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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, id ay, june ic, . i::o. 4 SPEi! DATES f.lAKIHG RACE FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS Seven candidates are striving for - election to the two vacancies upon the board -of director of 'Portland school district No.'l. Six "are men; one is a woman. All are well known in the city. Voters of the district will make their selections Saturday next when the polls will open at 12 -o'clock noon, and close at 8 o'clock in the evening. At", the ' same time they will either approve or reject ik proposed special tax levy . of three mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the district which levy would realize some $$50,000 to be used in school house construction Slid the purchase of ground. '- ! William F. Woodard.- first to "an nounce his candidacy, is a well known pioneer business man 'of the city, being half owner of the Woodard. Clarke & , Co. drug; business. He has been a. res ident, and has been engaged in business in Portland since his early manhood, and las always taken a close and personal .Interest in the conduct of the "public schools of the district, havlnf? sent four children through the local -schools. He has. been, and is. -prominent in various ctvic activities, being a member of the library board, of the Oregon Social Hy- .gtene society, of the state board of con ciliation and federal director for Oregon of the national council of defease, -" OWE WOMA9 CANDIDATE ' I 1 Mrs. Francis A. Sherman, the one - woman candidate in the group of seven, is well knqwn in school circles in the city. 8he served, following' the Spanish American war. as bead of the public school system in the southern srchlpel ago of the Philippine islands. She has four children, now attending the Port land schools, and has herself been en gaged as a teacher here for- several years. She is a linguist and has served as an Instructor In languages In the Americanization schools qf the city. She is. also, the owner of a large cocoanut plantation In the Philippine islands. O. M. Plummer Is seeking reelection, ' now. being a member of the board. He Is the general manager of the Pacific International-Livestock association and for ' a long time has been connected with the : livestock industry' In Portland and the Northwest. " j. N.- Pearcy. another of the can didates, has been a practicing attorney in Portland for' many years. He was -born in Multnomah county, attended the Portland schools, entering the old Central school In 1869 and graduating from the - high school In 1879. His children at tended the Shattuck school and the Lin coln high, four of them afterwsrds finish ing collegiate courses. The fifth Is now a student at Reed college. Three were in the service during the war. - ; Arthur W. Jones is well known In the city and' was a candidate for county clerk at the recent primary election. He was director of the municipal employ- ment bureau and has been a resident 1 of the city for a number of years. 8. A. Murhard has been a -general builder and sanitary engineer of -the city for a long time - and is well , known , in building circles in tne city., T Aside from the election of two direct ors the voters will also be called upon to determine whether, a special tax levy - Of S mills shall be granted on - Saturday HOUSTON KIWANIAN SINGERS SCHEDULED r t -4 - ..vk 'c-x- y . ' -.-;v.5-.'?':-:--"--v.r.-.,-:i' those who make up the" membership of the Kiwanis club of our great interna tional brotherhood of nations, and our reward will come' if-you find your few days here filled with their due of pleas ure and happiness. . . , t . :, , ' "Oregon .has iany men who are con scientiously endeavoring to live up to the prospects for which your organiza tion stands. -We have our proportion of those who cannot be so enumerated. But I do know that many of our very best citUens hold membership in the Kiwanis club, " and from my knowledge of them I know your organization is not only founded upon right and sound principles, but is a living example of what' honest minded men may-do In an honest en deavor ; to , carry: : out - such f principles. Such organizations as yours clearly dis prove the oft-heard assertion that the world is growing no better., ' "lurtng the war' trie Klwanlans we,nt on the - map uv Portland for their un selfish energy and devotion -to the na tional cause," s&id Mayor Baker, -after relating something of the growth of the club. . , ' . - . .