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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER CO, 1S21. s L 4s CLAIM FOR RUT III OF WAY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION Whether or net the city can lay claim to a rtjht of way for Foster road from IU prtnt ending at Fifty cond atroet through tho wooded patch to the weat to FtfUoth street and Powell Valley road ta being lnest1gsted by the department. It waa announced thla morning by A. d. J oh neon, aaalatant commissioner of pub lic works. From Information furnished by J. Allea Harrison It waa discovered that a county road, presumably a part of Fos ter road, crossed the land In question, ending at Fiftieth street. The road t waa abandoned when Fifty-second street. also a county road, waa opened airing aocess to Foster road from the Powell Valley road. , By law a county road cannot be abandoned. Johnson pointed out. unless a trad of property Is made. So far the Investigation made by the depart ment has not shown any such trade. L'nder these circumstances, Johnson said. the right of way for Foster road belongs to the county, and as the city has taken . It over the extension of the street and elimination of the jog at Fifty-second street csn be carried out without any eot to the city save to prove Its claim. I'lana are now being prepared for the widening of Foster road from Fifty-sec . ond to Heventy-second street to 90 feet. The extension from Fifty-second street west has been considered, but until re cently It waa assumed the property was privately owned. If the claim can be verified the Im provement of Foster road will be greatly facilitated, Johnson said, by Including tho extension In with the general pro gram. This, he pointed out. would give a .thoroughfare from the southeastern section of the city Into the heart of the businesas district council and , stated that , lira. Carter had constantly worked overtime and that while the illness waa hot doe to line of doty, the request should be granted. When the vote was cast Mayor Oeorge L. Baker and Commissioner Mann were the only ones voting tor the measure. BETXJrTT-FIFTH STREET - EXTESSIOS FLAWS FILED Plana for tho extension of Seventy- fifth street southeast were placed on file ia the office of the -city auditor this morning for public inspection. The plan prepared by - O. Laurgaard. -ctly engi neer, provides far the extension and widening of the street from Fortieth to Forty-fifth avenues southeast at an esti mated cost of I282.M. Remonstrances against the project will be heard by the city council December 14. KESTAt&AXT PERMITS GBAJfTED Permission , was granted by tho city council this morning to Fong Y. Russell to 1 operate a restaurant at (8 North Tenth street. The application of Miss Marcel - If artin lor a rooming bouse at 1MV4 Market street was denied. li PBOJECTS, It OF 8EWEB A5D IS STREETS, ACCEPTED At the last session of the city council for the fiscal year, ending today, street Improvements and sewer projects cost Ing 1544,172 were accepted. There were 25 projects accepted, 11 for sewers and 12 for street work. Among them waa the Columbia slough channel, which coat approximately IS60.000. BOARD TO TAKE UP 0 HCBTF.HFrGE COF.fi. HATS BARBLB) DENY CITY PEttMIT "Subterfuge will not be allowed by the department of public works." A. L Rarbur said this morning, as he voted against granting H. W. Plath a permit to erect a garage on Fast Seventeenth street between Linn and Ochoco avenues. The council unanimously concurred In Barbuda opinion and permission was de nied. Testimony at the hearing showed tha' Plath had been refused a similar permit before, but despite the fact 'erected the building and called It a machine shop. He then made a second application for a garage and put up the plea that his money waa Invested in the place and a machine shop would not pay In that district R. L. Shepherd appeared before the council and presented a remonstrance to tha application algned by 92 per cent of the ownera of adjacent property. ROADS' WAGE PLEA Chicago. NOV. JO. (U. P.) The United States railroad labor board Is ready to consider, applications of railroads for cuts In pay of employes, Ben Hooper, board member, stated today. The board in settling the railroad strike called for October 30. promised It would not consider wage reductions until working rules were decided. Working rules will be announced to morrow. RECLAMAT 01.111 BEND AREA SURE, LL SAYSSAMUELHI That the reclamation of the segre gated lands lying between Bend. Red mond and Prlneville is now practically assured is the statement of Samuel Hill who has justreturaed from the East for a conference with his associates who have organised the North Canal I f i ... i company for the purpose xo reclaiming these lands. The company had asked the state wa ter board for an allotment of 1(0,000 acre-feet of water to be stored in a reservoir to be ' constructed at Crane Prairie on the headwaters of the Deschutes. The board allotted about one half the amount asked for, or an amount suf ficient to reclaim 20,000 acres of the seg regated lands near Betid. A further allotment will be withheld to some fu ture date. Hill expressed disappointment at the action of the board, as it was the In tention to construct the system to a ca