Morning Oregonian., January 20, 1917, Page 13, Image 13

TIIE MOItNTXG OKEGOXTAN. S A TURD A T, J ANT ART 20, 1917.
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'BUSINESS' SPLURGE
STOPPED BY POLICE
( Mr. Wood, "of Honolulu" and
Several Aliases, Busy Lit
tle Man in Portland.
CAREER IS NOW UNFOLDED
Army Officer, Railway Man, Musi
cian, Snow Manager, Are Some of
His Poses "Borrowing" Bot
tle of Idquor One Stunt.
At the close of Richard Wood's mete
oric dash across the business sky of
Portland, and "wttb that plausible per
son at length safe In the County Jail
as a Federal prisoner, those business
men who listened raptly to his cheery
and convincing chatter are congratu
lating one another. Though he talked
In thousands, his arrest came before
he bad harvested more than a few
dinners and dollars.
This is the story of Richard Wood,
man of many aliases, who held that the
world owed him a good time and that
It was his duty to collect, as related by
Bob La Salle, Cliff Heliyer, Archie
Leonard and James Tackaberry, the
quartet of city detectives who Inves
tigated. One December day there walked Into
the athletic store of A. G. Spalding &J
Bros, at Broadway and Alder street,
a gentleman of pleasing address and
wide Information on sporting goods.
He introduced himself as Richard Wood,
of Honolulu, and manager of a Spald
ing store in that city.
Expensive Goods Taken.
While they talked shop and discussed
his visit to "the States." Mr. Wood, of
Honolulu, deftly selected an ultra-ex-censive
mackinaw coat and shoes, the
footwear dansrlinar an IS nrice-tag.
"I find," he smiled, "that I have for
gotten my check book. With your per
mission I will droo in tomorrow. De
lighted to have met you. Good day!
lie was gone. So were the shoes and
mackinaw.
It was on December 23, when the
Yule spirit should have made all men
happy, that the manager of Spalding's
saw the ultra-expensive mackinaw
twinkling warmly up the street. He
said a few pointed words to Patrol
man Van Valkenberg and the mack
inaw was overtaken.
The Honoluluan was Indignant, yet
he accompanied the officer to Second
and Oak, wherevhe leaned across the
Information desk and told the sergeant
who he really was quite confidentially.
The case against him was dropped and
he was released after the goods had
been returned to the Spalding store.
Almost immediately local railroad
supply circles became agitated by the
advances of a representative of the
"Honolulu Railroad Company." Office
after office gave entrance to Richard
Wood, who spoke gravely of steel in
1000-ton lots, of locomotives, of flats,
of boxcars, of line extensions and the
necessity for prompt delivery.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works re
ceived his order for three locomotives
end 1000 tons of rails, while the firm of
Brady & Son was favored by his de
mand for 1000 freight cars and 1000
tons of railroad iron. Nor did he for
. Ret the Northwestern Equipment Com
pany, but placed respective orders for
luOO flatcars and 1000 boxcars.
Insurance "Deal" Next.
At the offices of McCargar. Bates &
Lively there was large talk of Insur
ance for all his "working force in Hon
olulu." The insurance firm closed one
eye and sat back to await conviction
of Mr. Wood's eolden assurances.
Swindler? Faker? Crook? Magnate?
Millionaire? Emissary? A score of Port
land business houses scratched their
corporate .heads for the answer. Mr.
Wood, of Honolulu, was nearing the
end of his career.
Then "Lieutenant Morton, U. S. A.,
Informed the Equitable Life Assurance
Company at its offices in The urego
nlan building, of his intent to increase
lis insurance policies from $25,000 to
$50,000. Thej were to have his busi
ness. While the deal dangled, it chanced
that Patrolman J. W. Morelock visited
the Equitable offices. He smiled at the
description of the "prospect," and
passed the word to the Detective
Bureau. At the first visit the four de
tectives established the dual personality
of "Lieutenant Morton" and the Hono
lulu railway magnate.
Wood Becomes "Musician."
"I am Lieutenant Wilbur, on fur
lough, of the Marine Eand of Wash
ington. D. C." was the .introduction
Kiven at McDougall's music store. "A
few fine cornets, you know little
presents for some of the boys. Let's
see what you have."
The names of bandsmen high In Na
tional fame fell glibly from his lips,
and the sounding praises of his own
ability as a cornetist quite held the
music store attendants.
