was made to Commissioner Daly sev
eral weeks ago by subscribers of the
company living beyond this mile limit,
and Mr. Daly Immediately took .tha
matter up with the telephone com
pany resulting in the system being
.abolished. Under, the schedule of new
rates filed with the atate railroad
commission no mention Is made of tho
. $7.(0 charge as contained In the sched
ule of old rates.
Mother and Two-
Perish in Flames
This morning's mail brought to Will
H. Daly, commissioner of public utill
ties, a rush for applications for water
meters.
They were from people anxious to
be first to enjoy the benefits of meas
ured service which requires payment
only for water used, and not for what
others waste as the flat rate system
necessitates.
Auinoruy to purchase 6000 meters
was given the commissioners of public
utilities by the council yesterday. He
expects to begin installing them at
me rate or iuuu a month by April
As rapidly as may be. thereafter, au
thority will bB secured for metering
all unmetered water services in the
cuy.
1 am certain that the plan for
metering all water services, and thus
placing water distribution on an Mult
able basis. Is popular among Portland
peopie, saia commissioner Daly.
The records of the city auditor's
office confirm his statement and show
that for years Portland people have
approved meters.
People Tote Bonds.
In June of 1907, the people voted
jj.woo.ooo in bonds for mains and me
ters. ,
On November 8, 1910, they voted to
give ine water Board authority to sel
bonds of the water department for ex
tensions ana meters whenever such
sale was deemed necessary.
The commission charter, adopted
last June, transferred this unlimited
authority to the council and the
commissioner of public utilities.
Allmlong the fact that meters are
necessary part of the water service
has been recognized by the people.
Ail along it has been recognized
that no matter how large the sunnlv
of water might be io Bull Run, -er
mrougn tne conduits daily, or stored
in the reservoirs, the mains, no matter
how large, could only carry so much
water, and that the only equitable way
iq regulate pressure and base charge;
was through meters. Los Angeles has
a dally supply of 235.000.000 srallons
and has almost a general metering
system.
The vote of 1907, Involving general
betterments in the water service, was
7247 to 7116. The vote of 1,910 was
14,953 to 11,308.
These were votes for adequate serv
ice and against waste.
It was the same kind of vote as
was taken yesterday by the city coun
cil. Survey Xs Made. '
Commissioner Daly this morning
made reference to the assertions that
under his administration costs of ad
ministering the water department have
greatly increased.
"Under the former administration,"
said Mr. Daly, "shortages were found
In the accounts of ore of the em
ployes of the water office. The water
board was justly alarmed. Its' mem
bers decided that defalcations were
undoubtedly Invited by the looseness
of the bookkeeping sysitem.
Ehey-made a survey of the meth
ods- used which further established
their conclusions. They then asked an
accounting firm to Install an absolute
checking system of bookkeeping. This
was done. The number of emnloves
was considerably Increased. The over- '
head expense mounted to "something
over 17 per eent of the water depart
ment; revenues. This was what I found
when I entered office. The experts of
the New York bureau of munlcjpal re
search called attention, to the fact that
so great an overhead expense was un
"Would Reduce Cost.
"It was shown that accounts could
be adequately checked and the depart
ment protected against defalcation ' by
making certain changes, including the
dismissal of nine consumers', register
clerks. This was done. Under my ad
mlnlstratlonj the overhead expense, or
bookkeeping fand collecting, has been
decreaseat slightly over 13 per cent
of the revenues.
'If I am permitted to do so I can
reduce this overhead expense 50 per
cent. I can reduce the cost for collect
ing and bookkeeping to slightly over fi
per cent of the revenues. But it will
be neees&sry to secure approval for
the quarterly billing system. By that
means we reduce the postage, station
ery, office work, adjustments and many
other items, so that we can save to this
city sometmng near jioo.uoo a vear.
It Is obviously such good business to
do so. and so well serves economy, that
I cannot understand why any objection
should be made, except on a basis of
l-mlsrepresentatlon of the facts." v.
Rural Carriers' Pay
Increased to $1200
Senate Adopts Clause to postal Appro
priation Bill; Burleson Wants Got.
e ram ant to Operate own Hail Cars.
Washington, Feb. 28. Tho senate
adopted, this afternoon tho clause to
the postal appropriation bill increas
ing the maximum pay of rural mall
carriers from $1000 to $1200 annually.
Floor leaders expected the bill to pass
in its entirety before adjournment today.
Representative Moon, chairman of
the house postal - committee, declared
today that Posmaster General Burleson
Is urging an appropriation of $200,000
for the initial purchase of steel mail
cars to be used as an experiment by
the government in operating its own
cars instead of those owned by the
railroads. A paragraph proposing this
provision was stricken from the gen
eral postoffice appropriation bill on
a polnrof order as "new legislation.'
