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THE OREGON T DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919. SCORES OF SHIPS CONSTRUCTED HERE LISTED FOR SALE Fleet Corporation Offers Wood Vessels in Yanous Stages "of ' Completion to Highest Bidder. BIOS OPENED ON MAY 26 Representative Stationed at Each of Yards; Bid Must Be Accom panied by 10 Per Cent of Offer Scores of wooden steamers, many of which ? are completed, others . partially .finished,; and still others In actual serv ice, are included to the list of wooden vessels to be sold by the shipping board to the highest bidder, on May 26, next, "according' to an advertisement appear ing1 in The Journal, May 9 and May 17. Bids may bo submitted for one or any combination of hulls.. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check for 10 per cent of the amount of the bid. If ! the successful bidder falls to make the purchase, the certified eheck will be declared forfeited to the Emergency Fleet corporation. Balance of the pur chase price is to be paid on execution of contract and delivery of title to the steamers or hulls. The Grant Smith-Porter Ship company of Portland ships to the number of 16 of the Ferris type will be sold. They are : Kanakee, percentage of hull com plete, 99.65 ; machinery, 95 per cent ; ilOKOzne, ion EJCOlt, ron ounono, un fc'ilL Fort Smith, Afrania. Agarista, Ahala, Alois, Alector Aculeo, Acarman, .Aburia, Abdera, Abafitls. The Acarman Is to be completed as a ; barge ; . the Aburia aS a hull and the Abdera and Abantls are in the early stages of con trruction, the keels having been laid and contracts cancelled. MOST NEARLY FINISHED 'The Ferris ships have a deadweight tonnage of 3500; most of the steamers are near the point of completion, and two have been delivered to- the operating department.. Of he four Supple & Ballin steamers, the Blrchleaf, which was delivered May 16. has been assigned to carry a cargo of railroad ties to the east coast. The other Supple & Salim ships sre: Der tona, Deva and Diana. The feature of these ships are the steel top sides and double diagonal planking. The list includes five of the ships built by the Coast Shipbuilding com pany, as follows : Cabura, Boxbutte, Boykin, Aspenhill and Boynton. The last named is to be completed as a hull. All of the ships built by the G. M. Standifer " .Construction corporation f North Portland yeard) are to be sold with the exception of the Belding. The vessels are : Umatilla, Montexuma, Arvonia, Wabanaquot. Akanaquint and Kudapasan, contracted for as steamers, and the Doyleston, contract for which was cancelled' after laying Of keel. FIVE AT YANCOUYEB YARD At the Vancouver yard of the Standi fer corporation are five Supple & Ballin type steamers, as follows : Bushong, which has been assigned to the' Colum bia. Pacific Steamship company as a tie carrier ; the Bushrod, Butte. Button wood. Byfleld and Mendora. ' All of the Peninsula Shipbuilding com pany's ships are included, excepting the Anoka, which Is now in Europe. The list includes seven steamers and four sailers. Six of . the steamers of the Sommar etronf Brothers of Columbia City are to be 'sold. The Maratansa, assigned tq the Pacific Steamship company of Portland, is now loading Jumber In the local port for. New . York, and the Wahsu, under operation by the Columbia Pacific Ship ping company, recently sailed for the east coast with ties. Feeney & Bremer have one steamer, the Bedloe. Jncluded- 1 Of the six steamers built by the Wil son yard at Astoria, three, tho Bonif ay, Wakiki and Owatama, are .100 per cent as to hulls. The MeEtechem yard of Astoria is represented by 10 ships, two of which are to load ties for the east coast. otner .yaras concerned are : George F,; Rodgers Of Astoria, and St.' Helens Shipbuilding: company, St Helens. OPPORTUNITY FOlt INSPECTION A representative of the fleet corpora tion' will be stationed at each of the yards where sales will be conducted, giving- every opportunity for the inspec tion of bulla. - Additional - Information can be obtained from the secretary of the fleet corporation. Bond and Cherry streets, Philadelphia. The corporation reserves the right to reject any and all In addition the fleet corporation will supply Ship fittings, such as engines, boilers, - winches, capstans, anchors, cables, " etc. In the majority of cases material for the completion of the ves sels has been accumulated and is In the yards, " i It is pointed out that wood ships bffer excellent opportunities for con version , ta sailing vessels; .barges, coal and -ore carriers, or for installation of Diesel engines if considered more de sirable. The hulls will be sold 'from wood yards in Maine, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, California Oregon and ; the state of Washington- - Bids ehould be addressed as follows: '"Office of Secretary. