THE MOUmO OEEGOXIAIT. WEDNESDAY. IVOVE3IBEI 29, 1916. E AUTHORITIES WATCH FIRST TWO CONCRETE PILES DRIVEN FOR FOUNDATION OF PORTLAND'S $1,000,000 POSTOFFICE. STORES DECLARED 1: Another Proprietor Arrested and Fourteen Drunks Are Sentenced. ummmfr UNSWORN SALES CHARGED GRUSAD DOUG Investigation Shows Alcohol . Sales by O. F. Hag-en Are Much Larger Than Those of Nearby Com petitor for Like Period. After 14 drunks, the majority of them the victims of alcohol, had lined up before him for sentence yesterday morning. Municipal Judge Langguth declared that the sale of alcohol for beverage purposes had to stop, even should it be necessary to "smash the drugstores off the map." As a result of the crop of drunks yesterday morning, a 'warrant was is sued yesterday afternoon for the ar rest of O. F. Hagen, proprietor of Ha gen's Pharmacy, at Twentysthird and Thurman streets. He was taken Into custody later by Patrolman C. i". Howard and released on J100 bail. The specific charge against Hagen Is that of failing to swear purchasers of alcohol. Prisoner Gives Testimony. The warrant for Hagen's arrest was made out by Deputy District Attorney Bam Pierce and was sworn to by W. J. Jeffries, agent -for the . State Phar maceutical Board. Henry Ilyis, one of the prisoners ap pearing before Judge Langguth yes terday morning, testified that he had purchased alcohol from Hagen and had not been required to swear as to his intentions relative to the use of the liquor. He said he had merely been asked to sign his name to the affi davit book. Ilyis understands little English and. had to speak through an interpreter. An investigation made by Public De fender Dave Robinson and Deputy Dis trict Attorney Sam Pierce revealed, they reported, that Hagen's business in alcohol had grown to 250 sales a month, approximately, and that the sales thus far this month had amounted to 185. Nearby Pharmacy Sella Little. The Ing'.e Pharmacy, just a block from the store of Mr. Hagen, they said, made only 30 sales a month. Hagen's business is said to have been principal ly with Slavonians, Russians and Finns, a large number of whom would sign an affidavit without knowing what they were signipg. The trial of Joseph TT. Murphy, pro prietor of the Harrison Pharmacy, Sixth and Harrison streets, who was ar rested Monday night by Detectives Ca bin. Hammersley and Hill and Officers Richards and Spaugh, of the morals squad, charged with violations of the prohibition law. was set for hearing today. According to the officers, sev eral purchases of alcohol was made by inem irom Miirpny wiuiout uems to sign the affidavit book. Murphy Is out on $100 bail. Women Are Fined 1S0 Each. Stella Spaulding and Mrs. E. Davis, both of whom were arrested by mem bers of the morals squad on charges of bootlegging, received fines of $150 each yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Davis was given an additional sentence of 90 davs in jail, but this was suspended. Stella Spaulding is the proprietress of a small rooming-house at 164 West Park street, according to the arresting officers. Mrs. Dayis said she was a demonstrator by occupation. She was arrested at 491 Alder street. Daniel Robinson, who was arrested on a charge of drunkenness Monday and who attempted to commit suicide rather than endure the ignominy of spending a. night in jail, was released yesterday and the case against him continued for sentence. "While he was being searched In the Jail late Mon day, Robinson attempted to end his life with a knife. He was overpowered by the jailers and the weapon taken from him. "Orator" to Pay for Auto Damage. Mike J. Delaney, while intoxicated Monday night, appropriated an auto- moDiie lor a piatiorm at Mxm ana Alder streets and began to deliver an address, the burden of which was "Down with the millionaires." He was given one day in jail and required to pay for the damages to the auto as -the result of his having broken the windshield of the machine. He was arrested after a struggle by Patrolmen Morris and Tully. Other drunks receiving fines or sen tences are: Nicholas Erickson. $10 fine; Theo Larsen, 30 days: Frank Printy. 