TITE 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, 3IARC1T 22 1919. DFI COWICT liCYS OUTFIT 1ROH IUILRO.M SECTION HAND. S.st Srirs From Pos.e Indicates Fleeing Man Boarded South bound Train at Gazelle. . - SALEM, Or.. March II rSpeclaL) . With the al of an unidentified con- federate. Clyde J. (Ked Rupert, former Portland policeman and escaped convict from the state penitentiary, is maKing Ills way toward the Mexican border in -an effort to evade a federal prison term' which he faced immediately upon his release from the state prison. Definite word of Rupert's actions Cilice his escape from the state lime jlant near Gold Hill was received at the. prison this morning by Warden Meven. After making his break from the lime plant, Kupert went to Gold Hill, where he purchased a black soft hat. a eray flannel shirt and a pair of ovt-ralls from a section hand. He was whisked south in an automobile driven by some confederate. The next heard from him was at Ga zelle. 100 miles south of Gold Hill, on Tuesday morning. At Gazelle he was positively I'l.nufifd. It was also learned that he hoarded a southbound train at that point. Kupert Is believed to be plentifully supplied with funds, and prison of ficials feel certain that he Is heading toward the Mexican border or South ftupcrt was convicted in the federal and state courts at Portland lust spring - nf th fhft nt 1 1 (inn in Itlw-i-tv tinnris from lh Northwestern National bank, where he had been employed as guard. organization, opened the convention with a report Thursday and later In the day five-minute talks were given by various representatives of the firm throughout Oregon. In his report Mr. Mills pointed out that the company had written more than $1,000,000 worth of polices so far this quarter and he felt confident that the ;.0"0.600 mark would be reached during- the year. The entire delegation held a theater party at the Heilig to see "Turn to the Right" last night, fol lowed by the final supper and banquet at the Multnomah hoteL Following were present: A. U Mills. Dresident: Adolphe 'Wolfe, vice-president; L. O. Clurke. vice-president C. F. Adams, treasurer; O. S. Samuel. Ken eral manaver: E. X. Stronr. assistant man' aver; Sanford Smith, secretary; A. H. Devers, Joseph T. Peters. I-ee Fried e. w. y. uia and .Jefferson Mvers.' directors; A. D. tVlnfrce of Teal Minor Wlnfree: Dr. A. J ;iev. medical director: Dr. W. C. Spencer, Dr. T. W. Klrby. Dr. E. A. Pierce. Dr. U. T. Trommald. Dr. J. C. Hayes, Dr. Alan Welch Smith, medical examiners. V. K. Allison, H. R Blauvelt. C. D. Booth. W. S. Bowen, B. Cornell. W. D. Carey. Al Carlson. Mrs. May V. Kleston. H. P. Filer. Ashley Forrest. W. B. Heath. J. F. Herr. E. C. Henlnger. D. M. John. H. Kersten. W. R. l.wim J. G. Meybrunn. Charles S. McElhlnny. H M. Nolte. Mrs. Bertha Paturel. Sim Phillips. T. 1. Qulnn. K. K. Samuel. H. C. Schuppel. W. C. Schuppel, W. J. Sheehy. D. H Snvder. J. T. Sullivan. F. W. "Woolley. representatives, and W. P. Stalnaker, of tics manager. RATE HEARING SOON DUE BUNKER WILL ERECT HALL I.ocser Lesion Dcvidos tu Have Ituildiiiff fur Kntertaininent, CKNTR.tLl.V Wash.. March II. Special. ) Plans for the erection of hall at Bunker, to be used for enter tainment and gymnasium purposes, were laid Monday at a meeting held by the Bunker local of the Loyal Legion of loggers. The erection of the building, whlili is expected to be finished early in July, will be supervised by a com Tnlttee composed of May Powell, George Candler and George Brewster. George Williams. Mrs. Rose Davis and Ray Lrkenbrack were named to have charge of all entertainments in the new building. It was also decided at Monday's meeting to support a baseball team at Bunker this season. Kightcen ball players are members of the Bunker local. BIBLE TEACHERS MEET lr. Carl i. Iloney Addresses Polk County Workers at Monmouth. MONMOL'TII, Or.. March ;i. (Spe cial.) Sunday school workers from all sections of Polk county are holding a three days' convention in Monmouth. lr. Carl Gregtf Doney of Willamette university was the principal speaker at last night's session. His topic was "Jack Horner and His Tie." Harold Price described the organized Sunday school class of El kins, a group of boys who have a clubhouse of their own and who box and play games as well as study the scriptures together. Wednesday