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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY. JANUARY 31. 18S.
LEAGUE PLATFORM
IS ADOPTED AFTER
SEVERAL CLASHES
Single Tax Clause Is Thrown Out
of Final Draft) Abolition of
: State Senate Is One Provision.
Salem, Jan. 30. -Skillfully avoid
ing several shoala' that threatened
disaster Including- the single tax Is
ue, which was submerged, at least
for the time being, for the sake of
harmony the Land and Labor
League of Oregon made its formal
appearance ' in public here Friday
afternoon on a platform which pro
vldes for:
The extension of ' the district primary
to the Initiative, referendum and recall.
The privilege of voting by mall,
aether with universal registration.
The abolishment of the state senate.
The publte ownership of all public
: anilities and natural resources.
The formation of a department of
agriculture and Industry and the ere
ation of a fiscal department whose func
tion shall be the creation of a state
' marketing system? a state bank and
such other Industrial activities as may
be necessary and desirable.
. The removal of all unjust taxes from
productive industry and the substitu
tion of a more equitable method of
- taxation.
Proportionate representation of all
elective legislative bodies.
The placing of the publlo schools upon
a real democratic basis by making
. school boards representative
through j
proportional representation and making
the object of the schools the teaching
of democracy rather than the training;
of children merely to be servants of
others for profit
TAKE ACTION FOB SUCCESS
' The declaring for the economic and
.; - Industrial equality -of women, together
with special protection for mothers of
our future ci Miens.
The executive board of the. league
, was Instructed to draft and Initiate such
legislation and constitutional measures
as might be necessary to carry out the
'principles enunciated In the platform.
It Is expected that several of the re
forms Included In the league's platform
will be Initiated in time for action by
the people of the state at the November
election.
Organisation of the league was com
pleted after the adoption of the plat
form and organisation plans of the con
vention by the election of Otto R. Hart
wig as chairman, W. E. Klmsey as secre
tary and the following executive com
mittee: C. E. Stitt, La Orande; F. E.
Coulter, Portland ; L. J. Sfmeral, Salem ;
G. H. Baker, Bend ; O. H. Todd. Eu
, gene : C. E. Spence, Oregon City ; James
. Bryant. Albany : O. B. Goldman. Cor
vallis; Dr. T. M. Brower, Roseburg ; A.
R. Shumway, Milton, and J. K. Sears.
y Mctoy.
IHBOW OUT SINGLE TAX
Um. ' The executive committee, which con
; gists of one man from each county, was
,' , authorised to fill the vacancies in the
committee by electing members from
such counties as are not represented in
;,J the organisation.
: The most serious hitch of the conven
tion arose in considering the sixth
7s ' . plsnk of the platform, which provided
for "the removal of all unjust taxes from
productive Industry and the substitution
therefor of an Increasing tax on eom-
! vmunity made values." .
, M. M. Burtner or wasco county, a
member of the legislative committee of
V2 ' ,the state grange, who was a member of
' , the convention, sensed a single tax pro-
vision In the plank and arose to de
clare himself and the state grange as
1 unalterably opposed to such, a plank.
f , -. Several attempts were ma tie to explain
. 'jgway the suspicions of the farmer dele-
' gates without . avail, especially In the
. 'face of the . insistence of several of the
,;Jabor delegates, who Insisted that the
.'' ' plank meant just what It said and was
in v. ,'ltv . .InvlA (b t nmvl.fi
i g V When Louis Bowerman of Portland
V inumtua uih some 01 uit laoor aeie-
V gates who were inclined to compromise
the difficulty were afraid to stand up
" Y" 'tor their convictions, C. M. Rynerson. edi-
? : tor of the Portland Labor Press, resent-rj"-
,ed the insinuation and explained that
, he had gone to jail on several occasions
"because of. his convictions. The dlffl--culty
was compromised by eliminating
all reference to "an increasing tax on
, ? community made values."
i . Dues for membership in the league
proved another stumbling block in the
afternoon's progress. ,
BITS SMALL BOCKS
r . Strenuous objection was made to "ftn
' I ing" people for the privilege of support
lng the league's platform. C. E. Stead.
7 organiser for the Washington Triple alll-
ance and the Pacific Cooperative so
V . clety, however, decried the idea of cheap
ening the organisation. "Unless organ
' i ' 'Ized labor is willing to back up Its con-
ViCtions with Its dollars It is due for the
- damndest licking it has ever received."