- ; "When the club" was formed. I, told them at their irst- meeting that- there was room In Portland for a live- organ isation, - and their existence has been more than justified. I advised them to do more than merely resolve on -, this and that issue ; that they must accomp lish, things by their own efforts, and this they have done many, many times.". Commenting on the pronouncement of the American- Federation of Labor at Montreal against the- Russian soviet form of - government. Mayor Baker warned the clubmen that they must help carry on the fight unceasingly against radicalism."--': In the pause that followed President Elliott's response. Colonel Al Fair brother of Greenboro. S. C. presented the- president with an oaken gavel, moulded from the Guilford battleground, where General Green of Revolutionary fame defeated Com wallls. President Elliott's "kynote' " address followed. and in it he explained the pur poses, and thought of the movement and what accomplishments were sought for tn'this convention and the year to come. problems for analysis of the readjust ment period following the war were put in three classifications, the need of In ternational confidence, : the quest for Industrial peace and the r"' f ry n!-1 vation of all life. The-e were, anuZvi at length in the addrens. This afternoon the first buslne-s se? sion Is occurring with J. Mercer liarnctt of Birmingham, Ala., first vice . presi dent, in the chair. Art addrofi on '"The Kiwanis Spirit, a -World Need." was given by M. A. McDonald. -attorney.-of Vancouver. B. C sfter which O. Sam uel Cummlngs. Internstiotial secretary of Chicago, gave his report. , - In the rfleantime women Kiwanlans are guests of the local club at an Or pheum matinee. 4 " . Tonight will be the first convention social function at' the MultnomaK hotel, with a concert by the' Kosarlsn bund, dancing, a muslcale and an exhibition of Oregon scenery. In front Director Van Hoose; irom left to rlglit, first row, Henry Therrien, John Morrlssey, Frank James, John Marshall and Ralph Deets. Second row i. E. Norton, Vincent Chlodo, J. A.' Rcdfleld, '. D. V. Kr&he and J. R. Melne. 4 Third row r-II. It. Meljean, B. T. Perkins, Glen Stables and E. A. Perkins. Fourth row J. W. Inglis, C. E. Girten, T. J. Joiner Jr Frank Smltn and" Dr. William States 'Jacobs.' v . i - v , ".", Headed by Ellison Van Hpose - for merly tenor 'with the Metropolitan Grand Opera- company and concertlst with Madame Melba the Houston (Texas) Kiwanis glee club will be chief feature of the ' entertainment of the delegates to the International conven tion. - : The Kiwanis glee club of Houston. Texas. Is booked to sing at most of the meetings of the International convention, being held in Portland this week. De layed by railroad tieups, the singers will not arrive with members of the Texas and Oklahoma delegations until : Wed nesday. - The club was organized . last Septem ber . from among the best male . vocal talent In Houston. Twenty of the - 80 members are - making the trip to Port land. Ellison Van Hoose, : the" director, has sung In Portland a number of times in concert. He "was Madame - Melba's leading tenor Tor five years and sang last in Portland during the Rose Festival In 1914. ..,., ' Of the glee club; the Houston Chroni cle has this to say : - "if the Kiwanis club had done noth ing else : for the " city the fact : It baa produced the :Klwanis glee club would entitle It to the thanks of the com munity. Under the able direction of Ellison Van Hoose, the glee club has made such wonderful progress that the entire city is proud of Its" accomplish ments. , ' . "The olub not onrystngs compositions of the standard, composers, but also the songs of the people." . ' next 5 The tevyhas been submitted to the electorate : for its approval or re jection by the school board, which In sists that it is necessary to care for the, building needs ' of the district. It is pointed out -that the district lacks 166 rooms of having enough to care for the present: school population. The" $950, 000 that would be provided by the levy to be used in purchasing a site for a new high school, probably in the James Johns section, where the present high school building would be used as an ele mentary school. A new. high school building would be : constructed on the site purchased.