The Oregon daily journal., February 07, 1920, Page 2, Image 2

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY. ... FEBRUARY ' 7, 1820.
KENT FARE
AND
i KENT
PLAN
Engineer Newell Makes Recom
mendation Following Study of
Traction Business of 8 Years.
! TesUmony of J.. P. Newell, con
sulting engineer, that the Portland
'; Railway. Light & Power company
j can probably pay all expenses and
charges and receive an Income on
the physical valuation of the proper-
ties of 7 per cent on a 7 cent fare
v and 1 cent transfer Charge, or on an
8 cent fare with the alternative of
' seven tickets for 50 cents, brought
i all discussion to a head at the clos
- Ing session before the public service
commission Friday afternoon.
The cent charge for school chil
dren should remain, he declared, and
:' the 8 cent alternative with seven tlck
, eta for 60 cents, is preferable, Newell
believes, to the 7 cent tare with the
' transfer charge to encourage thrift by
purchasing- books.
TOTAL COST 1,7M,0
Newell bases his conclusions on study
of the monthly business of the company
i ciurlng the last eight years. He finds
that the average revenue during the
last four months approximates the av
erage monthly revenue for the year.
Taking September, October. November
and December of 1919. Newell finds that
the cost of operation, including all wage
increase, would have amounted to
$1,768,000. In his estimate he adds
that will be necessary in 1920, and finds
$10,000 a month for additional upkeep
' that the total cost, including opera
tion and charges, would amount to
S1.79S.OOO for the four month period.
This revenue would be provided by a 7
cent fare with 1 cent transfer charge. If
two-thirds of those now using transfers
continue, Newell says, or by an $ cent
fare with seven tickets for 50 cents.
"Are conditions stable now?" ques
tioned Commissioner Buchtel.
OOOD YEAH EXPECTED
"I think much more so than for the
last few years," was the reply.
President Griffith of the company
pleaded against basing 1920 fares on.
estimates for last year. He argued
' that they should be based on the 1919
figures.
"If our revenue exceeds expectations,
it is within the power of the commission
to lower the fare, and otherwise the
company loses out. We should base
fares on what has happened, not on
. what may happen."
Newell testified that indications
pointed to a gqod year of business and
itiereiore more Bireei car imvei, miner
than the contrary, although strikes or
- other disturbances might entirely
change conditions.
"There was a 40 per cent drop in
traffic in 1893," President Griffith in
, terjected significantly.
FAVORS 7 CENT FARE
Concludfng hla testimony, K. -G. Hop
son declared that he believes a 7 cent
fare should be granted immediately, and
efforts be made to lower fares through
elimination of fixed charges now levied
against the corporation.
Will Clarke, commission engineer, tes
tified at the close of the heartng that
the approximate value of the street car
. ..tracks is $ M00, 000.
"It would be very embarrassing to
everybody concerned if those figures
were to be used as a basis for any
negotiations," Griffith commented.
Exhibits were introduced Friday
afternoon by Will Clarke and G. M.
Harris of the commission staff relative
to the figures of the railway company
previously Introduced. There was little
variation.
The company Introduced another ex
hibit showing that 10 cent fares are col
- lected In 9 cities in the United States,
8 cents in 16 cities, and 7 cents in 100.
Six cents is the charge in 184 cities.
Lines in other cities operate under the
sone system.
Seattle Man Heads
West Fruit Jobbers
San Francisco, Feb. 7. lU. r.) A. K.
Ourrte of Seattle has been elected
president of the West Fruit Jobbers as
sociation. He is the first Pacific coast
man ever to hold this position.
TRANSFER
ADVOCATED
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condition. - ' .
Stoppage of food waste, and the resulting
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ance to withstand the attack of outside
germs such as influenza.
In plain terms, constipation encourages Epi
demics. '
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That is what the Nujol Treatment does with
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. forms of treatment.
In pjain terms, Nujol discourages constipation
and its dangerous consequences.
Keep your body clean inside with the Nujol
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. Prevention.
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Starving Wolves
Invade La Crosse
In Quest of Food
La Crosse. Wis.. Feb. 7. (L S.)
Rendered desperate by hunger,
wolves and foxes are Invading the
city in search of food.