, be warned. The controversy was com
- promised by eliminating any initiation
fee and providing for dues of $2 for the
(. first si a months and 50 cents a month
thereafter. r I
The executive committee' of the league
Is Instructed to name a . sub-committee
to confer with representatives of the
Non-Partisan league who will visit Ore
gon soon with a view to launching a
. non-partisan movements among the
' farmers in Oregon.
'"'WO CANDIDATES PLANXED
' 'a attemnt will he made by the league
to secure the nomination and ' election
was decided at a meeting of the dele-
'gates In Labor hall here Friday night,
- following the formal adjournment of the
" convention which gave birth to the new
, political organisation. Rathtr the ef
w forts of the league will be centered on
': the election of old candidates who will
subscribe to the , platform enunciated
. by the new league. The nomination of
. " any candidates this year wbuld be 1m-
'possible, anyway, it was pointed out. be-
1 cause of the Oregon law. which limits
' ' participation in the primary to regu-
laxly constituted . political parties cast
, 5 Ing at least 20jper cent of the votes
.. for lustier of 'hs supreme court at the
-t last general election.
.' atveral of the delegates declared that
, they already had good old party men
In view, whom ths league could cm
. fldently support. C M. Ryherson. ed
ttor of the Portland Labor. Press, said
that he was not so particular whether
V toe , candidates for office carried a
t union card or not as he knew of several
" likely 'men in Multnomah county who
, ::J 'did not have such a card yet were good
: union men. .jcte
Hoover Petition tiled fa Michigan
' 'Lansing. , Mich.. Jan.Sl.The first
nomination petition for Herbert Hoover
as .the Democratic presidential nominee
was filed here Friday with ths . secre
tary ef stats. " ;
World's Greatest
: Refuse Burner Is
Nearly; Completed
Bend, Jan. II What is ssld to be the
largeet sawmill wood burner in the
world Is nearlng completion at the lum
ber plant of the Shevltn-Hlxon company.
The burner is 145 feet In height and 90
feet in diameter. In its construction
1S0.000 pounds of steel and 198.561 fire
brick were used. It cost about (50,000.
To supply the needs of Bend and Cen
tral Oregon for waterproof pipe the
model plant of the. Concrete Pipe com
pany, whose headquarters are in Port
land, Is operating in Bend. The im
mediate output will be consumed by the
city of Bend in sewer construction.
The Women's .Civic league of this city
raised $455 with which to begin Its day
nursery. A
FISH HATCHERY TO BE
BUILT NEAR EUGENE
AT COST OF
Master Fish Warden Clanton Says
Condition at Oakridge Are
Best in World.
Eugene, Jan. 81. R. E. Clanton, mas
ter fish warden, told members of the
Eugene-Chamber of Commerce that a
hatchery would be established at once
at Oakridge, witU the 15000 appropri
ated several years ago. He said that
conditions were the best In the world
for a hatchery and for a fish nursery.
The MeKensle hatchery will also be
materially Improved, he said.
Marlon Veatch was elected Thursday
evening as president of the Y. M. C. A.
board of directors. Other officers elected
were A. M. Spangler, vice president ; O.
A. Hoaglum, treasurer, and A. R. Gray,
secretary. There is an active member
ship of 356.
With the teacher Miss Leone Barger
ill from an attack of smallpox, and
a number of cases developing among
mill laborers, the school at Donna has
been closed. Farmers in the mountain
sections of L-ne county are mostly op
posed to vaccination.
Fred E. Smith, prominent Eugene at
torney, has announced as candidate for
district attorney. Clyde T. Johnson, city
attorney of Junction City, Is also after
the Job. L. L. Ray, present Incumbent,
recently announced his intention to re
tire from politics.
Members of the Grangers' Euaene
Warehouse association are planning to
establish a flour pool, on the lines of
the fruit unions. They will bring their
wheat to the flour mill recently pur
chased by the association, it will be
manufactured into flour and handled on
a cost basis only. The pool will be
closed each year. Farmers are figuring
on getting double returns from their
wheat by pooling and manufacturing
flour.
Efforts are being made by the school
board of Eugene to compel parents to
observe the rules of the state board of
health and vaccinate their children.
Only about 25 per cent of the children
in the city have been vaccinated. The
board . of education la also having
trouble with the salary question as the
teachers here hsve had no wage increase.
The board hat no money and the budget
provides none. Attorney General Brown
will be appealed to. as the board is
willing to increase salaries and is now
seeking a way to raise funds.
