i CITY EDITION lf$ All IUrt and If All Tram OREGON COVNTRT 1ATE Ths week- v tt farm feature of The Journal U full of -helpful Information concerning all phases 'of farming. Thla la ths only Portland paper giving tta readers acta swrvice. " CITY EDITION t' AU Here and It's All True THE "WEATHER Tonight and, Thursday -fair; northeasterly winds. e Minimum temperature Monday: C Portland ....... 34 .. Mew Orleans..., 0 Boise ... 2 New York....... S4 Los Angeles .... 46 St. Paul......... 2S VOL. XX. NO. 301. Tfaterad M Icraed-ClMt Ifattet PORTLAND, i OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ; . FEBRUARY 22, 1922. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS rwaiaa and rw tabos ni CHri tt froatofnea. Pertlsad, . On 0. . I RES OF 5S Excuses of Europe Are Declared Weak; Funding Commission to Consider Question and Extend Time if That Is Found Needed. By David Lawreaee tCinmUM. 1912. ttw TK. Jnirnl Washington, Keb. 21 World finance la threatening to develop a "vicious cir cle" Involving not merely the payment of American Liberty bonds, but the height . of the tariff wall being con structed by the American conrress. France says, through former Minister IxMicheur, that she will not be able to pay America the debt because of the high customs duties Imposed against her. Italy, through Ambassador Kicci, who la a famous economist aa well as famous, diplomat, says the tariff wall will prevent Italy from paying what she owes the United States. Great Britain says ihe will not can eel any of the debt owed her by France unlem the United Him ten cancels equivalent amount of Urttish debt. nuns u ."i paiii.i France says nhe cannot pay Oreat Britain until , money In forthcoming; from Ihe Ucrman Indemnity America has Just appointed a funding commission and has yet to speak her policy. But certain fundamental can be taken for slanted. One la that the new commission, composed of Secretary Hughe, Secretary Hoover. Kerreta Mellon, Senator Hmoot of Utah, and Kepresentat iTe Thomas K. Burton of Ohio, is not In, favor of a cancellation. The moat that can be done for Euroue ' la to spread the payment of Interest and principal, over a period of rears and here. too. congress has Imposed a limit of S3 years. Thla may have to be ex tended, but that's a subject for bargain . Ing arrosa the table. miSTKI) EXPRESSION In fart the appointment of the Amer Iran funding commission has been the signal for pointed expressions from both France ami Italy. The cry that neither Mathilde McCormick SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD daughter of Harold F.1 McCormick, Chicago, ; multi-millionaire harvester magnate and grand . daughter of John'D. Rockefeller, world's richest man, who is to marry Max Oser, Swiss horseman, admittedly 31 years her senior. "This picture is from a vacation snapshot.. ; . -V. ' ' ... ' -si-it"'-"' i ' j." ' t i o-.? ... i "5 ii 1 Ashton. Idaho. Feb. 12. fl. N. , Competing against hardened veterans Of Ihe trail, Including the world's beat doe; drivers, Lydla Hutchinson. 20-year-old girl, started today In the American dog dMrby, the only wdTnan ever entered In the famoua snow classic. The race will mark the opening of the golden anni versary cbaervance of Yellowatore park. Miss Hutchinson will carry two num bers In the race, her own and that of Hmokey Gaston, the voung driver who was compelled to withdraw when his dog team fought a losing battle with a lyna near wt Yellowstone. Oaston has been posted as mixing; for several days and the search for him through Targbee foreat was led by Miss Hutchinson When word reached here today that fiaston was definitely out of the race, she declared her intention of carrying his number In the gruelling contest King Asks Giolitti to Form New Cabinet Rome. Feb. 22. (L N. 8.) King Vic tor KmrnarChel tnday called upon the vet eran Socialist leader. Ulollttt. to form a new cabinet in succession to the Bonoml ministry. Former Premier Orlando at tempted to constitute a new government but failed. Marries, but Dies One Hour Afterward fan Francisco. Feb. 22. U. P.) Frederick J. Ienke. contractor, and Miss Vera FlUnatrick wire married late yesterday by -Judge James M. Trout. An hour later Ienka died, the victim of pneumonia. ':fe?aO.-l. L.ri.a.-T... l j.- --t:.