Moon -said he expected, however, to
submit separate bill soon embodying
the paragraph stricken Out.
Mrs. Maud B. Booth
Will Arrive Tonight
GARRANZA WOULD
END BENTON CASE
WIH INDEMNITY
Constitutionallsta Leader Is
Said to Be Willing to Pay
Widow for Villa's Execu
tion of Her Husband.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
WANTS- FULL INQUIRY
Final Details of Chihuahua
Investigating Trip Are Not
" Yet Completed. ,
dispose of the Benton fcicident at Ju
arez, it was said here tday that Qen
eral Carranza was wllllfo-to indemnl-
jy ine wiaow financial! If the Wash-
...8vu aoministratlon would droo the
A man of better education and wider
experience than villa,? thesupreme
TRANSFERS OF REALTY
GAIN
DURING PAST
SHOW
11100.000
MONTH
Building Permits and .Postal
Receipts Increase In SuIk
stantial Manner.
WILL BE 12 REGIONAL
RESERVE BANKS
SAYS
Two Boys Save Themselres By Jump
ing From Second Story When Ex
plosion of Lamp Sets House on Fire,
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 28. Mrs.
Stella Maries and two daughters, aged
six year-w and four years,! were burned
to death early thfsTnornlng at Hlll-
yard near here. Two boys escaped by
jumping from tne second story. The
fire followed a lamp explosion. J. W.
Dechene failed twice in an effort to
rescue the woman and her; daughters.
KILLED ON WAY T0 RACE
Santa Monica, Cal., Feb.; 28. Paul
S. Spegal, an automobile dealer of Los
Angeles, was killed instantly today
when the automobile in which he was
speeding to the Grand Prix race course
overturned near here.
Notwithstanding the fact that Feb
ruary is a short month and two legal
holidays cut into business, ' realty
transfers for the month just closing
are $100,000 greater than last month,
building permits show an increase of
$179,895. and the postal receipts for
February, 1914, are approximately
$6000 larger than for the correspond
ing month of last year.
The value of exports for February,
3913, was greater than for this month.
Shippers-account for this by the fact
that only one big oriental steamer
cleared from the tort this month, al
though two arrived "last night but will
not clear until March. The bank clear
ings likewise show a slight decrease
as compared with the February, 1913,
showing.
The general .situation, however,
shows marked improvement over the
last few months land Indications are
that business now on the upgrade will
continue to mount rapidly.
During this month, B68 building per
mits of a value of $639,000 were
issued, against 636 permits last Feb
ruary, valued at $724,690 and 603 per
mits for January, 1914, valued at $469,
190.
The bank clearings for February,
1914, were $42,297,377.20; during Feb
ruary of 1913 they were j42.S3Z.biB 34
Postal receipts, on the other band,
show an increase. Postmaster Myers
today estimated the showing for this
month will approximate $95,000, as
compared to $89,137.14 for last Feb
ruary.
Realty transfers lor this montn
were $721,534, as compared to $1,112,-
192 for February of 1913 and $627,367.
for January of 1914.
The total value of exports for Feb
ruary. I9r4, was as com-
nared to $900,291 last February. The
showing for February a year ago is
accounted for partly by the fact that
the wheat was shipped late, while this
month the flour shipments to the ori
ent are low because the Japanese de
mand has not been strong.
WASHINGTON REPORT
Portland's, Chances of Secur
ing One Considered Hope
ful; Senators See McAdoo.
Ofc C. J. SMITH URGES
LAWENF RCENIENT
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Democrat Opens' Campaign
-With Praise of Gov. West
and Pledge for Moral Uplift
" (Washington Bnrean of Tbe Journal.)
Washington, Feb. 28. There was a
strong rumor here today that the
Regional reserve organisation commit
tee will decide 'to reate 12 regional
banks instead of eight. This gives
Portland's chances a more hopeful
aspect and Senators Chamberlain and
Lane will call on Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo Monday to again
press Portland's claims.
State in Control of
Public Utilities
Report Ready in Three Weeks.
"Washington. Feb. 28. At least three
weeks must elapse before any definite
announcement is made concerning the
federal reserve regional bank cities
under the new currency law. accord
ing to a treasury department official
today. Scores of maos and 6heets of
banking statistics have been submit
ted to the organization commltee and
have not yet been examined. One of
Secretary McAdoo's assistants said no
decision would be reached until all this
evidence is carefully considered.
Those in close touch with the com
mittee think it Improbable that two
banks will be established in Missouri
at St. Louis and Kansas City though
the cities serve different territories.
