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THE HORNING OltEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1917. ' 15 FIGHT FOR ESTATE WILL BEGIN ANEW Mrs. Lcrentzen Is Surprised When Told She Had Been Declared Legally Dead. TELL-TALE NOTE AT HAND IVoman of Mystery Recalls Xlght When She Went to Ofrice of EI nion Geneste and Accepted Note ' in Iileu of life's Savings. Many. Interesting: angles of the strange disappearance and as strange reappearance of Airs. Km ma. Lorent zen, a Korwefrlan domestic who was declared legally dead November 10, 1916. by ex-Judge Cleeton. of the Coun ty Court, -were cleared up last night when the "woman of mystery" ap peared in the flesh and gave a com plete history of her case as she sat In the O. W. P. waiting-room at First and Alder streets. Her story is as strange as that re lated this week in the County fjourt, when the facts of her disappearance at Salem in April, 1914, and the sub sequent appointment of Elmon Geneste as the administrator of her estate were brought to light. For there )s no mystery regarding her actions during the past four years. Luring that entire time she has been In Portland, working wherever she could, sleeping first in one cheap rooming-house and then another, but always saving what money she earned. "With her reappearance and with the Interview which she cheerfully granted last night, the only mystery now re maining appears to be that hr friends or the administrator of her estate have not seen her as she walked about the streets of Portland during these past four years. Note I Produced. Mrs. Lorentzen's Btory of her actions since she was first found in Portland November 13 bear out those heretofore given by her administrator, Mr. Geneste. except in the essential details concerning her financial arrangements with him concerning the $1075 In her estate which he is said to have been holding in trust. "The night of November 11 when I went to his office he gave me this note for $1075 and said he wanted to use the money." said Mrs. Lorentzen as she eat munching an apple which Mrs. Anna Iceland West, of the Y. W. C. A. Travelers' Aid, had given to her. "Did he first give you his check for that amount and then take It back after you had agreed to take his prom issory note?"' she was asked. "No, he just gave me this note; that's the' only paper he gave me, was her surprised reply. "Did he give you a mortgage on his office furniture and automobile to se cure payment of the note?" she was then asked. "No. this is all he gave me," she said. She then reached down to a. secret pocket of her clothing and produced the promissory note which is signed by Elmon Geneste. The note has no other indorsement. It bears interest at 8 per cent, payable monthly, and runs for one year. Mrs. Lorentzen was positive in her assertion that she has no security other than the un secured note for the payment of the money held by Geneste. McMcnaniln la Silent. "Were there any other people In his office when he gave yoa this note?" she was then asked. "There was a man and a woman, but I did not know either of them," she eaid. One man, she said, was a large, heavy-set man, weighing more than 200 pounds and wearing a gray suit. When asked if his name was McMena min she said she did not know. Mc Menamin is a law partner of ex-Judge Cleeton. He filed in the County Court this week a. petition asking that all records of the Emma Lorentzen estate tase be purged from the files of the court. When asked by telephone last night If It were he who was present when the note was given by Geneste, Mc. Menamin, carrying out a policy which he has maintained from the start of this case, declined to make any state ment. "If she says I was there I guess you can take her word for It," was his only answer. "But can't you say whether or not you were there?" he was asked. "I never talk over the telephone," Tie said. "I wouldn't even discuss such things with my wife over the tele phone." ' Mrs. Lorentzen last night evinced an eager desire to have her $1075 returned to her. She said she did not eiien know what she was signing when she was asked by Geneste to sign some paper the night he gave her his promissory note. This paper she signed is the re ceipt now in possession of Geneste for the $1075 belonging to her estate. Legal Advice Sonicht Mrs. West, whose work in the case resulted in the unexpected reappear ance of Mrs. Lorentzen, last