THE OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL; PORTLAND, OREGON
TUESDAY, MAY 21, KZl.
TAFT AS CHIEF
JUSTICE WOULD
WIELD INFLUENCE
By Norman Hapgood
TniTcre Arrrfc. Staff Cotmwxmdent
Washington. May 24. IX William
Howard Taft becomes chief Justice
of the supreme court, as eeems like
ly, he may exercise more lastfnsr In
fluence than he did during most of
his term president. ;
The chief justice has no more to say
about decisions than any associate Jus
lice, but he uslrna the writing; of the
opinions, which means something;. Aiso,
he is responsible for keeping the work
moving:. That in a point at which
Chief Justice White was strong; He
. worked and made others work. .-
- But the great Influence I speak of
does not rest on being; chief. It rests
on being; the ninth man on the court.
This is the only nation in the world
tri which nine men, appointed for life,
tell . the people what they are permit
ted to do.
BIO ISSUES LOOM
Just now the big; cases turn on ecor
nomip and industrial issues. Back in
Cleveland's time the court was able to
prevent an income tax. At present the
reactionary e'ement on it Is princi
pally occupied in preventing; legisla
tion to broaden the rights of labor
and in preventing legislation to limit
certain uses of property against the
public welfare. The court is so evenly
divided - that the new appointee may
turn the scale.
Taft will be 64 years old when the
court goes to work after its summer
recess. He himself laid down the rule
that a man ought not be appointed
after 80. President Wilson announced
and acted on the same rule. -SLATES
TENTATIVE
.The gossip that Justice' McKenna or
Justice Day may be made, chief Is
presumably without any . foundation. If
the place is to be filled from within
the court, there is no excuse for se
lecting anybody except Holmes.
The slates prepared by the admin
istration jire conceded to be highly
tentative. It seems to be certain, how
ever, that ex-Senator Sutherland is to
go on the court, but that he is to wait
until a successor ia needed to Justice
McKenna. Mr. Sutherland is 59. He
declined . the . position of solicitor gen
eral, important as. that office is.
In "deciding on this appointment,
Tresident Harding will, as a formality,
act in consultation with his attorney
general. As a matter of fact, however,
the person who' Is most likely , tof be
seriously consulted by him is Secre
tary Hughes. Mr. Hughes has not
only been on the . court himself, but
when he was pried away from private
practice to accept hia present position
he was the acknowledged head of the
American bar.
HUGHES COS8IDEBEB
A - well-known professor in one of our
leading law schools writea me that he
thinks Hughes ought to go' on the
court, no matter? how Important is his
influence in the cabinet- Most "people.
however, think he haa no right at pres-t
enX to lay down hia present work, and
I do not believe; be will consider iU
There are comparatively few young
men who have fully proved their quali
fications. Such are Roscoe Pound, dean
of the Harvard law school, who halls
from Nebraska and is Si, and Judge
Iiearned Hand of New York, who is
49. ' - 'V,.-' :::
But no such original : appointments
will be made. The place .will doubtless
go to Mr. Taft, and he is expected to
make a good record. His legal stand
ing is excellent. i
Local Rotary Club
Bids Farewell to It's
Scotland Delegates
With former i President J. I Wright
as chairman of the day, the Portland
Rotary club Tuesday noon at the Ben
son hotel will formally bid farewell to
its delegates to the international Ro
tary convention in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mayor Baker and Commissioner S. C
Pier at -the same meeting will author
ise Portland's . representatives. , Estes
Snedecor, international president of
Rotary ; A. J. Bale, president of the
Portland club, and Nelson G. Pike,
Northwest district governor of Rotary
to present prizes awarded in connec
tion with the Portland international
rose test garden competition. Elisha J.
Hicks of Hurst, Twyford, England, who
won a gold medal for his climbing rose,
"Lady. Hllllngdon.' and Hugh Dickson
of Belfast,- Ireland, who won' a bronze
medal for his climbing rose, "T. K. Cro
sier." will receive their awards from the
Portland men . at a ceremony in the
Ro.1 Gardens at London. .
Clarkston Pioneer
Dies of Paralysis
Colfax,: Wash., iMay 24 A. P. Miller,
a well-known pioneer of Whitman coun
ty and. a large land owner, died at
Clarkston Sunday of paralysis. Miller
settled on a farm near Thornton in
18S4 and was at one time 'a county
commissioner. His wife was with him
when he died. ; :
THREE HURT WHEN
TRUCK LEAVES ROAD
Three men , were Injured Monday
morning; when a motor truck 'went
over a bank on the Columbia high-?
way 1 miles east of Delena. James
Rowley, East Sixty-firet street, was
not seriously Injured, with, his right
leg; broken In three places. John
Roberta of Mist, Rowley's eon-in-
hvw and driver of the truck, sus
tained a scalp wound. A third man
whose name was not ascertained was
hurt less seriously. ; i I, r -
The accident occurrid at 10:30 a. m.