It was stated that if any single state
has two regional banks it probably
will b Pennsylvania, this state having
more national banks than any otner.
i tti loam ran away
- .... - i 1 1 1 -ltcl
he would enforce witnout rear or xa- i tnft
vor every law that Is now, or may I waa entertained.
hereafter be put on the statute books,
and commending in the highest terms
the work of Governor West for law
enforcement. Dr. C. J. Smith opened
his public campaign for the Demo
cratlc nomination for governor, be-i
fore an open meeting of the Wobdmen
of th World and their families at
Cornelius last night
"Wa have had for the past three
years a man in the governor's office
who has had tne courage or nis con
victions and his convictions being, of
such strength and on the right side
of law and order, have been the means
of revolutionizing the moral senti
ment of the state," said Dr. Smith.
Ltw Xnf oroement Heeded.
TV'9 have always had good and suf-
fiunt laws for the protection ana
Registration Office .
to Be Open Tonight
Opportunity Given This and Following
Saturday Evenings for Voters Unable
to Qualify in Daytime. '
Tonight the registration office will
remain open until 9 o'clock to permit
registration of those unable to register
during the regular hours. This prac
tice will be continued each Saturday
night. Yesterday but 981 voters were
registered, 56D-; being men and 421
being women. "The total registration
to the closing . hour last night was
33,764, : men numbering 23,764 and
women 10,010. Party registration is
as follows: Republicans. 21,838; Demo
crats, 7370; Progressives, 1639; Inde
pendents, 1307; Prohibitionists, 1449;
and Socialists, 681.
Votes for Women
Called in Open Air
Ont-of-IKors Meetings Over Satire
Country Will Ask for Constitutional
Amendment Granting' Suffrage.
Washington, Feb. 28. A call to all
suffragists of the United States to
rally in open-air meetings in every
city, hamlet and village in the coun
try and adopjt resolutions asking con
gress for votes ror women was issued
today by the Woman Suffrage asso
ciation. The call was signed by Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, Miss Jane Ad
dams, Mrs. Desha Breckenridge and
Mrs. Catherine Mccormick.
DANTE AND EGYPTIAN
DANCER FIND SELVES
IN POET AND STENOG.
George Sterling Is Alighieri;
Daughter of Desert-Toils at
- Prosaic Real Estate Job-.
NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER
Winnipeg, Feb, 28. A report wns
current here today that Sir Thomas
Sfcaughnessy, president of the Canadian
Pacific railway, would succeed the late
Lord Strathcona as Canadian high
commissioner in London and that
George J. Bury, vice president of the
Canadian Pacific's western lines, would
beqome president. succeeding Sir
Thomas.: ; '
Hiccough to Death.
Baltimore, Feb. v 2 8. Mayor L. E,
Dozier of Leesburg, Fla., died yester
day of hiccoughs.
Wife of Head of Volunteers of Auerioa
to Speak at Taylor-Street Church and
White Temple Tomorrow.
Mrs. Maud Balllngton Booth, wife of I matter..
the commander of the Volunteers of
it 7:15 o'clock tonight from Salt Lake I reoei entertain was understood to'an-
uiiy, accoramg 10 aavices rwceivea oy v --iw more rully American and Enr-
Major Starks of the local corps this j lsh feelings concerning the affair t
morning. Mrs. Booth will be enter- j realize that there was yusttre the
tained at the homes of Mrs. Helen Ladd I Washington adminlstrailon. i
Corbett and Colonel C. E. Sr Wood dur-1 and to regret heartily ;wfiat his lleu-
Ing her stay in Fortland. sne is scnea- i a aone. i
nlorf to address a zenaral meetlne at I From British inurrnJ it--.-.. ....
the Taylor Street Methodist Episcopal that unless Villa could fcrove his story
church tomorrow morning,, and at the ' tne Benton court martial, showing
White Temple tomorrow nigni. roi- i-e was not one-of. plain
lowing a day's visit In Walla Walla, jnuraer, no money proposition eould
Wash., she will return to roruana to i j ne ;ngiuii govern.
address the Commercial club Wednes- mxuniing xo tn same authority,
day noon, and probably will speak at a fiowever. would not move further In
general meeting to be arranged by I . , f u"ul ln American lnves-
Colonel Wood for Wednesday evening. naa been competed. '
Demand Made on Villa.
Victim of Attack c?i: ;.rs
. -r -r i ..""'" ",,u -ercne at Chihuahua
hTT llnCTS IS llP.an . ,y' rnin,,n for apeclal train to
"J I tne wenton investigation comrnU
iirr poini. lie also de-
m arr4aA H. Tin - . - . ... . .
