The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 21, 1919, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTliK. UJllX t jUUKNAL, OKlXArtU, WJa.UnnoiJAX, ,41AY . Si. , 1313. DEMOCRATS FAVOR 1HDRA HUG BAN ON BEER AND WINE Sharp Division of Opinion Seem - In Congress, However, on Sug gestion of President Wilson. REPUBLICANS OPPOSE IDEA Senators and Representatives Ex press Individual Views Regard ing War Time Dry Measure Washington. May 21. (I. N. R A sharp division of opinion was evident this afternoon among senators andrep resentatlves on the president's sugges tlon, contained In his message to con gress, that the wartime prohibition r amendment be either, amended or re pealed,, In so far as wines and beers are concerned. Representative Lever. Democrat, f South Carolina, chairman of the house agricultural committee in the last con gress .and ranking: DemocraJ on the present committee, said: "I am in favor of removing" the ban on : the manufacture and sale of beer and -light wines. I favored and votetl for ; wartime prohibition and the national prohibition amendment and I think now the need for wartime restrictions on .beer and wine is past. v Representative Dent. Democrat. Ala bama, chairman of the house military -af fairs committee In the last congress , and ranking- Democrat on -the' present committee: - "The wartime prohibition law was a war measure. The necessity that ' brought about and . Justified Its enact- merit, according to the president. Is ; past I favor the repealing legisla tion the president recommends applying '. to wine and beer." j Senator Jones, progressive Republican. , of Washington, was "not only unalter ably opposed" to the' president's pro-J posal.-but said that he waa confident1 .that congress would not agree to it." Senator Sheppard,, Democrat, of Texas, ' long an ardent champion of national prohibition, predicted that congress i would "never accede to the president's suggestion that the breweries be allowed to open up again and wine bibbing be - resumed after July 1." SHERMAN SLIXG9 SII7D '"There are sufficient ' advocates of - prohibition in congress to prevent a re ' peal of any part of the wartime prohibi tion law," Sheppard added. 'The Unit ed Slates will go 'dry on July 1 despite any advice the -president may offer con gress on the subject." Senator Sherman, .Republican, Illinois: " ' "I . am ' against . the .recommendation. . I am a dry. ' Let It alone. If that's all the president wants he had better stay In Paris where he can get It." Senator. Reed,. Democrat, of Missouri, said : . ' 'I have atways said that congress has Music Aided by Jug of Wine tt . n it h ' 11 ' n Four Pay theH Penalty in Court Three drunken' workmen and. a chauf feur, ready -to fight at the drop of the hat. were captured Monday night on the Linnton, road W i - Motorcycle . Officer Kelly after a chase of about, two miles. All were fined in, the municipal court this morning.- , - Kelly, watching ; for speeders, heard music and soon saw bright headlight coming down the road. H thought the music more of the beer garden; variety than classic, ad he pursued the machine. Kelly says the headlights were so bright that they blinded several per sons coming from- the opposite direction. The men ran their car back of the For estry building and had just Jumped out when Kelly drove up. He shouted and commanded all to halt. The men ob jected and started to put their hands In their pockets as If to draw weapons, when Kelly said another false move on anyone's part would mean a shot from his gun. Revolver In hand. Kelly or dered the men to climb back in their machine and" drive to police headquar ters while he followed on his motorcycle. Joseph Haejara, driver of the machine, was not intoxicated, so he was fined $25 for driving a machine with-glarlng headlights. Slavel Plochi was fined 18 for being drunk, Joseph Kina $15 for being drunk and Frank Hancak $25 and sentenced to. two days in Jail for being drunk and threatening to kill an officer. After placing the men in jail Kelly returned and found one gallon of wine which was introduced ' In the court as evidence. . no power to pass the wartime prohibi tion amendment." - Senator King, Democrat of Utah : "I favor the president's recommenda tion. I do not believe there Is any power in congress to pass such legisla tion as the wartime prohibition act." Senator Penrose, Republican, of Penn sylvania, said : . "I am' afraid any comment I might make might not be fit for publication." Representative Randall of California 1 "The president has been staying In Paris too long. War prohibition will net be repealed by this congress." . Chairman Volstead, house judiciary committee : "The question of war prohlbtlou re peal will come before congress undoubt edly. The existing law may be re pealed." Representatives Champ Clark and Claude Kltchin expressed approval of the recommendations, which they char-j acterised as "timely." "The president advances some good Republican doctrines," -said Represent ative MoKinley. Republican, of Illinois. san Francisco wild with joy at message " San Francisco, May 21. -IV. P.) San Francisco the pfd-lKJuor part of It received President Wilson's statement regarding beers and wines with wild delight. Crowds swarmed into the saloons, slapping backs, shaking hands and later weeping tears. The siren of the Rainier brewery startled the city with prolonged shrieks of delight. R. Samet, president of the state brewers' association and manager Of- the Rainier brewery, announced that the brewery would abandon its plans for a big plant in the Orient. , Walla Walla Brick Plant Is Enlarged Walla Walla, May 20. Because of in creased demand for its .product the plant Of the Walla Walla Shope Brick com pany Is being greatly enlarged. Brick and cement are taking the place of wood for general construction purposes gen erally throughout Eastern Washington, according to Sanders Brothers & Ingalls, owners of the Walla Walla Shope brick plant Recent orders placed wfth this company include 125.000 brick for '.the new college building being 'erected here and brick-for the First National bank at Milton. ' - BOY SCOUTS HELD DP AS WORKING MODE L Fi OR SUNDAY SCHOOLS Dr. Sheldon Declares in Address Latter Are Failure From Edu cational Standpoint. The Boy Scout organisation as a model for "Sunday school work - was recom mended at the Monday evening session of the thifty-flrst annual diocese of Ore gon Episcopal convention: at St Stephens pro-cathedral by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, deart of the school of education at the Uni versity of Oregon. Dr. Sheldon claimed that the Ameri can Sunday school is a failure from the educational standpoint and that uni versity student coming from Christian homes have, little knowledge of Biblical history. ' The Boy Scout organisation, accord ing to Dr. Sheldon, satisfies the craving of the boy for" a volunteer organization of an imaginative romantlo nature. The Sunday school, to be effective, must have some sort of consecutive leader ship and must supply activity by Which the boys can be drawn not only to themselves but to their leaders, accord ing to Dr. Sheldon. - Bishop W, T, - Sumner declared that the modern . Sunday school is not, a fail ure and that religious training Is for self-expression.' The strength of the Sunday school lies In the sincerity of its teachers, according to Bishop Sumner. The woman's auxiliary of the diocesan branch Is holding Its annual meeting today at Grace Memorial church. The main sessions of the convention will open Wednesday. Among the out-of-town visitors arei C. H. D. Chandler, St Pauls parish, Oregon City t William Cooper, missions. Coos Bay : Charles H. Powell. St. Pauls parish, Salem : F. O. Jennings. St Marys parish, Eugene ; William Robert Browning Terr ill, Astoria; E. T. Simp son, Corvallis. - i : GASOLINE AND BOY Lives of Two' Children Imperiled When Bottle of Gasoline Ex , plodes as Boy Lights Match. ' Gasoline and matches in the hands of an 8-year-old boy nearly cost two .chil dren their Uvea Monday night, and but for the prompt action of the father might have caused the destruction of the home, when Clarence Irwin, son of G. C Irwin, endeavored to build a fire in the kitchen stove of th family-home at' 9906 Fifty seventh avenue southeast. " Following the example of his elders. Clarence started Jn search of the kero sene can as soon as he had laid the wood In the Steve. Failing in his attempt, he seised the gasoline bottle, thinking it a fine substitute. The 'boy; poured the gasoline on the wood and, holding the open bottle In his hand, struck & match to light tho fire. An explosion immedi ately followed that blew the lids off the stove, knocked down the stove pipe and knocked the bottle out of Clarence's hand Luckily the bottle was knocked . away from him and the gasoline "spilled on a chair Instead of on the boy. The chairs and children's clothing about the stove soon caught on fire. En gine company 31 helped Irwin extinguish the' blase.