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"to IMPEACH
JUDGE LANDIS
Representative Welty Demands
His Removal From Office -for
Accepting Position of Baseball
1 Arbiter; Says! Duty Neglected.
Washington. Feb. 14. (I. N. S.)
Impeachment of Federal Judge K. M.
Landis for "high crime and misde
meanors In office." was asked of the
house'. of representatives today "by
Representative B.' F. Welty. Demo
crat of Ohio. j f
" "Impeach Judge Landis." Welty
declared.-and entered the formal pro
cedure to secure: an impeachment
trial for the judge.
The impeachment charge Is based
solely on Judge Landis connection with
organized baseball, j and his receipt of
ralary from the baseball organizations.
VP TO HOUSE j , -
The impeachment charge was re
ferred to the house Judiciary committee
for lpvesUgation. In the report of the
committee will depend whether Judge
Landis is to be sent to trial before the
senate for impeachment and removal
from office. The committee may report
the Impeachment charges . unsubstanti
ated. !
Representative Welty moved his Im
peachment charges today by declaring
in the house :
"On .March 3. 1917. the sixty-fifth
congress passed' an act which in part
provides that : I -
"No government; official or employe
shall receive any salary In connection.
with his services as such official or
employe from any source other than the
government of the United Stares.
NATS DUTIES NEGLECTED
"I therefore Impeach said Kenesaw
Mountain Landis. as follows:
"Kirst For neglecting his official du
ties for another gainful occupation not
connected therewith.
"Second For using his office as dis
trict judge of the United States to settle
disputes which might, come ' Into his
-ourt as ' provided r by the law: of the
- United States. . . . ; -;'f-. ,
"Third For, lobbying before legisla
tures of the several states of the Union
' to procure the passage of state laws to
prevent gambling In baseball, instead of
tOonrluded Pus Foot. Cotaaaa Three)
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AID FOR FARMERS
Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 14. (I. N.
S.) Bernard Baruch, New York
financier and former chairman of
the war industries board, today pre
nented to the farmers marketing?
committee of 17 in session here, a
plan to organize an agricultural f i
nancial corporation for financing
fanners during; the marketing: peri
ods. The plan. Baruch said, would
be a supplement to the federal re
serve system. ! . r
. Stock in the proposed corporation.
Baruch said, would be open to the public
In denominations Of $100, $500 and $1000.
The plan Includes the acceptance "of
farmers notes secured by warehouse
receipts. Against the notes, the cor
poration would issue bearers certificates.
in three denominations. The corporation,
he Baid, would make "easy money" 'for
the farmers. ' S
The "committee of 17. appointed by
the farmers congress to devise means
of aiding farmers In marketing their
products, took the plan under considera
tion, f '. i .
"The producer must be put on a par,
with the buyer," said Baruch. -Untn
this Is done the farmer will suffer. I
believe my plan will aid him. Thousands
of small investors would be glad to buy
certificates in the farmers financial
corporation. Under the plan, they could
Invest their money at good Interest and
the farmer obtain the benefit of its
use.
Touching on financial conditions.
Baruch declared it the duty of the
bankers ' and financiers to minimise
financial obligations immediately.
Los Angeles Swims
Through Downpour;
Men Carry Women
Los Angeles. CaK, Feb. 14. (U. P.)
Streets were flooded today from what
was said to be one ef the heaviest down
pours in the history of Los Angeles. Al
most a third of an inch of rain fell in
10 minutes.
when drainage facilities failed to
swallow the torrents of ; water which
swept the streets, plank bridges were
used to span gutters.
Men carried women from streetcars to
the sidewalks.,
Santa Monica schools were dismissed
on account of the drenching rain.
Liners and Railroad
Pact Data Sought
Washington." Feb.' 14. L S In
formation relative to alleged agreements
and understanding between American
trunk line railroads and foreign steam
ship lines is requested from the Inter,
state Commerce commission in a resolu
tion Introduced In the senate today by
senator Fletcher (Uea, Florida).