evening Mrs. Leland W. Porter of Salem featured the pro gramme with an interpretative reading of Henry Van Dyke's "The Lost Word." Tnnirht Harold Humbert, state secre tary, gave the closing address on "The Torch of Flanders." INSURANCE MEETING ENDS Oregon Life Salesmen and Officers Conclude Convention. The 13th annual convention of the alesmen. officers and directors of the , i - a .m n I I Inanranr enmnanv closed lust right. A. L. Mills, president of the EARLY GRAIN READJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULE SOUGHT. Case of Inland Empire Shippers' League and- Portland Chamber May Be Heard in April. That the hearing of t"he complaint filed with the . interstate commerce commission by the Inland Empire Ship pers" league relative to grain rates from the Inland empire grain district, and that of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and Traffic and Transporta tion association for lower rates to Portland, may be set for a date In April or May l indicated In word re ceived tn Portland yesterday. Oswald West, attorney for the snip pers' league, received a telegram from .the .commission at Washington express ing a desire to comply as far as pos sible with the request of the attorneys for an early hearing. Tt m the hope of the attorneys in the action brought In an effort to have the natural adyantage of Portland re flected In the freight rates that tne case .might be brought to a hearing at the earliest possible date. It is for the Interstate commerce commission to determine when the ease will be heard. and probably a member of the commis sion will conduct the hearing, due to it Importance. The question to be determined Is whether shippers are to be penalized by charging as high rates for a water grade movement of shorter mileage as is charged for a movement of much greater distance over mountain roaas. It Is an nDPeal for the readjustment of freight rates between the grain dis trict of the Pacific northwest ana Portland, as compared with movement rom the same places or origin to Puget sound ports and Astoria. LICENSE HELD FOR MONTHS Wedding at Vancouver Authorized for August 10, 1918. vavcoitver. -Wash.. March 21. (Special.) A marriage license issued August 10. 1918, was put to use for the first time Thursday by the couple se curing It then wnen niarun unoeri Jones, 46 years old, a millwright of Oregon City, Or., and Mrs. Maria elle Love, 36. of Clackamas county, uregon, were married by W. S. T. Derr, Justice of the peace. When asked why the license naa not been used before, the only answer was that they had lost it the day it was issued and it was only recently found. and so they decided to use It and save buying another one. The witnesses to the wedding were John v. uonen ana Mae Cllne. j DIVORCES CROWD COURTS TOTAL OF 16 SEPARATIONS ARE GRANTED IN ONE DAY. Records Show That in Three Days 24 Divorce Aetiona Are Insti tutcd in Multnomah County. Three weeks after her marriage, Alma Nelson declares her husband Leonard X. Nelson, called her con temptuous names in Swedish and be gan systematic abuse which led to the divorce action filed by the wife yes terday in the circuit court. Mrs. Nelson was 28 years aid at the time of her marriage, July 23, 1918, Chehalis, Wash., and was the mother of two children, a boy, 6. and a daugh ter, 3. Her husband was 41 years old and a bachelor. Other divorce suits filed yesterday were: Hattle B. Maxwell ag-amst William Elmer Maxwell, cruelly; Ella E. Grindrod against Walter J. Grindrod. drunkenness: William X. Meyer avsinst Constance C. Meyer, de sertion: Bertha A. Kalrchild ajcainst Robert U. Falrchild. cruelty; W. Crosble' against Ruth Crosble. cruelty: Ivy May Frank against Herbert I Frank, cruelty; Leeta Wagner against Otto William Wagner, cruelty. Default divorces granted by Presid ing Judge Stapleton yesterday totaled 16, and were as follows: Lena M. Crltchlev from Edward Crttchley, Charles Kowalke from Lena Kowalke. George !,. McCrew from Bertha McCrew, Connie K. Porter from Hiram H. Porter. - Doris K. Martin from Ernest A. Martin. C. W. Rauck from Emma Rauck. Georgia Tomlin from Carl Tomlin, Anita S. Rathman from John E. Rathman, Myrtle Thompson from cnarlcs Thompson, I.. M. Johnson from J. L. Johnson. Alfreds Tennant from Ellison Tennant. T. H. Manly from Kllzabeth Manly. Martha M. Evans from Andrew