night took her to her home. This morning she will take her to the office of M. B. Meacham, attorney for A. O. BJelland, Norwegian Consular Agent, who is seeking to have Geneste removed as administrator of the estate. An added feature to the case was brought out yesterday afternoon, when ex-Judge Cleeton said he had been given to understand by Geneste that the lat ter had paid over the $1075 to Mrs. Lorentzen Instead of giving her his note for the amount. "If I had known that he merely gave her his note instead of the cash, I would not have been a party to the pe tition to have the records purged on the ground that full settlement had been made," eaid Mr. Cleeton to news paper men. Death Report Surprise. When, the case was first brought to light Thursday. Geneste gave out a statement to the effect that he had first given Mrs. Lorentzen his check for the $1075, but later replaced it with his note. He said he gave at the same time a fully secured mortgage on real property. Later he is said to have told Mrs. West that he gave Mrs. Lorentzen his mortgage on. hi office furniture and automobile. Strangely enough, Mrs. Lorentzen did not know that she had been reported R3 dead, neither did she know that an administrator had been appointed for her estate. She said she had intended going to Salem next week to see about her money, which was left in a Salem bank when she was sent to the asylum, had not matters developed as they have luring the present week. "I have been here all the time," she Said. "I have been, working all over town. I worked for quite a while for Olds, Wortman & King, doing knitting and needlework." Banks Not Trusted. The one peculiarity about the woman 1s her aversion to banks and a perma nent lodging-house. Years ago she lost money in a St. Paul bank and s.lnce that time she has been, afraid to deposit her money. Nor will ehe stay THE "WOMAN OF MYSTERY" POSES FOR AN OREGONIAN PHOTOGRAPHER AT FIRST AND ALDER STREETS. lid: " . X I I .'It--. - . ' ; ' - A. I (;-'.'' " ' ' A 'i , I Y-Ti jr rwir 1 v; t nil Tiv - h . si - ?t n MRS. KM 31 A LOREXT7.EX, ONCK DKCLARED I.EGAI.IT DEAD, SHOWS VP TO CLAIM UER H07S ESTATE. overnight more than once In the same lodging-house. She said she mostly frequented those cheap lodging-houses where a room could be secured for 15 or 20 cents a night. She carries all her clothing and money with her, fearing that her room might be robbed during her absence. In the County Court yesterday Judge Tazwell gave Geneste until next Fri day morning to produce Mrs. Lorentzen in court or show cause why he should not be removed as administrator of her estate. This proceeding, however, is expected to occur before next Friday, now that Mrs. Lorentzen has been definitely located by people who will keep In close touch with her until her financial matters are finally settled. Investigation of the County Court records yesterday disclosed that when ho was named as administrator Geneste placed a valuation of but $100 on the estate. It is also of record that two days later he made an effort to secure the $1075 belonging to the es tate, which was on deposit in a Salem bank. Lone Search at End. Ex-Judge Cleeton said yesterday that when he learned the estate con tained more thaly $1000 he compelled Geneste to file aft additional bond in the County Court. His bond of $2U0O is still In effect. Mrs. Rose Summers, with whom Mrs. Lorentzen lived while in Salum, is now in Portland to appear in the case when it comes up for hearing. It was Mrs. Sum morn who declined to believe at anv time that Mrs. Lorentzen was dead and she has kept up a search of her own ever since she disappeared from Salem in the Spring of 1914. Mrs. Summers yesterday produced an uncashed check for 5 which is signed by Elmon Geneste. She also has a let ter which is said to have been written by Geneste. The check, she said, was sent to her for "full services- rendered the estate of Mrs. Lorentzen." She said she always refused to accept the check because she had no claim against the estate. The check, she said, was sent to her shortly after Geneste waa named as administrator. TAFT FAVORS Y.M.C.A. FUND Campaign Aim Is $35,000,000, Says General and ex-President. NEW YORK. Oct. 24. Thirty-five million dollars "that's a great sum of money, or, it used to be." said ex President William Howard Taft last night in addressing "key men" of the Y. M. C. A. from the whole of New