H CITY EDITION
H - ' st. ft m mm mm m m .m m mm bm
CITY EDITION
. Consolidation ,
Recommendation of the consolidation of
'"city and county for better government js
imade-by County, Assessor Henry K. Reed
in his discussion of taxation problems In
rext Sunday's Journal.
iv ah tier; ana ir au l rut
THE WEATHER-Tonight and Thursday.
! rain : southwesterly winds.
Minimum Temperatures Tuesday : '
Portland ..t.,.. 43 - New Orleans... 10
Helena 21 New York....... 44
Los Angeles.... St. Paul......... 49
; VOL. XIX. NO.' 13.
Entered U Second-clan MitUr.
PostoffVr. Portland. Omon.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNES
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON TRAIN AND NtWI
STANDS FIVE CI NTS
. .. - - . . - . - . . . . -- . a : . . y
DAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1920. TWENTY-TWOsAGEJS
IS PUT UP TO
Commission's Order Denying Fare
: Rise and Urging Elimination
: of Fixed Charge's Opens Way
for Referendum Vote on Plan.
; The order issued by the public
service commission Tuesday in the
8-cent fare case, has placed elimina
tion of fixed charges against the
Portland- Railway, Light & Power
company among the adjustments
that are essential to permanent so
lution of the railway problem, -and
has put the matter squarely up to
the cly council for reference to the
people, say Portlanders who have
been interested in removal of the
charges to equalize the cost of up
keep of the transportation system.
I The fixed charges mentioned In the
order and recommended for removal are
bridge rentals, free rtdea for city em
ployes, franchise taxes, car licenses, and
cost of paving between tracks.
COrXCIL FACES ISSUE
The city council Is facing responsibil
ity for an increased fare If members
of that body refuse to submit trie meas
ure to the public, is the declaration of
wiseacres, who point to the stand of
Commissioner Corey for a fare boost as
proof that the commission will elevate
the cost of rides if the voters of the
city are not permitted to vote on ellm
ination of charges.
, Proponents of elimination argue that
removal of the charges has no effect on
the corporation, that It does not in any
way profit by elimination of the charges,
that It Is the car rider who pays them,
and that the money is simply received
by the company and handed over to the
city as an Indirect tax on the car rider.
It only means that thousands of dollars
that the company now collects for the
city will not be squeezed out of the car
rider, but will be obtained by the clty
In taxation, not alone from the car
rider, but from the general public.
CAR RIPER BURDENED
.:' The bridge rentals, car licenses, fran
chine taxes, free rides and cost of paving
between, tracks are In reality double tax
atlon of the car rider, lays the com
mission in the Tuesday order. They are
results of fallacious reasoning'-and are
untenable, the commission maintains,
The Street railway system of Port
!and Is -performing an important and
necessary public service," reads the or
der, "yet under the present plan of
providing the coat thereof, only the car
rider contributes. And. not only does
- (Concluded on Fui Two. Column Biz)
TAKEN BY BRITISH
' London, March 24. (I. N. S.)
All Sarda Pasha, Turkish military
governor of Constantinople, has been
arrested by the British troops oc
cupying the city, said' an Exchange
.Telegraph dispatch, from Constan
tinople this afternoon.
Friends of Eugene
Teachers Demand
; School Head Resign
f, Eugene, March 24. Although the Eu
gene school board has already contract
ed for the sen-ices of W. R. Rutherford
ss superintendent of the Eugene schools
for the coming year, a mass meeting of
COO friends of the grade teachers de-
tnanded the resignation of Rutherford
or that the school board hold a popular
election as to whether Rutherford
should stay. The Rev, William Moll
Case wanted the ' governor to appoint
an arbitration board, but friends of the
teachers in control of the meeting want
ed no outsiders In on the trouble.
S The J8-months-old baby, of Martin A,
Utflark lias recovered and a date will
soon be set for the second trial of Clark
On a charge of murdering Charles L.