"W'd like to hear you play?" ven
tured one.
"Now. I'm sorry." said Lieutenant
Morton, with feeling, "but I had a tooth
pulled yesterday and my gums are sore.
Couldn't take a chance, you know."
Three nieces, each devoted to music,
were to have the finest pianos their
uncle could buy, said Richard Wood, of
Honolulu, to the clerks In the Sherman
Clay & Cc's store.
From across the street one of the
Equitable office staff beheld the pros
pective piano purchaser's ready-money
exit. He hurried over. "Did he want
to buy a piano?" he asked of the clerks.
The three nieces were despoiled of their
musical dreams.
Real Coin Is Spent.
The clerk at SI Rich's cigar stand,
busy among his perfectos and Havanas,
glanced up to meet a hearty greeting.
"How-de-do, Si?" quoth an affable
stranger. "Let me have a copy of that
magazine. Three fine girls, those on
the cover, hey? All in my Honolulu
vaudeville show! Pippins!" He tossed
a coin counterward. the only toss on
record in this diverting case, and shoul
dered Into the crowd.
At a photo-engraver's, the -Honolulu
vaudeville manager, who owned "every
theater in that city," ordered some
thousands of enlarged posters, " to be
taken from the girls on the magazine
cover.
And then, on Tuesday evening, at
Broadway and Morrison corner, the
four detectives ambled amiably up to
him.
"Where are you going, old scout?"
4 v ... ..j -
th-W-t'd,t01?,n . ,
for an answer.
"I was about to take a car." he re
plied, "to go out on Hawthorne ave
nue and answer an ad for a busboy. 1
understand there's a cafe out there that
wants one."
"Let's go in the Sherman, Clay &
Co.'s store," suggested one sleuth.
"Maybe they'll have a Job for you."
Mr. Wood Landa la Jail.
"Aw. no!" demurred Mr. Wood, of
Honolulu. They compromised by golrg
to the police station and, in due time,
to Municipal Court. The claim of the
Government was recognized, however,
and the prisoner was handed over to
the Federal officers yesterday after-
noon. He will be tried lor Impersonat
ing an Army officer.
To the detectives he said that he
had never before been in trouble, save
for one arrest- In 1914, he said, at
Topeka, Kan., he was arrested for Im
personating a Government officer, was
convicted and sentenced. He served 30
days and paid $1000 fine, he declared.
At the close of several large "deals
during his career In this city he was
taken to dine at the city's best hotels,
while many a trifling "loan" waa made
to him by the elated brokers and
agents. His fluent explanations kept
him always In funds, he asserted.
Yet the loan that brought deepest
regret in Its train was not one of mere
money. The commodity that passed be
tween lender and borrower Is increas
ingly difficult of replacement and may
soon be priceless.
Llqnor Supply "Borrowed."
"There's some delay In my order, old
man," said the suave Mr. Wood, with
his Inimitable "Hawaiian manner."
"Loan me one till It comes. Sure to be
here Monday."
He bore away with him one quart of
the bottle-in-bond elixir that is being
legislated to the dinosaurian past.
A complaint was filed against Wood
yesterday, under the name of Otto An
derson, by Assistant United States At
torney John J. Beckman. He was taken
to the, office of Mr. Beckman yesterday
and greeted Mr. Beckman with a smile
and a query. "Well Mr. Beckman. Is It
a life sentence this time?"
One of the first places he visited
when he first came to the city was the
United States Attorney's office and Mr. I a
?,e thm.rtChfn.1Zid yesterday
as the one wh6 had visited hfm a month
ago and told tales of his Intimate asso
ciatlon with the special agent of the
Government at Honolulu.
OSWEGO NOT WAN0
MR. YEO.N DOES NOT APPROVE OF
AUDITION OK TERRITORY.
Reports of Improvements to Follow
Split Frona Clackamas Denied by
Multnomah Roadmaster.
Plans to change the boundaries of
Multnomah County so as to include
about 12 square miles of territory in
the vicinity of Oswego Lake, now
within the boundaries of Clackamas
County, are not approved by Road
master John B. Teon. The change is
before the State Legislature.
Mr. Yeon said that from the stand
point of road work the acquisition
would not be advisable at the present
time with the county bound down to
b per cent tax limitation. He said
tiiat tne funds now available were no
more than sufficient to handle the road
work of the county, without anv addi- I
tlonal acquisition of territory.