The Cascade National forest will erase
this year J6.700 head of sheep and 1020
cattle and horses. In the forest west of
the mountains all cattle and horses will
ne cared for. East of the mountains the
forest authorities offer lands for the
grazing of 16.H00 sheep, with 600 on the
west side of the summit.
w. Naylor. forest clerk of the
Cascade National forest, has been named
as one of the four young men to report
to March Field aviation station for In
structions as airplane forest observer
Last year observers were not trained
forest men. For the coming summer all
ODservers must be familiar with general
lores i conaiuons with practical expert
ence In forest work.
Weather So Warm
In Baker District
Cattle Go to Range
Baker. Jan. 31. Sleighing and skating
have been stopped and the snow is all
gone in Grant and Baker counties, aside
from a few drifts upon the north hill
sides, as the result of the longest warm
weather period ever known at this time
of year in this district. Cattle are volun
tarily leaving their winter feed and have
returned to the ranges. 8treams are
swollen, but only slight dam are has been
reported. Farmers throughout Baker
county are planning to begin spring plow
ing wunin me next few days if present
weaioer conumons continue.
Floods In Malheur countv ar rnnrt4
to have caused serious
and Keating reports that a larire Dart of
the alfalfa crop there is threatened with
" uiiuuKii wing covered with
water that has become frozen.
Vanderveer Asks
That Trial of I. W. W.
Be Set for March 15
George Vanderveer. attorney for 36
alleged I. W. W. accused of violation
of the state syndicalism act Frldav filed
a motion reauestina that trial k. ...
tor after March 15. He explained that
his presence is required In Montesano,
Wash., where he is defending the 11
men charged with the armistice day
murders at Centralla, and said also that
"it is impossible to get attorneys for
these men because of the widespread
prejudice against I W. W." Presiding
Judge McCourt Intimated that Vander
veer's motion will be granted.
Lover Kills Himself
At Sweetheart's Door
Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. 3L (I. N.
a.) t ouowing a quarrel with . his 17-year-old
fiancee, David Lloyd. 19 years
old. high school student, shot himself
today and died in the doorway" of tbe
girl's' home here. The youthful pair are
saKi co nave quarreled because the girl
failed, to accept Lloyd as her partner
at every dance they attended Thursday
night -
5000
AGREEMENT VMH
ESE MEETS
Hood River Anti-Asiatic Associa
tion Members Against Move;
Fear Hands Would Be Tied.
Hood River, Jan. 31. A largely
attended meeting of members of the
Anti-Asiatic association and white
ranchers of this valley was held
Thursday night to consider the at
titude of the association towards
proposals which the Japanese ranch
ers have prepared relative to land
ownership and limitation of their
numbers In Hood River.
It had been announced that the Japa
nese proposed to check any further
immigration of their nationals to this
section, and that no Japanese owners
of land here would make any attempt
to increase their holdings.
The meeting was under the chair
manship of Dr. Guttery, and it early
developed that strong sentiment existed
against entering into any negotiations
with 'the Japanese here, if such nego
tiations are to be based on any cessa
tion of the efforts of the members
toward securing state and federal leg
islation for Asiatic exclusion and for
the amendment of the constitution to
withhold citizenship from children of
any race that cannot be citizens, even
if such children are bora in this coun
try
LEGIOIT OPPOSES ACTION
Representatives of the American
Legion who were present pointed out
that the local association had asked
for the aid of the Legion, which at its
national convention had passed reso
lutions absolutely in line with the
pledge taken by members of the asso
ciation, and they insisted on the local
association keeping faith with the
Legion.
One of the speakers at the meeting
said he understood that the Japanese
had offered to control the numbers of
tholr nationals coming into the valley
bift they made no proposals conoerning
"birth control," which is one of the
ohases of the Japanese invasion that
is causing much alarm.
A visitor Introduced a novel theory
that the Japanese are not members
of the Mongol race, but are related
to the Lost Tribes of Israel. This was
quickly refuted.
OFIEK TO BE HEABD
While the subject was argued from
all angles, the feeling prevailed that
the whole of the Japanese proposals
had not been made public, and that
any effort of the Japanese to tie the
hands of the association would only
result in a more acute situation.
Eventualy It was decided unanimous
ly that the secretary be instructed to
write to the leader of the Japanese
community, asking that their proposals
be submitted in writing. On receipt
they are to be laid before another
meeting.
