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) THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH I, 1320. UK UREASE IS FORESEEN .N : MIES Oil FREIGHT . ..... . . . 7 . ' By William Philip Slmms - Washington, March 1 (I. N. S.) r J-Th railroad executives are prs' pared to file application almost im i mediately for general increase in freight rttes of at least 26 per cent, v tt wu learned today. . In soma sec : tlons, tt i Mid,: the Increase sought wilt be as high a per cent. ; The 25 per cent average increase men 1 tionsd is known to nave, been spoicen -of as a minimum as far back aa the end of last year, before the demands of the - railway employee' union had become insistent. Today it la the dis tinct tmpreulon here tbti ther will itltimitlv' rt an ttwftjM 1b mv and " Uiis may .be used as a leverage by the " railroad executive to - add to their t rlgtaal figures. OPTIMISM IS HOTB1) . - Nevertheless there 'was a ground swell ' of optimism noted v here today, - apparently --based . on the publication : of tha series of White Hooaa documents. In one of these President Wilson both : Implied' and! expressed the hope of a - aattlemcnt of the railway rate and wage . question to the aatiaf action or all banda. Including the public. The impression of the president was . based ' on sections SOI and 807. of the Cummins-Each bill, under tha provisions -, of which the railroads were last night ' glvenpack to their private owners. Section 301 provides for ft bipartisan waea board of carriers and employes. Section. S07 provides for a labor board. - on which the public will be represented. to Ad just both rates 'and wages. These boards, it was understood here ; ' today. - will . be appointed immediately, .. tha bipartisan body first, at the request f of. the president, and as soon after ,' wards as possible the labor , board with its oarefuily chosen public represents ! ttves. FCB1IC TO' BE GOAT ' ' -Many economist statesmen here ex press themselves as not so optimistic. 4-- They 'insist , any increase In freight '. rales - Will . inevitably have to be paid by the public, board or no board. P real dent Wilson ifc ijuoted as having stated . some weeks ago that an Increase in freight rates at this time would not I ; te In the public interest, and conditions, t . they observe, have in nowise changed , since that utterance. Former Rail v Director .Walker' D. HInes likewise Is ; being' quoted much along the same lines. According to Hires, formerly head of the i Santa Fe system, the consumer ' catches any Increase In rates fivefold. A If rates were Increased, say $300,000,000 . throughout the country, the cost to the , publlo would be five times that sum, -or a-bllUon and a half dollars. ' " fcoonomists ' here figure that if the railroads are granted a 25 per cent t increase ' in their freight rates, this -, would mean the shippers of the country r Would have to pay an additional $ f$5, 000,000. These figures are based on the , 1911 freight receipts. , Taking Hlnes' estimate of a five fold accumulation of increases passed en from one shipper to another and finally to the public,' a 28 per cint increase in freight rates would mean. according to the above ins flgU an expense- to the ultimate consumer of 94.176.000,000 a year. f- Robert W.: Woolley,, member ofl the v. Interstate Commerce commission' has "calculated this to amount to about $215 'for each American family of five to 1 pay annually, All corporate officers today reported to the chiefs of the. Individual lines, instead of-Rail Director Mines. Though , divested of the title of director general, he todey began directing the work of large staff of experts in the task of , "cleaning up." He announced that of the total of $1,800,000,000 in appropria tions to cover operating expenses and rentals, more thin $1,000,000,000 represent "Items of Indebtedness and Investment, ' Which will eventually be repaid to ths government ? , During the 26 months of government .. operation-the roads, by the expenditure of many millions of 'dollars. -have been kept In excellent operating condition. and are returned to the hands of their private operators in nearly perfect func tioning order, r " The offices of the railroad admin istration here and Its branches through .out ths country will continue In opera Studio Scenes, Fashionable Romance end Love TODAY AND TUESDAY ONLY ' ; . Columbia Orchestra , v Special Score - 1 ORCHESTRA MATINEE " . . 