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13 POISON PEN BUSY; WOfili COMMITTED Wasco County within a year after she was married to him in this city, Febru ary 2, 1916. Lorette H. Wilson yester day filed suit for divorce. She asks for the restoration of her maiden name. Lorette H. VorpahL Other divorce suits filed yesterday follow: Clara May Gagnon vs. Francis X. Gagnon. married at Eureka, Cal., April 11, 1912, desertion; Arthur Mc Duffee vs. Frances McDuffee, married at Seattle, Wash., September 9, 1912. desertion; Jennie F. Scammoa vs. T. J. Scammon. married at Goldendale. Wash., March 27, 1906. cruel and abus ive treatment and failure to provide; Susie Plaice vs. Ernest W. Plaice, mar ried in Multnomah County, October 10, 1916. cruel and inhuman treatment; Vita Mallory Beatty vs. Will R. Beatty, married at Oakland, CaL, September 25, 1902, desertion: Minnie M Rankin vs. J. R. Rankin, married at Garden City, Kan, October 28, 1912. desertion. HIGHWAY DECISION AROUSES YAMHILL We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps With Purchases A mounting to 10c or More Always Ask for Them Kodaks, Cameras and Supplies Fourth Floor Picture Frames Fourth Floor Tea-Room Fourth Floor TRY OUR SPECIAL 25c LUNCH SERVED FROM 11 TO 2 DAILY IN BASEMENT STORE EXCLUSIVE PORTLAND AGENTS FOR GOSSARD FRONT-LACE CORSETS FALL STYLES ARE NOW READY Tlie Standard Storg of the Northwest Olds, Wortman & Kin: Miss Harriet Kinney's Parole to Father Is Revoked When More Letters Appear. Secretary of County Good Roads Association Calls Mass Meeting of Citizens. v Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods New Fall Coats at $20-Remarkable Values MIND HELD UNBALANCED WEST SIDE PAVING HELD UP THE 3IORXTXG OBEGOXIAN, THTTRSDAT. SEPTEMBER 20, 1917. ftale Hospital Authorities Are to Be Asked to Send Attendant Today to Take Woman to Salem (or Treatment. Harriet Kinney, daughter of M. J. Kinney, a prominent and wealthy tim berman of this city, was taken into custody at her apartments In the Mult nomah Hotel yesterday for commit ment to the State Hospital at Salem on the findings of an insanity com mission which investigated her mental condition last month. The county authorities this morning will request Dr. R. E. Lee steiner, su perintendent of the State Hospital, to send an attendant to take the woman to that institution. , The case of Miss Kinney was first brought to the attention of the authori ties August 9. upon complaint of Charles B. Welter, postoffice Inspector for this district. Mr. Welter had traced to the woman responsibility for mailing hundreds of postcards, bear ing scurrilous messages and directed against President Wilson, which she had sent to wealthy citizens in various parts of the United States. lresldents Picture om Card Most of these messages were written en postcards on one side of which ap peared the likeness of President Wil son and the American flag. At the time of her first detention. Miss Kinney, with the assistance of her father, succeeded in eluding Mrs. Kdna Xobbins. matron of the County Jail, and "Deputy Sheriff Ward, who called at the woman's apartments in the Multnomah Hotel to escort her to the Courthouse for examination as to her sanity. Threatened with arrest for interfer ing with a., officer, the father prompt ly produced the unfortunate woman be fore the commission, consisting of Dr. K. D. Patton and Dr. S. E. Josephi. who adjudged her insane after a thorough examination. Judge Tazwell agreed to parole Miss Kinney to her father with the under standing that within two weeks she should be taken out of the state and that in the meantime she should re main constantly in the care of an at tendant. 31 ore Cards Are Reported William F. Spencer, special agent for the county, yesterday said that neither of these conditions had been fulfilled by the father, while the daughter. Immediately following her parole and continuing daily, had re sumed the offense of mailing countless numbers of objectionable postcards, unmistakably manifesting an unbal anced mind. After receiving numerous complaints from the postal authorities, Mr. Spencer yesterday caused Miss KLnney to be taken into custody. This was' accom plished quietly by the County Jail matron. Mrs. Dobbins, accompanied by Harry Smith, a Deputy Sheriff. RICHTER'S AIMS HIGH PORTLAND PIANIST TO SEEK LARG ER FIELD IX SEW YORK, METHODISTS MEET TONIGHT Reception to Members Flanned and Kelreshments Will Be Served. "Our church as it was, as It Is and as it should be," will be the general theme at a meeting of all members of the First MethodiBt Kpiscopal Church Twelfth and Taylor streets, at 8 o'clock tonight. There will be a reception to members and refreshments will be served. J. K. Gill will speak for the older members; Mrs. James F. Kinder for the women workers; Klisha A. Baker for the young people, and G. F. John son of the official board. Old-time hymns of the church will be sung, under direction of Walter J, Gill. SQUAW RULING PROTESTED Petition Contends Commmission Price for Water Prohibitive. SALEM. Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)- Petition for rehearing in the Squaw Creek Irrigation Company's case be fore the Public Service Commission was filed with the commission today by Vernon Forbes, of Bend. The petition declared that the com mission erred in holding that the eco nomic duty of water in this district is about two acre-feet per year." The petition also alleges that the commission erred In fixing a rate of 60 cents per acre-foot per year for water. declaring that such a price is prohib itive. EUGENE PASTOR IS NAMED Eev. C. E. Dunham, of Elmlra, Ac cepts First Baptist Church's Call. EUGENE, Or, Sept. 19. (Special.) Rev. C. E. Dunham, of Elmlra, has ac cepted a call to act as pastor of the First Baptist Church. Eugene, during the absence of Rev. W. H. Davis, who has been granted leave to direct T. M. C A. religious war work. The Baptist Church at Springfield has extended a call to Walter Bailey, a junior at the T'niversity of Oregon, to succeed Rev. W. N. Ferris, who re signed several months ago. Famed Blind Artist Does Sot Play by Ear, bat Commit! Eaaa Note to Memory. BY JOSEPH MACQTJEEN. Francis Richter, the blind piano artist who is to appear in two recitals in the Heilig Theater, tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon, is decidedly uncommunicative when it comes to talking about himself. Hearing that Mr. Richter is going to leave us, I called on him last night and asked him if the report was true. ' I suppose so, said Mr. Richter. "My departure for New York is contingent V 7 . 1 Ml 5 i Francis Richter. Portland Plan' 1st. Wko Will Give Farewell f Recital. upon the public support I get at my two recitals in the Heilig this week. If I have large audiences and the artis tic results are satisfactory my man ager, Paul Derringer, and I shall go ahead with our plans to invade New York. riow, it is up to the public "The time has come when, if possible. I should think about leaving Portland for a larger field of music I have made y way in this city and people have really been kind to me they have been and are lovely but I have suffered loss often in a financial sense by a widespread erroneous belief in this city that when I play on the piano I play by ear and not by note. This is non sense. No wonder my business as a piano instructor has suffered. 1 play from music scores, and not by ear. I have the same methods as the big piano artists. First, I read by means of the raised letters used by the blind, and then I memorize each note, each bar Just the same as an actor memorizes the part he is to play on the stage. "Would you Insist on an actor read ing from his score when he acts in public? Of course not. I want the same chance as the actor. When I memorize my score, the notes become a part of me. I can't forget them. I hope the point is clear, at last, that I am a serious artist who plays from the actual notes of music scores. Mr. Richter's piano activities do not occupy all his time. He is a poet, a writer ox short stories, and a scientific worker in radio electrical effects. And Mr. Richter was a favorite piano pupil of the great virtuoso, Leachetizky, of Vienna. Mr. Richter's four favorite phrases are: I live. I f eel. I love. I learn. Chairman Benson Explains That Pacific Highway on East Side of River Is Most Direct Route and "Will Be Built First. SHERIDAN, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.) Notices were sent throughout Yam hill County today by O. W. Maglll. of McMlnnville, secretary of the County Good Roads Association, calling a spe cial mass meeting of every citizen in the county In McMlnnville next Teus day night for the purpose of consider ing what action shall be taken as a re sult of a recent statement which Mr. Magill today said had been made by S. Benson, chairman of the State High way Commission, to the effect that the West Side Pacific Highway would not be paved. He said Mr. Benson gave as a rea son too much expense to the state as a result of the compromise effected re cently by the County Courts of Polk and Yamhill, which placed the high way through Ballston by way of Belle vue and Salt Creek. The law specific ally states that the highway shall be paved, said Mr. Magill, and the meet ing Tuesday is to determine what ac tion the West Siders shall take and whether or not to start mandamus pro ceedings. The endeavor will also be made