A large grey wolf pursued Miss
Berate Stifter to the. door of her
home as she returned from a show
late last night
Fishermen report that the animals
are crossing: from the Minnesota side
of the river in large numbers.
OREGON
CITY BARBER
FOUND DEAD; SUICIDE
THEORY OF CORONER
James Ferris Leaves Wife and
Five Small Children; Post
Mortem to Be Held.
Oregon City, Feb. 7. James Ferris, 42
years old, proprietor of the Electric
hotel barbershop, was found dead In
bed In his shop this morning by his 11-year-old
daughter Edna. Coroner John
son is Inclined to believe Ferris com
mitted suicide, and will hold a post
mortem examination to determine the
cause. He believes Ferris drank tonics
or wood alcohol.
The family home Is at Third and John
Q. Adams streets, but Ferris, following
a quarrel with Mrs. Ferris Tuesday, had
been living at his Bhop. Friday his
oldest daughter and a young child ate
dinner with him and later a son, 9
years old, and a younger child were
with him for supper. They say he ap
peared as usual then. Mrs. Ferris had
not seen him since he left home Tues
day.
Ferris leaves a wife and five children
ranging from 2 to 11 years old. He
formerly lived in Independence, Or. The
body is at the Brady undertaking estab
lishment. Rain Is Forecast for
Oregon Coming Week
Washington, Feb. 7. (I. N S.) The
weather bureau today issued the fol
lowing forecasts for next week:
Pacific states Kain in Washington
and Oregon middle of the week and
again about the end of the week. Sea
sonal temperature.
American Bride of
Greek Prince Is 111
Geneva. Feb. 7. (I. N. S.) The
American bride of Prince Christopher
of Greece formerly Mrs. William B.
Leeds is sick in bed with bronchitis at
days after her wedding. Mra Leeds'""""!?;"" wiuwi
and Prince Chris were married one week l"!' .fi!1"
161, Out- of 700 in
Town, 111 With Flu
White Salmon. Wash.. Feb. 7. There
are in White Salmon 161 cases of in
fluenza This out of an approximate
population of 700. State health of
ficials, assisted by the local health of
ficers made this check. The epidemic
does not appear to be gaining.
Marriage Licenses
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 7. Marriage
licenses were issued to the following
couples Thursday :
Charles Grant. 24, and Victoria I.
Shaw, 26, Victoria, B. C. ; James Cuertis,
35. and Winnie Oliver. 35. Portland ;
E'.mile G. Franclelovlch, 22. and Mar
garet Fraynor. 23, Portland; Ts'eal W.
Haxleton. 21, and Ruth E. Bloom, 20,
Portland ; William Thomas Gallagher,
24, and Agnes E. Gallagher, 20, Port
land : Charles D. Scott, 28. and Mabel
M. Miller. 25, Portland: R. N. Kraw
chuk. 30, and Annie Troflmenko, 19.
Tortland ; Charles H. Flory, 39, and
Florence Brandt, 30, Portland ; George
E. Connors, 26, and Anna M. Bllde, 22,
Portland.
James W. Bell, 34, San Francisco, and
Sarah A. Clark, 31, Portland ; Fay L.
Wright, 36, Hermiston, Or., and Stella'
May Sparks, 36, Portland.
FATHER ASKS FOR
AID FROM COUNTY
TDJJEFEND YOUTH
0. 0.. Howell Says Private Re
sources Drained by Two Trials
of Son Charged With Murder.
Marshfield, Feb. 7. An appe
has been made to the county court
for aid In defending Harold Howell,
the 15 year old boy who is, at the
present term of court, to be tried
for the third time on the charge of
murdering Lillian Leuthold at Ban
don last July. O. O. Howell, the
father of the boy, has written the
county court asking for help.
In the letter the father states that
he has In the past two trials spent
every cent that he has and all the
money he could borrow, besides funds
given him by friends. A few months
before the boy's arrest the father's
hand was cut off and he Is not able to
do much work. He receives $25 a
month from state Insurance, which is
the greater part of his' Income.
SATS SON INNOCENT
The father said In the letter that the
county has spent large sums of money
In hiring blood experts, gun experts
and private detectives in an effort to
fasten the crime upon his child, while
he is unable to secure such assistance.
