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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
MONUAY, JANUiKi 10, lt'iii.
Various Bills and ; Resolutions Already! Prepared for Legislative Hopper at Salem.
LEGISLATURE IS IN
SESSION; OFFICERS
PROMPTLYCHOSEN
(Continued From rg One)
porary organisation through the lection
of Senator Banks of Clackamas, Colum
bia and Multnomah counties as tem
porary chairman. j . .
The session was called to order by
Senator J. C. Smith of Grants Pass and
Colonel' Mercer, veterart sergeant-at-srms
of eight legislative sessions, asked
the blessings of Almighty God upon the
assemblage. . i .
Senator I. X Patterson of Polk county
placed Senator Banks in nomination for
temporary chairman, j In . a brief and
pointed speech. The! nomination was
- seconded by Senator Moser, after which
nominations were closed and Banks was
elected by acclamation.
Senator Banks, In taking the chair,
took yxicaaion to call the attention of
the solans to the Important work be
fore ' the session and the responsibilities
which they assumed in accepting office.
HI ST TEMPOEABYi CLEBK
John B. Hunt of Marlon county was
elected temporary clerk without opposi
tion.: I - ,
' Preceding a recess of 15 ; minutes
awaiting arriv'al of Chief Justice Bur
nett of the supreme court to administer
the oath of office, the following com
mittees were named:!
Credentials Senators Eberbard, Por
ter and Strayer. i . "''
Permanent organization and order or
business Senators Norblad, Beil and
Vinton. I .
. Committee to invite chler JusUce to
administer oaths Senators Ryan, Mose.r
ant. Thomas. j , i
HOISK CHAIRMANSHIPS
The chairmanships on ; the Important
committees In the house, not yet an
nounced by Speaker :Bean but under
stood to utve been agreed upon, are :
Agriculture. Perry ot;Marlon: banking,.
Miles; commerce and ; navigation, Leon
ard ; education, Sheldon ; engrossed bills;
Davcy ; enrolled bills, Childa : fisheries,
Hurd ; game, McFarland ; health and
- public morals, Kinney : insurance, Mar
tin ; labor and-industries. ynn ; medi
cine and pharmacy, Perry ; military af
fairs. North ; resolutions, . Kubli ; rules
andSofnt-rules. Childa; roads and high
ways, increased toj .nine members,
Wright ;Nyay and means. Gordon ; Ju
diciary. Bjirdick ; revision of laws. Wood
son ; irrigation. Gallagher ; assessment
and taxation,. Gordon of Lane ; livestock.
Hunter. j ,
SAME OLD 'PICTURE" .
The same old picture redeveloped
every two yealrs in the corridors of the
capftol building, the same -crowds mill
ing about in hotel lobbies and on the
rotunda of the capltol ; the same flocks
and bevies of anxious and j expectant
clerkship aspirants, male, female, pretty
and otherwise.
But there is this difference there has
been lacking the strife and struggle of
the organisation . contests of other ses
sions. With Ritner in the senate and
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The greatest musicians in the
world are proud to be heard on
Victor records through the Vic
trola. When you get a Victor
record, be sure it IS a Victor
record. When you get a Vk'
trola, be sure it IS a "Uictrola.
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Veterans are on hand
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Left to right -Fred W. raer,.TCt
j John W. Cochran, deputy secre
rand senate to order when Oregon
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Fred W. Drager, "the dean of the
Oregon legislature," and ; John
Cochran.' deputy secretary i 6f state,
called the house of representatives and
the senate to order when the thirty-first
regular session ; convened at Salem to
day. Drager has served as chief clerk of
the house for So many sessions that
the name of his predecessor in office
is more of a myth than a memory. He
knows more of parlimentary law than
the speaker and, more than once, has
saved the house from a hopeless tangle
in its procedure by his unobtrusive advice
Bean in the house uncontested in their
positions for president and speaker, the
wheels of the preliminary work have
been greased . with harmony ' and the
fabled monkey wrenches are hidden, as
yet. The main trouble In committee as
signments this time has been, not how
to reward the inside friends or to punish
the outside enemes of the two presid
ing officials, so much ' as how to find
acceptable places on the few commit
tees for the many members who had
supported theru
GORDON. CONTEST CERTA1X
Up to the present time, the expected
contest against the seating of Gordon
of Multnomah has not made Its appear
ance, though it will probably do so
after the house convenes for permanent
organization, as Paul Dormitzer, attor
ney for E. W. Murray, defeated candi
date for representative, is at Salem.