-. ', Just before Clarence poured the ex plosive en the wood his 2-year-old broth er had toddled out Of the kitchen.3 t Sparks from the chimney fell on the roof at 143 North Fourteenth street Mon day night, and did about $26 damage. A smoker threw a match out of a window in. the Oilman hotel Monday negnt, ana set the awning on fire below. Damage was small Sommer Is Made Traction Surgeon After a service of several years as chief surgeon of the P. R., L. ec P. com pany. Dr. A. V. Rookey has resigned tha office to go Into private practice with his sons. Drs. Paul and Eugene W. Rockey. Dr. Ernst I A. Sommer, a member of tho school board and direc tor of the fight against , the influensa epidemic last fall and winter, has been appointed to take his place, effective June 1. Dr. Rockey and his two sons were all In ' army service and have Just returned after much service. Dr. Sommer was a captain- in the army -medical corps and was in service at Camp Lewis and eastern cantonments. Navy to Search for Reported Castaways San Francisco, May 21. (U. P.) Navy craft was dispatched from Pearl harbor, Hawaii, Tuesday to search Flint Island, in the South Pacific, from which arriving Vessels report signals, appar ently from eastaways, have been no ticed. Information to this effect was received today at the Twelfth naval dis trict headquarters. Several incoming vessels have reported signals from the isolated island, .but these vessels were unable to render any assistance Owing to heavy seas.. .; - ' '. T CAMELS are as delightful to your taste as they are new. And, so satisfying that they meet every cigarette desire you ever have had. Camels are unusual; in fact, they're unlike any cigarette you ever smoked. That's , because .they're an expert blend of choice , Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos, pro ducing a quality that meets your taste as -no other cigarette ever did. Camels expert blend gives that mellow-mild-body and frees the cigarettes from any unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste or any unpleasant cigaretty odor. You can smoke Camels as liberally as you like without tiring your taste. You . have only to get personally acquainted with the expert Camel blend to know that you prefer it to either kind of tobacco smoked straight! . - For your own satisfaction compare Camels J with any cigarette in the world at any price! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Wiaston-Salew, K. C 18'cents.a package CemeJ era eeMeveryirAom In 30 dgtrrtf, r ten peeiaja wmt mi carron. ton tt tha homm ar oJRao ply or -mkmn jro trTL aBlV'-SBBBBBBSkw Mercantile Marine Disposal of Britisli Interests Approved K' -Vnrlr Mir SL-fl.' X. B.V After a special meeting of the directors of the International .Mercantile uanne cor poration" here Tuesday-afternoon Presi dent Franutn announces inu ui mim th.'.adt. nt thar UrttJaH comnuilci controlled by the International Mercan tile Marine corporation naa ,oeen ap proved. ; ; ' ' -r Tii- nrice to be paid by the British syndicate, he stated, is, approximately. 27.ooo,ooa , ' A special meeting Of the stockholders hna heen called for June 16. at which time they will be asked to approve th action. '- ; : : ... TURMOIL STRIKE AND IN WINNIPEG; ALL RESTAURANTS CLOSED E. T. GoOch, Immigration In spector, Returns From Trip to Canadian City. - E. T. Gooch, immigration inspector Of Astoria, and Mrs. Lucy Dougherty, ma tron of the Multnomah county Jail, found Winnipeg a strange city of strike and turmoil, where nothing but amusement cauld be indulged in legally and safely. when they visited the Canadian city to deport a German woman who Is a sub Ject of. Canada by naturalization. They returned to Portland today. "The Salvation Army headquarters was the only place in which I could get a meal; said Gooch Monday. "We could eat Ice cream and drink all the soda pop we wanted All the confectioneries were open, as were many moving picture shows, but not another single business waa in operation to an extent that could be called helpful. There were a few open cigar stores and fruit stands. Hotels ask their fuftats who are leaving for outside points to take mail with them and place it in postof flees outside the sone of agr tation. Little or no news service can be had. unless it is over private wires or through couriers to Outside telegraph offices. No newspapers are being issued. The hotels will rent rooms, but will not guarantee clean linen or towels, and since the chambermaids are on strike, each guest must make up his own bed. "I will say frankly that the strike is really a Bolshevik