He protests that his son Is innocent
ahniiiA VwT 'h ' , Vi." " JZ
iM & .f JV2LtaE!
expenditure of county money. He
pointed out that the county employs
A. J. Sherwood to assist District
torney John' F. Hall In the prosecution
at a cost of $250 for each trial.
The father In his letter says:
WATS SS00 OK MOBE
What I think Coos county should do.
if it Is to put my boy to a third trial
for a crime which he did not commit, is
that the. county should make some kind !
of a payment to me of not less than ,
$500 to take care of some of my ex- 1
penses. I cannot borrow more money
and I cannot ask my friends to give me
any more. I will defend my boy to the
last ditch and to the last cent of money '
that I can raise or borrow, but when I j
see the men who are trying to convict
Harold have money to get everything
they need I do not think It is a fair ,
deal to him or to us. to make him go ;
to a third trial, when all our money is
spent, unless he is furnished the means
of doing the same thing as the prose
cution, and especially to Investigate sev
eral things which have come up since
the second trial and which might re
sult in the real truth In this case being
known."
LARGE 8CM8 SPENT
The letter is a matter of the records
of the county court. No action has
been taken yet and the county judge
and commissioners have the
matter I
under advisement
The first trial of the case cost the
county to prosecute about 12000 and the
1 I1IO AO VJ . lift, rUV JMICIIM
and friends of Harold Howell expended
in his behalf for the defense.
WILSON READS TO KEEP
(Continued From Put One.)
rand about three weeks ago, and they
dropped In for a social call and not a
medical examination.
That means the president's case is no
longer regarded as complicated or
doubtful, but that a course of rest treat
ment has been prescribed in which medi
cal attention is not Fuch an important
factor.
The president Is naturally restless. He
wants to do more work than he should.
He keeps In close touch with Secretary
Tumulty, either by telephone or per
sonal conference. To relieve the mo
notony of the White House, the presi
dent s household has installed a moving
picture machine and screen In the big
east room, the handsome salon of crystal
chandeliers, polished floors, gilded piano
and ornamental vases. In which room
ceremonies such as the presentation of
distinguished foreigners and official re
ceptions and other functions of social
miilance have been held in the past.
mere sits the president nowadays.
surrounded bv members of his family,
watching the antics of the slap-stick
comedian as well as the dramatic epi
sodes of film life a diversion which the
American public enjoys in crowded
theatres but which Mr. Wilson in the
toll t ide of the White House can have
anv time he waves the presidential
Wand,
i i-e president is susceptible to colds,
and his physician has had to be very
careful about bundling Mr. Wilson up
wnen ne goes out aoors.
The White House is not such an easy
place to keep in an even temperature.
which is one reason why the president
has had to be kept on the upper floors
of the executive mansion most of the
timo before an open fireplace.
It hardly can be said that official buai
ness doesn't reach Mr. Wilson when It
8hou!u. There are numerous questions
which must necessarily be resolved by
cabinet officers on their own responsi
bility, but when it comes to the treaty
controversy and matters of appointment
to hlch offices, Mr. Wilson Is personally
occupied with them.
0 0E IS ESSENTIAL
He gets daily reports from Senator
Hitchcock and a resume of what is hap
pening in the political world from his
private secretary, so he manages to keep
informed.
It is a distressing confinement to
Woodrow Wilson, who has kept Wash
ington on the jump for the last seven
years at a pace reminiscent of his rch
political foe, Theodore Roosevelt. But
while It is true of Washington always
that the pace of the government is set
by Its chief executive, the extraordinary
nature of the problems confronting the
government has Impressed the observers
with the truth of that phrase coined In
Mr. Wilson's speech accepting the Demo
cratic nomination In 1912, wherein be
remarked in anothet connection, bult
with a forcefulness equally true today.
that "there IS-no indispensable man."
Drive to Sell Irish Bonds
The drive for bond certificates of the
"Irish republic" will begin in Portland
Monday morning and will continue un
til February 23. A special meeting of
an committees win be held in the as
sembly room of the Portland hotel Sun
day, February 8, at 2 :30 p. m. This
campaign -is conducted under direction
of the American commission on Irish
ludeveuueaco , t , .
IN TOUCH WITH AFFAIRS
Elderly Woman Is
Struck by Autoj
Seriously Injured
Mrs. C. A. Do Scain of 2 Union ave
nue north was seriously Injured this
morning at 10 :30 when struck by an au
tomobile at Eaat Seventy-sixth and
Stark streets. The machine was In
charge of R. L. Burton of Gresham.
