THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 191G. G.A.SHEPPARDFIUD5 ME IS SOLD HS HOI Irvington Lawyer Says He Was ' Unaware of Sheriff's Action . and Files Contest. CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED Mrs. Malinda A. Mitchell, Who Pur chased Property, and Attorney C. E. Lenoii Are Named Tem- orary Restraint Granted. ' The fine home of ntf a ev, f r-h ln IrvinSton and other property 00. were sold under the Sherirrs ham mer for $502 on Wednesday without the lawyer, knowledge, he alleges, ln an action filed In the Circuit Court yesterday to annul the sale and to restrain the Sheriff from making a re turn on the execution. Conspiracy is charged against Charles c.. en.on'. attrney, and Malinda A. iucm"' oy Sheppard. who declares that no Judgment exists against him. uli llJiLL L 11 H PTPTn I inn Hull, 1 uo ssiierjii directing him to t n 1 w upon and sell the property of Mr. Shep pard was unlawfully secured. A decree holding a contract valid which called for the payment of 10 by Mr. Sheppard at the rate of $20 a month was granted by Circuit Judge Gatens last June, but no judgment for such an amount was ever given, is the positive assertion of Mr. Sheppard. Suit was brought by Mrs. Mitchell against A. L. Holt. C. A. Sheppard and others to quiet title to a parcel of land. It Is asserted, and the decree affected Mr. Sheppard by holding a certain contract valid. "I have a letter of June 20, 1916. from Mrs. Mitchell, referring to the terms of that contract and acquiescing in ma payment of the $420 by Install ments of 120 a month," said Mr. Shep pard yesterday. The complaint sets forth that Mr. Sheppard paid $25 in July, $5 in Sep tember and $20 in October. The check for October was returned, and the next etep was the Issuance of the execution and the sale of Mr. Sheppard's prop erty. The execution was caused to be Issued by Mr. Lenon, "unlawfully and Without notice, accuses Mr. Sheppard. There, had been no return on the execution yesterday. If allowed it would cloud the title to Mr. Sheppard's property. It is feared, and for that reason the complaint asked that the Sheriff be restrained from returning it. Mr. Sheppard filed the action against Mr. Lenon, Mrs. Mitchell and . Sheriff JIurlburt, asking that all proceedings involving the property sale be set aside, including the annulment of the sale. A temporary restraining order was secured by Mr. Sheppard yesterday against the Sheriff. Mrs. Mitchell was the purchaser of he property at the Sheriff's sale. tern a fair trial before you condemn it?" "We are giving It a fair trial and working ln good faith to get the best results from it." "Do you think we will ever get the kind of an army we should have so long as high officers of the. Regular Army refuse to bow to the mandates of Congress?" insisted Representative McKellar. "You are condemning the system before it gets started. Do you I think it is a good thing for Generals of the Army to be coming out with re ports and newspaper and magazine ar ticles knocking the system?" "T was sent here ty the President and the Secretary of War to present my views," replied General Scott. "How close will this system you have proposed bring us to militarism?" asked Representative Littlepage. "Absolutely away from it," answered the officer. "I do not see that there is anything like militarism in it. It's a democratic system." Trained Men Essential. Representative Shallenberger asked if it were not true that every attempt in history to send large invading forces overseas had failed. He in stanced the position of the entente armies at Salonikl, saying: "'They have not been able to gain a foot of ground against a nation like Bulgaria." "That is because of the trained sol diers that faced them," said General Hcott. If we had trained soldiers we would do the same thing." Representative Tilson said that the present Regular Army, despite its enormous cost, failed to produce "even the nucleus of an army or defense." Under universal service, he added. It could be greatly reduced in size, almost abandoned entirely, except to furnish overseas garrisons and training units lor me citizen army. If we are to rely, on the Regular Army, it must be greatly increased at once, must it not?" he was asked. "Tremendously," said General Scott. Representative Farley said he had no questions to ask. but favored uni versal service, adding: We all take our citizenship too lightly." . OREGON MEN PRAISED MAJOR OFJitEY, HERE OTT LEAVE, SAYS DISCOXTEXT IS MYTH. DEFENSE