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XX XX , 7 bXXX,: .,v -: . . : . ; .; ; j "" . y '' V-ht eociailoa In th world. : ' " ' - 5 - - - . ' , - '" ' ' : : ; ttt.i...'; 1 i ' ' " " , . ' 1 - " ' KALKM, OUKX, WKD.NKSItAV .HOU.MXG, MAY 21. 19197 i , ." -T . " " ' : ' J PRICE FIVE CE.VTJS -A . f 1 I; I I III le n aTl J-l . tew-i p a' I r" . .. I I : - T . MAWSI111ENSE Fifteen Hundred Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Are Partici pants inJoy-fest at Ahhory Last Night PORTLAND VISITORS CONFER DECORATION P. R. Hantz of Baker Grand Patriarchs-City Will Be -; Host Today; y Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, 1500 of them, filled the armory ; last night at the biggest gathering yet held by the delegates to the centennial meeting of the grand ; lodge. Messages of welcome were delivered by J prominent officials following the awarding of the decoration of chivalry to 53 women and two men. . , Grand lodge will open today and still larger crowds are ex pected to attend. ; Rebekahs will hold their election and the eity will be host with a sightseeing trip and band concert in YVillsori park."; . -. ' ' X . I'. Beneath a canopy red -white and blue streamers the 53 women who received the Jewel given for meritorious work in the Rebekah lodge, stood la a semi-ciTle while one of the prettiest ceremonies of the convention was gone through. Two columns of Patriarchs Militant la plumed hats and "full uniform formed a background for the white dresses of the women. Grand Pa triarch S. E. Watkins j presided "and wag assisted by a degree team from Multnomah lodge No. 2 of Portland. The members, Dorothea Wiggias, Ad dle Kimball. Tietle B. Briatznoff and Jennie Pad rick, each addressed the women. ' The ceremopy consisted in cleans ing the hands, taking a pledge and then kneeling! while : Jewels were pinaed on by four little girls. Eliz abeth Waters, Maud Engstrom, Eloise Wrightind Evelyn Comtnings. (Continued on Page 3) REBEKAH and ODD FELLOW DELEGATES ! ;and VISITORS We trust that- your stay , in the city will be an en joyable one. Ton will be very busy; but any .spare time may be profitably spent in seeing what Sav Iem merchants have to offer. JJarnes JUash Stbre is a Salem i institution with more, than a quart-er century's record, of suc cessful merchandising. We welcome you. Pretty N t .. - -- . Frillings: I THE- NEWEST. MOST rOPULATt OF ALL WOMEN'S NECKWEAR. GOME IN ORtJANDIE, CHIFFON AND GEORGETTE CREPES, t WHITE AND COLORS, AT YD., . 85c to $2.35 Collars: . INNUMERABLE NEW AND CLASSY DESIGNS IN ROLL i SAILOR, ROUND, SHORT FRONT i AND PLEATED EFFECTS. MAUti uti LAW N ORGANDre AND GEORG ETTE CREPES. MODESTLY I - PRICED. Vestees; PLEASINGLY UNIQUE. MATERIALS . ARE t GEORGETTE CREPE, SATIN : ; x:- x ' and pique. ' X- Ribbons: . , - EXCELLENT LINE OF NEWr, NOVELTY RIB- -BONS. THE VARIETY OF WIDTHS. DESIGNS AND COLORINGS AFFORD AMPLE CHOICE TO SATISFY INDIVIDUAL i PREFERENCE. CROWD AVIATION MEN BLAZING TRAIL Landing Places to Be Estab lished Along Willamette . Valley As representatives of the. aero Club of Oregon and to blaze the trail as far as landing places are concerned for future nights north or south through the state. John F. Risley and Colonel Lewis P. Camp bell or; Portland, and Lieutenants L. R.I Mnlllneaux and S. T. French of the federal airplane service are on an automobile tour along the west ern part of the state. They plan to locate landing places at intervals of " mues and whatever places are approved by the twovfcrrtenants will be reported officially to the com manding officer at Mather Field. California. Cooperation of the commercial clubs of the different points at which landing places are selected will be obtained. If possible, and the clubs will be asked to place pennants or other devices , at landing places so that any aviator desiring to land may know the direction of the wind. 1 At the present time the four men are primarily In the interests of the Portland Rose Festival with the ob ject of establishing landing places for airplanes which it is proposed to have in Portland during the fes tival,'; Coionel Campbell is special representative of the rose festival. The automobile in which the party is traveling were furnished by Mr. Risley. i fllympia Noses Salem Oat of First Place in Drive PORTLAND, Or.. May 20. (Spe cial to The Statesman) The Salem district' has been nosed out of first place by Olympla district in the $105,000 centenary drive . The Salem district has reported 20 churches of a total of 52 showing a district total of $160,322 of a quota of $210,000. TheMirst 1 church re port mer the top oT $32,050 is still the best report in the district. - Leslies church of Salem reports over the top with $7150. " eckwear Ever uch Cleverly designed morsels that add to tht appearance of any Woman's Apparel :'x': ' Helps So M