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation 140 North Bond street, Philadelphia. Sealed bid for" hull No. Do- not open.", ; jVfan Suffering Frffi Old Injury Ends Life The Dalles, May 24. Robert Splcker raan. aged 62, committed sntdide at his home here Friday evening by shooting himself through the head with a shot gun. Mr. Spickerman sustained an injury to Jils brain in a fall from a horse six years ago and was subject to fits of despondency. .While the family was abr sent from home he went into . a wood shed and . took his life. His body was found by his wife upon her return from a shopping trip. Besides his wife he Is survived by five sons and one daughter. H O R L ICK'S THE ORIGINAL HALTED M ILK -r-Mlmlttttoni an J Su a tt i f i Memorial Services : 1 For Soldiers Sunday At The Auditorium : Memorial services for the soldiers" of allied nations and! the- United States who fell in action will be held at The Auditorium on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the" Allied British societies of Portland. For the evening a splendid program has been arranged and a, large number of tho churches of the cKjr hav agreed to omit their rgt lar Sunday evening service that attend ance at The Auditorium may not be limited because of conflicting Interests. The service will fee of added import ance to former or present British Sub jects, too, because of the fact that ft commemorates tho centenary of Queen Victoria's birthday. Music; win form an important feature of the program, which will start at 8 o'clock. SOLDIERS ASK FOR THEIR BONDS; WAR T Senator Chamberlain Will De mand Investigation nless Matter Is Explained. The war" department is blamed by Senator Chamberlain for the non-delivery of Liberty loan bonds paid for on the installment plan by soldiers and sailors In the United States. An In vestigation will be Inaugurated to lo cate the cause of delay, declares the senator. Several hundred Portland men who enlisted in various branches of mili tary service during the war are now attempting to secure bonds which they subscribed and paid for while in the service. Red Cross and Liberty loan officials have been overwhelmed with complaints of this nature and their ef forts have resulted in the delivery of a number of bonds to their owners. The great majority . of the cases coming before the local officials, how ever, are still unsettled. In many In stances the men subscribing for bonds were incapacitated by wounds, Sickness or other cause before payment was completed. . It has been the policy of the government to return money paid on bonds in such cases, but the pro cess of adjudication is slow and the men are Impatient. Failing to get results through ap plication to regular channels of the war and treasury departments, a telegram was sent to Senator Chamberlain ask ing his assistance in locating and se curing delivery of missing bonds. In the senator's -reply, received today, he states that the matter has been taken up with the secretary of war and that if prompt action is not forthcoming an investigation may be had to locate the trouble. T ESTATE LOSES OUT (Ce&tuned Prom Pate Gn1 pable of knowing or understanding What she was doing or capable of Understand big her property or what persons should be the objects of her bounty. MUCH TESTIMONY OFFERED An answer was filed by Strong and Mead Individually in which they denied the allegations enumerated and asked that the instrument be admitted to pro bate as the last will and testament of Xarifa J. Faling, deceased. The opinion of the court follows: ' "A great mass of testimony most con tradictory and conflicting has been taken In this proceeding and it has been difficult to arrive at the facts, par ticularly whether Mrs. Faling possessed testamentary eapadlty on August Is, 1915; whether she understood the nature ef the business In which she was en gaged, whether any fraud or undue In- fluenee was practiced upon her, and whether she signed the will in question. If these questionsare answered in the affirmative then the will must be sus tained. , SANE WHEN MAKING WILL "The subscribing witnesses