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10 THE MORNING OREGON! AN, TUESDAY, DECE3IRER T, 1920 PHYSICIANS II ROW OVER DE FORD CASE Contention as to Cause of Death Is Bitter. INQUEST FEE . INVOLVED County Officials, Doctors and Fam ily IHVWJ rilO LUIUVblKU JV , OREGON' CITY, Or., Dec. 6. (Spe cial.) Physicians of Oregon City are engaged In a bitter factional con troversy over the cause of the death of Alexander DeFord, who was shot Sunday nisht, November 21, while re sisting arrest, by 1). E. Krost, stew ard o the Moose club, and was taken to the Oresron City hoepital by Dr. O. A. Welsh, county health officer, who attended DeFord until tbe lat ter's death the following Tuesday morning. Dr. Welsh contends that DeFord m thr of thp tvn found in Dneu- monia following influenza, and not from the direct effects of the bullet wound inflicted by Frost's revolver. When Dr. Hugh 3. Mount was called by the DeFord family to perform an autopsy the. battle of the physicians was on in earnest and is still rag ing. The body of DeFord was taken to an uridfirr.'ikiiitr ps ta bl is hmen t in Sell- wood and, at the request of the fam ily of the deceased. Dr. Mount and his associate. Dr. Edward H. McLean, went to titllwood last Tuesday night and held a post-mortem. There the . . . : i .3 .. .. I. - , oner Johnson ordered an inquest. County J mine Sanction Inquest. The day of DeFord's death tnsf cor oner and Oilbert L. Hedges, district attorney, had a conference and agreed that an inquest was anunnecessary expense, but Dr. Johnson says a num S ber of persons came to him and ad ' vised that an inquest should be held and that he took up the matter with County Jude Anderson, who sanc tioned the holding of an inquest. Friday morning Ivan Rittenhouse and his wife, the latter a sister of DeFord, came to the coroner and urged that an inquest be held, but told Johnson that if -Dr. Mount's testi mony on the result of the autopsy was desired the county would have to pay the epense of the . post-mortem. nmnimrtmr 1 ,-, Thti flrranci'inpnl between lr. Mount and the DeFord I family was, according to Coroner Johnson, that the family would pay the bill, but if the county should get the benefit of the Information derived it was no more than right that the county should pay the cost of the post-mortem examination. Or. Mount Ilnckji RittenuoiiMe. Coroner Johnson telephoned to Dr. Mount and asked him if he would testify at the inquest, and Dr. Mount agreed to give, his evidence, but con firmed Rittenhouse in his statement It UUIIIkOUIl Lllli LUC ..Vtl UL J UIUOI IVt-J for the autopsy in the event it ob tained the benefit o.f his testimony. Coroner Johnson said he selected a Jury with extreme care because of the growing importance of the case, and took the jury to the Brady-DeMoss undertaking establishment, where the body had been brought from Portland, . but that Mr. Brady had requested them to wait a few minutes before viewing the body, as Dr. Welsh was in the basement with the body and had had it removed from the coffin. Soon the coffin, with the body, was ' brought up and, after the jury viewed the body, the inquest was held. After Dr. Welsh had testified. Dr. 1 Mount was called from his office, but Coroner Johnson says not until Dep- . uty District -Attorney Butler, who represented the state at the inquest, had said that all of the testimony available should be forthcoming. "WeUta Ilenda rhynlrlanjt Protest. Dr. Mount's testimony as to the cause of De-Ford's death was a flat contradiction of that of Dr. Welsh. ' who, after he learned that Dr. Mount's i claim for $25 had been presented to ' the county, headed a list of seven physicians in signing a protest to the county court against payment of the bill. The protestants were Drs. O. A. Welsh. M. C. Strickland. A. H. Huycke. C. li. Meissner, W. Ross Eaton, C. A. Stuart and George E. Stuart. The county court paid the bill, after hearing statements by Dr. Mount and Coroner Johnson. CITY BUYS STREET BONDS MCXIC1PAL TREASUREK PAYS PAR ASD INTEREST. .Remainder of Issue Is Divided Among Seven Bidders, Who Offer Only Small Premiums. An issue of 6 per cent street im provement bonds offered for sale by the city of Portland was divided yes terday between outside bidders and City Treasurer Adams, who purchased bonds for distribution among the va rious sinking fdnds of the city. With one exception the outside bid ders all offered a small premium, while the city purchased its allotment on a bid of par and accrued interest The bidders and the premiums offered by them are given herewith: A m t. Prpm. Freeman. Smith Camp Co. 130, (inn T0O (U LaUd fc Tilton bank 3O.H)0 10O.04 A. n. uagiy fx). Olio Par. Socurlty Sav. Trust Co... 10,000 100.25 Hank of California 12.0IX) 101.00 S. t. fisher Sarah .1. Buckman Jiemalnder taken by Adams lor distribution funds. 