-;.v-":I- SALMON RIVER BAY AREA CARE FOR ALL BOND ISSUES Tillamook County Agrees to Pro vide $20,000 or $30,000 for Cooperation With State; For est Service to Be Asked to Aid. i -ik ii i U ,rr .. M l Concluded (CoorliKltd '! Tee, Celaaui One) llr---. -C Z , I ulliL UnlVtn mlo , ..:mmmm iMm . IUII I, J. Bill Bill! IJIII mm' I I . l;:...:; r 1. , oiiuii Hi uuu IWUL V , -;:-T : .i.ii.-iTniiftr.vnn-Him i mi ii n i n 11 ii i ini i. n nil. iiiiaii - - i l J nni i .tiiiiAfiT I r" i in l J x 15 fr i 11 1 ECHO TAKES LIFE 'COUSIN' EMIL . Through an agreement reached today by the state highway commission and the. TUlamook county court, a way has been provided to make accessible' to the highway the Isolated Salmon 'river sec tion in Northern Lincoln county. ffhis will constitute a link in the coast 6rRoosevelt highway. The commission accepted the proffer of Tillamook county to appropriate -from 20,000 to $30,000 this year to cooperate with the state in the Improvement of the highway from Hebo to the Lincoln county boundary. 13 miles, and to continue the coopera tion until the road is completed. The Improvement Is to be progressive, elim inating the worst sections first TO ASK COOPEBATIOJT . It is understood that the United States forest service is interested In the proj ect and its cooperation will be invited by the commission. From the Lincoln county boundary to Salmon, river is a distance of approxi mately six miles. An arrangement sun ilar to the one with Tillamook county will be suggested to Lincoln county hy tne state highway commission. , The petition of the California- and Oregtm Power company, for a right of way along- ihe Pacific highway for a high tension wire between Springfield and Cottage Grove was referred "to Chairman Booth with power to act. COIf TRACT AWARDED The contract for paving one and one third miles through the town of Union on the Old Oregon Trail, was awarded 10 the United Contract company on its bid of $66,897. The pavement is to be of the bituminous type and the cost is Tax Investigating Board Rec ommends New Method to Amor . r .;. . ; "... - tize Debts of All Governmental Units; Income Tax Opposed. Is the future all bond issues author ized and sold by any governmental unit of the state . should" carry : with it- a legal provlstost providing for an annual tax in sumcientr amount to amortise' the issuo, principal and interest at the data of maturity. This will be the contention. and will be the recommendation of the Tax Investigating Commission, as out lined in a resolution presented by H. EL Reed at the afternoon meeting of the commission yesterday, and adopted by a unanimous vote. Leslie St. Scott paid the commission a visit at its afternoon meeting and livened things up -quite a bit. He came, not with the intention of making any remarks, but when I. . NL Day, chair man, invited . him to say a few words, he. said a mouthful. He contended that the proposition of a stale income tax for Oregon was wrong and argued that such legislation would drive - in vested capital, or capital that might seek investment here, into other states where there was no such charge .on its earnings., OUTSIDERS HELD DEVELOPERS. All important developments in the his tory of Oregon had come from outside capital, Scott contended. The railroads. street car , lines, gas and electric power companies, mills and factories had been builded as a result of outside capital being interested. This insistance brought Walter M Pierce into the argument with .the fuea Uon -of . where the . new revenue that must be found to relieve present over whelming- tax burdens would be found. Scott said he would cut" expenses of government. He said he would start right In with the Oregon Agricultural ob Put TMrtavn, Cotama Throe) RIVER GREETS LODGE TO CONSULT JO AD CLUB Echo, Feb. 22. George Goodnight, prominent wheat farmer east of .Echo, committed suicide this morning.;' shoot ing off the top of his head. Goodnight completed ,a deal Tuesday, selling a 800 acre ranch to Roscpe Meyers for $35 an acre, and appeared greatly pleased with the sale and in good health. No apparent reason for shooting has been found. His wife and four 'children tramped three miles in the , darkness through a snowstorm to a neighboring ranch to report the shooting, and col lapsed without giving details. - . Beavers Will Be in : First Division, Says1 Turner, Team Boss Los Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 