Field for Fliers May Be ' Located in or Near Here Location of an. aviation field at Salem or some other-point near here In the Willamette valley as a base for airplane In forestpatrol work is hoped for in another season or two, according to Stale Forester F. A. Elliott. It is not probable that the state caa have t,his accommoda tion this year. Airplane patrol is considered, the most effective for the prevention of forest firea, and the Western Forest ry association has broached to th; war department the'sirbjtct of locat ing aviation fields n both Oregon and Washington. One field in the Willamette valley it is said, could furaish patrols for all of Western Oregon. Ultimately it is hoped that one field may be located in Western Oregon and another in Eastern Ore gon. ! CHILD WELFARE BOARD! NAMED New Body Is Created by Lnactment of Recent Legis lative Session Governor Olcott yesterday an nounced the names of appointees for the 'new child welfare commission providedfor in an act of the 1919 legislature. I The enactment provides that the president of the University bt Ore gon shall appoint one member and the president of the State Medical association another, while the re maining three shall be appointed by the governor. The appointee of President Campbell cf the state uni versity is Dr. B. w! DeBusfc. mem ber of the faculty of the Vnivjrrtty and an expert in psychology and so ciology, and the medical association has named Dr Robert G. Hall or Portland, a specialist in children's ailments. The appointees hy the governor are Mrs. Willie R. Trum bull ad Fred ! Lockley of Portland and lira. Fred G. Schilke of La Grande. Mrs.' Trumbull has long been active in I the interests of chil dren In connectibn with state board and Mr. Lockley has been a gtudant of children's I problems for some years. Mrs. FchilVe fs president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers and by virtue of that position Ha head of the Parent-Teacher .associations of n state, i . , "The new statute is the most com prehensive and far reaching ever at tempted along; the lines of child wel fare legislation in this state and Is considered an advance move general ly." says a statement from the gov ernor's officer "It was fthe out growth of the survey made last sum mer by , Dr. Slingerlund, who was brought here from the ea3t to study conditions surrounding delinquent, deficient and dependent children. His survey covered a period of sever al months and his very extensive work was accompanied by out out line of the statute which; passed the recent legislature "The act allows th commission a trained social worker as secretary at a salary of $2000 a year. The commission is' to be provldod suitable rooms -In one of the state buildings and an appropriation of $6,000 is provided for to carry out the pro Visions of the act. , "The commission te to inspect and Supervise all j of the child raring agencies, societies or institutions of the state nnd to have general con trol over them. "Many other important provisions giving the commission wide latitude In its. supervision of delinquent, de pendent or deficient children are In corporated in the new law." , TURNER OFFICER BRINGS TROOPS Lieutenant ( F. J. Whitehead f Arries in Portland With Oregon Men PORTLAND, Or.. May 20, A group of 172 casuals from Camp Dix and camp Mills were feted and fed here today at the union- station while guests of the city for less than an hour. It was hoped that these men. largely from Oregon and Washing ton,' would remain in the city for theay, but the train was 16 hours late. Captain L. Reno, and Lieutenant V. W. Felker, both of the regular army, stationed at Camp Dix. were in command of a group of 120 men of the 28th and 82nd divisions while Lieutenant F. J. Whitehead of Tur ner. Or., was in charge of 52 men from Camp Mills enroute to Camp Lewis, where they will be mustered out from the 28th, 41st, 42nd and 77 th division. NC4 READY FOR FLIGHT TO LISBON Jump-Off from Ponta del Gada . Scheduled for 6 O'clock This Morning Weather Favorable. SHIP SOLE RELIANCE OF NAVY DEPARTMENT Ill-Fated NC-3 to Be Shipped Back to Washington; NC-1 Is Stiik PONTA DELGADA. May 20 (Hy The Associated T tess ) Lieu tenant Commander A. C. Head, in command of the Amerion sea plane NC-f. expects to Mart f r Lisbon at 6 o'clock tomorrow m rning. He hopes to reach here before dark. If all is well with tie flight, an overnight stop will be 4iade at Lis bon and the NC-4 will proceed on the last lap of the trans-Atlantic journey for Plymouth, weather per mitting. The NC-4 was overhauled here to day and took on a full supply of fuel. The NC-lwhich was m command of Lieutenant Commander Bellinger, ank off Corvo this afternoon, af ter the United States desUoyer Fair fax was unable to salvage her. The heavy seas made towing impossible and the destroyer stood by