THE MORNING OR EGO XI AN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919.
were moved back to Detroit, where it
was more convenient.
By prompt work the forestry men
got all the fires under control but
one, which is burning on Squaw moun
tain, five miles back of Br'-itenbu&h
Springs- This fire has burned over 60
acres. It was well under control when
the wind came up Tuesday noon, and
it got across the lines again. Jt is ex
pected that it will be brought under
control today if a sttff wind does not
spring up again. Twelve men are fight
ing the fire at this place. There are 25
men at work in the Santiam district.
OPERATION HELD
made to conform with the city limits
today by the action of the county
boundary board bill issued at the re
quest of residents in the district. This
will add about $800,000 to the assessed
"S
FURNISHED THRILLS
valuation of the Warrenton district re
ducing that of Hammond and Morrison
districts.
The school district boundary has been
a local issue ever since Flavel was
annexed to this city. There have been
two attempts before the county boun
dary report to get the city limits and
the school district limits made the
same. A bill was passed through the
1917 legislature that would have made
such a change mandatory on the boun
dary board only to be vetoed by Gover
nor 'Withycombc, and again in 1919
Senator Norblad of Clatsop introduced a
similar bill known as senatebill No. 23,
which passed both houses and later be
came a general law. It was under this
law that the boundary board was com
pelled to make their ruling in the
Warrenton case today.
lencan Exporters Asked
to
Alleged Forger Poses as Real
Melodrama Hero.
Supply Europeans.
RAIN . STOPS FIRES SPREAD
Southeastern Idaho and Western
Wyoming Conditions Better,
OGDEX, ltah. July 31. Weekly re
ports received at the district office of
the forest service in this city from
forest supervisors state that rains
which have fallen within the past few
days have greatly reduced the fire
hazard.
Especially is this true of forests in
southeastern Idaho and western Wyo
ming. EEDS BECOME ENORMOUS
TRIAL CREATES SENSATION
xcl H. Oxholm Addresses Western
Man Wanted Here Being Held Pend
ing Hearing on Extradition
Claim From Oregon.
Associations at Paradise
' Valley Meeting
CRAWFORD'S CHARGES
SPOOK HELD POOR WITNESS
THREE XEW JERSEY CITIZENS
CHARGE SPIRIT FRACD.
A R ATM SB VALLEY, Wash-, July 31
.Special.) American lumber export-
cuuuiu uu-upciaic wiiu incn ji -
faavian competitors in developing the
mber trade in Europe, said Axel H.
yrholm. representative of the United
states department of commerce, at a
joint session of the West Coast Lum
bermen's association and Western Pine
Manufacturers association at Paradise
Valley last evening. Mr. Oxholm has
just returned from a two years' in
vestigation of lumber trade conditions
i in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Mr. Oxholm declared that the aggre
gate commercial lumber supply in the
three countries that he visited does
not exceed 3,500.000,000 feet and that
it will require from two to four years
to get this out where it can be used.
Meanwhile lumber requirements in
Europe will be enormous. As Russian
producers will be out of the market
on account of chaotic industrial and
aiuvi ia lui iuijiuci .
I Understanding Ik deeded.
' But to develop this European trade
intelligently and effectively the Amer
ican manufacturers should reach some
)iind of an understanding with the
Scandinavian manufacturers, he said,
fir. Oxholm gave interesting details
if the methods of manufacture abroad,
n some particulars of which, he said,
e Scandinavian countries excel this
pun try.
The meeting here yesterday brought
fgether a big group of lumbermen from
.11 parts of the west. Many visitors
are present from the east and south.
Most of the party are' accompanied by
their families. Social diversions are
prominent in the activities, which will
be spread over a period of three days.
The pine manufacturers headed by
T. A. McOan of Bend, Or., held a formal
business meeting in the a fternoon. A.
W. Cooper of Portland, secretary of the
association, reported on proceedings
incidental to recent withdrawal by the
Portland traffic committee of proposed
eastbound lumber schedule No. 3 2-A,
which action allows the existing rela
tionship of rates to remain.
New Rales Explained.
At the meeting of the West Coast
association this afternoon, presided over
by Robert S. Shaw of AsjLoria, Or.,
John Newlin, head of the government
timber-testing laboratory at Madison,
Wis., explained the proposed new rule
for grading JDouglas fir structural tim
bers. This rule, in brief, would give
due consideration to density and
strength in establishing the grade. The
proposal was amplified and explained
in further detail by C. A. Paul of Chi
cago, consulting engineer for the Na
tional Lumber Manufacturers' associa
tion, and by J. Hogue of New York,
eastern ' representative of the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
Dr. J. S. Kloeber, chairman of the
newly formed Washington state safety
board, explained the plans of his or
ganization and told the lumbermen how
they can co-operate.
3 HURT IN AUTO SMASH
WOMAN' AXD TWO CHILDREN
ARE IN JURED IX COLLISION.
KIWANIS SECRETARY HERE
Physician's Car Strikes. Another
Coming From Behind Obstruc
tion, but Hurts Not Serious.