2i30 to 4t30 DAILY tion as long aa la rJtssary to com plete details arising outof the transfer. termed "the largest Industrial turnover in History." , RATES WML BE F The value of the t: insportatlon sys- tern - 'which change' bands today Is estimated at betw eft . 115,000,000,000 and 120,000,000.000, f which tb gov- ernment has paid in feotals some $940,. ooo.ooo a year. , 1 ' With a return of S percent on their capital stock Insured; by the Cumrhlns- Each law. signed byf the president "yes terday, -the i publie fe expecting first class, efficient service.' - Director Oenerau Walker - Hlnes. it was stated today, probably-will remain In office until May 4. to direct the liqui dation attendant on the transfer from public to private management. : Hun. dreds of clerks brought tier by tha -administration aa ."war workers' were yes terday paid off for the Inst time, as nearly all departments of tha admin istration - went out of existence, with the, exception of a skeleton force re tained by Director Hlnes. Executives of alt the railroad unions will, meet here Sunday night in connec tion with the presidents approval of the Cummins till yesterday, and framed a reply to his letter urging 4he labor unions . to .lay their demands for in creased wages before the board of medi ation, which shortly Is to be appointed. The railway labor unions, represent ing more than two million employes, made a bitter fight against the bill when it was before congress, charging that it favored ths railroads against ths , interests ef the employes and of f the public v NEW ENGLAND FACE TO FACE WITH TRANSPORTATION CRISIS Boston, March 1. U. P.) Return of railroads to private - concerns today found New England facing the worst transportation crisis in its history, ac cording ; to railroad officials. . In view of the situation, the New Ha ven railroad, under private control, or dered go immediate curtailment ' of 51 passenger trains. This action Was taken, it was stated. In order that the locomo tives might be used In transporting coal and freight which was piled up at ter- minalaJ 1 USING FACILITIES OF IHE PHAR DAYS (Bob ami ad' Frem Pf One) arrive in Portland March S to take charge of the accounting department, and that Herbert N. La Dow would yien . become assistant auditor.,. This office was formerly occupied by Ralph Blalsdell, who resigned several weeks ago to secome treasurer for the United States railroad administration at Wash ington, D. C. J. F. Meyer will return as assistant treasurer of the. O-W. Numerous changes of varying impor tance were noted on the Southern Pa slflc railroad this morning. The South ern Pacific electric station opened in new temporary quarters In .the Henry building and will occupy this place until next fall, when permanent quar ters will jbe arranged in tha present Lyric theatre building. ' Of floes of "The Southern Pacific were opened in Seattle and Eugene this morning, and the general freight de partment la preparing to begin the routing of freight over the Southern Pacific lines as they did prior to fed eral operation. During government con trol all freight r originating-in this dis trict was shipped by northern routes. OFFICES ARE BE OPENED Stations which 'were ' consolidated with the Southern Pacific at Woodburn and Forest Grove during the last two years were reopened for individual business by the S., P. & R this morning. All railroad officials expressed their Intention of continuing efforts to . in crease efficiency on their respective railroads, but the statement by Oilman of the a, P. 4 8. practically covered all nnlnlntia Mia atatAmsnt fnlinws The public should bear in mind that thorn tin hMn Tin niuumlnii nf tha transportation machine of the country v for a period of seven or eight years, and that in the meantime ' the business of the country has been the subject of an enormous expansion, so that this morning, , with the resumption of pri vate control, we - find ourselves th the position of attempting to do 1920 busi ness with 1914 facilities. EXFAKSIOIT NECESSARY "Before the railroads can give a serv ice which will be adequate and satisfac tory to their managers and meet the public requirements in every respect, a large expansion in the present facilities and an Increase of equipment and power Kill be necessary. ' "This expansion can be accomplished only by. the