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11 LV. H. CRAWFORD HELD ! 4 "The Wicked Marquis," by Openheim, Is Good $1.50 Get It at the Book Shop, Main Floor 1 JIT EISIL10, TEXAS All Charge Purchases Made TodayAVill Go on August Accounts, Payable September 1 We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps With Purchases Amounting to 10c or More Filled Stamp Books Redeemable in Cash at S. ? . Office on Third Floor TIIE MOItXTXG OREGOXTAX, TUESDAY, JULY 29. 1010. Prisoner to Be Tried Here on Forgery Charge. PAPERS BEING PREPARED former Auditor for Wakefield, fries & Co. Victim of JRobbery by AVonian Companion. "W. II. Crawford, wanted in Portland for forging a check for $5000 on "Wake field, Fries &. Co., by which concern he was employed as auditor for three weeks, is under arrest in Eastland, Texas, and extradition papers are be ing prepared in the office of District Attorney Evans. Crawford lias teen in custody in Eastland for almost a week, being held originally as witness for the state in a case of h ighway robbery of wh ich he was the victim, but held for extra dition to Oregon since last Thursday. Ie tails of the robbers have not been received in Portland, but a peculiar in cident of the affair is that the persona charged with holding up Crawford are: Ola -Matthews, alias Mary Clair, alias Lota Matthews, with whom he lived as man and wife in Phoenix and Los An geles and who was supposed to have accompanied him to Seattle and Port land this year; Nora Tucker, alias Lu cas, sister of the Matthews woman, and Irving Couch, a man unknown to local agencies. Though The Oregon ian was aware that Crawford was safe in jail when it published the first story of his forg ery last Sunday, and intimated that news of his arrest soon would be forth coming, the urgent request of Texas authorities that the fact of the arrest be not made public at that time for fear of defeating the ends of justice in matters pending in that state was respected and the publication is now made following a "release" from au thorities in Dallas. Inside Story Learned. Some of the inside story, not before possible to print, now becomes proper. The first indication received in Port land, so far as is known, of the prob able whereabouts of the fugitive, Craw ford, was received last Tuesday in a telegram to James V. Riley, manager of the local branch of the Pinkerton national detective agency. This was from an operative at Tuscon, who re ported that Crawford had telegraphed a friend in that city from Eastland, Tex., a town about 130 miles west of Xallas, that he had been robbed and needed money badly. The money should be sent, telegraphed Crawford, to him under the name of Joe Lillard. Riley immediately telegraphed a Dal las operative to leave at once for East land and get Crawford, if possible. The local a' an figured by Texas time tables that he should hear from the Dallas agent by Thursday, if he reached East land promptly. At li:45 o'clock P. Thursday, the following message was received from the operative, who had reached Eastland. "Crawford, under name of Carter, ' held here in jail as state witness rob bery case. Xo charge against him here. Sheriff desires no publicity concerning him until after trial. Will hold for extradition. Inquires any reward your case." Sheriff Wants Reward. The only real interest shown by IT. E. Lawrence, sheriff at Eastland, seemed to be in a possible reward for Crawford, for almost simultaneously a message was received by Sheriff Hurlburt from Sheriff Lawrence ask ing, ls any reward offered for W. H. Crawford?" The Eastland sheriff did not say he had the man in custody there, merely inquiring if there was anything in it for him if Crawford was captured. Not knowing for certain that Craw ford was in custody. Sheriff Hurlburt telegraphed immediately for further information and assured the Texan that there was no reward. Receiving no answer to this. Sheriff Hurlburt has telegraphed twice since, but no reply has yet been made. Yesterday morning the Burns Inter national Detecti ve agency received a telegram from its Dallas office saying that Crawford was being held at East land, Tex., as a witness against Irving Couch, Nora Tucker and Ola Matthews, who were held for highway robbery committed against Crawford. The mas sage explained that under the initials 'W. II. C." the man wanted had tele graphed to a pal in Tuscon for money when robbed near Eastland. 