Jersey, gathered at the Downtown Club. It is the sum that the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. pro poses to raise in the week beginning November 11. The ex-President or General Taft, for he has that rank since the na tionalization of the Red Cross, of which he Is chairman was Introduced by E. M. McBrler, of Montclalr, chairman of the conference. The liberty loan, the Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. shared equally in the ex-President's attention. and the latter, though it was tne ousi ness of the evening, was pronounced by him to be the humblest of the three. General Taftwas emphatic in pointing out that the campaign about to be launched must In no way interfere with the work for the second liberty bond issue and the Red Cross. As to the chance it will stand after these two great calls upon the Nation's gener osity have been satisfied: "I agree that this is not the best time," he said, "but there never is the best time." Starting with a recital of the condi tions that enforced America's partici pation in the war. General Taft sketched tersely the Potsdam psychol ogy that made Germany scheme for 50 years to force its kultur down the throat of the world, and the spirit of democracy that met it at. the Marne, confined it in the far-flung trench lines of Flanders and is rising to hurl it back over the Rhine. "They've been talking indemnity since the war began. They're not quite so vociferous about it now!" cried Gen eral Taft. and there was a happy chuckle In his voice thaJ; swept the crowded hall. The characteristic chuckle was heard again when the ex-President, talking of conscientious objectors, peace-at-any price propagandists and others of that order, said: "It would be poetic Justice for some people if they only had German rule for a little while." Again, In addressing his audience as a representative of men of affairs: "T know that the latest income tax Is cal culated to give you gopseflesh first, because you don't know what it means; second, because it'll look a whole lot worse to you when you do." The proposal for "conscription of wealth," however, found little favor with General Taft, who saw in it an anology to the slaying of the goose that laid the golden egg. He called for an assumption of heavy responsibil ity toward the Nation by men of wealth in such a fashion as to forestall unjust criticism and disarm the extremists. In the Y. M. C. A. work, he declared, they have ample opportunity for proving .1 iftrwna ffi t1wC--jMrt their allegiance to things higher than the dollar. But it was as a father that the for mer President spoke most eloquently for the Y. M. C. A.'s cause. "When you look forward to a letter from your boy, and you wait, and you receive a letter with a flag and the red triangle of the Y. M. C. A. on the outside, then you will understand the work that is being done for him." Going on to de scribe the Y. M. C. A. as a fighter of moral temptations, he closed with a prediction of success for the still un launched campaign. L. A. Crossett, a Boston shoe manu facturer, who left his business to throw his energies into the Y. M. C. A. work in France, followed with illustrations of the organization's work taken from his own experience. "I had the privilege of spending a night in the Canadian headquarters ot the Y. M. C. A. out on the British lines. he said. "The next morning, while we were dressing, I heard noises and went out and witnessed a battle In the air between six of the English aeroplanes and two of the Germans and saw the Germans fall to the ground. "All. this section has been churned by shellflre. Every three yards there had been an explosion of a shell that had dug a hole 15 to 20 feet deep, and then another shell three yards away had dug another one and filled that one up. In four miles we came up to the line of smaller caliber guns, which were belching forth as fast as they could be loaded, throwing shells some thing like six or eight miles. "But here in front, right along in the row of dugouts, was the Y. M. C. A. hut, which was a little place made or logs and with sandbags piled all over it, with the opening toward the guns, where the men passed by. At one end was the kitchen, where they boiled the water for making tea and chocolate to paj"S out to those men who came along while I was there some 600 of them and helped themselves, for on the shell fire line no charge is made for any thing that the men get." I want to refute a statement that has been made." eaid A. H. Whitford National campaign director, speaking next. "It has been said that the Y. M. C. A. follows the flag. Well, when Per shing's boys got to France the red tri angle was already there to welcome them." Mr. Whitford assured the planners of the forthcoming campaign that they were capable of far more than they knew, declaring: "You don't realize the amount of stretching rubber in you. Our option," he concluded. "Is whether we will support an American army or a German one." ALIEN LABORERS WANTED California Fruit Growers Ask Per mit for Immigration. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Nov. 23. A reso lution calling upon, the Federal Govern ment, "as a war measure, to permit the introduction of sufficient Chinese or other farm labor to so increase food production as to assist the United States in discharging its obligation to feed our allies and their armies and prevent them from being starved into surrender," was adopted here late to da.y at the closing session of the 50th annual convention of California Fruit Growers. Another resolution expressed the opinion that "saloons should be closed for the period of the war." It was adopted by unanimous vote. BODIES ARRIVE FROM EAST Mrs. Margaret Benedict and Little Son to Be Buried at Vancouver-. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) The funeral of Mrs. Margaret UuBois Benedict, wife of Major Charles Calvert Benedict, who, with her son, Frederick, was killed In an automobile accident last Saturday, will be held from St. Luke's Episcopal Church here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Charles W. Holmes, rector, officiating. Interment of both bodies will be in Park Hill Cemetery. The bodies arrived from Rantoul 111., tonight. Major Benedci.t who was injured in the same accident, is still in a hospital and was unable to accom pany the bodies here. TEXAS & PACIFIC FINED Louisiana Demands 95000 Daily for Failure to Run Trains. BATON ROTJGE, La., Nov. 23. A fine of J5000 a day, effective November 22 was imposed on the Texas & Pacific Railway Company today by the Louisiana Railroad Commission fo every day on which the company fails to operate all its trains. The fine was decided upon by the Commission after the road, contrary to the Commission's orders, discon tinued nine branch line trains yesterday. ADVISORY BOARDS UP FOR APPROVAL Personnel of Bodies Sent President Wilson by Adjutant-General. to COUNSEL IS GIVEN FREE Creation of Hoards Primarily for Pnrpose of Furnishing Informs . tln to Men Eligible for Serv ice -in United States Army. Nominees for the personnel of legal advisory boards, who are to handle the new draft machinery in the state of Oregon and city of Portland, were dis patched to Washington, O. C, last night from the office of Adjutant General Williams. They will be sub mitted to President Wilson for his approval and certification on perma nent appointment. Members of the boards were sug gested by a committee, consisting of Attorney-General Brown. Judge Samuel White, Richard W. Montanu and Joseph N. Teal, these being designated by Provost Marshal-General Crowder. Their duties will be to handle the legal advisory work in their districts, rirst selecting a headquarters for this purpose, to which all men concerned in a given locality may go for coun sel in answering questions contained in the official questionnaire. They may appoint any number of associate mem bers to assist them in their prescribed territory. It is the purpose of the authorities In designating these boards to make It easy for men to obtain necessary Information by having a board au thorized for the purpose in each lo cality. In case more men are required to act In this work. Governor Withy- combe is empowered to call upon all lawyers to lend their assistance. All of the work is given to the Govern ment The complete lists of the boards follow: Portland f'lty. Division No. 1 Harold M. Sawyer. 743 Everett street; Hall S. I.uak, 37 Thirty-first street North; W. F. MaKill. i- Kearney street. Division No. 2 J. R. Latourette. 7r,4 Peri ander street; Jesae G. Arnold. Multnomah Club: Krakine Wood. 737 Kinna Court. Division No. 3 Forrest 8. Fisher. 630 MontKomerv drive; Jerry E. Bronaush, 350 North Thirty-aecond street; Fred L. Ever nn 111 Tw.nlv.thlnl Knrth. Division No. 4 George N. Woodier. Eaat Ninth atreet; Walter E. Crltchlow, 744 Lexington avenue; Charles E. Lennon 142 East Harrison street. Division No. fi Eua-ene Brookings. 