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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, X::L i'OPiIEN CHIEFS IN .SOU DRIvE ARE AMEO FOR STATE t That a woman. Mrs. Charles E. Slmp- ion. proposed . th Woodrow Wilson foundation and that women bare an un- urual incentive for contribution to tbe . nieces of the effort were assertions at 9 he Initial session of the state executive wmmlttee of the Oregon woman's divis c on of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation n general" headquarters in The Journal") wilding. . Monday, afternoon, - . .While decision to perfect a state-wide , irganlxatlon was reached. Mrs. Alexan ' ler Thompson, presiding, stated that ef- Sort would be concentrated in Multno- " nah county and among the women's or- " tanlzaiions. She, announced the follow- sig county chairmen,, In the woman's di l rlslon: '.js:''fj -s';::' Baker, Mrs: W. H. Parker, " falter ; J Benton. Mrs. Victor P. Hoses, Corral lis ; Clackamas, Mrs. John Gaffney, Oregon Astoria; Columbia, Mrs. J. W. Day, St Helens; Curry, Jars. R. Zumwatt, Fort Drford ; Cooe, Mrs. Ita Leslie, Coquille ; - Drobk. Mrs. N. G. Wallace, PrlnerUle : 9 Deechutea, Mrs. Charles Wesley Erskine, Bend ; Douglas, Mrs. William Bell. Boee " ourg : Gilliam, Mrs. Mark A-' Weather . ford, Arlington : Grant, Mrs. Angle Law ' rence. Prairie City ; Harney.Mfs. Moth- . erheads. Burns : flood Kiver : atrs.C il. Castner, "Hood River; Jackson, Mrs. Rose , Sohief felln, Medford; Jefferson, Mrs. W. H.' Hannon, - Madras ; Josephine, Miss Minnie Ireland, Grants Pass; Klamath, iMra Maude Baldwin. Klamath Falls: Lake, Mrs. Bam B. Best. Stauffer; Lane, i Mra Frank I Armitage, Eugene ; Lln- f eoln, Mrs. Rosemary Schenek. I Toledo ; j Linn, Miss Flora Mason, Albany ;' Mal- I heur, Mrs. D. P Dearborn, Ontario; j Marion, Mrs. Fulkerson, Salem ; Mor i row, , Mrs. Ruth Ballinger1, Boardman ;' Multnomah, Mrs. Redmond P. Marshall, Hillsdale; Polk, Mrs. Riley Craven, Dal- 1 las ; Sherman, Mrs. M. U Hoskinson, ; Moro ; Tillamook, Mrs. W. E. Noyes.rTil 4amook ; Umatilla. Mrs. . Nourbourne f Berkeley, Pendleton ; Mrs. Anna Oliver, f La Grande ; Wallowa, Mrs. Inez Keltner, Enterprise ; Wasco, Mra. Francis V, Gal- I low ay. The Dalles ; Washington.' Mrs. R. , M. Irwin, Hlllsboro : Wheeler. Mrs. H. 3. Simmons, Fossil ; Yamhill, Mrs. Ward , wisecarver, Mcaainnvuie. ; )f the state executive committee "there were ' present, Monday, . Mrs. Thorn pson, Mrs. , Redmond P. Marshall ; Mrs. t Rt Bailey, Madame George Reed, Mrs. J. G. Wilson, Mrs. Julia Marquam -and Mrs. V. M. Watson. THOMAS FAILS IN t EFFORT AT RUSHING ,; . ''..I' ' '"' (boatiniMd From Fate One) In British Columbia during most of the hearing, he ought not to say anything about it But he will side In with Frank. Talk about railroading and pairing off? a chorus of hisses pre vented his completing the sentence. . "I am going to say right' how,' Thomas then bellowed, "I have";; been abused. - They have tried toput'4me ' on trial" (gathering murmurs from the audience), "but if there is anything against me the place to take it Is the grand Jury." COIL QUESTION TJP The properties committee will report ; to tha board Wednesday night at the i regular board meeting. " : The testimony submitted In suport of . Captain Edmonstone and the properties " department was abort. Roy Quacken ' bush, plumbing foreman, told his version of the Installation of the Washington high schoor coil for heating water for " the cafeteria. In connection with the t Stanyon ease, which was changed somewhat when under cross-examins- ' tion by Attorney Charles A. Hart he SECOND BIG WEEK NOW! Portland's Biggest Picture To 1 ' Date Early 4 shows L-tsCsal Contia-V? 'Af ii a. m. f y-f , 1 l-args " , t,- V y- 5 rrf, Jaoale Prteei I o rhd. f lis f : T asy ,) tK ) U , -3T gut-, .fr,-r,..4-.,.M ,. admitted that the first coll. against the advice of . Stanyon, was placed la a furnace la which little fire was required to heat the- rooms depending upon it. and that afterward the coil had been removed to an end furnace first recom mended by Stanyon, where more fire was required., the trouble, ceased. metal -department, related the finding that the roof of Washington high school being damaged by soya and mas. BOT GIVES TESTES" OBT , D. Galbraith. special night watchman sent to the Washington high school roof, told of his Investigation