DEBATE LIVELY (Continued From First Pafe.) tlvo Tilson, "that voluntary military service is not an adequate system, and probably would break down ln time of war, as it has done before. The Na tional Guard system, in particular, is economically unwise because of the dual control over the forces by the Federal Government and the state." Taking up the report of the moblllza tloa of the Guard which General Scott presented to support his arraignment of any volunteer service, Representa' time Tilson continued: "But do you think it Is quite fair to the National Guard?" "In- what respect?" asked General Bcott. "Don't you think, General, that in view of the enormously greater task of the regular service as the agent which conducted the mobilization, the Regu lar Army fell down harder in propor tion than the National Guard?" "We make many criticisms of our- elves." General Scott said. Two Oppose Universal Service. Representative McKellar declared he was "one American who did not wish to follow the example of Germany and France ln raising and training armies, When Representative Quinn put question to the witness on the assump tion that Congress might pass such a bill. Representative McKellar interject ed: "Tou need not fear; it will not. It won't except over my vote," add d Representative Quinn. When General Scott said that many members of the National Guard be lieved in universal service. Representa TNve McKellar interrupted. "That may be because you are keep ing them on the border at police duty. I get letters every day indicating that many of them believe they are not fair'y treated. The great body of the guard want to do their duty." Fair Trial Beins Given. "I think that is so," said General Ecott. "Thn. why 'not erive this nw pys- Regnlar Army Officer Finds Troops ln I Perfect Health and Doing Good Worlt in Border Service. Major Robert S. Offley, Twenty-first I United States Infantry, recently com-1 manding a battalion of that regiment! and the Oregon troops on the border I at Calexlco, Cal., is visiting Vancouver! Barracks and Portland on leave of ab- I sence. Major Offley was in Portland yesterday. Just say that the Oregon men. not boys, for they are men. doing men's I work, are not the discontented lot some I folks would have their relatives and! friends back home believe," the Major I said. "The members of the troop and! Datiery nave something that money I won t buy. and that is perfect health.! 'How long will they have to stay! on the border? I wish I knew," replied! Major Offley to a question. "Of course. I tne uregon men would like to return home, and that goes for the regulars. too." This laSt refers to the Twenty-1 first Infantry, whose home station is! Vancouver Barracks. "However, the! force now at Calexlco I believe is just I sutncient to meet any emergency, and I I would not care to hazard any guess as to when the troops will be shifted about and the Oregon men sent home. Of course, the service is monoto-1 nous, he said, but as it is considered I necessary we are certainly doing our I part, and X might say doing it well. I The Oregon men are an important part I or the command. "Why should some of the guardsmen! have to stay and perform this neces sary but arduous service while others I are cent home?" the Major was asked. I "Don't ask me." he replied. "Why should some men volunteer for mili tary service in an emergency while others stay home?" he countered. The Major "is in favor of universal training ana service. BUTCHARrS BOND FILED Defendant ln Cement Case Is Absent r in Britisb Columbia. A $2600 bond was filed yesterday with the clerk of the Federal Court insuring the presence In the local Fed eral Court of R. P. Butchart. one of the defendants ln the criminal action instituted against several officials of cement concerns in the Northwest by Aman Moore, former vice-president of the Oregon Portland Cement Company. The bond was supplied by William M. Ladd. No date has yet been set for the criminal trial of the cement concern officials for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Mr. Butchart Is at present in Van couver, B. C and the bond was ex ecuted through his local attorney, and the attorney for the Oregon Portland Cement Company, Wirt Minor.