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COUNTY'S GUARANTEE OF DISPLEASES BREWER President of Oregon Irrigation Congress Believes Amend ments Would Not Stand, MEASURES ARE INITIATED Other Officers Being Asked to Pass on Propositions Af.'ectlng Status . ' of Irrigation Securities. If other officers of the Oregon Irri- IRRIGATION BONDS gallon congress feel about the pro- Harry M. Cheney, grand recorder. Con pOsed Irrigation and drainage amend- cord. N. H., arid Sirs W. I. Baker. John menls drafted by a special committee Brooks, Harry K. Jones, Krank H. ot the state- credits conference as does Lougee, Orman T, Lougee, George I). J. W. Brewer, president of the con- Merrill, C. W. Tyler. F. E. 8weetslr Kress, there is little likelihood thatrj M. I)., arnd W. B. Wakelin. the measures will be Initiated and' Women in the party are: Mrs ntaceri on the hullo! for the November ' Georee A Ashlev MIh Ruth V. Ashlev election by the irrigation and drainage forces. Mr. Brewer objects to the plan for county guarantee of irrigation and drainage district securities ile is con vinced that it will not prove popular with the counties and that in a number of Instances -here Irrigation is most needed and results are most to hu 1 hoped for the county guarantee would be Impracticable. . Jefferson Codldn't Stand Plan. 'For Illustration, lie used the new county of Jefferson. The North Unit Irrigation district In that county will require about 4,OUO,000 for develop ment, he said, hii.1 (he Suttles Lake project will require at leant $ I .OoO.nit'i. Here, then Is $5,000,000 to be covered by securities when the assessed valua tion of the county is only $4,000,000, and the law places a limit of 2 per cent of the assessed 'valuation on tn Amount of Irrigation and drainage dis trict securities interest that may be guaranteed. Asks Congress for Tliwi. Mr. Brewer has sent copies of the Proposed amendments drafted by the Vpeclal committee, J. K. Kerr, Asa B. Thomson and C. C. Chapman, to all the members of the legislative and executive committee of the Irrigation congress and has asked for replies within a week stating their opinion or the proper procedure. Should the committee members approve, the bills will he initiated and a whlrlwnd cam- pHltui instituted, he aays in his letter, j The slate credits conference was j hld at Kalem during March in re- .ponse to a request hy the Oregon Irrigation congress. The conference resulted In the appointment of two committees, one to draft a rural cred its measure, the other to prepare irri gation and draina-ge amendments. T.ie rural credits committee not only diafted Its measure, but Is proceeding to Initiate It with the aid of the several organizations. Including the state grange, Farmers' union and Fed eration of Labor. Pioneer Honored at Silverton Home Silverton, Or.. June 13. Sunday, June 11, O. O. Rue of Silverton was given a delightful surprise by a host of his friends and relatives at his home in honor of his sixtieth birth day. Mr. Rue has been a resident of .Oregon for many years, coming to this state from Minnesota In 1904. He has four brothers living near Silver ton, as well as two sons and five . daughters. Bert Rue, of The Journal, Portland, a son, was In Silverton for the occasion. Willett Heads Alaska Party. George T. Willett, Republican can didate ' for house of representatives, left this morning for Nome. Alaska, In charge of one of the Ameruan Express corii-.ary's personally court .cted tours. Portland's Largest Home I) of the Photodrama Charles Cherry in C. Haddon Chambers' Dramatic Success . "PASSERS BY," also Burke ii Chapter 5 of Gloria's Romance 4 DAYS Commenc ing Tomorrow Jane Grey in Man and His Angel An Exceptional Star in an Exceptional Feature. Official Rose Festival Pictures uMy, how cool this big theatre is these warm days." Stop at the Sign of the v Big Fan on Broadway II Last Time TnrlavH II atth y I. Knights Templar Guests in Portland PilgTim Commandery of Xaconia, V. H., Ba Boute to Bt Conclave to Bo Xalfl at bos Angeles. Pilgrim commander-, Knight Tem plar, of Laconla. N. II., en route to the thirty-third triennial conclave --f the order to be held In Los Angeles, June 18-23, In spending the day In Portland. The party numbers 12 knights and 14 women, and is quartered at the Hotel Imperial. This morning trie vis itors were taken around the city by members of the local commaudeiy, and this afternoon they will be given a KPin over the Columbia river highway. They leave tonight for 8a Francisco. 