Taylor. During the past week the baby
baa been seriouelT ill and not expected
to live, a Clark: was convicted of mur
der In the second degree, butHhe verdict
was aet aside.
yK. T. Fratey, city treasurer, . has re
signed and will go into the clothing
ousinees with Wade Bros.
Baker County Poor
llParm Head Passes
Baker. .March 24. Samuel Valentine,
aged 65 years, and for five years super.
Intendent of the county poor farm, died
Sunday.. He came' to Oregon In 1884.
first settling in the Willamette valley
ana coming to Baker county in 1888.
Mrs. - Valentine, two sons and three
granacnudren survive.
Many Reds Reported
Captured by the Poles
London, March 24. I. X. . S.) The
capture of -thousands of Bolshevik prisoners--
Including nil. riivixtnnal a.
an entire regiment, is reported by the
Polish general staff at Warsaw, 'said
a Central News ljipatch from Copen
hagen todSV. Much hflfltT wcatm rnMt
In -the fighting on the Volhynlan front
CITY COUNCIL
TURKISH
GOVERNOR
AMERICAN WIFE OF LUETTWITZ
BARONESS VON LUETTWITZ. wife of the German rev
olutionary leader who tried to overthrow the Ebert gov
ernment and who has been arrested and charged with
treason by: Ebert. He probably will be shot. The baroness was
Mary Curtis Cary of Cleveland, Ohio. She and the general
were married in 1892 and she was a noted hostess in the pre-war
days in the"t5erman capital.
K Jr t y'u -4 -J
I My. - 'iejo vtdr V
BLOCKS SUFFRAGE
Dover, Del., March 24. (I. N. S.)
Hopes of millions of women to
vote In the 1920 national campaign
apparently went a glimmering here'
today when It became certain that
Delaware will not ratify the federal
suffrage amendment.
A bipartisan conference of legislators
opposition to suffrage was held and 20
members of the house signed an agree
ment not to vote for suffrage at any
time . There are only 35 members of
the houso. - Delaware's action on the
amendment is of paramount Importance,
a Delaware would have made the
thirty-sixth staff" to ratify the amend
ment and put It into operation.
Suffrage leaders nre continuing their
efforts without much hope of success.
OXE MAN HOLDS VOTES OP
TWENTY MIlililON WOMEN
Washington. March 24. (I. N. S.)
Th votes of 20,000.000 woman are held
in the hands of one man today, accord
ing to suffrage leaders here.
Alfred Dupont. wealthy political and
social leader of Delaware, Is held by the
suffragists to be the one man who can
secure ratification of the suffrage
amendment by the Delaware state legis
lature. Suffrage leaders are centering their
pressure upon Alfred Pupont, who Is
now listed as an "ant!" and they declare
If' he will give his support to suffrage
the legislature is bound to ratify.
"The smallest state in the union Is
blocking the federal suffrage amend
ment." declared a statement Iroued by
the National Woman's party, which has
heretofore never admitted even the pos
sibility Of defeat.
Lark Evans Is Given
Fifteen Year Term
On Robbery Charge
Medford, March S4. In circuit court
at Jacksonville this noon. Lark Evans
was sentenced to 16 years in the state
penitentiary for the Jitney kidnaping
and robbery of W, O. Smith of Grants
Pass on September 13, last. Evans' at
torney gave notice that he would seek
a new trial and Judge Calkins gave
him 30 days In which to file his motion.
Mrs. Evans, following her arrest Tues
day on , the charge of being her hus
band's accomplice, was released Tues
day - evening, when her $2000 hail
bond was reduced to $1000. Evans'
father, a Portland resident. fur
nished the ball. The wife had tried all
day by telegraph and telephone to raise
the money. Her home,' prior to her mar
riage to Evans, after the jitney robbery,
was Jn The Dalles.
Mrs. Evans protests her innocence and
says she can prove sh was elsewhere
at the time and that it must have been
some other woman. Her preliminary
hearing is set for Friday afternoon.
