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TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, BECEMBER 24, 1910. "HERO FLIER" GIVES UP TO AUTHORITIES $1. LITTLE INVALID S CHRISTMAS DREAMS ARE TO COME TRUE TO RISE IN PORTLAND Doll and Sewing Basket Are Chief Desires, but Woolen Dress May Be Added, Through Contribution of Linnton Resident. BUILDING Murl Gorden Indicted on Charges by Bankers. MONEY FRAUDS ALLEGED O. K. JcITrcy Says Aerial Experi ence Qonstated f Building Plane Which .Never Flew. G. Mnrl Gordrn. who sprang into the local limelight by an announced fiieht around the world planned from San Francisco and as the inventor ot a supposedly indestructible spark plug, gave himseir up yesterday when he learned that he had been Indicted by the Multnomah county grand jury. Bail was fixed at 2000. Two indictments have been returned against Gorden. one yesterday charg ing him with obtaining $200 from Ashley & Rumclln, bankers, through a false statement of assets, the other last week on the complaint of J. C Ainxworth. alleged to have been vic timized to the extent of 3 1 through a fake bill of sale presented by Gor den. JJeputy sheriffs looking for Gor den had not located him when he came to the courthouse to inquire into the charges of which he had learned. According to the assertions made before the grand jury. Ashley & ftumelln were told by Gorden that he had assets of J79.U00, whereas his ac tual assets could not be discovered. Gorden succeeded in borrowing from Mr. Ainsworth, of the United States National bank, enough money to pay for a machine he intended to have in stalled in his shop. According to the complaint made he sent Mr. Ainu worth a bill for J2000. whereas the machine in fact had cost him J3U less. Announcement was made in San Francisco. December . 1 6, by Gorden of a proposed flight around the world. L. B. Hlckam, president of the Aero club, had never heard of Gorden. O. K. .leffery, of the Oregon-Wash-ington-Iclaho Airplane company, said that Gorden was not an aviator but had been employed in the spruce di vision and never had made a flight. His sole aviation experience consist ed, it was asserted, of the construc tion of an airplane - In June, 1918, which never flew. As a spark-plug inventor, Gorden went to Eugene to Interest capital and is said to have persuaded one man to convert $100,000 worth of property into cash on the strength of his propo sition. The affair is said by E. J. Krazier of Eugene to have fallen through when it was discovered that there was no known temperature which would melt asbestos and mica, the composition Gorden is said to have intended melting into the body of his spark-plug. Frazier has said that Gorden told him stories of flights as a member of the Lafayette Escadrllle, one of which included a trip to Berlin, and the sweeping of streets about the German capital with a machine gun for hours, killing 2700 people. w AFFINITY HELD CONSTANT HEN Fred Erdman of Linnton mailed a $5 check a few days ago to The Oregonian with the request to "give it where it will make some poor child happy Christmas" he probably didn't realize what joy it was to bring to a certain little 8hut-ln. There is a little girl named Berna detta, who lives out on East Salmon street, and day after day sits in the window and watches neighborhood children at play. Beside her battered up rocking chair is a pair of crutches, but they don't do Bernadetta any good, and haven't for months, for both leg's are paralyzed. Father Ix Dead. "Sometimes I can wiggle one foot a little," she explained yesterday when Santa Claus' representative paid her a visit, "but neither of them feel much like moving." - There Is a mighty good reason, too. for Bernadetta has tubercular bones and has spent about three years of her short life In a hospital and has a'ways been an Invalid. She is one of six children, whose father died last August, leaving his widow and two of the older youngsters to provide for the family. Of his $240 life insurance $171 was eaten up by the funeral expenses, and the visiting n.urses have largely had to ,care for the little invalid. The family seems to have had one misfortune after 'an other, for "way back during the San Francisco earthquake their home was ourned. Bernadetta is an optimistic little invalid and she is going to be su premely happy if she can have a doll with brown curly hair and eyes that open and shut. She has been study ing a mall-order catalogue and has found a dolly that she explained is 17 inches high. "I think you can get one at most any store," she continued. "The one 1 saw cost a dollar and a quarter. 