- In addition to this im nroveraent. It ' is .planned to complete i buildings now under course of construc- 510 T' :"Y- i : i - It is urgently desired by all those hav ing the interest of the- Portland schools at heart that a full vote be recorded Saturday, both as -to the directors and s ivemtaally- as to the tax levy. In this connection it is well to remember that all persons possessing the voting qualifications per mitting them to cast a ballot at any primary or general election, . under the state law governing those elections, can vote for school director. In other words, if the person is a citizen of voting age, has lived In the state six months and in the district 30 days,- Is registered, or will take the trouble to swear his votfe In' at the polls, then he can vote - for director.; - . A different rule applies to those vot ing for or against . the- tax levy, Here the voter must not, only possess the qualifications of. a . genersl voter, , but he must also be a taxpayer'of the dis trict 'Carried on .ttie -current assessment roUs. You will buy an Oregon Life Policy. Why not ' today? Phone Main 447 or write P. O. Drawer 727, Portland,! for full particulars regarding our; new low-cost En dowment Policy. . QregOBfife In sur an ce Company uocMsful ConMrvsUvs PretreMlve Home Office A. U MILLS, Pres. COHBETT BT7ILDIKO Fifth and Morrison C. S. SAMUEL, Gen. Mgr. , - f t Portland, Ore. E.In. STRONG, Asst. Mgr. i nni irn ... .. m . i rs fx iv. i .' YAW SJ77A Y.ti VI . W OnTheirWay-There? . " . . . . ." - . To the biggest thing in men's clothes that has struck Portland since before the var--the THIRD OFF safe of -400 new "SOCIETY BRAND" suits for young men and men who stay young at MEIER & FRANK'S tomorrow. Talk about suiV sales! Wait till you see this one. " - .' - '" :J' v" . V'v-': - j V ; '. : :iv-- : V ' -' '. ' ... ' ; " . ..""'' ' " ' . . , .-. - ( - Men's Store (Main and Third Floors) .opens at 8 a. m. tomorrow for master sales of men's suits at 33 -3 off and ties at HALF PRtCE: Voice of Melba Is :, Wafted 1000 Milesi By Wireless Phone London, June )6. (U. P.) Music au thorities and wireless enthusiasts ' to day expressed keen satisfaction at the I results of the first wireless concert held at the Chelmsford Marconi station, when Madame Melba sang into a wireless tele phone, her voice being heard full and mellow over a radius of 1000 miles. Reports today indicated that wireless stations . at Rerlln. The Hacue. Chrla- Itiania and Warsaw had heard the con oert quite clearly. At Paris ' a phono . graph record was made of Melba's I voice oer the wireless telephone. iTTAl Receives Favorable Comment in Germany ; Berlin, June-16. (L N. S.) "Senator Harding's election would not be unfavor able to Germany." said the Berliner Tageblatt in commenting today upon the result of the Republican national con vention at Chlcfego. - , "In any other country . Governor Coolidge would have been nominated for presidOTit and Senator Harding for vice president, said the Preussische" Zeitung. It added : -4 - "But-it -Is apparent that since Presi dent Wilson has been in power America has developed . anupatny against a presi dent of superior intelligence. . See Back Page Mental Defect Is ; Pleaded in Defense Of Larceny Charge Hoquiam. Wash., June 16. Mental ir responsibility is the defense set up by Ray Waxbom of Coemopolls, on trial on a charge of stealing an automobile from Deputy, Sheriff Hamm of Grays Harbor county, : with which he made-a record breaking trip from Aberdeen to Fait Lake City, bent, he says, on committing suicide : in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. , . -- Waxbom asserts his mental coftdttlon Is due to a motorcycle accident at the ape of 14 years, in which his head was injured. Despite this Injury he purports to be a war hero, claiming to have won the Croix de Guerre and to have been recorated by the British. , WJiMm's father, said to be a prom inent business mayt of Columbus, Ohio, Is en route here to aid his -son. - Koreans Battle With Japanese; 102 Killed London. June' 16. (TJV P.) Sixty Japanese and 42 Koreans were killed in a battle between the Japanese garrison on the Tumen river, near Seoul, and zuuo Korein outlaws, according to a dispatch received here from Tokio today. Two Licenses Issued . Oregon' City, June 18. Mary E,. Boone and Dale D. - Probst, Gladstone, ' and Martha May Uvry wd Joseph J. Swaner, Canemah, were licensed to wed . KIWAXIS PROGRAM! Wednesday Afternoon - ' . 2:15 p- m. Matinee party at the Orpheum . for visiting , women. 2 :80 p. - m. First business session. Elks temple, J. Mercer Barnett, Bir mingham, Ala., presiding; report of international secretary. ' ? : -8 "p.. m. Concert, dance and mus sicale, - Multnomah hotel. - - - Thursday . : ' 10 a. m. Second business session, report of International , treasurer, finance committee, district governors; .address by J. Berg Esenwein, Spring field,. Mass. " - - 18:30 p. m. Luncheon and style show ' for visiting"" women, ' Benson hotel. - -, 2 ;30 p. m. Third business session, constitutional amendments, resolu tions; address. Dr. M.. S. Barnwell, Birmingham, Ala. . $ p. m. Auto tour west side parks, dinner and dancing at Council Crest under auspices Progressive Business Men's club. 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