3f"J East Twelfth atreet North! George W. Gear hart, 60 East Sixty-eighth, street; Harry L. Raffarty, 6'. Eaat Eighth street. Division No. 6 Frank 6. Grant. 225 East Fourteenth -street: Miller Murdoch. 724 Multnomah atreet; Jesae Stearns, 800 Eaat Sixteenth atreet North. Division No. 7 Guy C. H. Corliss. 517 East Twenty-aeventh street North; Ralph A. Coan, 5SB East Seventeenth atreet North; George A. Pipes. 64S East Ninth street North Division No. 8 Thomas J. Cleeton, itll East Twenty-fifth atreet North: W. K. Royal, 1"8! East Twenty-aeventh atreet North; W. T. McOuirk. 1004 Cleveland avenue. Division No. 8. George S. Shepherd, 444 Alnaworth avenue: Arthur H. Lewis, 1231 Moore street; Ira W. Carl, 1255 Alblna. ave nue. Division No. 10 Thad W. Vreeland, 210 Graham street; H. Daniel, 600 Osage ave nue; 1. C. Lewis, 1108 Willamette boule vard. Nominees, Legal Advlaory Boards, State of urecon. Baker County C. H. McCulloch, William Smith, A. A. Smith. Baker. Benton County E. E. Wilson. J. F. Yates, Charles H. Glos. Corvallia. Clackamas County Grant B. Dlmmlck, J. E. Hedges. O. 1). Eby. Oregon City. Clatsop County G. Clyde Fulton, John H. Smith. Edward E. Grey. Astoria. Columbia County Glenn R. Metsker. W. A. Harris. W. B. Dlllard. Et. Helena. Coos County L. A. Llljequiai. Robert O. Graves. Charles F. McKnlght, Marshfleld. Crook County M. R. Biggs. Jay Lpton Wlllard li. Wlrtz. Frinevllle. Curry County Jerry Huntley, C. H. Buf flngton, E. M. Bogardus. Gold Beach. Deschutes County H. C. Hartcroft, C. S. Benson, V. A. Forbes. Bend. Douglas County 1. B. Riddle, E. B. Her man. O. P. Coshaw, Roseburg. Gilliam County Murray D. Shanks, Theo dore A. Weinke. C. H. Horner, Condon. Grant County Everett Hli-ka, Otis Patter son, Phil Aahiord, Canyon City. Harney County H. C. Leveni, A. W. Gow l. M. A. Blgga. Burns. Hood River County A. J. Derby, J. H. Hazlett, L. N. Blower, Hood River. Jackson County W. E. Kruse. A. H. Thomaa. Porter J. Neff, Medford. Jefferson County B. c. Boylan. Madras L. H. Irving. A. W. Boyce. Culver. Josephine County George W. Colvlg. Ed win S. Van Dyke. O. S. iSlanchard, Grants Pass. Klamath County Charles J. Ferguson. Jo seph H. Carnahan. Harold C. Merrlman Klamath Falls. Lake County L,. F. Conn. Charles H. Combs. Bernard Daly, Lakevlew, Lane County s. D. Allen, li. o. Potter, Joseph M. Devera. Eugene. Lincoln county c E. Hawkins, w. H. Waterbury, G. B. McCluskey. Tolodo. Linn County. W. R. Bllyeu, Willard I Marks. C. E. Pox, Albany. Malheur County J. W. McCuIlorh, W. H. Brook, Ontario; R. M. Duncan, Vale. Marion County, division No. 1 E, Ringo. Roy F. Shields, Samuel H. Heltxel, Salem. Marion County, division No. 2 John M, Poorman, Blaine McCord. Hiram Overton Wood burn. Morrow County. Sam Van Vactor, C. L. Sweek; S. E. Notson, Heppner. Multnomah County. G. w. stapleton, K. A. Miller. C. G. ffnyder. Gresham. Polk County Oscar Hayter.L. D. Brown, Dallas; Claude W. Barrlck, Independence. Sherman County, J. B. Hosford. William C. Bryant, C. M. Huddleaton, Moro. Tillamook County Sidney s. Johnson, T, B. Hand ley. H. T. Botts. Tillamook. t matllla. County James A. Fee. James R. Raley, W. M. Peteraon, Pendleton. t'nion County John P. Rums. Robert Eakln. C. R. Eberhard, lA Grande. Wallowa County D. W. Sheehan. J. Burleigh. Daniel Boyd, Enterprise. Wasco County Paul W. Chlldera, John Gavin, R. C. Bradshaw, The Dalles. Washington County William G. Hare, John M. Wall. Thomas H. Tongue, Hills boro. Wheeler County M. H. Hendrloks, Wal lace G. Trill. James B. Btewart, Fossil. Yamhill County W. T. Vinton, F. W. Fenton. McMinnvllle: Clarence Butt, New berg. 29 NATIONS REPRESENTED Washington Street, New York, Real Melting Pot. Is NEW YORK, Oct. IS. Some call it the most cosmopolitan street in the most cosmopolitan city in the world. Others dub it the Gateway of the United States. On the map of New York it is merely mentioned aa Washington street. Washington, when you stop to think of It. is a significant name for a street through which all the peoples of the earth pass on their way to seek free dom and fortune in the new country. "We have 29 nationalities," boasted Kenneth D. Widdemer. of the Bowling Green Association. Or to be exact we have 29 nationalities and one China man." On a fine afternoon, when you want