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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920 at Astoria and up to the present tlme these are the only cr.es that have been established in Oregon, jie states that five men ar said to have been en gaged in soliciting and that probably a number of those desirous of helping the service men have contributed. Specific instances are cited of dona tions of $25 by the proprietor of DRIVE ON VOTERS NEXT AD CIXB TO SEEK TO EXCOCR AGE REGISTRATION. LEAVES DEBT TRAIL Wright's shoe store and J15 by th -.1 Owl drug- company. Matter of Retaining Community Service Also Considered at Reg ular Luncheon Meeting. . Her Job! "It is with a desire to prevent icon triburions for the benefit of the, sery Country-Wide Search Starts for Physical Director. . ice men, none of which reaches the local organization, that I hav I.- brought this to the attention of th chamber," said Mr. Wilson. "Mult nomah post voted unanimously, or Oregon will have a state-wide reg istration week, as a special step to bring about the registration of practically so, against any solicitation of funds, the majority of the member TEACHER SIGNS WARRANT. ship standing upen the conviction that we should provide our own thousands- in Portland and elsewhere who have not yet registered and must finances." do so in order to be able to do their duty as citizens at the next election according to plans outlined before Ml HO ROAD LIKELY the Ad club at its regular luncheon Ooinpluint Accuses II. Kay Craw ford or Having Bilked Ac quaintances 'of $1300. yesterday at the Benson hotel. Upon the suggestion of W. P. Strandborg it was voted that the Ad club back such a movement, and a committee will be appointed to con fer with other committees expected RAISING OP TAX LIMIT WILL ASSURE LIXK, SAYS LETTER HOOD urnn tittiu K i y5TX Other; i'l 71 HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 3. fSpe clal.) Local authorities began a country-wide 'elegraphie search today in an effort to apprehend R. Ray Craw ford, young physical director of the Hood River high school, on whom AVilliam Railley. principal of the school, today swore out a complaint t barging larceny by bailee. Crawford is accused of having bilked fellow teachers, acquaintances and students out of about tloUO. He claimed to have been a veteran British and American air pilot and to have wo"n the dis tinction of "ace" on the western front. He alao made claims of having been in the naval aviation corps for a time A telegram from the San Diego .police, which stated that the nava aviation school there had had an R- Clay Crawford indicates that his aer ial claims may have been authentic, Hood River ,enR No recent happening has so set Hood River agog as the disappear ance of Crawford, who left here Sat urday, staling he was bound for Spo kane, to return to Hood River with a French airplane owned by him and with which he planned to start a mid- Columbia aerial passenger service Salurday Crawford journeyed to Port land by automobile over the Columbia N river highway, stating that he would take a northbound train from there. Authorities have been unable to as certain that he ever had an airplane shipped to him at Spokane. Portland police, however, have notified City Marshal Joseph Frazier that baggage. thought to have belonged to Craw ford, has been traced to Fargo. X. D. Fargo police have been notified. Rumors were current here this morning that the aviator had wrecked his machine in the hills and that relief expedition had been started to aid him. This, however, was soon followed by news of the warrant. Recipient of Attention. Crawford, because of his clever stories of adventure, has been the recipient of much attention since com ing here about January 15. He was employed by the local school on the recommendation of a Portland teach er s agency. He had created a gen .eral interest by his plans for utilizing the big airplane, he claimed to have owned, in local commercial service. Children of the schools had been of fered free rides in the plane, provid ed they sold a certain number of tickets to citizens. During his brief residence here Crawford was accompanied by hi wife and child. The latter left last week, supposedly for a visit with rela tives. They carried all the family's heavy baggage, and the husband took the remainder of their belongings Crawford began his career, accord ing to claims made to students and faculty acquaintances at the high school, with Villa. He took French leave of the Mexican bandit, he claimed, flying away to get an oppor tunity in the Kuropean war. win: finds document and IS NOW SEEKING DIVORCE. Overseas Veteran Granted Free dom From Woman Vlio Con cealed l'rcvious .Marriage. "While Mrs. Ksther Hubbard was loflking through 'her husband's desk in a local insurance office recently she came upon a typewritten notice signed by her husband to the effect that if he should be found dead the authorities would know that she had killed him. she alleges in a suit for divorce filed yesterday in circuit court against Horace L. Hubbard. The plaintiff says the note which was addressed "to whom it may concern" likewise stated that the public would know that she was not responsible for killing him because of her nervous condition. .1. J. Russell asks a divorce from Nellie Russell on charges of both cruelty and desertion. They were married at Oregon City in 1909. Kva line Pederson wants a divorce from Charles F. Pederson on charges of cruelty. .She says he gave her a severe beating last Monday. She wants custody of theia,three sons and $lf0 as permanent .alimony. Cella Kline says Morris