1 The party Is traveling under the direction of the Walter H. Woods com- pany, and made the trip west through ( the Canadian Rockies. Hlr Knights of the party include, j Eminent Sir Kugene P. Hadley. eom I mander, Laconla. N. If.; Very Eminent I Sir H. R. GHdden, deputy grani com 1 commander, Claremont, N. H.; Em. Sir Mrs. W. I). Baker, Miss Millls F. Chase. Miss Nellie M. Chase, Miss Marion B. Kills, Mrs. H. B. Glidden, Mrs. K. H Lougee, Mrs. O. T. I,ougee, Mrs. F. E. Sweetsir, Miss Lois B. Soule, Mrs. Aus tin Tyler and Miss Cunningham. FOURTH OP JULY TO BE CELEBRATED IN A Ban to Be Lifted From Small Firecracker; Big Time to Be Assured. The old eagle will this Kourth of July scream so much that he will he hoarse for a month. A committee of 2' citizens appointed by Mayor Albee decided that it war time for the old eagle to make fttmseJ" heard In Portland and Immediately started .rilann to mule the ti,l scream. This means that the cltv will se a real old fashion Fourth of .luiv ceie. bration held right in the center of tow n. It did not take the committee long to decide that the old-time Fourth of July spirit should be revived. All the members were enthused from the very start of the meeting held in the city hall yesterday afternoon. Here are Just a few of the things suggested by the committee: Have a big patriotic demonstration with the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Military Tournament Planned. filg military tournament with caval ry, cannons, etc. Plenty of patriotic music. Old fastiioned fire hose company contest, followed by a contest with modern fire apparatus. Field meeting, with greased pig. greased pole, pie eatlnp and similar contests, and various kinds of athletic feats. Raise the ban on small firecrackers, but not on cannon crackers. Rig parade, possibly repeating the Ualtee parade of the Rose Festival. Fireworks exhibition. X,eiter Zs Chairman. O. C Ielter, president of the Port land Press club, the organization re sponsible' for the old fashioned Fourth of July celebration movement, was se lected permanent chairman of the com mittee and A. C. Black was selected secretary. An immediate effort is to be made to raise money to finance the celebra tion. It is proposed to have Indi viduals pnd organizations Interested in the resurrection of the old time Fourth to contribute to a rund. The finance committee appointed to i raise ine necessary money roilows: I David M. Dunne, chairman; J. E. i Werleln. George L. Baker, I. N. Day, Nelson G. Pike, Harrison Allen, W. P. Strandborg, Henry E. Reed, Miss Val entine Prichard, Mrs. Alva Lee Steph ens and Dr. Katherine Manion. Other Committees trained. The program committee consists of C F. Beebe, chairman; Adjutant-General George A. White. P. E. Sullivan, A. M. Grilley, L. R. Alderman, Eugene E. Smith. A. L. Barbur, Mrs. R. E. Bondurant, Mrs. Samuel C. May, Mrs. C. Stites and Mrs. C. B. Simmons'. It is proposed to to have the Rose Festival electrical decorations remain in place until after the celebration, have the buildings and down-town streets decorated with American flags. It is also proposed to seek reduced railroad fares to Portland on the day of the celebration. The finance committee meets at 4 o'clock this afternoon and reports from that committee and the program committee are to be given the gen era; committee at a meeting to be held in the city hall tomorrow after noon. Prominent Officers Return on Sheridan Acting GoTernor of Guam on Sick Xare and Searing Commandant of Department of Hawaii Passengers. San Francisco, June 13. (P. N. S.) Captain William J. Maxwell, U. S. N., who has been acting governor of Guam, arrived today on the transport bheridan, accompanied by Surgeon O. C. Thomas, on his way to Washington on sick leave. He is suffering from a nervous disorder, preceded by anemia. said Dr. Thomas. uerman warships are interned at Guam, and several German bailors have gone mad from the isolation. Brigadier General John