BARUCH PROPOSES
MISSING PORTLAJND FLIER
LIEUTENANT, ALEXANDER PEARSON Jr.; who has
been missing since last Thursday f in the great Texas
: desert.' Pearson was making a transcontinental flight
from Florida to California.- He is believed to have fallen and
been injured or killed. ;
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PORTLAND AIRMAN
IS STILL MISSING
San Antonio,; Texas, Feb. 14. -I.
N, 6.) Whether Lieutenant Alexan
der Pearapnr. IJ. S air service lies
dead i or - seriously injured . In t the
wreckage of his airplane,' or la slowly
making his. way on foot through the
sagebrush and sandhills of the great
southwestern desert to one of the
small towns over which he was last
seen flying, remains Just as much a
mystery at the end of a 96-hour
search by 40 army planes, cowboys,
ranchmen - and Texas rangers as
when the flier , first dropped from
eight Thursday morning.
Hope - that be is alive still persists
unong army fliers, although they real-
1XO uiat escn nour uia wacrvAuvuia
mains a mystery lessens the chances of
his having survived, v.;
With daybreak today the 40 planes re
sumed their search, assisted by cowboys,
ranchers and rangers. - The search was
narrowed down to the territory between
Sanderson and San Antonio, as it was
from Sanderson that Pearson was' last
reported as having been seen. : .
Fliers here feel sure Pearson made a
forced landing. They believe he either
was so seriously Injured in the " crash
that he is lying beside his wrecked plane,
suffering from i lack of food and .water
and gradually weakening, or- that after
landing he fell from exhaustion, due to
lack of food and water, while making his
way through the desert Bands. The en
tire hunt is being conducted under the
personal . direction of Major Henry C
Pratt, air officer for the Eighth corps
area.' -)
'Bally Blighters' at
Police Station RoiT
' Self-Styled. Lord
i . i - i .
With "a bunch of bally bUghters for
cellmates." Miles P. Cotton, se'lf-etyled
British lord. Sunday spent a perfectly
beastly night in the city jail, where he
was lodged for drunkenness.
All the, bally cops were bUghters. too,
and have no more conception, of the de
cencies due a peer of old England than
they have of ordinary civil hospitality,
"Lord" Cotton . advised when he un
leashed his tongue for a tirade of criti
cism of the police department.
' The Impromptu oration. Inspired in
part by an utterly "impossible" bed. won
for his lordship . a return to' the . cell,
from which he was this morning released
under $50 baiL "Lord -Cotton." is the
name on Jhlsf personal property tag at
headquarters.! His lordship declares he
la en- route- to jVanoouver, B. , c.
Idaho House Votes
For Direct Primary
Boise, Idaho. Feb. 14. (L N. S.) The
bill providing for the' return of the di
rect primary was passed in the lower
house this morning, 33 to 19. This ac
tion was taken in the face of resolutions
adopted by the Republican state central
committee on Saturday absolutely op
posing the return to the direct primary.
Move Is Afoot to '
Tariff Vote
Washington. Feb. 14. I. X. &
Members of the senate finance commit
tee in charge of the Emergency tariff
bill in the senate will endeavor to get a
vote on the measure before adjournment
Tuesday. Senator McCumber (Rep.. No.
ak.), announced in the senate today.
U.S.C0URTTHROVS
T
AH the suits brought by Oregon
shipbuilding and outfitting plants
agalnet the. United JStates shipping
board ; Emergency JFleev corporation.
Involving ' close' to $1,750, 000, ! were
virtually thrown out of court this
morning by Federal. Judge Charles
E. Wolverton.
,. He rendered a decision against the
Astoria' Marine Iron works In which he
held : that the shipping board could not
be sued in the federal court for "more
than $10,000. All suits Involving more
than ' $10,000 must be brought in ; the
court of claims, he said. '
Private corporations prefer to bring
their suits against the shipping board in
the federal district court, rather than in
the court of claims, as they can get ac
tion quicker In the district court. ;
This decision will effect three cases
brought by ; Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding
corporation and - one brought by the Pa
cific Marine Iron works, according to
Assistant United States Attorney Lusk.
SIGHT TO SUE WITHHELD
Judge , Wolverton held the shinning
Doartl rpurely a governmental corpora
tion, in which private parties may hold
stock, but not the controlling interest.