Two children and a woman were in
jured at 7:45 P. M. Wednesday in an
automobile collision at East Forty
ninth and Iivision strtets. The in
jured are: Charles Caputo. 22 months
old, unconscious, extent of hurts un
determined; James Caputo, 9 years old.
bad lacerations about face, and Miss
Maud Osborne, 25 years old, of 546
East Fiftieth street, lacerated scalp.
The children, whose home is at 404
East Forty-sixth street, were riding in
a machine driven by their brother,
Frank Caputo, 19 years old. The driver
of the other machine was Dr. M. Whet
stone, 316 Kast Thirty-sixth street, in
whose machine Miss Osborne was rid
ing. Miss Osborne, James Caputo and
Rachel Caputo, 6 years old, were picked
up by a passing automobile and taken
to the Emergency hospital. Rachel was
uninjured.
A few moments later the father and
mother of the Caputo children appeared
at headquarters with the unconscious
baby, Charles. They were too excited
to give ' full particulars. Captain
Inskeep sent them to St. Vincent's hos
pital immediately.
Dr. Whetstone was driving east, en
route for Linneman Junction. With him
on the front seat was Miss Maud Bur
greff. 317 East Thirty-sixth street. Miss
Burgreff was not thrown out but Miss
Osborne was thrown from the machine,
landing on the back of her head.
The Caputo car was driving west and
came into the collision when it was
turned around a car being backed from
a garage, it was said.
NEW ZEALAND MAX TELLS
SEEDS OF DOMINION.
OF
Shortage of Material for Home Con
struction Caused by War
in Europe.
SCOCT FOR BIG CONVENTION"
WELCOMED BY PORTLAND.
IS
Hearty
to
Reception Assured Delegates
Business Men's Meet
Coming Year.
O. Samuel Cummings. secretary of In
ternational Kiwanis, heard from the
representatives of civic clubs Wednes
day nigrht the assurance that the Simon
pure Portland brand of hospitality will
he accorded the 4000 delegates from Ivi-
wanis clubs of the "world who will meet
in annual convention here the first
week of June.
There was a representative gathering
of the members of Portland Kiwnians
ind women of their families in compli
ment to the visit of the international
official, who had been delegated to visit
the coast to present charters to sev
eral new clubs and determine the ability
of Portland to entertain the conven
tion next year.
The convention was pledged at the
last meeting held in Birmingham in
June. Kiwanis has been in existence
for only five years and its international
conventions will assume new import
ance at the next session, for it was an
nounced that before the Portland gath
ering several clubs will have been
chartered in Kurope, so that it will ex
tend to both hemispheres.
On behalf of Al Kader temple,
Ancient Arabic Order. Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, Judge CJ-orge W. Staple
ton gave assurance that the visitors
will receive the same degree of hos
pitality that will be in readiness for
the 100.000 visitors to come to Portland
the second week in June. 1920.
Mayor Baker extend.e.1 a cordial wel
come to the guest of honor of the oc
casion, speaking in happy vein and as-
serwnK nis pleasure to nave been given
the privilege to be present in behalf
of the citizens to invite the coming of
Kiwanians next year.
STORM STARTS 27 FIRES
SAMIAM NATION AT. FOREST
SITUATION 1MPROVKO.
Oregon lumber is badly needed in
New Zealand for building purposes
during the great era of home building
which will be a feature of recon
struction in that dominion, according
to the statement of Robert Bell, news
paper proprietor of New Zealand, who
is making a brief visit in this city. Mr.
Bell . is managing director oi tne
Lyttelton Times. Chris tchurch. pro
prietor of the Mail and the Guardian.
Ashburton, half-owner of the rosi at
Timaru and has financial interests in
other New Zealand newspapers.
He is making a tour of the Lnited
States and Canada for his health and
is accompanied by his son, C harles Bell.
He will leave shortly for Lros Angeles
and southern California points.
New Zealand needs no introduc
tion to Portland, said tne ew Zea
land newspaper proprietor yesterday.
For many years New Zealand people
Vi a v a HvpH in houses constructed oi
Oregon lumber and timber from this
state will continue to oe mucn in
demand for some time to come. During
the past five years of the war period
there has been a great shortage of local
timber for home construction, and little
actual building. As a result, it is safe
to say that at the present time there
are thousands of families who are
forcer' - live in hotels, apartments or
sli. . - dwellings with others, when
thev would much preter to own their
own homes."
W. H. Crawford, wanted in Portland
for an alleged forgery of a $5000 draft
on the AVakefield, Fries company, has
played the role of a triumpant hero in
a real life melodrama which rivals the
most sensational plot which a fic
tionist ever dared produce," according
to charges which he made verbally in
a criminal court at Kastland, Texas.
Crawford, according to these charges,
was the victim of a woman he scorned
and two male companions, who, he
alleges, first robbed him of $1200 and
then attempted to murdar him to hide
all evidence of the crime.
His story, which has reached Port
land through a detective agency, which
hunted him down in Texas, is that
Ola Matthews, with whom he once
lived, together with a male consort,
Irving Couch, and a man named Ray
burn, enticed him to a lonely spot in
the oil fields near Kastland, Texas,
where they heat him into unconscious- ;
ness and robbed him of $1200.
