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BIG BOOSTER BANQUET OE CHER PLANNED TO EXCEL PREVIOUS ONES Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce Appoint Com mittees to Arrange for the Biggest and Best Meeting R. FRANKLIN HART WILL BE TOASTMASTER Thomas I<. O'Leary Chosen Prmidrnl of the Chamber; C. A. Ko.se and Noyes Talcott, Vice Presidents; Treasurer (iottfeld and Secretary Fultz Were Koi'leclcd. r ' The third annual "booster" ban i quet of the Olympia Chamber of Commerce promises to eclipse either of the two other now famous commu nity gatherings, and if the plans Of the general committee, headed by Fred W. Stocking, are carried through, the 400 Olympians and Thurston countians seated around the festive board at the Olympian hotel on the evening of Wednesday, March 23, are in for a rare treat. The general committee, composed of Fred W. Stocking, Noyes Talcott, F. R. Klumb, Thad Fierce and Adolph Schmidt, together wth Presi dent Thomas L. O'Leary and Secre tary H. B. Fultz, met at the chamber this morning and made preliminary plans for the big annual event. Committees appointed by Chair man Stocking are as follows: Program—H. B. Fultz, Jess M. Shelley, R. L. Fromme. Bate—P. R. Klumb, Thad Pierce, Adolph Schmidt. Ticket Sale —Noyes Talcott, Mar tin Gottfeld, and 12 others to be se lected by the committee. Banquet Toastinaster—R. Frank lin Hart Publicity—H. B. Fultz. "We hope by his banquet to aga'n awaken the people of Olympia to re newed activity in Ktfhalf of the com munity," stated President Thos. L. O'Leary today. "The period of de l llation and readjustment through which we have been passing in the past year has been very trying and di cult, but a necessary one. Now that we are somewhere near the end of it, I believe that the time has ar rived to go forward with many things which the city needs. The only way to accomplish these things for Olym pia is by that spirit of co-operation which moved us during the war and In the building of the hotel. While all of us are aware that we cannot undertake such a huge task as the building of a .hotel each year, yet there are many things that do not necessitate the expenditure of such large amounts that need the co-oper ation of the community. The Cham ber of Commerce hopes to secure that co-operation and expects this annual banquet to be the starting CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTS FOUR TRUSTEES VoU' Is Approximately Three Times Greater This Year Than on Former Elections With approximately three times as many votes cast this election for trustees of the chamber of commerce .than any previous election the fol lowing citizens were eleited by a ballot vote which was counted today, Fred Stocking, Thad Pierce, Noyes Talcott and Robert Wright. A total of l(i0 votes were cast for the eight candidates running for the office of trustee. Fred Stocking re ceived 103 votes; Tliad Pierce, 89 votes; Noyes Talcott, 86 votes; Rob ert Wright, 63 votes; J. D. Mans field, 51 votes: Joseph Wohleb, 56 "You may be Sure" says the Good Judge #That you are getting full value for your money when you use this class of tobacco. The good, rich, real to bacco taste lasts so long, you don't need a fresh chew nearly as often —nor do you need so big a chew as you did with the ordi nary kind. Any man who has used the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. ■ Put up in two styles W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco point. Every live, energetic citi2en should be there." "There isnt' going to be a slack moment in the program," was the way Secretary Fultz put it when asked what the nature of the enter tainment would be. "There will be music, lots of it, and the best talent that can be had in the northwest will be in Olympia on tho night of this big banquet. It's going to go down in Olympia history along with the banquet that started the hotel drive when we had all the soldiers from Camp Lewis for entertainment, and ought to mark the turning point in the pessimistic attitude that, has hovered over all of us during the period of deflation. Don't worry I about the entertainment, and also be assured that the speechmaking will be such as to make you clamor for more. If you miss you will always bo sorry." j "We decided to put the banquet price at sl," stated General Chair |man Stocking, "because the main ob ject of this gathering is to get all the good citizens out. We want them ;all to be there. This doesn't mean that you are going to get a scimpy feed. You'll get considerable more than $1 worth for your sl, in feed alone, to say nothing of the enter tainment features." Tickets for the banquet will go on sale Monday, March 21, and will not be limited to members of the Cham ber of Commerce. Any citizen inter ested in the welfare of Olympia and Thurston county may purchase a ticket as long as there are any of the 400 left. At a meeting of the trustees of the Chamber yesterday afternoon Thos. L. O'Leary was chosen president of the Chamber for the ensuing year. Charles A. Rose first vice president, Noyes Talcott second vice president. Martin Gottfeld treasurer, and H. B. Fultz secretary. Messrs. Gottfeld and Fultz were re-elected to their po sitions. The others have been trus tees for some time and have always been active in the Chamber's work, j Scretary Fultz was instructed to attend the meeting of the directors of the State Chamber of Commerce, which' will be held in Seattle, March 16. votes; George Crabill, 53 votes, and William Lasher, 44 votes. Votes have been received at the chamber of commerce for the last week, having been mailed in by the citizens of the city. They were counted this morning by President Klumb, George