By ruling that the shipping board is an
arm of the -government" the urt with
holds. ' under an act of congress, - the
right, of the board to be sued for alleged
breacn Of contract.
The court also took into considera
tion the supreme court deciajon In the
Strang case, under which local attor
neys thought they had a right to file
the suits, judge Wolverton held that
the decision in the Strang case did' not
cover the local cases and therefore could
not be used as a precedent.
DHl'BB BRIStiS DECISION
The' suit of the Astoria Marine Iron
Works , wast first started, in the state
courts and later transferred to the fed
eral court at the request of the United
States attorney. Efforts of 'attorneys for
the corporation to - have the case re
manded back to the state court were
unsuccessful. The decision today - was
not : legal, . because . the shipping, board
is not euojeci to oe suea. l :
Commenting upon decisions rendered
by Other federal judges throughout the
nation, covering similar, cases, the judge
said : "I am aware that other district
courts are not. in accord with this con
clusion, but I am unable to agree with
them." Appeal to the supreme court of
the United States is anticipated.
BEAiT TO HUB PLEA
- After Judge Wolverton had left the
bench. Judge B. S. Bean entered, and a
motion was made to continue, the hear
ing on the remaining cases, until next
Monday. Mindful of the decision made
by Judge. Wolverton a. few moments
before, Judge Bean said . be did not
think there would be any necessity of
arguing the cases before him. Upon
the : earnest solicitation of . the lawyers,
he granted.! the .request and. will hear
argument next Monday on the remain
Ing : suits, which involve $1,202,345.93.
The suits follow : Pacific ' Marine Iron
works, '$590,000 for alleged failure to
keep a contract ; - - Supple-Ballin : Ship
building corporation, $237,346.02 to cover
the i cost of "unnecessary improvements
and wages' ." incurred through alleged
failure to keep a contract, and Supple.
Ballin Shipbuilding corporation, - $374,
& 00.91 to cover alleged damages arising
over controversy as to the type of
four boats constructed during the war.
Allies Waiting for
Harding's Policies
. , . - t , -
London. Feb. 14 I. N. S.) The allies
have decided to wait for President-elect
Harding's declaration of policy before
making their final decisions on Turkish
and German problems, according to the
Daily Telegraph today.
OUT SHIPPING SOI
cupid shakes
old throne
Determination of Crown Prince to
Wed Princess Nagako Causes
Resignation of Privy Ctfuncii
Head; Whole Country Stirred.
By Henry W. Kinney
ToUo, Feb. 13. (U. P.) Cupid
has been responsible for a domestic
crisis in the affairs of Japan which
had passed over today after bringing
resignations in high government cir
cles and shaking the entire country.
Prince Yamagata, president of the
privy council and one of Japan's most
distinguished statesmen, has resigned ms
official position and his power in Japan's
affairs may be over as a result of his
opposition to the engagement of Crown
Prince Hirohito. who will he japan s
next mikado, to Princess Nagako.
RESIGNATION DEMANBE1)
The press Is demanding that he resign
all of his official positions and surrender
his decorations, and leaders of the op
position to the government may petition
for the appointment of a regent owing
to the Illness of the emperor. It was
learned here today.
The trouble came with the demand of
Yamagata that the engagement be
broken off. There was an immediate
tempest throughout the imperial house
hold.
But Cupid seemed to have the upper
hand, for the first development was the
resignation of the minister of the im
perial household. It was then evident
that a crisis was at hand.
This' was followed by an announce
ment that the elder etatesmen. having
refused to Interfere in the love affairs of
the crown prince, the spirit of the the
dead Emperor Meiji, father of the
present emperor, would be appealed to.
On February 11. accordingly, numer
ous public men of Japan made a pil-
(Concluded on Paee Four, Column Two)
(Copyright 1931. hi the IntarnaUonal Kewi
Detroit. Mich., Feb. 14. Out of
the great i beyond a message has
come from the spirit of Thomas
Lynn Bradford, according to a re
markable statement today of Mrs.
Ruth Starkweather Doran, the
woman the adventurer had chosen as
the agency to whom to talk after
death. '
He committed suicide here last week.
