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THE OREGON - SUNDAY j JOURNAL, PORT LAND, . SUNDAY, MORNING, 1 JUNE. As . 191S, i; 5 F RAME-UP AGAINST PEACE LEAGUE IS BOLD IN EXTREME 'Hfstory jWill Recount That -No Republican in Senate Chosen , on' Committee Unless Opposed. LAWMAKERS SOUNDED OUT At Least" One Declined Coveted , Place After He Discovered a Manner of Chicanery Used. Washington, May 31. ( WASHINO TON BUREAU OP .THE JOURNAU) When th history of the struggle over the peace treaty and the. league ot Na- - tlons la written, whatwUl be said o the action of the' ruling Republican coterie in the. senate In stacking the foreign re lations committee so it would be certain to have a majority against the league? Historians presumably will know the ' facts, and they will know that no Re publican senator could be admitted, to 4 hat comi.iittee unless he would to ad- Jance of the submission of the treaty ledge himself to ; stab the League of A'attons. ''' ' The historian will record the fact that : the committee on committees was select ed by Senator lodge, and that after a row over the progressives who should be named on it. Senator McNary was the - only one chosen. He will further . state that the chairman of- this committee was Senator Brandegee, rock-ribbed stand patter, who was considered especially qualified because he has a great aver- slon for President Wilson and fell pro- gressivea. 1 ONE DECLINES PIiACE The historian will then, 'narrate that the members of the majority on foreign , relations were hand picked by Lodge, i Brandegee, Knox and their conferees, i and that Senator Kellogg was rejected 3 because, although he desires some ' amendment of .the covenant of the league, " he declined to swear himself away on what action he would finally take. It will also be told that different sena i tors were "sounded" before they wre granted the coveted place, and at least r ' one of them turned it down after dis 't covering the chtcanery. - The committee on foreign relations consists of 17 members, 10 Republican selections and seven Democrats. The ranking Republican Is Senator McCum bei4, who favors the League of Nations. The Lodge-Brandegee-Knox combina tion, therefore, could not be sure of con trolling the committee to meet -their wishes unless they made sure of every one of the other eight Republicans. - New, Moses, Harding and Johnson are the' new hand picked members, who are to mold the committee to the wishes of Chairman Lodge. The job is complete and ready, for the verdict of history. VIS IT OR ISN'T IT! Senator Pqindexter. in. the first day ' of debate on the League of Nations, said U would give him pleasure if the ques tion Is made a party issue. On the same day Senator Lodge was trying to evade the charge that he was making It a ' party issue when it was recalled that he : iipd Senator Curtis, the Republican whip, sent out' telegrams to all Repub lics senators asking them not tb?com ' mit themselves on the league until they had had opportunity to confer "with their colleagues." Lodge "admitted that this telegram k. ':- went only to Republicans, but averred that he had not confined his request for conference to Republicans. The evasion was bo manifest that his protestations struck the sedate senators as an unusual sample of humor, and they laughed. After hand picking the committee on .foreign relations 'and using the utmost of party pressure to commit Republican senators against the league, it may be come difficult for Lodge to convince the '. . country that he Is .not doing -his best to make the League of Nations a party - issue. N Borahi while; say InK it should not be a party issue, ha's been playing the game of combination against it. Those Re publicans who believe that Lodge and Borah are making a colossal mistake, which may Imperil party success, have been able to make little headway against them. -INSURGENTS MAKE FIZZLES The insurgent Republicans ot the house, led .by Representative Longworth. and the insurgent Democrats, led by . Representative Sanders, Tiave made fiz zles. .-The Mann-Mondell standpatters " are dominant in the Republican organ ization, and Champ Clark and Claude Kitchin -still rule the roost among the - Democrats. Minor concessions .have" been made to the insurgents in both groups. Finding they were .outnumbered, they have caught the bones that. were tossed from- the table and pretended to be nappy, ne test of the quality of their protest will be found as the sess'on progresses. The tightening of party lines, result ing from the close of the war and the election of a congress Republican In both branches, is" becoming noticeable:' There ' is greater bitterness of speech,' and; in creasing tendency to taunt with the old ..partisan flavor. 