Rubber Plant to Be
Built at Singapore
Akron, Ohio, March 24. U. P.) The
Firestone Tire A Kubber company will
build a million dollar crude rubber" han
dling plant at Singapore. Straits : Set-
j Uement, it wasannounced today.;
BY N.Y.REI
Albany, N. T., March 24. (U. P.)
Score one victory for Mr. Renter.
Tenants have defeated the landlords'
attempts to block legislation in the New
York assembly limiting the amount of
rent Increases, according to indications
today.
The housing committee w'Ul report out
the bills without amendment, it was re
ported. An effort will be made to rush
the bills through before April 1,
Wife Is Sought in
Seattle By Man i
Portland Hospital
Seattle. Wash., Msrch' 24. (U. p.)
Lying painfully injured in St Vincents
hospital In Portland, the springtime
fancy of Frank Oliver Allen has lightly
turned to thoughts- of "a girl or, say, a
woman between the age of 22 to 30
years, that can and will respect a good
man and a home," according to a let
ter received here today.
"I got hurt at Umatilla ' while work
ing for the O-W. railroad." writes Al
len. ' and the company has offered me
$5000. I don't want anything to do with
what you call street" chickens. There
are plenty of them In Portland. A
widow with one or,two babies wouldn't
hurt one who knows how to keep house.
What I want is a real. respectable
wife."
Allen says he is a bollermaker. "Not
one of these 24 hour bollermakers, but
a good.' first class railroad man been
at the business 20 years."
Auto Driver, Asleep
At His Post, Crashes
Into Another Car
"Blessed be the man who first In
Vented sleep," said Sancho Pania, but
Thomas B. Carter, 415 East Seventh
street, cannot agree with him, since his
arrest Tuesday afternoon off a charge
of driving an automobile while asleep.
U Carter admitted to Traffic Patrolman
Tully that he was sleeping when he
ran into an automobile owned by the
Meier A Frank company on the Foster
road near East Ninetieth street
"Strangest part of the accident," said
Tully, "was that it happened at Z
o'clock In the afternoon. What is a
man sleeping that time of day for?"
Public May Have to
Stand Part of Rise
Demanded by Miners
St. Louis, March 24. L N. S.)
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the
wage scale committee coal operators of
the central competitive field, in announc
ing today that he would request the
miners' wage committee to meet in joint
conference with: the- operators in St.
Louis March 29 to settle the coal con
troversy; indicated that If the long pend
ing trouble is settled along the line sug
gested" by .President- Wilson.' the public
would "have to stand at least part of the
burden of, wage increasea to the miners.
French Marsha! Would Go Into
Ruhr District With 80,000
Troops: Britain Willing, But
U. S. Ambassador Opposed.
Paris, March 24. (I. N. S.)
Marshal Foch has asked the council
of ambassadors for permission to
enter the Ruhr district of Germany
with 80,000 allied troops, it was
learned from an authoritative source
today. Hugh Wallace, the. tJnited
States ambassador, is reported to
have rejected the request, but the
Britsh ambassador Is said to be sup
porting it.
After opposition developed to his pro
posal. Marshal Foch uhen asked per
mission, to send 50,000 troops Into the
Ruhr district, but this request was re
fused also.
The council of ambassadors has
agreed, however, that the French should
be allowed to occupy Frankfort if the
negotiations between the mayor of Es
sen and President Ebert at Berlin fall.
(Essen is controlled by th Sparta-
cists.)
TRENCH WARFARE DEVELOPS
BETWEEN REDS AND TROOPS
Berlin, March 23. (I. K. S.) (10 p.
m.) Trench warfare has developed be
tween government troops and the reds
In the region of Munster, Westphalia.
The reds are trying to cut their way
through the government forces to the
Holland frontier.
The reds began with an offensive
against the government forces under
General von Water. These troops were
driven behind the Aa river, and General
von Water was obliged to abandon his
headquarters.
The government troops have thrown
up entrenchments all along their front.
The general strike has been called off
by five of the leading locals of the
workers' union.