jHeiwill send Jils case up to the chief
clerk accordingi to the usual! custom and
it will be submitted In all probability to
special committee. The credentials com
mittee has already met and recom
mended the seating of all the members
certified by the secretary of state and
governor. towever, so that the prob
ability of any extended attention being
Victor
records
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rived. Ask to hear them :
.; Galli-Curci, soprano, sings"Io Son Titania"
l from Thomas' opera "Mignon" 1.75
I errenrath, baritone, sings a great Stein
; Song, filled with rollicking fellowship? 1.25
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I McCorrnack's tenor and Kreislcr's violin join
in "Since You Went Away" 1.50
i Elman on his violin plays BeetJiovenVTurldsh
! March" from "Ruins of Athens" 1.25
' , v ViSrolas $25 to $1500; convenient terms
Sherman toay & Go.
i i. Sixth and Morrison Streets
PORTLAND
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eran chief clerk of the house, and
tary of state, who called the house
.legislature convened today.. "
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to the flustered presiding officer above
him. He will be at his old post again
this session.
John Cochran was elected chief Clerk
of the senate for the first time at the
session of 1911, and has filled the office
during each succeeding regular and spe
cial session. His appointment by Sec
retary of State Kozer as deputy secre
tary of state takes him from his post,
which will probably be Tilled by the elec
tion of John Hunt, who has served as
assistant chief clerk for several sessions
past..1 !
paid to the contest is very remote.
According to schedule, or, as George
C. Brownell used to remark in the days
of his prime, "According to program,"
the house and senate will meat in joint
session at 10 :30 a. m. ' tomorrow to
hear the biennial message of the gov
ernor. BIT5ER is FRESIDEXT
Senator j Roy W. Ritner of Pendleton
was named as the unanimous choice
for president of the state senate this
morning, following a brief nominating
speech by Senator Kddy of Douglas
county, seconded by Senator Upton of
Crook county and Senator Moser of
Multnomah. j
In placing Ritner in nomination. Sen
ator Eddy, once regarded as a most
formidable , opponent of the presidency,
called attention to the wide business
experience of his - colleague, referring
to him as "a patriot who did his full
duty in the late war and possessed of
the desire and - ability to preside with
justice and fairness to all."
The contest which had been rumored
as surrounding selection of a ! chief
clerk for the senate failed to material-
Red Seal
January
are four splendid Red
numbers from the
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new January shipment of
Victor records, just ar
Ize, and John B. Hunt was named to
that position without opposition.
WOMA3T GETS HOXOR j s r "
For the first time in the history of
the Oregon senate - a woman now Bits
among the clerks of that body in the
person of Miss Ro&ina X Miller of Mc
Minnville, named this morning without
opposition as assistant chief clerk.
Other clerks and assistants were
named by the senate this -morning as
follows: v ! '
Calendar clerk Albert B. iGoddard of
Umatilla county. ' (
Reading clerk Walter JV ..Tooze ; of
Marion county. '''I' ''
Sergeant-at-arms, Colonel W. G. U.
Mercer of Lane county. I . '
Doorkeeper II. T. Bruce of Multno-i,
ipah county.
Assistant doorkeeper R. S. McClana
han of Multnomah county. I
Mailing clerk S. Lelont T- Brown of
Douglas county.
; Senators Vinton, MOBer and Upton
were named a committee n rules and
the senate adjourned until 2 :30 o'clock
this afternoon. ..
COURT PROTECTION
(Continued From rase One)
of Edmonton in the action I to show cause
brought by the bank. Thus the claims
of the certificate holder and the re
ceiver will get equal attention with the
claims of the city.
EFFECT OF ACTIOX
In effect, today's action has this re
sult: As soon as possible, in' view of
an interfering case before Judge "Wolver
ton, the United States fCatlonal bank
will bring into federal cOurt the bonds
it holds under deposit from the city of
Edmonton. , Itwill say to the city, to
the interim certificate holder and to
the receiver : "Go to Itj Here Is the
property, establish your various claims
once and for alL" !
