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H'TETVFO'RD MAIL. TRTBTTXR. MI'DFORO. ORR'iOW THPRRIUY. .TANTARV IS. 1017 PAT1E THREE L i j SAI.EM.Oro., Jim. IS. With a 'view to iimkiiiK the mothers' pension law a real Instrument for the preser vation of the home, the Oregon Con gress of Mothers and the Pureiil (Toaehor association have prepared a set of amendments to correct delects in the present law. Those imend jments, in the shape of a hill, ore scheduled to he presented to the sen ate this afternoon. j To meet the situation arising from a recent decree of the supreme court, iiiB judges no discretionary power jin the administration of the mothers' pension law, the new amendments would make the wordlns of the law xceedlnKly specific. If a judge is to ;1ie allowed no discretion, say. the 'miners of the bill, they will make t'.io provisions of the law such that lie will need no discretionary powers. '. Wlicu Itellef !mnUHl. i The most striking of the proposed Changes is the provision that relief shall he granted to a mother only hen in the absence or such relief ehe would be required to work regu larly away from her home and chil jlreu, and when by means of such re lief she will be enabled to remain at liome. ? An exception is made that a Stiother may be absent for work a ilofinite number of days each wee-k, o be specified in order of court, y hen such work can he done by her without the sacrifice of health or the lieirleet of home or children. other CliniiiifK Promised. I Other proposed amendments to the laws are that income of immediate Members of a family shall be taken iiulo consideration in determininc; the amount of a pension, that the appli cant's home shall not exceed in value . $l.finn, tlial the amount of a bother's ' Income shall bo subtracted from the amount of pension she should receive If she had no Income, and that n father mentally or physically incapa citated from work must be removed Jroni the home If he Is judged a men Ice to tile health or morals of the Children. GRIST OF BILLS STILL PILING UP ENT ON POWER LAWS j WASHINGTON', Jan. J8. Presi dent Wilson went to the cnpitol today it nd ennt'erred in iiis room tiiere with enulurs on the water power lc(rislu jtinn, which he is anxious to have passed at this session of congress. One of the first he talked with was Senator lunkhead. Yesterday lie 'conferred with house leaders and in dicated .he would call a conference of Senators and representatives inter ested in the legislation. I There are some radical difficulties to he adjusted in the water power 'legislation now heinjr framed. SALEM, Jan. 18.---The following bills were introduced in the house yesterday: II. P. 111. by Martin Kxtendins lien laws to horseshoeing debts. II. It. 1 112, by Martin KxtewliiiR lien laws to harvesting debts. II. I!. 1K1, by Martin Kxtendin? lien laws to labor performed in har vest fields. 11. II. Il l, by Anderson I'roviilinpr new code for hiiildiiijr and loan asso ciation. II. 11. llo, by Slott Mukintr non support of wife or children a felony. 11. II. 115, by Ktafrin To permit summoning jurors by roistered mail instead of personal service. II. 11. 117,' by Clark Incrcasiiur bounty on coyotes to .fit. II. H. 118, by Deschutes delegation Fixing salary of district attorney of Deschutes county at ir'loOO a year. II. H. J 19, by Thomas Makiup; failure to pay alimony contempt of court. II. 15. l'JO, by Thomas To pro hibit commercial fishing in Koe,ue river. II. n. 121, by Gore Milking school attendance of children between nges of 7 and It) years of ace compulsory. II. 1!. J2'J, bv flore Fixing capital stock of title guaranty compnnies and title insurance companies according to population. II. 11. 12:!, by Howe F.mpowertng count v courts lo establish sinking fund fur payment of municipal bonds when municipalities fail to do so. II. II. 12-1, bv Hove Providing for extension of district iiorl boundaries beyond county limits. II. 11. 12.1, by liciwc Limiting time during which action inav be brought to test validity of port district organization. II. It. 12(1, bv Childs Advancing salary of state printer from .$1801) to $2100 a year, and providing for em ployment of secretary of state print ing hoard at $2-10(1 n year. II. II. 127, by Tichenor 1'cnulizing exposure of paroled prisoners. BEAN ROAD BILL ASKS UNITED STATES TO INVESTIGATE DEATH OF HUSBAND, AMERICAN ATTACHE IN MEXICO .KS5P"'1 ' I ' , " v ? ' v V 1 - - XAiVf.IW ((13 ,p i- !":J.. OF FIGHT PI RUST The I nitcil Mates at request ot .Mrs. I.nis it' Autiii, has ordeml in vestigatJon of tlio mysterious dcnlli of her husband in Mexico. D'Anliii wits fornierly chancellor of the I'nitc-d Stales embassy at -Mexico City. Sirs, l.llis d'Antin and her late husband ale show n here. U-BOAT FORCED SHORT HARVEST SHIP TO FOLLOW! "SIGN OF GOD' NEW YOHK, Jan. 1 S. Robert 1). Wrenn, four times national lawn ten uis champion and formerly a presi dent ot the