The Oregon daily journal., March 07, 1920, Page 9, Image 9

THE' OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL PORTLAND, " SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1920.
DETECTIVES TAKE
THRILLING JAUNT
NDYNAM1
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tro-glycerine and Explosives
Seized" for Evidence Sends
Cold Chill Up Dicks' Backs.
jDia you ie Wf black auto
ftaoblU wlth two men as lookouts oft
the fenders creeping; down , Haw
-thorns avenue and across the Haw
thome avenue bridge Thursday
afternoon?
?jThat machine contained enough
nttro glycerine to heave the munici
pal auditorium across the river and
scatter it, in a slightly damaged con
dition, from Mount Tabor to Laurel
Tiurst park.
wruvous bessatiost
. ' Nothing happened In reality, but in
the in In da of the seven occupants of
that ear, during a fearful ride from
East Twenty-eighth street to the polloe
station at Second and oak, untold
terrors raged.
i Packed about with excelsior, in two
bid packing: cases, 48 sticks of dyna
mite and over a gallon of nltro glycerine
beetled on the floor of the tonneau.
i The unpleasant dilemma arose after
the discovery of the high explosives by
Inspectors Coleman and Collins and
Special Agent Pat Maher, what will we
do with the stuff?
, "Ooze it gently into Johnson creek,"
proposed Maher.
r "Won't do," returned Coleman. "This
stuff is evidence ; we must take it to the
station.
Patrolman Norene arrived fn en of
tba new police automobiles. Be sur
veyed the "soup" sadly. Tom Coleman
aSd' he "guessed he would ride on the
Intsrseetlons." Victor Maxwell aald tie
liked that idea, and would take the
ether fender. CoUlns sat on one side
In the rear, and Pat Maher on the
other. To the luckless Journal repre
sentative fen the lot of the center of the
rear seat, with feet braced against the
awful box with its fear inaplrla con
tents, i r "
YTAUTEI TO WAZK "
fJnfortonatsly for Carl KUInsmtth, at
this Juncture the police decided to arrest
him for investigation, and he was given
the seat of honor by Driver Norene's
aide. Klelnsmith turned and looked at
the two boxes.
? "What's thatT" he Inquired casually.
f : "Nltro glycerine," responded Collins
noarsely.
utr. i 1 in Tr.ltV A
fluty maciLQrvi i iliquibiuiiu iuiuw
pale. 'Xet me walk. let me walk.
. i As the ride proceeded every one spoke
In whispers, and the two old soap boxes
might have contained the last remains
of some dear friend, so reverential was
the mien of each occupant or the car
and so stately and slow its progress.
At each street intersection the Lethean
ferry baited until the lookouts on the
Voop deck called "all clear ahead." At
each railroad crossing one of them ran
ahead, to (tag the way.
CHEEP" THROUGH STREETS
4 Hundreds Of people along th streets
topped and turned In wonder, to view
the strange sight Did fcny of them
realise that wUh the smallest Jar the
' automobile and Its occupants would
have vanished utterly T
X Through "the crowded traffto the auto
mobile .glided, slowly, cautiously, guided
bythe sure hand of Patrolman Norene,
who held In his grasp the Uves of his
'mix companions. Even the slightest
collision would have been fatal.
, "Paddy's praying like a circuit rider,"
someone ventured.
First time In 10-years," came a
mumbled reply.
Irritated by the crawling vehicle, the
motorraan of a street car, who found It
aeoessary to dally along behind the
machine as It crossed the Hawthorne
bridge lost his patience and shouted for
a little more speed ahead.
BLOCKS SEEMED HUBS
i - "Shove Mm up, or HI up your rear
guard," ha threatened.., '
- "Say." bellowed Coleman, tor the ft ret
ibhe raising his voice above a whisper,
fit you knew what was In this machine
you'd be running your little old street
car the other-way."