pacity sufficient to serve 40,000 acres. permitting" the serving of a large acre age of now desert land around Powell butte. Owing to the large amount of cement work which must be done on the canals It would not be practicable, once the sys tem was constructed, to serve 20,000 acres, to enlarge it to serve an addi tional 20,000 acres. HU1 said that the canals should be built to serve every acre possible in the first instance, thus making possible the delivery of water at the lowest possible cost to me prospective settler. It Is expected, however, that the mat ter again will be presented to the board, said Hill, and when the situation is made clear to it that it will lend the company its fullest cooperation In bringing about the construction of the larger system. Test Case Begun Directing Attack . On Bus Franchise , Oregon City, Nov. 30. A test case on the new ordinance which provides that all passenger buses operating through the city from points outside must secure a city franchise win come tip In the re corder court Friday. EL William Dent, 403 Labbe building. Portland, manager of the Portland. Salem and. Albany bus line, .was arrested here for failure to obtain a local franchise, under the ordi nance of November 13. It is expected that the case win be carried from the recorder's court to the circuit and su preme courts to test its legality. Another test case on a city ordinance Is pending in the circuit court on the ordinance providing that all Wholesale trucks delivering goods in the city from points outside should pay a $10 monthly license fee. Wholesalers of Portland are protesting the city's action and await ing the outcome of the case. If it is de cided adversely to them, it will also be carried to the supreme court, according to the understanding. The passenger buses are not allowed to stop in the city to pick up passengers at present, and the franchise, which they are forced to obtain under the ordinance, does not provide for any stop privileges. ASK COOPERATION iimw TfiPiinnnnr luourruiu Hum BUDGET BOARD HERO CAREFULLY PLANNED UCD E WOMAJT KMPLOTE OF CITY I DE5IED PAY DIBISG TLL5E8S Commissioners Pier. Bigelow and Bar bur voted against granting Mrs. Ruth Carter, chief clerk in tho city health department, a sum of $94.74 for salary while she was 111 In 1920. at the ses sion of the city council this morning. Dr. Oeorge Parrlsh appeared before the fl.N MlSSOi ni RAILROAD WORKERS FACE WAGE CUT St. Louis. Nov. SO. (I. N. S.) Notice has been served on approximately 22, 000 employes of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad that the management in tends to make a reduction in wages ranging from 12 to 42 per cent, effective December 16. W. E. Williams, general manager of the road, announced here to day. m a , 'Showoff Murderer Is Meek at Trial Chicago, Nov. 30. (I. N. S.) rUnkempt. wan and broken In spirit. Harvey W. Church, youthful "show-off" murderer, was today placed on trial for the grue some "handcuff murders." Church has pleaded not guilty to the slaying of Bernard J. Daugherty and Carl Ausmus, automobile salesmen, who were brutally murdered in the basement of the Church home. SPIRIT GOOD OF FEELING PREVAILS ( Continued From Pact One) F .fjjWWAL FUND v n1 DONT DISAPPOINT THE COMING GENERATION 117 HAT YOU DO TODAY, they will read about and remember as long as they live. QUR EDUCATIONAL FUND Agreement policy provides a fund to be paid your son or daughter in four eqijal annual installments when they are ready for college whether you live to complete the policy or die prior to that date. IN LATER YEARS you will give all you possess to make your child proud of 7011. Our Educational Fund Policy will do it. Oregonlife Insurance Company Oldest la Pacific Northwest to the British delegation. When it Is considered that Mr. Balfour, Sir Auck land Geddea, Lord Lee, Sir Robert Bor den, Senator Pearce, Sir John Salmond and Mr. Sastri had never worked before as a team, and that some of them were not even personally acquainted when the conference began, the manner In which they have adopted a tsommon standpoint, and have concentrated their efforts upon the .attainment of the main purposes of the conference Is highly creditable. They meet daily at the Brit ish embassy and behave as a band of brothers. BRITISH GREASE "WHEELS If, in the nature of things. It is not the business of the British delegates to haul the conference along, it is, and has been their business -to remove boulders from the road and to grease the wheels. This they have conscientiously done amid general good will. Doubtless Mr. Balfour s geniality and real passion for the peace of the' world have Inspired his fellow delegates. His knowledge of local conditions and the sincerity of his devo tion to the purposes of the conference that has gained him general confidence have also been invaluable. The influ ence of Sir Robert Borden, whose strong Canadian patriotism detracts in no wise from his Instinctive comprehension of the American standpoint, has likewise been of the utmose service. But when all is said and done the credit for whatever may be accomplished by the British delegation in seconding thr exalted initiative of the American administration belongs to the delegation as a whole. Nor should praise be withheld from the French