and the con dition of the roof with broken skylights, cigarette stubs and broken iron orna ments. O. R. West, plumber, told about the incapable man pouring cold water in hot dry glass of a donkey engine at .Washington high school, given , by the defense as one of the reasons for Stanron's discharge. Cross-examined by Hart, be said be had never reported the incident and had none nothing unto Oeorge B. Thomas asked him about it. The Incapable man is still in the em ploy of the district at Washington high school. - i---' r - - Clarence- Irwin. ls-year-old Janitor as sistant: said he had had conversations with carpenters and other men who spoke as though Stanyon was bard to get along with. He said he had had a few tilts with him, but had managed to patcni them op. The defense brought .out that Irwin had been working son Stanyon's ranch, but Hart. In his cross-examination. established the fact that Stanyon; under the Janitor aystem-in use," employed all bit. own neip. ana mat uwin naa never out in time on his ranch lor wrnca tne school board ever, paid. MEH0BY FAILS Frank Ross, another high school boy assistant, also testified that be had talked to some of the men who did not think things were very harmonious under the Stanyon regime. Pinned down ny Hart,: he could remember of talking to only one electrician, whose name he did not know. ' . . ' T. A: Proctor, chief of the bureau or records and supplies since July 1, and formerir with Whitfield. Whlteomb Co- who drew up the- plan of organiza tion for - the properties department adopted by the board, testified to the saving to the district under the present "STfrtqrn." To this "system" he anriouiea a saving of $263 in paste made by a formula furnished . bv Director Wood ward, a aavine- of 120 in wands by hav- Irg them made by nfanual training boys and of $8900 in lumber used by the manual training, department Among- the savings included In the lum ber item was some $5000 worth of lum ber that the department found and al ready had by paying 1700 tp make an luventory. , DISMISSAL ORDERED . In spits of the fact" the district had the lumber. Proctor insisted it was a saving, because without the 1700 Inven tory we oeparunent mieni aui usvt known it Had it In its rebuttaL the public as repre sented bv Shall and Hart recalled Stan yon to the stand, who explained the hot water coll episode. He further states' that Barrett the man alleged tot have had a near explo sion, was under Stevenson first and then under his direction. He said Stu art hht immediate superior, told him, "Q. B. says he has got to go, and when he says that, you have got to get rid of him." C. M. Snvder. president of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, said he had been on -the examining commit tee of his organisation when the name of Stanyon came uo lor membership, and that all candidates are submitted to a severe examination, , which Stanyon passed creditably. SHDLL GITES REVIEW D.'J. Phillips, returned to the stand. stated it was impossible for him or anvont to have installed the motion picture machine before the morning of August 9 and the evening or August 10 and still do it outside of school hours. Following the close of the case, Sbuu gave a brief review. He referred to the first charge, that employes have been employed In mechanical work outside of the school district ana nave neen pata for this work by this district and cited the motion picture machine installation related by Phillips and corroborated by Captain Edmondstone and OdelL "Klncaid was also employed, accord ing to Phillips' testimony." said ShulL "But Klncaid was not put on the stand still he is In the employ of the district I do not know why, but neither were several others in the' employ who could either have' denied or corroborated many of the things testified to. SCHOOL TIME USED "If Phillips falsified his time card so did Odell. It looks to me as though Odell knew where Phillips was, and so did Edmondstone and Proctor, and when his card came back the thing was all O. K." Speaking of the political work by school employes in the interest of Di rector George B. Thomas, Shuu said: "Shipley was not placed on the stand. I called him, but he was not here. '.Ed mondstone said he would be here, and I expected him to be put on the stand. He Is still en the payroll. He could have denied McBain's