- GRANDMOTHER KNEW There Was Nothing So Good for w Congestion and Colds as Mustard ' But the old-fashioned mustard-plaster fcurned and blistered while it acted. You tan now get the relief and help that mustard plasters gave, without the plas ter and without the blister. Musterole does it. It- !s a clean, hvfcite ointment, made with oil of frnustard. It is scientifically prepared, teo that it works wonders, and yet .does not blister the tenderest skin. Just massage Musterole in with the (finger tips gently. See how quickly it brings relief "how; speedily the r' ain disappears. Use Musterole forisore throat, bron tchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges tion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints. 1.4 sprains, sore muscics, liuucs, V J blains, frosted feet, colds of the chest r J(it pften prevents pneumonia). RAILWAY OFFICIALS BACK Month's Good Weather Would Clear Up Kastern Blockade, They Say. E. K. Garrison, district freight and passenger agent for the St. Paul rail road system, and J. S. Campbell, gen eral agent in . Portland for the Penn sylvanla system, have just returned from a three weeks' trip through the East and Middle West. "If we have a month's good weather,' 6aid Mr. Garrison, "the railroad block ade in the Eastern terminals will be cleared. Bad weather will keep things tied up until Spring. The blockade de clared by the Western lines on business moving east of Chicago and to the Chicago territory will help a lot." Mr.- Garrison declares that some of the Eastern roads now are suffering as much from lack of motive power as from the car shortage. For the last two years they have used their engines almost continuously without the cus tomary opportunity for repairs, he said. COLBY CASE TO BE FOUGHT Judgment OBtained for Fall on Side walk Brings Other Claims. Since Caroline I. Colby got a judg ment a few days ago against the mem bers -of the City Council and the City Engineer for injuries sustained in fall ing on a defective sidewalk. City At torney LaRoche reports that others With similar claims are appearing in his office every day. "Apparently," he said yesterday, "this is going to be a serious matter. Commissioner Bigelow suggested that policemen be required to report defect ive walks and be made personally re sponsible for defective conditions on their beats The rest of the Council did not take this seriously. ,but, believ ing that the Colby case will be a dan gerous precedent. Instructed City At torney LaRoche to fight it to the end. t-.i rrti 1 nan i loeaoi lonos 1 o ! n o ono 5 -33 J a o Many Christmas Specials Friday and Saturday o D o Gel your Christmai Tags and Seals at The O wl Metal tags for Christmas packages, 100 per box. A very handsome line of Christmas seals 100 box. Christmas Special $3.50 Cut Glass Water Set $1.98 Christmas Special Leather Collar Bags D o Gifts 50c D o A large cut glass pitcher and six tum blers. Simple and dainty pat tern. A regular $3.50 value. Special $1.08 in Stationery to $1.50 Three exceptionally fine Christ-; mas numbers in both paper and) correspondence cards at 500. i Other lines ln handsome Christ-; mas boxes up to $1.50. Acknowledge your Christ mas gifts with correspond ence cards 25c, 35c, 50c. Specials for Smokers Two fine Christmas gifts at special prices. All leather cigar cases one-third off. Both telescope and clasp. Regularly priced from 500 up. Two days only one-third reduction. A gift for ei ther man or woman. Can be used for collar bag or for sew ing bag. Christmas Special 75c Platinoid Frames 50c Christmas Special 50c Pastel Glass Vase 25c Christmas Special $1 Shaving Mirror 49c 75c size Special 49 $1.00 size Special 79 $1 .2 o size Special, 89 The kind that will wear a long time and will not 'tarnish. Oval in shape with easel back. 7 inches high. Special 5O0. fill A new ana I I I I 8ome 11 of L) i Jsrt ware ' - Comes in va rious colon dark blue. i bright green, light blue, etc. 6f A won Jer fully good mir ror. Frame work of nick eled steel. Bev eled glass. Ad justable. Fine gift for a man. Special 400 a o o n o o D o D o o D o o D o A 77 Kewpie Dolls at Half Price For Friday and Saturday Another opportunity to buy Kewpies for the kid dies. A remarkable price on this popular favorite. Get yours at tha Owl at half price. 