expenditure of large Bums of money. This money can be obtained .only by the rehabilitation of railroad credit so that the investor will look with I favor on the purchase of railroad bonds and stocks as investments. So long as it is doubtful Whether such securities are good investments, thwnvestlng pub lic wilt not put their money Into them. "Once the investing public has the assurance that the railroad business will 1 be profitable and will continue to be ! profitable, railroads will be able to se cure the necessary funds for expansion and 'development. MUST INSURE RETURN "To accomplish this necessary result, such,' a basis of rates must be estab lished as will Insure a reasonable re turn on "capital invested and to be invested,-' and a' .necessary.- spread be tween the revenues and expenses of rail roads economically operated. "Operating expenses of the railroads have been increased enormously d urine ; and since the war period. Wages are i very much higher and the nriens of nil classes of material used in the con- ; sirucuon ana upkeep of the : railroads greatly Increased in some cases dou bled and trebled. r 'It-cannot be expected that the wages win be reduced under present condi tions and there doea not Mwm tn k ! any prospect of an immediate reduc I tion of the price of materials. The pub lllc should therefore be patient and give tne rauroaas an opportunity to build up their capacity and efficiency to the point necessary .to handle the increased volume of business. PATXE9CS IS . ASKEO V V : ; . Southern Pacific off totals received the following message from William Soroule. president of the organisation, this morn ing ror public information "Consideration of the publie is asked because, with ths passags of the new f, railroad blll.by congress, determining ins pumta conn-en h ens raiiroaas, we only now have tn might the end of a long- period of uncertainty. In which it was impossible to determine our plans for the future. In the period of re adjustment beginning today we rely on .the patience of the public and their sug gestions ana counsel.' , j Cathlamet Ban. Lifted '" - Cathlamet. WaatC March 1. business conditions here have resumed a normal basis with ths lifting of ths "flu- .re strictions, closing of aM public gather ings, which bad been in force for three weeks. Assurance is felt that ths epi demic has subsided..' --. - t , ROAD LOCAL 'PASTORS DELVE INTO VIE j RANGE OF TOPICS v, t "Will w recognize each. Other In heaven T' " " ' This question, propounded by the Rev.' E. H- Pence of Westminster Presbyterian church, formed ; basis for' his Sunday morning a4 dress in which lie Bald: a . j '"The modern movement toward spirit ualism Is ths result of the last-terrible war, with Its lO.OuO.OOO Uvea sacrificed. It la the craving of the living to con verse with the beloved departed. j "Even some scientists, as Sir Oliver Lodge, has ceased to be scientific and have longed as souls to commune with their loved ones. There ie communion with the dead, but ths Bible gives only rare canes. It is useless to, use the Mount of Transfiguration as ant .excuse lor this cneap Kind or medium so-caiiea experiences. Hypnotism explains alto gether too much of modern spiritism to believe in tha scientific caning back of the dead or access with those of an other world." - "The religious humbug will not stand the light of truth." Said the Rev. Ed ward' Constant at the Highland Congre gational church Sunday morning. - lie said: , - "The one thing your religious prig r humbug cannot' stand is the truth, jit picks his gride,' wounds his conceit Only that can be true which bears his mark. He presumes upon his privi leges. He puts himself in the place of God, although not intentionally. He makes himself arbiter of other men's thoughts. His life Is built upon tradi tion and formula rather than upon prin ciple. It Is shallow and wanting In the vitality which comes from deep rooted- ness. There is promise without per formance. The quality of the citisenry produced by the religious life, when put into practice, is the test of religion, said the Rev. George H. Bennett in-his Sunday morning sermon at Patton Methodist Episcopal church, where be spoke on j'ls Riches a Crime." ' ( . "Religion Is worthless if it does not make people better .morally, practically more efficient and personally happier. Dr. Bennett said. f , H "Jesus caned the ncn youtn to do an