Burton was inbound and saw the wom
an walking beside the road. He sounded
his horn, according to hla report to the
traffic bureau, at which she walked
across directly in front. Burton tried
to avoid her, he said, but failed. Mrs.
De Scain was taken to the Portland
Sanitarium by the Ambulance Service
company, where she is repotted to have
a fractured clavicle and possibly a
fractured skull. She is 60 years of age.
There is no sidewalk on the street where
the woman was traveling.
DISCOVERY OF SKULL
MAY BE SOLUTION OF
OLD DISAPPEARANCE
Bones Believed Those of White
Salmon Man Lost 12 Years
Ago Near Hood River.
Hood River, Feb. 7. While Al. Cruik
shank and Ivan Shere were surveying
in the hills beyond Indian Ridge, about
three miles east of Hood Klver, Wed-
nesday. they discovered a skull, which
had evidently rolled down a steep de
cllvity and had become lodged against
a rock. The skull appeared to be that
. v
Qwl to th gathering darkness at the
At-jtlme 8kun was discovered, it was
impossible to locate other parts of the
skeleton, and the presumption is that
the melting of the heavy snow in this
section last week, washed the skull down
from the heights above.
The bones are believed to be those of
G. Hamond, who. In 1907, was the
owner
of -a sawmill about two miles
above White Salmon. He disappeared
12 years ago, when a panic prettied In
ithls section.- He had been ill for several
' days and was believed to be suffering
'from typhoid fever. His wife had
brought him from White Salmpn to Hood
Klver for consultation with a doctor,
It is thought he became mentally de-
ranged and. after wandering into the
hills, fell over a precipice and waa
killed. Bloodhounds led the searching
parties at that time near to the spot.
below which the skull was discovered.
Owing to the steady Increase of pop
ulation of this city, the schools have
become seriously congested, and a com
mittee of taxpayers is cooperating with
the school board In an effort to ar
range for funds for the erection of a new
12 room school building, and for exten
sions to the junior high school. It is ex
pected that part of the money required.
about 170,000, will be raised by bond
issue ana pari uy special iax itsvy.
Anonymous Letter
Writers Threaten
Death for Detzer
New York. Feb. 7. (I. X. S.) Cap
tain Carl W. Detzer. United states
army, who was triea ny court martial
and acquitted of charges of alleged
cruelty to soldier prisoners in France.
today received warning from anony
mous letter writers in St- Louis, Indi
anapolis and Chicago threatening him
with death if he ever visits those cities.
'I believe I know some of the people
who wrote those letters." said Captain
Detzer. "I have obtained a leave of ab
sence and am going to visit St. Ixuis,
Indianapolis and Chicago after I visit
my home in Fort Wayne. I hope I shall
meet some of these letter writers."
Mass Meeting Is
Called to Debate
Vaccination Order
A mass meeting in room A at the
Central library at S o'clock tonight has
been called by L. D. Mabone tp discuss
the action of the health authorities in
keeping children who had not been vac
cinated out of school. Mahone said 65
children have been kept out of the
Thompson school because of the vac
cination order, although no case of
smallpox had been reported.
Another meeting tonight was an
nounced by Mrs. J. S. Atlin at the Ar
leta branch library.
Coos Bay Child Is
Victim of Smallpox
Marshfield, Feb. 7. The first local
death due to smallpox occurred this
morning. The victim was gjgna Sil
verstein, eight-year-old daughter of
Carl Sllversteln. living on Coos river.
Three other children in tho family
have the disease, one of whom is in
serious condition. The children had
not been vaccinated.
Oregon U. Students
Wed at Corvallis
University of Oregon, Eugene, Feb.
7. Jean Fischer, a sophomore In the de
partment of economics, and Glen Ward,
a Junior in the geology department, were
married Tuesday evening in Corvallis.
Mrs. Ward Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Fischer of Springfield and
was a student at O. A. C. until the be
ginning of last term. Ward is the son
of Mrs. Emma Ward of Eugene. Ward
will continue his studies.