As a result of failure to secure any
promise of elimination of the toll
charges between Hood River and Odell,
a section of Hood River valley wltb,ln
five miles of the c!tj a campaign
has has been launched to secure 600
signatures to a pledge to order the
company to take out telephones. The
organisers plan that when 600 signa
tures have been secured, users will
simultaneously cease to use the tele
phones and, falling the required con
cessions, will make plans to Install a
farmers' system. Other sections of
the valley are contending for a flat
rite and elimination of all tolls. The
company declares that the tolls are
necessary to cut down unnecessary
calls and increase revenue, white the
users express their willingness to
agree to a flat rate based on a fair
return to the company on its Invested
cspltal.
That residents of this county favor
immediate recognition of an autono
mous Armenia is evidenced by resolu
tlons, unanimously adopted, by two
local organizations. A committee, com
prising leading citizens, has wired the
Oregon senators to supoprt the Lodge
Williams bill, and Park grange for
warded a similar telegram to Wash
ington. Plans are under way for the Near
Kastern relief drive for the $2600
quota. A movement aiming to secure
100 business men to pledge themselves
for $10 each has been inaugurated.
The campaign committee Is : Mrs. A.
G. Lewis, Mrs. Charles H. Castner,
Mra C. A. Bell, Mrs. Charles Fuller
and Mrs. William Stewart, Truman
Butler, E. O. Blanchar. J. H. Fredrlcy.
H G. Ball, J. D. Thomison. Frank
Cram, E. C. Smith, A. G. Lewis, I. R.
Acheson and W. H. Boddy.
The Hood River garage has changed
hands, Mark Cameron and E. E. Brett
selling out their Interests to E. A.
Prans and Harry Barklage. Franz Is
the owner of a big hardware concern
that bears his name, and which is
known throughout the Middle Columbia
region. Edgar Franz, tils son, who re
cently returned from service, will be
in charge of thV garage.
I CJrtV rvr Karrroo
OOCHtJU lUi JJOi tUO
Proves Unavailing;
Current Is Strong
Astoria, Jan. SL The coast guard
cutter Algonquin and the army tug Slo
cum returned to Astoria Friday after
failing to find the concrete water tend
ers. Captain Colquahoun, Captain French
and Captain Hammond. No trace was
found of the derelicts. The Algonquin
cruised as far south Tillamook Head
and off that point sighted some wreck
age which might have been part of the
housings .of the derelicts.
Captain Stromberg of the Algonquin
says the current Is running to the north
west at the rate of fully one and a quar
ter miles an hour, and he believes the
derelicts would drift as fast. If so the
craft have not gone to the bottom and
shinning men believe the boats are sev
eral miles to the north .and far off
shore.
Premier Offers Referendum
London, Jan. 31. (TJ. P.) Premier
Lloyd George will offer the miner's a
proposition to submit their demands for
nationalisation of mines to a .refer
endum by the nation, the Globe today
said it understood.
Sugar Profiteering Charged
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 81. IV: P.)--Charged
with profiteering in sugar, four
Des Moines grocerymen were arrested
Friday on warrants sworn to by H. G.
Larimer, federal fair price commissioner
far Xow -
JAPAN
SHARP OPPOSITION
U.S.' Indictments
Against 20 Keymen
Finally Dismissed
Oklahoma Vity, Okla., Jan. 11. fU.
P.) Federal Indictments charging 20
Oklahoma City telegraph operators and
K. J. Glddlngs. their attorney, with con
spiracy . to obstruct government opera
tion of telegraphs during the Western
Union strike last year, were dismissed
by United States Judge Williams Friday
on motion of Acting Federal Attorney
R&nsdeu.
Ransdell said the charges we
dropped because Attorney General
Palmer ruled the telegraph systems
were under control but not under actual
TUNE WITH MYSTERIOUS
Secret, Wonderful Invention Has
Been Made, Say Some; Star
Signals, Others Claim.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 81. Intermittent
waves, which seem to be repeated with
persevering persistency, were recorded
at several wireless stations here all day
and night. The remarkable thing about
them was that they did not resemble a
code, but repeat mysterious formula,, as
If attempting to attract attention.
Another peculiarity about ths waves
was their promlscupus range. They
were heard with equal ease In the com
mercial range and In the amateur wave.
A message received at the Marconi sta
tion here, now under naval supervision,
from London tonight, announced that
identical "messages", were being record
ed in London.
Experts of the wireless Institutes said
tonight that the waves were of such
volume as to preclude the possibility
ot a hoax, that no wireless machine
existed that could emit such rumbling
emanations, and that distance .did not
seem to affect the character of the
transmissions.