waiting for the weather to moderate. But the body of the machine filled with water and the wings were broken off. This combined with the weiaht Of the engine caused the Diane to settle many fathoms deep. FAIR WKATH Kit WANTED WASHINGTON. May 20. Tug ging at anchor in the harbor of Ponta Delgada, Azores, the seaplane XC-4. the lone surviving entry of the Am erican navy for first trans-Atiantie flight honors, awaits only favorable weather for the start of the '800 mlle dash to Lisbon. Portugal. After three days at Horta, where Fhe landed upon completion of the -ecord-breakine flight from New Fouhdland, Lieutenant Commander Albert C, Read's big ship flew to Ponta Delgada today, covering the 150 miles In one hour and 44 min utes. This was at the rate of ap proximately 86 miles an hour. Rer Admiral Jackson, ln.report ing the arrival of the NC-4 at Ponta Deleada. said the plane was "OK" nd Flight Commander John H. tow ers tonight reoorted theo lane In "excellent; condition. Naval offi cials her expect the NC-4 to get away tomorrow unless weather con ditions are very bad. The flight to Lisbon should not require more than 10 hours.; . After replenlshine fuel supplies and being overhauled rn Portugal, the NC-4 will undertake the last lee of the voyage to Ply month, England. , X-4 Sole I tH inner The NC-4 was definitely mad the sole reliifnce of "the American navy in an attempt at this time to crops the Atlantic through the air through a report received tonight from Commander Towers at Ponta Delgada.' who informed the navy de partment of the singing at sea of the NC-1 and the commencement of the dismantling of the NC-3 prepar atory to'shinping the plane back to the United States. Previous reports had -said the NC-1 was outside the port of Horta in bad conditoin and it was presumed hy navy officials here that her bow was torn out by destroyers attempting to tow her in to port. It had been thought that the NC-3 despite the damage wrought during nearly 60 hours spent on a high running sea might be put into shape to resume the flight. Commander Towers evidently aHer examining h!s riag3hip decided to leave the field to the NC-4 alone. HARRY HAWKER IS NOT FOUND; i SEA IS SWEPT (By The Associated Press) "LONDON. May 20. Up to this hour the-e is no word of Hawker and his navigator. Grieve Not a sin gle report hag been received from any of the numerous airplanes, de stroyers, mine sweepers and light craft of all descrirtions which are sweeping the seas off Ireland Thtir task has been hampered by fog and rain. Rath Garrison Calm on Arrival at Penitentiary WALLA WALLA. Wa.h w Showing little emotion. Ruth Ga- nson. acquitted of the murder or Mrs. Grace C. Storri at Seattle by rea.on of lasanity, arrived at the penitentiary this afternoon. She was not required to walk, to the Institu tion as were the dozen sale con victs wh J arrived nn th ti- and were let orf at the foot of the Pi.on hill, but rode tr th was taken to an automobile and drivel V" , in" l-stuUon. A crowd of Knights of Pythias who were in specting the prison saw her arrive STATE'S WARDS AIDED BY WILL Mrs. Mary Frost bequeaths $500 to Aid of Unfortu nate Girls A gift of $500 U given the state industrial school for the aid of the women and girls in the lnst.it ution two tiqset friend j are given a home! ether f Blends are given money, a va cant lol Is bequeathed to the Old People's home, ajd $50 is given to tho, First MethodUt church to assist in paying a debt on the parsonage by the terms of tbe will of Mary Frost which was admitted to probate yesterday. Mrs Frost died May 17 and Angel la Ilolmstrom is named executor of the estate in the will and by court order. The estate totals $7000 in real and personal property. The will was made May 9, 1919 and the bequestts in it are aa fol lows: To the children nf ft,- -. daughters of M-a. Frost's late hus band. $1000 to be divided equally among them, the house at 235 North Fourteenth street to two frieads, Mary McCrath and Rebecca Dunn. Tor a home until both have died, when it. goes to tbe Old Peopled home, the vacant lot at Fourteenth and Chemeketa streets to the Old People's home, to Kate Burton, a friend. $300. to the state Industrial school for the aid of the girls and women in it, $300, toward paying a debt on the First Methodist church parsonage, $50, to Mabel Wllliami. a field, 300. J. W. Ferguson Named on Accountancy Board v-v,ciuui wicon nas accepted the resignation of Arthur Berridge of Portland as a member of the state board of accountancy and has ap pointed J. W. Ferguson, also of Portland, to succeed him. Mr vr. guson was formerly state insurance commissioner, lie is a certified pub- lie accountant-now engaged In that profession. In submitting his reeic-! nation to the governor Mr. Berridge mr W was l H...I J gave no reason thereror. Governor Olcott on June 3 will also