'j.t.'V '.--." This . brings fair weather for the re ' actionartes in both parties: They encour age It and applaud, because it diverts attention from progressive measures, which, cut through party lines. .The higher party spirit runs, the better the chance for the old crowd ltg-iursue its purposes without, bejng, . seriously . dis- ' rurbed. 'V- r .-.'-r - . ' Mother Very Happy; Three Slimjpiiiy' - Come ThroiigfrAlive - "'. r rr;;V v ,: v Jirs. PetUbone .of ' 364 East Seventy rflfth' street NbrtH has three - sons Ji).,h, overseas service. Lieutenant Klmer Ptvtt'ibone with : the quarter master's corps,, now stationed at, Tours; ' Lieutenant Alexander Pettlbone with the 88th dirislen, and Private Charles Pet tibone with the. at. my of occupation at Cob lent f Lieutenant Alexander's divis ion arrived in New York Friday accord ing to dispatches received in Portland Saturday. . ' '- ' "He senl me a cable .the dajr beore the - boat sailed." said Mrs.- PetUborte, "and - only signed 6ls last name, but I knew which; one It Was because I knew Elmer's . habits, of thrift would never permit him to spend as much money as Is necessary to, ..send cable, omlled , the happy , mother. "I have much to be thankful for that they all escaped with their lives. ; f though Ch ar les w as In the . thlflk of j tha fight and was; wounded three times and". h is.- in..; the hospital now . wlthc : broken- leg caused .by . th, chain of -his motorcycle breaklngj" " Finds Flight Most Thrilling Vida Reed Clarke Rides in Air 'f " "- .11 WR 4vS?s Mrs. Vida Reed Clarke, daughter of Mrs. Rose Coursen ,Reed of Portland, after an airplane flight at Atlantic City with. Eddie Slinson. "The biggest day of my life, and I shall never be so thrilled again," writes Mrs. Vtda Reed Clarke, daughter of 1 Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed of Portland, who went up for the first time In the airplane of JSddle .Stinson of Atlan MANY DELEGATES TO CONVENTION OF IRISH RACE HERE TONIGHT Meeting Will Convene at Lincoln '. High at 2 P. M.; Night . -Session Also. Delegates from many sections of the state .will gather at the first Oregon Irish Race convention at Lincoln high school auditorium at 2 o'clock this afternoon to discuss "The fact that a League of Nations without the right . of self determination for all peoples, in cluding . the Irish, is founded on false basis and is- bound to insure war rather than peace." The convention will continue in the evening at 8 o'clock, with Dr. Andrew C. Smith presiding at both sessions. The afternoon session will be informal and a general . opportunity for the ex pression of views. will be granted del egates, according to a statement of plans. - Among the prominent speakers who will address the convention are: Most Rev. A. Christie, Otto Hartwig, presi dent Oregon Federation of Labor ; Ber nard Daly, Lakevlew ; Patrick Galla gher, Ontario ; Roger B. Sinnott, Port land ; Captain Arthur A. ' Murphy, Port land ; Frank Davey, Salem. MESSAGES TO BE BEAD On.e of the features of the program will be a message from Ambassador M. G. Ryan, Who will outline the work accomplished In Paris, Ireland and England. ji John Mcrtafjnack, the ; great Irish tenor, has .sent a, message to the con vention and has summarized the situ ation In the following words: t . "America entered the War, . won the war, - that all people .shouM be free, that small nations should A be as; free as large . ones, that ho people should live;' under a rgovernment -which' they did not wish, and that elf determina tion should -be -granted to all subject nations no " matter with whos selfish interests' the exercise of that self de termination should 'conflict." -. Through , courtesy of ' Sherman Clay &, Co., several of Mr. McCormack's songs 'Will he heard at the convention. OFFICERS OF LEAGUE The . call -for this convention Was issued by the United Irish Societies whose ! officers are : Dr. Andrew C. Smith, president ; James P. ' Cooke, vice president; Rev. J.