One ingenious theory is advanced. The
operator in cnarge oi tne naval station
believes that some inventor is in pos
session of a vibratory apparatus with
revolutionary range power and is ex
perimenting with special efforts to' keep
away from the code that might result
in discovery.
A more popular belief coincides with
Marconi's that a planet Is making at
tempts to communicate with the earth.
American Lad in
Berlin Arrested
On Orders of Noske
Berlin, Jan. 31. Otto von Buelow, the
23-year-old New York youth who has
the distinction of being the only native
born American serving in the German
'relchswehr," as Noske's army is called.
has been arrested on orders from Min
ister of Defense Noske himself.
Young Buelow Is accused of having
tried to buy automatic army revolvers
from members ot the relchswehr for
German radicals, tie says he was ar
rested in littsnurg, ra., tn 115 on a
charge of complicity In the blowing up
of Bethlehem Steel mill No. 4, but es
caped from the United States training
ship Richmond, making his way to Nor
way as a stowaway, and thence to Ger
many, where he enlisted, though he
does not speak a single word of German.
Buelow's parents are said to live in
New York.
Women Efficient
. Railroad Factors,
W$r Demonstrates
Washington. Jan. 31. (I. N. S.) The
war has definitely established that
women are- efficient factors in the run
ning of American railroads. On the pay
rolls of the roads there are 81,000 women
engaged in many important tasks. In
cluding numerous administrative jobs.
This was disclosed today in a report
to Director General Hlnes by Miss Pau
line Goldmark, manager of woman's
service section, railroad administration
Employment of women as railroad
workers reached a total of 101,785 on
October 1, 1918. Reductions since then
have been due to the return and rein
statement of service men.
The standard of pay for clerical work
Is high, more than 50 per cent of the
women earning $87.60 per month. Other
groups receive salaries ranging up to
$135 per month.
Will Deport Indian
Girls From Canada
Frederick Golding, Englishman, who
came to Portland seeking his "spirit
wife," will be deported to Canada early
next week. With him will go Wilfred
Bergeron, Canadian, who unlawfully en-J
tered the United States and whs was ,
arrested In Marshfield, and two Indian :
girls who have been attending Chemawa '
Indian school, near Salem. The girls '
are Mamie Wilcox and Annie Dolan. I
They worked their way here from Can- ,
ada to enter school, representing them- I
selves to be wards of the United States.
Pioneer Kills Self
After Warning Wife
"Bedford, Jan. 31. While seated on the
porch of his homestead, 13 miles south
west of Jacksonville Thursday, Andrew
Jackson Marvin, 76 years old, told his
wife that she would outlive him, and
15 minutes later, while she was gather
ing eggs at the barn, he killed himself
with a blast from a shotgun. He was
despondeaSsbecausa of ill health. He was
well known Hn Jackson county and had
lived inf the etate alL his life, having
been bornwhiie crossing the plains
from the East-' A
Long Dog Collar
Albany, Jan. 11. Dog collars Issued
by County Clerk R. M. Russell would.
If laid end to and, make a strap . over a
mile In length. 5340 feet of leather hav
ing been used thus far in making the
collars for which licenses have been
paid.
Bread Price Up, Milk Priee Down
Chicago, Jan. 31. (L N. 8.) The
price of bread will go up one cent a
loaf Monday to consumers. . Ths price
of milk will drop 25 cents a hundred
pounds to the wholesaler.
WIRELESS
AT1S
AND
UNKNOWN
ANY
GERMANY SAID TO
BE ON VERGE OF
TOTAL COLLAPSE
Reaction on Allies May Undo All
That Was Gained by Winning
Of War, Says Correspondent.
By Karl H. Ton Wicgand
: Berlin, Jan. 31. Oermany is bal
anclng on the very edge of a preci
pice above the abyss of national eco
nomic and financial collapse, which
is certain to be followed by far
reaching, International reverberation
in the financial world.
The next SO days possibly the coming
week will determine whether the war.
which was won by America and allies in
five years, will be completely lost to
them in as many months in the sixth
year.
That is the unescapable impression
one gets here in the vortex Of the Cen
tral European political-economic whirl
pool. All indications here point to the
Versailles treaty revenging itself upon
its makers with a rapidity that even the
most vengeful German nationalists
hardly anticipated.
HABITS TAX TIE ALABMHCG
The most portentious shadow, coming
events have cast before them is the new
drop of the German mark, which touched
one cent here and went even lower In
Cologn and in Holland, where
dropped to seven eighths of a cent
For the first time the confidence of
the Germans themselves in thatr own
money is beginning to disappear, as la
shown by the wild scramble for foreign
money at any price, especially Ameri
can, Swiss, Danish and Swedish.