, The bridge safely crossed, there was J
a. I Vi tAlle Mifv 14 tilftrVfl mnv T
. "Remember what started when the
Germans were within 11 miles of
Parts r , -Collins looked sadly at the
gldewatfc. v
. ,At Third and Morrison the remaining
; Pmlles. wfrs called out In a trembling
voice, "five more blocks to go." As the
machine .rounded the corner of -. Third
and Oak streets the old red brick po
lice station never looked so much like
home to- a refractory "wobbly as it
did to those weary attendants . of that
"hurry' up stuff.1. , . ,
-Weakly they climbed from the ma
chine and one., and - all saurmurad.
"Neyer -again.-. V" . ;- ' .
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Winners fof Army::;
Essay Contests in
Eoseburg Chosen
Rosehurr, March e-Prlse winners tn
the army essay contests here were:
High school J Leslie Butner, first, flS
fountain pen ; Emily Weber, second. $10
pair of shoes; Mildred Starrett, third.
Ik ; William Thrall, best boy's essay,
I7.S0 silk shirt; Myrtle Balff and Keva
Walker, Ued for f 10 prise for best girl's
essay. -
Rose school : Leigh Dixon, first, $7.60 ;
Violet. Moffltt, second. $5 kodak; Carrie
Gllber, best girl's essay. $S box ctandy;
Floyd Bowers, Hall Seeley, Alta Woodln,
Kenneth Clark and Victor Arrundel,
honorable mention.
Benson school ; Harold Bemlg, first,
$10: Mllo Godfrey, second, tS safety
rasor; Floyd Church, third. Doroth
Ellis, best girl's essay; Robert Marsters,
test boy's essay. Stanley Kidder (aged
9V received' fourth.
. Kullerton school: flyman Butner,
first; Bertha Kohlhagen, eeoond.
The committeemen of the county farm
bureau projects met in the federal build
ing" and decided that fertiliser dem
onstrations will be carried out in 14 dem
onstrations in different sections of the
country. The Oregon Agricultural col
lege will be asked to assist in the poul
try culling demonstrations in August
and September. Rodent eradication
will be given attention. The county
court will be asked to name, the last
week in March as "squirrel poisoning"
week. The poison will be mixed at Bose
burg and distributed.
MOTION
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CENSOR MEASURE
IS LIKELY TO PASS
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Indications Are That New Ordi
nance Designed to Correct Cer
tain Defects Will Pass Council.
Passage of the new motion picture
censorship ordinance,, creating a
board of three censors, appears, cer
tain next Wednesday before the city
council, according to Opinion Inform
ally expressed by various members
of the council during the past week.
Mayor Baker, prime mover In fram
ing the new legislation, believes that a
board of three censors one appointed
by the My. one by the exhibitors, the
third by the other two will prove far
more workable than the old ordinance
providing for a board of seven. He has
stated in presenting the ordinance that
requests of motion picture exhibitors
would be taken for face value that to
order to assure a fair and honest cen
sorship the new board should be ap
pointed. BIG E LOVC FAVORS MEASUBE
Commissioner Blgelow will favor th
hew ordinance, If on close study, he is
assursd that It strengthens motion pic
ture, censorship and in no way makes It
easier for risque films to be shown en
the screen. Commissioners Mann and
Pier have expressed themselves as being
in accord with tike new plan although
they desire to reserve final Judgment
until next Wednesday.
"A national board of censorship Is the
solution of this big problem of censor
ing motion pictures," said Commissioner
Barbur, who believes the newly framed
measure will better conditions in Port
land. "It's unfair to allow pictures to
be shown in one town and not in an
other. Motion pictures reach so many
million people that the government
should take full hand in regulating
thara."
BOARD HAS WIDE POWER
Absolute power to approve or disap
prove any motion picture shown In the
city is given the board under the pro
visions of the ordinance. Mrs E. T. Col
well, secretary of the present board of
censors, will no doubt hold her position
under the new board in that she is
under (civil service regulations.