The reported message was reported Sat
urday night by Mrs. Doran, between 9
and 10 o'clock exactly one week, to
the hour, after Professor Bradford had
committed suicide in an effort to prove
the dead can communicate with the
living.
TEXT OF ALLEGED MESSAGE
"I am Professor Flynn (Thomas Lynn
Bradford), who speaks to you from the
beyond." Mrs. Doran's message reads.
"I have broken through; the veil, with
the aid of the many interested persons
who are helping tonight to prove the
reality of communication from the
regions beyond the earth. The help of
the living has greatly assisted the re
turn. - "I simply went to sleep. I woke up
and at first did not realize I had passed
on. I find no great change apparent.
I expected things to be much different.
They are not. Human forms are re
tained in outline, but not in the physical.
"I am still intent that students 'shall
investigate the book I left behind.
"I have not traveled far. - I am still
much in the darkness. I -wee many per
sons. They appear natural.
"I recognize your fear and grief over
the notoriety that this adventure . has
given you. but I am to help you bear It
Do not bother about it, .
BESPONStBILITY IS LIGHT J
"There is a lightness of responsibility
here unlike in life. One feels full of rap
ture and happiness. Persons of like na
tures associate. I am associated with
other investigators like myself. ' I do not
repent my act. I was a misfit on earth.
I shall continue am continuing my in
vestigations, i . ,
"My present life is but the first of a
series. I am still investigating the fu
ture planes regarding which we in this
plane are as Ignorant as are earthly be
ings of the life just beyond human life.'
During the hours of nine and ten, spir
itualists i and theosophlsts throughput
Detroit , were holding a "concentration
party." ' By prearrangement, all of the
faith concentrated' their thoughts that
hour upon Bradford and Mrs. Doran for
the purpose oz assisting in tne transmis
sion of the message. M
Mrs. Doran swears to the authenticity
of the communication. The message came
to her during -a, trance in the presence
of others.
Man Who. Repudiated
Mooney Testimony Is
Now in San Francisco
San Francisco, Feb. 14. (TJ, P.)
John Macdonald, 'Thomas Mooney .case
witness, who has made an affidavit re
pudiating' his testimony, arrived In San
Francisco today to appear before . the
grand jury investigation of the Mooney
case. ' ,. - - i-
Macdonald left New- York for San
Francisco last week after giving his
affidavit to Frank P. Walsh, labor
attorney.
He made no statement on arrival here.
The date for Macdonald's appearance
before the grand jury has not been set.
PSYCHIC SUICIDE
SENDS MESSAGE
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Man Is Held
Up Twice in
Night by Trio
"Aw, we got you before," said the
leader of a trio of highwaymen who
held up 'William- Mclver for the sec
ond time Sunday night. "Go back
to where we held you up before and
you'll find your watch in the snow."
- About 11 :15 o'clock Sunday night Mc
lver left the home of a friend in Monta
vllla. At East Seventy-fourth and
Ulisan streets three unmasked - bandits
told him to "stick 'em up." One of the
men shoved an automatic into bis face
while the others rifled his pockets, se
curing his gold watch, gold chain and $3.
"Now, beat it," they said to Mclver.
Mclvei- caught a streetcar for his home
at 270 Failing street. As he alighted
from the Williams avenue car at Failing
he saw an automobile parked by the
curb. As he passed the auto, a man
jumped out and held him up again. The
robber recognised Mclver as his victim
of a half hour before and let him go
without searching:- Mclver returned to
Montavilla and found his watch in the
snow. Mclver gave the police a. meager
description of the men, 'Police say a few
circumstances surrounding the double
holdup have given them a clue.
SWEETS DISPLACE
COICVALENTINES
"There are going to be a lot of
sweeties remembered today. If
all these hearts are true there must
be a lot of Jove still left in the
world," Miss Erma Siegel, head girl
of a down ton candy counter, . re
marked Sunday.
For several days the candy girls have
been busy packing heart shaped boxes
ror St, Valentine remembrances. Red
satin covered boxes with Daniel Cupid
decorating the tops have been especi
ally , popular, the girls say.