statements, Why did Bolton electric line to S cents have been he not do it? I think we are all con Tin ced. School time was used tor col lecting money, and whether it was used in returning it does hot make an dif ference.. . . i i "A great deal was said by Edmond stone and Odell about the difficulty of getting money returned. They, criti cised McBain because it was mot turned right Naway. Do you recall single word of criticism of these men for collecting money? Go through the evi dence and' see If you: can find a single place where the men showed any objec tion or censure because the men spent time out to collect money, THOMAS BREAKS IK -"They could have put on the stand Stackhouse. I understand ne is tne po litical manager down there. These thlnea are managed by him.' Here George B, Thomas broke in. "If vou understand that. X would like to have your information. Where do you get that kind of dope? There is nothing in the testimony about political . man agement "A great deal of time has been spent In attemntimr to discredit Stanyon." said ShnlL TTt to the time he was dis charged nothing was heard about any thine? being wrong. Various teachers came in here and testified to his effi ciency as nearly a perfect Janitor as is possible for a man to bet We learned that Stan von. on his own accord, took extension courses from O. A. C wlth 70 or to men and -was the only janitor in the city who passed the examination. My belief is that Stanyon la one of the best Janitors ever in the service and he ought to be in the service now. BELIEVES MBAnr v "There are mea with records of from five to IS years of faithful service and good work who were laid off. and there are then still employed who are unmar ried. , Our board passed - a resolution giving preference to married 'men. and evidence shows the resolution was used simply- to get rid' of certain men they wanted to get rid of. because they kept on any number of unmarried men and taey are still on the payroll. . i"In my opinion the honorable thing was done by McBain. who told me and others. of the things going on at the shop. Between McBain and the rest of those men, I stand for McBain every time. If these things were done In your own business, would you pay no atten- tion to them, or put in place, men who have high, sense of responsibility Then Attorney John Collier argued for the defense by denouncing ShuUL; , I : He accused Sbull of breaking oct to print to get advertising for himself, of trying to besmirch the entire board, of working tor "that coveted goal of city commissioner," of playing "petty poli tics." and referred aneeringly to his calibre." - . f A DEVrxS CHARGE When he had finished because his time was sp. ShuII arcs, sis - the public had not used Its entire bat. allot ted. H "I have been greatly moved and in terested by this wonderful criminal at torney," be replied. "I don't wonder that Edmondstone hired him to look after his Interests. "I never-expected when I went into this case that I would be let off easy. It is one of the things a man has to stand. I knew what I was doing when I took this case up, and. contrary to what Mr. Collier ays, it was not put in tha press first. . It was! put up to members of the board and they told me to xo ahead. that it - must j be investi gated. There Was nothing put, into the papers about it until it came before the board officially. ' "So far as reference paid me, X dont care In the least. I am going to do my duty as I see it" Attorney Charles A. "Hart, who repre sented the interests of the public, with out fee, then spoke briefly. In which he referred to the quasi-military syBtem of Captain Edmondstone, and said the many little things brought out in the testimony, when gathered together and shown to have some relation to each other, were sufficient to receive the con sideration of the board. i U. S: HAS ENTERED By David Lawrei Vrrrriirht 1921. Inr Tha lonnul) Washington, Dec . iThe Cnited j - S tales government will hardly agree to any three j power or even four power pact to substitute the Anglo-Japanese alliance as suggested from Japanese sources. The same proposal has been made by British spokesmen. The attitude of the American govern-. ment baa not changed since its nega tive response was made to the identiea idea when Prime Minister Lloyd George made ,hls first speech on the subject shortly before the