Spokane Ia4 Succumbs to ijaw tnat an -.ftf"
Following Amputation of I Torn corpse would be permitted, stating also
ny Two Shepherds Hear His Home, how complete it might be. together
Spokane. "Feb. 28. Mike Tesl
10 years, died last nigni irom iockj&w Au BOon as tliea darall. fc. 1
resulting from injuries inflicted by two! completed It was said the commission's
dogs two weeks ago. The animals tore I personnel would be announced. Tho
the flesh from the hoy s rignt leg, m- """" or me corpse, It ws un-.
.mnutatton above the knee, derstood, would be private.
v I : . w I vora received;, from , TTnlted
sheph aoout Wo blocksm hi. f""
heme Both jumpea upon ot the H,-;u l-, J.
warning and he was ' J" punishment of the peron. responsible
them. AfteTmutllaUng their Utueyic for elements Verrara'Si execution r,.r
lie dogs ran away ana in 'a i .., u . .
jged to crawl to his homo. From wou(, fe f d , financial in-
first, little hope of his recoveryl demnl. tt t fr financial m-
verg-ara" an American Cltlsen.
Consul Gsrrett sent from Nuevo La- -
redo a denial of Jthe Mexican claim that
Vergara was a Mexicn and not an
American citizen. -
Federal administration officials ad
mitted that the attitude assumed 'by?
Governor Colquitt of jTrxas .menaced
Bakersfield Vote to Olv the State I the situation and that! the Activity of
Bailroad Commission Power
Than City Authorttioa,
Ftkrafteld. Cal.. Feb. 18.
of Bakersfield's public utilities 1s in
the hands of the State Railroad com
mission today, following the first Inl
tiatlve election held in Kern county.
unr. than 2000 votes were cast under
the recently enacted law inai permna
municipalities to choose between state
the Texas rangers might precipitate
crisis. There were xeare also of a
clash between the rangers and United
ontrol j States army patrols, f
Counsellor John Bafcnelt Moore of
the state department, whs drafting an
answer to the last tejegram received
from Colquitt. It we' understood he
tConelndad on Pas Two. Column Oae)
tnnnlclDal control of publlo utill
onvenlenceVor opT." hat they Ues. and 90 per cent were cast for the
,avl needed is erTforcing. Without sta e. The utilities concerned were
nave neenea .":r,T-! -.,. railroads, railroads, water.
trior t n v nra wuron intui uocicon, kod. , .
mat mey "'o" ,,., ,-. I ,,,, T.wr. wharves, telephone and
eniorcea, uic; w . . - .
bad government. teiegrapna.
"If the people or ine siate see tii
to elect me to the highest orrice witn
ln their gift, I want to serve notice
for now and all time, that the crimi
nal laws will be enforced. They will
never be repealed at my hands by
letting them lie useless on the stat
ute nooks.
"We have two ways here In Oregon
for taking- laws off the statute books
through the Initiative and by the
legislature. If I am elected governor
they will never come off by any other
method.
Arrests Follow Death
of Chinese General
SOCIALISM OF CHRIST -
LEADS CONGREGATION
TO SUE Tl
PASTOR
Orthodox Members of Los
Gatos Baptist Church Say
He Is Misusing Property.
Suspicion of Polsonina; Bests oa Mem
m nt Household of Sx-Premlex
Chao ring-Chun.
Tekln. Feb. 28. Several arrests
. made today in connection with
CLIIUU. I . . . ail
Sneaking further on the Question of I vesterday's sudden death or weneraj
i nnrnroamant Tlr Smith mill: I Dlno .fhiin. eX-Dremier Of the
jjiY. , .. . iiimi .-rt - tt-i.. r T a n
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countries as well. It is the movement vince At the same time a foreign -eaing wnicn. nas stwaciefl anennon
of the twentieth century, and it be- xnr't was engaged to analyse the all over the religious English-speaking
hooves us in bidding for the popula- rontents of the dead official s stom-1 world will begin Monday before Bupa-
tlon. that Is drifting from the congest- R(.h for traces of poison. The author- I rlor Judge Welch. The-Issue, accord
ed cities of the world to rind witn us nifftt suspected the general was tne tng to the Rev rtobrt WhiUker.. IS
new and better homes, to De even a i victim of a revolutionist s pioi. inose ,. ... - f V
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(Tnlted Preaa Leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Feb. 18. That
George Sterling, the poet, and Miss
Estelle Tuttle. stenographer for a lo
cal real estate firm, will be married
as soon as the Interlocutory divorce
decree recently granted to Mrs. Ster
ling Is made absolute, was confirmed
today by friends speaking for Sterling
and Miss Tuttle themselves.