1 understand that I have been 1
quoted at Salem as being: in favor of
tne acquisition of territory by the
county and as havlne declared that
should the deal be put through a I whom the association obtained the sub
boulevard would be put in around Os- lease had disposed of the original lease
weco Lake. This is false. We would
have no money available at the present
time for such a boulevard scheme, any
way.
J. B. Kerr, Portland attorney, speak
ing in reference to the contemplated
acquisition of territory on the part of
ine county, aeciarea that In his opinion
the matter should be referred to the
people livinsr in the district affected
ratner than settled by the legislators I
themselves. 1
Of the two ways Drovided for the
changing of county boundaries, that of I
referring the change to the people Is
certainly tne more just, he said. I
CONVICT STABS ANOTHER
OLD GRUDGE BELIEVED CAUSE OF
"BULL RING" AFFRAY.
ticiuu u ca ninon, or f endieton, I
, i
ciprcicu id nccovcr
From Severe Knife Cats.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 19. (Special.) Ap.
parently nursing an old grudge, Frank
White, convict from Portland, attacked
Jack Wilton, a fellow convict from
Pendleton, while the men were exer
cising in the "bull ring" this afternoon,
Wilton sustaining severe knife cuts, one
In the left cheek and another under
the left arm, the knife betnd stODDed bv
striKing wuions riDs.
while Wiltons injuries are serious
it is believed he will recover. Wilton
said he was unable to explain" the at-
taca, otner tnan that he and White had
some words In a trivial argument sev
eral months ago, but he believed that
the ill-feeling had blown over.
White secured the knife from the
prison hoe shop, where he had been
employed, stealing It from among the
tools of the shop and secreting it. Both
of the men are serving terms for bur
glary. No further trace has been found of
E. J. Clark, convict, who escaped from
the "honor gang" a few days ago, save
what may be a clew in the disappear
ance of a boat from Brown's Island in
the Willamette River, which was re
ported to the officers today. It is
thought possible that Clark may have
stolen the boat, and is making his way
down the river under cover of dark
ness each night.
Butcher Is Fined $10 for
Selling Cow's Udder.
W. E. Gelinsky Sara It Was
"Technical Error," But Paya 10
to Court.
w.
E. GELINSKY. butcher, of 271
Yamhill street, described the
transaction as "a little technical error.
but Municipal Judge Langguth held
that the sale of a cow's udder as an
article of diet clearly constituted a. vi
olation of the unwholesome food ordi
nance. Whereupon Mr, Gelinsky was
fined $10. W. N. Richardeoa was the
customer.
Some people considered that portion
of the beef to be a delicacy, said Mar
ket Inspector E. L. Melton, but it had
not found general favor -and was
largely an acquired taste, he believed.
He submitted the evidence to the court.
Was it food? Judge Langguth made
a grimace.
Nevertheless, It was wholesome, con
tended Mr. Gelinsky, and,' if he was to
be prosecuted, another charge should
have been brought against him. He
could not recall ever having had a de
I P""
i beard tnat -some folks
"Very well," said
mand for that portion, but he had
were fond of it.
ery well, said the agreeable
Jurist. "We'll Just continue this case
until tomorrow. Bring all the wit
nesses you can to prove that that stuff
is sold as food." The market inspec
tor broke in. "I'll bring any number of
butchers to prove that it isn t."
"Why carry it farther?" sighed Mr.
Gelinsky. "It was sold by mistake, but
I'm willing to take a fine."
Sumner Relief Corps to Meet.
The Sumner Women's Relief Corps,
No. 31. will hold its regular meeting
on the fifth floor of the Courthouse
tonight at 7:30 o'clock. All Women's
Relief Corps members will be wel
comed.
ATTACK ON YAMHILL
fiRKET IS DROPPED
Circuit Judge Tucker Denies
Application for Writ to
Step Public Buying.
PLACE DECLARED NUISANCE
Right of Good Templars to Bring
Action Is Doubted and Case Is
Dismissed Till Interest Is
ProvedDamage Feared.
ine Yamhill-street nubile market.
threatened by Injunction proceedings
brought with the contention that It waa
nuisance. Is
Judge Tucker yesterday dismissing the
action on the motion f -.t Aftn,v
LaRoche.
