THE OnZGON ; DAILY JOURNAL, FOUTEAND, OIIEGON. TiiuncDAY noye:,:i;:::v co, 1:22. 1 lower telephd;:e RATES TO BE li! TECHNICAL FORGE Technically the order of the public service commission lowering party- line ' telephone rates In Oregon J effective Sat midnight tonight, regardless of the temporary injunction allowed 'Against the order last Monday by the federal ' court, The condition Is due to the failure of the Pacific Telephoned & ; r' Telegraph company to file a bond, as - required by the terms of the - opinion, : , which specified that, the Injunction - would not be effective until the .bond was filed. The commission does hot intend to . put the order into effect at midnight - as the opposing lawyers have been try Ins since last Monday to agree on a few legal points regarding the exact : : woro tng or the Injunction order, before asking the court to set the amount of ' 'bond and. sign the injunction, K, M. Esteriy, counsel for the com mission said today ,in response to an inquiry from The Journal that ha had stipulated with attorneys for the 'tele phone company not to insist upon the ? injunction being-operative at midnight tonight, as the telephone company at I torneys expect to present their bond to '- Judge J, S. Bean at 10 o'clock Friday : morning. . Bond In this case is expected .- to be quite high, as the annual earn ings to the company will be cut about . $200,000 as soon as the new order- be comes operative. Should the court re- voke the temporary injunction at. a latter " hearing telephone ; subscribers .. wUl be refunded by the court out of '. the bond which the company , has been ' asked to post, - - Murdered Woman's Body Found. Buried Under Lot Eefuse ' New Tork, ' Nov.- 30. (I, -N. -S.)- story of sordid and fruilty love 'lies be- hind the murder ' rf "Mrs. Abraham Becker, , whose death' has' txen. cleared . up after' six ."-months', mystery,, dctec-' "tives- declared today, v ' . t'- ' Mrs. Becker disappeared from'-'het home here last April. The confession! 'ot Reuben Norkin, a friend ot-'Beckeri s chauffeur, led to the discovery Of the .body last night," buried under si Xeet, of refuse in a vacant lot. . . District Attorney Edward Glenpon CP Portland's Oldest Specialty Shop " 'hotter- . .... . ... . t . . .. : . k : ; . artMometo -Co. Washington at Tenth Sixteenth Anniversary Sale Inaugurating - Suits. Coats ifX That Emphasizes Remarkable Economies ;m Pnces of Hgh r' "iif 4 ' . . it. ' 1 - - ,v - . t . . Woman Finds Her Nickel; but Flames Eat Up S600 Eoll ' -'Jersey City, N. J.. Nov, X. Thanksgiving , day for' some folk, but just plain Thursday for &ra, Mary Cycyk. Bhe dropped a nickel under faer bed. Jit a match to find it and set. fire to the mattress. Six hundred dollars In bills banked in the feath ers went up in smoke. - But she found the nickel. of Bronx county said he would 'seek Becker's Indictment on a charge of first degree murder. j' ', . , According: to information in 'posses sion of the. police. Becker was infatu ated with a woman younger and pret tier than his. wife. They are said to have lived together In Cleveland, Ohio. two years ago. , - -, Becker and Norkln are under arrest. Premiers to Confer In Early December Pari. Kov. 30. (U, P.) A Joint conference of premiers of Great Brit ain. France, Italy, and Belgium will convene in -London-early in December, it -was learned seml-offlclally today. The purpose is to discuss interallied debts and reparations. , : Jack Johnson to Flay Othello Role : , , , . -. , - New ''York, Nov. 30. U. P.) Jack Johnson has decided to give up pu gilism - and become a Shakespearean actor, he stated just before leaving for Detroit. - . - "I anri going to play Othello," said XTl" Ahthuh." . - He said he would start rehearsing right away and - hoped to stage his show by next October. Says Prince Lives J - On Farm in U. S. ' . ,-' Br Voinssl Serriwl- ' IxfidonL Nov. SO. The "Daily .Tele graph's Copenhagen, correspondent," in a'" dispatch o his paper, states that Prince Erik of Denmark, who is trav eling incognito, is living on a, ranch in the United States. The , prince.