22. ft. N. S.) To help his pitchers and catchers - get In playing conditions, Tom Turner, man ager of the Portland Pacific Coast league club, left today for Saboba Hot' Springs. CaU, where his men have-been working out unaer we direction offTralnejr Billy Burke. Turner says his battery men will leave the springs next Monday for Paddock field. Pasadeual "While I am not claiming any -pennants, it looks aa if I will have avftrst division club In. the field," said Turner today. "The deals made ' by President Klepper have strengthened Portland." Public Blamed by Film Kings Say Screen 'Stuff' Is Desired By Eart C. Brswmlee Jwml Suff Ow iwlmtt ' Los Angeiea, Feb. 1. By Mall) Los Angsles and Hollywood, the source of so much of the financial lifeblood of the city, are prone to blame the long suffering "public" for the sins of omis sion and commission of the motion ptc turs colony, which has undoubtedly been seriously affronted by ths recurring randals of Its population. Ths wlsarda of ths industry have gathered is Los Angeles to effect a curs for ths ills that they freely admit list, but thee' wlsards will mo promptly charge tha "public" with fault than to area entertain aa Idea that ths producer, tha player, thai distributor or even the exhibitor is la any wis at fault. By tha Identical methods of reasoning n.plOTty these people we might hope, as snfiserver remarked, to Improve te quaj of our water supply at the fsuorL without the labor of seeking the springs In distant hills .on the reservoirs I'eerer home. VRT ALACIOCt PLATS "Wt produce only tha pictures the public demands." ths producer has been wnpt to cry when storm clouds of cen aoraJsi. and other products of concerted SAIS fCBLIC WA5TS !TirFw ' That situation had an exact counter trt la the; motion pictures. One pro ducer tried a salacious film and a docen followed him until the echoing crv of censorship brought them to their' senses Chicago; .Feb. 22. fU. P.) "Cousin Emit" Burgy took a nasty dig at his prospective ..'in-laws' today. Erhil is a cbusln of Max Oser, cwner of the finest- livery -stable in Zurich, "swltserland, who la engaged to 16-year- old Mathilde McCormick, John D. Rocke feller s - granddaughter. ; TThe McCormicks might have anoney now, but they weren't always so much," wailed Emil. a bit bitter alter the re fusal of Harold F. McCormick to admit him to- pay his .respects to his new "re lations." . 'My family aren't bums. My great grandfather was a general in the French arjny. Six of my ancestors followed Na poleon's star," , ; k " Emil said the next time he called on the McCormicks It would be on invita tion. - . : ' "Far be it- for - fL diRnncla.nt est -the house of Burgy 'to thrust himself on any one", he said. Sfl88 MTOBMICK'S FIANCE FLEES; TOO MCCH PUBIICITT Zurich, Feb. 22.U,- P.-Max' Oser has left his livery stable in the lurch and departed for parts unknown. The Swiss norseman wnose oetrotnai to kock feller's granddaughter caused the .whole world press to beat a path to his door has found the publicity too much for his sensitive artistic nature.' Humor has it Max hast sought 'Seclusion -in some an cestral hall of the Swiss family Oser. The- Swiss' press refrains "from; corn- ment on the engagement. ; I V ' Beti ScoyelirKin of ! "Sir Henry Jrving, f Weds Miss Flurry . . ' . OakUnd, Or.. .Feb. 22, Ben ScovelL Shakespearean actor,, and Miss Eula Flurry of Boseburg were quietly married hers this noon by. Rev. R. A. Hutchinson of the Community church. Scovell, who has appeared on the stage in company with his uncle. Sir Henry Irving, through this country and England,' is . a veteran of .the Boer war. and served as an en Ltertainer with. the Canadian and Amer, ican forces on the western front' from 1915 to 1918. - The bride' is a Native of Mississippi . and the sister of John Flurry, commander of v the American Legion post at Roseburg. They- left at criticism appear. And -therein lies one of the moat serious faults of fiimdom aun nai may oe cnarged directly to tte depraved mind of ths producer: naa an era or obscene stare nlava ana w Ml in (r of ebumwiK-rMn plays. One producer of sUge plays tried a saiacious "comedy" and the novelty drew response at the "box 'office. Im mediately a score of lesser geniuses set up meir salacious qrrerings until theUfwe :for Eugene, where they will bs