K. Kline became habitually drunk after she married him and accuses him of other acts of cruelty. In Judge McCourt's divorce court yesterday Ida Miller, won a decree from Charles Miller after her hus band failed to answer her charges of cruelty. She said the last she heard of him he was going under an as sumed name at Seattle. G. Linwood Bartlett. an overseas veteran, won an annulment of his marriage with Uracia Bartlett after he convinced the court through legal documents tiat she had a husband living at the time she married him. Francis V. Richter proved his com plaintof desertion on the part of label Richter and Judge McCourt granted to him a decree. County Fund of $85,000 to Be Met With $170,000 In State Funds if Measure Passes. Should the bonded debt limitation amendment carry at the coming elec tion, the state highway commission will see that an appropriation of $170,000, half state and half federal funds, is made to meet the sum of $85,000 from Multnomah county for construction of the worst section of the proposed Mount Hood loop road from the county line in Clackamas county to Zig-Zag, according to a communication received by county commissioners yesterday. The county pledged 185,000 to loop road enthusiasts at the budget meet ing December 31, 1919, meeting one third of the expense of the road in Clackamas county. Only necessary repairs are desired for the Hawthorne bridge, pending final plans of the city zoning com mission which provide for a raising of the spans and approaches over streets near the river, at a cost of from J350.000 to $400,000, decided the county commissioners. Jiric Hauser, chairman of the finance committee of the Rose Festi val, conferred with the commissioners regarding the use of the $30,000 ap propriation made in the 1920 budget for the celebration. Only one bid was received for the rock and macadam on the Greeley street extension of the St. Johns road. that being from the Star Sand com pany and totaling $46,293.10. The section on which work is to be done two miles long and 36 feet wide. C0MT1 ENDS TODAY BUSINESS OF CONTRACTORS' MEETING CONCLUDED. Programme for Day Includes Tour of Columbia Highway and Lunch eon at Latourclle Falls. to De appointed Irom otner civic or ganizations. There are pver 25,000 citizens In Portland otherwise qualified to vote who have not yet registered, declared Mr. Strandborg, in explaining the need for such a movement. It is probable that the' registration week will be arranged for the week of March 28 to April 3. County officers are said, to be in harmony with the movement and will keep registration offices open evenings during the week and it is probable that Mayor Baker and Governor Olcott will issue offi cial appeals. The matter of retaining the com munity service work in Portland was discussed by W. F. Woodward, head of the directors of the organization, and a delegation of Ad clubbers vol unteers to aid in a brief campaign Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week to extend the membership of the community service, and there by secure sufficient funds to place the organization on a permanent financial basis for the year. VILUflBLE PROPERTY SOLD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHEX SITE WILL BE DEVELOPED. Consideration Named In Transfer Is Purely Nominal, but Good Price Was Obtained. ASTORIA, .Or.. March 3. (Special.) The sale of the mill site at what is known as Daggitts Point on Youngs bay has been put through, but wheth er- the property isvto be developed mmediately has not been announced. A deed arrived tday whereby Augus ta McCormick Ryan and Hugh J. Ryan of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ida McCor mick' Scott and Owen M. Scott of Canby sell to L. Haw-ley Hoffman lots 1 and 2 and the frontage of lots 1, 2. 1 and 8 of section 20, township S north of range 9 west. The tract comprises about 75 acres and includes the point as well as the frontage on ither side. The considerationnamed s purely nominal, but the actual sell ing-price is understood to have run well into the thousands of dollars. Who the real purchasers are is a mystery, but it is known that the Contractors sattending the first an nual convention of the -Associated uenerai Luiiuaou.s ui me intuit .m s ho 1. s,r,nl f o Northwest closed the business and I kij.. f ,1,. ... u,i .v, portion of their pro- educatiojial gramme yesterday, with a series 01 addresses on technical subjects in the morning, an excursion over Portland harbor and to the municipal terminal at St. Johns in the afternoon and a banquet at the Multnomah hotel last night. Today, the closing day of the con vention, will be given over to enter tainment entirely, a tour of the Co- umbia highway having been arranged for the guests by local members of the association. Cars will leave the Multnomah hotel at 10 o'clock and uncheon will be served at Latourelle falls. An inspection of the fish hatch ery at Bonneville will be a feature of the trip. Yesterday morning the delegates considered technical problems pre sented in five addresses, and consid erable time was given to discussion. The speakers were C. C. Bechtold, J. C. Baxter of St. Paul, W. A. Winston of St. Paul, George C. Mason and C. C. Chapman of Portland. SOLDIER LEAGUE WARNS PRIVATES LEGION'S PRESI DENT REPORTS OPPOSITION. Schism Likely, as Solicitation May Be Under Authority of Ore gon Stale Organizer. G. T. Wilson, president of the pri vate soldiers' and sailors' legion, yes terday notified the Portland Chamber of Commerce :hat it ts reported to him that solicitors have been obtain ing funds from business men, none of which reaches the treasury of the local post. In the situation looms the probability of a difference within the legion, for it is stated that the so licitation may be under the authority of the stale organizer, but Is opposed by the local post. This is a national, organization, chartered by congress, says President Wilson, whose office is ir the Cham ber of Commerce building, and Mult nomah post No. 1 has a membership of fc-bout, 300. Post No. 2 Is located STRAUSS QUITS U. S. JOB Xcw York Member of Federal Rf serve Board Resigns. WASHINGTON, March 3. Albert Strauss of New York resigned today as a memberof the federal reserve board.