P. WIsser, retiring commandant of the depart ment of Hawaii, and well known here, arrived from Honolulu on the same transport. He has been succeeded by urigaaier General Robert K. Evans. Graduate From Academy. Albany, Or., June 13. Commence ment exercises of St. Mary's acad emy will be held here thlg evening in Academy hall, at which time di plomas will be awarded to Miss Ber tha Maiion. Miss Vanda Butzlaff. Miss Gladys Miller, Miss Elisabeth Eagles, Miss Mary Mlsner, Miss Julia Taucher and Miss Mary Tanzer. Prises will be awarded by the Rev. Father Arthur Lane for the highest average in christian .doctrine and the best attendance at Sunday schcoU Rev. ROUSING MANNER ROLAND MUST PROVE MARRIAGE LEGAL OR BE OUSIED AS HEIR Judge Cleeton Retains John Boydson as Administrator of Mrs. Scofield's Estate, SCORES HEIR'S NEGLECT Only Partial Victory for William C, Manchester and Iiettie Manchester In Controversy Over $10,000 Estate. Unless the attorney for William O. Roland can produce positive proof within 30 days that Roland was le gally married to Harrit Scofield, wno died last December leaving an estate valued at more than $10,000, Roland will be ousted an an heir to the estat". according to the decision of County Judge Cleeton this morning. This was one victory tor William C. Manchester and L,ettie Manchester of Salem, nephew and niece of Mrs. fc'cofield, who sought to have Boydson ousted as administrator of the estate on the ground that he and Roland hail entered into a conspiracy to defraud the real heirs. Boydson Stays In Charge. Judge Cleeton refused to remove Boydson, holding that ttie petitioners had failed to show that he had inten tionally perpetrated fraud. He said Boydson would be excused for his acts more because of the lack of knowledge possessed by the average man as to how business or this kind should be t ran sac ted. The court said, however, there must be no more one sided transactions. 'Testimony showed that Boydson, with the consent of Roland, had paid himself out of the estate $1."0 for re pair work he declared he had done for Mrs. Scofield. Boydson also took a deed to certain property of the estate without ever obtaining an order of the court. On the witness stand Boydson said that at the time of Mrs. Schofield's death he did not think she had ever been legally married to Roland find he asked to be appointed administrator. Later Roland produced a marriage cer tificate, he said, and he accepted it as being all right. He said lie knew that me Manchester were heirs, but he made no effort to locate them. Bays Manchester Were ZTefleotful He admitted that he induced Roland to consent to pay him the $UiO claim and deed him the property by saying if he did not do so lie would file a claim or a large sum against the estate. Judge Cleeton criticised the Man chester for not knowing more abou! their relative. He asserted they had neglected her. They did not hear ot her death until three months after It occurred. CASE OP ARSOX IS ALLEGED Charles McDanlels on Trial Before ' Judge McGinn. Charles McDanlels went to trial this afternoon in Judge McGinn's depart ment of the circuit court on a charge of arson, connected with the burning of the L. B. Menefee company's mill February 16. 1915. He will be the third man to be tried for arson in connection with that fire. The other two men tried were Hugh Priest and Thomas Patterson, each being convicted and sentenced to a term of five to 15 years in the state penitentiary. v. McDanlels eluded the officers for rearly a year and was finally located near Seattle. DIVORCE SUITS ARE GRANTED Number of Netjr Actions for Divorce Are Filed. The following divorces have been granted: Toba ?farod vs. Jacob Na- And Laughs Aplenty in the Brand New Keystone Comedy THE MOONSHINER AL. ST. JOHN, that straight hatred, freckled laced fanny fellow and his crew of comedians are responsible for the two-part Comedy Riot MmM METHODIST PAGEANT WILL BE REPEATED -fir'' y' -V $. Ocean Jolly, who will conduct Methodist Pageant. The Pageant of Methodism, which is to be repeated in I-incoln high school on Saturday evening, is In charge of Mrs. Ocean Jolly. Mrs. Jolly lias conducted amateur per formances in the middle states, but since coming to this city has devoted