6,000 100 60 5.000 1O0. SO City Treasurer among sinking FIRE CHIEFS ORGANIZE STATE ASSOCIATION ' VORMED AXD OFFICERS KLECTED. A. C. Barber Named President and Legislation to Assist Fire, Pre vention Is Planned. The Oregon State Fire Chiefs' asso ciation was formed yesterday at a meeting held in the council chambers of the city halL The meeting was called by H. P. Boardman. representa tive of the fire" prevention bureau of the Pacific acting upon the request of fire department officials from all parts of the state. -s A. C. Barber, state insurance com missioner, and also state fire marshal, was elected president. Other ffl cials chosen Included Thomas Coates. , Tillamook, first .vice-president: J. W. Davis, Warshfield, second vice-preal- dent; P. E. Overend, Newberfr, secre tary; J. H. Sherlock. Newberg, treas urer and the following were elected trustees: Ex-Fire Chief Dowell. Port land; Thomas Graham. Corvallla, and E. J. Htanard, Woodburn. Corvallia was chosen as the first convention city of the new organiza tion, the dates of the meeting to be selected and announced, by -the board of trustees. The organization has for its pur pose the promotion of fire preven tion, the passage of state laws ap pertaining to fire fighting, and the general promotion of modern and ef fective means of combatting fires and keeping fire losses to a mini mum. Klre chiefs and of ficlals from more than 15 Oregon cities were in attend ance. H. P Boardman, of the fire prevention bureau, was chosen as temporary chairman and P. E. Over end of Newberg acted as temporary secretary. Portland fire bureau officials were hosts to the out-of-town officials at a dinner held at the Chamber of Com merce. .' - ' SOCIALIST RIOT DENIED Meyer Ixmdon's Attack on Russian Government Canses Xo Outbreak. CHICAGO, Dec. 6 Reports of a riot at a socialist meeting here yesterday FIRE CHIEFS OF STATE WHO FORM ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE FIRE PROTECTION. iir- iVh i,.v.,.. ' -i-ag-M .f)liii..,.!i.,.a t,- ..k l V X'v,.; I r,i f .XA'Jt' v. Standing, from left to right K. R. Campbell. Portland; Kire Marshal Grenfell. Portland; C. A. Ilarber, state fire mnrKhal, Salem; H. P. Boardman. Portland; Thorn (.raham, Corvallls; ex-Chief H. F. Dowell, Portland; Bnt tnllon Chief Delano, Portland; AH.tant Chief Von llnlirlon, N'enberg; City CoramlxMioner Blgelow, Klre Chief Voting, Portland; Thomas C oaten, Tillamook; J. V. Davis, Hood River; Battalion Chief lloluen, Port land; 1".. J. Slanard, Woodlturn; W. K. jNuubnuiii, Eugene) J. H. Sherlock, Siewberg; II. K. Seller, Oregon City, and P. E. Overend, iewberg. when Meyer London, socialist congressman-elect from New York, at tacked the Russian soviet government, were proved emmeous by police rec ords and statements from officials of the national socialist party. today. . So many members of the party crowded the hall to hear th'e address that the safety of the limit set by city fire ordinances was exceeded.' Policemen on duty at thehall asked for assistance irt clearing the aisles and stairways, and when three addi tional uniformed men arrived this was accomplished without difficulty. The hall was licensed td hold lsuu persons. Policemen .reported that there was no disorder in connection with the meeting. STREET REPAIR PLANNED City Engineer to Demand Improve ment of Xorth Front. Improvement of North Front street from the Broadway bridge to the Wil lamette Steel & Iron works plant will be demanded by City Engineer Laurgaard, acting in behalf of the de partment of public works, the fire bureau, the commission of public docks and the city's waterfront com mittee. An effort was made two years ago to bring about improvement oi tne street, -but property owners remon strated because of high costs of labor and materials..