31am Held For Portland. The message further asserted that the sheriff at Eastland was willing to turn Crawford over to Portland in a f e w da y s hen the high wa y ro b ber y trial wo u Id be l unshed. Yesterday afternoon the Pinkerton acency received this message from their Dallas operative: "Sheriff ready to release Craw ford subject to your officer. No further objection to pub lic) ty." District Attorney Evans said yester day that while Craw ford was ind icted secretly, there were many agencies In formed of his indk-tment and the only obj ect of keeping the matter from the press was to insure no interference with the efforts of authorities seeking the man. It was entirely up to the ar-. resting authorities whether or not pub licity was permissible, he said, and not to his office. "If Crawford was under arrest last week, and we have every reason to believe he was being held at that time. this office certainly could not protest against the printing of facts concern ing his crime and disappearance, nor even against publicity being given hla arrest, in spite of the request of Dallas authorities, if newspapers were dis posod to ignore the favor asked, which, however, was not done," declared Mr. Evans. Deputy District Attorney Pierce was given the task of preparing extradition papers yesterday. The attentions Crawford showered Take a Kodak With You! If yon haven't one, come to our Kodak Shop on the Fourth Floor and see the different sizes and styles. We do developing- and printing-, Bring in your films. Prompt, courteous service. The Standard Store of the Northwest Olds, Wortman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Nestle Hair Waving by this improved method any woman can have hair that cannot be dis tinguished from natural wavy. 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JOYFUL EATING T 1 r t unless your iooa is digested without the after math of painful acidity, the joy is taken out of both 'eating and living. are wonderful in their help to the stomach troubled with over-acidity. Pleas ant to take relief prompt and definite. MADE BY SCOTT A BOWNE . MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION upon Ola Matthews, of numerous aliases, caused htm to leave his wife In 11U8 to be with this woman and incited his wife to start non-support proceed ings against him in the Arizona courts in November, 1918. It was on a war rant for failing to support his wife and 3-year-old daughter that Crawford was arrested in Portland the last day in March. When taken into custody in Portland Crawford was no longer in the employ of Wakefield, Fries & Co.. but he had in his possession three blanlc checks of the concern, all signed by President D. W. Wakefield but not countersigned by Secretary S. H. Guild. These were successfully concealed from the police, however. The 15000 check on the United States National bank may have been made out at this time, but prob ably was not as it later bobbed up with the date of May 19. When, after his unsuccessful fight against extradition, Crawford was taken to Phoenix, jail deputies there also failed to find the check when they searched the fugitive. After being paroled at Phoenix Craw ford immediately went to Tucson, where he lived at one time and had worked as an auditor in the office of the Arizona & Kastern railroad. With two old friends, W. C. iJoubna and Sam Jones, clerks in the railroad office. Crawford went to the Tucson National bank to open an account. He explained to bank officials that because of trou ble with his wife, whom he feared was trying to get some of his property, he had given $5CH0 in cash to his Port land employer, Henry W. Fries, when he went to work in this city. Upon leaving, ha, said, he had asked for his money and it had been given to him in the form of the check he desired to make the basis of his bank account. ThonMnd Drawn Oat. Th day after opening his account in the meantime the Tucson bank had i found .out from the United States Na tional that the real estate concern was easily good for $5000 Crawford drew out llOuO. A few days later he- drew out J1500 on the pretext that he was starting in business as public account ant with Doubna in Tucson and needed the money to take an option on some business property. Investigation later showed he had never inquired concern ing a lease. Soon the entire $3000 wa withdrawn, of which Crawford gave Doubna t:'50u. Doubna, since the affair came to light, has returned $1791.45 to the bank, and it is' believed may make restitution of the entire $2500 he received. Whether the supposed robbery of Crawford was a frame-up to help him salt away his $"-'500 or whether some of the money was recovered