- M. O'Farrell, treasurer; Miss A. Kearns, secretary; executive commit tee. P. K. Sullivan, E. H. Deery, D.' J. McLoughlin. D. W. Lane. Thomas Man nlx, John B. Coffey; Mrs. Delia Lillis, Mrs. -Alex McLoughlin, M. J Driscoll, M. G. O'Malley, Dennis Galvin and Frank Ma lion. . . Sailor Alleged to Have Admitted He Stole Pay Checks San Francisco, May 31. (I. X., S.) That he stole 34 navy pay checks and cashed 26 of them is the confession alleged to have' been made, here today by Charles . Groves, a sailor sta tionect at Yerba Beuna island and now under arrest. Groves,' whose home is at Monroe,' La., spent the money for clothing. - : v Lieutenant Commander C. C Den nis, paymaster aboard the recruittog ship at Yerba Buena island, told the police that he directed Grove two weeks ago to mail In San Francisco, the checks, pay : for sailors on duty In recruiting stations in . Denver - and v Se attle. . A number of i silk - shirts and other expensive ' articles of ' clothing were -found in Groves rooml :- tic City, N. J., last week. Plain "tai-ing" in the air is really not very exciting, according to Mrs. Clarke, but when the plane looped .the loop three times and barrel-rolled and did the tail spin she found it the most wonderful sensation of her life. IS EXCELLENTLY PLAYED BY FRANKLIN PUPILS Capacity House Is Pleased With Performance of "Uncles i and Aunts." With a i well balanced, thoroughly trained cast, the senior class of the ' Franklin high school, under the stage direction of Francis L. Curtis, presented the amusing . comedy, "Uncles and Aunts," before a capacity house In the Frajiklin high school auditorium Thurs day. The play, with its sparkling .wit ticisms and clever situations, was ad mirably suited both to the cast and the occasion, and from the opening line was greeted with almost continuous laughter from the highly appreciative auHience. The cast of characters included : Rob ert Rawlins (Reginald's uncle), McErvin Fike i Henry Rawlins (another uncle! . Clyde Frye ; Reginald Rawlins (suitor to Mary), Hesden Metcalf : Fred Cuerton (engaged tor .Nelly), Frank Halliet : Zedekiah Aspen Xsuitor to Mary), Harold McEwen ; Bates (the Rawlins' butler), Raymond Guerber ; Nelly Marley, Louise Townsend ; Mary Marley, Mary Newton ; Mrs. Wade (Nelly's and Mary's aunt). Ester Spademan ; Miss Aurora Rawlins (Reggie's aunt and. former fiancee of Aspen), Margaret Lucius ; Jane (Mrs. Wade's servant)., Dana Small ; manager and stage director, John T. Ganoe. Particular credit is due Margaret Lucius and Harold McEven for the fin ished quality of their work ; with Miss Lucius as the sentimental old maid of a sentimental family, and Mr. McEven as iier former lover, fcnow ' rejuvenated by his imagined love for the lovely young Mary. The audience was apparently well pleased with' every member of the cast, and the enthusiasm and applause -with which it-received each new bit of indivi dual acting reflected credit both on the actors ' themselves 4 and on the director, Mr. Curtis. Music was furnished by the Franklin, high school orchestra, under direction of Carl Denton, and Miss Helen Harper rendered a violin selection. Missionary Society Regional Meeting To Be Held Monday i The Woman's Home Missionary so ciety of the Portland district will hold an all-day and evening district and re gional meeting at the First Methodist Episcopal church. Monday. Several women who are leaders In the national society will take part, including Mrs. Georsre O. - Robinson; . first vice president W. II. M. S. ; Mrs. 'M. M. Northrup, orrespondmg" "secretary of the Southern California conference, and Miss Bancroft, .honorary vice president XV. H. M. S. f . ' - - , There will-also be present Mrs. Dun- daf, who will speak -on 'Toung- -People's Work" ; Mrs. Flatt on "Work -Among the Chinese," and Mrs. ' Kirk on "Alas kan Work." , - : A number of local women, ? including officers of the district organization, will also be', on the -program. ! 320,000 Americans Returned in Month Washington, May . JL (I. K. S.) During May 320,000 American soldiers returned' from France, Secretary of War Baiter Informed Secretary Daniels in a letter today,' praising the1 work xt the navy department. .