boards of every theatre . in America entertained by the ' Phi Delta, Gamma groaoea unaer the burden of indecency, -fraternity. i.ae puoite aemands thla stuff." cried the righteous theatrical producer, who saw In ths response to the first offerins- a "public demand.",. So, with nothing bet- wr 19 vmeruun iv tnat-element of the amusement-seekina- nonulaUon that mmt bs entertained at. all costs continued to patronise the -'indecent': and the - vulgar until an united protest swept such drivel from the sta and restored respectable cmenainmeni. . - , SmallB6y, Marbles, cj Spring :Signs, Here t .tConclwM hn TfcnsvOoiuja Tw.' ' . JPsUmes. - Spring is-tn :the -offing. - She may sail hi any day from now on and unfurl her glorious banners of blue and gold and scarlet.'.' Kdt-on the wordf the robin or . pussy ' willow-, or : other fallible signs. but . on ths forecast of that greatest of all prophets the ,r small boy.,.: -, Watch mother darn - his stockings -about ' the knees, for he is at his marble playing; ths ' first'; and igreatest of -all 'sprios Cannot Read WeatherWith ing NotesLack Stories Agree That Big Army Dirigible Became Unmanage able on Fatal Flight; Investiga tion Opens," 34 Dead, 11 Live. (Concluded on Pace Thirteen. Column One) Army Supply Base, Hampton Roads, Va Feb. 22.. A charred skeleton of twisted metal, splashed with bits 'of frayed bunting.: today marked the spot where 84 American army birdmen died in the crash of the semi-rigid dirigible Roma, once the pride of the Italian air forces., , " While three concurrent investigations were being rushed by army . officials, fellow airmen honored their dead asso ciates of the sky, who suddenly were overtaken by a fickle'fate. Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the army air service, . today said that his preliminary invest iarat on had shown that the crash of the Roma was due to faulty elevating control. He termed the disaster a "great blow to the air service." There are 11 survivors of the crash and the terrific fire thai made a fu neral pyre of the trapped airmen. Those of. the survivors able to talk today blamed the catastrophe on broken ele vating controls, and a Liberty motor that "went dead." The Roma wa mak ing iU fim test flight after Liberty mo tors had replaced the original Italian engines. BLAMES CONTROLS Lieutenant Byron Burt, control pilot on the Roma and the "only active flight control officer to survive the disaster, today blamed the crash on the failure of control instruments to operate. He told the International Newsserv ice that the ship refused to respond to the elevating; controls while 600 feet in the air and dove head first into the ground at an angle of 45 degrees. I noticed that soon after we left Langley field that the ship was having trouble in keeping her head un." Burt aid. VI tried the controls reoeatedlv. The girl who refuses to manipulate the piano "because she left her music at, home", has nothing on Weather Fore caster Edward L. Wells, who declines to read ": 'the V weather unofficially. The rrognosticator . remained at home this morning to observe Washington's birth day. His weather "notes'" were at the custom house. An anxious inquirer called the prophet on 'the telephone. , '..V "Please to gimme today's westher fore cast for Portland and vicinity," piped the small voice. , "I am sorry, but my weather notea are at the bureau in the custom house. re plied Wells. , - The Inquirer wss insistent. ' "Ptit your head out of the window, and give the sky ihe once over," be said. The forecaster stepped to ths window. The sky waa laden with dark, ominous clouds which flitted by the housetops at uncertain pace. The graceful folds - of Ok: Glroy on one peak veered south by southeast. On another pole . the flag fluttered in the direction of west by half south. ' In a nearby field the first harbinger of spring sang sweet carols be tween gulps at big, luscious worms. The air bore a winter crispness. ' The weither wlxard was stumped. Re turning to the phone he said: "it looks like rain and still it doesn't.' Ths robin says 'Spring has come,' but there is a faint ting of cold that may bring snow or sleet. I simply refuse to be quoted. I am a professional and I can't play weather music without notea My pro- fefsor would never let me play by ear POVERTY PLEADS . IN CHEST DRIVE Mother