The market may be attacked again
on the same grounds, although it Is
not likely, for Judge Tucker did not
pass directly on the nuisance question,
holding rather that the right of the
plaintiff, the Independent Order of
Good Templars' Hall Association, to
bring the action was considerably In
doubt. The diKmlasnT was urlthnut
prejudice, and should the rights of the
petitioner become firmly established
anotner action could be brought.
At tne same time. Judge Tucker as
serted that the presence of a nuisance
in the form of the public market had
not been proved. This belief was not
the one upon which he based his de
cision, though.
Right to Sue Not Established.
'The activity of the court In such a
matter should not be Invoked unlnsa
there are very strong reasons for the
same," declared Judge Tucker. "In this
case there Is doubt as to the extent and
character of the estate of the plaintiff,
also of the presence of a nuisance. The
foundation acts for the proceedings are
not well established.
With the right of the nlafntiff tn
maintain the suit absolutely in doubt,
I believe there should be no decision
which would have such a wide effect
as would a mandatory injunction In this
instance. I will dismiss the case with
out prejudice until that question is de
termined."
Testimony In the case showed that
tne Crooa Templars' Hall Association
neia quarters on the third floor of
ouuaing at -jrst and Yamhill streets
on a sub-lease, and that the lessor from
prior to the time the suit was filed.
Also mere was a default in the pay
ment of rent on the premises.
Property Owners Favor Market.
W. C. Benbow. attorney for the In.
tervening property owners, made the
cunuiuuing argument lor the city on
tne dismissal motion of Mr. LaRoche.
"The contention of the Dlaintiffa In
tnis case is opposed directly to abutting
property owners who maintain the
marKet is a benefit to the DroDcrtv.
pointed out I"r. 3enbow. "The nlain
tiffs are not an abutting owner and
no rignt in court, as they were
practically evicted for failure to pay
rent last Sujimer. They must establish
their right to the property by law be-
tore mey can enter into litigation
or another thing, the damages
ciaimea are extremely trivial, consist
lng or little inconvenience:, and no ma
terial damage. If the injunction were
granted it would cause the street to be
vacated to tenants, ar.d would cause
numerous bankruptcies. Such action
would cause a serious iniurv to n srrca t
numuer tor ine aouotlui benefit of
lew.
'Bomb Box" Proves to Be
Pencil Sharpener Only.
Mr. Wells Get Strange Package In
Malls and Then Oilntcerly Opens
Container, Fearing; Explosion.
CJALEM, Or.. Jan. 19. (Special.)
kJ Harvey Wells, State Insurance
Commissioner, has never been threat
ened by the blackhand. but nat
urally is a little cautious, so when he
received a strange-looking box through
, luciciy oeanng nis aa
dress but no return stamp, he hesitat
ed about opening it.
Finally he referred the matter to
Al Nye, fatate Capitol mail clerk, and
Mr. Nye co-operated with W. B. Wat
son, a painter aoout the building, as
to the easiest way to ascertain the
contents of the package, with the
slightest amount of risk to themselves.
Mr. v ells, Mr. Nye and Mr. Watson
gingerly carried the box into the State
Capitol grounds, far away from the
building.- Mr. Nye clipped the string
tnat wrapped it, Mr. w atson manipu
lated the box tenderly, while the In
surance Commissioner stood a dis
tance away to superintend the work.
Finally Mr. Watson mustered cour
age enough to open the box, and he
Jiggled it easily. Out dropped a pencil
snarpener.
815,000 DAMAGES ASKED
J. SCHNEIDER SUES EX-WIFE
FATHER FOR ALIENATION.
George Tapfer Is Defendant, Former
Son-ln-Lavr Also Charging Plan
for His Financial Rain.
Damages of 115,000 are asked by
jacoo scnneider irom his father-in-law,
George Tapfer, In a suit for alienation
of affections filed in the Circuit Court
yesterday.
Mr. Schneider married Mary Tapfer,
daughter of the defendant. In Van
couver. Wash., August 1, 1912. They
have two children. Mr. Tapfer never
approved of the match and has done all
in his power to break up the home of
his son-in-law. the plaintiff maintains.
August 3. 1916. Mrs. Schneider filed
suit for divorce from her husband. Mr.
