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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1922
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.Turks Refuse to Attend Meet
to Consider Plea of Desti
tute People for National
Home.
RUSSIAN ATTITUDE
! REMAINS A MYSTERY
Hopeful Progress Made on
Problem of Greek Patri
arch May Remain
LAUSANNE, Dec. 26. (By the
1 Associated Press) Armenia was
the storm center of the Near East
conference today. The Turks re
fused to attend a meeting of the
sub-commission which had ar
' ranged to hear the plea of the Ar
menlans for the establishment of
a national home in Turkey, and
both Ismet Pasha and Riza Nur
Bey sent strongly worded com
munications to the conference
protesting against the decision to
; allow the Armenians to state
. their case. ;-; .v.
- v ' Allies Listen Alone
In consequence of the Turkish
.- protect the official meeting of .the
sub-commission was postponed
and the representative of the pow
ers, Great " Britain, ' France and
' Italy, sitting alone, listened to the
'Armenian spokesman, -who r sug
gested that a home be established
In the northeast vilayet of Turkey
which should -taeniae hUtcric
Mount Ararat or a section in Gtll
ela. It was impossible, he declar
ed, for the .proposed Armenian
home to amalgamate with the
. Armenian republic of Erlvan,
which has been taken over by the
' Moscow sovlets. The Armenians
would willingly accept the same
; relationship wit. Turkey as the
dominions with England.
Bulgarians Present Problem
, In conclusion he asked for ex
. emptlon from military service for
, the Armenians and urged ' main-
tenance of the orthodox patriarch
In Constantinople. -.
The entente delegates took the
Armenian petition, under advise
ment, as they did also petitions
from the Bulgarians and the an
cient people known as the Assyro
Chaldeans. '"; ' "--
' Noradunghian Pasha, once Tur
kish foreign minister, presented
', the Armenian plea.
The Bulgarians . requested that
' 160,000 Bulgarians who had fled
, from Oriental Thrace should ,' be
permitted to return to that coun
try, which had become Turkish
territory, and said they - were
' ready to accept the same treat
s' ment as Turkish citizens.
Patriarch May Stay
Biblical history came before the
meeting when the representatives
of the Assyro-Chaldeans artfte,
Their people live in Mesopotamia,
between Mosul and the " Turkish
frontiers. It Is. their wish to
maintain their own language and
customs and to -be allowed to
dwell in peace. General Aghpl-
tros, their chief spokesman, said
with dignity that history had
proved that Adam and Eve were
born in their country, 'and the
, early chapters of early life moved
' about the Assyro-Chaldeans.
1 Hopeful progress waa made to-
: day on the problem of the Greek
' patriarch; The French suggested
as a possible solution that permis-
,"' sion be granted the patriarch to
' rmiin in Constantinoole as an
, autonomous archbishop with the
understanding that he would In
i; no way represent' political admin
lBtrative matters or voice the am
' toitiona or incarnate aspirations of
Greece, he would exist as rell-
i -' gious figure,
t ; Straits Problem Unsettled
The Trench argued that the
l. f brusaue removal of the Christian
1 "! leader would cause an unplVasant
' . feeling i abroad toward the new
n Turkish state. v
The straits problem still . re
mains unsettled; the allies are
striving to arrange some formula
. (Continued on page 8)
n THE WEATHER i
OREGON: Wednesday, rain. i
LOCAL WEATHER
, - (Tuesday) -
Maximum temperature. 67. ,
Minimum temperature, 4. t
'River, 12 feet above normal
rlevel; falling.: v: A -Rainfall.
-.48 inch.
"Atmosphere, cloud.
Wind, south. : ; ' :
BERGDOLL HAS
small chance
With legion
Patriotic Organization Would
Be Pleased to Lay Hands
on Army Deserter
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 28.
The American Legion in Washing
ton will do anything It can to help
capture Grover Cleveland Berg-
doll, convicted army deserter,
whom a restaurant man believes
ne saw la Seattle last night, Hen
ry A. Wise, state adjutant of the
legion announced today.
"Every American Legion mem
ber would take pleasure In cap
turing Bergdoll." said Mr. Wise.
"We still have his description
with pictures, and every legion
man in this state will be on the
lookout for him if he comes to the
Pacific coast on a Gerirm vessel,
as he is reported to be flolng."