Armed with a case that would show
Judge Wolverton why thp bonds, should
be restored to the possession of the Ca
nadian city and be sold by the city to
satisfy its municipal obligations, attor
neys for Edmonton appeared in federal
court They had not anticipated' the
move of the bank, which occupies the
PU51L10I1 UL U1B lllllOCUL BlaJV511AV
WILL FIGHT EMOXTOS
The bank set up its claim to the
rights of thri receiver and the interim
holders, and the theories were fully
concurred in by attorneys for the re
ceiver. Both join In the declaration today that
they will fight every Attempt of the
city of Edmonton to remove the bonds
from the reach of the small Investor,
who stands in the shoes! of an apparent
loser as a result of the bond house
crash.
When the hearing opened this morn
ing, the jurisdiction of a summary court
was questioned by Robert T. Piatt, at
torney for the United IStates National
bank of Portland, he ksking that the
case be transferred to an equity court.
In effect, this is what is being done as
a result of Judge W(lverton's order.
Piatt contended that any summary court
decision could not . fifially settle all
claims to the bonds, wile a decree In
equity would be a conjiplete protection
to the bank as an "innocent stakehold
er." ,:
BORROWED MOSTET
The city of Edmonton protested this
move on the ground that the city and
not the receiver nor" the interim cer
tificate owners had rightful claim to
the bonds on deposit here. The bonds
were sent to the Portland bank to bo
held until midnight of December 31 for
Morris Bros., Inc., whjlch was to pay
for them in full before they could be
delivered.
Meanwhile, attorneys
Canadian city had been
pointed out. the
forced to borrow
money from the Imperial Bank of Can
ada to liquidate its obligations and was
paying interest to the bank on the heavy
loan while it might be independent
through the sale of the! bonds held here.
"Edmonton is in financial distress as
a result of this situation," Attorneys
Cake & Cake declared. J "We are here to
settle this case exactly as the bank
and receiver have outlined in their' sev
eral complaints and answers and we are
prepared to fight the claims of owner
ship of interim certificate holders.'' .
SEW BILL FILED -
Then came Piatt's motion to file a bill
of. interpleader and the Edmonton con
tentions were' set at rest until Judge
Wolverton ican bear tljie new case, with
the certificate owner, the city of Ed
monton and the receiver as Joint de
fendants in an equity
Harrison Allen, attorney for the re
ceiver. today declared
"We will carry this
thing unto every
we will establish
thread is drawn, but
the claims of the
interim certificate
holders somehow. . Tlie thought is In
tolerable that the City - of Edmonton
should load these ponds on Morris
Bros, with the tacit order to 'sell
them, and then, when, through interim
certificate sales, the bonds are disposed
of, to come here and take the bonds out
of the hands of Innocent purchasers of
rights to them merely because Edmonton
is in 'distress and is required to pay
a little added interest to the Imperial
bank."
TWO WEEKS OLD
Two weeks ago today came the crash
of the Morris firm and its entry into
bankruotcv. John Li.
Etheridge. reputed
"owner" of the firm
was gone none
knew where and Frrid S. Morris, from
whom Etheridge and others had "pur
chased" the company, was at the helm.
It was Morris who put the business
through bankruptcy proceedings.
Meanwhile Etheridi e, his prison rec
ords elsewhere revealed, was captured
at Minneapolis and is now in the
county Jail awaiting opportunity to ex
plain his financial activities, his. pos
session of naturalisation papers in spite
of his prison record! and many other
matters, tile is free under $10,000 bonds.
Fred S. Morris 4s within reach, too,
to answer many questions that will
confront him, not only as to the busi
ness he once owned and managed, but
as to his alleged petjjury In connection
with Etherldge's cltiienshlp.
RECEIVER IS CHARGE
The blighted business, meanwhile. Is
In the hands of Reetelver W. D. Whlt-
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comb, who Is making every effort to
reduce the financial casualty tp persons
who had believed themselves to be In
vesting In "the securities? offered by a
solvent firm, only to find, two weeks
ago today,, that their sole interest was
In a wreck. 1
Whitcomb is adding to the list! of lia
bilities today a number of checks is
sued by Morris Bros., Inc. on
where they had Insufficient
banks
fund su
These checks must be satisfied tby the
receiver; together with other claims
against the broken institution.