- This . movement (-created a record for the transportation of troops in either direction, the secre tary stated. ; 4- AMUSING COMEDY VOTERS OF STATE TO PASS JUNE 3 ON NINE MEASURES i : i , i i . , Poriland Electors Also Have 10 City Acts and Port District Has One Bill to Decide. MOST MEETING APPROVAL Lieutenant Governor Amendment, However, One Which Is Com mented on Unfavorably. Next Tuesday, June 3, when the voters of the state go to the polls at the special election they will face nine state measures submitted for their approval or rejection. The voters of Portland will have an additional ten city measures to consider, while the voters of the Port of Portland dis trict will have still another. Generally speaking:, the state meas ures seem' to be meeting, with the ap proval of the people, judging 'from the preponderance of favorable over un favorable comment heard. There is one exception to this, however, that being the lieutenant governor amend ment, a purely political measure which does not appear to be meeting with much more favorable consideration than during the two previous times when it was submitted to the voters of the state and decisively defeated. The financial measures upon the state ballot seem to have many friends, from the amendment at the top of the ballot providing for the Increase of the county bonding limit for fi nancing county roads from four to six per cent of the property valuation of the county to the market roads tax bill at the bottom. Considered as a whele, the state ballot is not really a nine measure ballot. The Industrial, and recon struction hospital amendment and the $5,000,000 reconstruction bonding amend ment are nothing more than grants of power and are in reality Incidents to the Eddy reconstruction bonding bin which provides for the $5,000,000 bond issue out of which the recon struction program la to be financed. The city ballot provides for the is suance1 of municipal bonds aggregating more than $1;600,000. It also increases the charter provision limiting the power of municipal indebtedness to 10 per cent of the assessed value of the property within the city limits. The city ballot is composed of so called reconstruction measures, con sisting of various projects the comple tion of which would furnish employ ment. They are not of the construc tive nature presented by the state measures, however, and there seems ' to be a general conviction that the ! state program in Itself provides for suf : ficlent employment- to take care of any emergency that rhay arise during the coming fall and winter, the period during which it has been feared that there will be an unemployment crisis. Oregon's Delegation Wants Next Year's Convention of T. P. A. Oregon's delegation to tm national convention of the T. P. A. will leave 4Jls morning via the Union Pacific system for New Orleans. In the effort' to secure the next annual convention for Portland. A day will, be spent in Chicago and another day at the national office of the association at St. Louis. There a spe cial train will be made up of western delegates and will leave Saturday aft ernoon for the convention, arriving there Sunday morning. The Oregon delegates are well sup plied with literature advertising this sec tinn f th fnnntT-ir find have arranged for a quantity of loganberry Juice for j . .. .. . . . . I . T I . distribution ai xne convention. unique stunts have been planned by the Oregon delegation. The delegates who will represent Ore gon are Roy C. S locum, Clyde Evans, Paul C. Morton, W L. Grlnnell, Paul J. Sullivan, A. E. Brown, D. M. Dunne. Theo Rothschild, Charles E. Bailey and Earl Bunting. May! 12 to 15,1920, Approved as Dates Of 'Trade Meeting Approval of May 12 to 15, 1920, as the dates for holding of the seventh annual foreign trade council convention In San Francisco has been made by James A. Farrel; president of the foreign" trade council, according to word received Sat urday by Arthur C. Callan from O. T. Davis, secretary of the council. Mr. Callan attended the sixth annual: con vention held in Chicago recently. Following the selection of San Fran cisco for the next session of exporters, importers and leading manufacturers of the' United States, May TL2 to 15 in clusive, were suggested as the probable dates for the convention This was not approved until Saturday.' Portland Will make an effort to send a Special train load of representatives to the convention next year. Alleged Finnish Radical Will Be Prosecuted in S. F. Prosecution In the case of Elmer Kum pula, convicted in the federal court of violation of the espionage act of Novem ber 6 and released on $5000 bond pend ing his appeal before the circuit court of appeals in - San Francisco, will be conducted by Assistant Unitedf States Attorney Barnett Goldstetrf, who leaves today for California. Kumpula, who is a native of Finland, came to this country five yeaijs ago and, it is alleged, associated himself with the I. W. W. At the time of his arrest he was work ing i a shipyard, it is said. He was sentenced, to 15' month on McNeils island.. Mr. . Goldstein also will conduct