I
GETS -SHOCK
19-Year-old Chinese Flap
per. Americanized, Would
Receive Hubby-to-be
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (By the
Associated Press.) The twisted j
streets of Chinatown which, have
pulsed with subdued gossiping
since Mildred Wenn, 19-year-old
Chinese "flapper" ran away from
her Washington home Friday, al
most on the eve of her wedding to
George Num Lee, ecion of one of
the best Chinese families of New-
York, had some added thrills to
day. Trunks Appear
The first came when word was1
passed that Miss Wenn had re
turned to her home and that
George Lee whose father is pres
ident of the On Leong Tong in
the United 'States had rushed to
heV on the first Washington train
this morning.
Then, along about noon, al
mond-eyed inhabitants of Mott
street congregated about the Lee
home at No. 32, saw two black
shiny wardrobe trunk unloaded
and lugged up five winding flights1
of stairs by truckmen of the Can
ton Transfer company. Boldly
across the end of each trunk, in
brave red letters was the legend
M. Wenn."
The trcusseau had arrived, but
no 'bride.
Rumors Fly
A little while later, Lee Quon
tong chieftain and prospective
father-in-law. hurried from the
house and, according to neigh
bors, took a train for Washing
ton. This gave added sweep to rum
ors that the Americanized Mil
dred Wenn had pat her tiny foot
down on the Chinese tradition
that a bride must go to her hus
band, and had delivered an alt!
matum that there would be no
wedding unless it was solemnized
in her home in Washington.
(Continued on page 6)
COAST BETS BIB
r ' ,
FREIGHT SLASH
S. P. Announces Thirty Per
cent Reductions Between
Chicago and West
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.
Reductions In freight rates rang'
ing as high as 30 per cent will be
published soon between Pacific
coast points and eastern points
by the Southern Pacific railroad, it
was announced today at offices of
the company here.
-The present carload rate of
81.08 per 100 pounds on tin or
tin plate from eastern points to
Pacific coast noints will be re
duced to 95 cents from New York
85 cents from Pittsburgh and 76
cents from Chicago and - points
west. '
The carload rate on olives in
tin cans and in brine In barrels
from Pacific coast to eastern
noints will be reduced from 11.33
to $1.25. The rate on wooden and
iron hose reels in carload lots to
Pacific coast points from New
York will be reduced from $2.80
to $2,771-2. The new rate from
Chicago will be $2.48, with a cor
responding reduction from points
between Chicago and New Yora.
The new rates will become ef
fective as soon as the tariffs can
te published. the company 'an
1
nounced
FOREIGN
DEBT PLAN IS
Solution Offered by New
York Banker Fails to Find
Responsive Chord Around
Washington.
AMERICAN PEOPLE
NOT IN PROPER MOOD
Commission Said Able to
Do Only Three Things
With War Debt
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The
solution of America's foreign
debt problem proposed by Otto
H. Kahn, the New York banker)
auea generally to strike a re- j
sponslve chord today in official!
circles in Washington. j
Opposition Expressed j
Members of the American debt
funding commlsson took note of
Mr. Kahn's proposal that the
United States differontlate be
tween the seven and a half bil
lion dollars loaned to European
countries before the armistice
and two and a half billion dollars
loaned after hostilities ceased and
arrange' differing methods of re
payment, but pointed out that the
act of congress creating the com
mission would permit no such
differentiation even if considered
advisable.
Members of congress generally
expressed decided opposition to
the New York banker's suggestion
that at least a portion of the
debt be cancelled, several leaders
n both the senate and house de
claring that the American people
were In no mood to approve any
such action.
Smoot Is Silent
Senator Smoot had not receiv
ed Mr. Kahn's letter today and
said that he, himself, would not
comment upon it until he had re
ceived It and studied the propo
sitions aet forth in it. Other
members of the commission, how.
ever, j were quick to declare that
the. commission could do nothing
toward differentiation in the debt
as suggested by 4b banker. The
commission, they pointed out, was
permitted to do only three things
with jtrade debts allow postpone
ment! or payment of principal or
not longer than 25 years, to fix
the tate of Interest at not less
than i 4 1-2 per cent and to auth
orize!' refunding of the interest
along with the principal for not
longer than 25 years.