to the Will are eie"&f ,and positive that Mrs. Faling knew and Understood the nature of the business' in which she was engaged when she signed the instrument in question 'and that she was competent to make such instrument. Their testi mony is entitled to great weight They had known Mrs. paling for a long time and should be able to testify as to her capacity to make a will at that time. The law is well settled in this state that If a person Is Competent at the time he executes his last Will, It Is a valid instrument, notwithstanding that a very short time before or after he was insane 6r incompetent "The whole cause may be summed up in a few Words : In the winter or 1910-ii Mrs. Faling was very ill with la grippe ; at times she would make insane remarks. PROOF OF SANITY SHOWN This may be regarded as the begin ning of Mrs. Fallng'B ill health. In the spring, of 191i she went to a cottage in Irvihgtom it being- thourht that the quiet home life would be beneficial td her. She soon returned tb the Sargent hotel and remained them until i tail of , 1914. A large number of witnesses testified .that during these years Mrsi Faling was Insane and incapable of trans acting business. Being confronted with; evidence in Mrs; Fallng's handwriting and - otherwise that' she was sane and capable of transacting business, con testants were forced to admit that Mrs. Faling was capable of executing a wiii down to June 5, 1911 j and that the con troversy as to her: sanity begins after that date. -i . "A. careful analvsis of th ttsHmnnT fioweven reveals nothing materially dif ferent in the general state or health of Mrs. -Faling after June ft, 1914. In sane remarks are still made by her, ac cording to some witnesses, and according io ouiers sne was weu able to transact business and dispose of her estate. SO XTKDUE rSFLTTESCE j k T. have no doubt, that there were times when Mrs. Faling was insane and incapable hi transacting feusinet. kind and that at others she was perfectly "u rational ana Knew well what shi.T." fin?' atoowsn her physical condition had for some years been grow Jng. slowly weaker, i Upon no other the ory can the Very conflicting testimony In this contest be harmonised. "I find that the will was executed during a lucid interval ; that, the tes tatrix knew and Understood the nature of the business in ; which se was then engage and those whom she was mak ing thtCbbjects of her bounty and that no undue influence was exerted upon DEPARTMEN BLAMED CONTES IB B IF TREATY FAILS Prediction Is That ? AMe I Witt Terminate Truce v if German Signatures Are Refused, By Fs S I'irfMM 5 Parts. May 24v UL P.) -Th treaty wlM be signed by the allied and Qermev delegates between June 10 and 15 or the armistice will fee broken was the forecast in peace circles today. . The Germans ar now expected to hand the allies their counter proposals by May 29. These1 will be printed- In book form and -will be almost as Vol uminous as the allied treaty. The me chanical part of the work baa been held up. The train bringing the GerSftan printing machinery td Versatile fnat with some misadventure at Cologne, de laying its arrival until Sunday, The present indications are that the allies will take four er five days to study the German counter proposals be fore replying 1 and will then allow the Germans about the same time In which to make up thehf minds aboafc signtog. A report understood to have been for warded to the United States Friday that Karl Kautzky, one of the leaders of the German Independent Socialists, was In "Versailles to confer with the enemy dele gates, was denied today by the French mission. SPLIT DEVELOPS IX HUM CABINET ON' PEACE TERMS Amsterdam, May 24. (I. X, S.) A split has developed In the German cabi Count von Berhstorff, forme German ambassador to the Untied States, have gone to Spa to confer with Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the Ger man peace delegation. Germans in Agreement Copenhagen, May 24. (I. N. Complete agreement was reached at the conference of German leaders at Spa Friday on the reply Germany la to make to the allies' peace treaty, it Was stated in a semi-official dispatch V celved here today from Berlin. The Polltiken .also received a dispatch from Berlin stating that the opinion is gen erally held there that Germany will sign the treaty after a few amendments have been made. net over the peace terms, it was learned from " Berlin today. Premier Philip Scheidemann, Dr. Ma thias Erzberger, head of the German armistice commission ; Count Von Berns torff, former German ambassador to the United States, and Dr. Dernburg, prom inent German publicist, went to Spa to confer with Count von Breckdorff Rantzau, head of the German peaoe del egation. The government representatives were under orders to "endeavor to alter the counter proposals and to spare no effort to make them acceptable to the allies." SOLDlEfiS AND WORKERS SAID TO FAVOR TREATY London, May 24. (I. J?. S.)