-' has decided to stay in America for several years and Is selling "his "estates in Kokkedal in Jutland. Reductions in Character Fashions Dresses TVTORE VALUE. MORE IVi STYLE, MORE QUAL A ITY. MORE FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS THESE ARE THE AIMS WHICH HAVE INSPIRED US TO BETTER OUR LAST YEAR'S EFFORTS IN MAKING OUR .SIXTEENTH ANNIVER SARY SALE THE MOST POPULAR; ONE IN OUR HISTORY. ; , INCLUDING EVERY LAST MINUTE MODE AND MA TERIAL. THIS SALE WILL FULFILL YOUR NEEDS IN EVERY PARTICULAR OF FASHION AND COST THE OPPORTUNE MOMENT FOR THE WOMAN WHO PREFERS INDIVIDUALITY VALUES SO ASTONISH ING AS TO CAUSE REAL WONDER. Representing Savings of SiOMto $50.00 EIGHT SCHOOLS " ' REPRESENTED AT -SOCIETYMEETIilG ' Representatives from : eight Western colleges and universities "were present when the Far Western Conference of the ; Intercollegiate Menorah -i society convened morning under xhe auspices of th Portland Menorah so ciety. Delegates registering at the opening session of the meeting in Temple Beth Israel this morning were : Miss Juli etta ' Kahn, ' intercollegiate secretary ; Sam Xr, Fendel, "Intercollegiate' vice president; I. Arnold Persteln and Sol Silverman ' "University of California; Samuel Cohen, University of Southern California; Nathan Einhorn. : Uni versity of Colorado i Samuel Ooldberg; University . of Iever ;; Harry Wein etein. Miss leather Wise," Jeffrey Hei men,', Lawrenc Seltzer; Harry Berg man -and.. Leon Lewis, University of Washington; Mies . Pearl Baron of Portland, Rubin, Ratnor of North Pa cific rental college. Frank Michael of the -University of Oregon extension and Max Gordon and . Jacob Welnstejn of Reed college. - -' STBIKKS ETX0TE Following thanksgiving services. Dr. Edward O, Slsson, head of the depart ment of -education - at - Reed : college, struck the keynote of the conference in an address upon . the 'Prtc.e ? of Democracy." - Alfred Keller, prominent Portland violinist, accompanied by Miss Char lotte Kramer, contributed a solo at this morning's' program. . The visitors' are- being -conducted about the city in automobiles this afternoon, and will this evening be honored at a reception In the B'nai B'rith building. ; The first business session' of the con ference will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the B'nai B'rith build ing, when Miss Julietta Kahn, inter collegiate secretary of the association. wuL present, an- address.--, jtteporta - or the; delegates.;-will be heard at that time. " ' v j ',-' TO HOLD -SERVICES , : -' Asymposiunrt-for ther discussion t papery . presented - by the delegates from -their various- institutions -will be held tomorrow after noon,, when Jack Levin of the Portland society will lead the discussion upon "Ther Inner Cir cle.' - - ' v 1 . Regular Menorah service ' will - be held .at Temple .Beth Israel .tomorrow evening. Rabbi Samuer Koch of Se attle ; will .deliver tht i sermon 'upon une irt in Jewry," i : . Music for tomorrow's meetings - will be furnished - by George" Natanson, vo calist ; Miss Gertrude Lakef ish, pian ist, and Miss Helen Levoff, vocalist. 24 Buildings Are Wrecked as Fire : Menace, in Month '-The : la'st jnonthly report of Fire : MarshaV,' GresfeU's office shows that 18 buildings were condemned and 24 were wrecked as fire- hazards. The wrecked structures wero located as Three-story buildinr at 304-310 Sec- end street, Front and Flanders t reefs and S3-3 North Fifth street; two story structures at S70 Grant street, 28C East Morrison street, 291 Third street, 366 Russell street, foot of Dakota street,, 160-166 Union avenue. t85 First street; one-story structures at 298 Main street. 90 North 11th' street. S41 East Alder street, S90-294 First street, .447 North 21st street, 360 East Eighth street and 416 Union avenue. :. The structures which were con demned during the month included 356 East Emerson street, 350-254 Mar ket street. 270 12th street, 5ot Nortarup ctreet, . 428 Killingworth avenue, 270 12th street, 621 East 13th street, 368 Broadway. 268 Fourth street, 493 Mill street, 291 Third street." 388 East Lin coln street. 415 East Eighth street, 104-108 North Third street, 627 Jetfer son street. 637 Jefferson street. East Washington street and Union avenue. Chapman and Mill streets, zu-24 First street. 83-35 North Fifth street, 447 North 21st ' street, 160-16 -ITnioa avenue, 295 ; First street. 4ii union avenue. Community Hospital Is Gift to Ashland "Ashland, Nov. SO.