to get co-operation with the other West Side counties. Mr. Benson Makes Reply. It is not correct that the Highway Commission, or myself, have taken the stand that the West Side Pacific High way shall not be paved," said S. Ben son, chairman of the Commission, last night. "If Mr. Magill, or others in Yamhill County have gained that Im pression, it has been due to misunderstanding. The Commission takes the view that Inasmuch as the route selected by the West Side counties, via Ballston. is not a direct highway, but a road of local Importance only, the East Side Pacific Highway, which is & direct road, should take precedence. Direct Trunk Road Comes First. "The Commission must consider the Interests of the state as a whole before those of any locality. And the inter ests of the state as a whole require that direct trunk road must be constructed and paved to connect up the Pacific Highway before a road of local impor tance, such as the West Side road via Ballston. The West Side counties will get their proportionate amount of paving in pro portion to the amount they pay into the state highway fund. None of the $,000,000 bond issue is to be expended in Multnomah County, hence the amount of the fund that comes from that county is extra money. The. best Interests of the state require that this Multnomah County portion be expended only on the direct roads. Newbera" Road Contract I.rt. "The Commission has let the con tract and work is now progressing for the paving this year of the road from the Multnomah County line to Newberg, in Yamhill County. This road la direct ly beneficial to Yamhill County and should be consdered as proof that the Commission is looking after the inter ests of that county. 'Next year -money In proportion to the amount paid into the fund by Yam hill County will be expended on the paving of the road via Ballston. The Commission has never taken the stand. nor have I, that this road is not to be paved, but merely that the paving of the direct i-ast Side route must take precedence because of its great im portance to the state as a whole. TTnloved Man Is Suicide. DALLAS. Or., Sept. 19. (Special.) D. H. Woodfin, of Falls City, who at tempted suicide at his home in that city late Monday by shooting himself in the head, died at the Dallas Hospital Tuesday morning. A note left stated that the reason for the. act was that "the family and wife care no more for me." The funeral services were held in Dallas today. Interment was in the Oddfellows' Cemetery. MELONS CONCEAL WHISKY Liquor Found Under Carload of Fruit at Buckley, Wash. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 19. Hidden under a carload of watermelons, the first big consignment of liquor to be seised in the state of Washington since the Federal dry law went into effect was taken last night at Buckiey when the city and county dry squad found seven cases ot whisky valued at $1000 under present conditions. The car was consigned to E. A. Dil lon, a California jobber, who is now held at the County Jail. He denies knowledge of the shipment. HUSBAND ALLEGED FELON Mrs. Alberta, A. Wilson Asks Di vorce and Maiden Name. Charring that her husband, Albert A. Wilson, was convicted of a felony In Mining Development to Start. BAKER. Or., Sept. 19. (Special.) The Snake River Mining & Milling Company is moving equipment to the Klger-O Toole group near Homestead, to start development work. OHEGOX BOY WHO WILL SAIL FOR FRANCE, A i t ' Ckarlea Wesley KoyL Charles Wesley Koyl. a gradu ate of University of Oregon In 1911. will sail this month for France, having volunteered for service at the front. Mr. Koyl was for four years general sec retary of the Y. M. C A. at col lege, later serving at Brockton, Mass., with the Y. M. C. A. and with the Army and Navy Y. M- C A. near Boston. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Bent. 19. Maximum tem perature, 79 degrees; minimum, 03 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M.. 3.7 feet; change In last 24 hours. 0.2 foot fa.lL Total rainfall ! f. M. to o r. At. I. none. Total rain fall since September 1, 1917, 1.70 inches; normal. 0.92 inch; excess. 0.88 inch. Sun rise. B;5S A. M. : sunset. 6:13 P. M. Total sunshine, 11 hours 13 minutes; possible, 12 noun is minutes. noonriaa, iu:j2 A. SI. ; moonset, 7:48 P. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level) 5 P. !.. 28.8U Inches. Relative humidity at noon, 61 per centr THE WEATHER. STATIONS. State ef weather. 