the prosecution of . Dr. Marie Equl, , whose appeal will be reviewed by the United States circuit court: of appeals when it meets in San. Francisco at an early date. Asaurances are given that Great Bri tain will turn over political control of Palestine to the Jews as soon as the Semitic population is in the majority. POLICE DOG IS V- r Is dm---Mil. Gievres, German-Belgian police dog belonging to Lieutenant O. S. Pea body of 788 Overton street. The dog, now nine months oldj is named after the town in France "Gievres ! Couches la I" If you hear someone say that, don't call the police It will be Lieutenant O. S. Peabody, 788 Overton street, talk ing to the German-Belgian police dog he brought from' Germany when he was released from service with the 148th field artillery. . The pup, 9 "months' old, was raised, in French, so to speak. He Is gradually acquiring American customs, however, and will soon be able to chase a stick in English. He can already bury a bone in American slang. .His constant asso ciation with the other dogs In his neigh-J Dornopa is iaciuiaung nis progress, me owner declares. Gievres derives his ' name from the Voters Petition In Four Districts For Union High Hernslstpn, May 8L Petitions have been presented to the district boundary board from the Hermiston, Columbia, Minnehaha 'and Westland districts, asking that the question of establishing- a union high school for these dis tricts at Hermiston be put before the voters of the four districts at the reg State, City and STATE BALLOT Mark (X) Between the Number and'Amwcr Voted For REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Submitted by the. ligislature SIX TEB CENT COTJHTT INDEBTEDNESS FOB PERMANENT BO ADS AMENDMENT Purpose : To ajnend section 10 of article XI of the constitution of the state of Oregon so as to raise the present 2 per cent limitation placed upon counties in the creation of debts and liabil ities for permanent roads, to 6 per cent of the assessed valuation of all the property In the county. - 1 8 Yes Ml No Submitted by the legislature INDU8TBIAX AND BWNTBCTIffS7TOii PITAL AMENDMENT Purpose : To amend section S of article XIV of the constitution of the state of Oregon so as to permit the location by the legisla ture of an industrial reconstruction hospital In some other county than where ' the seat of government Is, without requiring a ratification by the electors pt the state. . " - - 89 Tes SOS No Submitted by the legislature STATE BOND PAJMENTOlFlBIQXTl6NATsrD DBAINAGE DISTRICT BOND INTEREST Purpose: Payment by the state of irrigation and drainage district bond interest for first five years by Issuing state bonds and repayment of money with interest to state by such districts, six months after maturity of such district bonds, on condition that such dis tricts are found on examination by state commission to comply with required conditions. i- 84 Yes sot No Submitted bv the legislature EITE MILLION DOLLAR RECONSTRUCTION BONDlVG AMENDMENT Purpose-: To amend article XI of the constitution of the state of Oregon by adding to said article section 7 -a, so as to permit the bonding of the state of Oregon for not more than $5,000,000 for the promo-, tion of reconstruction, reclamation and land settlement projects, and par ticularly t ratify, validate and confirm any act which has been passed by the legislature and referred to the people at the, same election at which this amendment is submitted, which purports to bond the state of Oregon in order to carry out certain reconstruction, reclamation and land settlement policies. 80 Tea 37 No Submitted by the legislature LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Purpose: Amending sections 1 and 8 of article V of the con stitution of the state of Oregon by providing for the election of a lieutenant governor whose election, term of office and qualifications shall be as now provided for the governor, who shall be president of the senate, receiving tberefor a salary of $10 a day during the legislative session, and who shall be governor in case of vacancy ; and that if this amendment Is adopted the governor shall appoint a lieutenant governor to hold office until a lieutenant governor is eiectea oy tne people at 809 V SO No Submitted, by the legislature THE ROOSEVELT COASTriLlTART HIOHWTf BIIiLsr-Purpose : To appropriate the. sum of $2,500,000, contingent upon the appropriation by the United States of an equal amount, for the purpose of assisting the United States in constructing a military highway from