Other se confectionery establishments
have catered to public fancy on Valen
tine boxes, and all agree that the red
heart shaped boxes are very much the
rage. ;
DIED ALONG WITH J. B.
Many are "saying it with flowers"" and
the rose sales have been much incceased
for outside the city delivery during the
past week, . florists say.
But Btill the valentine sales ar rood.
say managers of Portland craft shops.
The old time Comic valentines are fast
disappearing and there has been little
demand for them. Popular as jokes
among a happy-go-lucky set of imbibers
in the pre-prohibition days these have
taken, the count with- tha - drinks 'that in
spired ' - them.'' When - the , 'eighteenth
amendment was passed the comic valen
tine passed with it. It is believed.
So there are not many like this left:
Tou pieee of cheese, yon Mil old joke.
Why don't you to lie down and croak 1
I'd like to write, old Bill Contrary.
For you. m brief obituary.
Or this:
Ha pUced his arm about her neck;
Upon her lip he pressed a kws
"I'Te drunk from many a cup." uid he;
"But sever a mug like this."
--Sales at the stationery stores indi
cate that this is a sentimental age. A
few comics have been sold, but .the ones
with the pretty little verse, are the rage
with the high school boys and girls, it
i said.
THEY LIKE 'EM SWEET
Salesgirls say that there is a demand
for the cunning little sentimental pic
ture valentines with verses that are sup
posed to be the acme of perfection for
"puppy lovers."
This is said to be a sample of the verse
that knocks the youngsters over :
"There to Utile girl I know.
My soodneea, how I love her.
Her' name is Nell, .for her I ten.
My BtUe turtle tow't" . .
- Cupid still is the Babe Ruth of all the
creations on the paper and pasteboard
valentines. Small boys are attracted by
his bow and arrow and , insist on his
picture to send to their teachers or their
"gurls" even though they -fail to under
stand the significance of his presence
there.
DAY OF COMIC VALANTIXE
PAST, SAYS POSTAL OFFICIAL
Chicago. Feb. It. (U. P.) The day of
the valntine is passed, in the opinion of
Chicago postoffice officials.
Few valentines are passing through
Chicago mails this . year, according to
Leroy Steward, superintendent of Chi
cago mail deliveries.
Fewer valentines are being sent each
year and this year the lncrase in the
amount of mail handled around St. Val
entine's day has scarcely been notice
able, he said.
"The country has either improved or
lost its humor because there are prac
tically no comic valentines," stated
Steward;
British Ship, Fast
In Ice, Asks for
Immediate Rescue
4 New York, Feb.. 14.-s-L- X. S.) Two
wireless messages for assistance were received-
here today from the captain of
the steamship Bristol City of the Bristol
line, bound from Bristol, England, ; to
this city. . The first message was gar
bled in transmission, but the 'second S.
O. S. call was urgent and read as fol
lows: - ; .: ' "" '""
"In heavy fields of Ice. . Have no steam
to get through. ' Want Immediate assist,
ance."
It is believed the ship was caught in a
heavy ice floe somewhere off Cape Bre
ton. The Bristol City Is a freighter of 2500
tons and has a crew of 40 men. It left
England January 27.
Prices of Two Kinds '
Of Crude Oil Smashed
Pittsburg. Pa, Feb. 14.--L N. S.)
The Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency
here announced at 9 :30 this morning a
reduction in : price -of , two grades of
crude oil effective immediately. Corning
is cut 4$ cants to $2.55 and Cabell is cut
BO cents to $2.4&
-W.R. S N.
WILL RETIRE
Business Transferred to Harkins
Transportation Co.; Ainsworth
Dock to Be Given Up; Depot Is
to Be at Foot of Alder Street.
After more than 41 years in the
river service between Portland and
Astoria, the O-W. II. & N. company
will retire from business on the Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers, on the
arrival of the steamer Harvest
Queen from lower river points.
The Harvest Queen Is the second of
the boats to bear the name. The first
was a famous boat on the middle river
and made the down trip over the Cas
cades before the completion of the locks,
25 years ago.
Business of the O-W. R, & N. will be
handled by the Harkins Transportation
company as agents. This company oper
ates'the Lurline, Undine, Madeline and
Georgian a on the Portland-Astoria run.