30 days; Carl Kiehl. $15. pay ment suspended: Francisco Anatas, $10 fine: Frank Daly, alias McMillan, 15 days; William Edman, $10; John Oster berg, $10. Henry Ilyis will be held until today in order that lie may be available to testify against Hagen for the state. MRS. MATT IE LADQW DIES Prominent Pendleton "Woman and Pioneer Passes at Age of 72. PENDLETO'N, Or., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mattie Ladow, prominent pioneer of Pendleton and widow of the late Representative Ladow, of Oregon, died tn Pendleton this .morning follow ing an illness of a week. Mrs. Lalov was 72 years of ago and had resided In Pendleton since tlio early '60a. Her husband. George LachrV, was elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, but died shortly after his election. Mrs. Ladow was active in local af fairs and was a charter member of the Current Literature Club. Surviving rel atives are two sons, Frank and .Lewis Ladow; C5. I. Ladow, of Pendleton, a r.i-phew: Mrs. Hannah Ladow. a sis ter, and the following "mothers: C. -IS. I;aars and A. M. Isaacs, oi' Pendleton, end W. H. Isaacs, of Caldwell. Idaho. The funera.1 will be held tomorrow NEW SCH00LJS TO RISE Central Board Announces Plans for Next Spring. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) The Centralia Schooh Board next iSpring will erect a modern brick school on the Edison grounds, according to an announcement made yesterday, at the luncheon of the Commercial Club by (leorge L. Barner. clerk of the Board. The new school will contain gymnasium and swimming tank, and will be of suflicient size to accommo date the pupils of both the Lincoln and Edison schools, thus eliminating two fire traps. Mr. Barner said the assessed valua tion of the local district is $3,052,000. making its legal limit of indebtedness $152,600. By next Spring the indebted ness will be well under the $100,000 mark, leaving about $60,000 that can be spent on the new structure. f ' k f ' - - v . - - x - - 4 - - . v . ; v FIRST PILES DRIVEN l'k0 Bed Rock at Postoffice Site Is Reached at 33 Feet. SUPPORT Sii Other . Concrete. Posts AVI II Be Placed Today for Estimates to Construct 800 or 9 00 More for Use In Foundation. Two concrete piles were driven into the ground yesterday on the site of Portland's future $1,000,000 postoffice. while T. Ronneberg, of San Francisco, who is associated with Lewis P. Ho- bart, the architect who designed the building; Grant Fee. of San Francisco, the contractor in charge of the work. and C. C. Holloway. the Government inspector, looked on. The pile driven . on the corner of Hoyt and Glisan streets sank to a depth of 38 feet before reaching what is known as hardpan, or bedrock, while the pile driven at Hoyt and Eighth streets sank only about 33 or 34 feet, leaving more than six feet of the 40 foot length protruding from the ground. Six other piles, each of them 40 feet 6 inches long, and 18 inches square at the ends, are already on the ground, ready to be driven today. By the time the eight piles are driven in dace, the authorities will be able to determine the required length of the 800 or 90J piles yet to -be made and allowed to stand for 40 days to be cured under Government regulations. Before any of the Diles are allowed to rest as part of the foundation they will be tested with heavy weights for three days. For the first 24 hours the weight will be 20 tons, durinar the sec ond day, 40 tons, and during the third day, 60 tons. It Is estimated that the foundation work alone will cost about $60,000. RIVALS FETE REPUBLICANS Democrats at North Yakimu Are Hosts at Banquet. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Nov. 5X SnAfial 1 1 T y V , 1 ; leaders were guests at a Yakima Demo cratic banquet last night to celebrate me election or Messrs. vv ilson and Lis ter. Both responded to toaets. Labor Men at North Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Nov. 28. (Special.) President E. P. Marsh and Secretary Charles P. Taylor, of the State Federation of Labor, were here yesterday and last night conferring with officials of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company regarding employment of la- Dor in growing beets and manufacture of sugar. Their only Jnterest. they said, was that "lome labor should get the preference in building the factory, and no more labor ehould be brought here than is needed to supplement the home supply. l'OST Of SERGEANT-AT-AHMS I.V HOUSE SOUGHT AGAIN. ' H. T. Brncs. H. T. Bruce, of Portland, ser-geant-at-arms of the lower house of the 1915 Legislature, has an nounced his candidacy for re election. He made the reputation in that session of being an effi cient officer who discharged his duties to the satisfaction of he members. Mr. Bruce has been a resident of Oregon since 1864, when he came here from the East as a small boy. He was a farmer up to 12 years ago. At present Mr. Bruce is traveling salesman for the A. H. Averill Machinery Com pany, of Portland. t i f,;: 5v-.