reappoint E. M. Wilson of Med ford as a member of the state board ui ai-ruumancv. Mr. Mlson has - . been actively engaged In accounting in California and Oregon since 1905. living in California from 1871 to July 1910. when he removed to Med ford where he has resided ever since. Bethany School Closes With Fair and Exercises Closing exercises and a fair were held at Bethany school house near Silverton yesterday, the afafir being in the nature of a community pic nic. In the rooking contest the prizes were awarded to llelea Jomenaon. first. Bessie Bloom, second; Arlou- ine McMullan. thi-d. la the sewing club the awards went to Haxt-I Eng lish, first. Helga Jorrenson. second. Helen Johnson, third The girls chos en as being the best judges of the articles In competition were 1 1 axel English, Helga Johnson and Emelfue Bloom in the sewing classes, and Bes sie Bloom. Helga Johnson. Jordis Kloster In the cookery. Mrs. Charles II. Jones acted as judge. Mrs. M. L. Fulkerson. coun ty school ;superYior, attended the exercises. ODDITIES OF ODD Captain Clyde E. Lewis, who holds about as many titles rs any of the newer generation of. Odd Fe'fows. has been made state organizer for the lodge. He recently returned from Camp Pike. Ark., where he was in tbe officers' training camp. Previous to that time he was in the R. O. T. C. at Eugene. Before his enlistment Captain Lewis was con nected with tbe Pacific Motors com pany branch In Portland. 'He is next to the highest officer in tht lodge, being assistant adjutant gen eral of the Patriarchs Militant and secretary for the department coun cil. Among the Interesting members of the Pendleton delegation Is R. Alexander, past grand master and past grand representative. He act ed yesterday as chairman of the com mittee that introduced the Rebekahs and claims to he an expert at this. Mr. Alexander has been an Odd Fel low for 40 years. He Is a retired merchant of Pendleton and the two subjects on which he Is most vol uble are the Round-Up and the tact WILSON URGES EARLY RETURN OF WIRES AND ROADS TO COMPANIES j I - j - Lifting of War-time Prohibition Barj on Beers and Wines Recommended in First Presidential Message in Histerj Cabled from Overseas Railways jo Go Back at End of Calendar Year Both Republican land Democratic Dry Leaders Aroused Woman Suffrage Resolution Is Slated '; J WA.SIIINOTOi May 20.IWU-nt Wilson', cabled message out lining legislation for the extra session 0$ new congresa was read iaratcly in theSHcnate nd Iiouk todaf bv clerk and arrange ments were made: by congressional : leaders for immediate consid eration of the vast, legislative program with the equal suffrage reso lution to come up tomorrow in the house. Major recommendation of the president were for early return to private ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone, for repeal of war-time inhibition insofar aa applying to beer and wines, for woman suffrage, retaliatory d if freneM, protection of the dye stuffs industry and labor and mpkymnt measures. .The presi dent announced hi intention to turn back the railroads at the end ss. lait uuai riir. Republican leaders met the presi dent's proposal for return of public utilities by statements that such leg islation already was planned. As to the prohibition recommendation both Republican and Democratic dry leaders joined In vigorous state ments dissenting- from the presi dent's suggestion and predicting that no beer and wine repeal would be passed. Opinion In both senate and house as ascertained by leaders was general that the ban of beer and wine wonld not lifted. Presentation of the president's message the first ever transmitted to this country by cable was the principal business of today's ses sion. Neither the senate nor house was in session much more than an hour, the former adjourning nntil next Friday and the house until to morrow. Be r ore the president's message was read, the' house ar ranged -to take op tomorrow the wo man suffrage resolution. Its adop tion before adjournment Is planned. Senate leader have promised prompt action in the upper body, probably early next month. The flood of bills and resolu tions opened In the senate today. while scores were thrown Intn Ihm house hopper which yesterday re- ceived about 1.200 1 meaanr in i. . The siinclDal measures in the . senat akl for eoni of t. I . Inltlon of the American policy In Russia, adoption of woman suffrage, establishment or a federal budget system and repeal of the luxury taxes ana the daylight saving law I Ail war .f..t ... 