Gaston and M. F. Kelly. NEW CURRICULA BOARD DELEGATED NO DUTIES IFuiisr Hill No. 3t() May Have to Iti' Vetoed Through Fatal Omis sion of Section Members of the siate legislature in the city Saturday were seeking legal advice on house bill 310, changing the personnel of the joint board of higher curricula bu* which it is feared may have to be vetoed because tt does not sn<jciflcally provide any TIIE WASHINGTON STANDAR D, OLYMFIA, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARC H 18, 1921 duties for the board. The measure was introduced by Representative Pliny Allen of King county, chairman of the subcommitte of the house rules committee. Senator Sutton, chairman of the senate committee on educational institutions, which con ciders matters pertaining to the uni versity, state college and normal schools, favors the change made by the house bill, but fears with others that the omission is fatal. Repre sentative Allen's opinion is that as the bill amends only the first section ; the other provisions of the present statute automatical!,!' follow. ! The present board of higher curric ula is composed of nine members. The bill now befo/e the governor re duces it to seven, the president of the University of Washington, president of the State College, president of one of the normal schools and four lay !men, thus displacing regents and trustees of the higher educational in stitutions. Present Statute Proscribes Duties The duties of the board prescribed by the present statute include the in vestigation of matters of efficiency and economy in the administration of the institutions and recommenda tion# to the regent and trustees, to make surveys investigating the en rollment, attendance and the cost of Instruction and report biennially to the governor before convening of the legislature. The board is also re quired to report on the courses of study pursued in each institution, to gether with the detailed cost per stu dent of operating and maintaining the various courses. The provision in the present law that caused the effort to change the personnel of the board follows: , "No new major professions in ap plied science line shall be introduced into any of the institutions except •with the approval of the six members of the joint board of higher surric ula." Senator Sutton declared that it was felt that with three college men mem bers the judgment of the four citizens no way connected with the institu tions should be had when changes in the higher courses of study are under i contemplaton. OBITUARY PETER WICKSTROM. The funeral of Peter Wickstrom was held at 3 o'clock Thursday after noon at Mill's chapel with Rev. Frank B. Huffman conducting the services. Interment followed in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. Mr. Wick strom died .Wednesday, March 9, at St. Peter's hospital. He was 62 years of ago and is survived by his wife and two daughters, Esther and Alice. MltS. MARTHA DAVIS SHULTIS. The funeral of Mrs. Martha Davis SAultis was held at the Mill's chapel at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. T. H. Simpson conducted the services and the body was taken to South Tacoma for cremation. Mrs. Shultls died at St. Peter's hospital on March 10. She was born at Waukesha, Wis consin. July 3, 1849, and came to Olympia last July to make her home with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Johnston. She is also survived by her husband, Frank Shultis. and one son, Averill Shultls, who resides at Waukesha. MRS. LIRA C. BACON j Funeral services for Mrs. Lura C. | Bacon were held at Mills' Chapel at ! 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J. C. i Baker, former pastor of the Westsldo ! Chapel, conducted the services, sisted by Rev. F. H. Rositer, present pastor of the Westslde Chapel. In terment followed in tho Odd Fellows' j cemetery. # j Mrs. Bacon (lied Saturday morning ; at tho borne of her daughter, Mrs. L. M. Waters, 1013 Giles avenue. She s also survived by her son, Lawrence [ Bacon, of this city, and two daugh ! ters and one son in the East. Her husband died about five years ago. She was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance, of which Rev. Baker is the field evangelist. MISS RUTH DUNKIX. I The funeral of Ruth Dunkin was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Wade, her aunt, on the Pacific ] highway east of the city. The ser i vices were conducted by Rev. R. ' Franklin Hart and interment fol -1 lowed in the Masonic cemetery. Miss Dunkin was 19 years of age and a 'senior at the Olympia high school. She is survived by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Dunkin, and four brothers who reside near Raymond. MANY SHEEPMEN QUITTING GAME Throughout the country sheepmen are dropping out of the game in spite of the fact that during the last few years no class of stockmen has done as well as I he flockowner. The silver lining to the i»loud is that the regis tered and grade flock masters giving up the business are, as a rule, those who usually "jump" in when prices are high and out when they fall Most of the v erans are buying bet ter rams, taking better care of their flocks and "sitting tight" for the better days ahead. Several breeders report husky GO - registered lambs. Are you de veloping yours as rapidly as possi ble. Well grown ram lambs will probably sell at a good figure this fall. Under developed ones will bo given away. CONGRESSIONAL ! LEADERS OUTLINE ! MAJOR LEGISLATION; President Harding Approves Tentative Program for Special Session WILL COMPLETELY REVISE TAX LAWS i House Will Discuss Emergency Tar iff While Senate. Considers Treaty with Colombia. By HERBKRT W. WALKER WASHINGTON, D. C. March 12—' A legislative