--The Ger man soldiers and workmen have Voted to accept the allies' peade terms, said a Central News dispatch from Copenhagen. A resolution condemning the German government was adopted after a stormy session. ' The cablegram did not make it plain whether the resolution t accept the treaty was adopted by the Soldiers and Workmen's council of Berlin or by the national organisation. AMERICAN' FINANCIERS NEGOTIATING FOR LOAN Berlin, via London. May 24. (I. N. S-) A commission of American financiers is en route here to arrange a loan to Germany, according To information se cured from an authoritative source. Premier Philip Scheidemann and Winnipeg Strike Still On, but Living Conditions Improve Winnipeg, Man., May 24. (I. N. S.) Failure of the committee which has been In conference here to agree upon a plan for the settlement of Winnipeg's general Strike today has appreciably lessened hopes for an early adjustment Of the situation. The committee ad journed early today with hone of the fundamental differences between em ployers aftd the strikers adjusted. Two companies of mounted poiiee hatfe been added to the military forces held in reserve to maintain order. A cavalry" force of 1500 is now held In reserve here. Living conditions are still far from normal, although there has been a noticeable improvement One daily pa per was printed yesterday, , carrying news dispatches gathered by wireless. Gther daily papers report they are pre paring to resume publication heat week. Actoi-s Want Extra PaytesHoliday8 Kew Tor. May 24. (f. K. S.) An actofs' strike, it was reported along Brbadway today, may follow the action of the Producing Managers' association Friday night In refusing to alter the present standard contract under which actors and aetresses are employed. The Actors Equity association, which Is said to Include 90 per cent of the well known actors and actresses on Its merh bership rolls, will hold a meeting here Mdnday td ecldeits future actions. The actors want extra pay f of playing epe cjal holiday matinees. 1 ff T-r-iri n j-i ' T-raa Huge S)im Asked to Finance; Railroads Washington, May 24. (t. N. B.)-An appropriation of $L2OO,eoO,OO0 ' to be added to . the "revolving fund" for financing the railroads under federal control, was , asked of congress this afternoon by Railways Director Mines. The requirements for 1918, according to Mr. Rlnes estimate, are 941,$02,gi ef which 1500,000,000 already has been ap propriated, and for 1919 1754,197,862. Ready fdr Austriafi Tuesday i Paris, Uif 24. tr JC S-JTfie Aus trlatt treaty may' be H&A? By Tuesday, ift Which event another plenary session of the peace conference will be held oh Wednesday it was reported today. It is understood that th Austrian army will be restricted td less than 800.000 men." The questiori of reparation Is how Hungarian Soviets ;: ; .Announce Capture Of Important City Zurich, May 2t.-(t N. &) Hun garian communist BtlshVIk troops have - captured Miskoles from -the Cseeho-Slovaks. according to a- dis pafclt from Vienna today quoting m re port put out by the Budapest govern ment. The Hungarians' claim to have captured- a whole Czech battalion. MWkolo far an imprfan ' mountain city, 24 miles northeast of Erlau. It is the capital Of me county ef Boesod! and has a population of (rewards: of Sfl.OOO. ATTORNEY CALLED 'ASS' IN LETTERS Mrs. Striker's Letters Brought (nto Big Sart Over Mfflfbns of 'Lucky Baldwin. Los Angeles, May 23. (U. P.) At torney Gavin McNab of San Francisco again was the first center for the fire of Mrs. Clara Baldwin StockeY Friday when she resumed her testimony lit kef fight to retain control ef the millions left her by her father, E. J. (LuckyJ Baldwin. A bitter letter Mrs. Slocker had writ ten from New York to her son-in-law, Joseph Mullender, in 1517, Was read by attorneys to Mrs. Stocker. "Me5Ta6 sure is an ass," the attor ney read. "He is always blowing about borrowing money for me as if It was some great favor." "So he Was," Mrs. Stacker commented from the Witness stand. "He