J. Evans. Margaret Saylor from W. A. Saylor, R. P. Simms from Flora Slmms. and Mary E. Sheppard from John fiheppard. There were five marriage licenses issued yesterday. ' Divorce suits filed In the circuit court Wednesday were as follows: Cella Styman against Abraham Stymatl Infidelity: Margaret Hyskell against Thomas F Hvakell. infidelity: Eva Brosy against Charles M. Brosy, cruelty; Mary M. w r,cn,M aealnst Oscar 1.. firegness. cruelty; Marie Macfarlane against Daniel Macfarlane. cruelty; ore MCt imtocK against k c. McClintock. cruelty; Marie A. Kanier against Fred E. Kahler, cruelty, and Erse- but Rodegeo against wnaries rt. nuaegeu, cruelty. Divorce suits filed Thursday were: Loretta Fay Griffith against John Griffith. cruelty; Laura C. Butler against Barney Butler, crueltv; KTed A. Mattnias againm Henrietta Matthias, cruelty; C. H. Plleeger against Edna Pfleeger. desertion: teua Webb against J. K. weDD, cnieuj; nnui Boardman against Mabel a. uoaraman. cruelty: I. J. Hamilton against o. d. Hamilton, deserttlon: Louise Marie Nugent against Frank Nugent, desertion, and George Schwarts against Kathrlna Schwartz, cruelty. Annulment of marriage to wimam Underwood Daniels was asked by Olive Elizabeth Kretschmer, sometimes known as Olive Elizabeth Daniels. LEAGUE DEBUTE' SUBJECT REALTY BOARD MEMBERS DIS CUSS CONSTITUTION. President of Organization Makes Report, on Details or "Oun-Your-Home" Campaign. The nronosed league of nations plan was ara-ued nro and con at the lunch eon of the Portland realty board In the Benson hotel yesterday by B. F. Irvine for the league and Ralh R. Duniway, who opposed It in its present form. Mr. Irvine admitted the league con stitution might not be perfect, but de clared a league of nations was the only alternative to a still more terrible and devastating world war. He charged that most of the opposi tion to the league of nations plan was political, and made for its Influence on the presidential campaign of 1920. Mr. Duniway urged tnat every person present read the constitution of thejp leaguq. no oeciarea tnat unuer it me executive body of nine had practically arbitrary powers, and that they could impose their will on the United States in matters against its interests, because this country would have only one vote against the eight votes of European members of the league. He asserted that although Mr. Taft. President Lowell of Hartford and other ardent supporters of the league month ago would not admit that it was anything but virtually perfect, they are j now, only 30 days later, admitting that tne constitution needs revision. Paul C. Murphy, president of the j Portland Realty board, who has just re- j turned from Washington, made a report on his -work in outlining the "Own Tour Own Home" campaign soon to begin. Joseph W. Beveridge was chair man ol the day. C. W. J. RECKERS STRICKEN Proprietor of the Eyrie Critically III at White Salmon Home. WHITE SALMOX, Wash., March 21. (Special.) C. W. J. Reckers, proprietor of the Eyrie resort at White Salmon and well known in Portland and Seattle business circles, was stricken with par alysis recently and lies critically .ill at his White Salmon residence. Dr. Will iam House, nerve specialist of Portland, was in consultation with the local Dhv- sician. Dr. Zener, the day of the attack. While the body from the waist line down was at first totally paralyzed, seme improvement has taken place since, but fears are entertained con cerning his heart action, which is quite weak. Mr. Keekers had recently re turned from a tour of California an- had been feeling in his usual good? neaitn. 0LYMPIA OFFICER LANDS Lieutenant L. S. Harris Arrives From Overseas Service. OL.YMPIA, Wash.. March 21. A tele gram was received yesterday from Lieutenant S. L. Harris, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel Harris, announcing he had arrived safely from overseas and would soon return home. Lieu tenant Harris enlisted in May. 191T. and was stationed at Camp Kearney for a year then was sent to the third officers' training camp. He was com missioned a second lieutenant of the 157th infantry, 40th (Sunset) divlt sion and left with that organization last summer for France., Recently Lieutenant Harris was pro moted to first lieutenant. CHARLES' SAFETY SOUGHT Vienna Approves Request for Home in Switzerland. BERNE. March 