program for the new i congress was agreed upon by con gressional leaders and tentatively ; approved by President Harding. It calls for the passage of the following major legislation in the order named: Emergency tariff bill in the House while the Columbian treaty is be ing considered in the senate. ■ Complete revision of the tax laws. I Passage of the army and navy appropriation bills. I A brief summer recess. Permanent revision of the tariff laws. Minor Kill Sandwitehes In between the big bills will be sandwitched the minor bills which are certain to require attention. In made to revise the packer control bill and the mesures providing fed eral aid for maternity and educa- ; tlonal work. Some kind of ban on immigration, which former President Wilson pocket-vetoed undoubtedly will be passed. "I feel certain that emergency tariff legislation will be the first important bill to be considered by the new congress," Speaker Gilbert said. "I believe a measure can be passed promptly on the basis of the Payne-Aldrich rates." Fordney Bill Ready April 4. Representative Fordney, Michigan, chairman of the House ways and means committee, said his committee can have the emergency bill ready by April 4, the date of the new ses sion. "We have held extensive hearings on the question of the tariff," he said. "The committee is ready to start framing an emergency bill next week. It can be ready by April 4 and passed through the House In two weeks. In my opinion It should be based on the Payne-Aldrich rates with some modifications because of the 4inusual conditions confronting business and agriculture. The main features of the emergency tariff bill killed by the veto of President Wil son at the last session probably will be included." SPOKANE WILL BACK SEATTLE REFERENDUM ON POLL TAX LAW SPOKANE, Mr. 15. Spokane will back Seattle in a referendum fight against the $5 a head poll tax law, according to members of the city council. Mayor Fleming, declaring the tax "unfair and un-American," said he would aid tho battle. Other mem bers express similar sentiments. Ex-service men are expected to get behind the move to force them to pay for part of their bonus by means of the tax. ''' : ® Lighten the Household Labor The old hard round of cleaning will lose much of its difficulty when you use the OHIO-TUEC Electric Cleaner Its strong suction draws dust and dirt out of all those troublesome little corners. Let us show you the new scientific features of the OHIO-TUEC. Olympia Light & Power Co. * JEWELL CLAIMS - MAJORITY OF ROADS OPPOSE ABROGATION Unions Will Try to Prove Assertion Before Board Friday UNION ATTORNEYS QUESTION EXECUTIVES TTnilor Hoard's Order Executives Must Open Minutes and Rec- ords on Conferences CHICAGO, Mar. 15.(United Press) —A majority of the railroads of America oppose abrogation of the national agreements in the opinion of Bert M. Jewell, rail union leader. In statements by Jewell and Frank P. Walsh, attorney representing the unions, today it was disclosed an effort to prove this will be made be fore the United States railroad labor board Friday. Railroad executives will appear before the board at that time to be questioned by union at torneys!. "W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania lines, backed by the powerful Morgan and Gary forces has exerted sufficient influence with other railroads to secure their sup port in the battle to crush the unions," Walsh" declared. Agreement Three-Fold Scope. Jewell believes the effort to break the national agreement has a three fold scope. The purposes, he said, behind the railroads demands are: A part of the national campaign of big interests to bring about general open shop working conditions. A forerunner of the fight to cut wages which will eventually come before the United States railroad labor board. To drive every man who seeks to hold his union card out of railroad employment. Jewell said the railroad execu tives, "craftily struck at the weak est union first"—that of unskilled labor. "The plan," he said, "is to wipe that union out of existence and the other unions will be dealt with sep arately." Under the railroad board's order executives must open the minutes and records of conferences on the national agreements. National lead ers said the minutes would show many roads opposed to abrogation of the national agreement. They be lieved they will also disclose the in fluence which caused the executives to demand abrogation of the agree ment. Will Contradict Atterbury's Contention. Through questions put to the ex ecutives, the union attorneys will at tempt to contradict the contention of Atterbury that the agreement leads to waste and extravagance in rail road operation. Walsh expected the views of some executives to differ ! with that of Atterbury. Jewell de clared the railroad unions had not opposed changes in the national agreements. He declared they had "sought in vain" for conference with the executives to wipe out the un reasonable rules in the agreements. Through the examination Friday, he said, the public "may learn that the railroad executives were the ones who first advocated national working agreements." PROWLER MAKES AWAY WITH SUITCASE AND CLOTHES IN DARK A. O. Barnes, who lives in a room over the Capital Bakery, on West Fourth, reported to the police last night that someone walked into his room and walked off with a suitcase and a blue serge suit of clothes. Shortly after dark he started to enter his room, but hearing a noise, he retreated down stairs, waited across the street for a few minutes, Then he notified an officer, who helped him with a flashlight, but this time the intruder had left with his booty and left disorder behind. PAGE SEVEN