the city of Astoria through Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln,-Lane, Douglas, Coos and Curry counties, state of Oregon, to the California state line; to raise said sum bv the issue and sale of bonds of the state of Oregon and to provide a method of payment of interest and principal thereon and for the retirement SIS Tes Vole TES or NO 811 .No ' , - Submitted by the legislature RECONSTRUCTION BONDING BILCPurposeT To bond the Btate for not more than $5,000,000 ; Q levy taxes to pay for same, also to construct hospitals at Portland and Salem, agricultural college build ings at Corvallis, university buildings at Eugene, normal school buildings at Monmouth, hospital buildings Pendleton, to aid in the construction ot aSJtiories at Marsh field,' Astoria, Baker, Bend, La Grande and Medford, to construct a penitentiary in Marion county, to promote land settlement, to develop reclamation projects on arid, swamp and logged off lands, and to provide for the settlement thereon of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States. ' Si- Yes S43 No Submitted by the legislature SOLDIERS', SAXXORS ANDTffARlNES EDTJCA TIONAIj FINANCIAL AID Bltlj-r-Purpose a Providing honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines enlisted' or Inducted from Oregon may attend any institution of learning, public or private. In Oregon, and have their necessary expenses, not exceeding $25 per month nor $200 per year, paid by the state for not more than four years; levying two-tenths of a mill state !-. tax to provide funds for such purpose. S14 Tes T Sift No . Submitted by the legislature MARKET ROADS. TAX BlOPurpose v Providing for the construction of state market roads,, under the supess-fsiort and control of county courts ; providing for the annual levy of a 1 mill tax on all taxable property, apportioning the proceeds among such counties as become entitled ' to a share thereof, authorizing county courts to levy a property tax in. each s - county for construction of market roads in an amount equal, to the sum t ' apportioned, to such county hereunder;: excepting from the limitations Jm ' posed by section 11 of article XI of the constitution all taxes levied under -' . the provisions or tnis amenqmeni. SI-. Tes- S17 No PORT OF PORTLAND BALLOT Mark (X) Between the ' Number and Answer Voted For Submitted to the voters by the board of commissioners f the Port of Portland , . BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF MM,os for aiding: the estabUshment of water i transportation lines. - 1 ' -' - ' --- - ' i , . 1 IS ' ' Tes IS No BROUGHT HERE f-4 where he was bora. town in which he was born. He ia the son of German and Belgian parents, be tween whom the breach of war hod not come. When he waa quite email, Wil liam Bates, Portland man who was also, with the 148th and who is now at home, used to carry htm in his pockets. Gievres master. Lieutenant Peabody, waa formerly with the Oregon cavalry and saw service at St. Mlhiel with the Secoifd cavalry, which waa' the Third army cavalry and the only regiment of cavalry to get Into action before the signing of the armistice. Gievres Is quite an aristocrat In bis neighborhood and pays little attention to common pups, his police instinct coming out at every turn. ular school election on June 16. The sentiment seems -to be in favor of such a move and the proposition is expected to carry by a good majority. Patent Applied For Hermiston, May 11. W. W- Rogers, a rancher near Hermiston, who has been working the past three years on a port able truck and wagon scale, has ap plied for a patent. The scale, which Is portable, is made in two parts and con sists of lifting Jacks, standards and beams. One scale fits under the front axle and the other under the rear. The scale is primarily intended for. use by farmers. Port Measures to Vote TES er NO i Tote TES or NO Tote TES or NO Tote TES er NO T me general election m Vote TES or NO Vote TES or NO - - Vote TES er NO - Vote TES er No Vote TES er NO FARM HELP SPECIALIST ; RESIGNS TO ACCEPT PLACE IN CALIFORNIA - ' ';. -','U 1. W. Brewer Has Made Enviable Record in Various Public- . Positions in Oregon. J. W. Brewer, farm help specialist for Oregon, who recently tendered his resig nation to the United States department of agriculture, will leave Portland June 10 for Atascadero. CaL. to? accept a po-' sition with the Caladero Fruit .Products company. i : Mr. Brewer was born In Oregon and has spent all hi life In this state and Washington. He became