of 5 Poisoned by Stilts 1 Relates Story of Tragedyi'Shej -. Was About to Take Dose Wjien" : Telephone Called Her, She Says i --v.. - .JE-. - v . Chehalia, Wash.. Feb. 22. N . word 1 " came from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rhodes, j -who testified at a coroner's Inquest held hers today,' which is expected to' throw ' . any light, 6n the death -of five children -half an- hour after the mother, had given ' them doses of . salts. . Rhodes himself swore-that his home ljfe had been happy and that the family had no enemies of ; whom he wss aware. - Questioned as to whether there had been any ' poison about the place, the ' , father admitted that he purchased some . . arsenic last December for treatment of , his dogs, but that he had destroyed what he didn't need. Chemists says that the " 4 salts administered to the Rhodes cbU dren contained strychnine. - - '-- A fourth witness this t morning was v ; Harry Fenn, mail' carrier on the rural " route between Wildwood . and Klaber, who testified he did -not remember lear- ing a package, as Mrs. Rhodes testified.. , on the Wednesday before ths tragedy . V at the Rhodes house. He said, however, that he might have done s. " - Mrs: Rhode toW a plain, matter-of J -fact story of purchasing ths salts by mail and of riving- it. to the children. She said she waa ' about to take a ' doete herself when the telephone called.) r T Dr. George W. Dow, family physician . to to the Rhodes, was another witness, sum- moned in hopes that he mia-h give soma information on the boms life of the couple. Conviction of the worthiness of ths Community Chest pies for subscriptions would easily be carried to those . who have been slow to respond to' the fundj011 on statement by. him might be if they could but see the constant. pro- v'jjj W. ft. Whartoa ' : - - jours! -Staff -. Oprraspumiaat' Hood,-River, . Feb. , 22. A miniature nowstorm greeted the 200 or more Port land residents as the Ad tlub special pulled into the Hood River station at noon today. It was not a real storm, however, and the flurries melted with the warm reception tendered. retraining, tne fortianders were bundled into automobiles and whirled over the Columbia river highway to the Columbia Gorge .hotel, where a bounte ous luncheon, prepared under the di rection of Mine Host Henri Tbiele, warmed the inner man. - Dinner pver, G. L. Rauch, president of the Portland Ad club, attempted to open a formal program, but shouts of We want BushnelT interrupted and Hi H. Bushnell of the Pacific International- Livestock exposition took the floor to explain where a tree, later planted before the hostelry,' originated. lEOM MOt5T TEE3TOS Bushnell explained that the tree, a wal nut, was taken from a tree in the yard at the home of O. M." Plummer, manager of the livestock exposition, which Plum mer had raised from a nut brought by him in 1907- from Mount Vernon, mansion of George Washington. The parent tree at Mount Vernon was planted by the first president and now shades his tomb. He also told of the origin of vy slips presented by Mrs. Margaret Moeck of R&inier, Or., and planted at the same ceremony. ..These slips were from ivy grown . from slips brought . from Mount vernon and also said to have, been planted by George Washington Mayor Baker wielded the shovel at the double planting said Bushnell pre sided- At the conclusion of Bushnell's talk HARDING Oil PACT ' '"X , - , Washington, Feb. 22-(L , K .) The Brandegee and -other reservations pro posed to the four-power Pacific treaty by Republican "irreconcilables" - and Democratic senators constituting a ma jority 'of the senate foreign relations committee,- will be the subject of a conference between President Harding snd Senator Lodge, Republican of Mas sachusetts, the committee chairman, be fore any of them are finally-acted upon. in making this announcement today. after the Pacific pact was again dis cussed by the committee Without any agreement being reached regarding it. Senator Lodge said he expected to see the president about the proposed res ervations "within the next 24 hours." (Concluded on Pace Thirteen. Cainma Tfour) Medford Youth Gets Half Million Left By His Late Father - . . , Chicago, Feb. 22. Stewart Patterson Jr., 14 years 'Old, was made sole heir to his late father's half minion interest in the Stewart building in a decision yes terday by Judge Friend. Mrs. Nannie Waller Patterson, who lives with her son at Medford. Or., vainly sought, to prove her claim to half of her husband's interest. Controversy arose over the construction of two trust deeds 'and the last will of Stewart Patterson Sr. Thi second trust deed was executed in 1914, in which Patterson conveyed his wife one half interest, was declared void Be cause the deed granting the son his share did not expire until 1917. A month after executing the second deed Patter son made his will, leaving his entire es tate to his son. Girl, 15, Seeking , Eomance, Is Still v . Object of Search .