'- 'At 10 - o'clock Tuesday morning Fred
Morris will resume his testimony
before Robert Magulre, master in chan
cery, on the details of the wrecking of
the Morris firm. There is a possibility
that Morris testimony can be completed
and Etheridge will then be called! to the
stand. ''.'..;..; ; . j
Proceedings were started against the
United States National bank by the city
of Edmonton shortly after the adjourn
ment of the federal court this morning,
when . Attorneys Cake. Cake and Ulje
quist. appearing for F. Barmhouse,
treasurer of Edmonton, filed an ianswer
to the cross-petition of the bank, com
manding the bank to deliver to it all
of the Edmonton bonds t now tin the
bank's possession. ' J
This petition, along with the other
numerous petitions now on file i in the
case, are all connected . with the re
straining order Judge Wolverton has
been asked to issue, requiring Edmon
ton to leave its bonds here. '
Dennis Early Bird
In Seeking Speed on
Fordney Tariff (Bill
State House,, Salem, Jan. 10. Following
out the "high 'protective tariff doctrines
of the Republican party, Bruce Dennis,
La Grande newspaper man and state
senator from Union and Wallows, coun
ties, was on the job early this morning,
hours before the session had been called
to order, with advancement ;marked
senate joint resolution No. lj which
calls upon congress to speed up favor
able action on the Fordney emergency
tariff bill.
"Thief n fa V, ; T n .1 V.
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the home markets for the produce from
the American farm, thereby icauslng
financial disaster to overtake our farm
ers and stock raisers, and in this way
destroy the very foundation of American
prosperity," the resolution sets : out.
The resolution further memorializes
congress to enact a comprehensive pro
tective tariff bill protecting American
labor. American products and American
industry. i
16-Foot Minimum
For Eoads Sought
State House, Salem, Or.. Jan. 10.
Establishment of a minimum width of
16 feet for hard surfacing on all state
highways is contemplated in a senate
joint resolution which is all ready for
injection into the legislative hopper..
The resolution refers specifically to
roads constructed under the provisions
of the $6,000,000 bond bill of 1917.
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DR. MFARLAND IS
EAGER TO KNOW-
State House, Salem, Or.j Jan. 10. -Dr.
McFarland of Multnomah would
like to have some constitutional
lawyer tell him whether the consti
tution of Oregon means what it says.
He wants to know if that Immortal doc
ument is sincere when it says that
legislator is sacred in his j person and
property while going to or returning
from sessions of the legislature, or if
the laws of the city council ; of Salem
have precedence. He feci.: iike the man
who, before he was put to "jail, was
told by a' frknil that it could not be
oone, and who answered,, r "Well, I'm
here, ain't I?"
McFarland left bis automobile stand
ing' by the curb at the Hotel Marion
last night, after driving up, from Port
land, and this morging iti had disap
peared. He found It juiftfly parked
alongside the office of the chief of po
lice with two counts against it, one for
being out all night on the public streets
of the capitol city, the other for having
a last year's license.
Legal advisers tell McFarland that,
under the constitution, the city .marshal
cannot arrest his machine . any ; more
than he could arrest him. But he -has
done- it- The last seen of the doctor,
after adjournment, ; he was: headed for
the police station armed with a brand
new license plats " and a JT-xtbook on
constitutional law.' j ' i
McCusker and I Leiter
Are at Salem to Make
D i g e s t of Measures
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Statehouse, Salem, Janj 10. Tom Mc
Cusker, who is always (present at the
sessions of the legislature, is at Balem,
accompanied by Clark Leiter, who is to
be put in charge of a legislative Infor
mation bureau to bq established by the
L Industrial Association of Oregon. The
purpose of the bureau will be to make
a digest of all bills Introduced in the
legislature for the information of the
members of the Industrial association
and the people generally. i
Leiter will. 'do the- digesting and will
put into a short space Just what each
bill means, in plain and common Eng
lish, so that all who read may know
just what it would do were it to be
come a law. . - ""!.'. I
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Soldier Bonus to Be
Discussed Tuesday
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State House, Salem, Or,, Jan. v10.