affair, and that if the people knew Just what It was it wouian't last long." CLOUD CAP INN WILL BE T MADE INTO RESORT FOR OREGON URISTS Beautiful Structure on Mt. Hood Slope Sold by Ladd to Head of Lodge Company, r For a consideration of 15600 William M. Ladd sold historic Cloud Cap Inn on the north slope of Mount Hood to Homer A. Rogers, head of the Mount Hood Loda-o company. Monday . after noon. Mr. Rogers Intends to develop a chain of tourist entertainment resorts Including the inn, Mount Hood Lodge and the beautiful camp grounds at Elk Meadows, about half way , around the mountain on the proposed loop road. The money for the purchase of Cloud Cap Inn was raised through the coop eration of the Portland Ad club and the active aid of a committee from the club headed by G. W. Stubblebtne and R. L. Yoke. The Ad club's Indorsement recog nized Mr. Rogers project as a definite means of aiding the general propaganda in favor of furnishing facilities for the accommodations of tourists attracted to the Northwest by the glowing advertis ing used by the Pacific Northwest Tour ist association and the railroads. ' The Ad club has also arranged to aid Mr. Rogers in the future In matters of business administration, accounting and advertising guidance. Four Students of Henniston School Are to Graduate Hermlston, May 21. Commencement week festivities began Friday evening when the junior class gave a. banquet in honor of the class Of 191t at the Hermlston- hotel. The high -school faculty members were guests. Sunday evening the baccalaureate address was Riven In the Baptist church by Rev. M. R. Gal laher, pastor of the local Methodist church. Monday evening Mrs. j. t. HInkle. president of the Parent-Teacher association, entertained tne seniors ana teachers at dinner. - This evening tne commencement exercises will take place In the high school auditorium, with Father Butler as the speaker. J. T. Watson, presi dent of the school board, will deliver diplomas' to the class, consisting of Dorpthy Ross, valedictorian ; Dores Percey, Enid Waterman and Frances HInkle. Medford Church Near Qtfota First Day of Campaign Medford. May 21. Tho Centenary drive of , the First Methodist church of this city, which began Sunday, resulted In obtaining cash and subscriptions of a little ? more than J9000. A . feature was a generous . constributton In cash from Japanese members of the congre gation. The quota Is 113,000. " At Central Point the first day of the drive resulted In cash and subscriptions to the amount of $1250. Jtckson Pioneer Die . Medford. May 2L -Calvin Monroe Peace,' well known pioneer of Jackson county, died at the family home In Cen tral Point, Sunday. - He came to Jack son county it years ago and made his home on a ranch on Elk creek ontll six years ago, when be retired and moved to Central Point. His wife and two sons, Ralph L. and Calvin E. Pence of Central Point, and a daughter, Mrs. Hattie May Cameron of Table Rock, All-Year : Dredge v -ior Grays Harbor . Is Recommended Aberdeen. May 2L Plans for a dredge for Grays .Harbor to be available the year round have been recommended by Colonel Sturdevant of the United States engineerlns; corps In Seattle. The dredge will be used for reducing the bar and for outer harbor work, but will net m used for the inner harbor. For Inner harbor work the port commission will use a fund of $100,000 raised by a mill tax. The tax wag dropped when the war started, but recently a -mass meeting of citizens recommended (he tax be imposed again. School Census Shows Gain Aberdeen, May 21. A gain of 120 pupils over "Jast year la the publlo schools is shown by recent returns of the census takers. The total registration last year was 7i2, compared to t(03 for. this year. . American Program Given . Aberdeen, May 21. Norwegian bom residents of Aberdeen celebrated May 17, -the -anniversary of Norway's inde pendence. Saturday night with a strictly American entertainment, of American national songs and' music. Woman Suffrage u . Gains in France Parie. May 1(U. P.) The chamber of deputies Voted in favor of woman suffrage Tuesday, 244 to 7. An African frog sounds a call under water which can be heard for miles. " 3 DAYS ONLY f'; " ' Wed., thurs., Fri. 1 i 7 - I il ::.'.:( ' rc . The V y - Road '. !'V; Through -:. V Dark" ) '- ' 1" J : V. ' " Mack Sennett Comedy Other Doinni 15c Kids 5c ; , All Timet 10 A. M. TO 11 P. M. Scaled Tlfihf-KcPt Rlfihit lit.- I five-cents 1 t beneficial I I - mM refreshment, - 1 f VrBs possible I i , 7--rl to aet. " I I : survive. . - r -