- It i3 said that rm der present conditions, it is almost impossible for vehicles to make their way through the street, while offi cials of the fire bureau contend that it is impossible, under present condi tions, to send fire vehicles over the roadway with any speed- CHURCH HALTS FOR TIME All "Saints Episcopal Congregation Discontinues Services. ' Services at All Saints Episcopal church have been discontinued tem porarily because - of lack of attend ance, according to announcement yes terday by Rev. F. K. Howard, chap lain of Good Samaritan hospital, who is rector of the church. This action is the result of a vote of the congre gation, which numbers about 30 per sons. The only regular service of the church has been on Sunday morning. Members decided to abandon this meeting and attend worship at vari ous other Episcopal churches of the city. The present building at Twen ty-fifth and Savier streets will, be kept open and services will be re sumed there in the future if sufficient attendance is promised. VENTILATION IS ORDERED Street Car Ventilators Must Be Kept Open, Says Health Officer. Ventilators in street cars operated in Portland must remain open regard less of weather conditions, according to City Health Officer Parrish, who yesterday issued an order to the Portland Railway, Light & Power company directing them to issue in structions to carry out the order. City Health Officer Parrtsh detailed a number-, of inspectors to ride on street cars Sunday and reports snowea tnat tne majority of the cars were practically sealed. This was due to the cold weather, but Dr. Par rish maintains that the health of the public is far more endangered from lack of ventilation than it is with a bit of cold air drifting through the cars. BUILDING TRUST PROBED Chicago Grand Jury Secretly In vestigates Alleged Combine. CHICAGO, Dec 6. Investigation of an alleged building trust in Chi cago has been in progress for more than two weeks by a federal grand jury, it became known tonight. The Jury was said by federal offi cials to have received information tending to show that building prices were forced up deliberately by a com bination of manufacturers and labor leaders. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. BUTTER TRIAL ENDS; CASE SENT TO JURY Hazelwood Company Likely to Appeal if Convicted. TRIAL LASTS FOUR DAYS Sealed Verdict Probably Will Be Opened in Court Today; Tax Refund Is Sought. The trial of the Hazelwood com pany, charged by the United States with the manufacture of adulterated butter without complying with the federal provisions regarding tax and sale went to a jury in the United f States district court late yesterday, the case being completed after near ly four days. Py agreement of the attorneys the . jury will return a sealed verdict, which will probably be opened in the court- this morning. It was alleged that the" Hazelwood company had not taken out a p'ermit to manufacture this type of . butter prior to the time of the government prosecution. It was accused of making some 100,000 pounds of the product illegally and last September tire com pany paid the government a $14,000 tax under protest and since then has filed civiCsuit to recover the disputed amount; Should the government win this suit, 'the company will have little chance to recover its money and there is a likelihood that it will be subject to further prosecution under statutes prescribing the manner in which but ter of this type is to be labeled and placed on the market. Proeess Is Held Hlea-al. The Hazelwood company, which has no connection with the Hazelwood restaurants, . confectioneries or ice cream plants, is under the control of A. P. and F. A. Henningsen who also own the Henningsen Produce 'com pany at ISO Burnside street and other plants. The government charged that the creamery used rancid, moldy and spoiled butter and by a process of re working, rechurning and heating in sour milk and cream with the addi tion of lime, soda and salt petre, pro duced a product that was later placed on the market without being stamped as adulterated. There Is no law that forbids the manufacture of butter of this type or the marketing of it. pro viding it is properly labeled and the firm pays the government tax. The entire prosecution was based on this phase of the case. In his final statement to the Jury, Lester Humphreys, United Stages at torney, declared that the defense had not only tried to prove that the gov ernment witnesses were guilty of subornation of perjury, but that it had also attempted to try the news papers and everyone else but the ... - ?Nct Contents 15 fluid VTucm 1 r; at nnrlOL-3 PEK CENT. 