-Polios spent another futile day today in search, of Lea Holt. ' 16-year-old girl who. it is believed, left homo- to- hunt fo romance ; and adventure. Of - late, according to her . parents; 7803 Seven teenth s avenue- southeast, thoughts of movies, actors, scenarios and Hollywood have been continually on her mind. She disappeared Saturday. She is about feet in height and weighs 148 pounds. She wore -reddish coat, a hat trimmed with -black, dark suit and black shoes. cession of . wretchedness coming before the public welfare bureau. One of the officials of the Chest cam paign committee made thla statement to day when he regretfully' made the re port that the total amount subscribed to but 'she maneuvered verV Vdlv U tne cne8t tund ounted to only -$515.-SSL! thmUJr!lrJ!ladLy; U. or more than $260,000 short of ths above the army supply base the eleva tors failed to respond to the controls. I called attention to this unusual predic ament and then noticed that the ahip was failing by-the .head.. I couldn't understand it. 1-threw, the desired quota. .More and more the attention of the construed as indicating, that Mrs. Rhodes may not have been happy. VfASTS SO XOSE CHILDBEX . "Mrs. Rhodes once told me that-she would rather die than have any more children. I waa treating her then for a nervous disorder, said Dr. Dow. - Dr. Dow further testified that the fam ily- seemed happy and normal and that Mrs. 'Rhodes appeared to him to "be a - rood mother. -i : ' Mrs. Rhodes, the second one called be campalgn. committee has been called 401 fore 'the. Jury., repeated her story of the - Portland's, pageant of poverty which I ""a"1, morning precisely , and without Holds' out antiealinfe hands to the Com. 1 hesitation. Only one she appeared a control levers far' over and ordinarily J saunity Chest with the knowledge that1' ahe would breaks when ahe told of tne noma should hava -nosed -.. bu xh I wnnout una -means ei aia tne unwtutng 1 v"""-u eonlinv'ed to settle. ' We went down .and I phrtjclpants m this "procession would down and as, w neared the .earth the I maeea be. hopeie?s and cverbcarn-,by men realised that " we were 'going-to misfortun. ' . . . , , ; ... crash. . They- became ' panic-stricken. 1 MUCH DISTRESS SEES'- i . ' 'V-ir t KU.n SHIP I It had been lioned Tov the offloi&la of A few, I think, leaped over the side, the welfare pureau that ths Desk of distress would be reached long befors -.ha, tim- -.im . 11 , - uui - iiioicau ui vsav iuau de creasing, it is feared that it will be I heard One dove wilh a parachute. later that it failed to open. "I remained at the controls, still trv lag to get her nose up. but as we neared the ground the envelope struck the over "I ordered ths safts from the Curtis store by maH." said Mrs. Rhodes.. "It arrived .Wednesday. On of the boys brought the package thita the house tram the mail box." The salts box.remained on ,a cabinet in the kitchen until Satur- . - day morning. It -.wag not opened until "At about. S o'clock Saturday morning 1 1 . 1 .w . . . 1 uj-.ii . , iic uw. . iwi m, t. uu . uiu "I'Z. lf I- teaspoon. I put half a teaspoonful in - head electric wires paraUelins: the road Unnri.hu a 01,. I th cuP " tiUed tha cup half full I.