1 .... o 1 tvi iV ium ui 1 litres. I Democratic senators objecting to all requests for 'mediate consideration. Republican plans for many inves tigations were launched In a resolu tion by Chairman Greene of the house merchant marine committee, proposing inquiry into operations of the shipping board and emergency fleet corporation. . Representative Welty. of Ohio, asked for an inves tigation by a non-partisan commit tee on "irregular and unlawful ex penditures.' Organization of senate and bouse was pushed forward today at a com mitter conference of house- Republi cans, a meeting of the 'Republican steering committee with Speaker Gillett and an initial meeting of the Republican senators committee' on committees. The Democratic. steer ing committee will meet tomorrow to consider minority changes. Of the recommendations In the president's message, those for re turn to private ownership 'of rail roads and wires and repeal of war time prohibition against beer and wines drew most comment from con gressional leaders. It was agreed that legislation dealing with the pub- FELLOWS CONVENTION that his, town Is another of those that aredry now. There are all kinds of Odd Fellows and they are in all sorts or business. A. 11.. Knight of Canny, when ques tioned as to just what occupation he Is engaged In, seemed puzzled for a while, then admitted that his principal pursuit at present Is sit ting in the mayor's chair. Hit town is just now boosting hard for good roads, as the highway Is being sur veyed through there this week. Mr. Knight has been In the I. O. O. F. 18 years. Two thousand acres of wheat Think of It. That la what the little farm owned byR. F. Klrkpatrick of Pendleton consists of. lie is one ot the leading wheat growers of Uma tilla county, but . Just now his thoughts aren't on the 1919 crops, which he incidentally claims ir going to be the best In 23 yean. He is more concerned this week- In his Odd Fellow badge, for he has been a member of that 4odge for IS years. (CoaUnied on pace 2) lie utilities virtually is-assured at the present session. Leaders were also interested In the president's statemeitt that If he was familiar with administrative questions af- fectlng telegraph and telephone sys tems he;could "name the exact date for their return also. In proposing the beer and wise repeal aheasure. the president said that "demobilization or the military forces has proceeded to tuch a point that It seems to me en tirely safenowto remove the ban upon manufacture and sale or wines and beefs." Legislation Is neces sary to femove the prohibition pro visions, 'the president said he had been Informed by his legal advisers. Senator Sheppard. of Texas. Dem ocrat ant Representative Randall, of California Prohibitionist, champions of the wir-time 'dry- law and other prohibiten advocates, issued state menu announcing determined fpo sitlon td repeal legislation. ThVy declared a large majority of cot--tress favored prohibition and xr dlcted the repeal measvre would not be enacted. Some Republican lead era charged the president with shift ing responsibility to the Republican congressfand said that all he. would gain would be criticism of the Prohl bitionlsti Republicans or the '.house ways and means committee plan to meet before: th end of the week tn mnti. der tariff and other revenue legisla tion. Seme Republican members said t ha hearings or. businessmen. anoniq Cf-citfe whether there should be tarlffl revision, while tome said a general revision (mMi.u because f unsettled conditions la world affairs. - NEW VORK.Ma7 20. The Anti Saloon league was not -much mr. prised- it President Wilson's rec ommendation to congress that the war time prohibition law be re pealed. vVllliam II. Anderson, super intendent of the New York state branch, declared in a statement is sued he fV today. he weta wero nnahl n v from le(llag. aHer the return of Samuel C.omver. Hhat anee had, been given." Mr. Anderson's siaiemeat aid. "We shall be vei-r mnh mmtluil If the Republican party permits the president to. put It In the hole on thls questlen;" Plans tef the league lo biv iinii congregations throughout the coun try adopt .resolutions on June t calling for congress to pass adequate -nioixenjeat laws for both the war time an permanent prohibition acts will be i modi fled he si id. so. aa to make othe meetings "monster mass meetlngt to protest against the re peal." I The association OBTMMAA a nation al prohibition was netthar inrnriit nor over-jubilant over the presl- aent a recommendation. It declared. Ina statement explaining that It had retired "adviM t.-i. two weks ago that the president contemplated auca action. ' 9 CHICAQO. May 20. Virgil G. 4 ' ac aivuiwi tioas ptirty'a national committee, in a statement tonirtit . t V M US UCV4 IUO vropoaa! to congress in President Wilson's message today to remove the July l ban on light wines and beer. Ilia statement conclude with the words that "every patriot should see to j;tt that cfresa represents the people at this time on the liquor , qnestioa and not the Ideas even of, a fcreat chief executive when hi? Idea jire not In harmony with tj maaj ai one-third of the people.' 4 1