to take a little trip abroad and return home in time for dinner, start at Washington Market and ramble down Washington street to the Battery. You will catch intimate glimpses of Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Rumania, Greece, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Ireland fresh from the Old Sod and some 20 other I countries. You will hear a babel of tongues. To feel at home in the street one must speak Greek. Turkish, Polish, Slovak. Magyar. Yiddish, Latin, French and mixed German. When the beau of the district wishes to present the lady of his dreams with a token of esteem be does not give her a box of chocolates. What she gets is a box of Turkish delight fresh from the sugar-powdered pan in the window of llaflza Zajy, who looks as f he had arrived on the last incoming boat from Beirut. There are other strange and tempt- ng delicacies in the window of liafiza Zajy too flat pans of pastry cut dia mond shape, with nuts and honey at he bottom, round pans of shredded wheat filled with goodies and coiled ike the anchor rope on a well kept hip; delicate pink and white confec- ions twirled into pretzel shapes, fried n deep lard and dipped in honey while they are hot. And pistachio nuts in every known isgulse. The pistachio nut is to Washington street and its inhabitants what the hot roasted peanut is to the Polo Grounds. And the pumpkin seed, that despised adjunct of the favorite American Thanksgiving fruit the owly pumpkin seed has found a home. ft the little Greek and Turkish shops long the street . pumpkin seeds. roasted and salted, and bearing a de- ightful resemblance to popcorn, rub- Ibows with almonds, chick peas, pis tachios. Here Is the haunt of the persistent person who comes with an oia-tasn-ioned telescope bag and introduces the housewife to the handiwork of Ar menia. Here are the wholesale rooms where he buys hta stock of laces and embroidery. At night the stock of the wholesale houses Is locked in huge safes. Jt is not unusual for one of these safes to contain (10,000 worth of hand-made lace. Here also is the home of the push cart pedler. When he goes forth In the -morning the entire family gather round to admire his rolling stock. They take as much pride in the rows of crimson cheeked pears, the mounds of wine colored grapes, the apples pol- shed to a shining brightness, as any Fifth-avenue merchant feels in his smart wares. When he returns at night an empty cart calls forth squeals of delight from his family and congratulatory remarks from his neighbors. An empty cart means a good day, and a good day eans plenty of baby eggplants stuffed with chopped meat, or a plentiful lamb stew with okra. 'Lamb is about the only meat we sell down here," explained a brown skinned butcher of Slavonic extraction whose name can be gargled, but not pronounced. "Where our people come from it is the Bame. always lamb. We do not like bo much the other meats, isn't it?" The women of Washington street are not social wasters. They work. on the other side it was in the fields. Here it is in the office buildings that tower above them higher than their native mountains. Once they wielded the spade and the hoe. Now it is the mop, the broom, the vacuum cleaner, the dust cloth. In the evenings when the lights are lit the passerby is treated to the sight of swarthy-checked men with fierce black mustaches Bitting in the tiny cafes sipping Turkish coffee, smoking Turkish pipes and ogling. A very usual event in our life down here Is an Irish and Syrian wedding, said Mr. Widdemer, the father con fessor, big brother and general guard ian of the neighborhood. "The Syrians are a remarkable people. iney are clean, and - they have the knack of getting on. They rarely stop here long. A year or so ana men iney move on to better surroundings. 