National Lawn Tennis as sociation, gave out a statement today endorsing the proposed amendments to the amateur rule lo be voted upoa at the annual meeting of the associa tion on February 9. Mr. Wrenn says in part: "For a number of yeara there has been a growing tendency for ftrontl nent tennis players to enter the sporting goods business. This is dis puted, although persons who think such a tendency entirely proper offer ingenious explanations of it, in tho effort to evade tho conclusion that such an alliance between sport and business Is wholly undesirable. They say, for instance, that more people play tennis now than fornierly, that this increase requires an increased sale of tenuis goods to supply them and that this increased demand makes jobs for tennis goods sales men. All this strengthens the argu ment of the executive council that this is a growing evil, which must ho curbed before It thoroughly com mercializes tho game. "Kinployment of prominent tennis players by sporting goods houses Is fundamentally wrong, ecausc hi most cases they are paid for one. thing, while In reality their value to tho I employer comes because they do I something entirely different. In other words they are hired as sales men, but their value arises primarily from the advertisement which tho sporting goods hottso gets out of the players name. This is commercial izing athletic fame, pure and simple." PORTLAND DEALERS ! FIX BUTTER PRICES i SALEM, Ore., .Ian. IS. Follow ing open charges that the Portland produce exchnnge fixed the price of butter and butter fnt, regardless of the law of supply and demand, Ore gon country creamery managers In session hero today Btarted an investi gation of the situation. A commit tee of three was named to wait on the Portland concern and other "qualified interests," and attempt a LONDON, Jan. IS. Lloyd's an nounces that the llrilish steamship Attchen, 301(1 Ions; llio sailing ship Kinpumey, and the Danish sleamer Omsk, l.'T-l tons, have been sunk. II was also announced that the dan to harmonize the country and SALEM, Ore., Jan. IS. The roads end highways committee of the house is solidly back of the Mean bill to provide funds by bond Issues with which to make up any deficiency that may arise in the road fund of the state over and above the amount needed to meet the federal aid offer ed by the Shackelford bill. The Sliackelford bill, under Its terms, -will furnish about $1, SOU, 000 for the consideration of Oregon roads under the coming five years, pro vided Oregon meets it half way and spends dollar for dollar with it in joint road construction. Tho Dean hill provides in sub stance that, should the state highway commission, or whatever body is en trusted by law with the handling of road work in Oregon find at any lime that not sufficient funds are avail able, so that the state could meet the terms of the Shackelford bill, the board of control would be authorized to meet the deficiency by the authori zation and issuance of sufficient bonds. Tho house committee on road and highways held a meeting this after noon and unanimously voted to re port the liean hill at tomorrow morn ing's session. LONDON1, Jan. 18. Dr. Rocsike, president of the Cicrman Farmers' j union, is quoted in an Amsterdam dis ; patch to lietifer's as saying in an ad ! dress to t tie Schlcswig-Wolstciu ; union : i "ii, . .1 t,.,u ..;,-,.n 'u ( i,;., t ti,. Garfield, a llrilish sleamer of J.'w-l i ,,,, , hyy nUp wor)(1 tu ,K, so tons, hud been sent to the boll,, in. j ,,i tm 0 i--n t Britain finds it dil'i'i A stenmer has arrived in port w ith j cult to feed herself. Therefore, if eighty-four members of the crews of j we do not prevent the wheat-laden the Auehencrag. Amsk and Kinpur- j ships from Australia and lndin ncy. The sleamer was forced to fol-j reaching; liriliiin it is doubtful low the Ciermn'u submarine from ,Ian- j whether Ood will again give us such nary '! to Jiuttiary Hi, when the ves-jan oppnrlitnity, because He demands sel was ordered to discharge licrMliut the hand shall be seized which I of Delaware. The treasurer re-elect-; cd is John l. .Icnks, editor of the ! Army and Navy Journal, j Thi' creation of a national forestry reserve, embracing a highway be tween Washington and liiiltiinore, i was advocated. Secretary Houston of the depart -Charles nient of agriculture sent n coininuui- wits cation to the senate urging an ap- WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. Lathrop Pack of Cleveland, O. re-elected president of the Aniet icuu propriatiou of !f'.lUU,00U for eradicn- Vorcstry association here toduy. Xew (ion by the department of the whito vice-presidents elected arc: ! pine "blister rust" infection. Much. Mrs. Frances Folsotn Preston ol ' timber on northwestern torest 1 re- New Jersey, and T. Coleman DuPont 1 serves is open to the infection. , ,i Its TURKISH blend- delicately balanced- makes JbAHMAS s 5f 71T n 'Sift's 5f7ir wm