The talk of the street today la how
many days it will be before national
bankruptcy is admitted.
BREAKERS AHEAD
The government is helplessly drifting
in the , grip of forces quite beyond its
control. Unless outside help comes
and comes at once the conclusion Is
inevitable that it will be only a matter
of weeks before the government reaches
the rocks and breaks up.
With the realisation that It cannot of
Itself alter the course of Impending
ZmVm,S? h" f!
spring. The tobogganing of the ex
change has cut off all Importations, prac
tical ly making the new blockade air
tight with the exception of small quan
tities in individual packages.
Reports from unofficial sources con
tinue to emphasise that the food situa
tion is nearlng a cataatrophal crisis. The
government, however, appears to have
adopted the policy of the old regime of
not taking the people into Ks confidence,
but keeping them In the dark, as did
Ludendorff during the war, and for
much the same reasons, namely, that
the remaining morale must not be weak
ened and shattered by a pessimistic out
look, however true.
Senate Committee Is
Told There Is Much
Unrest With Farmers
Washington, Jan. 31. (I. N. &) Un
reet among the farmers threatens to
decrease production and Increase prices,
according to the testimony of Ja&nes L
Blakeslee. fourth assistant postmaster
general, before the senate postoffice com
mittee.
He said farmers are generally dis
satisfied with prices which they are re
ceiving, declaring that city toilers are
gaining high wages while the farmers
work for small returns.
Agricultural Bill
Work Completed
Washington. Jan. 31. (I. N. a) The
house agricultural committee late today
completed its work of agricultural ap
propriation bill which is for approxi
mately $31,000,000, or 18,000,000 less than
the bill for the present fiscal year. The
bill will be reported to the house on
Tuesday.
Strikes Fewer Than
Any Time in Months
Washington. Jan. 31. (U. P.) There
are fewer strikes now than at any time
since the . armistice, labor department
officials said today.
Portland Qieirch People
Watch Your Steps Monday Night!
Four official' representatives from the churches of Ireland to their sister churches in America
will tell us the dangers and evils of the Sinn Fein Movement in Ireland, in the Municipal
Auditorium Monday Night
Doors open to holders of tickets from 6:30 to 7:30. See your Pastor. Doors open to the
public at 7:30.
The meeting announced for the Auditorium on Sunday night will not be addressed by any
one of these four. But they will speak in Portland churches Sunday as follows:
h
The Portland Federation of Churches
RALPH C. McAFEE, Executive Secretary
Oonfisqated Liquor ;
Will Be Restored in :
Bonded Warehouses
Thousands of gallons of confiscated
liquor will be stored In the bonded ware
house belonging to C O. Pick & Co. fol
lowing authorisation given by the. city
council this morning to Lieutenant Har
vey Thatcher, in charge of the police
department moral squad.
Thatcher reports that hundreds of
barrels are located In various basements
over the city, pending trial of the cases
before ths federal or municipal;, courts.
Trucks belonging to the city will be
used in moving the liquor. Internal
Revenue Officer Smith asserted ' this
morning that the government would co
operate with the city tn bringing of
fenders to time, as well as allowing the
city money collected tn flnea
MARKED DECREASE IN
Thirty-Five Additional Persons
Quarantined in Portland; Dis
ease in Mild Form.
Falling off in Influenza cases over
the state and mildness of the disease
in Portland gives Indication that the
epidemic is gradually spending itself,
according to reports received today by
Dr. David N. Robert, state health of
ficer. and Dr. George Parrish, city
health officer.
Thirty-five more cases were reported
to the city health bureau this morning.
which brings the total number to J5.
Fifteen patients are quarantined In the
"flu" barracks adjoining the Multno
mah county hospital In South Portland.
Reports from Pendleton, Med ford and
Hood River lead Dr. Roberg to believe
that the epidemic is slackening. Wallo
wa county reports 71 additional cases.
No additional deaths have been re
corded over the" state during the past
24 hours.
Dr. - Roberg declares he will make
every effort to have state licenses taken
i away from nurses who are alleged to
have' charged excessive price. In caring
for Influenza patients. Iu some cases
$10 a day has been charged, according
to rumors received at city and state
health bureaus.