-The Granite City hospital, recently purchased by Jesse Winburn. and which be has renovated and improved, baa been opened to all physicians and dentists with . equal privileges and service. When finished the hospital will be the most com plete and modern In Southern Oregon. It will be called the Community hos pital. ' At a meeting of the physicians and dentists "Tuesday appreciation for this gift to Ashland and the medical profession was voiced and a - plan ' to buy ' a community . ambulance was launched. Winburn, while - a - patient In this hospital, conceived the plan. Alleged Tiolator Of Mann Act Freed : Thanksgiving was made brighter for Albert Tanner late 'Wednesday after noon by a federal court jury, when they purged hini -?f a charge of white slavery by returning a verdict of not guilty after about two hours deliber ations. ' Tanner was charged with transporting Mrs. Margaret Wilkin and her two children from Jjos Angeles to Falla City, Or. Both Tan ner and the woman dented any im nroucr conduct, the woman contending she came to Oregon upon the Invita tion of her sister, and not upon solici tation from Tanner. f t- REPORTS 03T " " Smokers' carelessness caused five fires, according to the last monthly report of the-fire marshal's office, and carelessness with matches resulted In six fires. Five fires were of inceomary grigln. One fire in a dwelling house was caused oy: a. ourgiar, .ana wo ivere from overheated furnaces. Food boiled dry was the cause of one house fire. - - t I f rmm Changes in School L'aw Recommended By Lane Teachers Eugene. Nov. SO. The' report of the legisiation committee,- which recom mended six' important changes in text books and school management, was adopted by the Iane county teachers' institute, which cioeed weonescay. About 400 teachers attended. Recommendations were: That the state legislature enact a law authoris ing the school districts ef the state of Oregon to furnish : free text-books to n pupils in the public schools neiow ihe ninth grade, that school laws of Oregon be amended to strike out any or all property qualifications for legal voters In any school election ; that the section in the school law pertaining to the S5 per cent of funds to be- need for teaehers salaries Txs airoenoea to in clude 8S oer- cent of the 2 mill element ary school tax ; that echool districts of the first class be authorized to estab lish as a part of the regular public school system kindergarten schools tor CBlldren between the ages of 4 and 6 ; that nly one-third of the text books 4k changed each eix years instead of all. an now,- and that the -dates of this change start November 1924, with adoption in September of the following year, instead of changes in June, 1925, and adoption in September ef that same year, as is now provmea. Th tpirlolat iv committee was com ppsad ot E. F.. Caxleton, M. E. Hays and F. M. Roth. No U. S. Warships Will Be Scrapped Until Pact Signed B United Jfem ' " Washington. Nov. 30.-trolding the view that the naval disarmament treaty does not become effective until ail five signatories have ratified It, this govT eminent tag taken no steps to scrap j-hips specified other than the obso lete, craft which would have been dis mantled in .the normal course, -r Great Britain, in announcing- that no more of her ships will he scrapped un til the treaty is ratified, appears to be following the example of this govern ment. . . , Unless- France and; Italy ratify the ermametit -treaties within, a reasonable time the -United States is prepared to revise the naval .scrapping Agreement. Into three power form, so that-It, will bo effective :upott. the three , nations which have already - given final ap proval the United Mates, Great Brit ain anu va-ptui. Court Orders Girl To Wear Silk Hose 24 Hours, as Test San Francisco. Nov. 30. (U. P.) If Miss Ruby Adams' stockings don't get torn today. Salvatore Bonen, No. 8 Fifth avenue. New Tork, will have cause to be thankful. M. Oershon of San Franoisco suea to force Bonet to take back three dosen pairs ot openwork hoee, liko Ruby is wearing today, saying tney are no good. " "1 don't know anything about silk stockings," said Justice Prendergast, "Ail -wa can do is tvM. them." . "J "I'm on," said Gershon. He brought Miss Adams into court, first fitting her out with a pair of Bonen' s stock- inrs. ' Wear them S hours." instructed Judce Frendergast. after close .inspec tion.'' If they have a hole in them at the end of that time, Gershon gets ma money back for the stockings. Other wise Bonen wins." "They look- fin,' commented the bailiff as Miss Adams left the court room. - 1." ' -. - T '' '" ' " '' ' " ' N'"' 18 of Fastest of -Auto Drivers Are, Lined Up for Eace Speedway, Las Angeles, Nov: 30I. N. 8.) Eighteen of America's fastest automobile drivers were lined up here this afternoon t do their stuff : n the national championship 250-mile contest. The entry list of 20 drivers was cut down to 13 at the last minute when &oui Hansen Jr- and Bobby Dunn were taken out of the running because they wer unable to make the jos mile , an how pace required to Ideal weather of a cool c I ear after noon greeted the drivers as they wait ed for the crack of the starter's pistoL An estimates crowa of better than 60,- 000 cheering - racing fans were