The couple, evidently somewhat em
barrassed by the attention of their
engagement, could not be reached per
sonally. but of the report's truth
there seemed to be no doubt.
It was said on the same excellen
authority that it waa true Sterling
regarded Miss Tuttle ss the insplra
tion of what he considers his best
work, that Miss Tuttle looks to him
for similar inspiration in the career
as a dancer she plans for herself, that
she believes herself a reincarnation
of a daughter of the Egyptian desert
of centuries ago, that she thinks
Sterling's soul lived in Dante's body
and that the pair feel their prospec
tive 'marriage will be only an earthly
recognition of a union of affinity
souls.
Miss Tuttle is 20 and a very beau
tiful young woman.
Mrs. Sterling's divorce decree will
not be made final until next January,
and if present plans are carried out.
Sterling and Miss Tuttle will be mar
ried soon afterward.
'
been politically, and to teach not only
our own Cnlted States, but the world
at large, what a true moral citizenship
means.
Work, of Press lauded.
'The work done In thjs state by
the press for the cause of law en
forcement ehouW be publicly com
mended. N
"Headed by The Portland Journal,
the press at large, standing for and
materially assisting In Governor
West's orusade for moral betterment,
has probably done more good than any
other single factor.
"Newspapers are. In a way, the
moulders of public opinion. Tet. on
the otfcer hand, the state of mind
of the public is in a way responsible
for the material which Is carried In
the columns of the newspapers. When
the public's education is such that It
will refuse to read of murders, suicides
and divorces, the newspapers will find
other more helpful things to put in
their columns.
"This reminds us, then, that In the
areat work for moral uplift. we must
always be regardful of the important
place of our educational system. Rigid
enforcement of the laws by those
charged with their administration, the
cupport of the press of the country and
the teaching of thinking along right
lines, must all go hand in hand, if we
would make moral progress."
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Maxine Elliott Reported Engaged.
Paris. Feb.-28. It Js rumored Max
ine Elliott was engaged to marry An
1 thony Wilding, the tennis champion.
household.
Shall the minority ef a Protestant
congregation, with religious orthodoxy
on their side, wrest the church property
away from the paston and a majority
whose beliefs are not f orthodox?
The minority members instituted th
suit in an effort to compel - Rev.' Mr.
Whitaker. who Is pastor of tho Loa
Gato Baptist church, and the majority
members, to surrender! all churen prop
erty. The minority Jf action 'charges
that Whitaker preathfs socialism and
has emphasized the social' side of
London, Feb. 18. inat Mrs. Maid- I Christ's "teaching, and! -win attempt te
I- rirnmmond. formerly Mrs. Mar-I nrove in court that Whitaker is not
shall Field, Jr.. Is liable for the pay- Baptist ana is misusing rwpuav irwj-
mt of income taxes in England on erty. f I
t r hr from tViM TTn1tr1
money . . I . rr-.i f ir-n r-
States, under tne provisions oi tne RIB LLUNhL UAnULN HCnC
-ni nf ber late husband for the edu- ,n LU!lfcU un pwwi iiwi y
cation of her children, was the deci
sion handed down nere tooay or tne
court of appeals. The uritisn collec
tor of taxes brought the suit.
American Income
Taxed in England
V
former Kn. XaranaH Xleld, Jv, Xust
pay -Tax on Money Sent to Zduoate
Her Children.
Turks in Aeroplane
Fall in Palestine
Chlf of Army Aviation Oorpa and
Xaeuteaant aUlled" to -Tllght Prom
Damascus to Jerusalem.
Constantinople, Feb. - 21 Captain
Fethl chief of the Turkish army' avia
tion corps, and Lieutenant Sado, who
was with htm, aeroplanlng from Da
mascus to Jerusalem, fell with their
machine today and both were killed.
Galveston. Texas, f, Feb.- - 2t Sir
Lionel Carden. Kngl&ih minister' to ,
Mexico, arrived here! ; today on the
cruiser Essex. .A delegation of city -and
army officials put, out in -a launch,
and went on board this Essex to greet ,
the vlcltor. Sir -Lionel waa scheduled
to leave this afternoon for Washing
ton by way of New Orleans. He would
not discuss Mexican Affairs. -. .
Revolver In Her Stock! ng. ' -New
York. Feb. it: Edna Freund. v
the first "gun girl" to be' arrested In '
New York, was convicted of "tarrjdng '
concealed weapons, tn- Judges -aibbs.
court today. She will be sentenced '
Tuesday. She was arrested at a gang
sters' dance when a revolver dropped
from her slocking.
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