apostle of charity. He refused, as he would not give ' his overabundance j to the poor, nor would he follow Christ as an apostle. ToHhat man riches was a crime. Jesus calls the millionaires' to be aoostles of chart tv. It la their dutv not to hoard millions for vanity, but to disburse their overabundance to re lieve the poor. If it is the duty of the clergy to sacrifice earthly fortune, and devote time, energy and brains to up lift mankind, it is also the duty or the rich to help the poor. It is his oppor tunity. Riches Is a crime to the man who hoards money, while a half mil Hon women and children are starving In Armenia. Civilisation will hold such men in everlasting contempt. The Rev, Arthur J. Sullens, superin tendent of the Oregon state conference of . Congregational churches, addressed the; members of the First Congrega- tlonal church Sunday morning, in the absence of . the " Rev. W. T. McElveen "The Awakening Church, was Or. Sul lens' topic, He said: "There was strong analogy - in the remark once made by Jim Hill, that 'conservation in America was only con versatlcn.' But the realization came that the church had failed because It had not properly tried to perform Its duty. - "Now there Is coming, the awakening among all the leading denominations, 'JP1 hav up the challenge. They ive lanen up mo slogan 01 mo iu . . . j .in . mrt. dent volunteer organization: "Win the world to Christ in this generation, and have changed it to run. 'Preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world and do it now.' An old fashioned concert In The Auditorium tonight will be the term ination of "Old Folks at Home Week," and a record attendance Is expected to hear the harmonies of days' of yore as sung by talented local vocalists, and played jby pro fessional musicians from tne Port land theatrW The Monday Musical club will have charge of the pro gram and Miss Katherlne Laidlaw's advanced dancing class will .show the beautiful steps of long ago as danced by the beaux and belles of former generations. v .' Though those in charge of the week's campaign, which has been waged qn be half of Plsgah colony for a 839,000: fund in caring for the aged of Oregon, have done their utmost to raise the necsssary funds, they find that, unless a miracle happens today, ' they will be far short of the -emouni o badly needed. ,; Xjast mgr.i oaotner Lawrence saia, we will have to keep up our work for a few days longer so that we can get a chance to call on all the friends of Plsgah who are willing to help . the poor old people of the state in their time of need, i The money must be raised for we have over 50 old folks now who are anxiously waiting for the generosity of Oregon people to make possible their comfort and rest in the final days of'thelr lives. We just cannot fall in this -Work. Port land and Oregon must help us." f - Headquarters of the campaign are in room 61? Gasce building, with Mrs. Louise Palmer Weber in charge- Tramp Car of Marble Is Founda Eugene Euene. March 1. -A hobs S. P. freight ar. loaded with marble, for which a tracer has fc out two months, was located yesterv . in Eugene and is now rolling towards San Francisco. Through an oversight the ear had been billed eat of San Frandscp as an empty, had I been repaired In Eugene, billed to Marsh field, returned to Eugene and, with its half . load of marble, discovered in the Southern Pacific yards here, j New Debate Series Planned ' Brownsville. .'Or., v: ilarch l iThJ Brownsville high school debating teams. following successes against Sweet Home ana Bnedd, wiiij form a triangle -with ths teams of Oregon City and Salem. - OLD FASHIONED CONCERT Kill BELOVED LIBRARIAN OF 0,AC. CALLED BY DEATH -?i fmam ' ft7. , , . syt r-lW t 1 n I 5 hjav-.dw''-fK4lr.T Mrs. Ida A. Kidder LIS DIES Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallla, Feb. 29. Ida A. Kidder known familiarly and lovingly to three genet ations of college students as "Mother" Kidder, died Sunday morning, at 12:15. Death was caused by hemorrhage of the brain. She had been In ill health for sev eral years and was confined to her room at Waldo hall with heart trouble since Christmas. She was Unconscious for ssveral days previ ous to her death. "Mother Kidder came to Oregon Agri cultural college in 1908, and had lived here continuously' with the exception of a few) months when she acted as librarian at Oamp Lewis. She organised