'The Syrian girls are as a rule pretty. The Irish boys tall lor.tnem. It is an excellent combination. The two peoples seem to amalgamate well. Some of the prettiest and healtniest and smartest babies in the district are children of Syrian mothers and Irish fathers " For quaint child faces no block in New York is as prolific as the one the Bowling Green Association has converted into a playground. Every tvoe Is there, from the burning black eyes, blue black hair, sun baked skin of the Orient to the azure, flax, milk and rose combination of Norway and Sweden. The Street of High Hope is this z-atewav of the United- fetaies. An Oriental in black velvet skull cap and gold embroidered Jacket is as laminar a. fiarure as is a Finn in the ill cut blouse of nis lana. mere re . or three native restaurants which serve stranere and savory dishes. No use in giving the names. They are learnea oy starting at the tag end and reading backward. Completed they resemble what the Chinaman says about your laundry on the claim check. Go to Wall street, the richest street in America. Walk west and south couple of blocks. You are in the heart of peasant Europe. BILLIONS TO CIRCULATE HcADOO HAS PLAN FOR DISPOSIXG of huge: sdi. Over-Payments on Liberty Loan to Be Used In Redemption of Certifi cate ot Indebtedness. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Secretary McAdoo tonight announced a new plan to place in circulation the huge sum ot nearly $2,000.000. 000 accumulated in the Treasury aa a result of the big over-payments received this week from the liberty loan. Three hundred million dollars of cer. t lftcat.es of indebtedness due DeceraDe 15 were called in for redemption on December 6. and another issue of 00, 000.000 of certificates, also due Decern ber 15. will be redeemed on ueceniM 11. bath Issues at par with accrued in iari.iL This arrangement will leav only the $685,000,000 issue to be paid December 15. The Secretary decided to call in the two issues before their maturity when it became evident jAat the aggregate amount of the payments November 15 on the liberty loan subscriptions in cash, credit and treasury certificates was about $2,400,000,000. three ana half times more than was due on the 18 ner cent installment. In other words, it is now disclosed by belated reports trickling into in Treasury that nearly two-thirds of th izrnte subscriptions to the aecom liberty loan have been paid in full Tabulations tomorrow are expected t show that about $1,750,000,000 in cash waa received this week. Subscriptions to the latest issue of certificates of '.Indebtedness to be dated November 30 and due June 25, 1918, to counteract the flood of income an excess profit taxes on the latter date, have been negerous since the Issue was announced two days ago. The exact amount of subscriptions has not bee announced. Silent Marriage Performed. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) A silent wedding ceremony was performed by Judge It. M. Back, of th Siuerior court, yesterday, when n married Merle Alvy Peters, of Whit City. Kan- and Mlsa Bessie Bernic Berry, of Hubbard, Or. Judge Back wrote the questiona, to which the con tractlng persons nodded assent. Costs but Little More to Go East via California You will enjoy the diversity of Scenery Many changes of Climate Opportunity to visit San Francisco Los Angeles El Paso San Antonio New Orleans or Salt Lake, Denver, etc. Choice of Routes and Trains 4TrainsaDay Portland to SanFrancisco Let us make up an itinerary and arrange your trip . City Ticket Office, 131 Fourth Street Thones: Main 8S00, A 6701 ' John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES IDENTIFICATION IS EASY CERTIFICATES MAILED TO ALL STATK OFFICERS. Secretary Olcvtt Provides Means by Which State Employer Meet New War Tax Law. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 23. (Special.) fate officials are to be armed with Identification cards and certificates for se in making requests for transporta tion so as to come within the exenip- ions provided for under the war tax law. Secretary of State Olcott today ent out to all officials of the state these forms with letters of instruction as to how to proceed to secure the ex emption. 'The exhibiting of the Identification ard to any of the authorized local gents and passenger conductors or pursers of the several transportation ompanles operating throughout the tate. it is understood, will be accepted by such officers and employes as prima facia evidence of the official status of the. state officer, or employe present- ng the, same," said Mr. Olcott. The same procecTure applies wun reference to freight charges payable y the state. Special exemption certi ficate forms have been provided for uch charges. 