Captain L. P. Hosford. managing owner
of the Harkins company, is a veteran
operator on the Willamette and Colum
bia rivers. For many years he ran the
steamers lone, Hattie Belle, Jessie Har
kins and others on the run to the locks.
Later he took over the Kamm interests
and went into the freight and passenger
business between Portland and Astoria
All river business will be handled from
the Alder street dock Instead of the
Ainsworth dock. The Harkins Trans
portation company operates from the
Alder street dock. As agents, the Har
kins vessels will carry O.-W. passengers
to the North Beach line at Megler.
It Is reported along the waterfront
that the O.-W. Is negotiating for the
disposal or the Ainsworth dock, which
would mean that the company intends
to withdraw from the San Francisco
service. Officials of the railroad would
not comment on this angle of their
service. ,
It Is also reported that the company is
making an effort to dispose of the Har
vest Queen, Hassalo and Nahcotta. to
the Harkins interests, but the officials
also refused to comment on this matter.
saying that for the present the three
crafts would merely be Med up.
Federal Judge Wolverton made
formal denial this morning of the
6uit brought by Lee Roy E. Keeley
in which Keeley sought -to compel
the judges of the supreme court of
Oregon to admit him to practice law
in this state. The state -court had
previously refused to admit him to
practice, though it allowed him time
to finish litigation already instituted
during the time the proceedings
were under consideration. :
The decision makes it impossible for
Keeley legally to practice in the state
courts, but does not affect his standing
in the federal court, circuit court of ap
peals, the United States supreme court or
the California state courts to which he
had been regularly admitted.
SUIT DISH ISSED ,
The entire suit brought by Keeley was
atsroissea. , Following the final action of
the court Keeley announced that he
would appeal direct to "the supreme court
of the United States. Judge Wolverton
based bis decision on the ground that be
had no jurisdiction. The last paragraph
of the decision reads: "After a careful
review of the crucial questions involved
I am impelled to the conclusion that,
within the jurisdiction or power of this
court, complainant (Keeley) has not
shown himself entitled to the relief
prayed for,- in any respect,
-According to the facts set forth in
Judge Wolverton's decision, Keeley ap
plied ' for admission - to the - Oregon bar
March 24, 1919, and received a tempo
rary certificate.
DEFIED ADMISSION
Before the time for objections to his
admission had expired, an objection was
filed.- On December 5. 1919, the objec
tion was heard before a special com
mittee from the bar. Keeley was exon
erated' of the charges made against
him. but the committee failed to rec
ommend his permanent admission "be
cause of lack of professional character
requisite for an attorney of the state'
and "statements made and . conduct of
applicant at the hearing."
On February 17, 1920. the case came
up before the state courts and Keeley
was denied admission, and later the
court entered an "order to this effect.
When - Keeley could. not get the desired
relief in the courts of Oregon he ap
, pealed to . the federal court on the
ground that " he was not enjoying ; the
samev rights as other citizens by not be
ing allowed to follow his chosen voca
tion. ; Judge Wolverton held that all
other men . desiring to practice law are
subject to the same restrictions as those
imposed on Keeley and that he had not
been singled out.
Disposition of All
Appropriations, Is
. v Urged by Harding
" Washington, Feb. 21. (L.N. S- Tele
grams" urging that efforts' be made to
dispose of all pending appropriation bills
at this session and to .prevent any of
them being held over until the next con.
grees. were received today from Presi
dent-elect ; Harding by Senator - Lodge.
(Ft,. Mass.), Republican , leader . of the
senate, and Rep. Mondell (R, Wyo.), the
Republican leader of the house. .
FROM
RVER
U.S.C0URTTHR0WS
OUTKEELEYSUIT
Pup Gives Its
Own Life to
Save Master
After arousing the occupants of
Ole Wald's house at 1578 Holladay
avenue, an Airedale pup was burned
to death early Sunday morning when
the home was completely destroyed
by fire, .which started from ashes
deposited in a wooden box on the
back porch. Captain Roberts, of
the f fire marshal's office,; said - this
morning that a warrant would be
issued for Wald, charging violation
of the city ordinance prohibiting the
use of a wooded ash receptlcle.