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The ales, record of the drug houses show that the company purchased half a ton a month of bicarbonate of soda soon after we allege that it com menced this practice of renovating butter and fully 445 pounds on an av erage a month of lime. The witnesses declared that they placed the rancid butter in the vats and asserted that the .stench clung to their clothing. "The company has attempted to assail the character of the witnesses by alleging that one man in which it placed the greatest of confidence, so much that it had him appointed a police officer to guard its plant at one time, was a thief. It has indulged in personalities and has even ar raigned the government prosecutor in the trial when all that we have been doing is to try and protect the in terests of the public as congress says they must be protected and to pre vent the practice that congress de clares unlawful. During the big year of its activities, as charged by the government, its books show that it received large quantities of bad but ter but its sales record does not show that it disposed of any of this rancid stock." j The case has attracted a great deal of attention locally for the reason that the government witnesses testi fied that some of the butter was placed. on the local market under cer tain brands in pound and two-pound rolls as creamery butter, which is generally understood to be a product made from pure milk and cream. The Hazelwood company, it is understood, will make a motion for an appeal of arrest of judgment in case it is found guilty. FIREMEN FACE HANDICAP 1.ACK of hose wagons said TO HAMPER SERVICE. Sunday Morning Blaze Develops Xeed of Tenders for Pumpers, Declare Bureau Officials. Lack of hose wagons to accompany pumpers proved a serious handicap at the $250,000 fire which occurred on north Fifth street early Sunday morn ing, according to veteran members of the fire bureau. Vien the alarm first was sounded two pumpers arrived on the scene of the blaze simultaneously. The pump ers used throughout the Portland fire bureau are combination hose wagons and pumpers. It was necessary to utilize one of the pumpers as a hose wagon while the four lines of hose j. ... Vi t i For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of fn Use For Over Thirty Years MFMT, NIW TOM 9rTW. -T fi K3 Kh3 i fi H n Ei fc9 1 J II tfU W -l 1 U II II Fv 1 ra0r1 Y H HHfHf i m a is;i n t j . ti n ii n a s ;y t IP fl Ira m VMS mu were laid, an operat'on -which took more than 12 minutes. It is said. Hardly had the first pilmper been placed in action than the connection at the hydrant bjew out, thus neces sitating the removal of the pumper to another hydrajit one block away. After the first pumper had been paced in operation for the second time, the pumper which had been Jnstd&cts on a. dirty job I YOUR engine requires an internal bath frequently. Road dust, carbon from the combustion chamber, and fine particles of metal worn from the bearing surfaces get into the lubricating oil in the crankcase. All this dirt circu lates with the oil through the engine. If it isn't drained out regularly there's bound to be excessive wear and tear. Gasoline also escapes past the pistons and dilutes the oil. Modern Crankcase Cleaning Service gets rid of the dirty, diluted oil, flushes Modern Milwaukee Ave.Sellwood District Brooklyn Garage ' 668 Milwankie Ave. Hall Engineering Co. Milwaukie and Bybee Pioneer Garage 1601 East 17th St. Sellwood Garage 1614 East 17th St. Milwaukie Garage Milwaukie, Oregon Woodstock'Richtnond Dist. Franklin Garage 1383 Division St. Jimmie's Tire Shop 523 Division St. Liberty Auto Rep. Co. East 43d and Division Sts. Seven Corners S. S. East 21st and Division Sts. Glenn Shockley ' East 28th and Division Sts. .. Hawthorne District Eleventh-St. Garage 333 East 11th St. Ever Ready Service Station East 12th and Hawthorne Ave". Francis Motor Cr Co. Grand and Hawthorne Aves. Gatzka Auto Supply Co. 995 Hawthorne Ave. D. C. Johnson " 262 Hawthorne Ave. Ladd Addition Garage East 13th and Hawthorne Ave. Lesley's Garage East 37th and Hawthorne Ave. Murryroead Garage 717 Hawthorne Ave. Square Deal Garage 1111 Hawthorne Ave. Mount Scott Lents District Archer Garage y 5511 Foster Road Burk's Garage East 72d and 55th Ave. Creston Garage 5037 Powell Valley H. L. Dickinson 6419 Foster Road Lents Garage 8919 Foster Road Wilson Auto Service 5919 82d