the col lege library, and it was largely through her efforts that the new library building was built. Mrs. Kidder was born at Waverly, N. Y., In 1855. She was a graduate of New York Normal school at Albany. In 1906 she took special work in the Uni versity of Illinois library, coming west Immediately after finishing her work. For a year and half she was connected with the Washington state, library at Otympta. Before coming to O. A. - C. she also acted on the Oregon state li brary commission and helped to organ ise many libraries in Oregon. The little electric car which "Mother" Kidder used in getting about, was one of the familiar sights of the campus. Hhe has lived at Waldo Hall most r-f the time during her life at O. A. C. A niece, Mar jorie Schutt, a senior In colleg, has been her companion. Other surviving relatives are : A niece, Frances A. Schutt; a nephew, Oren B. Schutt of Champaign, III and an adopt ed sister, Mrs. Josephine BlanChard of Ithaca, N. Y. The funeral will be held at the Preebyterlan church at Corval lia, Tuesday morning. Rev. E. T. Simp son, rector of the Corvallls . Episcopal church, will officiate at the ceremony. The body will be sent to Portland for cremation. SCHOOLS AT DALLAS REOPENED WHEN LID IS LIFTED ON FLU BAN Dallas, March 1. Saturday night Ur. B. H. McCallon, health officer, lifted the influenza ban, which-has been in ef fect here for 10 days. Only one of the churches' took advantage of the oppor tunity to hold services Sunday, the pas tors ef the others preferring to wait an other week.. The management of the local theatre has decided to wait a few days before opening his house. Schools opened as usual Miss Mabel Slayton, domestic science teacher, has resigned owing to ill health. FLU EPIDEMIC INFLICTS HARD BLOW ON WAMJC Wamlc, March 1. Practically every home in Wamic has been invaded by In fluenza. Following the first appear ance four weeks ago all meetings and school classes were banned and the epi demic was apparently halted, but two weeks later the disease reappeared and soon there were not enough well people to wait on the sick. The Dalles Red Croes secured a nurse from Seattle and for- two weeks three or four men have been doing the chores , for the com munity. Two deaths have occurred. The epidemic has'' apparently reached Its crest Third Death at Cove Cove, March 1. Edward Doolittle of Cove died Friday of influenza-pneumonia. He is survived by his wife and three children. He was the third local lnfluenaa victim. The lid is on schools, churches, . theatres and other gather ings. Two Die In Klamath Falls '. Klamath Falls, March 1. Richard Sweeheyra young sheepman, and Mrs, Beryl A. Klepper. wife of Harry Klep per, died Saturday -from pnenmonta influensa. A light snowfall was - ex pected to clarify the atmosphere and re lieve conditions of sickness, ' ths first precipitation since December IB. Baa Is Ofr in Kelso ' Kelso, ' Wash.. March 1. The Kelso health authorities have lifted the, ban against ' publie gatherings. The lnflu enaa, situation Is greatly Improved here and the number of cases has materially decreased. School resumed ' today ' afid I church services were held Sunday. There j waa. only one death locally and In that lease the disease was contracted slse- 1 where, - ' ' - - ' - - - - 1 - ' : i 1 I 1 1 & U7 .y t if e't i v. - ' m WM K DO CDRVAL LBE1EHSEE;; NO EARLY RELIEF IN CAR SITUATION Relief from the , car shortage in the lumber t industry of Oregon ind Washlngtbn! will hot corns fpr sev eral months, - according to 'Officials of the West Coast Lumbermen's as sociation. Th companies having taken over their lines from ths gov ernment with 1 depleted ; equipment. must bs given time to supply them selves with;-new -cars. J-' V ' Kill, operators are cautious about ac cepting orders and 127 mills contribut ing to the weekly bulletin of the asso ciation show new orders for last week s mounting to. 52,177.904 feet, which was estimated to be lower than SO per cent of the volume, of business actually of fered. An aggregate of 42,$30,0OO feet, or 1421 ears, of this new business was booked to move by real. Rail j shipments for -the week totaled 2031 cars. The excess Of shipments over orders gave these mills a chance to move some of the busi ness that the car shortage hai forced them to accumulate, on their - books. All reports from consuming territory indicate that building' will be