a farmer and later a banker in Central Oregon, and then came to Portland to accept a posi tion with the Portland Chamber of Com merce. He later went , to The Dalles as secretary of the commercial organisa tion in that city and when the war broke out answered a summons to take up war work in Oregon as farm, help specialist. The farm help specialist position was created by the United States department of agriculture, and the Oregon Agricul tural . college cooperated as a war emergency to handle farm labor prob lems. Constructive work which Mr. Brewer has done In the state Of Oregon has been highly commended by the department of agriculture and in a . crop and livestock survey in . 1918 he obtained - the best record of any of the Western states, re ceiving replies from over 21,000 farms. Last year Mr, Brewer sent 1500 women, girls and boys out to save the crops of the state and in July a campaign to send vacationists to farms and harvest fields resulted in the enlistment of 500 business men, clerks and office men. In addition- to handling the farm labor, work, Mr. Brewer has been federal state director of ,the United States Boys Working reserve, and has enrolled 5000 Oregon boys. His successor in this posi tion will be A. J. Bale. No successor has been namen to assume charge of the farm help specialist's office, which will likely continue to operate.' Filing of the final report or Mr. Brewer covering the last six months of his service has been made, with the department of agriculture, - Reoom- Lmendation that the department be con tinued, but, on a farm management pro gram and that the general distribution of labor through the farming districts of the state be left with the United States employment bureau is made in this report. Mr. Brewer says that during the last six months there has been a sufficient supply of farm hands In the state, with Be Voted Upon CITY BALLOT Mark (X) Between the Number and Aniwer Voted For. i Charter Ameadiaeat Ssbjnltted to the Voters by the Cos sell . j ACT to amssd the Charter by addlag thereto Seetloa tiea asthorlilng a bnsd issue not exceeding five hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars to create a fund for making Improvements and repairs in existing parks and boulevard. Including the construction; reconstruction, maintenance, alteration and repair of comfort stations, building, equipment, driveways, walks,; lighting and watr systems, and other structures, equipment, fixtures and facilities pertaining thereto, and Including the-lroprovement or the grounds thereof, and for con structing three comfort stations In the business district of the city. Snail ths Charter be so anesdea! ' f . TES. . - j - . Ml . NO. ' - '; -''.. i'-- .. 'I t,i .i Charter Astesdmest S a omitted AN AMENDMENT of ths Charter aasexlss to the City of Fertlssd atl properly surrounded by the present City of Portland which is not now Included within the corporate 'limits of said city? and describing the corporate boundaries of ' the City including such annexed territory. ( ; y , . j Shall the Charter be so aaiendedf "''' I - :"' I '' 608 TES. NO. Charter Ameadmeit Sabmltted AN ACT to amend the Charter by Isnertlsg thereia Seetloa tl-b asthorlflng a bond Issue not exceeding ergnty thousand dollars for tne purppose of .con structing and equipping a police telephone system in the City of Portland. Shall ths Charter be so amesdedt 6t4 TES. NO. - Charter Astesdmest Ssbmltted LAN ACT to amead the Charter y latertlsg thereia ' Seetloa ttl-a astherlslsf a bond issue not exceeding, one nunarea tnoussnd dollars ror the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping two buildings east of the Willamette River in the City of Portland 'to be used for police stations, police Sub-stations and for other municipal purposes of a similar or different character as the need of the city may require. 