- ... - I r' " "--' I r Into camp. The next instant V struck, eral secretary of the bureau, said that nose first. The bag seemed to roll over j his organisation is functioning to an ex tent never before known and that the (Gone laded on Pace Taat, Comma One) Washington's Natal Day Is Celebrated As Holiday in Part School - pupils attended programs" in stead of classes ; -bank, government and branch library employes sought diversion as tney pleased ; members of the Port land Ad and Kiwanis dubs excursioned to Hood River on a "greater Oregon" boosting jaunt; 60 foreigners spruced up for naturalization ceremonies tonight in The Auditorium otherwise, Washing ton's birth anniversary passed in Port land with little deviation - from the routine. One of the largest school programs was in the Lincoln high school George Koehn, formerly, of the Lincoln faculty, but now professor at Reed college, was tne principal speaker. Portland Sons of the' American Revo lution will hold their annual dinner and program this evening in the University club. Richard F. Schdla, president of Reed college, win speak on "Washing-' ton and American Tradition." Alfred E. Zimmern. recently professor; of interna tional" politics at the University of Wales, win also speak. In St. Stephens Pro-Cathedral Bishop Sumner will conduct a patriotic rally of men and boys. He will make a talk. Reed college celebrated the day by holding no classes. , It will celebrate rurtner Saturday at the annual Wash ington's birthday party. . - MAYOR HITS BACK AT demands are on the increase. "Monday, an account of the telephone calls coming to the bureau was kept. said Gephart. "and they -were 700 In I called the oldest boy and gave this dose to him. J. repeated the dose, giving each of the other children the same .amount.. : , TELEPHONE SATES HEK Just as I was about to prepare" a dose for myself he telephone rang -and COMMISSION number. They were not all'reauesta for 1 1 went to answer It." relief, but at least they had some bear. I Mrs. Rhodes was questioned as to who ing upon the problem of distress and I called, but she said that she, did not re- poverty that the bureau seeks to solve. I member, excepting that it ' was some "Dally there are most distressing cases brought to the attention of the bureau. DER-ERTKD AXD HU5CKT "There was a m ether with five -chil- relative, she thought. "While I was at ths phone the oldest boy fell to ths floor. I told one of the girls to- get some water for him. . She Jnayor ueorge I. Baser thinks the I "Then was a m with fl. -kil. 1 u DVwul w .v. Oregon pnbUc service commission took dren. all under 10. deserted by her hus- summoned the neighbors and a doctor an Tin just crack at the people of band and suffering from hunger, -who and put the children la , bed. She con Portland In handing down its decision was finally forced to the bureau Tues- tinned to narrate with-clarity on the against the petition filed as a protest day. ' children's death,, but sobbed now sod "uv4Vute granieu last reoruaryi ... r . .v then while tears twice aurred to her in telephone rates. In no uncertain .v.-- a i-vi I sh, hnw,r mtid hr .ma. W1VH tlllin UUUCI I1VUI Vlll WKl CU IC1W I - " - - in pitifub condition by a father who I tions. died from tuberculosis. 1 That there had been poison, although a mnrher and i rkiM w-r. not strychnine, on the Rhodes plsce. wss found destitute, living in one room, after Trail Inspection in Benson Park Made C. f. Keyser, superintendent of. the park, bureau, and C F. Weigand, as sistant, left" early,- today - for a tour of inspection of the trails in Benson park. Keyser- said that a trip will - be taken un both, the Larch mountain and Wau- keena trails to ascertain the damage done by the snow storms of last winter. Both men will return tonight, : Brownsville's Fire Damages $300,000 . BrownsvillePa.. Feb. 22. (L X. S.) ' A fire starting early today in the ruins of Harry Levy's department store for a time . threatened . the - business section here and before the flames wev under control,, several stores ' had . been de stroyed. , - The damage ; Is estimated at between 2&0,000 and $300,000. One fire man was overcome by smoke- The Levy store was burned last night iv terms he voiced his disappointment on the adverse ruling. The mayor said "I felt that the city of Portland was Justified in all that it did in attempting t n hrlna ahmit a rilfiitmnt Af tl.. phone rates and I still feel that way re- th busband. sick a long time, had died gardiess of what the members of the state public service commission may aay. When the telephone rates were in creased, the public demanded to know why, and we are the representatives of the people of this city, and it was our duty to make this demand on the public service commission. Furthermore, it waa their duty to tell, us and show us, and the gist