The newspaper Vorwaerts (Socialist)
and Frelheit (Communist) appeared to
night for the first time in 10 days.
(Concluded en Pace Two, Column Two)
AIRPLANE PATROL
Washington, March 24. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Senator Chamberlain today
addressed the senate on forest fire
protection, supporting the senate
committee amendment to the agri
cultural bill to provide for airplane
patrol In the Pacific Northwest.
He reviewed the history of fire pro
tection, both for national forests and for
areas privately owned and declared the
government cannot afford to neglect
protection of this great resource. Ex
perimental work last season in air
plane patrol. Chamberlain said, showed
many 'advantages In quick detection of
fires and prompt control and the time
has arrived, as nhown by reports, to
establish air patrol as a permanent
feature of forest protection.
Farm Bureau Will
Help to Organize
Growers of Idaho
Spokane. Wash.. March 24. The Idaho
County Farm bureau organization, of
which W. L. Fluharty. director of exten
sion of the University of Idaho, is the
active head, will place the proposed
wheat marketing plan before the wheat
growers of Northern and Southern
Idaho. This is the report of J. V.
Langner of the Washington and Idaho
Wheat Growers' association.
"Some prominent men are joining the
association," says Langner. Fluharty
himself has become a member. An or
ganisation committee for Southern
Idaho has been named. Members of
the committee are : J. W. Cook, Paris ;
A. W. Alworth. Twin Falls; H. G.
Havenlelgh, Burtey; A. B. Crawford,
Weiser : EL E. Heston. Caldwell ; George
W. Stevens, Grangeville ; John Kigney.
Jerome ; O. W. Dowell, Kockland ;
George W. Peck, Fairfield, and Ed
Swendsen. Rex burg.
Overseas Man Who
Had Been Gassed
Victim; of Suicide
London, March 24. (tl. P.) Captain
George Ensign, formerly a physician
in Seattle, Wash committed suicide by
drowning himself In the Thames river,
a coroner's Jury here decided late yes
terday. Ensign killed himself while of un
sound mind, the jury's verdict said. He
served with the British medical corps in
France and . was gassed twice.
Bill Would Tax All
Stock Market Deals
Washington;, March 24. CUT P.) A
bill placing a tax of 3 per cent on all
stock exchange transactions Was intro
duced In the house today by Represent-'
tlve, MoCllntkj, V Oklahoma. ; By this
means.' he proposed . to raise . the .funds
necessary for a soldier bonus, . - ,.
Million
11
ua
Housed in U. S.;
Condition Alarms
Chicago. March 24. (U. P.) A
million families In the United States
are improperly housed because of
the housing shortage, delegates to
the first annual convention of the
National Federation of Construction
Industries stated today.
The shortage, said E. J. Brunner, Chi
cago, editor of the American Contractor,
is due to lack of cars to transport build
ing materials.
Conditions !n New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia and other of the leading cities
of the country are alarming, Brunner
declared.
"People are doubling up In the same
apartments and in many cases whole
families are living in one room," he
said, "because they just can't get a place
to live."
Prices of houses are over twice those
charged In 1914. An average house to
day would cost between $6000 and $7000,
it was stated.
"Wages of labor have gone up 70 per
cent." said Brunner. "Prices of build
ing materials are 120 per cent higher.'
Further increase in building costa was
predicted by Brunner.
"Manufacturers should see that their
employes are properly housed and build
homes for them on easy terms," said one
builder. "If they don't they are going to
lose their workers.
With the Increase in machines, the
crop of new drivers, the use of auto
mobiles that have been stored for
the winter and more pedestrians on
the streets, the need of greater care,
stricter law enforcement and more
vigilance Is sounded In a warning
letter sent by Chief of Police Jen
kins to the Vigilantes.