neve? bor rowed much for me." "How much did he borrow for you?" the lawyer asked. "Ori hundred thousand dollars," was the answer after the court had over ruled the lawyer's objections. HAD 2EW "AFFIIf ITT" Court took a sftddert adjournment when attorneys for Albert Snyder, plain tiff in the action. Offered in evidence several letters Mrs. Stocked IS alleged to have written while in New York. The court wanted time to Consider the let' ters. "I have a new affinity, a baron in New York," read one of these. Only 25. I am a kid-snatcher. Walt (referring to Waiter McOinley, Mrs. Stocker"a busi ness manager) Is wld He's In Chicago, but sore as h L We are all Just dandy. I'm as fat as a pig." Another said: "What do you know? Stuart wired nus to come to Arcadia. Hs must be bugs, for I hate Arcadia. Los Angeles Is bad enough. After returning from Neu York, I don't think I'll ever be able to stand Los Angeles." SlCKAltti: -BlABKJIf" A letter from Atlantic City read : "1 came very near putting Walter Under the table. He has a hard time keeping his head above water. Walter is the meanest out. lie Is a Jealous old cat wants us '.all by his lonesome, and he sure dees give us a Wonderful good time. "We had these pictures taken. Walter kicks at ray dresses being so short, but I pay no attention to it Walter calls us his circus band or troupe or harenj." The letter regarding Gavin McNab, San Francisco attorney, said In one place : "i wired fool McNab a telegram the other day in answer to his wonder ful brain, full of wind, that will make him sit uo and take notice. Guess he will think 1 am some wise about mort gage and interest He is a fine dub to draw up contracts." 14 LEtTfcAS OFFERED Twenty-four letters in all have been offered in evidence. As they were pre sented, Mrs. Stocker, eyeing the at torneys through her $39,000 diamond lorgnette, added to the interest with startling side comments. As a rule. she stood pat on the statements in her letters. There was a record breaking at tendance at the heafing Friday and all wanted to hear more letters read. "My Irish pal has ettt out booze," read a letter written from Chicago. A little later it said; f "I have been daficing the tango and have lost about 10 pounds he is a fine dancer and full of hell. Just my kind." "I had to send fof MeNab to settle up with the crew (of her yacht)." an otnef letter said. "I gave him a fine time. We had some fine dances to gether. He is a dandy dancer he had the time of his life." Still another letter said : "Walter is going to have his bath; Will ask him to write a few linea. Walter just passed dowh the hail dresseS Up th my pink silk night dress and hat. He was sure a dream." Mrs. Stocker had explained that "Walter" was Walter T. MeGiniey, her manager. "1 have two large bedrooms and par lor," she wrote from the Waldorf As toria In New York. ';Only fifty a day. President Wilson had these rooms." A disappointed crowd of would-be spectators was turned ' away today when the court 'ofdered the case con tinued until Monday, - Youths Are Fined When Automobile Goes on Rampage feugene. May B4.-Eui:efte police are leniett with automobile drivers, a a rule, but When a trio of super-saturated youths attempted to Invade a local un dertaking parlor and, failing in that, tried I drive their machine into the Central Presbyterian Church? Chief Christenseh considered it a little too much and arrested the 6f fenders. City . Ileedfder - Grace Stearns fined them as follows: J. Burnes, driver of the ear, tJOj J. Ai CAllirt, owner ef the it3u6rV fiedi Howard P: ChfiStensoft, drunkenness, $1& Th latter two art) discharged soldiers. This Is net ChHstens6ns first taste 6t the law in Eugene. He Was let out of jail in ef-def td become tt soldier. Chi)dr43n and j dt-own-ups love "the delicious Wheat and bar ley food It builds body end Lrain Graoe-Nuts ft TREATY DEBATE TO GO Oil III SENATE Opponents ef League of Nations " Plan tcr Continue Speech making Until Settled Paris, May 24. (I. N. S.) "No peace treaty exists and none can exist, so long ae the German delegates have not signed the draft presented them," premier Clem enceau told M. Raoul Peret, president of the budget commission when asked to make public the full text of the treaty; By JT. Bat Campbell Washington,. May 24 (L N. S.Ji By having" his disputed resolution provid ing for the submission of the peace treaty to the senate without further de lay made "unfinished business" at the close of Friday's stormy debate, to the