armament conference was called.. If America enters into any political agreement covering Far Eastern ques tions, it wffl be along broad lines and will include every nation which has in terests in that part of the! globe. The American government has a vivid recol lection of what happened in the Informal parleys which followed the! issuance of invitations to the Washington confer ence. Originally only five! powers be sides China were Invited, nut it was evi dent before many days bad passed that the people of Holland, Portugal and Belgium felt slighted and that their gov. ernments gave an impression ot being discriminated against The United States government promptly invited all three governments to send representatives. i OBJECTIONABLE AT ANY RATE But even if there were nquestlpn of discrimination' as against erthcr powers involved, still the attitude oc tha Wash ington government would be one of op position to any three-powerc pact That kind of an arrangement is cotrs trued as nothing more or less than an alliance and the idea of an alliance, or agree ment with a special group of powers which might In any way be interpreted as an exclusive affair is unpalatable to this aovescment - r Eve it exoression from bout the wnue House and the department Of state since the informal suggestions hesan to be made about a, three cornered alliance has met with the same response the United States will enW Into an agree ment On the Far East only if it covers all the powers who have interests there. There is. of course, a chance to recon cile the views of those who wish to make the United States, japan-t anu ureii Britain dominant in handling the ariairs ot the Far East and those who wish to Araw nn an arraneement which snail establish once and for all the peace ot the Far East The fact is that the tnree erinclnal nowera are much more interest ed in the Far East then are the others, and any pact signed by the nine nations now represented here Would, of course, place them on terms ot. equality, nut would at the same time hardly lead to the amount of interest in the settlement of Questions that may arise in the future. COLOR OF SPECIAL ISTTEREST8 Another objection to a three-power ar rangement i the impression which it might rive to special interests. The United States government is contending for the genuine application- oi tne "open door" policy, which in the minds of Washington government officials means equality xf commercial opportunity.. A hard and fast agreement especially one basesV upon economic essentials which took into consideration only the United States, Great Britain and Japan, might be viewed' by one of those three powers as a license to favor the other two na tions as against those not included in the pact China has already made it clear that she wishes this conference to go on- rec ord as opposing the making of any treaty or convention relating to Far Eastern affairs which does not give China an op portunity to participate. If China is In cluded, as many American officials, think is inevitable, there can be little objec tion raised to the addition of: all other na tions which have Interests In the Far East But the suggestion of a special alliance or Great Britain. Japan and the United States is far afield even as a -graceful substitute for the Anglo-Japanese alii. ance. The senate probably wouldn't rat ify It but the administration would, to be sure, never agree to it in the first place. A general counsel of nations, sie natories to a single pact covering the nine governments which have Interests in the Far East is the American idea for a substitute for all special agreements or alliances. Hunter-Dies After Shot Through Foot . Astoria, Dec s.-Andrew & Matson died Monday, following a gunshot wound through his foot while hunting near bis home at ' Hamlet Sunday; Though no postmortem has yet been performed, at tendng physicians believe that he was Injured to some way ether than the wound mads by a 10-30 rifle, as the penetration of the foot could hardly have caused death, it is declared. MTSflSG COCRSE OFFERED University of Washington, Seattle, Deo. (.The twenty-sixth annual short course eession of the college of mines of the University of Washington will open Jan uary & and continue until March 22. LAWRENCE DENIES PARTY ALLIANCE BID AGENT : SEES 110 HOPE FOR Of A IN PARLEY By Somes Hangood " Cniranel