4 ,. j i. Shall the Charter be so amesdedt TES. (7 NO. Charter Ameadmeat Ssbmltted jLN ACT. to amead the Charter by latertlsg issue not exceeding two nunarea incrusana aouare 10 create a rund ror ttie construction, reconstruction and repair of buildings and structures for the uses and purposes of the Fire Department of the City of Portland. . , Shall ths Charter be so ameadedt 40 TES. 4t NO. Charter Ameadmeat Ssbmltted ACT amesdlsg the Charter 1 a sertlsg Seetloa ttt-a astherlslag the Isssssee of bonds not exceeding two nunarea ruiy mousana doners to create a rund ror the purpose of remodeling, repairing and renovating the City Hail Building. ehall ths Charter be so ameadedt ' 1S TES. ill NO. Charter Ameadmest Ssbmltted (CHARTER AMENDMENT asthorlslag a thousand dollars to create a fund for the acquisition of land to . be used for parks and playgrounds in the City of Portland. h ; , i . Shall the Charter! be so ameadedt V-! kit TES. (IS NO. Charter Ameadmeat Ssbmltted AMENDMENT to the Charter providing a opening new streets and for changing existing provisions ror establishing and cnanging streets,, repealing certai u sections of the charter relating to. the bonding of -assessments to0 itrwt extensions and making the provisions of the charter tor bonding street atid sewer assessments applicable to assessmentis for street extensions. Shall ths Charter be so amesdedt . 114 TES. NO. Charter Ameadmest Ssbmltted AiN ACT to amead Seetieas tt7 asd Sti ef persons entitled to benefits under the police pension provisions of the -charter . and providing compensation from the police pension fund for policemen inca pacitated on account of sickness and Injury. - i hall the Charter be so ameadedt - l TEH. (17 NO. Charter Ameadmeat Ssbmltted AMENDMENT to the Charter adding thereto Seetloa m-b authorizing the Cosncil to levy an annual tax of two mills in addition to all other taxes authorized t.v law to provide for maintaining an enlarged police force, for the payment of additional firemen for the maintenance of the two-platoon system and for the increased cost of labor and personal service. , .: . . Stan ths Charter be so amesdedt 19 TES.' Sit NJ Majority in Favor Of Eoosevelt Coast ; . Road to j Be Large 'The majority in favor of the Roosevelt highway measure next Tuesday will In a larrs measure depend upon the size ot the total vote cast, predict the officer of the Roosevelt Highway association "On a basis of 120.000 voters." said S. C. Pier yesterday, in- reviewing the cam-j palgn, we will carry the state by from 26,000 to 40,000. j . , . i "If there is a larger vote out, th Increase in the affirmative vote In behalf of the highway will i be in proportion. We will carry every conty In the state, Judging from the reports we have re ceived. There Is a general expression that the highway will be a great benefit to the entire state, not alone to a partic ular . section. It is gratifying to know that the people of Oregon are realising the necessity of standing, strong for thooe measures that make for a greater Ore gon and mean development and progress to all sectipns of our great stats." ; t Diplomas Awarded j To 47 inlRoseburg Roseburg, May . SI. The commence ment exercises of ths graduating clan of ths Roseburr high school were held Thursday, with 47 graduates. The fol lowing ; program was given I Overture, orchestra. Miss Bernloe Klnser. director : "Star Spangled Banner." audience -invocation. Rev. Q. C. CappageS duet, Lola Oeddes and Gladys Taylor; vocal solo. Miss Bern ice Klnser introduction. Su perintendent Aubrey O. Smith: com mencement address. Dr. U. O. Dubach, professor of government, O. A. C : vocal solo, Warren O. Burt; "Class of '19,'' Principal Kollln Dlckerson ; presentation of diplomas, A. J. Oeddes ; benediction. Rev. I B. Quick. ' j the possible sxoeptlon of men capable of handling big teams, and says that there was no crop loss on this account. He has found that very few soldiers are returning to farms and -that little Idle labor is found to exist .in any part of the state. . 1 . . One of the . chief: recommendations , that Mr. Brewer makes to the farmer Is that they Improve living and working conditions on the farms, saying that this Is Jut as important as keeping farm records, selecting good seed and Improving livestock. ' I Woodland Veteran Home j Woodland, Wash.. May II. Among tin recent arrivals from overseas duty is Edward Srickson. He was In the Ar gonne drive for 22. days, and over the top three times. His father and .'mother and a Sister, Mrs. Carl-Teschrj live in Woodland. ."' i I Tuesday, '-'I !' :. :' to ths Voters by the Cease!! to the Voters, sy the Coatell i s to ths Voters by the Cosset! ' I I to the Voters by ths jCo sell r thereia Seetloa t$7-e asthorftlss; a benit . I to the Voters by the1 Cosset! '. 1 ' " ' V to the Voters by the Cos sell bead lasss sot 'exesdlsg five hssdred V f -".-.,."... . ' to the Voters by the Coaseil method' for laying eat,- entabllihlsg anil existing streets and superseding certain ' I ' J- '" ' - , to the'Voters by ths Cosacil -V t the Charter, as amrsded, sseelfylsg ths . . , ' I 1 to ths Voters by the Cossetl .. if . N.