Schneider declares this was done under
the direction and due to the persuasion
of his father-in-law. He alleges that
Mr. Tapfer, by false insinuations re
garding him. alienated his wife's affec
tions and caused her last Fall to refuse
to live further with him.
Another charge In the complaint filed
Is that Mr. Tapfer planned the financial
ruin of his
son-ln-law by persuading
him to invest In a dairy venture In
Multnomah County in which Mr. Tapfer
was interested.
FRUIT CONCERNS IN DEAL
Controlling Interest In Oregon Fruit
Company Purchased.
'A controlling interest In the Oregon
Fruit Company was purchased yester-
day by the Pacific Fruit Produce I
Company. Both are local concerns en
gaged in the wholesale fruit ana pro
duce business.
The Oregon Fruit Company was or
ganized In 1915 by the W. B. Glafke
Company. Pearson-Ryan Company.
Page & Son and the Paclnc r ruit Ac
Produce Company. S. C. Dalton. man
ager of the Oregon Fruit Company.
later purchased the Qlafke interest ana
yesterday Mr. Dalton and Page & Son
sold their stock in the firm to the
Pacific Company, which now holds a
three-fourths interest. The considera
tion was not made public, but was
said to be sonfethiBV over 2S,000.
The head office of the Oregon Fruit
Company Is in Portland and branches
are located at fcalem. Aioany. corvai
lis, Eugene, Roseburg, Med ford. Marsh-
field, Pendleton, Baker and La uranae
DEGREES ARE CONFERRED
Seml-Annual Reunion of Scottish
Rite Masons. Closes Today.
The semi-annual reunion of the Scot
tish Rite Mason of Oregon will close
today with final lectures, initiation
and Instruction to the new initiates.
Thursday was aevoted to conferring
the degrees from the fourth to the sev
enteenth, inclusive, upon a class of
candidates from all parts of the state.
Degrees to the thirty-first were con
ferred yesterday, and the royal secret,
or thirty-second degree, will be con
ferred this morning by Oregon Con
sistory No. 1; Louis G. Pike, venerable
master.
Following are the members of the
order in Portland who are participat
ing in the ceremonies: Ralph W. Hoyt:
organist, W. R. Boone; class conductor.
E. G. Jones; stage manager, Walter J.
Holman; costumer, R. A. Neilson. Mem
bers of the reception committee are:
General T. M. Anderson. W. E. Grace,
Joseph Simon. C. W. Lowe, George H.
Burnett. M. C. George. T. C Taylor,
H. L. Plttock and Oscar Hayter, nearly
all of whom are thirty-third-degree
honorary Masons.
EXPRESS OFFICIALS VISIT
Larger Quarters for Portland Are
Hinted by President.
A party of officials of the American
Express Company paid Portland a brief
visit yesterday. In the party were G.
C. Taylor, president of the company.
New York; H. W. Brooks, vice-presi-
ent. New York; D. S. Elliott. vlc-
resident. New York; J. A. D. Vlckers,
vice-president, Chicago; Harry Gee,
general manager. New York; E. M.
Whittle, manager. Salt Lake City; D.
Malcolm, secretary. New York.
The officials arrived yesterday morn
ing in their private car, "Olympia.'
and will leave early this morning for
San Francisco. They have been on the
road 10 .days and expect to be gone
from New York about a month.
Although the Portland office of the
American Express Company is only
seven years old, Mr. Taylor admitted
that larger quarters would be needed
soon to take care of tne increased Dusi
ness.
COUNCIL MAYN0T PAY UP
City Solons Object to Settling $8000
Judgment.
Means of getting around payment of
$8000 to Charles Schmld for property
taken in condemnation proceedings for
the widening of Washington street at
Sixteenth street are being considered
by members of the City Council as
result of the ruling or tne supreme
Court to the effect that the city has
no appeal from the award of the Cir
cult Court because of the Public
Works Department, under Commission
er Dieck, having conetructed a side
walk on the property in question.
An ordinance providing lor tne ap
propriation of the required J8000 has
been presented to the Council and
has been passed to third reading. The
Council feels that the award was too
high and therefore wants to find some
way to get the question before the
courts once more. It may become neces
sary for Mr. Schmld to force payment
by mandamus proceedings.
HABEAS CORPUS DELAYED
Bootlegger's Case Is Postponed Be
cause of Other Matters.