Cattle Are Lost as
Result of Ice Jam
Baker. Feb. 7. Two large steers have
been killed and other cattle reported
missing as the result of an tinmen se Ice
jam. covering CO acres, the largest ever
seen on lower Powder river below Rich
land. 5 Ed Hartley, who- was feeding a
herd of cattle upon an island in Powder
river, is reported to have barely es
caped with his life and to have' raved
the stock Just as the mass of Ice bore
down upon him. The island was In
undated. For OoMs, Orn er Infhwnu
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SNOW PILED HIGH
Mayor Appeals for Aid to Cope
With Conditions Caused by
Fearful Blizzard.
New York. Feb. 7. (I. N. S.)
Although the weather had cleared
today and the gale had died down, a
further fall of snow during the night
intensified the already acute traffic
conditions in this storm-bound city.
In response to Mayor Hylan's procla
mation, thousands of privately owned
trucks and privately employed laborers
were placed at the disposal of the
street cleaning department. A deter
mined assault was begun at daybreak
throughout the entire city to clear the
principal streets that are covered by
mountainous snowdrifts.
The mayor lias appealed for a three
day embargo on private passenger mo
tor cars, such as waa put Into effect
in the "gasoline saving" days of the
war. The embargo this time, however,
is to prevent the streets from being
cluttered by automobiles.
More than a score of ships are caught
in the ice floes in Long Island sound,
the harbor and Hudson river.
Railroad schedules were completely
disarranged and Btreet railway traffic
in the city is absolutely paralyzed.
The main power houses supplying
electricity fear a tie-up tomorrow be
cause of the fuel famine.
Although the weather was cold, the
federal weather office declared that the
blixxard was now over. The sun was
shining this morning for the first time
in five days.
GIST OF EVIDENCE
(Continued From Pace One)
where they were standing. The differ
ent places from' which the defendants
were shooting and the crowds in the
street at that place will show that the
defendants manifested an absolute disre
gard for human life."
MA3TY AT SCEIfE
"Men and women were on the scene.
and there were a number of automobiles
occupied by Ked Cross nurses at the
rear of the parade," the prosecutor con
tinued. Allen said the shots came from four
different places: The I. W. W. hall,
the window of a hotel across the street
and from another hotel situated some
distance up the street, and from Semi
nary Ridge, 1000 feet away.
Two of the men killed. Allen asserted,
were not shot from the hall, because in
tervening buildings protected them.
Grimm was killed, according to Allen's
statement, by one of the defendants
posted in the Avalon hotel.
Loren Roberts and Bert Bland, two of
the defendants, with a third man not
yet captured, were poBted on the ridge,
Allen said.
CONFESSION IS ALLEGED
The defendant Roberts was said to
have voluntarily surrendered himself
and to have made a full confession. The
prosecutor also named the positions of
the other defendants in the various
places above enumerated.
The matter of the conspiracy was dis
cussed at length., Allen said that a
meeting was held in the I. W. W. hall
Sunday, November 9, whsn it was deter
mined that the participants should arm
themselves, after statements were made
that the ex-ervice men were planning
to raid the hall on Armistice day.
"The evidence will further show that
whatever information the defendants
received regarding any purported Ar
mistice day rai,d," Allen said, "came
from the defendants themselves, or
someone in sympathy with them, who
gave them the information in order to
have some possible excuse to set up a
defense of the shooting which they were
preparing to do. The evidence will fur
ther disclose that none of the ex-service
men had any such Information."
SMITH K5EW, SATS ALLEN
The statement concluded with refer
ence to the alleged part of Attorney
Elmer Smith in the affair. "Testimony
will prove that Smith knew of the plan
the defendants had made and that he
knew they were stationed In and about
the streets for the purpose of shooting
down the former soldiers," said the
prosecutor.
Smith's purported conversations with
the defendant Britt Smith, said to have
been secretary of the Centralla I, W.
W., in regard to the attack were de
scribed. As the attorney left the hall,
a short time before the parade started,
lie gave instructions to Brltt Smith and
the others "to do their duty,". Allen
said. -
LAST ALTERNATE JUROR IS
ACCEPTED ON KIS APPEARANSCE
Montesano, Wrash.. Feb. 7. 'Til
take that man on his looks."
"We'll do it."
In this sensational fashion, at
three minutes cf 12 o'clock today,
the last Juror was selected for the
trial of the Centralla murder cases.