1 miles east of Delena, The truck.
driven by Roberts, left the paved high
way "and completely overturned. ? The
victims were picked up by T. J. Fllppin,
Columbia county agricultural agent,
who took them In his car to Rainier,
where they were attended by Dr. Ditto.
Later they were brought to Portland.
Plans Are: Complete :
For Bundle Day for ;
Relief of Armenia
"FVir Bundle day for clothing and toys
for Armenia next Wednesday, Portland
preparations were virtually complete
Monday, said J. J. Handsaker, state
director, today. "Shipments from over
the state are already being received.
Sutherlin, Medford and other points
have already sent liberal quantities.'
Several churches reported; generous
contributions of bundles Sunday. The
Kiwanls club makes a special collection
at luncheon Tuesday Anyone unable
to take a bundle to the nearest church
or to any of the downtown stations,
may telephone Main 2178 or Marshall
162. ;
Snow Still Blocks
Yellowstone Trail
Wallace, Idaho. May 24. Despite ef
forts of the volunteer crew of shovelers
Sunday on the Idaho-Montana summit.
1800 feet of snow still blacks the Yel
lowstone train. More than a half mile
was cleared and, with the crew now
on the work, E. F. Stone president of
the Shoshone County Good Roads asso
ciation, .gives out the assurance of an
open road Wednesday.
l J. 1 .1. 1 .T. 1 .1. 1 .1. 1 J.I I I .T. 1 ,T. 1 .t. I ,f . I .!. 1 .1. 1 1 J. 1 .1. 1 .!. 1 .1. 1 .1. 1 .1. 1 .T. I .. I J. 1 .1. 1 .1. 1 J. I J. T .T. VA
Your Valuables
Placed Where YOU ALONE
; Have Access to Them
. .
Interior View of the
New Vault
Aisle of Private
Coupon Rooms.
Ladd & Tiltbn's
New
Safe Deposit
Vault
Hie average person fails to real
ize how seriously the loss of
private papers and other articles
of value' would affect him until
by the agency of fire or theft,
.such loss has been suffered.
Don't Be Like the Man in the Fable-
He locked the stable door after his horse had been stolen I
Place v
our private papers, deeds.
r , laraiy brlooms and other I valuable articles-in one of our safety
tTA i - CS Secureulm the massive steel-lined, time-locked vault, saf2
you lcsry PSS C "f fife and thcft' nothin can Wpen to
For
avai
j your privacy and convenience, adequately furnished private rooms are
Come in today tomorrow you may tuff eAoss by fire or theft
Open Daily, 8:30 to 5
Saturdays, 8:30 to 2
Safety Deposit Boxes
$3 per year and up
i - . per vear and un I i-i
Eeclamation Men to "
Inspect Columbia
Drainage Districts
Thorough investigation of all drainage
districts in the Columbia river section
will be made by members of the drain
age section of the Oregon reclamation
congress during the annual field meet
ing of the organization June 7, 8 and 9,
according to announcement made by W.
L. Powers, secretary of the organization.
The "drainage section of the congress
was formerly the Oregon State Drain
age association. : The members of the or
ganization, will meet , at the Imperial
hotel at 9 a. m., June 7. and spend the
day in Investigating drainage districts
along the Columbia river. A special
trip will be made to the drainage dis
trict near Kelso, Wash.
On the second day a visit will be
made to the Astoria branch experlmenf
tal station and to the cranberry bogs
and reclamation districts in the vicinity
of Astoria and Seaside. On the final
day of the tour-a visit will be made to
the drainage districts near Tillamook.
Entries Increase
For Floral. Parade
In Rose Festival
In
With warm, sunny days rapidly open
the rose buds and insuring plenty
of blooms for the Rose Festival next
menth, entries in ' the floral parade are
becoming more brisk at headquarters.
Committees who are soliciting the public
to participate in the pageant believe
this week will see a representative en
rollment, but ask all possible entrants
to make their decision early and give
notification to headquarters. . ,
Section chairmen of the Peninsula
district held a meeting last night to per
fect arrangements for the entry of dec
orated car for each of the sectors and
a superb float for the district at large.
Similar action, it is anticipated, will be
taken by . all the" various sectors organ
ised under the Portland Service league
and directed by Henry W, Kent, chair
man of the floral parade committee.
12 Delegates for
Travelers to Attend
Louisville Meeting
Twelve delegates from the Oregon and
Washington divisions of the Travelers'
Protective association will leave fhere
June to attend the national convention
of the association at Louisville, June 13
to 18. Resolutions will be presented at
the convention by local delegates asking
Indorsement of the travelers organiza
tion for the 1925 fair at Portland.
Members of the local delegation are:
Stanhope S. Pier, president of the Ore
gon and Washington division; Clyde
Kvans, treasurer of the division : Charles
A. Alphonse. C XL Bailey, Fred J. Brady,
A. E. Brown, William . Fisher, . F. I
Holmes, ? Theodore Rothschild, Paul 3.