Appears at Ontario
Ontario, Jan. 31. An epidemic said to
be a recurrence of the flu. Is prevalent
in Ontario and over a great territory In
the Snake river valley. Reports indt
cate that there are 40 to 60 cases in this
vicinity and the symptoms are similar to
last winter's flu cases but usually much
milder. No deaths have occurred.
"Flu" Leads to Visit
Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. St. Henry
Trombley and daughter, Myrtle, of
Vallejo. Cel., are visiting at the home
of Mrs. Francis Biesecker, 704 West
Twelfth Btreet. One of their principal
reasons for the trip north, MrV Bie
secker said, was to avoid the influenza,
which they say is raging in Vallejo.
Government Retail
.Store Cuts Cost of
Summer Underwear
While regular clothing stores are sell
ing summer underwear for $1 and 31.26
a garment the government retail store
now quotes a price of 50 cents, points
out a bulletin issued by E. A. M. Fowler,
superintendent
Great stocks, of underwear are on
sale. Included are wool garments for
$1 each ; heavy new cotton garments,
60 cents, and heavy, reclaimed cotton
underwear, 35 cents a garment.
Not at clothing does the store end
Its service in reducing high pricea Fifty
sets of single harness have just arrived
and are priced at 330.
Forty-six thousand bars of butter
scotch candy arrived late last week and
is now sold for 4 cents a bar. In addi
tion. 190,000 packages of candy and
chocolate drops, to sell for 4 cents each,
are on sale.
Parcel post orders are filled without
expense to out-of-town purchasers, but
Portland residents must visit the store
personally. It is at Fifth and Pine
streets.
One of the largest real estate trans
fers made in Clarke county for some
time was that of the 55 acre prune orch
ard of Robert A. Webster on the Mill
Plains road nine miles' from Vancouver.
The consideration was 340.000 cash.
NUMBER OF FLU CASES
REPORIED
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Commissioners Bigelow, Mann and
Pier Block Plan; Old Ordinance
to Be Redrafted, Mayor Says.
Commissioners Bigelow, Mann and
Pier killed one-way traffic Friday
afternoon.
Despite months ot effort on the
part of Mayor Baker and Captain
Lewis, of tHe traffic bureau. In work
ing out a plan of one-way traffic
to aid In solving downtown conges
tion, the three commissioners block
ed the legislation at the final hear
ing. Commissioner B a r b u r supported
Mayor Baker.
But one minor point elimination or
right angle and oblique parking tn
downtown districts between 10 a. m.
and p. m. was passed by the council.
Commissioner Pier on Thursday stated
publicly that he would vote for the pro
poeed - one-way traffic ordinance, al
though he favored the Inclusion of Mor
rison and Washington streets In the
plan.'
PIEK CHANGES FROST
His retraction and union with Bige
low and Mann sounded the death knell of
the ordinance.
A re-draft of the old traffic ordinance
by Deputy City Attorney Myers pro
viding for parallel parking only on
downtown streets will be presented for
final passage before the council Sat-
. t . , l
uraay nrurning, nayur ouu n
nounced.
Loud applause from 30 or more op
erators of for hire cars greeted Bigelow,
Mann and Pier's pleas to aTlow for hire
cars to utilise certain stands on down'
town streets for parking purposes.
"Let us eliminate this farce," assert
ed the mayor. "If one of the commis
sioners will move to amend the ordi
nance we. may get somewhere."
KXTEwsioir is vnozo
Extension of the congested district to
include Taylor street on . the south and
Burnoide on the north was recommended
by Bigelow, notwithstanding the fact
Xhat a year previous he had asked the
council to change the north congested
district limit from Burnside back to
Oak street
"All this tinkering with the ordinance
will not relieve congestion on Portland
streeta," fired Captain Lewis. "One
way traffic is the crux of the entire
matter.'L
Bigelow, Mann and Pier contended
that legislation assuring parallel park
Ing in the congested district, enforce
ment of present traffic regulations and
employment of more traffic officers
would solve the 'problem without insti
tutlng the one-way plan.
WOODWARD 8UBM1T8 PETITION
William F. Woodward, an avowed
opponent of the one-way traffic ordi
nance, submitted a petition signed by
30 property owners and as many ten
ants in the downtown district, protest
ing against the plan in that it did not
Include every street within the so-called
downtown district Installation of traf
fic officers at crowded Intersections, In
sistence on, parallel parking, enforce
ment of the maximum parking limit of
30 minutes in the congested district, and
denial of special permits to any busi
ness, street or locality were asked by
the petitioners.