All Oregon organizations interested in
advancement of soldier bonus legisla
tion are to have - representatives here
Tuesday afternoon and evening for
caucuses to determine their line of ef
fort with the legislation. The chairman
of these conferences will be Major Le-
land Gilbert, commander Of ti)6 Amerl-J
can Legion,, Astoria. j
Direction, q" Jensen and yem Herberg
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Anti-Strike Bill .
Traced to Lair of
. Senator J.L, Irwin
Sacramento, Cal.; Jan. 10. (L N, S.)
The "antl-strlke bfH" has been traced
to its hiding place. Efforts -of labor
lobbyists and others attendant on the
legislature last week failed to find the
author cf the expected bill, which or
ganized labor was waiting for and pre
paring to pounce upon with tooth and
claw. No member in either house would
admit he had the bill. Today, Senator
JJ JU Irwin of Hanford said he was
preparing td introduce such a bill, based
upon the Kansas Industrial court ; law
and making for fcompulsory arbitration
of strikes. . .; .
The senator said the time had come
when "something must be done" to pre
vent strikes and lockouts, and he re
gards the Kansas law as "fair to both
labor and capital.". The only thing that
gives htm pause, he declares, is tbat
passage of the act as It is in force in
Kansas , would entail the -creation of
another expensive commission, when the
present legislative program calls for the
consolidation of state commissions that
have not gotten a foothold in the "con
stitution to save them from legislative
Interference. - i
I r win is seeking a' way to give the
Kansas Industrial court functions to the
state . supreme court ' or the superior
courts. -.. : :.
Railroad Opposes i
Change in Tariff
For Handling Logs
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Olympia, Wash., Jan. fo. The Great
Northern railway has filed a writ of re
view asking the superior court to annul
the order of the public service commis
sion instructing the railroad to publish
a tariff of $1-65 per thousand feet board
measure On , logs,, and to cancel the pre
vious charge of $2.25, The case is re
turnable February- ; :
Hearing on the application of the Pa
cific Power & Light company for an In
crease in gas rates in .Vancouver has
been set for .January 28.
The Win lock Water company has been
directed to. extend a four Inch main Into
the main district of Wlnlock to connect
with the city main. , -
The protest of " Okanogan shippers
aprainst the rates of the upper Columbia
will be given a hearing. .
Measure Aimed at
Installment Plan
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. ; 10. Senator
Walter McDonald of San Francisco is
after the installment plan houses. He
got the draft of a bill today that will
compel the return to buyers who default
in payments on merchandise purchased
under installment contracts or equities
of payments made before seizure can bet
made.
The first body of a soldier to be sent
from overseas to Colfax is -that of Cor
poral Guv M. Bryan, son of J,. Bryan,
He -was killed at the Marne September
1. 1918. -
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BLUE SKY LAW TO
BE MOOT POINT OF
OLYMPIASESSION
Olympla. jWash., Janf 10, (I. N.
S.) The Washington state legisla
ture conveje' here today at noon
for the regular biennial session.
. Blue sky legislation promises to be an
important feature of the session. Power
ful interests from many! parts of the
state are di$nandinff a drastic law to
curb wildcatters, while mining Interests
from the Spokane district aire fighting
almost any slort of blue ky legislation.
The legislature will be asked to reenact
the .prohibition laws of this state In
order to conform with the federal stat
utes. Seversjl plans for complete read
justment of the governmental system of
the. state will be considered by the leelK-
laturo. Consolidation of city and county
governments j for cities of imore than
80,000 population will be
attle taxpayers.
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asked by Ke-
Woodland Newspaper
County Printing
Kelso, Wash., Jan. 10. The Lewis
River News jof Woodland was awarded
the cowmzi county printing by the
board of commissioners at a prle of 20
cents an Inch. This contract runs until
June 30. The Kalama Bulletin, which
has been the county's official naner. lost
Its contractjfor failure I to publish, the
paper at regular publication time.
At " Northoort.1 Clarence Brewer.
6-year-old sn of A. T. ! Brewer, placed
his hands on: one of the belts in the
plant of thp Northport t Manufacturing
company uil : was hurled to death in
the machinery. - a
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