brisk next year and , that tha- demand ' for lumber will exceed the supply, even if It be comes possible to make shipments of the entire volume of the cut Logs are reported scarce and prices are gradu ally advancing. This condition, cou pled with the continued: rise in wages. makes It appear improbable that lum ber prices will recede .this season. Stock at the mills of Western Oregon and Western 1 Washington are some what below normal, but the volume is large enough ' to constitute a financial burden, according to mill operators. With -an adequate supply of cars, they declare that they could move their lum ber as fast as the mills produce it WAR CRAFT IS ORDERED ... i TO CHECK THE TURKS (Continued Front Pace One) the protest to the Ottoman government through Admiral Mark : Bristol, who is the American high commissioner to Tur key and is stationed at Constantinople. The only assistance In sight for the Americans in the hew. war xone is the presence of a few torpedo destroyers In the eastern Mediterranean that are under Hie command of Admiral Bristol. The dispatches to the state deDart ment indicate there is open war at pres ent oetween France and Turkey. DETAILS OF HA8SACBE It has been reported, though not veri fied here, as yet, that both Great Britain and France will send large forces to Asia Minor immediately. If this is not done the French retreat now In progress may at any moment be turned rtito a rout. The state department's announcement today, which, it is declared, was received from a reliable source, regarding condi tions in Cilicia, is a graphic account of the atrocities. It follows In fulls - ! "The Turks cut the railroad beyond Adana.- "Fighting began near Marash on the twentieth ultimo between French and Turkish troops. On the same day an American car proceeding to Alntab, .and having five Americans and a French of ficer as passengers, was several times fired upon by Turks, but no -one was really injured and all six returned to Marash. AT LEAST .000 SILLED 'bn the following day in the city of Maraah a regular battle began between Turks and French, and did not cease before the tenth instant, when the French withdrew, owing to the fact that " they were greatly 'outnumbered by the Turka "Prior to the beginning of the regular fighting between the French and the Turks, the latter had commenced mas sacring Armenians at Marash and vic inity, and before the eyes, of responsible foreigners at Marash . they committed horrible atrocities. It was estimated at that time that the number of killed exceeded SOOO, and If Is feared that as many more have been killed since then. Some of ths mutilated victims succeeded in escaping, and the tortures of children and women have been! verified. Turks having destroyed the Armenian, parts of the city as well as the churches, and they are frequently burning the dead In lime kilns. S :t gibls htjsdebev "At Marash Americans frere running a rescue, home for Armenian -girls. . On I " " t 111 ' " 1 1 " 'Tj . . . . : , . . , 1. the seventh Instant- that house was sacked and 75 girls were murdered. On the. same, day the mountain cottage -of the mlssionarlea, as welt as the building of the nearest farnv" was burning. - , "Americans to the American college at Maf ash were fired upon and when they Offered to . mediate between the Turks and the French, tha former sent to them a letter Stating that this Was not a local but a national affair, and that the de mand of ths commander in chief of the Turkish national army was that the Frensh should surrender. r . , "On the ninth instant, when the French withdrew from Mar ash, about 1009 Ar menians left on foot. But the Armeni ans, mostly with wivss and . children. were unable to reach their destination. as they died In snowstorms during the three days' journey from Maraah; to F&E9CH A&E 2tETBEAme Ths following Americans left Marash with them and arrived at Adana safely on the fifteenth instant- Mr. Crathern and Misses Dougherty, Elfin Powers, and Schulse. . -vi, - r "On the sixteenth of February a Mr. Eliot was stilt, at lelahlch with the refugees. ,; v"" - "With regard to the Johnson Perry murder case, no details were known at Beirut or at Adana." The nearest' point at which ' succor oould be given the retreating French forces, together with the American and Armenian refugees, is Alexandretta Bay, which lies south of Marash. The French forces are retreating