40c Size Kewpies 20c Gifts for Women French Ivory Frame Special Regular $3.50 Oval French Ivory Frame, 94 inches high, plush back; will C QQ hold a photograph 6x8. Special. P A JO Remember, THE OWL Is Open Sundays From 8 A. 91. to 1 P. M. and 6 P. 31. to 10 P. 91. OPEN ALL DAY XMAS DAY Do Your Iate Shopping; at The Owl. Bloat Complete Stock of Pyrallm Ivory, Perfumes, Candy and Other Xmaa Goods. Special 250 Special Packages Perfume and Toilet Goods 25c to $3.50 Popular perfumes In. fancy bottles 250 Red Feather Perfume 1 oz. 500 Williams" Holiday Package for women 500 Red Feather Rouge and Complexion Powder, ln fancy box 1.00 Red Feather Perfume, 2-or. bottle $1.00 Talcum, toilet water and perfume, in handsome Christmas pack age $1.25 Vernice, new and dainty perfume; fancy bottle, handsome t box, at $2.50 Vernice eau de Toilette; fancy bottle in box $3.50 if D o o D o o D o n o o D o D o o n o Photo albums $ Pc vder puffs Complexion powder . Cut-glass baskets- Combs Toilet soaps . .... Alcohol stoves China vases Etched glass vases Rige - .35 and Hair brushes Clothes brushes Perfumizers Ivory photo frames Playing card sets. Mary Garden tal cum . Djer-Kiss toilet -sets (powder, toilet water, veg etal, sachet, etc.) 1.25 and Mary Garden ex tract 1.00 to Cut-glass vases Kodaks and cam eras .75 to 77 .10 up .10 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .50 .50 up .50 up .50 up .50 up .50 up .50 2.00 2.50 3.00 .00 Sachet, fancy hot Red Feather com plexion powder Red Feather cold cream Violet Dulcs face powder Violet Dulce cold cream Reynal complex ion powder. .50 .50 .50 .50 .50 .50 Ebony Hair Brushes. . 500 upwards Cleone perfume, oz. bottle 1.00 Varna Violet, oz. bottle 1.00 Mary Garden face powder 1.00 Etched glass bas kets 25 to 1.00 Mahogany nut bowls 1.50 Jewel pocket 25 -to French Ivory , l&rm clock French Ivory & Uitt 19g D o OI One of our most popular numbers the per fume bottle in a French ivory holder. A very pretty and useful gift 190 1.50 1.69 TreDcfi luorxj Specials . 7K TtrMf Ti Ni r "EL-L .'p Special 490 V3, LJ $2 - French Ivory savoy Manicure S1.13 FREE, a 15c can of talcum with our French Ivory Talcum Holder a very handsome piece of Ivory and : one of the daintiest gifts we J T offer. Both for J J French Ivory Sets The Gift Beautiful All sizes and styles in mani cure sets and toilet sets. In French Ivory cases and in ilk lined leatherette cases. Manicure Sets i $2.25 to $6.00 Toilet Sets ; $4.50 to $27.50 A Remarkable Christmas Special 6S-inch Raven Ware Plate. and one Raven Ware Comport, both for 39. The former selling price on these articles was 49c each. Special Friday and Saturday One of each tor 39c. Manicure Sets in Leather Cases Snecial H Off All of our fine line of manicure sets in Vollup leather cases reduced SJVs per cent for the last two aays oi Ch.ristmas shopping. The set shown is a pop ular style and makes a beautiful gift. Other rolluD manicure sets ranging in price from $1.75 to All One-Third Off the Regular Prices. Drinking cups Shaving brushes Card cases Gifts for Men $ D o o D o o D o Pocket knives Coin purses Ash trays Memo books Pocket combs, .10 to Playing Cards .10 to .10 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 up .25 .40 1.25 1.75 Poker Chips Smoker sets (Hat brushes Clothes brushes .Tooth brush hold ers .25 Shaving lotions .25 to .Hair brushes Cipar cases .Safety razors ; Alarm clocks Fountain rens ITodco Sharprlte Stropper tor Gillette blades l.OO Sterno stoves, .50 & l.OO Watches 1.00 ' 000 4 .50 up .50 up .50 up to .50 .50 .50 up .50 up l.OO up l.OO up l.OO up 3.50 up 3.50 .00 .25 Awarded the Gold Medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Broadway, Corner Washington Alabaster clocks $1.00 and Poker sets Manicure sets Thermos bottles Military brushes in leather cases. 2.50 up Razor strops. .25 to 3.00 Manicure sets in roll-up leather cases $175, Razor blade strop per $ l.OO and Photo albums 1O0 to Thermos lunch kits. $2.75 to Shaving mirrors $1.00 to French Ivory mili tary brushes $3.75 to Kodaks and cam eras 750 to 77.00 I Christmas Post Cards We give a wonderful y value in one-cent post cards. A fine variety. Greeting Cards Our greeting cards are all steel die embossed and are of escejlenf quality and appear ance. 2 for. .............. 5 4. 4. 0.00 D o o n o 6.50 aoi IOC IOC n o o D o n o EARLY HAWAII IS TOPIC MIVS. EVA EMERY DYE ADDRESSES MAZA9IAS AT MEETING. Pacific were also eaid to been in the Hawaiian Islands. have A crimson geranium of Mrs. J. H. Savage at Henniker, N. H bore 76 blossoms at one time. a Bo-ton MtBsionrl Credited With Civilizlag Island Before AVhltea Settled in North-rest. Mrs v.vx. Emery Dye. author of sev eral historical works relating to the Pacific Coast, was the speaker last night before a meeting of Mazamaa held at the Maiama headquarters in the Northwestern Bank building. The inter-connection of Oregon's history with the early days of white settle ment ln the Hawaiian Islands'was ex plained by Mrs. Dye, who