There are still scores of drivers who
cause collisions through sheer careless
ness and wanton 'disregard of safety
rules. Lack of control of the machine
is the most common cause of costly col
hsions. ,
11T SEE OTHER CAR
Last week ,T. - Peterson was bound
south onThlrd..Btreet.j.t J5 to 20 miles
an "hdu. according to the' record at the
police station. - At Oak street, a machine
vith rlght-of-way attempted to, cross
Third. Peterson's car struck the other
machine on the left rear fender. Peter
son says he didn't see the other car un
til it was Just in front of .him. It Is
quite important, in driving cars, that
pilots see what .is In front And in the
congested district drivers break the taw
when they cross intersections at even
13 miles an hour.
When Edwin Meng cut a corner at
Woodward avenue and Bast Twenty
Seventh street last week, and was struck
ty another machine, he was looking at
the front wheel, says the police report.
Mis steering gear was not working prop
erly. He didn't see the car that hit
h:m. Until certain drivers learn that
there Is other traffic on Portland streets
j besides their own machines, there will
do many a muiuauon.
COLLIDES WITH TRUCK
P. E. Brockway was driving west on
Sandy boulevard, near Thirty-Sixth, a
truck attempted to turn Into a wood
yard. Brockway piloted his machine al
most broadside into the truck. The truck
driver 'maintains that he signalled for
the turn, and that Brockway was trav
eling at a speed of 2 to 25 miles an
hour. Brockway says he saw no signal.
Unless machines are traveling "rapidly.
they can be stopped in a comparatively
phort distance, and when they can't
stop, there are accidents. ' Brockway ad
mits In the police report that he could
not stop.
Luckily, other machines were In fron
of these drivers rather than pedestrians.
Johnson's Machine
Can't Pool Public,
Says Hoover's Man
San Francisco, March 24. (IT. P.)
Declaring the general public "will not be
deceived by the guerrilla warfare of the
johnson machine," Kalph P. Merritt,
manager for tho Herbert Hoover cam
paign in- California, today in a state
ment said the fight is on principles and
not on personalities.
"In addition to his wonderful organiz
ing and administrative genius," the
statement said of Hoover, "the people
think of. him again as 'the man who can
put more food Into more people, more
milk into more babies, more money into
empty pockets, more roofs over un
sheltered families, more clothes on bodies
and shoes on bare feet than any other
man in the world.' "
Merritt predicted that by the end of
this week every county in cailiornia wm
be effectively organized for the election
of the Hoover ticket delegates.
Soviet in Control,
School Faculty Is
' Thrown Into Lake
Topeka. Ksn., March 24. I." N, S.)
A "soviet has been In control of the
state normal school at Hays for two
days, according to a telegram received
this afternoon by Governor Allen from
P. Caspar Harvey, aa Instructor.
"President Lewis out of state. Soviet
in control for two dayav Threw faculty
members Into lake. NsjS protection
from students,"tread the message to the
governor. 7
A later telegram to the state board of
control urged that "some one be sent to
establish orderty government atjonee.'
Attorney General Hopkins" haaiwtred
County , Attorney Jacob M.' Welsher to
veste and take steps to control
tha situation at bnoe.'ii:-i:'''
Families
Are
1
l
inaaeq
teiy
JENKINS SOUNDS
SAFETY WARNING
IN SO DAKOTA
Unofficial Returns Give Wood
23,547, Lowden 20,106 and
Johnson 18,290; Poindexter's
Vote in State h Very Light.
Mitchell, S. D.. March 24. (U. P.)
-Lowden and Johnson forces here
conceded late today that Major
General Leonard Wood carried yes
terday's primary. Wood's plurality
for the Republican presidential nom
ination was increased slightly as re
turns filtered in during the day.
In complete returns from all but 10
counties gave Wood 23,547 ; Lowden, 20,
108 and Johnson 18,290. The Poindexter
vote was light.
.James W. Gerard appeared to be the
Democratic choice after a nominal con
test with J. U. Munroe, Illinois.
Workers for Senator Johnson's can
didacy here today conceded a plurality
for General Wood and said : "Results
known here practically assure nomina
tion of Wood for president"
NON-PARTISAN LEADERS DENY
DEFEAT IS N. D. PRIMARIES
Bismarck, N. D., March 34. U. P.)