Authorisation is granted the board to
appoint as many film Inspectors as they
deem necessary. They are to serve with
out compensation and are subject to re
moval at the pleasure of the beard, sec
tion six of the ordinance provides that
the board and Its Inspectors Bhall refuse
to approve of any film which (1) shows
anything of an obscene, indecent or im
moral nature. (2) presents any gruesome,
revolting or disgusting scenes or sub
jects, (3) tends to disturb the public
peace. (4) tends to corrupt the publlo
morals.
An important provision of the ordi
nance which caused considerable trou
ble during the past few months concerns
films where eliminations have been made
by the board. Under the new ordinance
any alterations or changes which de
stroy the continuity of the picture or
ruin its commercial value automatically
prohibits, the showing of the filtd on a
publlo screen.
Any owner who Is dissatisfied with
the action of any inspector in requiring
changes tn a film or refusing approval
may secure the view of the entire board
on the picture. Within IS hours after
the film- of the notice of appeal the
board must either affirm or reverse the
ruling of the Inspector. A majority vote
of the board is necessary for decision
on such appeal
Mrs. F. O. Northup, representing va
rious women's clubs in the city, declared
before the city council last Wednesday
that the women favored the new ordi
nance. However, they believe that one
member of the board should, be a woman,
according to Mrs. Northup. The Port
land Ad club and Ministerial association
are at present studying the ordinance
with the Idea of presenting their views
before the council next Wednesday.
Excursion Arranged !
Por on Feeders' Day
n.im1T TAaTnri Marsh A "feeders'
day" excursion, March 17. has been ar
ranged in cooperation wiw me uwj
county farm bureau and the- Caldwell
Commercial club. It will offer Idaho
stockmen and bankers a first hand op
portunity to stuoy tne resuiis oi m wm-
. TiwimMKt finding of steers and
yearlings at the Caldwell substation, and
to lnvstlgte the opportunities for win
ter feeding exiarea oy wuj
farms. Interested persons roi
. Oreeon and Eastern Washington
have been Invited, ,. -
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OREGON METHOD
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ALIENS
DOMING
PRAISED
Strict Qualifications of Wives of
Applicants foe Citizenship Win
Government's High Approval.
Oregon methods In demanding
higher educational Qualifications be
fore granting citizenship to aliens
are commended In the annual report
Just rendered to the secretary of la
bor by Richard K. Campbell, com
missioner of naturalization.
Considered especially meritorious Is
the rule now established In Baker, Ma
rion and Multnomah counties, that wives
of all alien applicants must be examined
to determine fitness for dtlsenshlp. The
reason for this is that women citizens
In many states may now vote, and nat
uralisation of a husband automatically
gives his wife the ballot.
WOMES NEED EDUCATION
Believing that all alien women should
intelligently exercise their voting privi
lege, Naturalization xamlner T. V.
Tomllnson, In charge of the Portland
district, shad Inaugurated the examina
tion of applicants' wives.
"There are 2,000,000 women who will
receive citizenship through the natural
ization of their husbands within the next
few years, and the addition of such a
large number of citizens who knew
nothing whatsoever of their responsi
bilities presents a grave problem, and
one which should be given the most at-'
tentlve consideration by the legislative
body," Campbell points out la his re
port. "It would teem to be advisable to
have some restrictive measure provided
in tne admission to dtlsenshlp that
would condition the admission of a
married man to the responsibilities of
citizenship upon the qualifying of bis
wife.
KESTBICTIOKT JTOT HAKDSHIP
"This restrictive provision should be
an educational qualification, as no other
organization than the public school sys
tem of thifc country presents the means
for tho qualification of women for these
responsibilities, the restriction would
not be one that would work a hardship."
Here Campbell cites work of Tomlln
son In inducing Judges of courts in
Baker, Morion and Multnomah counties
to include examlnatlos of wtvesas a
test for fitness' for clttseasojn, .