"James A. Ball." called tho court
clerk. As Ball walked into the en
closure and approached tho chair
outside the Jury box where the alter
nates will be seated during the trial.
Attorney George F. Vandeveer, for
the defense, looked up and snapped
out his acceptance.
W. H. Abel, of counsel for the prose
cution, voiced acquiescence an instant
later. A ripple of applause swept the
courtroom even before' the astonished
juror had taken his seat
Ball Is a resident of Montesano and
a blacksmith. Whatever objections he
may have had to the affair, or if he
harbors any of the opinions or thoughts
that have become so thoroughly aired
in the last two weeks, is unknown, but
it Is certain that the attorneys are well
pleased, for they left the courtroom at
adjournment time with broad smiles
and congratulatory remarks.
Judge Wilson has been approached on
the matter of whether or not the jury
will be taken to Centralla to view the
scene of the shootings, but has not yet
given his decision. If such a trip Is
made it will be on Monday, and the
taking of evidence will not begin until
Tuesday.
The second "labor juror" coming as
a representative of organized labor
from Seattle for the purpose of hear
ing evidence and reporting upon the
fairness of the procedure to his organ
ization, arrived here this morning.
He is John O. Craft, a stationary en
gineer, representing the Seattle Metal
Trades council. John Mohn, represent'
in, the Centra Labor council of Seat
PROSECUTION
GIVES
tie. and president of the Bakers union,
has been here several days. ,
Frank Turco, labor organiser of Seat
tle, who was in the courtroom today,
aid. that the Portland and Tacoraa
Labor councils had recently voted to
end delegates to the trial, and that
they will be here Monday. Both organ
isations at first opposed such action,
bur Changed their views, and represent
atives have been named. Turco said.
Vanderveer has announced that he
has made application for permission
from the court for an examination of
the defendant. Loren Roberta, by Dr.
Donald A. Nicholson, alienist of Se
attle. This will be for the purpose of using
the physician as an expert witness.
Vanderveer said. A defense of Insanity
is to' be set up In the case of Roberts,
and this would also 'tend to Invalidate
the confession he is said to have made
to the prosecutors immediately follow
ing his arrest
BA.LIFF REMOVED ON
DEMAND OF DEFENSE COUNSEL
Montesano, "Wash., Feb. 7. One of
the four bailiffs sworn in yesterday
afternoon to have charge of the trial
Jury was relieved by Superior Judge
Wilson last night on complaint by
Attorney Venderveer, for the de
fense, that he had been acting as an
investigator for the prosecution.
The man waa J. P. Plttlnger, formerly
a . policeman at Aberdeen, who is said
to have gone to work for the prosecu
tion at the beginning of the trial, as an
investigator of Jurora
W. H. Abel, of counsel for the prosecu
tion, agreed to the removal of Plttlnger.
whom, he said, had been acting as an
errand boy.
TITLE PREPARED FOR
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION TAX ACT
Last of Eight Measures Submitted
by Special Session Ready for
Ballot in May.
Salem, Feb. 7. Completing the total
of eight measures referred to the people
by the special session of the legislature
for a vote at the May election, Attorney
General Brown Friday prepared the bal
lot title for the proposed "higher edu
cational tax act," as follows:
"Providing, In addition to annual tax
levy now provided by law. a tax of 1.2
mills for Oregon Agricultural college
and University of Oregon, and .06 mill
for Oregon State Normal school, total
ing approximately $1,247,000 ; appropri
ating for current year from moneys now
In treasury a sum equal to said annual
tax levy ; said money being for support
and maintenance, including salaries, ad
ditional buildings, making repairs, pur
chasing supplies, equipment and scien
tific apparatus ; providing that a vote i
ror enactment of this act- shall make
said tax an annual levy though in ex
cess of tax for the preceding year plus
percentum thereof."
A flat increase In rates of 50 cents per
month on all classes of telephone serv
ice is asked by the Damascus Telephone
company of Damascus, Clackamas
county, in an application filed with the
public service commission.
No fatalities resulted from accidents
in Oregon industries during the week
ending February 5, according to the
weekly report of the state Industrial ac
cident 'commission. A total of 26 J ac
cidents were reported for the week. 265
of whichwere subject to the provisions
of Jthe compensation act, 23 from firms
and, corporations that have rejected the
provisions of the act and five from pub
lic utility corporations not subject to the
provisions of the act.