from the robbers Is not yet known here. SHERIDAN CONDUCTS DRIVE Dance and Police Court Session Aid Salvation Army Fund. SHERIDAN". Or., -July is. (Special.) Sheridan held a Salvation Army dance Saturday evening at which more than 200 people were present. The streets of the city were packed with country folk and with people from near-bv towns who flocked in from all directions to take part in the effort to put Sheridan over the top in the drive. A police court was held on the streets and several of the leading citizens were fined on various charges and the money taken in this way turned over to the Salvation fund. The affair was in charge of the Elks lodge, which is DEER HUNTERS ARE FINED; RESIDENTS OF CORVAIL1S SEC TION PLEAD GUILTY. Game Warden Hawker Arrests Men as They Return From Al&ea Mountains With Two Does. CORVALLTS, Or.. July 2S. (Special.) Charles Kranklin, who lives in the Rock Creek vicinity, and Fred Williams and E. D. Long:, newcomers since Janu ary l, who live southwest of Corvallis. were before Judge Morgan and District Attorney Clarke this morning on a charge of violating the game laws. They admitted killing two female deer Sunday. The first two were fined $100 each, while the latter was assessed but $5. He had not killed anything and said he was merely along. The killing took place in the Alsea mountains, and the men were arrested by (lame Warden E. S. Hawker, who went out early Sunday morning to in vestigate the-shooting that some had reported as rather common. He went to a spot where he thought hunters would go Into the woods, and waited. The three men appeared soon after and the game warden waited for them to return from their hunt, which they did In the middle of the afternoon.' Hawker held them up, made an In spection and notified them to appear. He took the two deer to Albany, put them on ice, and wrote his super'or asking what he should do with the meat. When before Judge Hogan, Mr. Franklin said that he had gone after the deer because he was in need of the meat. The regular season is from Au gust la to October 1V. MEDFORD MEETING OPENS War Minerals Relief Commission Is in Session. MEDFORD, Or., July 2S. The war minerals relief commission, consisting of ex-Senator John F. Shafroth of Den ver. Colo.; M. D. Foster of Olney. 111.; Philipp Moore, mining expert of St. Louis and Paul S. Black, attorney, of Washington, opened a one-week session here today. One hundred and seventy-four" own ers of mineral property have boen no tified to attend the meeting and pre sent their claims for redress by the government. Chehalis Soldier Return. CHEHALIS, Wash", July 28. (Spe cial.) Percy Goodell, well-known Che halis young man. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodell of this city, ha' arrived home from France after 1 months service in that country, ser geant Goodell received his discharge from service at Camp Lewis this week. He was engaged In the quartermaster's department and for some months past has been with the American army of occupation. STATE WAGE CONTESTED OPERATION' OF WASHINGTON SAFETY BOARD CONCERNED. Auditor Aks Attorney-General Decide on Legality of Salary Increases Under New Act. OLTMPIA. Wash., July 2S. Spe cial.) Operation of the state safety board, for which the last legislature appropriated 1350.000, depends upon the decision of a point presnved to the a ttorne general by C. W. Clausen, state auditor, as to whether the two commissioners. Dr. J. S. Kloeber and Martin J. Flyztk. can legally receive the salaries of $400 a month authorized by the safety act. Roth are serving terms as medical aid commissioners, compensation for which was limited to $1000 a year when ttwe safety act was passed making them also safety board members with extra salary allowance. If their status falls under several recent decisions of the supreme court, they can reoefve no more for the present term than the fixed pay of their office at the time the law was passed. Th attorney-general has held In valid extra allowances made to the state labor commissioner aid state mine Inspector as 'advisory members of the sam safety board. If the salaries and compensation allow-ed for safety board members is finally de clared invalid it Is admitted that the whole elaborate scheme of safety board organization, including three district boards and appointment of IS field deputies, will be suspended until the next legislature. SPECIAL SESSION CALLED Montana Legislators to Handle Drouth Emergency and Suffrage. HELENA. Mont., July 28. 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