Sanfe Staff Oormpeadeni ' Washington," Dec S. Philip Trail, sec retary general of the Chinese delegation to the conference, has resigned. - - In a cablegram, to' the Fekin govern ment Tyau complains that the confer ence is now entering upon its fourth week without having made any prog ress towards the -adjustment of China's difficulties, - , In his message, Tyau further discloses that while, according to some', newspa pers it might appear that China Is to process of shaking off the bonds In which she is held, ai a matter of fact he could see no hope of real freedom for his coun Mr. Tyau was recently appointed min ister to Cuba and he has applied to be sent immediately to his post CHISA JTOT RECOGNIZED It developed tonight that a new and extended consortium for China has been agreed to by the powers at the confer ence. China is not recognised as one of these powers. It is said on high au thority that the disposition made of the rauroaas ana otner properties is an arrangement highly offensive to the Chinese delegation as a whole Thomas W. Lamont of Morgan A Co. New York, is understood to have been tbe leading spirit in arranging the. con sortium. The details have not been made public, but the Chinese delegates familiar with u assert that the proposed consort ium represents a greater degre of Inter nationalism than has ever existed before concerning any of China's properties. JAPAIT TAKES TIME Baron Ka to, his admiral's Uniform ablaze with the decoration ribbons of many countries, announced that the Jap anese government would require a week at least to reply to his communication on naval ratio and Far Eastern prob lems cabled to Toaio on Friday-last The Japanese navy department and advisory board for foreign affairs have to. consider the communication and re port to the cabinet which alone will de cide upon the' instructions to be seat to the delegation here. "X nave sent various proposals to my government not merely the naval limita tion plan," said the baron. He declined to say whether his communication also covers the British plan , to -scrap the Anglo-Japanese alliance. . in a. prepared statement Baron Kato emphasised the Importance of the naval ratio question for Japan and, denied the allegations that Japan is playing a bar- Dr. Eze. one of the Chinese delegates to the Shantung conference, said that the committee, today discussed the rail road' question for 45 minues, wfeen the meeting adjourned at the request of the Japanese. (.,-- "We adhere 1 to our demand : for the unconditional return of the railroad,1 he said.': -. j CHINA XTST. COXSBJTT ' Th United Rttf wTTT not be' a nortv to any international agreement: tor the administration of China to which, China herself does not consent it was - virtu ally announced today.. It developed today that the big work of the conference is expected to be fin ished this month and that there will then remain many details to be carried on by lesser representatives headed by the ambassadors. Mr. Balfour has made tentative plans for sailing the last days of December, but even if he carries out these plans. it need not mean that the whole agenda is finished. The council of ambassadors meeting under the chairmansip of the secretary of state of tne inviting coun try Is a permanent part of the plan drawn up, largely by EUhu Boot pub lished by the Carnegie Peace founda tion, and recently . sent by it to the White House to connect it with the cur rent events, Lord Lee and other prominent advis ers of the British delegation are think ing of going back about the time that Mr. Balfour does Sir Auckland Geddes will remain, however, with, such ad visers and assistants as he may need. The probability - of Premier -Lloyd George coming over is decidedly less. partly for fear the Irish issue might be raised in congress and in public meetings as a salutation , to him, partly because it looks as If the economic ques tions, in which he is most interested, would he left for another conference. M. Vivianl's plan to sail December 14 is still unaltered and the Italians also are discussing tif question of how soon their bead men can leave. Just as the naval program was In reality forced by Senator Borah, so the attitude of that senator interests the administration more than the attitude of any other man on Capitol hilL. The senator's attitude is not obscure It can be summarized thus: 1 The naval holiday and the agree ment to check the naval armament race have been won by Mr. Hughes because he announced a full program and an nounced it with a bang, thus solidifying the great majority of the people behind him. ; . "v . 