A total of 19.000 acres of fruit and
nut land in Oregon and Southern Wash
ington has now been signed over to the
Oregon Growers' Cooperative associa
tion for sale and distribution purposes,
according to information given out at
the general offices of the association
here.
The aid of the state registration board
has been invoked by Charles W. Lawyer
of Newark. Ohio, in locating his sister,
Mrs. Ida Lawyer Brooks, of whom he
has had no trace for 35 years. She is
wanted In connection with the settle
ment of an estate.
Soviet and Britain
Are Talking Peace,
Says Russ Envoy
London, Feb. 7. (I. N. S.) A Iteuter
dispatch from Dorpat today quoted M.
Joffe. former Russian Bolshevik envoy
to Germany, as saying that peace nego
tiations between the soviet and Great
Britain are now in progress.
"Russia desires peace with all na
tions," M. Joffe was further quoted as
saying.-'
London, Feb. 7. (I. N. S.) "The Rus
sian Bolshevik forces have been re
pelled before Odessa with the loss of
800&-.?risoners and are in panic," said
a Central News dispatch from Copen
hagen today, quoting the Tldende.
ALLIES HAY DEMAND RUSSIAN
ELECTION AS AID TO PEACE
Paris, Feb. 7. (I. N. 8.) When the
British. French and Itanlian premiers
meet in London to take up the Russian
situation, it is expected that they will
demand a general election in Russia for
the selection of a convenient assembly
as a prelude to possible peace negotia
tions between the allies and the soviet
according to well-founded reports in cir
culation here today.
All indications now are that Poland
has decided to make peace with the
soviet If her own Interests and those
of Romania and the Baltic States are
properly safeguarded. Poland is said
to be prepared to demand ample guar
antees that the soviet will not only
make no attempt to spread propaganda
In Poland, but in the allied countries.
Persia and the British dominions as
well.
Before taking any decisive steps to
wards effecting peace, however, Poland
will submit the Soviet's pledges to the
allies for approval.
Flora Whitney Is to
Wed Roderick Tower
New Tork. Feb. 7. U. P.) An
nouncement was made hero Friday of
the engagement of Flora Payne Whit
ney, daughter of Harry Payne Whit
ney, noted sportsman of New Tork and
Newport, to Roderick Tower of Phila
delphia. He is the son of Charlemagne
Tower of Philadelphia, former Ameri
can ambaasador to Austria, Russia and
Germany.
Mere Radios In use fn Oregon than
all other plpeleas furnaces combined.
Why? AdT.
W.'O. Hale's Death
Leaves Vadancy in
legal Profession
Grants Pass, Feb. 7. W. C. Hale,
who died at his home in this city
Wednesday, was a member of - one or
Oregon's pioneer families and a dis
tinguished member of the Southern Ore-;
gon bar. He waa born In Linn county
in 1862, son of Milton and Susanna
Brown Hale, pioneers of the Oregon
country who died a few years ago at
the old Hale homestead In Linn county.
He moved to Klamath county In 187S.
and was elected country clerk in 1882.
In 1888 he resigned to enter a law
partnership with Fred Coggswell, and
four years later was 'elected judge of
the circuit court for the district com
prising the counties of Jackson, Jose
phine, Klamath and Lake. This office
he resigned to enter j private practice
at Eugene, and later 'at 'Grants Pass.
He served In the state legislature from
Josephine county In 1902.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Eliza A. Langetl, daughter of Nathaniel
Langell, another well known pioneer, x
son, Frank B. Halo, ofi Portland, and a
daughter, Mra Jessie lHale Bartlett of
Aberdeen, 8. D. '
Frear Is Selected
County Engineer by
Court in Roseburg
Boseburg, Feb. 7. "he county court
appointed Floyd C. Frear, city engineer,
county engineer to succeed the late M.
B. Germond. Frear jwas assistant to
Germond for several yfears. The press
ing need for a competent road builder
may make it necessary, for the appoint
ment of an assistant. Many of the
roads are being built under county su
pervision, as no bids ere made on the
work by private contractors.
Judge Sklpworth of Eugene announced
that the Riddle highway case, which
was to have been tried In the circuit
court here February it, has been indef
initely postponed on ; account of the
"flu." Judge J. W. Hamilton announced
that there would be no February ses
sion of the circuit court, on account of
epidemics.