'Identification cards have been fur nished to only such elective and ap polntive state officers as are required to qualify by the filing of an oath of office, or official bond, or both. In the Secretary of State's office. The official tatus of an employe of any state de partment or institution will be certified by the administrative or executive head thereof in like manner as the Sec- etary of State has certified to the offl lal status of such head. MERIT COUNTSJN SERVICE Secretary Baker Explains Promotion Plan for Officers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. In further explaining the plan of the War De partment to consider merit and not seniority. In promoting men graduated from the officers training camps. Sec retary Baker said tonight that a junior captain graduated from the second series of camps might become a major before a senior captain graduated from the first series. The question arose over the time from which commissions of men taken out of the camp for special service be fore graduation are to date. Mr. Baker said there were not many such men, but that commissions would all date from graduation day. There have been som. cases, however, he thought, where com missions had been given at once when the candidate had been called for spe cial duty and these would stand. MINE SEIZURE THREATENED Fuel Administrator Serves Xotive on Oklahoma Operators. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. Oklahoma coal operators were threatened by Fuel Administrator Garfield today with Gov ernment seizure and operation of thel mines if they permit production to hal pending action on their demand fo higher prices. The producers had notified Dr. Gar field that they could not pay wage In creases asked by the miners unles they were given fwj ..6 .. ..6 .. they are given more than the 45 cnt ton incrase granted by Dr. Garfield, and that they would not make the wage increase retroactlce to November 1 as directed by the fuel administration. The new wage agreement has been nndfr nesrotlstlon for several week f is the new "cold j ffcW&H bottle" to enjoy with the ' f immemorial "hot bird" XJjvJ If lvT9J a soft drink in the ? ' 'Fl' strictest sense, but the J twf1 ' it l A A liveliest, nippiest appe- AI&tR U tizer imaginable rich . W Qv f lV' i ia the flavor of nutritive ,. .'V;T,T ' i'iA cereals and imported f ji Y I JU Saazer hop,. BEVO JJ f$ .,yy. makes good things to - ' Iff I "Flftif'''--', eat taste ven be I " "i ''k.:..:,:,..,niii at and it's healthful. I' "3. I L725?! ANHEUSER-BUSCH ;JJ1 and was adopted by the miners only after Dr. Garfield had threatened to take drastic action to end strikes. JOHN B. YE0NT0 RESIGN County Itoadmastcr Will Leave I'os-t Karly in January. John B. Yeon. county roadmaster. an nounced yesterday that he would ter minate his service with the county in hat capacity next January and there after devote his time to his personal business. It will be four vears next March since Mr. Yeon accepted the po sition. He donated his services to the county, accepting no salary whatever. "My purpose in taking the position. which involved a sacrifice of my own business, was to aid in carrying out a programme of road construction, in cluding the completion of the Colum bia Kiver Highway and hard surfacing the main roads of the county," said Mr. Yeon yesterday. "This work Is now practically ended, and I am now anxious to give my attention to my own business." BEND VALUATIONS GROW Value of City's Property Shows In crease of $253,960. BEND, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) An Increase of over a quarter of a million dollars in the valuation of Bend for the year 1917 is indicated in preliminary figures announced by Assessor W. T. Mullarkey. Without the public utilities valuation the total Is $797,410. an In crease of $253,960 over last year's total, with the utility valuation included. The Increase Is due to extending tho city boundaries and by the unusual amount of construction work here in the past year. . Vancouver Lodge to Visit. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) A degree team from Mount Hood Lodge No. 32, and Washington Lodge, No. 4. A. F. and A. SL. of this city, will visit Hawthorne Lodge. Portland. Tues day evening, November 27. This team will initiate a candidate for Hawthorne Lodge. Other members of the lodges will acenmpanv the r.rree tnms. University of Oregon vs. Oregon Agricultural College FOOTBALL1 Multnomah Field. THANKSt.1 VIXi DAY. 2:30 P. M. Tickets on Kale at Spalding's, Corner Uroadnar,aBd Alder. They could be smaller but not better. II ART CIGAR CO, Distributors. Portland, Or. 1 B J They could be smaller i Distributors. Portlnnd, Or. J;