2 The Far East settlement is trem bling in uncertainty for the reason that the United ! States government did not think out and publish a solution which It was prepared to back with a public appeal as It backed the naval program. 8 If any agreement on Pacific mat ters is reached, its ultimate sanction will be either force or world opinion. If it Is (explicitly or by implication) force, Borah will fight it, If it rests only on publicity and public opinion, Borah will' support Jt 1 " 4 He thinks the" alliance between Japan and Britain is none of pur busi Personal attention for you and yours at the imperial ness and does pot see what ; harm it does.- 1 . DOEgyT EXPECT FIGHT ; - - ' While the administration expects very few men on the bill to fight whatever agreement it makes, it cannot really know until the whole agreement is eon eroded. Meantime it may "be said that the first three of Borah's four points will sum up also the views of others that may join with him if a fight Is TOsde - s ' '. - . ' -. -. -A Tho information gathered by the ad visory , committee headed by Senator George' Sutherland- is in the hands of the various delegates. It contains the views of famous men of science on such matters as poison gas and also the views of distinguished men on the general sub ject of devices for rendering war less probable and less destructive to the civil population. As to the information gathered by the committee, : the public is restless because it understands so little what is being: fought for in the way of a pacific settlement The administration and the American delegation are de termined to go through with the plan on which they are launched. ; They are trying to get the various ' countries to agree In secret; on the essential points of conflict instead ( of . publishing the American ' opinion on what ought to be done. - . - w In answer to this criticism growing through the country, the following de fense is gives: . - 1 That the country is told immedi ately . when any result Is reached on any of them. KO RIGHT VS CHIHA 2 That as this country could offer no sacrifices itself in China, It could not take the moral leadership in the way it did in the naval program. - 8 That no previous conference had equaled this in, publicity on. in speed of doing business Although this is the official attitude, it is certain that the public feeling that it has little to go by in watching the Far Eastern settlement will have Its effect in Increasing the pressure for some settlement that can arouse public enthusiasm when It becomes known. Otherwise the administration will score a political failure instead of the political success on which It counted confidently up to a few days ago. , It is to be remembered that "it was public opinion that brought about the dramatic action of Mr. Hughes on naval armament V , i This view a short time 'before had been that tbe rational order would be to I take up and settle the outstanding prob lems before attempting" to settle - the naval reduction, DELAY HURTS JAP AH" A Japanese oocupying a. high political position told me today that he believed. publio opinion in Japan is being hurt by the. delay tor trading purposes and is less reasonable -today than : it -was ! a short time ago. This opinion came from advanced liberal who wants the powers to reach an agreement that will force them partly at once and partly by degrees) to - loosen , their grip' on China. . , - ' - . As I knock around among the repre sentatives of. the various, countries I get the opinion that if tbe American dele gation insists on it the power is still theirs to force a loosening of the for-. eign grip on these lines: I Certain things to be done at once. Tbe postof flee is an example of this. 2 Other things to he done, under the decisions, made very; publicly, of an in ternational commission of inquiry as soon as conditions permit -Extra-territoriality la ai example. " , . . e(By far (the most important) That all (the powers are to bind themselves not? onry against further acquisitions, but : also -to: accepting the - ultimate ownership by- China of everything that was