Argument on the habeas corpus pro
ceedings instituted by Attorney Morris
Goldstein to get his client. Jesse Mur
phy. out of the County Jail, where he
is serving a term for bootlegging, was
postponed until Monday by Presiding
Judge Gantenbein' yesterday, owing to
the press of legal business.
John Collier, deputy District Attor
ney, and Attorney Goldstein appeared
armed with numerous lawbooks to ar
gue the matter, but Judge Gantenbein
declared that his time was too limited
yesterday to listen.
Murphy was sentenced 'to 60 days in
jaii or a fine of $200 by Municipal
Judge Langguth January 11, and his
attorney is questioning the right of
Judge Langguth as a committing mag'
istrate in a state case.
JACKSON CLUB
yjtt1"g
Sixteen of 1651 Members Attend
Bi-Monthly Gathering.
Sixteen of the 1651 members of the
Jackson Club braved the weather last
night to attend the regular bi-monthly
meeting of the organization, held ' at
the Central Library. On account of
the small attendance a formal pro
gramme was not followed and an hour
waa passed in general discussions.
In order to arouse more Interest in
the club, some of the members sug
gested that special programmes be
given and that prominent public
speakers be Invited to participate.
Francisco Clarno, an attorney, sug
gested that the club keep a close watch
on the Legislature. He declared that
Oregon needs "more inviting 1
Others urged the club to get behind
the rood roads movement.
HOLMAN PUPILS DELIGHT
Entertainment for Equipment
Given Before 800.
Is
Unusually successful was the Hol
man School entertainment last night.
given under the auspices of the prin
cipal, Mrs. Mary E. Lemon, and the
teachers. More than 300 persons at
tended the programme and 50 was
taken In and will be applied to the
fund to purchase a phonograph, mim
eograph and stereopticon slides for the
school.
I chnd dancers and musicians and little
girls in gauzy fairy costumes blended
their talents into an artistic school en
tertainment. Woman Sues Big Store..
Damages of $20,000 are asked from
Llpman. Wolfe & Co.. by Louise Ber
nard, who asserts that she was arrest
ed falsely by a woman detective In the
employ of the department store at the
corner of Fifth and Washington streets.
December 23. 1916. in a suit filed in
the Circuit Court yesterday. ;
It is difficult to conceive how one of these cars can out
live its usefulness if given even ordinary care.
They are destined for long life. The same scrupulous
manufacturing methods that make for efficiency and
economy are an assurance of years of service.
In a number of striking instances business houses have
recognized the car's longevity and low cost of mainte
nance. Records carefully kept by municipalities which employ a
number of cars show figures that are gratif yingly low.
' IT WILL FAT TOTJ TO VISIT TJS AND EXAMINE THIS CAR
The
WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-FIRST
NEWWARNiHG GIVEN
Postmaster-General- Restricts
Federal Building Meetings.
EMPLOYES FEEL THRUST
General rnblio Is Affected, Too, Hy
Bulletin,
Which Also Expresses
Thanks lor Efficient Han
dling of Christmas Rush.
A short story, which might be en
titled "A Study in Sharp Contrasts," is
embodied in the latest official bulletin
of the Postoffice Department and
transmitted to the local postal em
ployes through F. S. Myers, postmaster
at Portland. In om breath Postmas
ter-General Burleson profusely thanks
the employes for their hearty co-operation
and efficiency in handling
the Chriatmas holiday rush. In
the second breath the Postmaster
General advises the postal clerks
that henceforth they must not
hold their organization meetings in
th Federal building without the con
sent and expressed red-tape authority
of tha Treasury Department.
Th National Association of Post-
office Clerks is one whose activities
iiai g i.wi,, v.j , ...... j
f enaive to the Postmaster-General.
Order Affects Public.
The Weneral public will feel the ef
fect of the order also, as It reads that
space In the Federal buildings must
not be used without authority from the
Treasury Department, in which case
charitable organizations and others.
who have been holding forth in the
lobby on consent of the postmaster,
probably will have to get authority
from the Department at Washington.