in this direction. The American destroyers may be sent there to care for the American citisens. KILLED BY TRUCK While bending over ths tracks of the Southern Pacific company at Fourth and Jefferson, repairing the switch, James Pollkronis was fatally Injured by a truck driven by Antone 8c hai of the City Dairy at 7:45 Sun day night. Pollkronis died on his way to ths hospital It is the second such accident resulting fatally 'In ths last three weeks, and 'the fifth' Port lander killed during February. Schal Is held under $1000 ball charged with reckless driving. Pollkronis had been sent to the corner to repair the switch, and It was whUe bending over at bis work that the truck. said to have been operating with only the. small side lights, ran him down. The arc light on the corner was out,' witnesses say, and Pollkronis was using matches to see the tracks Harry Beck, a fireman., declares it was difficult to see Pollkronis. crouched as he was, with the light out i Police, however. Insist that the law calls for lights that make visible objects at 100 feet. Schal did not have such lights, they declare ; and he is, there fore, charged with reckless driving. Wit nesses say Schal was proceeding at from 16 to 18 miles an hour. Vancouver Man Held On Chairge of Holding Tip Departing Visitor . Vancouver, Wash., March 1 .-Identi fied by Marlon Kolch. 664 Washington street, Portland; as th man who' held up and robbed him, Fred Sauerman of 904 East Twenty - eighth street, Van couver, Is under arrest Kolch had been visiting Sauerman's sister. Rose, Sun-' day evening, and about 2 o'clock this morning left accompanied by Miss Sauerman - and . Sauerman's wife, os tensibly on his way to Portland. Kolch said that Sauerman was dressed in a soldier's uniform when he left the home. The man who held up Koich and the women was dressed In civilian at tire. . The holdup forced the women - to, search Kolch and they found 60 cents In his pocket The robber hit Kolch with his revolvxer and while Kolch was In capacitated found $20 which Kolch had hidden In his sleeve. The police reported that they found a small amount of liquor in Sauerman's house. Toys for Siberia Baker, March 1. More than 200 toys, the handiwork of Baker school children, are being assembled by the Junior Red Cross for shipment to Siberia.' The children are also collecting magazines for shipment to Red Cross headquar ters. Quadruplets Born to Ewe Baker, March 1. According to a re port received in Baker, a ewe at Sparta has given birth to quadruplets. All four lambs are sprightly. RACK WORKER IS PLEA FOR BLIUD lil OREGON MADE FDR Salem. March 1.- A plea for, Ore gon's 60S adult. blind mads by J. F. : Myers, principal ol Portland's school for the sightless. In. an argu ment submitted to the secretary of state's office for publication In ths official Voters;; pamphlet in, support of the bill providing for the erection of an Oregon employment Institu tion for the blind, to be located in Portland. - "I am a blind man, I am self support ing. Myers states. "But I owe my In dependence to the fact that through" tha generosity of another state 1 received training In Piano tuning, chair caning, basketry and broom making. - Thus I have been able to support myself and family. Otherwise 1 would' propably have been dependent upon charity. I might today be selling pencils or shoe strings on a corner. "For the sake -of the S00 adult blind in Oregon who can bs helped to beoome self supporting I ask votes -for'-the bill proposing a small tax for an Oregon employment institution for the blind, to be located In Portland. Such an Institu tion will be like a ray of light In. the darkness to the sightless of this state. HEADS BLIXD SCHOOL "For nearly six years I have been principal and instructor In the Portland .School for the Adult Blind. This In stitution is supported by the board of education, which. is obviously the duty of the state, rather than tha work pf the city school board. "The Portland School for the Adult Blind can admit only sightless persons residing In this school district, while the Oregon Employment Institution (or the Blind admits alt such persona within the state, thus enlarging ths possibilities for self supporting blind. "This institution would be under the supervision of The Oregon State Board of Control. " Therefore its management and careful use of funds by this body, would be as carefully