Thie most that the debt com
mission could do in the line with
the Kahn suggestion, it was said
by ai commlsson member, would
be tcj present recommendatons to
congress if study found that It
was (possible to proceed within
the authorization of .congress.
PART OF URGE
ESTATE
Mrs! Helene Crocker Gets
$6,000,000 in Stock
Willed by Motner
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.
Mrs. jHelene Irwin Crocker, wife
of Charles Templeton ! Crocker,
was awarded stock valued at $6-,
000,000 today when ; Superior
J nd eft Frank Dunne ordered a
partial distribution of the estate
of her mother, the late Mrs. Fan
nie S. Irwin.
Thie founding Of the Irwin for
tune is a romance of the soutn
Seas. When a boy Irwin and his
father, a paymaster In the British
navyj were shipwrecked In a sail
ing teasel off the Isle of Oabu.
There the lad was raisea ana
eventually oecame one oi iae
wealthiest sugar planters and ship
owners in the Islands. He also
served in the cabinet of the last
island king. The estate is valued
at $12,084,733.
Prominent .Newberg Man
Passes Away at Home
E.
H. Woodward, a prominent
citizen of Newberg, died at his
hom4 yesterday. He was inter-
in the -publishing- business
for a number of years and until
one fear ago was publisher of the
Newberg Graphic .
The funeral will be field at me
Friends church at 2 p. m. Thnn-
tlay, j-Death-was flue t9 Mcer.
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SALEM TO AID
OREGON CITY
BRIDGE FETE
Several Officials to Attend
Ceremonies Entire Cap
itol Invited to Attend
Salem, represented by a dele
gation of at least four, will help
Oregon City and West Linn cele
brate the opening of the new Pa
cific highway bridge between
those two cities tomorrow. Mayor
George K. Halvorsen, King Bing
McGilchrist of the Cherrlans,
President J. C. Perry of the
Chamber of Commerce, Manager
Robert B. Duncan of the Cham
ber of Commerce and perhaps
others will attend from Salem.
Mayor Halvorsen and Mayor
George L. Baker of Portland will
be among the speakers. Salem's
part of the program is to begin
at ill: 30 o'clock. This will be
a parade.
At 9:30 o'clock there will be a
band concert on the streets. At
1 0 o'tlock the crowning of the
queen is to take place, and at
10:30 there, will be a reception
at the Commercial club. The par
ade will be held at 11:20 and at
12 o'clock noon the ceremonies
of opening the bridge will take
place. A banquet 'will be served,
beginning at 1:15 o'clock.
The invitation received here Is
extended to 'all of Salem," to
quote the letter, which is signed
by M. D. Latourette, chairman of
toe celebration committee.
The bridge was built by the
state highway department, and
designed by C. B. McCullougb,
bridge engineer of the . depart
ment.
No Motive for Suicide Found
Unless Despondency
Would Be Cremated
TOLEDO. Or., Dec. 26. Virgil
E. Porter, aged 25, died here to
day as a result of drinking acid.
He was found unconscious in his
room and a note indicating he had
intended to take his own life, said
"For heaven's sake do not noti
fy my parents."
The note requested that bis
body be cremated and his ashes
sent to 414 South Main street,
Findlay, Ohio. His parents. Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Porter of Findlay,
Ohio, were notified. Porter was
connected with a mercantile firm
here. His friends .could ascribe
no motive for his act but des
pondency. STATE EMERGENCY
BOARD MEETS HE
Gathering to Discuss Appro
priations for- Relief
in Astoria
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 26.-
The state emergency board will
meet in Salem Friday of this
week to consider an appropria
tion for relief work in Astoria,
according to announcement today
by Acting Governor 1. E. Bean.
Mr. Bean sa't n,e wni attend but
not In the capacity of governor
aa Roy ,Ritner, president of the
senate will be back in the state
at that time and will resume
his executire duties. Adjutant
General George A. White has
made a report that $2,000 will
carrv on the relief work ex
pense until the legislature) meets.
Astoria Woman Drowned
by Fall from Speeder
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 26. Mrs.
Anne Lamb, wofe of James Lamb
of Salmon Creek, Wash., was
drowned yesterday. With her
hnsband and John Hakala. she
was coming down the Olson Log
ging railroad on a speeder. The
car struck an obstruction on the
track and Mrs. Lamb was thrown
into Salmon creek, drowning be
fore help could roach her. The
body was recovered.