Some of the Portland postal clerks
feel deeply over the latest official bul
letin which is issued weekly "tor tne
information and guidance of employes
and not for publication, but which
has also "the same weight ana eiiect
as orders." Mr. Burleson s latest bulle
tin follow's:
With the beginning of the year 1917
I desire to express my thanks lor ana
I sincere appreciation of tne untiring.
faitntui and eiticient service you nave
rendered durlna the last year. It is
e8?ecifny a BOur?e f ?"!ic:'0.S2
to every man who has a part m tni
great public enterprise that during
the last holiday season the postal serv
ice again was able to handle promptly
and satisfactorily by far the greates
volume, b8th of letter and parcel mall,
entrusted to It in the Nation's history.
Only zealous effort and loyal co-operation
of the officers and employes of
the entire postal service brought this
about.
Uaantkeiised Bleetlnsrs Forbid.
"It has been brought to the atten
tion of the Treasury Department that
pace in public buildings is occasionally
used without the authority of that de
partment and for purposes not contem
plated in the regulations. The occu
pancy of space in a public building
must not be authorized for any purpose
whatever without express authority
from the Treasury Department, an un
authorized meetings in swing or other
rooms in the building are strictly pro
hibited." The clerks believe that this order Is
aimed directly at the organizations of
postal employes, against which the
Postmaster-uenerai recently ana ire-
quently has aimed
certain warnings
Brothi
MOTOR-
gnsoline consumption la unusually low.
The tire mileage Is unusually high.
Touring- Car or Roadster, STSSt Winter Touring Car er Roadster. SOSOt
Sedan, SUMS. (All prices f. o. b. Detroit).
apparently intended to Intimidate the
members of the organizations.
$25,000 HOME IS STAKE
Attorney C. A. Sheppard Commences
Suit to Recover Property.
Hearing of the motion to quash the
execution by which the Irvington resi
dence of Attorney C A. Sheppard.
valued at $25,000. was sold at Sheriff's
sale opened before Circuit Judge Ga
lena yesterday.
Claims that there have been altera
tions in the decree on which the exe
cution was issued, that he received no
notice of the sale by which the valua
ble holdings were sold for $520 and
that the execution was Issued illegally
are made by Mr. Sheppard.
Attorney Charles E. Lennon secured
the execution to satisfy what he al
leged was a Judgment for 1420. At
to try Sheppard denies that judgment
was given for the amount.
"DOCTOR," FINED, IS SUED
$7745 Wanted for Diagnosis of Sore
on Tongue of Witness.
As the aftermath of the conviction
and fine in the District Court of C. F.
Tita for the practice of medicine with
out a license. G. Fata, star witness lor
the state in the action, filed suit
against Mr. Tita in the Circuit Court
yesterday for damages of $7745.
Mr. Fata alleges that Mr. 11 La, wno
has no physicians certificate, lepre
sented to him that be was a licensed
practitioner and diagnosed a canker
sore on the tongue of Mr. Fata. The
plaintiff asserts be paid Mr. Tita $105
for an alleged cure.
Later applicatllon of the Wasserman
test showed that Mr. Fata had not had
the disease for which he was treated.
it is asserted.
Auto Owner Reports Collision.
E. Shelley Morgan, 46S Market street.
reported to the police last night that
his automobile had knocked down and
bruised Sidney Ferguson. 501 Clay
street, at Fourteenth and Jefferson
etreets. Mr. Morgan said that Mr. Fer
guson was riding a bicycle without a
light, ana that the automobile struck
him as Mr. Morgan drove toward his
garage. n.
Farmers Want Prohibition.
FARGO. N. D., Jan. 19. The Tri
State Grain and Stock growers' Assocta
tion, comprising the Dakotas and Min
nesota, in convention here today, adopt
ed, resolutions favoring National pro
hibition, woman suffrage and the es
tablishment of a farmers' co-operatlvt
packing-house.
Have You Been Sick?
Then you must know that
sickness leaves weakness and
you should commence taking
to put an edge on your appetite,
put power in your blood, induce
restful sleep ana restore rt
your nerve force. Scott's &
is a true tome-food which is
tree from alcohoL
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MEETING NOTICES,
A. AND A- 8. RITE.
Thirty-fifth semi-annual re
union. Programme for today:
11 A. M., lecture on teach
lcir of the degree.
13 H.. 8-d decree claa pho
tographed. o P. M-. first section of 32d
degree.
8 P. M.,
order
completion of 8-d degree.
PKEfiDlNQ OFFICER.
By
THE JANUARY CLASS OF
1913 will hold their semi-annual
reunion governor's room. Cham
ber of Commerce, 12:30 o'clock
today.
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