St. S. E. utilized as a hose wagon was con nected with a hydrant Officials of the fire bureau contend that tenders should be furnished with each pumper, in order that valuable time at the beginning of a fire might be saved. Kelso Schools Have Long Vacation. ' KELSO. Wash.. Dec. 6. (Special.) Crank Case Montavilla District Montavilla Service Station East 82d and Stark Searls Garage - 1928 East Glisan Thayer & Geidle 2021 East Glisan Sunnyside-Mt. Tabor Dist. American Garage 444 Belmont St. Kinney Bros. Auto Service 430 Belmont St. Sunnyside Service Station East 39th and Belmont Irvington District Broadway Garage East 24th and Broadway Irvington Garage 572 East Broadway P. & O. Garage 380 Union Ave. N. Union Ave. Garage Union Ave. and Weidler St. Johns District Columbia Machine Works & Garage 107 Fessenden St., St. Johns Lst. Johns Garage 216 N. Jersey St. Rose City Park District Motor Inn Garage 850 East Burnside Rose City Park Garage East 52d and Sandy Roseway Garage Sandy Blvd. at Parkrose Viaduct Garage East 38th and Sandy Sandy Road Garage E. 24th and Sandy Blvd. Ankeny District Commercial Motor Car Co. East 11th and Burnside East Burnside Garage East 10th and Burnside Fred Day Motor Co. " East 7th and Ankeny Serve U Garage 61 Union Ave. North Talbot & Casey No. 1 Grand Ave. W oodlawn District Ainsworth Ave. Garage 1268 Union Ave. North The Kelso schools will have a two week vacation period over Christmas and New Year's. School will dismiss Friday, December 17, and will not re sume until January 3. Poison Taken by Mistake. VANCOUVER, Av"ash., Dec . (Spe cial H. Sanberg. weighing over 300 pounds, drunk carbolic acid by mla- oil in the crankcase thoroughly and refills with clean, fresh oil. The garages listed below are now equipped to perform this needed service quickly and for a nominal charge. We use Calol Flushing Oil, which cleanses thoroughly without danger of contam inating the fresh Zerolene refilled into the cleaned crankcase. TODAY : Bring in your car ior Mod ern Crankcase Cleaning Service. It will result in better engine performance and longer life for your car. Gleaning Albina District Broadway Auto Inn East 3d and Broadway Freidli & Dressier 485-87 Union Ave. No. Miller Wood Co. 875 Union Ave. North Monarch Auto Co. 343 Vancouver Ave. Piedmont Garage 1130 Albina Ave. Rushlight & Penney 361 East Broadway Williams Ave. Garage 480 WTlliams Ave. 'Alberta District Harvey & Son Garage 716 Alberta Ave. West Side North of Glisan St. District Arrow Garage 350 North 23d St. Climax Garage 28th and Thurman Sts. Geredvin Garage 688 Kearney St. Terminal Garage Fifth and Hoyt Sts. Union Depot Garage Broadway and Hoyt Sts. West Side South of Madison Auditorium Garage . 366 Second St Auto Transit Garage Fifth and Clay Sts. City Hall Garage 4th and Jefferson Sts Cunning & Anderson 781 First St.' Fourth St. Garage 554 Fourth St. Fulton Garage Fulton Jefferson St. Garage 575 Jefferson St Journal Garage Stout and Jefferson Sts. P. Kinney , 1050 Corbett St. Unusual Garage Service First and Mill Sts. take yesterday. As soon as friends Teamed of it, they started to bring him to Vancouver for medical atten tion. It required , the best efforts of three men to hold him in an automo bile. At Orchards the -car ran into a ditch and this delayed the party somewhat. It Is believed by the doe tors that he will recover as he did not take a very large quantity of poison. a clean enrineZ A 11 11 M tf Stations West Side Central Arlington Garage 10th and Salmon Sts. Armature Electric & Garage Co. 17th and Alder Sts. Barde & Cox 65 North 23d St. Chapman Rep. Co. 188 Chapman St. City Auto Laundry & Garage 449 Burnside St. Commercial Motor Repairing 264 Davis St. Conant & Buchel 10th and Everett Sts. Globe Garage 50 North 20th St. Hansen Anto Motive Service 87 10th St. R. S. Hughson Co. 8th and Davis Sts. King St. Garage 168 King St. Lester-Heym Co. 249 Sixth St. Main Street Garage Second and Main Sts. G. J. Mallon 386 Flanders St. M. & F. Garage 21st and Washington Sfc North Bank Garage 11th and Flanders Sts. Oregon Auto Repair Co. 16th and Glisan Sts. Portland Garage 5th and Taylor Robinson & Smith Co. Sixth and Madison Sts. Speedwell Garage 14th and Couch Sts. Sunset Auto Repair 433 Alder Street L. E. Taylor Auto Co. 12th and Flanders Sts. Washington Park Auto Co. 23d and Washington SU White Garage 386 Couch St. Popham & Meyers Birkenfield, Oregon Roy Yonge Multnomah, Oregon