most of her time to reading. She has been engaged several times to rtai before the local organizations of business men. Mrs. Jolly has also been booked on several eastern chau tauquas. The pageant of Methodism is a narrative story showing the life his tory of that denomination from Its Leginning until the present day. About IfiO young people from the local churches compose the cast. rod, married in Portland in 1908, de sertion; Klla M. Hale vs. George H. Hale, married In Ohio in 1 896, cruelty $20 a month alimony; Charles H. Coy vs. Gertrude A. Coy, married in New York in is;4. cruelty; Flora Phillips vs. A. K. Phillips, married in Portland September 8, 1313. impotency; Emma Jensen vs. John Jensen, married In Portland in 1,011. cruelty, two chil dren, $15 a month alimony. New divorce suits were filed as follows: Kmma L. Kaufraann vs. John Kaufmann. married In Ohio In 1S07. two children, cruelty; Martha Velb vs. I. I,. Webb, married In Mis souri in 1S91, cruelty. OPIUM DEALER SENTENCED Another Jail Sentence Imposed by Federal Court. Another jail sentence for an opium trafficker was given by Judge Bean in federal court this morning, when ga Chung pleaded guilty to a charge of having had opium in his possession. He was sentenced to 30 days' in Jail and a $50 fine. Acting District Attorney Rankin was ready to present evidence that Sa Chung was a distributor of opium for lee Beit, 73 North Fourth street, who was yesterday sentenced to three months and a $500 fine. Sa Chung went from place to place carrying a laundry bag, which, Mr. Rankin told the court "neither increased nor di minished perceptibly in bulk." Sa Chung has used opium 28 years. Bert Bowlin, pleading guilty, was given 15 days for having had opium in his possession. His wife, who pleaded guilty several days ago, re ceived 30 days. Bowlin decided to plead guilty when he learned his trial had been set for July 12. or a week after his .wife's release, with himself in jail in the meantime. ir the unusually interesting and novel photoplay THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL SIXTH AT WASHINGTON ! RECALL OF SCHOOL BOARD IS AT Resolutions Condemn Method of Trying Manual Training Head on Vague Charges, s "ME0IAEVALISM" IS CRY Religion Bigotry and Superstition Shown Is Dismissal, it Zs Assarted Favor Commissioner Control. Recall of the school board, centrali zation of authority over the schools In the hands of a commissioner, universal suffrage in school elections and a re hearing of the Kerchen case are called for in a series of resolutions adopted last night at a mass meeting in the Central library called to protest against the recent discharge of J. I Kerchen, supervisor of manual train ing in the Portland public schools. Colonel C. E. S. Wrood and Dr. C. II. Chapman were the principal speakers. Mrs. A. C. Newill presided in the ab sence of a regular - chairman. Isaac Swett, Kerchen's attorney in the recent trial, spoke briefly. All of the resolutions were drafted by Colonel Wood. One calls foe a committee to be ap pointed by the chair to consider the betterment of the school system and its government, including the election of a commissioner and the recall of the school board if need be. Citizenship, School Election Test. A demand was voiced for a citizen ship qualification for voting in school elections Instead of the present re quirement that voters must be tax payers. To give the public the facts in the Kerchen matter Colonel Wood's reso lution called for the appointment of a committee of ' prominent citizens to conduct a rehearing of the case in which all parties concerned would ap pear Kerchen, his four accusers and the school board itself. Personnel of the committee will be announced shortly. Colonel Wood read the charges brought against Kerchen and brietiv reviewed the evidence presented by both sides. "This case goes en.