delegates. When allowance has been made for the difficulties of Frenchmen in comprehending American conditions and modes of thought it Is undeniable that as soon as the French delegation found their bearings and real ized the misleading effect of suadry erroneous notions with which they had been plied, they entered into the spirit of the conference and became truly help ful. The interview between M. Briand, Mr. Balfour and Sir Auckland Geddes that preceded the French prima minis ter's great statement of France's posi tion, revealed the fundamental coinci dence of French and British views upon the tasks of the conference and the world peace. The recognition of this fact enabled Mr. Balfour to follow up M. Briand's statement with his moving expression of British solidarity with France should she ever be compelled again to stand as the foremost defender of European lib erties. . And, a consideration to which the French are by no means insensible. Mr. Balfour's speech, in its turn .made it far easier than it might otherwise have been for Mr. Hughes to join whole heartedly In the general genial of the moral isolation of France. Respite quilts and jibes to which no real importance ought ever to have been at- I tached M. Briand, as I have good rea son to know, ardently desires the clos est understanding and the fullest co operation with England. Since his de parture the leading French delegates, M Vivian! and Sarraut, have neglected no opportunity of showing their cordiality towards their British colleagues, by whom, it hardly need be said, their good win is fully reciprocated. I have said enough to indicate the at mosphere within the conference as dis tinguished from the doubts, the specula tions and the vapo rings without. Some untoward Incident may still cause a me- mentary embarrassment, but. In any event, things seem now to be moving so strongly and swiftly toward the real isation of the mam desires of those who wish the conference well that it is diffi cult to imagine how its outcome can be anything but a solid and enduring suc cess. (By United New) New York. Nov. 30. No doubt exists in the minds of friends of Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, com mander of the "lost battalion,", that the war hero embarked on the United Fruit liner Tuloa with the express purpose of ending his life. A message from Whittlesey to another member of his law firm ends with the phrase : "I shall not return." The impossibility of forgetting his war experiences, the distaste he felt for pub lic adulation, and the constant reference to the event which won for him the con gressional medal of honor, evidently caused his resolution to die at sea, a re solution which was probably heightened by the ceremonies at Arlington on the burial of the unknown soldier, an event which left the colonel depressed and melancholy. - Ho waa methodical, even In planning for his last adventure. Messages to his law firm told of the disposal of all the cases in which he was working, their status in court and what should be done to complete them. Proposed organization of Portland and Oregon branches of th national budget committee for the purpose of supporting the executive department of tho federal government in the economical use of public funds, was outlined at a luncheon meeting in the crystal room of the Ben son hotel at noon today by John T. Pratt of Washington, chairman of the board o directors of the national committee. Pratt is on a tour of the larger cities of the country in the interest of the budget movement and is tho guest of 'Helen Ladd-Corbett and other relatives while in the city. "Members of congress most acauira the habit of thinking in terms of national Bervice rather than of local advantage in voung appropriations of public money,- rau stated, "and because the people of the country have been, ahead of their political leaders in grasonie this thought, it is proposed to affect a nation wide organization of voters to direct the action of their representatives at Wash ington. Already the movement is meet ing with marked success and thousands of business men and other patriotic citizens in tho larger cities of the East and Middle West have become members of the national budget organisation." ACT PROVIDES MEAKS The federal budget act of June. 192 L provides the machinery under which the president may have prepared for his submission to congress at the opening of the session, the first Monday of, each December, accurate estimates of the real needs of the national government, both as to revenues and expenditures, ac- coramg to i-ratt. operation of the act under direction of Brieadier General D&wes. since July 1, has resulted in a reduction of approximately $600,000,000 or about 12 per cent in the original estimates or the treasury department last spring, Pratt stated. PADDI3TG CUT OUT This savin? of J600.000.000 nf mi Wirt funds was affected by cutting out the "padding" in the original estimates of executive bureaus and departments, ac cording to Pratt, but the actual saving could be realized only as congress sup ports the figures contained In the presi dent's budget It was urged that both hcuses of congress, sitting as committees tne wnole, consider the entire finan cial plan contained la tho' president's budget and plans