1 borrowed the catalogue from a neigh bor so I could find out for sure." "Is there anything else you would like?" her caller Inquired. Work Basket Second Choice. "Oh, I guess It's a work basket," she answered, as she pointed to a pair of rusty scissors and needle and thread on the window sill. "I like to sew. 1 cut patterns out of news papers and then make doll dresses with them, only I don't suppose there is any place to get cloth to make any more out of." The caller suggested that some body might find a lot of scraps of silks and laces, and the little girl's eyes lit up. And so, if Mr. Erdinan's money does nothing more, it Is going to provide Bernadetta with those two coveted treasures, a doll and a wdrk-basket, to brighten the long days before the window pane. It may be stretched also to provide the girl with a woolen dress, for she hrfs nothing to wear during the winter but gingham aprons, and her mother is unable to sew for her. Bernadetta's Is just one of the many cases handled by the mothers' pension bureau in the courthouse, which has about 300 children under- its, jurisdiction, all of them under 16 years of age and looking forward to lean Christmases. Anyone with a real desire to aid a poor family during the holidays will not be fol lowing an unwise course If he visits this office and obtains the name and address of some needy child. Boys Buy Apples. .A man who called yesterday had the right idea of Christmas giving. He brought his two boys along and an nounced to Mrs. Jessie E. Landing ham, director of the bureau, that his sons wished to spend their gift money on a charity. They had decided to purchase eight boxes of apples for eight deserving families. Mrs. Landingham has furnished The Oregonian with name's and addresses of a dozen of the most needy mothers and children, and particulars concern ing each. "No one would make a mis take by giving to any ..of these," she said, "for each is worthy of assistance." One of the children is a nine-year-old tad whose mother' does day work. However, she cannot go out much, as she is subject to severe headaches and as a consequence the pair are much in need of clothing and other articles. Then there Is another widow who Is ill and has three girls and a boy. The oldest girl does housework and the others depend upon the pension for their support. Another woman is liv ing with her two girle. one 12 and the other 14 years old. In a solitary room in an attic. Still another is a waitress and must feed three bounc ing boys, who live with her in two small rooms. One woman cares for babies to support herself and two little girls, one of whom has tubercu losis. Many Cases Cited. Out in Albina is a 12-year-old boy for whom charities have cared while the mother is sick. He isn't looking forward to much of a Christmas. An other mother, barely more than a girl, must leave her little ones, a. two and a four-year-old girl, with an aged woman while she works In a cafeteria to provide them with bread and but ter. These are just a few of the cases and there are others to suit any purse widows with anywhere from one child to 11 and none aole to give the tots a cheery Yuletlde. American Can Company Pur chases Eight-Acre Site. ENGINEERS START SURVEY VIRGO HUD RESPONSIBLE Hl'SBAM) OF MAUD TABOR TO BE AKKAIGXKD. LI 1,1.1 AN WIFE CASS OF ACCUSED K. WILSON. I1Y Woman's Attentions to "Dearie," Says Plaintiff, Led to Break l i of Previous Marriage. As an affinity. Lillian Cass is fair, ly constant, if allegations in the di votce suit of Olga H. Wilson, filed in the circuit court yesterday against George R. Wilson, are true, for Mrs. Wilson declares that the same woman came between Wilson and his first wife, leading to their divorce. The Wilsons were married in Van couver November 8, 1919. Since the wedding Mrs. Wilson complains that her husband has paid considerable at tention to Lillian Cass, meeting her clandestinely and being seen often in her company.. Worse than all, instead of calling Wilson "George" or "Mr. Wilson," tho wife "says the young woman continually addresses him as "dearie," even in the presence of Mrs. Wilson. Onc-tnird of tho Wilson property, valued at J2S.000, is asked as alimony. Other divorce suits filed yesterday were: Keulah M. against Alex H. Performance of Illegal Operation Charged by Mother of Woman, Who Also Is Involved. LA WTO X, Mich., Dec. 23. Joseph C Virgo, husband of Maud Tabor, will be arraigned on a charge of murder, Prosecuting Attorney Warner indi cated tonight when he stated that charges made by Mrs. Sarah Tabor that Virgo performed an illegal oper ation on her daughter before the lat ter's death completed the state's case against the accused man. Mrs. Tabor is involved in the charge of being, an accessory after the fact, according to the prosecutor. In her statement lire. Tabor said she slept beside the 4ody seven days, when Virgo placed It In the young woman's "hope chest" and hid it In the cellar, the authorities declare. At the coroner's inquest the aged mother denied that an illegal operation had been performed. Virgo, when confronted this morn ing by Mrs. Tabor, and her statement was read to him. flatly denied the story. Walter Tabor, who was brought back from California with his mother, was released today. but at present the motorist should have no difficulty in getting through. EUREKA FLAT IS FLOODED Melting Snow Makes Walla Walla Roads Almost Impassable. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 23. (Special.) A good part of Eureka flat is under water as a result of the rapidly melting snow, and roads to Prescott and Eureka flat are reported almost impassable. Aside from in convenience, however, little damage has been done. The washouts between Walla Walla and Pendleton were repaired and trains made the trips as usual, but are late. The Walla Walla-Yakima train Is being detoured through Pasco on account of ice damaging the O.-W. R. & X bridge across the Columbia. N. A. Davis, fuel administrator, re signed today, warm weather and In creasing fuel shipments solving the coal problem. Plans for Erection of Structure in Vancouver Abandoned; Con struction to Begin Soon. Erection of a new plant In Portland for the American Can company, to cost approximately $1,000,000, was an nounced yesterday with the comple tion of the purchase by the company of a tract of land near Wilson and Twenty-sixth streets, adjoining the site recently bought by Montgomery, Ward & Co. Through the purchase of the land the plan to build a new factory at Vancouver, Wash., where a site was purchased some time ago, will be abandoned, according to E. P. Ken dall, local manager of the company, and the concern's activities will be centered in Portland. The present plant Is located at North Front and Fourteenth streets, and about 700 persons have been em ployed there during the past season. The new plant will greatly Increase the capacity of the concern here and will add several hundred to the pay roll, it is estimated. Engineers In the employ of the com pany already have begun surveys and construction will start shortly Mr. Kendall stated. The plant, it is expected, will be completed In a year. Much. of the machinery now installed at the present plant will be moved to the new structure and additional ma chinery of the latest design will be obtained. The new site for the factory con slsts of eight acres, six of which were owned by the Mead estate and the other two acres by the Portland Rail way. Light & Power company. The price was not made public. A report that the total consideration was ap proximately $130,000 was declared to be an exaggeration by Mr. Kendall who refused to disclose the figure, but stated that it was considerably less than that. YEGG SUSPECT CAUGHT BLOWING OF SAFES IX GRO CERY STORE REPORTED. Shorten, Blanche against Johr E. Fri fman. Kathryn L. against Nathan Wurzweiler, June against Henry Hauschlldt, Julia P. against John P. Zuker. Ruby L. against Wallace E. Mcsher. HUNTERS ARE PENALIZED Quartet Xear Roseburg Pay Fines for Illegal Shooting. . ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 23. (Special.) - Charged with killing game during the closed season and also with hunt ing game with dogs Charles and Ivan Dysert, brothers, and Perry and Will iam Dysert, also brothers and cousins of the first two men, were arrested at Flourney valley yesterday by Deputy Game Warden Jerry Gervals. The hunters had the hide and head of a recently killed two-point buck in their possession and in the face of the evidence admitted their guilt. They were assessed a fine of $50 each Warden Gervals also arrested George Barter of Melrose, charged with hunting out of season, who also admitted the charge and paid a fine of $25. BABE IS BUSINESS DEAL Document Over Child Filed L'nder "Property Transfers." YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 23. Under the head of "Property Transfers," a document relating to the transfer of a 4months-cld babe was filed today in the office of the Yakima county auditor. STORE AT DALLAS ROBBED Safe Containing Several Hundred Dollars Overlooked by Robbers. DALLAS. Or., Dec. 23 (Special.) Burglars entered the drug store of Adjutant - General Conrad Stafrin early Monday morning and carried away $30 in cash and more than $300 worth of kodaks. The store was open until noon Sun day and the clerk when closing up neglected to turn the combination to the safe in which several hundred dollars was kept, but the robbers in their haste overlooked the safe. Port Dredges Resume Work. For the first time since the recent freeze put a stop to maritime activi ties at Portland, work was performed yesterday by dredges of the Port of Portland. The dredge Portland re sumed operations In deepening slip 2 at the St. Johns municipal terminal yesterday morning, and the dredge Tualatin will resume work this morn ing on the fill being made on the site of the Aladdin company's Pacific coast plant in the Swift industrial dis trict. Autos Again Cross Siskiyous. ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.) A Chinook wind, which has been blowing steadily for a week, has licked up the snow from the Pacific highway over the Siskiyous and auto mobiles are going through to Cali fornia. Considerable mud is encoun tered in some of the newly-made fills. Grace Memorial Service Tonight. The Grace Memorial Episcopal church will hold a Christmas eve service tonight commencing at 10:30 o'clock. Special solo and chorus mu sic will be the feature of the service. Carols and anthems will play a prom inent part of the programme. Rev Oswald Taylor, pastor of the church. will deliver a Christmas address. Union County Sells Bonds.. LA GRANDE. Or., Dec. 23. (Spe cial.) Union county has sold $400,000 of its $1,500,000 bond issue which was voted recently. Keeler brothers of Portland bought $400,004 of the bonds at par. The remainder of the issue will be sold as needed. Hard-Surfacing will be vigorously prosecuted as soon as weather permits. School Glee Club to Sing. The Franklin High school glee club, under the direction of Robert Walsh, director of music at Franklin High school, will sing ' Christmas carols in the lobby of the Multnomah hotel on Christmas eve at 7 o'clock. Extra! Orpheum show tonight. Ad. Alex. E. Brpnrit Held for Investiga tion in Connection With Rob bery on Patton Road. -Alex E. Brandt, alias Olson, laborer, 40 years af age, was arrested yester day by Detectives Coleman and Morak and held for investigation in connec tion with the blowing of two smal safes In the grocery store of G. Stro hecker & Son, 733 Patton road, on Portland Heights, at 4:30 yesterday morning, in which about $68.75 In money and other valuables were so cured. Detective Morak announced last night that nothing definite connect ing Brandt with the job had yet been uncovered. Persons living in the vicinity tef the store were aroused by the oper ations of the yeggmen. D. O. Byrne Informed the police that he saw three men emerge from the store and In the street li front they apparently had some conversation relative to the loot. Later, he said, they went east and then up Russell street toward Council Crest. Besides the money, the burglars were said to have taken a check for $150, some shares of stock, a $5 Christmas order on a department store, and other valuable papers. They also took six slabs of bacon, a bam. two rolls of bologna and a quantity of cigars and cigarettes. They over looked a can filled with small change which was in one of the safes. The robbers entered through a rear window in the basement. After ran sacking the store they left by another window. nil -. 's ft bhh ae jommv" rBMHHUm 1 1 IIU VJIll.IVJ-vJ.IIVA I II W VIMMaak. "1 I I ffU w HBUIHHKtf II UllVllliUlll M Bill I II I- ti l I ll'IH ISSMlll r , KW J V cl tfTSIIHiDI f AIM -v M may ej? ttjru kbsi i lr mtniK wnrm II IlBBI BSW J tiiu iiiiiuliLWUlJUR 1 ! HI H Not alooc fdrXinas. 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In cluding today's arrivals, nine men sentenced to life terms have been re ceived at the prison during the past six weeks. d Club Luncheon Is Today. A special day-before-Chrlstmas luncheon will be the outstanding fea ture of today's Ad club luncheon at the Benson hotel. A report by the Flnlsy committee and a "surprise from Oakland" figure on the pro gramme, as well as music, chin and otherwise. Details of the big annual show and barn dance will also be ' forthcoming, plans for which have been completed. YOUR CHRISTMAS Alleged .Moon-liiiUT Meld. Bernard Hoffard was held to the federal grand Jury as an alleged moonshiner yesterday after a prelim inary hearing before United States Commissioner Drake. His case will be investigated by the new probing body which has been called to con vene January 5. Hoffard attempted to excuse himself yesterday by saying he made whisky for hi-i wife who was seriously ill with stomach trouble. Revenue officers located a still and a small quantity of moonshine whisky at his home. 1020 Interstate avenue. Extra! Orpheum show tonight. Ad. Extra! Orpheum show tonight. Ad. Census Enumerators Confirmed. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 23. (Special.) E. N. Livermore census supervisor for the third congressional district, has just appointed 40 enum erators, who have been confirmed. The work will start January 2, 1920. Extra! Orpheum show tonight. Ad. Extra! Orpheum show tonight. Ad. A FOOL AT 40 It is an old proverb that every man is either a fool or a physician at 40. Well, I fooled along for 40 years In the practice of pharmacy and the study of medicine and therapeutics before I discovered the wonderful pre scription for Number 40 For The Blood. There is more of this wonder ful prescription sold and used by the citizens of our home cifcy than all other blood medicines combined. It is indicated in all depraved conditions of the system. 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