Flying to Montana
For Wedding; Aerial
Honeymoon to Coast
Tulsa, Okla.. Jan. 81. (I. N. S.) D.
A. Mclntyre, an aviator of this city,
and the Rev. Robert Crawford are on
their way In a Curtiss plane today for
Montana, where Mclntyre and Miss
Jeanette Donaldson of Sydney, Mont,
will be married by Crawford.
The couple will then make a long
"flying" trip to the Pacific Northwest
and down the coast across the border
and back to Tulsa. In what wtll prob
ably become the first aerial honeymoon
journey of the West, If not the country.
Two Seek . Divorces
Oregon City, Jan. 31. Desertion is
charged against Grace F. Weiler by
Grover A. Weiler in his complaint for
divorce. Seraphlne Vandehey Masters
brings a charge of cruelty against Goe
bel M. Masters, to whom she was mar
ried In Portland January 6, 1313. .
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Methodists Rejoice
InDethronement of
Old John Barleycorn
Fully 100 people attended the'Metho-
diet Jubilee prohibition' service Friday
night in the First Methodist church,
when John Barleycorn received his of -flclal
and final burial rites tn Multno-...
man county. - --
The church was filled almost to ca- ,
paclty to hear Miss Margaret Garrison
deliver her national prise winning prohi
bition oration. Miss Garrison was Intro-
duced by Dr. Carl G. Doney, president
of Willamette university, from which
she was graduated In 1HT Miss Oarrl- :
son Is also a graduate of Franklin high
school. - ,
The addresses of the evening was
given by Bishop Matthew Simpton
Hughes. He reviewed the prohibition
movement from the time of John Wes
ley, at which time the members of ths
church were admonished not to -buy or
sell "ardent spirits" except In oases of
extreme necessity. Dr. W. W. Young
son presided. This ' service marked the
conclusion of the convention of Meth
odist superintendents in the Northwest.
SCIENTIST HOPES
TO TALK TO MARS
Dr. Rogers Believes Communica
tion Will Be Had With Planet .
Within One Year.
Hyattsville. Md., Jan. SI. (I. NT.
S.) Now the Martians are going to
be educated.
Dr. James Harris Rogers, who hat
devoted his life to ths study of elec
tric waves, and who Invented the
underground and underseas wireless
used during- the war, declared at hii
home "here today that he Is going
to undertake to teach the Inhabi
tants of Mars ths rudiments of In
telligence of this planet. Within
year wireless communication will bo
established with Mars. Dr. Rogers
believes.
"I intend to tune my receiving Instru
ment to 100,000 meters and hops to get
signals, from another planet" said Dr.
Rogers. "All that is being said about
radio communication with the planets Is
of course mere speculation. It is known
that electro magnetic waves travel with -the
speed of light 133,000 miles a sea
ond. The distance at which these waves
can be received depends not only upon
tbe power of the transmitting machine
but very largely upon the efficiency of
the receiving device. "'
"Mr. Marconi states that ths supposed
signals from Mars were received en
Instruments tuned to sbout -100,000
meters. The longest waves used by us
is about 17,000 meters) If the Martians
are sending their signals they selected
this long wave length so as not to bs
confused by any signals used on this
planet."
Dr. Rogers plans to use numerals first
In his communication with Mars, then
he will teach the alphabet next and
finally he will give the Martians the
benefit of an education such as ths
schools of this sphere furnish. , ,
Traveling Salesmen
Ask for Reduction
In Mileage Rajes,
Washington. Jani 31. On ths theory ,
that their mileage oreates additional -freight
and therefore Inerased profits to) -the
railroads, the traveling salesmen of ; ,
the Vnlted States.,, numbering about 00.
000, today through ?ieir representatives
pressed the petition before the congres
sional railway committee asking reduc
tion in ticket rates for "wholesale lots."
They want a 30 per cent discount on
mileage books of 2000 miles or ever, and
ak that legislation to this affect bs in
cluded in the railway bills now before -congress.
:
Marriage LIcerses - -
Oregon City, Jan. II. A. marrlase
license was Issued Frldey to John Wlk
lund, 64. farmer and Amanda krelle, (4 .
both of Col ton ; Henry A. Ten Eyck. 17,
farmer, and Mae Moore, 28, both of
Sandy. - ;
Fits Concert tfunday 1 ,- 1 -1
' Oregon City, Jan. 31. A free eeneert
Is to be given at the Oregon City publls
library Sunday afternoon from- 4 to I
o'clock by Professor Oustavs Fleehtnes,
violinist
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