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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
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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
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I - PRICED.
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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
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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.'
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