-' lie said. "It is right of freedom in beyond Kerch- a question of religious belief. political belief and of ' freeiom of thought. ' His statement was received wltii cheers. Says Charges Are indefinite. Criticising the first finding of the board, which stated that Kerchen was dismissed "for the good of the serv ice" Colonel Wood stated that th final findings were equally open to censure in that they were Indefinite, "For example," he said, "the board states Kerchen was discharged for in competency but it does not state what or how he was incompetent. "The charges are indefinite and vague and after hearing the evidence the board comes bck with findings just as vague." Declaring that the board acquitted Kerchen of most of the charges be cause it failed to touch upon them in its findings, Colonel Wood stated that the evidence Introduced In the case, far from showing that Kerchen was incompetent, revealed rather that Kerchen since coming to Portland five years ago had made the manual train ing department In the local schools second to none In the country. Was Xellgioa a T actor? "Some believe that Kerchen's relig ious beliefs were his undoing," he said. Dr. Chapman also Intimated that Kerchen was discharged by reason of bigotry. Kerchen did not have a fair trial. It was asserted, and he was victim to DEMANDED KERCHEN MEE1G and the Triangle Xiddlea S'0'" with Worm Talmad-. f -Sk? x 1 flMIU k o S 131 'ktm . i p-, . MSt' superstition, Ignorance, bigotry and mediaevalism. - Of the statements charged against the supervisor, it was declared not one was made less than two years ago, j and all save one were made In private conversations. In no instance, sajd ( Colonel Wood, was Kerchen accused or making any statenient before his pupils tended in any way to influence their religious or political beliefs. The charge that Kerchen kept his department in turmoil Was ridiculed by Colonel Wood, who said that the evi dence In the case showed that 25 of the 32 teachers in the department testi fied in his behalf. The finding that Kerchen falsified manual training exhibits was declared to be infamously unjust. These ex hibits were not intended to show the work of immature American school children, he said, but merely the course of instruction and study. He introduced a letter from the sistant superintendent of state instruc- lion t hnu In a ll.ot mi-iila' wnrlr sb 0"?im: u -r' liVl LI U tt I OAIl f 1 &ll IQLU. ttCItllC", he said, was told to get the exhibit ready at a raom;r.t'a notice and had to use 85 per cent children's handiwork to get it to the exhibition on time. "The school board declared it was pressed for time and that it was not paid for its services," said Colonel Wood, "and so cut ou,t the defense and would not hear cumulative evidence, yet It took two hours to participate in a heated argument on evolution. "Judge Munly questioned Dr. Rebec of the University of Oregon for two hours on evolution in order to make an argument in favor of the orthodox view of creation as shown in Genesis." In a real court of law, he said, the charges would be open to a demurrer because all were generalities. "Mediarralism," Says Chapman. Dr. Chapman declared the Kerchen trial a recrudescence of mediavalism and a slump back to witchcraft. "The members of the board do not live in the twentieth century, but in the tenth or eleventh," he said. "It is a crime that people with modern minds muHt send their children to be taught tinder men such as these. The board is elected to take charge of the busi ness affairs of the schools not to delve into personal religious and po litical views." He declared that the men who brought the charges should be pun ished for libel. "Did you ever hear of anything good the school board has done?" lie asked. "Think of the tricky, mean things it has been guilty of, not this board, but all boards for the past L'O years. "The time lias come to do away with the school board and its petty, mean things, its career ought to come to an end. 