Three aged Koseburg residents diedj
Friday. Mrs. James Altken of Eden
bower, 78 years old, and the mother of
Miss Mary Aitken. a teacher In the
Portland schools; James William Conn,
a pioneer resident of Melrose, a victim
of Influenza, and A- Severn, aged 79, a
resident of this city fcr 30 years.
Federal Experts
.'KfljjJ216 Pests in
Six Months Period
Pendleton, Feb, 7. Predatory animals
numbering 3216 were : killed by the 58
men and women employed by the United
States biological survey in Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon during the six months
ending December 31, Stanley Jewett. in
spector in charge with headquarters
here, announces. There were 77 fur
bearing animals taken i during that time.
The cost of killing these animals was
$36,427.99, which was considerably les
sened by the proceeds) from the sale of
1668 pelts. Coyotes, j numbering 2B8&.
comprise the chief prey.
Five companies, submitted bids for a
iwmhlnatlnn mimn iinri fir tvilrlr trt thW
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city council Wednesday night. Pro-
posals are In the hands of the fire com-
mittee. one member of which win wit
ness demonstrations in Portland and
other coast cities before making a final
selection. The best tender for tho old
machine, :;ow in use, was J1750.
Escapes Bullets toj Die in Storm -New
Tork, Feb. 7.--(I. N. S.) After
serving 15 months In France as a ma
chine gun officer, where he took part
in three 'great battles,' was gassed and
decorated for bravery. Lieutenant Col
onel Frederick , Lu Davidson, of the
Twenty-second infantry met his death
in New York's bl lizard. A snow-laden
theatrical sign fell upon him.
Hits the spot,
says
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The American Beauty
KATHERINE MacDONALD
IN THE
BEAUTY MARKET
The woman's side of an age
old and unfair contest
FOUR DAY Sr O N L Y.
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THEY MAKE FACES
AT ONE ANOTHER
Short and Thrilling Courtship o)
Girl and Boy Ends in Wedding
and Then in Courtroom.
Thoy were youngsters; she 18,
he past 21 years. They had been
married on December 5 after two
thrilling weeks of youthful court
ship. Twenty-four days later the
light of love flickered out and they
separated "forever,"
On Frldav Presiding Judge tcCourt
of the Multnomuh county circuit court
heard the divorce case brought by the
Kill. Corrlno H. Kwen. It was sad. all
auditors admitted. Marlon Kwen, the
young husband, had played noker while
his plrl wife was ill In bed upstnlrs. He
had kicked her, she averred.
The judo was touched. A subpoena
was served on the boy. Ye, he ac
knowledged, ho had kicked her play
fully, In the manner of young folk, when
he snatched a newspaper from his
hands. Worse, ho had played poker
while she was ill. But hhe had been at
his side, "betting the beans" for him
most of the time. But those were small
faults. His grievance was the greater.
His wife had gone out with other boys
after the murrlage.
Happily married barristers agreed the
young couple could not restore the
peace of their household. Learned ar
guments were hurled at the court. The
boy was guilty of cruel and Inhuman
treatment, they said. The girl was
guilty of equally terrible crimes. Even
District Attorney Walter 19 Evans was
moved to argument.
Judge McCourt, who has added to the
effect of divorce lawn the mature de
liberation of a jurist unwilling to popu
lato the world with broken romances,
failed to see sense In legal argument.
No one had proved the couple could not
be happy together. The marriage was a
serious thing they had responsibilities
before the world. The court waa not
a farcical cream separator for fancied
marital woes. The divorce was denied.
Outside in the hallway, flanked by
their respective counsellors ' the two
youngsters stood behind convenient
shields. They were showing their un
dying hatred making faces at each
other.
Aged Woman's Art
Collection Valued
At Princely Sum
Chicago, Feb. 7. (I. N. 8.) In an un
pretentious home here an aged woman
lives among a million dollars' worth of
art treasures she Is too old to care
about. She is Mrs. Evaline M. Kim
ball, 7!, widow of W. W. Kimball, piano
manufacturer. A list ofher art treas
ures was made public today, following
the adjudging of Mrs. Kimball as a dis
tracted and feeble-minded person."
Included In the Kimball collection Is
Rembrandt's "Portrait of Artist's
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