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See these new Coats at P&JJJ New Fall Suits At $35.00 Second Floor A representative showing of the season's favored styles both in the smart plain-tailored effects and novelty cuts. Some have high waistline with wide belts, velvet collars and cuffs. Materials in clude velours, mixtures, burella, gabar dine, broadcloth and serges. Black and all the leading shades. Sizes (jJOR ff lfi to Ai. Extra eood values OOtJeWU New Silk Petticoats $3.49 Wool Sweaters $4.98 Second Floor Women's Wool Sweaters in slip-on and coat styles. Several different weaves and a good selection of 3i4 QQ colors. Priced special DXe0 "Coffee Day" Model Grocery ' Fourth Floor Experienced telephone clerks at your service, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Telephones Marshall 4800, A 6231. OWK IMPERIAL Roast OQ Coffee, 40c grade, lb. for C OWK COCOA in bulk, t on eale Thursday, at lb. 45rrU Headquarters for delicatessen goods cold meats, salads, domes tic and imported cheese, smoked fish, etc S. & H. Stamps given. Center Circle, First Floor New Fall Petticoats of taffeta, mes saline and silk jersey. All the new plain shades and change ables. Several styles. PO Priced very SDecial at DOfx7 Table Mats 6 for 25c Third Floor Japanese Table Mats in round or oblong shapes one style as illustrated above. Put up six assorted sizes to the set. On sale in Oft Hardware Dept. at, set "v Learn to Knit and Crochet Free classes. 5:30 to 12 and 1 to 5 daily in Art Needlework Dept., Second Floor, under su pervision of expert teacher. Chil dren's free classes are held every Saturday from 9:30 to 12 o'clock. Store Notes New Braids in the wanted widths and colors for trimming of Fall suits and skirts are to be seen in the Dress Trimming Section, First Floor. Patriotic favors, invitations, etc, for Honor Guard luncheons and other patriotic occasions at Sta tionery Counter, First Floor. New dark tan Calf Boots for women very smart and dressy for street wear low Cuban heels, leather or fabric tops, $6.50 to $10 pair. Shoe Dept., Main Floor. New Fall Hats $5-$10 At these popular prices the Mil linery Salons feature two wonder ful lots of new Fall Hats in models for street and dress wear. Small close-fitting Turbans, Sailors, etc, of high-grade velours and felts in black and latest colorings, effect ively trimmed with wings, etc Extraordinary values g- f ff in these Hats $5 and OiU.UU BOYS' HI-CUT Storm Boots for Winter wear. Heavy tan leather with 2 buckles at top. Foot-form last, double sote sizes 9 to 13 at $3.50 sizes 1" to 6 at $4.50 Sale of Women's $8, $10 Boots At $6.98 Main Floor Women's 8 or 9-inch High-top Boots in laced or buttoned styles; 9-inch chocolate brown kid with covered Louis heels golden brown kid with narrow plain toe, welt soles, leather half Louis heels patent colt with white washable kid tops tan calf with whipcord tops of lighter shade, pointed toe, high Cuban heel black vici kid, narrow tip less toe, leather half Louis or low Cuban heels. Regular ?8.00 to $10.00 QQ Priced very special, at only Uvsj YOUTHS' AND BOYS' Black Satin Calf Shoes in button or lace. Sturdy, dependable shoes for school wear. Sizes 9 to 13, $2.59; 1 to 2 at $2.79; 2 to 6, $2.98 Boots. FAIR TO BE WONDER W. H. Savage Thinks Exhibits at Salem Will Be Great. FAMOUS STOCK ASSURED t A. M. today; P. M. report ot precodins aay. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Areas of low oresstir Me over Central Call fornia. Eastern Washington and Alberta, and over the central portion of the Mis sissippi Valley and the principal high-prea-sure area lies over the Upper Missouri Val ley. The central low-pressure ares, has caused moderate precipitation. In tss Mis- lssippl snd Missouri valleys. Temperatures are above the- seasonal aver age west of the Rockies except near the Coast, the weather being exceptionally warm In Central California. Over the Eastern States the temperatures . have been about normal. FORECAST. Portland and vicinity Fair sad cooler; moderate southwesterly winds. Washington Probably fair, except rain near the coast; cooler except near the coast moderate southwesterly winds. Idaho Fair, cooler except stationary south east portion. Oregon Fair, cooler except near tbs coast. moderate souiawes:ny winas. A. U. TUUiiaEN. ii.teerologUt. Farm Tractors, Which Are Coming Into General Use, Will Be on Display and Fast Horses Will Show Their Speed. W. H. Savage, president of the Ore gon State Fair Association, with Mrs. Savage, of Salem, is registered at the Imperial Hotel this week. While Mr. Savage is not in Portland for the ex press purpose of boosting- the coming fair, September 24-29, he is always ready to assure one that the coming event will far surpass any of the pre vious years. "The agricultural ana livestock: ex hibit this year will be one of the best In the history of the fair," said Mr. Savage last night. "In the livestock exhibit will be the famous Carnation herd