in the Stand. Such racing driving class as en tered th race here this afternoon has never neen seen oetore in tne west. Such drivers as Jimmy Murnhv. Tom. my Milton, Ralph do Palm a, Joe Thomas. Art Klein, Earl Cooper, Cliff Ouran and others mads up the entry that will battle for gold and glory. Chief . interest was centered as the race started around the famous Durant team, eonsisttag of Durant himself. tiea me, cooper, Alurpny ana Klein. De Valerain Hiding; To Flee to America Belfast. Nov. S0.U. P. Eamonn de Valera is hiding in Carlingf&rd mountains waiting a chance to -escape to America, :t was reported, net e to day.. Free KtAte troops are hunting him. Meanwhile a large force of in surgents is planning a new attack m both North ad South Ireland to facUl tat his escape. Sid Graiiman la HI; Fear Appendicitis Los Angeles, Nov. 39. (I, ht: S.) SSd Granman, well Jcnown motion pic ture theatre owner, la seriously ill and has been confined to - his suite in a local - hotel for - th past two days. Trained nurses are in attendance,- The theatre manager f s threatened with appendicitis and his. physicians are endeavoring tor ward off a major p- crauoa. .- - XX-GEKERArisSrHO HEM Athens. Nov. -'30. Foltawtnc their execution ot members of the cabinet who served under former King Con exantine. Greek revolutionista hi ,r. rested former Generalissimo Papoulas. Papoulas is charged bv the new rnv. eanment with resnonsibility for much ot the Greek army Inefficiency, which Led to defeat by the Turks. niLLKBORO HAS R5TOW Hillsboro. Nov. 3A.x-Thanks?ivinr brought winter to.XliUsboro and vi-4 c:niiy this morning for at 7 o'clock eoow eaa failing heaviljv -. ' SC COfauTO BACKLEGIMil FOn FREE BOOKS Members of the tschool board of Dis trict No. 1 will support the proposed legtalailofi, for free text cooks, and per mitting- all electors, regardless ' of property qualifications! to vote - On school bond measures, j This support was- assured William" !F. Woodward, member of the board and " legislator- elect, at a meeting of the hoard Wednesday evening. Woodward bad placed before the school board a letter in which h out lined featuiea of a bUlwhieh he pro- pobcs to ii-troduce i.-i the next legis laturc , Besides free text books and the extension of voting privileges, the bill win : provido tnr ho?dl g of the school elections at the Same time as general elections ana with the unit polling places. It Also would tn&Ke tro terra of members of the school board four years, tle em& as that for other pub lic officials. , 3fI5E PCBtIC PBOJKCTS ARE COMPLETED, 3TOTICES STATE Notices of completion have been filed on nine- pieces ot publio work and property owners in the respective dis tricts were notified today that th city council . will . consider , acceptance of the work from the., contractors, at its session on December The . list in cludes: Construction of the Vaughn street and SZd street sewer system, Jensen & Rasmussen, contractors"; Improvement of Kast 31st street, from Siskiyou -to Klickitat streets. Hahn & Rebman, contractors : improvement of 42d ave nue southeast, from 42d to 48th streets southeast. Luitdstrom & Carlson, con tractors ; improvement, of Fessenden street, from Edison- to Jersey streets, Hahn -& Rebman, contractors ; im- fprovement of 70th street ' southeast. from ths avenue southeast to Foster road. Oregon Construction, . company, contractors 5, Improvement . of , Forest street, from the wes line of Overlook bouJevard -to -its westerly terminus, Lundstrom & Carlson, contractor's; (Im provement of Bast Oak street, from East fi5th to East 5?th , streets. John Greider qo., contractors V Improve ment of East 18th street, from Skid more to "Preseott streets. Cochran Con struction company, . contractors ; dis trict improvement of portions 01 utsj avenue and Ogden avenue; Hahn & Rebman, contractors f sewer in alley of block U Walnut park, between Emer son and Klllingsworth avenues. Jensen & ftasmussen, contractors. . Gunners HitPlane Tareet Going at Rate of 80 Miles Br-tlvnuLl Bertlee . Washington. Nov. 80.The war de partment today announced the success of perhaps th most dangerous mitl tary maneuver ever attempted the firing of loaded shell by anti-aircraft gunner at a target www uwmjo u air oy a navai piane. s . t Jeutenant. W. 3. Patterson volrntt' teered to Pilot the plane, lis eluded 17 of th 2Z shots fired, but tne xivs hits - registered are said by reports to have demonstrated the ef f eotiveness of anti-air craft defense of the coast. Patterson would, have been; killed If the-gunners-had fired directly at tn plane instead or at tne target,;. The