LIQUOR FILE S HOSPITALS
BOSTON, Dec. 26. More than
50 persons were in hospitals here
today suffering from alcohol
poisoning as a Tesult of drinking
liquors obtained during the holi
days. Two deaths due to this
cause occurred.' Eighteen of the
patients were listed in a critical
condition.- . v
TOLEDO YOUTH
TARES POISON
FRANCE GAINS
VICTORY OVER
REPARATIONS
Commission by Three to One
Vote Declares Germany
in Default in Wood Deliv
eries. GREAT BRITAIN IS
ONLY NATION OPPOSED
Teutons Assert it Impossible
to Fulfill All 1923
Obligations
PARIS. Dec. 26. (By The As
sociated Press.) France gained
an important victory in the allied
reparations commission today
when the commisson by a vote
of three to 'one declared Ger
many n voluntary default in her
wood deliveries for 1922,
France, Belgium and Italy vot.
ed in favor of the declaration
while Great Britain cast its bal
lot against it.
Britain Opposed
The decision of the commission
was immediately communicated to
the allied governments for their
action. It may have a vital ef
fect- on the reparations problem
If France can retain the support
of Italy and Belgium when the
reparations question is discussed
at the January 2 meeting of the
premiers.
The lone vote cast against the
declaration by Great Britain was
In accordance with British policy.
which has been opposed to de
claring Germany in default, in
fear that such action might have
disastrous effect on the al
ready precarious state of German
finance.
Must Reduce Deliveries
Germany has carried out more
than sixty per cent of its sched
ule o! wood deliveries for this
year. When the German experts
were before the commission sev
eral weks ago they announced
that Germany had been unable
to deliver more than she had.
and that the deliveries for 1923
must be greatly reduced.
MAY CALL STRIKE
OF TELEGRAPHS
Unless BoarcJ Acts Favor
ably on Rehearing Petition
Walkout is Likely
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26. (By The
Associated Prei. (Prediction
of a telegrapher's sflrike on
some western railroads nnleBS
the railroad labor board acts
favorably by next January 1 on
a pettlon for a rehearing on
the decision of the board which
recently reduced the wages of
11,000 opetators about $1,500,
000 a year, was made here
tonight by Edward J. Manion,
president of the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers.
Marion said he had appealed
to President Harding to inter
cede in behalf of the telacraptaers
on the ground that the labor
board had been repudiated and
that the president himself had
conceded its abolition.
"Undoubtedly there will be
strike votes taken on some
asserted that any of the tele-
any
graphers' grievance committees of
the 11 roads affected by the
wage cut, who ask for permis
sion to walk out "will get author,
ity to strike from me."
The roads affected by the wage
reduction are the Chicago and
Northwestern; Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy; Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul; Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific; Chicago, at.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha;
Great Northern; Illinois Central;
Minneapolis & St. Louis; Min
neapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste
Marie .Northern Pacific and the
Southern Pacific.
Manion added that the pay
cut was announced by the labor
board as adjusting inequalities,
but in reality was a reduction for
all operators on the 11 roads
I when wages in other lines of em
ployment were being adavneed.
ANOTHER CATHOLIC FIRE
MONTREAL, Dec. 26. Word
was received today that the tenth
fire to sweep a Catholic edifice In
Canada this year had destroyed
the Parish church of St. Thomas
d'Alfreda at Fassett last night.
GROCER WOULD
FOOL THIEVES,
SHOT INSTEAD
Robbers Fire Twice Through
Bathroom Door When
Man Calls For Help
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 26
Edgar C. Wright. Portland grocer,
was shot in the right arm tonight
while attempting to trick a pair
of holdup men who were after the
contents of his cash register.
After the shooting both escaped,
but got no money.
The Wrights live in the rear of
the grocery. Mrs. Wright was
preparing supper and Mr. Wright
was In the store with a customer
when the two robbers entered.
'Hand over your money," one
of the robbers ordered.
"All right." returned Wright.
"I'll go get it for you."
Wright walked into the kitch
en and shouted for help as he
dashed into a bathroom and
closed the door. The robber fired
two shots through the bathroom
door and ran out with his partner.
Wright was taken to the city
hospital.