-v l "-trr-i'r -irfiiwiirtiii n ur nMnTi -""tj I i; , r " '. t " ' ' " 1 is deeperI I ' ' ' 1J ' p. - -i.'wJ ' " """ , y J , - V 1 , -J : v 1 - -c E t--j f " """"""""I 'M. "sry.jL Top, Left to Right C. C. Hollovray, Superintendent of Construction for Gov ernment; Grant F, Contractor In Charge of the Construction Work; T. Ronprl.erg. Architect. Bottom Workmen Trimming: Off Top of Concrete Pile That Has Been Driven Iown 3 8 Feet at Hoyt and Gllaan Street. SISTER SUED If FEUD Ii Leona Case Says Mortgage Is Improperly Released. ACTION IS ECHO OF KILLING Plaintiff Asks for Correction of Itec ords That Sister Is Said to Have Made "Without Authority of Holder of Papers. OREGON CITY, Or., -Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) A new chapter in the story of the Case family feud was opened today when Leona M. Case, widow of Ernest Case, slain by his brother Sam, October 3, 1915, filed a suit in the Circuit Court against her own bister, Mary anutli. foriiacrly Mary Case, the widow of tjair. Case, tho slayer. . The complaint charges that AJary Smith, without authority, released a. $1200 mortgage on property near l ark place. Isaac Birdsell. owner of the prop erty; Ralph Smith, Mary Smith's present husband, and Maxy Smith, as executrix of the estate of Sain, are the defend ants in the action. In 1914, Sam Case acted as trustee in certain transactions for his brother, Ernest, the complaint recites. The Park place property was sold by Ernest to Birdsell in August of that year, but Sam appeared for his brother through out the deal. A $1200 mortgage, taken in payment for the property, was made out' in the name of Sam, although actu ally possessed by Ernest, accoiuing to th a plaintiff. A year ago one brother Killed the other, and Sam died in e local hos pital. The widows of the two were named administratrix of the re&pcclivc estates, and, the plaintiff asserts, on December 8, 1915, Mary Case, without authority, wrote a pretended satisfac tion of the mortgage on the margin of a mortgage record in tlia Recorder's office, in spite of the fact that the note and mortgage had alwas been and are nov in the possession of be Ernest Case estate, according: to ;he complaint. Leona Case asks that the mortgage be foreclosed and th-i pretended satis faction! written in the mortgage recordu by Mary Chase be declared void. BURGLARS ARE ACTIVE SKVKKtl, IIOBBERIKS UKHOKTEl) TO POLICE Al'THOniTlES. Homea and One Store Broken Into and "Wide Variety of Loot Taken During: Monday Kiaht. Numerous operations of housebreak ers and prowlers were reported to police headquarters yesterday from various sections of the city. These crimes are becoming numerous with the advance of Winter. Ninety dollars in currency was taken from the residence of A. C. Pike, 813 Lovejoy street, by a burglar who entered the place through a basement door. In ' addition the man took a woman's purse and overcoat. "William Dean. 423 East Sixteenth street North, reported to detective headquarters that a vacant house at 575 Everett street had been broken nto and plumbing taken. Jennie Angus, 189 Third street, reported that her room had been entered and a quantity of articles and 27 taken. Detectives are looking for F. R. Leland and Al Muller on infor mation given by the woman. The plate glass door in the store of M. Wax. 281 Front street, was broken Monday night and wearing apparel taken. The proprietor discovered the burglary yesterday morning at 6:30 when he went to open his store Miss Ruth Blake, of Dallas. Or., re ported that she had lost a small black purse containing $20. ODOR DIRECTS RAIDERS Patrolman Smells Alcohol and Goes Straight to Missing Harrel. OREGON CITY. Or.. Nov. 2S. (Spe cial.) Because Night Patrolman Henry Cooke has a well-developed sense of smell W. w. Hamlin, Paul Wyman and John Doe Farmer are facing a charge of petty larceny. A barrel of denatured alcohol, evi dently mistaken for ethyl alcohol by the lhieves. was stolen from the Jones drug store last night. Officer Cooke smelled a peculiar odor from a frame building nearby. He retired to a shaded spot and watched. A man staggered out of the door and started up the street. Patrolmen Woodward and Cooke then forced their way into the building and found the missing barrel of alcohol. BINGHAM LAW IS OPPOSED Lane County Budget Committee l'u vors Road Improvement. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) The Lane County tax budget committee this afternoon adopted a resolution fa voring the repeal of the Bingham law, fiassed at the last session of the leg slature, reducing the salaries of Coun ty Commissioners from $5 to $3 a day. The committee also went on record as suggesting to the County Court that at leant $100,000 of the amount of back taxes on Oregon & California Rail road grant lands to be paid by the Fed eral Government be expended for road improvements and bridge construction. The resolution advocating the repeal of thj Bingham law was introduced by H". M. Peterson and was adopted after bi'lef discussion. CENTENARIANS AT RITE Kitty Clark and Harry -Smarte At tend Funeral of William Harris. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. Attending the fungal of William Harris, dean of New York theatrical managers, here todav. were Kitty Clark, llu years old, and Harry Smarte. 108 years old. both well known on the stage when Harris was a boy. The funeral was. attended by hun dreds of actors and theatrical producers of National fame. 1). Soils Cohen Memorial Speaker. EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 2S. (Special.) D. Solis Cohen, past exalted ruler of the Portland lodge of Elks, will de liver the memorial address for the Eugene Lodge, No. 357. Sunday after noon, Deceniber 3. Mr. Cohen was the installing officer when the Eugene lodge was instituted. There are now 45 departed members of the Eugene lodge. J. H. Hearde, F. M. Carter and Grover J. Kestley were added to the. list dur ing the year. Why put it off? every day and every night. Nothing brings such enjoyment to the whole family. The largest showing, of Victrolas and Records here abouts will be found at Meier & Frank's. Our Christmas Club plan means only a small payment down. Come in today! With 22 Selections (11 D. D. Records) $83.25 One of the most, beautiful Victrolas made a superb instrument, finished in mahogany or oak. Plays all the records Victor or Columbia. With it we include 22 selections of your own choice (11 D. D. records). Outfit $83.25. 1 IfN 1 U HIGH PRICES UPHELD J. C. Lonergan Declares Farm er Can Regulate Prosperity. GOOD YEAR BALANCES POOR Stock llujer Says That Embargo on 1'ood Kxports Would Be No More 1'ulr Than Prevention of Oth er Trade With Kurojw?. The hifih prices of roodstuff are not responsible for all of the ills from which the country may now be suffering-, according- to J. C. Lonernan. of this city, a stock buyer for the lat years. This authority on conditions that affect the farmers believes they are better off now than ever before, and that they are in a ponttton to re establish the prosperity of the entlije country. "With wheat, potatoes, dairy prod ucts and meat at the present prices, the farmer is at lnt Retting a fair com pensation for lean years." paid Mr. Lonergan yesterday. "I know a great many farmers who have sold their crops at Rood prices. and are now about to Invest in new machinery, pay off mortgages, even up all obligations, and then fret back to work with more enthusinffm than ever before. "The bior manufacturing states are calling for an embargo on food prod ucts. They have been busy sellintf steel products, and all kinds of manu factured goods abroad. Now that the farmer is gettinsr a price for hia. out put tn foreign markets, they call loud ly for an embargo that will keep all of the goods at home, and bring price back to earth with a thud. Their own profits are big; they are all employed, and wases are as hiKh. or higher, than ever before. "Before we talk embarso on food stuffs, let us talk embargo on leather, lumber, steel.' farming Implements, fer tilizer, horses, mules, and clothes. "If we are going to have large rrops In the future, we must insure the farmer a fair compensation. There are a great many improvements that Oregon has hfen awaiting on all of Its farm land. There is a great deal of unproductive land that can be used. When the farmer has a little money, aa he ha this year, he can -undertake some of these Improvements, and im prove the condition of us all. After all these years of mortgages and debts, why not allow the farmer at least a short time tn which to even up and get ready for a new start? "Xo one can say absolutely that a food crisis is facing the country. The products that have gone up are mere ly keeping abreast of the higher wages that are paid throughout the country, and for the present there are com paratively few people who cannot af ford the necessities of life." TRAINING TO BE PRESSED Senator Chamberlain Proposes Vni vertial "service Again.' WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Universal military training- In some form as the solution of the recruiting problem for the. Army and Navy will be placed be fore. Congress at the coming session if Chairman Chamberlain, of the Senate military committee, is successful in carrying out its announced