contained In a -slngi appropriations committee of each house. It la further proposed by tho national budget committee- that a rule b passed by both houses of congress denying mem bers tho right to in trod uc bills calling IV tne appropriation or money nnui the president' u budget Is acted upon and dis posed of. The nation-wide committee represented .by Pratt propose to keep tab on senators and congressmen and in sist upon their cooperation In tho pro gram of economy. Pratt leaves tonight for San Francisco. The meeting at the Benson hotel was called . -by the executive committee of tho Portland Chamber of. Commerce, Edward Cooking ham . and Professor Samuel C May. recently returned from a study of taxation problems la Eng land, were among the principal speakers. Following the meeting it was announced that a local branch of the national budget committee would be organised. Dr. 0. J. Smith at e National Capital Washington, Not. 10. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Dr. C. J. Smith of Portland arrived to day and with Senator McNary will con fer with the war finance corporation tomorrow in an effort to hasten loans for the relief of grain growers and live stock Interests. BUILDING PUTS v - I SHOW CONTINUANCE OF SIDE ONWARD Resignation of Spruce Production Trustee Accepted Acceptance of the resignation of Henry E. Walker as trustee of the United States Spruce Production corporation was announced today by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Van Way, president of the corporation. The resignation was submitted some months ago and is ef fective as of November 80, 192L Due to the fact that certain important matters pertaining to the liquidation of the corporation's properties, with -which Walker has been closely associated, have been unexpectedly delayed, he has agreed to remain with the corporation for a time. Walker's decision to continue in the service of the corporation was made in accordance with a request made by the secretary of war at Washington, ac cording to Colonel Van Way. A. I MILLS. Pres. E. N. STRONG. Asst. Mgr. C S SAMUEL. Gen. Mgr. H. R. BLAUVELT, Exec Special. QrCgODlifC Inurnco Company Corbctt Bldg., Portland, Or. Without obligating- me in any way, please send me par ticulars of your educational fund policy. (Signed) Address Kidnaped American In Chile Is 'Safe' Washington. Nov. 10. U. P.) Don ald McBean, the Armour ft Co. repre sentative who was captured by bandits last week in Chile, Is safe, according to a dispatch received at the state de partment today. . Coatlnumno of Portland's bunding campaign i through November and a prophesy of activity during thbalance of the year, reflected the optimism of the business men of the city as viewed from the office of the building inspec tion department at the city haH. The total number of building permits Issued during the first's days of the month closing today was 1012 and their value waa given at SL12.S3S. Of this total 194 permits were for new real. dences valued at 66,T2S. These fig ures were compared with 751 permits valued at IS96.4I0 and 67 residences valued at SK9.975, for November. 1110. Total permits Issued for the It months ending November 19 amounted to 11,388 valued at I1MIC.741. Total residence permits Issued during the 11 months period numbered Z715, valued at t9.40i.U0. New construction planned In the city, tor which permits would be asked durins; December, promises to bring the aggregate for 1921 past the tit, 000, 000 mark. Present figures make 1921 the third year In the volume of building In the history of the dty. Bank clearings for the month showed a decline as compared with November. 1920. The figures are: November. 1910, $152,47.40.sl ; 1921. $12.Ut.b04.. Portland and thi hoy was brpuxbt to uoide&dale:fer burial Monday. ,MraJ Atkinson was the wlfV of John AUin- leoo. a pioneer farmer la the Number swuuB i im iv i its, nat wnesx MIL Her husband "and ' the followin.- chQ drea. Ed Aiktnaoa, Toppealah. Wash.; Robert Atklnsoa and Mrs. Verona Ertck on, both of Portland, Or, aurvtte, OVERSEA TETimAJ DIE QoMendAle tTaabV Nov. 10. Richard T. Peterson, overseas veteran. dUd Haa. day at (Soldenrlale. A military tuneral was held Tuesday by Louis Leld post. American Legion, lie waa a logger. Murder Case Jury Is Unable to Agree Eugene, Nov. 30. (U. P.) The Jury in the case of Fred Thomas, aged Do- rena logger, on trial on a charge of sec ond degree murder for killing Wiley Hubbard, September 6, was still out at 1 :10 o'clock this afternoon. Th,e Jury went out Tuesday night, shortly after t o'clock. From all indications it is a hung Jury, as was the case when Thomas was tried the first time on the same charge. WIFE OF riOXXEK PASSES Goldendale, Wash.. Nov. 10. Mrs. Elisa J. Atkinson, for many yearv a resident of the Klickitat valley, died at County Relief Fund Dwindles to $1000 The county budget for relief work. fixed at 840,000 for 1921, was exhausted months ago. The other day the com missioners dug up $5000 for the board of public relief, hoping it would tide the board over until New Years. The board reported this morning that it has only 81000 of the 85000 left, and more money wU be necessary. ount Boni Soon to . Take Another Bride Paris. Nov. 30. (L N. S.) 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