Former Official of Mer
Rouge Arrested in Balti
more Two Are Held
BASTROP, La.. Dec 26. The
second arrest in connection with
the Morehouse kidnaping of last
August occurred today when Dr.
B. M. McKoin, former mayor of
Mer Rouge, was taken into cus
tody at Baltimore on instructions
of Governor Parker who charged
him with murder.
Is Post Graduate
The physician was taking a post
graduate course at Johns Hopkins.
The former mayor is expected
to reach here within a few days
to Join T. J. Burnett, a former
deputy sheriff, arrested on a sim
ilar charge.
A detachment of national guard
today reconnoitered along Lake
LaFourche for evidence to lead to
the arrest of dynamiters respon
sible for the blastingat a ferry
landing last week when the bod
ies of two men believed to have
been tortured and murdered by
masked and robed men, were
bywn from the bottom of the
lake.
More Arrests Expected
Attorney, General Coco yester
day announced that at least six
or seven more arrests wouid be
made before the open hearing in
connection with' the case which
has been set for January 5 here
Federal agents declare they have
the name of the ringleader of the
dynamiters, and his arrest is Im
minent
The arrest of Dr. McKoin came
as a complete surprise. Dr. Mc
Koin was' born and grew to man.
hood at Monroe and later moved
. -r .
io -ir n.ouge wnere ne was a
practicing physician. His friends
urged him to make the race for
mayor, and during his incumb
ency he fearlessly upheld the law
and attempted to rid the com.
rnunity of moonshiners and other
law breakers. It was said. V
Burnett Sullen
On August 2, 1922, he reported
aspasslns fired two loads' of shot
into his automobile as he was
answering a sick call. He later
received persistent warnings to
leave the community, and he did
JV0' led.to the tragedy of
the 2 4th, in the
ineory 01 me
state
Burnett, arrested last Saturday,
ha become sullen and restless,
mis battery of attorneys spent
several hours with him.
Federal Distributor of
Fuel Gives up Position
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Con
rad E. Spens presented his resig
nation today as federal fuel dis
tributor for transmission tomor
row to President Harding to be
come effective January 1.
Along with it will go a brief
report on the work of the emerg
ency office which was established
September 22 after the conclu
sion of the coal strike. Mr. Spens
will return to his former post as
vice president of the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy railroad
with headquarters at Chicago.
It is considered probable that
the fuel distribution, office will be
closed soon after January 1, al
though an organization will be
held together to care for left-over
details. .
WOR CHARGED
with inn
BUILDING PROGRAM
IS HELD NECESSARY
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Officials, Alarmed at Congestion, Instruct Superintend
ent to Outline Tentative Plan for Enlargement of Fa
cilities Construction daring Coming Year ; Now
Seems' Probable.
Alarjned over the daily more noticeable congestion of
the Salem schools, the school board at its meeting last night
authorized Superintendent George Hug to outline a tentative
plan for a comprehensive enlargement of the present city
school facilities, this report to be turned in at the meeting on
January 9. It is possible that the first consrucion work may
start in the coming spring.
The board has faced this condition of inordinate crowd
ing all the year. It began last year. Practically every build
ing in the whole city system now is crowded beyond its nor
mal capacity. Playrooms, assembly halfc, basements, halls,
almost every bit of space that could possibly be turned into
class rooms, have been so arranged, and even then there
isn't enough to do it justice. The reports brought In to the
school meetings every two weeks since the school year began,
nave reen maKesnuts to care
ioiks wno want educations.
BELIEVE BLINN
SLAYER FOUND
Description Given by Miss
Lyie Fits Stranger Sus
pected by Police
STEUSENVILLE. Ohio, Dec.
26. Efforts to apprehend the
slayer or slayers of Charles Bllnn,
2, prohibition enforcement offi
cer, are centering about a Strang,
er whose description was secured
from Miss Lulu Lyle, at whose
home Blinn waa last seen alive.
Chief of Police Blaine announced
today.
1 Blinn Intoxicated
According to Chief Blaine. Miss
Lyle declared that the stranger
was with Blinn when he called
at her home and that she was in
troduced to him, but could not
remember his name. She told po
lice that he said he waa a Hun
garian. t- i
In her statement to police. Miss
Lyle said that Brlnn was Intoxi
cated and flourished his gun and
said that he was "going to get
someone." Shortly after Bllnn
and the Hungarian left the Lyle
nome, Miss Lyle heard a shot and
the noise of an automobile mov
ing away, according to Miss Lyle'a
statement. She said she paid no
attention to the Incident, believ
ing Blinn had his own automobile.
sne ioi police.