i tests wer conducted "at ; Fort Monroe Va., by the JSixty-tirst arui lery. patulion -,Th targer was towed by a. .seaplane irom ins, Hampton Roads naval air station. . "Ths tarret was in th shape of a sleeve three feet in oiameter ana x feet longv It was towed through the air at a speed et 60 to 80 miles, an hour by a cable 2500 feet long, which was fastened to Lieutenant Patterson's plane. ' "Sight courses were flown from rip raps to Back - river light at : an alti tudaVarvins- front 500 to 7000 feet. Th sky-was overcast and "the target which at times, was obscured' by clouds, ap peared scarcely as large as a lady's stocking. . "Anti-aircraft " troeps opened fir with - both t inch guns and machine guns. - The average range for firing was 5 000 yards:- .- Rum Ship Wrecked; Beachcombers Get Thanksgiving Cheer - : By Taitod Mewtt New Tork, Nov. 80. A rock rye baby and a mm ship on the rocks have helped to put a kick into Thanksgiving for residents hereabouts. Th rye baby, was literally that. Frank and Chris Narlcaranko, of New- RooheliOi wheeled th infant about in. a gocart, singing Italian lullabyes to it and greeting rrlenas. They stopped two men en the street' and pulled aside ths little whit and bin checked blanket for a closer inspection. The men happened to b dry agents. They arrested Frank and Chris. In court later they said th baby consisted ef 48 bottle o-whiskey and doll's head. The - rum ship, Virginia, also fell into dry raiders' hands. That is. the ship did, but the rum didn't. A heavy gai blew th vetjei nto a reef off Millers Place. Long island. Farmers and ftahermen found it before prohi bition agent did. They had removed 550 cases of bended liquor .when - the axy oxiicer amvea. Woman and' Son 111 From Poison Candy Washington, No. SQ. (XT, . P.) An nvestigation' was begun by the police today, into the mysterious circulation of poisoned' candy among" the' family of Paul Schwettxer-'ter.7 resulting m serious illness to two. , Mrs. Schweit zer and her 8-year-old son bean vio lently III after having eaten chocolate- coated candy which was found in a box in their apartment several days ' " T" ' ' a 11 1 iT u 1 11 . .1 " ' Russ and Balkans to Talk Disarmament Moscow, Nov. JO. I, N". S.) Russia and the Baltic states will discuss dis armament her -tomorrow. Finland, Poland. Esthonla. Ijatvia. and Lith uania have been iirviied to participate. Naval experts hav betj sent to Vladi vostok to attempt to raise the Russian fleet that was sunk there. . . Woodrow Wilson1 , Sees Big Victory , Ahead for Party "" North. Baltimore. Ohio, Nov. 80. A "glorious -victory'; for the Democratic party is seen by former President Woodrow Wilson, "if all party workers keep steadily at it." - . - Th ' prediction of. success for his party was made in a little note sent to Mrs. J.' W. Borough, prominent Democratic woman party worker, who revealed ' the content of the - note at a meeting of woman' club here today. Th text of th message was as fol lows ; . - . "Mr. Wilson asks me to say that the brief letter from the little woman who took an active part In the just closed campaign gave me a great -deal of pleasure. It is his belief that if. all party workers keep steadily at it for th next two years the fight, so well begun last Tuesday, will end in a glorious victory In 1924. i C Signed) ' v ' - WruTM t? ivnor.pn -Rm.i.TTCfi. -- - Secretary," Bliss Carmen, Djean : Of Minor Poets, Is Jacob Kamm Guest Bliss Carmen, dean of the . minor poets, naturalist and novelist, was the guest of Jacob G. Kamm at the Uni versity club this week while on his way to spend the winter in California after several months in British Columbia. The poet attended- th David Thomp son, celebration at. Windemere lake in memory of the discovery of th head waters of the Columbia river by David Thompson.- Since August he has bean camping In the- Canadian forests and exploring the headwaters of numerous streams in 1 British Columbia. - Kamm and Carmen were friends in ; New Canaan, Conn., which is the poet's home. CarmenMs the author of ''Songs of Vagabondia," "Th Pipes of Pan" and numerous other volumes of light Verse and several novel Firemen Overcome In, Theatra Fire Pittsburg, Pa' Nov. 80. (U, P.) Fir broke out in the cellar of the Pearl theatre on. Fifth avenue here this afternoon, while hundreds were viewing a motion picture perform ance. There was no disorder and th audience filed Into the street to safety. Flv firemen were overcome by smoke.- - . - B4HB1T TOMIIEB CAUGHT Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. SO. 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