THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919. -4 SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION MAY Directors Agree to Submit Wage Rise- Request of Teachers . to Portland Voters. - Conjplylng , with the request of Port land teachers but against their own dis cretion, th school director Thursday voted to call a special school- election Saturday, May 10, for the purpose of levying a. special tax for $581,000 to pro vide a 30 per cent Increase In t,he total amount set-aside for teachers' salaries lh the last budget. . The opinion anions the directors was that since the 15 ,per cent proposed In crease had been' defeated by" the ' voters last fall, the teachers would stand a good chance of losing If they Insisted upon a 80 per cent raise at this time, especially since the $100,000 'war bonus which Is now being borrowed for the teachers this year, will have to b paid by the taxpayers next year, making, a total increase of 37 per cent. TEACHERS BEADY TO flGHT , ' ' The teachers, however, are prepared to fight the campaign to. a finish. Miss Violet Ortschlld of the Couch school and K. Lb'Hoskln of Franklin high school, speaking on behalf ; of the teachers, claimed that the proposed sum would not provide a high salary, but merely a living salary; that the teachers, are en titled, to higher pay than charwomen and Janitors; that if the measure is de feated : at the polls they will still -. go on until they do get the salary they should have, and that they would rather be defeated on a 30 per cent proposition than to win on a 15 per cent. The teachers also claimed .that whereas teachers In the West formerly received higher salaries than Eastern teachers, the reverse was now. true. - According to IMrector Plummer, no city in the Northwest has any such schedule of salaries as the teachers pro pose. Seattle has not. and Spokane, un til recently, had a lower scale. Both Jjos Angeles and San. Francisco have splendid scales. . . HOLIDAYS ELIMINATED The 30 per cent basis does not apply to individual salaries, but is the pro posed Increase over the entire teaching budget and Is to be apportioned by the school directors according to their pwn judgment. The greater part of it will be given to the lower paid teachers. The money Is to be available next year, ac cording to tho resolution. The school calendar for 1919-lp20 was adopted upon the recommendation of Superintendent D. A. Grout. , Two less holidays are contained on the new calen dar, the Monday holjday . following Kaster deemed no longer, essential, and both Washington's birthday and Memo rial day coining on week-ends. ; Director Thomas proposition for the elimination of waste in heat, light and water, was deferred until the committee of . the whole can take action upon it some time within the next few weeks. Many Inquiries . Come Regarding- Supercargo Jobs . . - Washington. - April 18. (WASHING TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL.) Senator MeNary has received many' in quiries front Oregon as to supercargo po sitions in the merchant? marine This term describes the man, one to each ves sel, who accompanies the vessel to look after the cargo. ov: y 'x-A:-..' Shipping; board officials Inform him they have applications from 17,000 as pirants, so the selections are - sure to be thinly . distributed. Instructions have been given that only men with marine experience are to be accepted for the classes of Instruction which are formed, with a course of two weeks for training. About 20 per cent of those who take this course of Instruction are failing, it Is stated. .The schools for the next class of applicants will be opened on May 5. Another Thaw in Night Life Brawl New York. April IS. (L N. S.)-Mrs. Jean Fry, young, willowy and beauti ful, tried to keep W. A. Thaw, said to bo a cousin of Harry JC. Thaw, from throwing away his money In a famous all-night restaurant early today. For her trouble Thaw is alleged to have punched ber in the eye. A big crowd In evening ' clothes and . evening gowns watched the police haul Thaw away. inzi::::i:i::z Gould Is Granted Decree of Divorce From Actress Wife Paris. April 18. (I. N. S.) Frank J. Gould was today granted a decree of di vorce from Edith Kelly Gould, former New York show girl, whom he married nine years a pro after hisa first wife di vorced him, naming an actress as co respondent. , 1 Gould alleged his wife was' guilty of misconduct with Maro Cassaus, a Mexi can. Mrs. Gould and the Mexican were recently before a correctional court and fined CO francs each. The defendant did not appear to contest the divorce. Frank J. Gould received $15,000,000 from the estate of Jay Gould. He owns a large castle at Malson Lafitte, near Paris. Casual Troops Are Greeted at Station Thirteen men 11 ; members v ' the Sixty-second infantry, and two overseas casuals passed through the city Thurs day afternoon, en route to Camp Lewis for discharge. The men were traveling in a regular tourist car, under the charge of Corporal A." M. Johnson of Seattle. All are Washington men. The Sixty-second infantry, a regular . army unit, did not get overseas, but was kept at various points in the vicinity of New port News for guard duty. The 13 men were assembled at Camp Lee for trans portation to Camp Lewis. - They arrived In the city at 3 :30 and departed again at- 4 o'clock. During their brief stay in the city they were served with lunch at the Red Cross canteen. .- Italian Minister m' , Arrives in Milan Rome. April 18. (L N. S.) The war minister has arrived at .Milan, :. where strike disorders have been in progress. Mexicans Announce ' ' Death of Blanquet Washington.; April 18. (I. N. S.) Mexican authorities have officially an nounced the death of General Aurellano Blanquet, leader of the Dlas revolution against the Carranza government, ac cording to a dispatch from American Consul Foster at Vera Cruz, to the state department today. One Man Was Drowned New . York, April 18. (U.. : P. Three men from the naval tug Freehold were missing today and it is believed at least one of them was drowned when the tug sank as she fought the tide in docking the transport Saxonia late yesterday. The man believed drowned is Lawrence Lanahan; chief machinist's mate. The other two are thought to have been taken ashore in a rowboat. v c Don't You Ever Get Tired? ' V - .: 4 ": ' ..,i1."'' ; i tired of paying -out. .money for plumbing re pairs, of having some fix- , ture out of use; of trying to make old-fashioned equipment look dean. ' But youll always have to. (ace such things as long as you keep those out-of-date, ': unsanitary fixtures in your home. 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