21. The request of former Emperor Charles that he be permitted to live in Switzerland, it is id, was made with the knowledge and consent of the Vienna government. which considers that his removal from Austria would be in the interest of the German-Austrian republic and the for mer ruler's security. ST, AIR The Little House With the Big Shows , YOU HAVE READ THE STORY IN THE c "Saturday Evening Post" NOW SEE IT! STARTS TODAY Studebakcr Made Land Appraiser. KELSO, "Wash., March 21. (Special.) Clark Studebaker, who completed his second term as sheriff of Cowlitz coun ty in January, has been appointed an appraiser for the state land office by Land Commissioner Clark V. Savidge. He has been assigned to the southeast Washington district, with nine counties to cover. Mr. Studebaker is a timber cruiser and well qualified for the work. His family will make their home at Castle Rock. Chehalis Music Festival- Set. CHEHALIS, Wash., March 21. (Spe cial.) The annual May festival by the Chehalis Choral eociety has been post poned from the original date. May 8 and 9, to May 22 and 23. Professor Ferdinand Dunkley of Taeoma and Seattle is director of the society. An afternoon concert by Chehalis' splen did band, with two concerts at night, assisted by visiting artists of renown will he features of the affair. It it I now x v - i v- r v y I , -. - - -i -1 OTHER FEATURES NEW YORK'S ALL RIGHT If you take it in small doses. Greeley had the right idea when he said, "Go west, young man, go west !" So quoth Bryant Washburn when he got through with "Hicksville-on-the-Hudson." IT .he 1. II n rresoivienaE unman:. c Cooperating With the New Era Movement Invites ALL' PRESBYTERIANS AND THE PUBLIC (Not Connected With Other Churches) to Attend a Presbyterian Church IE P rtla .no SIMDAY MARCH To Hear of the NEW ERA B ECAUSE- A Wonderful Period of Reconstruction Is Upon the Church! Its Greatest Opportunity Has Arrived! A National Programme Has Been Planned! We All Are Patriotic to Our Country, Let's Be So to Our God! WEST SIDE: EAST SIDE: First Presbyterian Church, Twelfth and Alder Streets, Rev. John H. Boyd, Pastor. Calvary Presbyterian Church, Eleventh and Clay Streets. Marshall Street Presbyterian Church, Marshall Street and North Seventeenth Rev. A. J. Hanna, Pastor. Fourth Presbyterian Church, First and Gibbs Streets Rev. Levi Johnson, Pastor. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Nebraska and Virginia Avenues, Rev. Theodore P. Smith, Pastor a Holt Chinese Church, 133 L' First Street Rev. Ng Mon Po, Pastor Which Church Tomorrow Is Nearest to You? Here Is the List: Central East Side District Central Presbyterian Church, East Pine and Thirteenth Streets, Rev. 0. B. Pershing, Pastor; Mizpah Presbyterian Church, Division and Tamarack Streets. Peninsula District Arbor Lodge Presbyterian Church, Bryant and Curtis Streets, Rev. E. Benson, Pastor. Piedmont District Piedmont Presbyterian Church, Cleve land and Jarrett Streets, Rev. A. L. Hutchison, Pastor. Albina District Forbes Presbyterian Church, Graham and Gantenbein Avenues. .! Alberta District Vernon Presbyterian Church, East Nine teenth North and Wygant Streets, Rev. J. R. Landsborough, Pastor. Irvington District Westminster Presbyterian Church, East Seventeenth and Schuyler St., Rev. E. H. Pence, Pastor. Rose City Park District Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, East Forty-fifth and Hancock Streets, Rev. R. H. .Milligan, Pastor; Unity Presbyterian Church, East Seventy first and Sandy Boulevard, Rev. E. Benson, Pastor. , Mount Tabor District Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church, East Fifty-fifth and Belmont Streets, Rev. W. W. MacHenrjj-, Pastor. Southeast District Anabel Presbyterian Church, Thirty seventh Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street S. E Rev. J. E. Nelson, 'Pastor; Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, East Thirty-fourth and Gladstone Streets, Rev. Paul E. Ratsch, pastor; Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church, Fifty-fifth Avenue and East Seventy-second Street, Rev. W. Lee Gray, Pastor. Sellwood District Spokane Avenue Presbyterian Church, Spokane Avenue and East Sixteenth Street, Rev. W. S. McCullagh, Pastor. Montavilla District Hope Presbyterian Church, East Seventy-eighth and Everett Sts., Rev. Floyd E. Dorris, Pastor.