senate. Senator Johnson, Progressive Republican, of California, Voday had succeeded m a parliamentary maneuver that will permit discussion of the treaty and th League of Nations covenant to be resumed at amy timet tn that body un til his measure Is finally disposed of. Johnson expressed himself today as being mere than- satisfied with having opened op a "free and full" discussion ef the treaty and covenant which "will keep the dual' document before the senate from day to day until the president's re turn front overseas. SHERMATf RENEWS FIGHT Senator Sherman, Republican, of Illi nois, will, be announced, call up on Mon day, when the senate reconvenes, his resolution providing for the separation by that body of the league covenant from the treaty! His promised action is regarded as certain to provoke another heated debate. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, who is another uncompromising foe of the proposed entry of the United States into arty League of Nations. "Which would involve the American people In en tangling foreign alliances," was pre pared to deliver on Monday one of his characteristic attacks on certain aspects of the league. Senator Johnson planned to speak on Monday, too. . ITEttdCKAf WfLl TALK The first of the administration sen ators to deliver a prepared speech In be half of the league will be Senator Robin son, Democrat, of Arkansas, who is scheduled to address the senate next Tuesday. A large part of next week was ex pected to be consumed by the senate in debating the treaty and the league covenant. The Republicans and Demo crats were agreed en but one feature of the document, that embodying the provisions from compelling Germany to make full reparation for provoking the world war. There were unmistakable indications that the senate would continue to be a storm center of hot arguments for and against the league right up to the time the president appears at the capitol to explain the treaty. - The suggestion f Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and other Republican sen ators that the president, and other American participants In the peace con ference, be called before the senate for eign relations committee when the 'treaty is considered by it, was reported to be gaining In favor at the capitol, although Senator Lodge of Massachu setts was said still to be withholding hls O. K. of the plan. Hand Grenades Now Dime Savings Banks Washington. May 24. (I. X. S.) The government has found a unique use for the 15,000,000 hand grenades left Over when the armistice was signed. They are to be converted Into dime savings banks. It Was announced this afternoon and several large concerns aae being Interested ift the proposition. Surplus stock of alt kinds still to be sold by the war department are valued at $1,695, 870,000. Sales since November 11 have reached a total of $239,130,000. ewitct)ing SEE SUNDAY'S SMILE SECTION TZVt 0ur Girls in Training i Home Battle With Police and Win ' Alameda. CaL, May Xa tL P.) Bed slats, hot water, fists and fin ger" nails were aonong the ; weapons used- by 60 inmate ef the- California, girls' training home when six police men tried- to- quell a demonstration. Policemen lost stars and dignity, their uniforms were- soused. Chief of Police Jacoby waa drenched. One 16-year-old inmate escaped and has not been recaptured. Matron Fisher said- the- uproar started en a signal just after supper. The girls are -delinquents. , ARMY NURSES RAHK Representative Raker Reintro duces Measure Designed for . Benefit of Women Workers. Washington, May 24. Representative Raker, Democrat, of California, has re-introduced tn the house Ma bill to grant military rank to army nurses. It was referred to the military affairs committee, where h will urge that it be taken up tor contdderation immedi ately after the army appropriation bill ts reported out. This legislation provides that a wom an superintendent of a military hos pital shall have the relative rank of major ; assistant superintendent, direc tor shall have the rank of captain ; chief horse, first lieutenant, and nurses, see on" lieutenants, respectively. The bill further provides: "And as regards medical and sanitary matters and all other work within their pro fessional duties, they shall have and shall be regarded as having authority in and about military hospitals next after the medical officers of the army and shall wear the insignia of the rank to which their rank corresponds." Mr. Raker spent two months