of thoroughbreds from Seattle and the John L. Smith herd of blooded Holsteins from Spokane. Tractor to Be Saom, "Farm tractors, which are now springing into prominence with farm ers for all kinds of work, will also be on exhibition in large numbers. There will be daily demonstrations of all makes of machines and this will be of great interest to persons from the rural districts. "Agricultural exhibits will be sub- mitted from 23 counties of the state and should offer a fine display of farm products. With the Berkshire Congress in session at the fair this year, we should have a fine exhibit of hogs. The Boys' Pig Club of Oregon is simply swamping us with exhibits and it is keeping us busy finding room for them. "The racing programme this year offers some of the best cards ever of fered on the track at Salem. With a dry track there should be some rec ords broken by such animals as White Sox, Helen Mistletoe. Bertie Seattle and Hal Norte. We have appropriated $16, 600 for prizes and this will tempt some of the fastest horses in the Northwest to the fair." Portland Police to Play. There is also a long list of special attractions offered by the fair board this year. The Portland Police Band will furnish music on Saturday, Patri otic day, and patriotic addresses will be delivered by Mayor George L. Baker, of Portland, and Henry E. McGinn. Tlu fair is slated to open its gates next Monday, but with the American Scandinavian patriotic festivities start ing Sunday the programme will n reality start on that day. With the present weather holding sway the attendance at this year's fair promises to exceed that ot previous years. Borden Favors Woman Suffrage. VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 1. In the event of Premier Borden's return to power, it is his intention to confer the franchise upon women generally and to make important amendments to the naturalisation act, relieving women from discrimination as compared with men. BAYOGEAflTROUBLE HEW NATATORirM COMPANY SUES POT TER ItEALTY COMFAXy. Twine Prices Investigated. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The food ad ministration has commissioned Henry Wolfer. formerly head of the Minne sota State Prison, to investigate the sisal and hemp industry, with a view to action toward reducing prices. The price has risen 600 per cent since the war began. I-?5S2ShbbUBBB Eg 2fia essaia 2Dt. a 1 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS Sept. 11, 1917, $10,771,451.32 Sept. 11, 1913, $2,662,000.40 Gain . $8,109,450.92 THE NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK Northwestern Bank Building Portland, Oregon Charge of Fraud and 511 representation of Value of Property by De fendant Is Alleged. Dissatisfied stockholders in the Bay ocean Natatorium Company, through their attorneys, Ridgway & Johnson, yesterday brought suit in the Circuit Court against the T. B. Potter Realty Company and S. B. Vincent, its receiver. ror 170,000: The officers of the defendant- company are charged with fraud in the alleged misrepresentation of the value of property that was turned over in payment of its share of the stock in the natatorium corpora tion. It is charged in the complaint that the officers and directors of the T. B. Potter Realty Company, in promoting the sale of real estate owned by that company at Bayocean, decided to estab lish a large natatorium at that point as a further inducement to prospective investors. The officers and directors of the realty company, it is alleged, or ganized the Bayocean Natatorium Com pany with a capital stock of $150,000, retaining 60 per cent of the stock and the controlling interest, the remaining $75,000 of stock being offered to the general public. Representing that the property was worth $75,000, the amount of stock it voted to itself, the realty company turned over to the newly formed com pany five lots at Bayocean, a lighting plant and an electric light franchise, in full payment for its stock. The com plainants allege that the value of the property so delivered to the natatorium, corporation actually did not exceed $5000. They ask for judgment for the difference, or $70,000. Marriage License Issued. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 19. (Spe cial.) A marriage license was Issued today to Paul J. Buon, of Camp Lewis, and Mae Rose. Lrf)5tine. Or. SapWWfd Infants and Invalids OH LIC EC'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form. For infants, invalids and growing children. Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Invigorates nursing mothers u4 the aged. Mora nutritious thaa tea, coffee, etc. Instantly prepared. Requires no cooking. 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