Heiieve dunnun Paid
BHnn's body was found about
one hour later, and, according to
physicians he had been dead about
an hour.
Police said they were working
on the theory that a paid gunman
was hired to kill Blinn; that the
first shot was the result of a
scuffle between him and the gun-
man, and that he was shot to
death with his own gun after they
nad carried him several blocks
from the Lyle home. Bllnn was
shot three times In the back of
the head, once between the shoul
ders and the right hand.
MUSIC! FED
FBI STATE PEN
William Young Arthur Goes
With. Conditional Par
don in Pocket
With a conditional pardon in
his pocket, signed by Governor
Roy VV. Ritner, William Y6ung
Arthur, who directed the orches
tra and the recent minstrel show
at the state penitentiary, where
he was an Inmate, left today for
Portland to join his wife. Arthur,
while employed In the office of a
lumber company at Baker, Or.,
was accused of wrongfully tam
pering with the payroll and was
convicted. He has served more
than a year of his sentence, but
there has been doubt as to his
guilt. While living in Baker. Ar
thur was active in ch)rcf. and so
cial circles, and it Is Said many ac
quaintances there do not believe
that he was guilty.
Arthur's conditional pardon
was signed Saturday.
for the growing army of young
'
One of the plans suggested last
night in the Informal discussion.
was the building of two wings to
the present high school building,
which ean be made practically to
double the present capacity of the
nigh school, and then perhaps
bring the ninth grade Into this
one big central school. v
Central Grade School Suggested
The building off the Garfield
school Into a great central grade
school to care for the pupils for a
larger radius into the suburbs ad-
Joining than It now has "the.
capacity to handle, was one pro
posal. The doubling of the High- .
land school is also held to be one
nf til. t . k. l a.
about the worst crowded, and the
rapid building In 'that section of
"promise 16 he even worse in tho
ne year or iwo.
These plans. It should bo un
derstood, are merely talked iiver
as possibilities f t the present
lime. The report of the superin
tendent, based on the census of
all the schools, and the condition
of the present suggestions. "
Building Out of Date -The
old- Washington achbel
might get the axe altogether. It Is
old, and a Ire trap, and not abbs
to hold the nace in a real cltr
school program. Something for
the Park school, at least a play
room, and another one for . the
T I 1 L . - - . -
"ucBia Kooin, axe neia to om es
sentials. .' i, ;
Just what the city Is facing In
the way of school expenditures
may be gathered from the talk of
the board that a building program
of ,1500.000 worth of buildings
ror the next 10 years, would not
be enough, though that- much
could be cared for, and the bonds
retired at the end of the time In
stead of being handed on down to
the second or third generation.
At the last meeting a 110,000
bond that has ran for about 3ft
years was paid off for good. The
present board hopes to adopt ' a
plan that will clear the books of
bonds In decent time.
Actkm Imperative
It is the belief of the board
that, since the necessity go
great that immediate action only
can give the children of Salem the
schools they must have, action
should be taken at ' once, so that
a plan can be agreed ' upon and
building begun this spring so as
to have the added facilities ready
for next fall. : t
Charles Cone, science teacher of
McKinley Junior high, handed In
his resignation, which ws accept
ed, and Lela Reed of Monmouth
was elected to fill the vacancy, be
ginning January 2. T V
River Now Stands aH !l
12 Feet Above Normal
The Willamette river stood at
1 2 feet above the low water nark
last night at o'clock and - was
falling, according to Clarence
E. Oliver, local weather observer.
The river reached 12.S feet Mon
day, the highest - point reached
during the last fall and winter.
It is falling now and it Is thought
It will continue to fall.
Warm weather which melted
the snows in the mounta'ns and
the rain were responsible for 'the
pise of the river. It rose ' five
feet in the 24 hours from . Sat
urday morning to Sunday morn
ing. ; ) i -A::
Yesterday's rainfall totaled .4 g
or an Inch. Sunday's rain'all to
taled .76 inch while Monday's
rainfall was -.OJ.-- ' - -