- Mr. Strauss said he had accepted ap pointment to the board with the un derstanding that he would be allowed to retire when his work was finished. Mr. Strauss declared there had been no friction in the board. Mr. Strauss came to Washington soon after the United States entered the war, acting as adviser to Secre- ary McAdoo on international finance. When the war trade board was or ganized he became a member, taking on also the exacting task of advising the censorship in regard to all finan cial cables. In October, 1918, he was asked by Mr. McAdoo to accept a place on the federal reserve board. holder for the owners. Several months. ago a company, composed of holders of large timber interests, was being organized to erect a sawmill at that point, and some believe the purchase of the property means that the plans have been completed. TACOMA. IS GOING AHEAD Building Permits for Month Show . Hundred Per Cent increase. TACOMA, Wash.. March 3. (Spe cial.) Tacoma building permits for the first two months of 1920 are more than 100 per cent greater than for the same period last year. Building In spector Scott Snyder announced Tues day. Last year was the heaviest building year since 1909. Despite the fact that February Is the lowest month in. the year in per mit estimates, 45 residences were started during the month, estimated to cost $79,700. The total. number of permits w'as 211, amounting to $137,987. r f 17? ATI ADMISSION' firl If V V 1 25c ff .. 17 ( V ' WAR TAX I I ,J I f- The story of a two-fisted minister and a girl. Thrills, love and heart throbs. COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA MATIMSE DAILY TODAY AND FRIDAY ONLY re-election, but the members of the Tillamook Bar association petitioned him yesterday requesting him to take the office. Having the indorsement of the association, Mr. Goyne has consented to make the race. He has given general satisfaction as district attorney. Knights to Meet Saturday. Knights of Pythias, district No. 1, Grand Domain of Oregon, will meet for their annual district convention n Moose hall of Oregon City Saturday night, March 6. The band and that famous bunch of gloom chasers, tne brigand team of the same order, will take part in the programme, unis wil be an open meeting and all knights, Pythian sifeters, their families are invited. The programme will be followed by dancing and refresh ments. A special train will leave First and Alder streets at 6:30 P. M. riage is illegal and void and wishes a decree of dissolution on this basis She asks for her maiden name, Mabel Darland. Judge J. V. Bell Likes Job. District Judge J. W. Bell has filed his" 'declaration to be a candidate to succeed himself as presiding officer of department Nc. 1. His slogan is, "Justice and courteous treatment to all special privileges to none." Since the office was created. Judge Bell has been the incumbent, and before that he was Justice of the peace. Girl Wife Asks Divorce. The Dalles, Or., March 3. (Special.) Married when she was not yet 16 years of age and without the consent of her parents or any other .person authorized to give legal consent, Mrs. Mabel Seifert, now- 18, is suing through local courtsi for divorce from Carvel Seifert. The couple married at Vancouver, Wash., October 12, 1917.! The plaintiff asserts that her mar- New Perkins Hotel Washington and Fifth Sts': PORTLAND, OREGON Rates From $1.00 Per Day Special Weekly and Monthly Rates Excellent Restaurant WORKER DIES IN SIBERIA Widow of ex-Pastor Gets Word of Death of 1. M. C. A. Secretary. HOOD RIVER. Or.. March 3. (Spe cial.) Mrs. H. B. Kmil, who has been residing here with her three small children since her husband left for service three years ago, today re ceived word that the latter had died in Siberia, where he was a Y. M. C. A. worker with the American forces. Mr. Emil was formerly pastor of the Kendrick (Idaho) , Methodist church. BE TAKEN RIGHT Bayer Company, Who Intro duced Aspirin in 1900, Give Proper Directions. Deschutes County Has Protest. BEND. Or., March 3. (Special.) Announcement of estimated damages which will be caused by the passing of The Dalles-California highwa'y tnrougn irrigated lanus in tne noriu ern part of Deschutes county brought a storm of protest from ranchers in that section today. The damage list totals $6011.50. Prosecutor Yields to Bar. TILLAMOOK, Or., March 3(Spe- cial.) Because of the small salary connected with the office of district attorney, the incumbent. Thomas H. Goyne. had decided not to seek ADMISSION ONLY WAR TAX INCLUDED 25c 5V 21? I ! . NOW MT ' NOW "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" can be taken safely for Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lum bago, Rheumatism. Joint Pains, Neu ritis, and Pain generally. To get quick relief follow carefully the safe and proper directions in each unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." This package is plainly stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross." 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