guarded as like Interests of other state Institutions. "In the name of the sightless of Oregon, of which I am one. I solicit your support at the polls, and ask that you help make possible this institution for the aid of the blind." BOAD LAW BACKED Under the proposed constitutional amendment extending eminent domain Over roads and ways which will be up to a vote of the people of ths state at the May election "every land owner, large or small." would be given "an opportunity to reach main lines of trans portation, whether this be a road, rail road of waterway, without being charged an extortionate price for the privilege," according to an argument in behalf of the measure filed . with the secretary of state's office for publication in the of ficial voters' pamphlet The argument, which is prepared by the legislative committee .composed of 8enator Tiyomas V. Handley and Rep resentatives Louts K Bean and W. V. Fuller, continues: " Under present law the right of way for a road Intended to get raw material to market or main lines of transportation. must be purchased at the seller's price. Any landowner, if he so desires, can refuse to sell : a needed .right of way across his property, or demand a price which will block development la some Instances speculators having advance la formation that an enterprise la about to start have secured property essential to the ' enterprise and demand for such property a price which, has resulted in a promising industry seeking another location. Obviously such action does hot conserve the best Interests of the state and our laws should make "bold up" procedure impossible. "The proposed amendement Is aimed to prevent repetition of Just 'such cases. "The nearby states of Washington and Idaho have already placed In their con stitution provisions aimed at preventing the "bottling up" of the property of any Individual, firm or corporation. Oregon can 111 afford to do otherwise, and be gin on the road to added industrial activity. Oils is the time to set" Boy Seout Bsnquet Freewater, March 1. The fathers' and son's banquet held in the Freswataf public school building, under the aus-1 pices of the Boy Scouts, waa a fine suc cess. The Soouts netted a neat little sum. Odd Fellows' Convention : .. Milton, March 1. Tha Odd Fellows of Umatilla and Morrow counties held their annual convention In this city Saturday. Salem Police IVilln ' Make Demand for : ; Increase S inl Pay j " Salem, March L A L flat Increase of . $25 pr month will be asked by members i of - ths ".Salem ; sollos 1 fores . when the city council meets tonight The mem- oers 01 tne lores are receiving f 1UO perl month for a lJ-hour shift, which. 'theyf declare, . is altogether Inadequate meet ths high cost of living. w f Tha Marlon Antv . Was., Ut " Baturday decided to endow a four-bed f ward In the new Salem hospital; to be f erected here this summer, this ward J to be for, the exclusive use .of ex-l service man' who . tntered ' ths serrlcs f from Marion county. Patients -eligible! to : entry v into - this rward will be given 1 medical treatment free of coat, which" will, be takes cars bf under the War I Mothers endowment. t ( "".'"'' V" ' '' : Eugene Auto Thieves Sent to Edok Pilef -; - -:. - -.v.. '4 Eugene, March 1. Four automobile f thieves, with sentences in ths county Jail ! of from three to six months each. wUli nave tna pleasure 01 seeing tne automo biles, go by. The county has ordered that, all be put to work on ths county rock pile and on County roads, IL W. Tager. who stole a - car and - took. , his family to California-last September, will I draw a little higher pay than the others. r His wife and baby have been wards of tne county ana nis wages wiu ds given to his wife. i WITHlNOUr? REACH It cott$ but a trifle to buy a socket with a chain t- Uchment, but It is a mighty convenient fittle , irtlclt. ' There are many, trifling In- sxpenstve electrical tccei- -sorifs that folk! carelessly deny themselves. Just toe, remind yourself of tome of them, come in and look around. mcmcca uqrost.arttna tytammn. PNosjg sROAPWAv test ' ALL WEEK MARY PICKF0RD m "HEART Or THE HILLS'' THE THIRD GREAT PICTURE FROM HER . OWN STUDIO . sv w ALSO COLUMBIA f QOARTTf, OURGlANTORGA LIBERTV REVJEW A CARTOON COWEDY ' . . Saturday WALLACE REID J - - - 1 1 r in ) 1 :,. -l St. ST ST -AT SV 1 '.' J m " -Tv r '"'1 . 1 , 1 w 4 ir 3 V J 4 I r i .-;.r--'v 1 - ' -.!