Sullivan, C K. Suffron and H. D. Wil
liams. Delegates from other northwest
ern states will join the . Oregon Wash
ington crowd In - boosting for the 1925
fair, according . to Kvans. ,
Admits He Poisoned
Pigeons; Fined $25
C B. Duxbin, who lives in an apart
ment house near EastSixth and Davis
streets, appeared by attorney in the mu
nicipal court early Monday and pleaded
guilty to a charge of poisoning pigeons
and . was - fined $25. Durbin said the
birds created a nuisance in the neigh
borhood.' ; .
Locomotive Shops
Of Great Northern
In Hillyard to Close
,' Spokane, Wash May 24. Closing of
the locomotive department of the Great
Northern shops at Hillyard from May
2t to July 6 was announced by company
officials. About 400 men are affected.
the layoff being the same as that made
by the shops several weeks ago.
The Marcus division of the Great
Northern has been consolidated with
the Spokane -division and the Marcus
division superintendent's office force
moved to Spokane. J. H. Doyle of Ever
ett, formerly assistant superintendent
of the Western district of the ' Great
Northern, succeeds Barney Lantry as
head of the Spokane division. Lantry
becomes assistant superintendent of the
consolidated Spokane district., -
It Resembled Good
Scotch, but Zowie! .
It Kicked Like Mule
The label was as reassuring as an
oil . prospectus. The top of the bottle
was covered with heavy tinfolL Even
the cork waa trademarked with burnt
figures. But the "hootch" that came
out of the neck of that bottle wow i -
Dennis ' Sullivan, partly sobered up
now after a few vigorous slashes at his
neck with a dull razor, says he has con
sumed much whiskey in his day, but
that one drink of this "domestic" Scotch
was enough to make Barnum & Bailey's
menagerie look like .so many cheese
eating mice.-
The crimson coyotes got the best of
him at 2 o'clock Monday morning at
his home. 215 Mill street. Either the'
razor was too dull or his hand trem
bled. He Is recovering, at the emergency
hospital. ' x
Land Settlement
Plans Are Rushed
To aid In the land settlement plana of
the State Chamber of Commerce, the
Prineville Commercial club has an
nounced that the Crook County Cham
ber of Commerce will send R. I. Srhee
to the' Middle West to assist the field
agents of the state, organization, , now
working in that section. Other organi
zations in the state are responding to the
LUrJrlhlj
Coffee is the favor
ite drink of normal,
healthy people
everywhere. In the
United States we
drank forty-five bil
lion cups last year.
JOINT COFFEE TRADE
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
74 Wail Street New York
-the universal drink
request for aid and are planning to end
special representatives to assist in or
ganizing; me special train of homeweek- f
ers which the state chamber is planning
to bring to Oreuron in . July.
I fV.t f n I in
wmi i ui riooaca uaso
ments This Pump Will Take'
the Water Out
fp''
1
Evinrude Centrifugal Pump
and Engine Complete, $135
Will pump 4000 gal. per hour.
Can be picked up and carried by
one man.
EVINRUDE MOTOR CO.
211 Morrison St
22
i
Air
. mm- afeM to ask pMcos
Tie Newest BaB-trap OXFORD
A fa vox. lie with, young men, In ch
wanted lighter shade Cf Q 50
oc can canafrm.
W -w I .1,1 .
W :e. , .
Wf atSste
rw
"CREST '
Women have always poked a little fun at men
for not questioning the prices of things.
: Prooably, in the past;; women were the better ;
shoppers. .. .
But observe how the male ririzrn is going afer
values today. "''V-' ' - .
NOTICE hovr many luore mat
are looking in the Regal;
windows. Ask the ' manager of
an ly Regal Shoe Store and he will
tell you that more and more new
men customers are coming in.
Men who nave looked around
and checked up the local shoe
situation.-
Quality men but determined
on sensible economy in their foot
wear. . You remember March. Other
shoe people said the public wasn't
buying.
But in this same Match, Regal
sales to men done mcreased around
20 percent.
The public is always buying.
But this year buying cHfierendy.
With a pride of ecoaomj. With a ;
sharpened sense of toaaefs worth.
Such as they are fiacHng hx
Regal Shoe Storex,
Genuine leathers in every Regal
Shoe, no mattrr what the price.
Old-fashioned, honest work
manship. ;
Shoes sold cSrrct through factor
owned stores. .
And you know the prices be
forehand
The New Two-Ton
Of genuine White Buckskin
and Black Calfskin. Rubber
sole and heel. Invisible eye
lets. Same combination in
Russia Calfskin. Note the
firm grip of the IQ 5Q
beel
A A
f7W
'8.oam
REGAL SHOE COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS.
Made by America's Most Pregreuire Shoe-Makers, Sold EcomnmeaSy Through Heir On Shoe Stores
PORTLAND STORE
347 Washington Street
SAN FRANCISCO
773 Market Street
. ' SEATTLE
8ACRAMENTO
927 Ky Street
TAOOMA
OAKLAND
1315 Broadway
t3 5R55 ism aasSj r W
HIS Second A'
94 Pacific Aa