abroad during the recess; of congress. While in Kngland, he made an Investigation of the system there. He talked to many of the nurses holding military rank and got information which he will be able to put to the committee. Oregon Batteries Expected to Arrive Monday Morning That Batteries A and B of Oregon's own field artillery, parts of the 147th regiment of field artillery, will arrive in Portland early Monday morning, is the prediction today following ' receipt of a telegram from Captain James Gay, In which he stated that the special train Was leaving Camp Dodge, Iowa, at 11 o'clock today. The running time from there is something over 60 hours, which probably will be exceeded In this case, as there will be many receptions along the. way. H. U. Welch and Lee M. Clark will leave Portland this afternoon for Hunt ington, t5 meet the two veteran batter ies at the state line and welcome them to their home city. A large delegation will also meet the boys at Troutdale on Monday morning. 26 Injured When Gasoline Explodes Bayonne. X. J.. May 24. (V. P.) Twenty-six persons were injured, many seriously, in a gasoline explosion at the plant of the Standard Oil company here i tin, aiii.1 iiuyi,, hmjvi ui,i5 w of the company. BILL AIMS TO GIVE has had two remarable warromances. How the fortunes of war made her princess and countess is interestingly told tomorrow in The Sunday Journal Magazine ----- Of no less interest is the subject of MRS. VERNON CASTLE'S recent marriage; New York and London society is discus sing it. It is the gossip of stage folk and in aviation camps. Read about it tomorrow, Sunday, in The Journal magazine We will not detail here the other absorbing topics and scientific facts worth knowing nor outline the intimate talks on BEAUTY. HEALTH and the HOME in tomorrow's issue. Sufficient to say-There's enough "live" reading to do you for an entire week. It's the biggest nickel's worth issued by any Portland newspaper. Get it. nevr&aUr 5c-or 6ettvcre6 to .our fyorrra LOSSES BY FIRE IH OREGON HELD LOW, SHAL REPORTS Total for Year, $1,829,317.70, Stfghtfy Abovff the .Preceding Year, but Increase Normal. EDUCATION HELD BIG FACTOR Many Surveys Made and Tire De partments Reorganized; Five Admit, Four Guilty of Arson. Salem, May 24. Nineteen hundred and fifty-six fires, covered in whole or in part by Insurance, on which $1,829, 317.70 in insurance was paid, occurred in Oregon daring the year ending on March 31, according to-the annual re port of Harvey Wells, state fire marshal. Just released. Eighteen deaths resulted from fires during the year, five of these being men, two women and It children, ac cbrding to the report, and 11 persona, seven of them men, two women and two Children, were injured. While the fire loss tn Oregon for this period is slightly greater than that of the preceding year, it is only a normal Increase and the lose is not nearly so great as that suffered before the In stitution of the fire marshals office, according to Mr. Wells. This is ex plained by the campaign of education carried on throughout the state and by the surveys that are being made in the interest of the elimination of fire haz ards. ' ' COLUMBIA LOSS HIGHEST Ceaseless energy on the part of the fire marshal's department in cooperation with other fire prevention agencies has spared Oregon from the great destruc tion visited upon other sections of the nation during the war period in the mat ter of losses td warehouses, docks, ele vators. mills, shipping plants,, etc, which were the natural target for alien enemy activities, -the report contends. - Complete fire surveys have been made in Heppner, Roseburf and Bend during the past year, besides a total or 1292 Inspections In t? counties and 7S towns over the state. Preliminary work or reorganization of fire department : in several small towns is also under way and will be completed in the near fu ture, the report states. The report gives considerable credit to the press of the state for liberal cooper ation with the department In the mat ter of publicity in connection with its campaign of fire prevention, Fires of unknown origin cost the in surance companies $506,070.70 during the year, rubbish and sparks added an item of $172,358.81 and matches and careless smokers added still another $154,261.59 to the total losses paid. t SIXE GCILTT OP AttSOJT Columbia county led the state in to tal fire loss with $412414.22 paid on 88 risks, while Multnomah county, outside of Portland with 718 risks