programme, 'Senator Chamberlain said today he would press his own bill for such training introduced last year, lie said the virtual Impossibility of recruiting the Army to the peace strength author ized in the National defense act already had been demonstrated. Both Army Have a Victrola sent home VICTROLA X Pay Only $5 Down and $5 Monthly h VICTROLA I OUTFIT With 12 Selections A genuine Victrola that plays all Victor or Columbia records. Cabinet has space for 100 records. Choice of any 12 10-inch selections (6 D. D. records). All for ?27.50. bum m isar Trie Qjjality' Store or- Portland and Navy recruiting services are comb ing the country for men. he declared, with little success. The Army has been unable to obtain even the 20.000 addi tional men provided for when the Mex ican situation became acute, and the Navy is making such slow progress with- its increases thul officials are per plexed. The Chamberlain bill would require military tralntng of all boys between 12 and 23 years old. except those espe cially exempted. The active division composed of those between 18 and 23 would be known as the Citizens' Army and the younger corps as the Citizen Cadet Corps. Senator Chamberlain said the bill probably would be radi cally changed in committee and Its provisions greatly simplified to make it more workable. 'CAVE WH GETS 5 DAYS OliOIltiK HANKY StTKCED FOR T1IHEATE.I. MISS UEKBEK. Man Arretted With tvnlfe ! ItcWe Whra He Met Olrl Will Serve Jail Term. - Cave-man methods of wooing Miss Lulu Gerber, formerly of Banks, Or., resulted In George llaney. of Forest Grove, receiving a sentence of five daya in jail in Municipal Court yester day. The specific chero against Haney was that of carrying concealed weapons, a lurge, murderous-looking knife having been found In his hip pocket after he was taken into cus tody Monday night by Fatrolmen Rich ards and Burkhardt. A threatening letter which Haney uad written to Miss Gerber after hav ing been repulsed and in which h asked her to meet him at the postof fice Monday night, was exhibited In court. In the letter he threatened her with trouble in ease she did not com ply with his wishes. Haney admitted having written the letter, but declared he had not in tended to harm the girl In any way. The girl kept the tryst with lianey Monday night, and when he arrived on the scene the two officers took him into custody. lianey, who ts 19 years of age, said that he had come to Portland to get wflrk and had here met with Misa Ger ber. whom, he had known since July. He said his father was agent for. a nursery company and lived at Foreat Grove. PROHIBITION STAND URGED Kentucky lti-puhlieuii Lender Ail vises Party to Start Move. LOCISVILLK." Ky, Nov. 28. Alvin T. Hert. Republican National committee man for Kentucky, in a statement made public here tonight, urges the Repub lican party in the state to "assume without delay a firm stand in favor of the adoption of a constitutional amend ment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating liquors." "Conditions in Kentucky, resulting from the political activity of the liquor Industry and its consequent effect upon Lhe affairs of the people, have become unbearable." Mr. Hert declared. Tenino Lumber Company Sued. CENTRALIA. "Wash.. Nov. 2S. (Spe cial.) The Mutual Lumber Company, of Tenino. has been made defendant in a suit for $1469.95 damages brought by Im. A. Stephens, who alleges that his household furniture was destroyed j in L ( Ul IT s L ill i v i . ' m i uiii- pany"s negligence in permitting leaves and debris to catch tire from sparks from a donkey engine. 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Under the existing law. school dis tricts must make their levies before Uecernber 1 on valuations that are a year old, Yecause the valuations for the ear In which the taxes are to be col lected are not known. This is also true of the County Courts vvlitn the budgets are published and the esti mates ft receipts made. Thj Tax Commission, which assesses all public service corporation property and water powers, has not yet maue Its valuations for 1917. yet school dis tricts must make their levies before December 1. and If ti.e valuations are reduce. 1 the school districts sufler a corresponding loss of revenue. It is proposed that the county budget be made and published witTtln a rea sonable time after the valuatiors are received, so that the smaller lax-ievv. Ing districts, such as school districts and cities and towns, may have in tieir possession the information contained in the county budget. 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