'e ought to do away with the board and substitute a responsible commissioner instead." Isaac Swett declared Kerchen had not received a fair trial because In ' a real trial the defendant is given , opportunity to question the Jurors as to the fairness of their viewpoint. The school board was prejudiced at the start, he said. Mrs. Newill declared that public ' action was necessary to clear Ker- j chen a name of the stigma placed upon it by the multitude or unproven charges made against him by his four subordinates. Chamber Indorses Park Highway Plan! i Aid of a -gigantic plan to connect I all national parks with a national park 1 highway, upon which a speed of &0 i miles an hour may be maintained. Is planned by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The plan is advanced by Stephen F. Mather, assistant to Flank- j lin K, Iane. secretary of the interior. At a preliminary committee meeting last night, Executive Secretary George E. Hardy said that Portland should j be well represented at the meeting at . Canyon hotel in Yellowstone national park, July 24 and 25, when the Na-1 tional Park Highway association will be organized. A outlined, the plan for the national park highway would involve utilization of all possible main roads along the route, including the Pacific highway, with the Columbia river highway as a special route of tourist travel. The length of the road will be between 3509 and "4000 miles. -'' V -r BRITISH PAY TRIBUTE TO LORD AT E King and Queen, With Many Notables, Gather at St, Paul's Cathedral, London, June 13. The London Times i today prints the following by Robert WfO Kitchener. Unflinching hero, foresee watchful to And face thy country's peril whatso'er, Directing war and peace with equal care, TMl 1,., Innit - n n K 1 H Kn, w,rt Whom England called and bade, "Set my arm free To obey my will and save my honoi fair." ' What day the foe presumed on her despair And she herself had trust In none but thee. Among herculean deeds the miracles That massed the labor of 10 years In one. Shall be thy monument. Thy work 1 done Ere we could thank thee;' and the high sea swell Surgcth, unheeding, where thy prouJ ship fell By the lone Orkneys ere the set of sun. The late Earl Kitcheper, Great Brit tain's premier soldie,-, lost when the cruiser Hampshire was mined near the Orkney islands, today was paid a trib ute as great as Kngland has ever given to her departed heroes. The services were held In St. Paul's cathedral, the queen and king, persons attached to the royal household, many peers, soldiers and statesman attended. The crowds' jammed the edifice to the doors, while thousands stood out side in the rain with heads bared KITCHENERS MEMORY SERVIC Se. Victor Company's Special Advertisement on a Previous Page. I PERFECT Victor Service Sherman .Kay & Go. Sixth and Morrison Opposite Pot toff ice All the Victor Records. Victrolas from $15 up - On the easiest terms. Dealers in Steinway and Other Pianos, Pianola Pianos, Player Music, Etc. Manry Sings His Oor All The 1916 Models IN Victrolas, -Grafonolas, Sonoras $15.00 to $500.00 Cash or Terms Twelfth and Washington Streets Many were Jn deep mourning', ekprtsai ? Ing the loss as personal. I 1 The services opened with "Abide With Me." Dean Igne read Psalms 13 and 23. The hymn. "For All Thy Saints,' i,, , was rendered. After the benediction ,; by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the 1 congregation sang "God Save the - King.'' ; . Would Bar Justice , From Political Race Amendment Za Suggested -la Sesolu tion to Prohibit Supreme Court Mem ban Prom Becoming Candidates. Washington, June 13. U. P.) Senator Thomae, Colorado, today in troduced a resolution for an atftenM rnent to the constitution prohlbltlnK members of the supreme court being candidates for public offices,. This is in line with the Democratic program to assail Justice Hughes' action in leaving the bench for tha Republican nomination. Thomas' amendment reads: "No Judge of the supreme court or of any inferior court, now or hereafter ordained and establihaed. shall, during his continuance In office, or for a period of two years after such con tinuance, be qualified for or eligible to any elective office, under the con stitution." Former Football Star Is Fined $15 Carl Wolff, former O. A. C. iootball star and at one time one or t:ie all around athletes of the northwest, was fined $l.r in the municipal court this morning when he was convicted of drunkenness. Wolff wan. arrested last Tuesday evening at the lep Hippo drome, by Patrolmen Russell and Ervin, after Patrolman Russell gavei him a sound thrashing for resisting. I He was charged with violating tbe: prohibition law by taking intoxicants to a public place, but this charre was dismissed today. Wolff admitted that he had been drinking. Lanieer' Latest Songs AT Store - Lane will deliver the address. 1 '.-'