North Dakota will send a "regular Re
publican" delegation to the Republican
national convention, practically com
plete returns from last week's primary
indicated today. One woman Miss Mln
nle J. Xlelson and nine men delegates
to the Republican national convention
were named. .
Nonpartisan league leaders denied
claims of the "regular Republicans"
that the league had suffered a defeat In
the primary. Nonpartisan leaders de
clared they had called no convention
and had not officially Indorsed, the
'.'progressive Republican" ticket which
was defeated. The "progressive Re
publican" ticket was indorsed by part
of the Republican state central commit
tee headed by William Lemke, vice
president of the league.
Hiram Johnson, the only Republican
presidential candidate in the primary,
was indorsed by both leading factions
of Republicans. William Jennings Bryan
was indorsed, by both sides in the Dem
ocratic primary., ' '.-'
- "Gunder" Olson, "regular Republican.''
was named national committeeman by
a majority of more than S000. T
Nonpartisan league leaders made their
fight . for passage of four . proposed
amendments to the Stat constitution
and claimed their biggest victory on
these measures.
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS
ADOPT PLANK FOR SUFFRAGE
By Harold P. Jacobs
New Haven. Conn.. March 24. (U. P.)
Connecticut women, though voteless,
dominated the Republican tstate conven
tion, here today.
The most Important plank in the plat
form submitted for ratification placed
the state Republican organization
squarply on record in favor of women
suffrage and requested Oovcrnor Hol
comb to call a special session of the
legislature to ratify the Susan B. An
thony amendment.
According to Indications the peace
treaty and prohibition would not figure
in the' platform.
The suffrage plank was adopted In a
session of the resolutions ' committee,
whi-h lasted until after midnight.
The convention opented last night,
Senator Frank B. Brandegce delivering
the "keynote" speech.
Henry Borabark, chairman Of the con
vention, was today chosen to head the
"big four" delegates to the national con
vention over the opposition of John T.
King, national committeeman from Con
necticut The "big four" is understood to be
solidly for Lowden. King was elected a
national delegate from his district.
IS. WARD, GREAT
NOVELIST, IS DEAD
London, March 24. (U. P.) Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, widely known
novelist, died today.
Independent Picture
Producers to Fight
Big Movie Monopoly
Chicago, March 24. (L N. S.) A cam
paign to fight what was termed "the
Wall street Influence in the motion pic
ture industry" was launched here today
by independent picture producers and
exchange owners.
The first step in the campaign will
be the opening of an international film
board of trade, the membership of which
will be confined to firms free of Wall
street backing. The board will endeavpr
to break what it declares to be a
"movie monopoly" and will endeavor to
obtain a firm foothold by dealing with
independent theatres.
Military Students
Make Fine Showing
Among the pupils of, schools of the
city who attended the "performance of
the symphony orchestra at the Ilelllg
theatre today were is? students of HiU
MUitary academy, who marched to the
theatre under command of their own
officers. Colonel Bowen. commandant,
was ia general charge. -:- The boys made
an . excellent appearance) in marching
through the street
New Yorlc Will
Resume Daylight
Saving
Schedule
Of Trains
Chang
New York. March 24.- (TJ. j
Many cities will "save flayllght" be
ginning next Sunday. "'.
The New Tork Central and New
Haven railroads will adjust their
suburban train movements to the
new time, but clocks arid time tables
will remain at Eastern standard
time. Other railroads announced
they will either retain their present
time or will await development be
fore making changes. Through
schedules will be unchanged, it was
announced today. 1
Is'ew York city has adopted daylight
saving, effective at 2 a. m. Sunday,
March 21, and at that: time all .city
clocks will be set ahead one hour. New
York state has adopted (he plan and a
bill for its repeal was defeated. Al
though Connecticut hss not adopted the
plan, Hartford has passed an ordinance
for Us observance. In New Jersey a
bill has passed the assembly and Is
pending in the senate.
