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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH I, 1320.
UK UREASE
IS FORESEEN .N :
MIES Oil FREIGHT
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' 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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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 (
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Eugene Auto Thieves
Sent to Edok Pilef
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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.
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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.
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