of the testimony of Bd Rhodes, father of the children, together with his statements on family relaUons. Rhodes said that last. December he had -some arsenic which he used - te leaving his family wholly without re sources. A . .1.1. V . turn to tte burekTf or help VoT hhTwife or .ot M" dos and four children." AU of these cases are representative of the need ' called upon . salmon poisoning. "I kept ths arsenic in the barn and whicTTvTe reku flndsTf f" " a'. to relieve and all point to 1 lr " someUm during' . the Community Chest in the present December. Rhodes further testified that his boms tell andahow the. public, why thT-fate. tat actual. starvaUon may uf7y8T.d Thapy d t'hat should be increased. It la my belief that is what the-public service commission is for. If -it is not, .1 cannot understand why we should have a public service commission. If a city council cannot make a request for information from the public service commission or contest a decision of that body, there Is something wrong with the system or the law. be cause to have It otherwise' is nothing more or lees than ' autocracy. "We went to the bat t in what we Househreaker'Is y Captured After Gun Attack Fails the. far aa he knew, no member of the house hold had aa enemy. TO CALL 3EIGHB0BS Dr. .Dow was the last witness sum moned this ' morning. Neighbors who came at Mrs. Rhodes' call when the chil dren were stricken were to testify when Inquest -was resumed at 2 o'clock. Every effort to trace tha source of .the . poison, shown to 4iave- been in ths pack- Bonneville, Feb. 22.-orge Watson. tr of salts from which Mrs. Rhode pre- thouxht was a lust cause, and if we could I a sheepherder. and R. E. Clanton. super-1 pared doses former children, has 'been r ivnln tttm nnMln unHm mwnnib llnteadeRt OI commercial I ISO lUICaerKa 1 "UIUSM- ... - inn that an hmrkfiu in -tlkmhAn mtm I for the state. Droved too much for Bill I Member of the Jury are : A. L. Ribe- was wrong, the public win have to either Alton, strapping 21-year-old Oklahoman, lin, Chehalia merchant: David Alexan-- pay the bill or elect some other proced-l wno w"n iouna wwiuni raw) -UK" . ' rTz tSZ- CHdaS. Wort man Sc. Kin?, Portland, here I association ; Dr. J, Rslohnson, Cbehslif A. - m a era. a . " M mm - M W m A . a . 4-m naa . J tocay. as a resmi, aiiod, uano-cuxiea, 1 aeniisi; ueorge sears, wnenaiis tarug- was taken to Portland by clanton. I gist. Clanton was summoned from . the I hatchery by Watson after the sheep-1 "Personally I would think It would be much better for the public service com mission to explain and defend its course in this case than to attack other bodies that have .in good faith questioned the 1 Captured Alton. Wbils search commission's action.' Landru Is to Face Guillotine Saturday ing .Alton at the King home, Clanton locked up to. face- a Jit- revolver- In Alton's hand. A tussle ensued ia which Watson hit Alton over the head with a club, laying him out. Clanton secured possession of -Alton's gun. Alton asserted that he attempted to break into . the bouse because be was hungry. He said he had been unable to I TolMeiefao Arrange Gent)a Talk" Details Varaailtaa TnVh 9 W.nrl TaaHm convicted French Bluebeard, will Toe sent I find ;wrk to Portland. to the guillotine at dawn Saturday, tt is understood here. The public execu tioner is reported as testing the ."wood of Justice- to prepare for. the . proper functioning of the weighted' knife blade. Boy Falls Off Baft And Drowns in Biver . 'Catted Kes London. Feb.. 22. Lloyd George nasi decided to meet Premier Pomcare in Paris during ths coming week end to ' rearrange details of ths projected con ference at Genoa, according to the Daily Express. . N. Y; Stocks Closed; Holiday Is Observed .T Angelo 'LudovivL 10-yesr-old son of1 Mrr snd, Mrs. J. B.- Lndovlvi. S29 East Kighth street." slipped off ' a raft and was drowned in the Willamette river at the foot of East Lincoln vtreet about II New York. Feb." 22, (U. P.r The stock I o'clock today. - Ths body wast recovered exchange was cloeed today because of I this afternoon toy the police and turned 1 Washington's birthday. . .1 over to tne coroner. Jigg'and -Maggie", ? ' -A. W. O. L.w Again Today . "Jlggs" and. "Maggie are play ing truant again- today from ths comic- page of The Journal. 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