affected by fire, cost the insurance companies only $274,894.25. Wheeler county,' with only four risks affected and $2100 paid in losses, U at the bottom' of the list, Thlrty-fiva fires during the year were of Incendiary origin, involving an in surance loss of - $98,063.25. Forty-two fires have been inspected," four persons arrested in connection with fires, seven others ar under Investigation and pend ing settlement, two have been acquitted, five have confessed and four have been convicted. Special attention Is called In the re port to the fire prevention work under the leadership of City Fire Marshal fid win Grenfell of Portland. - The statement .Of receipts and dis bursements for the year shows that the MAR fire marshal's department has ben mnw than self-sustaining. Annual t ntcenf fees to a tola of $10,852.85 havp been collected from 168 Insurance companicf. whereas the disbursement of the office ror ail cauHea total only I10.44.V93, leaw tng a balance on hand of. $446,73. STOCK TRAIN SCHEDITLES AttE ... TO BE COS8IDEB.ED TtESDAT Salem, May 24. -Another conference relative to" proposed, changes in stock tralae arriving in Portland ffom East ern Oregon points will be held in Port lam! Tuenrfnv- . RnMnlntln nt th pcblJo service commtaaion, the Portland etocayarda, shipper and the railroads win attend. A shift In the time of ar rival and possible elimination of one trala la involved ta th nrnnnaml rhftmrg of schedules. TEXTBOOK COWl!SION WnCtO CHOOSE BOOKS WITHOUT LOBBY Salem, May 24- Textbooks for use tn the public schools of Oregon during the next six years will be selected by the ' Oregon state textbook commission at a meeting to be held in Salem June 2. The presence of representatives of pub lishing companies la not desired at this meeting, the commission has notified Superintendent J. X. Churchill. Mem bers f the commission feel that the se lection of textbooks will be expedited If they can devote their undivided at tention to the matter, unhampered by the presence of parties who might have a selfish interest in their action. They have, therefore, requested that none of the publishers' representatives come to Salem but arrange to stay In their of fices, where they can be consulted by telephone should the occasion demand. THREE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS , DURING WEEK CAUSE OP DEATHS Salem. May 24. -Three fatalities are included iu the 58$ accidents reported to the state; industrial accident commis sion for the week ending Thursday. These were Martin Paul of Reliance, logger; Joseph Swartz, Knappa, logger; Louis Lambert, Neverstill, logging. Of . the accidents reported, 864 were subject to the provisions of the compensation act, 11 were from firms and corporations that have rejected the provisions of the act and -13 were from public utilities corporations not subject to the provt-' slons of the act. LOWER RATE FOR STATE FISH DISTRIBUTING CARS IS BOUGHT Salem, May 24. The Oregon public service commission will join with other Western and Middle Western states In ' protesting present freight rates on state owned fish distributing cars. This an nouncement was made by Chairman Buchtel Friday upon receipt of a letter from the Minnesota commission asking that the, Oregon body join in the pro test. Similar requests have been sent ' to all of the 11 other states which own flsb oars California. Oregon, Montana, Michigan. Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Idaho, The protest will seek to reestablish the rate in effect before the railroad administra tion Increased the rate to a war basis. Fish cars, according to the conten tion of the Minnesota commission, are in a class by themselves, providing a source bf future revenue to the railroads from sportsmen in visiting streams stocked by means of the distribution of the fry, and .as such are entitled to a. lower rate than otherwise accorded. Supplies to Be Bought Salem, May 24. The semi-annual pur chase of supplies for the various state institutions will, be made June 12, when btds covering the -needs of the Institu tions will be opened by the state board of control. These bids will cover sup plies up to December 81, ; '- Girls Who Left the Cedars Are Caught 3 - Sylvia Burr, 18, and Aleta Blazler, 16, who escaped from the Cedars near Troutdale, early Friday morning, were found in the Princess hotel early this morning by Officers Kockwell and Wright of the second night relief. They were arrested. J i 99 3 1 if ?ou cwbrr:: . rS tl