In Massachusetts a bill is pending. A
daylight bill la pending In Rhode Island.
In Delaware the plan lias been adopt
ed by Wilmington and & bill has been
prepared for the state legislature.
Other cities which have, the plan in
clude Portland and South Portland,
Maine; Manchester, N. ; Detroit and
Harrtsburg and Pittsburg. Pa. Dates
when the plan becomes effective differ.
In Chicago, Indianapolis;! St. Paul. San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento,
Oakland. Denver and Richmond, day
light saving ordinances are pending.
COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST
BAKER'S DAYLIGHT LAW
Daylight saving will pot be inaugu
rated in Portland during the coming
summer and fall months, according to
action taken by the city council this
morning in defeating Mayor Baker's
resolution urging clvKj cfubs to make a
study of the matter with the hope of
framing suitable daylight saving ordi
nance, j
Commissioners Barbur, Blgelow, Mann
and Pier asserted that worklngmen,
children,, parents and the majority of
other citizens were, opposed to the
measure. i
HOOVER OPPOSES
FEDERAL MEDDLING
Boston, March 24. (!. ' N. S.)
Government lnterfereijfce In the In
dustrial problems of, the country
should be limited to the promotion
of better relations between employer
and employe, declared Herbert
Hoover, in an address to the Cham
ber of Commerce here today. His
speech was mainly devoted to an
explanation of the report of the re
cent Industrial conference of which
he was a member, f
view the entry of the 1 government on
"I pm sure," he said, ttnst you woukj
a nation-wide scale Into the determi
nation of fair wages anjl fair profits In
industry, even if it co'fild be accomp
lished without force. wth great a'ppre-
nension.
a
v
Grand Jury Rests
In Investigation of
Treasurer's Office
Ralem. March 14. Hiving completed
Interrogation of all the- witnesses sum
moned thus far to testily In the investi
gation Into the conduct of the state
treasury department by State Treasurer
Hoff, the Marlon county grand Jury re
cessed Tuesday. The investigation
awaits the convenience of Attorney
General Brown, who It conducting the
inquiry at the request f Governor Ol-
cott. f
It is not expected UUt further con
sideration of the Investigation will be
undertaken by Uie grand Jury until the
audit of the records inj the state treas
ury department la completed, probably
some time next week." The report ' of
the inquisitorial body cannot be ex
pected for savers 1 weeki It Is intimated.
Thomas F. Rysn of reggn City was
before the Jury Tuesday. Ryan was a
deputy treasurer under State Treasurer
Thomas B. Kay and was a candidate for
election aa state treasurer against O. P.
Hoff, whose bond buying prlee are
Mrs, Chaplin-Not to
Divorce Charlie; He
Has Year to Return
Los Angeles. Cal.. Mkrch 14. (U. P.)
In an Interview today Mildred Harris
Chaplin declared she will not bring suit
for divorce against Charles Chaplin,
film comedian, that she understands
Chaplin will not sue her and that he
will give him a year to come back to
her.
She said she ernectf d to leave this
week for the Grand Canyon of Colorado
and following the completion of her
next picture will probably go-to Eng
land for a visit -with Lady Stuart Mac
kenzie, who t now in Coronado.
Miners in Britain
Reject Offer Made
London. March 24. W.. P.) , The
Miner's Federation of Great Britain has
voted unanimously ; tOr reject the gov
ernment's. Offer for a wage increase of
one shilling six pence a day. The min
ers bM -to -thir demand for an in
crease of three shillings a day. ' ' '
bElls
Olympia Legislature Passes Act
With Provision That It Shall
Be Submitted to Vote Should
it Be Held Unconstitutional.
Olympla, Wash., March 24. U. -,
P.) The special session of the
Washington legislature came to an :
end at 4:30 this morning after tha-:
senate-reluctantly agreed to accept
the referendum provision on the
soldiers' bonus bill.