The dog was sleeping on the back
porch when It was awakened .by the
smoke and heat frorif the spreading
flames. "
Whining and barking about the back
door,- the pup ' aroused Mr. and Mrs.
Wald, who y-ushed down tairs and
opened the back door. ; The excited dog
ran into the house, and becoming con
fused by the smoke, lost its way and
could not find the door again. Wald
tried to find the pup, but was finally
forced to hurry from the burning build
ing to save his own life. ' j .
Only a coat and pair of shoes belong
ing to Mrs. Wald were saved from the
building.' Captain Day, who Investi
gated the fire, estimates the loss at
$2100, The place is covered by insurance.
HOOVER TO BE IN
By Raymond Clapper
St. Augustine, Fla, Feb. 14. (U.
P.) Herbert 'Hoover can be secre
tary of commerce lr the Harding
cabinet if he will accept the post, ac
cording to the belief of persons close
to the president-elect here today, -
Hoover had previously been supposed
to have slight chance of being Invited
into the cabinet because of ths opposi
tion of a number of senators, including
Hiram Johnson of California.
But Harding has hopes of mollifying
the opposition, it is said, . and believes
that the public as a whole will approve
the appointment of a man with Hoover's
experience. - " i.-'-- .
It is ; possible that Johnson . will be
called to St. --Augustine : to .discuss the
situation with Harding, though no en
gagement has been made thus far.
It-was recalled-today that Hoover
breakfasted with Harding In Washington-
-immediately after. , the nomination
last June and that he was -among tire
first to-be'enmtnoned. lO-vMarion during
the "best mind ' conferences, 'fv-- 1
Reports -that Senator Fall, New Met
ico, has been decided upon for secretary
of the interior are correct, according to
some of his close friends here today;
Thomas W. Lamoht, one of the J. P.
Morgan officials, was scheduled to confer
with . Harding today.
Place Not Offered, Belief
New York, Feb. 14.--(U. P.) Close
associates of Herbert Hoover, comment
ing on today's dispatch from St. Augus
tine,, said that to the best - of their
knowledge President-elect Harding bad
not yet-offered Hoover a place in the
cabinet, .
$500,000 Alienation
Suit Halts; Juror Is
Held in Bribe Deal
Washington. Feb. 14. (V. ' P.) Max
S. Johnson, juror in the $500,000 alien
ation suit of David W. Sullivan, against
John T. Davis, Elk ins, W. Va-; million
aire, arrested and held in ssooo bond to
day on charge of attempting to negotiate
a bribe from Davis.
The : Jury immediately was dismissed
by Justice Slddons as the case entered
Its fourth week in District of Columbia
supreme court. , ; '
Rainier Man Struck
By Auto Badly Hurt
Donald Thayer, Rainier, Or., who was
struck was an automobile while walk
ing along the highway near Rainier
Saturday night, was taken to the Good
Samaritan hospital Sunday. Authori
ties say he may have a fractured Skull.
Thayer was walking along the highway
when , the automobile came up behind
him. - . - . . -f . -
CABINET
RUMORED
Japan Following German Plan
k . s m wt -9t n": t n US
HasThousanclsof Men in U. S.
. By Frank V.'Martlnek
Former InUlHwiK Officer of Asiatic Fleet V.
. Kar, Who I Taotvttgrujf yarailia With
v thm Q riant
(Capytnaht. 1921 . by The Chicago Daily Nw Km.,
. Publiahad by The Journal by arrangement. )
' One of -the Important visions ! In
the Japanese dream of pan-Orlental-ism,
control of the Pacific ocean and
leadership in the far and near east,
is the domination of the middle Pa
cific islands, not only that sho may
use them herself as coaling' stations,
but as naval or military bases as
well. Thus it Is seen that the prob
lem " of giving independence to the
Filipinos, the Hawaiians and the na
tives of Guam is not an economic or
benevolent one,: particularly for the
United States.-but a problem of mili
tary assuredness. An Important
question that enters here is whether
the people of these islands are able
to rule themaelves. ,j ' ";'; :-rU'-, .;'
. Information comes to me in the near
east, the far east, Europe, and even here
In the United States, that Japan is more
7 -MEMBERS
I
BOARD ICED
House Measure, Naming Two Port
land Women, Introduced; Ac
tion of Five to Shut Off Appeal
in Case of Dismissed Teacher.