"Foreign women are coming; Into ottW
senahn, classes, which previously were
attended only by men." the report con
tinues, outlining new methods la publlo
school education.
Totnllneon's report Is then quoted, tail
ing of stricter educational quallflca
tions demanded by lodge Eakin at As
toria belora granting -citizenship.
OEECOJT 1UL3T coniDv
"Judge Tffiakln announced several
times from the bench that It would be
useless for snyone who could not read
the English language to attempt to se
cure ciUaenshlp in his court, .adding:
'And you must not only read, but you
must be able to read understandlngly.' "
The three counties in Oregon were
the first tn the United ' States to de
mand stricter educational qualifications
from wives of applicants. The plan to
Incorporated tn a new immigration bill
soon to come before congress.
Scottish Bite Class
Officers Are Named
Eugene, March l-The 1920 consis
tory class of Eugene, Scottish Kite Ma
sons, elected Judge John & Coke of
Marshflsld, president; Judge O. T.
Sktpworth of Eugene, vice president;
William O. Talt of Medford, secretary ;
Charles J. Ferguson of Klamath Falls.
class orator, and Gus Newberry of
Medford. historian.
Young Canyonville
Man Killed by Tree
' Canyonville, March . Vernie Border,
aged 24. was caught by a falling tree
Friday and instantly killed. No one saw
the accident as he waa working alone at
the time.
Sf RUNNING
AT FULL CAPACITY
Car Shortage Continues and Lum
bermen Are Unable to Fill All
the Orders They Receive.
Fire at Washougal
Removes Landmark
Ttfeshoogal, Wash, March 6. Fire
Friday night destroyed the old Shepherd
home, a landmark of Washougal. The
place is owned by L. Gerllnger of Port
land, leased, by the Stelgerwald Dairy
company of that city and occupied by
the family of Charles Fisher, a con. p any
employe. The furniture was saved.
Music Teacher Held
Aberdeeji, Wash., March . Julius
Orth, arrested on a charge of sending
an obscene letter through the malls to
a Seattle editor, has been bound over to
the federal grand Jury at Tacoma and
his ball was fixed sit $500. Orth, a
muslo teacher, is at. liberty on bond.
With favorable, weather condi
tions, plentiful supply of labor and
a continued demand for their prod
ucts, the lumber mill of Western
Oregon and Western Washington are
running- on approximately a capac
ity basis. The output for 123 mills
reporting to the West Coast Lum
bermen's association last week was
IS.S70.474 feet. The normal out
put would have been 8M03.000 feet,
so the actual production was within
4,432,524 feet or 4.94 per cent of
normal.
The only unfavorable element tn the
lumber situation, according to the
weekly bulletin of the association. Is
the continued shortage of - ears. The
mills report a slight Improvement in the
ear situation since the railroads were
turned back to their owners, but the
supply is far from satisfactory. Ship
ments for the week were 1S43 cars. The
number of unshipped orders would be
considerably larger were the mills to ac
cept aU the orders offered them.
Knowing that they cannot depend
upon adequate ear supply the manufac
turers are rejecting more business every
week than they accept. la spite of this
practice acceptances last week aggre
gated 64.12S.17I feet of Which 43.360.
000 feet were booked to move by rail.
Costs ef lumber production show no
signs of diminishing. Logs remain
scarce and prices are firm. Other costs
have Increased slightly since the first
of the year.
Suffrage Bin Forces Diet to Quit
Toklo. Feb.'f. (Delayed). (tfT P.)
The emperor's action dissolving the diet
today was taken only after it seemed
likely the suffrage bill would be paased.
owing to the absence of neutral mem
bers. - Troops and police were used to
repel demonstrators outside the diet
8. H. Oreen Stamps for eash. Hoi.
man Fuel Co., Main SSI. 680-J1. Adv.
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Now comes a new body a ntfw coach to make
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