The referendum, which puts the ,
measure up to a vote of the people
in November, was insisted upon by '
Mark Reed, floor leader of the
bouse, and the members of the lower '
body sustained him time and again.
PROVISION TAKES OCT
The bonus bill, originating this, time "
in the house, carried a referendum pro- -vision
when 'it reached the senate. This"
provision was obnoxious to the Ameri
can Legion representatives, who had .
prepared the bill. The senate struck It
from the bill yesterday and substituted
an amendment inaklng the 111,000,000
bond issue Immediately available. The
emergency clause thus inserted pro
vided that if the supreme court declared -
the bond Usue unconstitutional because
It had not been ratified by a direct vet
of the people, the measure should still
be deemed valid and the referendum
h.-ld. . -
HOC8E AXD SENATE SPLIT .
This amendment, offered by Senator :
French, was the bone of contention. It
was passed in the senate by a vote of
- to ij. The house turned It down by
a vote of 63 to 40. Conference com
mittees were then appointed. White' In
the senate the committees appointed
represented both views of the question.
Speaker Adams i the house took no
chances. The three members he jid
pointed were pronounced opponents of
the emergency clause. They were Rep
resentatives Lucas, Elliott and McCoy,
The senate conferees were Senators :
French. . Orof f and Hall.
At ( o'clock this conference reported
by a majority and minority report and
tha senate adopted the minority report.
MEMBERS PROTEST v
"X"TtewonTfcrence committee wKi"Tfin
appointed in the senate and the same
was requested of the lioust. Speaker
Adams, however, proceeded to appoint .
the old committee. But the ivldent un-
fairness of such procedure was too much
even for the members df a well-oiled ma
chine, and several members began pro
testing. Mark Reed, floor leader of the
house walked up to the speaker's plat
form, whispered in his ear,' and the
speaker appointed a neW committee. '
Again, however, the entire committee
was against the emergency clause. His s
committee consisted of Zylstra, Happy
and Marts.
Again the conference committee failed '
to agree, a majority report asking tha
senate .to recede from its position and
accept the referendum. The senate
again refused and a free conference was '
then appointed.
Washington, March H (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Passage of tha naval bill
Tuesday by the house with th Co
lumbia river submarine and de--stroyer
base item intact insures the
beginning of work on the Tongue -Point
location during the next fiscal ;
WORK TO BEGIN ON
TONGUE POINT BASE
year after the site has been turned
over to the government free of any
charge. r
So far this Is the only new prejectln'
eluded In the bill. Just before it passed -
Representative Miller of Hesttl tried i
to insert a provision authorizing Sec- '
retary Daniels to norpt the donation
of 260 acres at Hand Tolnt near Bcattla
for an aviation base, hut this was re.
fused on a point of order.
The effort will be renewed In sensta
committee for this and slso for a sub v..'
marine base at Tort Angeles, Wash.;'
LEGION MEN WILL APPEAR
BEFORE COMMITTEE TODAY.-' i
Washington, March 24. Lemuel Bolles
of Seattle, national adjutant: James O.
Conville of Portland and Livingston B. -
Wilkison of Tacoma are Northwest rep
resentatives of the A merles n Legion - f
who will appear before the house) ways
and means committee today to present .
the conclusions Of the Legion executive - .
oommltee as to legislation for the bene fit
of former service men.
Riley In Washington
Washington. March 24. Prank Branch '
Riley, gives his Oregon picture leaeure ' '
before three representative Waahlngtop
audiences this week, beginning with the
Cosmos club, the Women's City elub
and finally . the University elub Satur
day night. , , , - .
Portland Man Buys.
Timber From Idaho
Moscow, Idaho, March 14, J. A. P.yai ,
of Portland bought-the timber, from SOS
acres of slate land in Clearwater coun
ty, paying $50,760. The timber ts while
pine, fir and tamarack. The land Is 2S
miles from railroad, but the new state
highway runs through It.? ftyan si Id
that he is buying the timber fnr him
self and will establish a small sawmill
oa the land. t , ; . p, . ,
i