hers up to 1842, when foreign loot ing began.. . : WOULD . SATISFY CHI3TA If No. 3 were carried out it would do more than anything else to satisfy the Chinese and Americans. It would, how ever, be. a bfg wrench. Britain would have to admit that even Hongkong belonged to China and should go back ultimately to her and, of course, she would have to give up the idea of strengthening her grip on the hinterland of Hongkong, which she is clearly trying to do. She would also have to take the same stand regarding Thibet Japan would not only have to let go of Shantung railway, around which rages the present conflict but commit hrsif to China's right to have Man churia back entire when circumstances aie favorable.-!" - -w tw- the pi uk ram of the more rad ical Japanese and the more conserva si Playing to the biggest and most enthusiastic ' .audiences this-theatre has ever known! - - -as autiiCeroy ' . K A ST. I XV U(D(QMB. 1ST Playing two equally chaiTiiing roles in her wonderful, immortal masterpiece .a PRICES Mats, un ( P.M. Aemisslos tie. leges Me. Eres Aaraidsios lores : Ike, CfciUre always Ik, otoYy3l tive Chinese. Most of them think; that Mr. Haghes chases cf getting thro ugh something so-fundamental ts less good now than It was threw weeks ago, and they erxthat all the time that goes by will jrun against I the adminlstra ton's power to lead. Macny ot them point to the time when the tide began to run agalnrt WUsoa as an analogy to what may happen now tf leadership and pub licityiare given up. Such big oecisiona as those just men tioned must be made soon if at all. When they are made there will be left a good deal of detail that: ean be carried on by committees and commissions. On the subject of how the work may be carried along after Christmas I call a tier, tion to the exact language used by the body to which X .believe I have' already re ferred as being in close cooperation with Mr. Boot and the: administration, MIIIIAX I MEASURE DRAFT PUT UNDERWAY Prepartion of a 1JSS exposition i tax measure to be submitted to the people of the state at the election In May will be undertaken by a committee consist ing of five members of the Multnomah county legists tive delegation In coopera tion with, the legal committee of the ex position.- 'Plans for this work were out lined at a meeting of the Multnomah county delegation with the exposition directors Monday night and a report on the measure will be made at a similar meeting to be held next Monday might Representative Kubli. chairman of the Multnomah county delegation, stated that the voters of the county bad ex pressed their approval of the exposition by a vote of four to one at the election of November 19. . RESULT IS MANDATE; The result of the ballot constituted a mandate from the constituency of tthe delegation, Kubli said, and left them 'no alternative but to stand solidly behind the exposition. : ; r - Representative Herbert Gordon to id the delegation that he preferred a state income tax to finance , the exposition, rather than a property tax. Senator Gus Moser opposed this view, and pointed out that if the legislature, at the special sesaio nealled for December 19, should decide upon any other method than the property tax. it would be necessary for the city of Portland to bold another special election. , . . The charter amendment passed at Tne election of November 13. specifically provided that, the city be taxed J2.OO0.0O0 only if It, 000.000 be raised by subscrip tion and 18,000,000 by a state tax, In support of the 1925 exposition. TO 8EHD DELEGATION 1 1 Upon the advice of Mayor Baker, Sen ator Banks and other speakers, it; was decided to send a strong delegation of exposition officials and directors to the special legislative session at Salem. Among the speakers at the meeting Monday night were, John F; Daly, Franklin T. Griffith. Wmiain KiUttngs worth, Julius I Meier and Robert Strong. Members of the legislative com mittee to draft the : proposed stats tax measure were: Representative Hind man and" Korrell and Senators -Banks, Moser and Joseph. .. , . . Bail for-Alleged1 jviurtterer is ASKea BendVlTec 8. That an attempt Will be made to have A. J. Weston, remanded for a new, trial on the charge of second de gree murder for the alleged slayug of. K. H. Krug of sisters, admitted to bail, was learned here Monday. Allan Jt. Joy of Portland, Weston's attorney, says in a letter to local attorneys that a change of venue will be asked. .V Deputies to Attack Briand's Utterances Paris, Dec . (I. N. S.)