State -House. .Salem, Or.. Feb. 14.
Signed by 10 members of the Mult
nomah delegation in" the house. Gor- -
don, Kubli, North. Hindman, Leon
ard. Hosford. McFarlaml, Korcll.
Wells and McDonald a brand new-
teachers' tenure bill was Introduced
in the house this morning.
This puts both bouses of the legis
lature into the tenure fl?ht with two
bills to consider instead of one.- for
Senator Moser announces that he will
still make his effort to reconsider the
vote by which the Staples bill was de- 7
feated on Saturday and pass the bill.
The house measure increases the mem.
bership.of the board of directors from
five to seven members and- names Mrs,
A. M. Webster and Mrs. Forest Flslv.r
as the new members to serve, until tho
school election of June next. .
TEH3I8 Or MEASURE
' The bill adds vice-principals to the
classification of the existing law. It
also provides that teachers employed
for not less than two consecutive terms,
shall be "employed upon an indefinite
contract under jsvhich they shall con
tinue under employment from year to
year until the contract Is formally termi
nated by resignation of the teacher or
as otherwise provided."
It is also provided that the concur
rent action of five of - the seven mem
bers of the board In the dismissal or
demotion of a teacher "shall be final
and not subject to review by any other .
commission.
If the order of the board is made by
less than five members, the teacher l;r
given the right of appeal to the appel
late commission now existing try law.
MAT 8C8PEND TEACHEB
LThSL-bill-also provides that the board
may summarily suspend a teacher for
gross derediction of duty or misconduct.
In such suspensions , the teacher I
given three days within which to de-'
mand a written statement of the
grounds upon which the suspension in
based, and. should this demand be not
made, then the suspension acts as a
final dismissal.
The house, just prior to the Introduc
tion of the bill, tabled Senator Hume's
resolution passed by the senate Satur
day, which provides that tho tenurn
problem would be submitted to a special
committee of five for study and report
to the next session of the legislature in
1923.. ,. - .-
Mrs. Fisher Is the wife of a prominent"
Portland attorney and bas been promi
nent in educational work. Mrs. Webster,
wife of Dr. A. M. Webster, former presi
dent of the Kast Side Business Men's
club, has for several years been engaged
In Parent-Teacher association activities
and women's club work,. Both Indicated
this afternoon that they would serve if
the bill is adopted.
HOUSE APPROVES
FULL NAVY BILL
Washington, Feb. 14. (U. P.)
The house today passed the naval
appropriation bill after a long.de
bate on disarmament and after de
clining to take action to force President-elect
Harding to call an inter
national conference for limitation of
armaments.
The measure carries a total of $333.
000.000. of which $90,000.00 is for new
construction..
The bilPgoes to the senate. -
than merely interested In a propaganda
urging independence for the Philippines.
She baa also been active In a campaign
for the Hawaiians and for Guam. A
glance ata map of the Pacific will ex
plain this. Should the Filipinos be given
their independence, without a string at
tached, the result, to say the least, might
be embarrassing to the United Statea.
Just what Japan would do in the event
of Independence being granted to the'
Philippines is a matter for prophecy.
But recent history might be enlighten
ing.' 5
THE KOBEA3T rROPACASDi
Renegade elements in Korea, KormoH.
Fukien and in other Oriental countries
began the disturbances whiuh have re
sulted in Japanese occupation of Kort.
Before the Japanese occupation of Korea,
and ever since, Japan has maintained a
steady propaganda to the effect that trs
Koreans were unable to -fovirtt them
selves, and that Japanese armed ion
were necessary there to maintain oMt.
But In each case it will be rempmtxrH
that Japan was only a jump behind t
internal disorders with her army of c
cupation. And we have eeen how ,
relinquishes slowly wtmt tthe
(Concluded o Pa lour, Col-Xiia '
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