used the results of researches among original sources which she visited in the islands. The first steps toward a modern civilization which were taken in the islands were described with . a great variety of detail and incident. Among the pictures which she presented were several vivid descriptions of the early missionaries who had come out from Boston to educate the Hawaiians. The missionaries on the Islands were deT scribed as picturesque figures who rode horseback with the Ions tails of their coats pinned up, and wearing battered old vlug hats. The civilization of the Islands was shown to be older than the civilization of the Northwest, one of the first bands of missionaries having arrived ln 1820, several years before the In fluence of white settlers was felt in the Oregon country. The first printing press and the first newspaper on the OIL HEATERS SOLD OUT Stoves Sent East With, Fruit Cars Arc Lost to Shippers. In these days of extreme car short age railroads as well as shippers have found relief by resorting to the old familiar coal oil stove. Hundreds of cars of apples and pota toes, particularly apples, have gone East in the last few weeks in ordinary freight cars, lined with paper and equipped with an ordinary kerosene heater. The Standard Oil Company has sold out its entire stock of heaters ln the Northwest and Is looking for more. No one knows what becomes of the heaters when they get to the East, as they never come back. But it is cheaper for the shippers to buy the stoves and lose them than to be unable to ship their products. FORESTS PAYING EXPENSES Assistant District Forester Flory Re turns From Alaska. The National forrtts of Alaska are paying for themselves, the sales of timber belnor sufficient to cover the work of patroling. 'Veseedlng and other expenses, announced '.Charles H. Flory. assistant district forester witn neaa- auarters at Portland, who has Just re turned from an inspection trip to that section. Mr. Flory said that a large percent age of the sales made by the Govern ment are of piling for use in the con struction of canneries and other struc tures in the fishing industry of Alaska. FINE PAID WITH SALLY HAVE A tiOOD TIME WITH MY 10, MISS CASE TELLS COURT. "Speeder" Denies Allegation, Bat Mo torcycle Patrolman Says Girl tar. . Iy Ran Over Him. Her name was Helen Marvel Case, of 574 Rodney avenue, and she was very positive that Motorcycle Patrolman Gouldstone was ."very much mistaken" concerning the reckless driving charge against her. Yet the testimony proved so convincing that Miss Case was in structed to pay a $10 fine. Motorcycle Patrolmen Bales and Gouldstone were sent out on emergency duty Wednesday night. City ordi nances were made to be- broken by motorcycle "cops" on duty bound, and their gait was not less than 25 miles an hour. ' On the West Side they passed Miss Case, and Patrolman Gouldstone p&usea IU H dill tier agaiusL iuu muui speed. He testified that her retort was saucy. Delay on the bridge halted the police, and on East Thirty-third street they were overtaken by Miss Case in her big car. Although Patrolman Bales was certain that his speed was 25 miles an hour. Miss Case drove her automobile within five feet of the speeding motorcycle. The officer glanced back ln trepidation, and promptly "stepped on it." Later the arrest was made. At the clerk's desk. Miss Case flour ished a pen and signed the check. She tore it from the little morocco-bound checkbook, flashed it and a dubious smile to Clerk Buetgen. and fired a parting shot. I wish you all a merry Christmas with my $10." was the sweetly spite- rui tally that remained with the court attaches. Plione Lines to Bo Remodeled. PENDLETON", Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.) Work will b 8tartd her soon for the complete remodeling of the Pa cific Telephone fc Telegraph Company lines, at a cost of approximately $15. 000. All of the open wire leads will be eliminated by replacement with cable. Poles in the business district on Main street will be eliminated. Much of the material for the work Is now in the city. 1 Foreign Money Payments Long; before the war broke out this bank had ample, con venient and safe facilities for making payments in all parts of the world. -These facilities have been adjusted to meet present-day conditions, so that our Foreign Depart ment is able to make direct money transfer to Cermany. Great Britain, France and other countries. l:umbermens National bank Fifth and Stark Capital and surplus $1,200,000