-i-Prmter Briand entered the chamber of deputies today to face a determined attack! over his "militaristic statements In the Wash ington conference." Three or four Inter pellations had been prepared, notably by socialists ana noyausis. -as 'Nearest Perfensasees cesimeaee at I A.M, ItHi, t,M ai 9 P.M. 1 Doers opem as 1tl A.M. I - r, -? 1 ' I OWYHEE DSH HELD LEGAL I . Salem. Dee. t. There Is no law in Ore Mm b whtrV an lrrtsa.tion diatrW nr any other corporation of similar char acter can either "die a natural death or commit suicide,'' according to Justice McBrlde. in an opinion handed down by the supreme court this morning uphold Ir.f .the legality of the organisation of the Owyhee Irrigation district in Mai heur county. . The case was Instituted by Martha B. Creig. attacking the legality of the dis trict and seeking to enjoin the district firam imposing taxes.; selling bonds or otherwise acting aa an Irrigation district Among other things it was contended by the plaintiff that the district had aban doned its corporation franchise by reason of the fact that during the years Ult to 1919 inclusive no election of officers was had and the old officers continued ' to hold over-and by reason of the further fact that no bonds have ever been voted or irrigation system constructed. Tbs .World war and the consequent In ability of corporations of this character to negotiate bonds may account for the failure of the district to hold yearly elec tions." justice McBrlde declared in af firming the decree of Judge Dal ton Biggs or the Malheur county circuit court "However, It was not dead, but sleeping. and. having now "awakened to newness uf lite,' it is entitled to use- its long dor mant powers for the purposes for which it was constituted,- The court in an opinion by Justice Rand, :, reversed the ( decree of Judge Biggs in the case of J. M. Patterson versus W. G. Howe, la which Patterson sued Howe, a dentist for damages re sulting to Anna Patterson from alleged negligence of the defendant In extracting one of her teeth. Damages in tha sum of 912SO was . awarded the Pattersons, trcm which decree Howe appealed. The case was remanded for a new trial. Petition for rehearing denied In Cord- dey vs. the Steamship Bee. . Motion to dismiss denied in Cook vs. Leon-a- Mills company and Columbia Con tract company va Wakefield. Two More-Babes in Nursery Die; Blood Infection Is Cause '.''-.'; .: '; "'. A blood Infection known scientifically as streptoccoeus haemolitlcua. or eepti cemia, caused the death of two babies In the Alberta Kerr nursery last week. bringing the total number of deaths from this, disease In : the Institution to Ove. Death was caused, by organisms getting - Into the blood of a weakened baby. Strong babies are seldom stricken wits it. say physicians. Following the first death Dr. Howard Smith and Dr. Robert Bail, physicians for the nursery, called a consultation of other baby disease specialists. The ailing babies, of which there now . are eight were put under quarantine. Two are still lit but It Is believed that means of thwarting tha disease has been found, wipe sris pio3xees soir waua wiui, . trua, TJec s. Mrs. Lester Richmond Torrnerly Miss Luclle uanger, uaugnter oi a prominent lamiiy here, has, filed suit for divorce from TODAY BODY BY1HC01 V C - ! t ill wirHAewEy AvjefANo U a waa a 55 W. Converted? What is a "converted boiler?" , j - v - - f. - -i ' . " I j " . One that used to smoke and scatter soot and ashes but now as fired by Gas and is leading -a quiet, dean, noiseless life. . ' l- No, al boilers cannot be The Gas Col's heaUar engineers will be glad to invejtijate your case, : if you will call the Housebeatinj; Dept at Malo 6500, ! i - Richmond, son of It wealthy Pioneer rancher of this Section. ; - . . '' .'. 1k' :'i'J 'STRO N GH EART' has not only won I the hearts of those who have seen him , : BUT he is already THE TALK OF PORTLAND I ! In . -I Hal G. EvarU' Sat urday Evening Post Story 'ITHE SILENT Is by far the Most talked-of, best-liked picture we have ever shown. Autographed Photographs of " Strongheare For the Kiddies KEATMS?ORGAH jO WJM Worn liext Week CONSTANCE T A L M ADGE Gift Book (Ai for M i 1 1 j I 1 1 1 1 converted. 1 CEL f