At F !E Willi tlto excpption of tho crew of crews of the saved. t' lour hhmlImts I lo si ivlclic's nut lo us I In1 Auclu'ucrnq- Ihc : vessels sunk wore ; I CONSULTS KAISER ON AUSTRIAN FOOD CRISIS' city cronuitM ios. Tho country cream er f men pay if the city managers do not moot thorn half way. war would be declared. The meetinR was attend ded by John D. Mlcklo, state dairy and food oommipsionpr. who advised tho ereuniprymen that they feprcsent three-fourths of the butter output In the state, "t'nder present ronditions"' he told them, "you have a right to doubt whether you will Ptay In busi ness a jear or two longer. " USE MAIL INSTEAD DEPUTY SHERIFF TO SERVE JURORS ; PU.ICM. Ore., Jan. IS. -A bill was introduced in the house of the Ore ron kRlplature today to prohibit secret pension; of any' or all fitate noa'd? and I'omiiil.lons. Itepresrn Jative Jones said foinc boards were ijr.elfni; behind flowed doors and he idoired to have the law read that all liiirii meettnfi Khoiild be bpen to the hoiipo. Hopresenliilive Conrad Hlafrin in ttrothiced a bill in the house, author iin r'-c-iff to sumniou jurorfi by ';ro.Ti.strr', n'ail. lie offerod H as ar vonomy niea.sure, declaring that many hundreds of dollars is paid out Wiimally in niili-ape to deputfos. who im'i-vc jurors In certain parts of the 'tate. , MOW YOHK, Jan. 18. A legisla tive, inquiry to deterinino whether tho moving pieltiro InduRtry is a proper subject for .statu tax win begun hero today by u eonnnUto'i of ntnte Honatorf and nssemblymen. At torneys for film lnterosts prottMt.ed against, the Investigation on the ground that It waa discriminatory. Whilo all Information nonsiblo lias been given, they said, they felt that the Inquiry waa only for tho purpose of finding out. how much money was made ana or taxing tho industry ac cordingly. They held that it woul.l bo. just na fair to Investigate news papers, magazines and groceries, Lee Ochs, president f the Motion t I Pictures Kxhibitors league, wa' 'called as tho first witness. He lost I- WASllIXflTdX, .Tim. IS. A roso-!fied there are about. I.JflO moving luliuri ratifvinir jivreemeiits between picture theaters In the state. When tho government and the states of! questioned regarding his profits, the Mnho and Montann j witness said they could bo asccr- MEDFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Vnilcr Xew MuniiKciuciit Offers Standard Courses hy Individ ual Instruction and Class .Method In fioOKKKKPlXfJ, VKNMAXSHIP, SIlOltTlIAXl), TYPKWItlTIXG,. AltlTHMKTIC, Pit.VCTK'AI, KXGl.ISII, SPKl.IilXCJ, V.TC. fii-ailimtcs AftsistcU to Positions Multo Early Reservations for Places. KKE TIIK M.VNAGEK Phone 31 X. Grnpo Sti-oet. FROM THRtE STATES LONDON', Jan. 1 ft. A Vienna dis pnteh to Koiiler's by way of Amster dam says that Premier ClaniMur- tinio and Major General Holer, head j South Dakot of the Austrian war feeding- depart- j for selection ot" public Innds for those tained in the corporation tax records, ment, have left for Tterlin to di-?evis : withdrawn for forest reserves on np- Ho asserted the business is less of a the fond question with the Oerraan j provnl by the eeretarv of the inter-(money maker than is generally sup authorities, jnr, was adopted todav bv the senate." posed. SAI-KM. Or., Jan. 3S. Amcn.1 ments tu tlio Oregon workmen's oom penntiun law, muking it eompulory li i r the .-tule, fMiuutie.-, school dis tricts, irrig;iititm districts and port.-, to operate under its provisions, nnd giving the industrial accident eom mission ahsolnte power to fix rates in accordance to the degree of haz-1 urd, will be introduced into tho state legislature soon, aecnrditiito stnte ments made here today hy momber of the accident commission, which fa vms the action. Attorney fit iiera! (tcorgo M. I'.rown is now eii'jai;etl in draftimr the amendments. SPANELL ON TRIAL FOR KILLING WIFE SAN ANOKI.O. Tex.. Jan. is. Te-tiinonv was begun todav in the case (if Harry J. Spanell of Alpine, i-hnr.'cd with killing his wife anil ('oli.md M. ('. Hutl.T while the three were automobile ritlitiu' Iat Julv, , m lira a iraw mi ri K & aH-c i vr i r n 1 HI S- Instant fosium !j THE UNIVERSAL CAR Reo the new features: streamline hood; hirpo rad iator and cncloicd fun: crown fender holh front ii rid rear; all hlnck finish; nickel tl'hinnin','s; a molor car of up-lo-datencsn, and every inch n true Ford. And you are asked to buy the Ford ear simply on the records of service and econ omy (riven hy more than fifteen hundred thousand Ford cars iti use alone; every line of demand. Tho success of the car is your assurance of satisfac tion. F.very owner of n Ford ear is certain of prompt, courteous service the country over, for travel where you will there's n Ford agent near at hand. Touring Car .flfifl; Kunahotit $.11.")', Ooupelct $."100; Town Car .foflo; Sedan .ffilj f. 0. h. Detroit. Easv terms. C. E. 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