Fiction Rivaled by C'EiarRe.
After procuring the money, he
charges th;t these three alleged as-
silants carried him in an automobile
to a deserted oil well and threw him
into the shaft, which was 900 feet deep.
He asserts his body was caught by
some timbers and hung suspended for
12 hours until he regained conscious
ness. He then succeeded in dragging
h imself from the wel I, he asserts, and
was taken by passers-by io Kastland,
where he received medical treatment.
It is said by Crawford that the three
alleged assailants spirited him away
in a stolen automobile, and that they
were arrested in this stolen car and
returned to Kastland for trial. Ac
cording to word received in Portland,
the alleged crime against Crawford
was so serious that the prosecuting
officers demanded the death penalty
for the woman and two men. This
trial was not concluded until this week,
but whether or not a conviction was
scored has not been learned here.
The chase for Crawford since his
alleged forgery was first brought to
light ended at Kastland, Texas, more
than a week ago, when Pinkerton
operatives identified him as the pros
ecuting witness against the Matthews
woman and her two male companions.
He was living under the name of W.
C. Carter. .
Sheriff Confront Crawford.
Although the sheriff at Kastland was
fully informed of the Portland charges
against Crawford, he did not confront
the man with the Oregon indictment
until after the Kastland trial h d con
cluded for fear of antagonizing him
and causing him to refuse to testify
fully.
Sheriff Hurlburt "Wednesday received
telegraphic advices from Sheriff Law
rence at Kastland that a writ of habeas
corpus, which had been filed by Craw
ford, has been granted and that a
hearing will be held August 1. Sheriff
Hurlburt vired back immediately ask
ing that a postponement be granted,
while District Attorney Evans tele
graphed the prosecuting attorney to
represent the state of Oregon at the
hearing.
Copies of the indictment returned
against Crawford in Portland have
been telegraphed to Texas officials.
Deputy Sheriff Rector Jeft for East
land Wednesday nifeht. armed with
requisition papers from Governor Ol
cott. Although Crawford is expected to
put up a hard fight against his re
moval to Oregon, officials here believe
lie will be returned for trial.
Farm Pictured as Haven of Pieces
of Eight and Donbloons Is ,
Das lp in Vain.
TRENTON", N. J., July 31. Captain
Kidd's spirit Is not a. reliable witness as
to where the redoubtable pirate buried
his treasure, in the opinion of Sophie
Sauter and Marie Blumer of Paterson
and Fred Laechrs of Elizabeth, who
appealed to the supremo court against
both the spook and its sponsor, David
Balsinger of Oakland, N. J.
The three took a chance , and bought
a farm from Balsinger in May, 1913, on
the strength of his assurance that Cap
tain Kidd's spirit had appeared to him
in the night and revealed the exact spot
on the farm where he had buried whole
chests of pieces of eight, doubloons and
other treasures which pirates are wont
to collect.
To bind the bargain the purchasers
paid $200 in cash and pave their note
for J5000. They do not wish to pay
the note now, because they have dug
up the entire farm without finding a
single doubloon. They asked the court
to declare the note void on the ground
that it was agreed with Balsinger that
the $5000 was to be paid out of the
treasure. .
Clothes, for Days o' Summer
There's a hint of the heather in these cool, easy-fitting garments;
there's a suggestion of long stretches of sandy beach, of foaming
green waters, or of shaded mountain nook.
For work or playtime, these are the clothes
$25 to $60
BURGLARS CALL ON JURIST
i
Judge Gatens' Home Ransacked,
but Nothing Is Taken.
Burglars Wednesday night ransacked
the home of Judge William Oa'.ens. 510
East Twenty-fifth street North, but
took nothing, although they ttfrew val
uable silverware on the dining room
floor, and made' minute examination of
other costly articles. Inspectors Hill and
Oahill. who investigated, believe the
burglars wanted nothing but money.
Mr. and Mrs. Gatens discovered the
burglary when they went home about
midnight. The whole building had been
ransacked. The contents of bureau
drawers were strewn on the floor. Some
of the silverware had been arranged
in piles, as though for removal, but
the judge said that he could find
nothing missing.
William Bolls, proprietor of a store
at 229 Morrison street, found a burglar
in his office when he returned to do
tome work Wednesday r.ight. The thief
escaped with $10 from the cash register.
Inspectors Cordon and Wright say
the burglar was an amateur, as the
thief screwed the knobs off the sate
in an effort to open it.
STATE DEPARTMENT GAINS
Corporation Orficc Turns Over
9205,562 to Treasurer.
SALEM. Or.. July 31. (Special.)
Operating expenses of the state cor
poration department for the year end
ed June 30, 1919. aggregated 7 4-10
per cent of the revenue collected, ac
cording to a report filed by Commis
sioner H. J. Sehulderman yesterday.
This is said to be a new record in the
cost of administration of the depart
ment. The operating expenses for the
fiscal vear ended June 30. 1918. was
$16,785.81. while the cost of operating
the department for the fiscal year end
ed June 30. 1919, was $16,614.80. The
slight reduction in expense was made
in spite of war conditions and the gen
eral increase in costs.
Receipts of the department for the
year ended June 30. 1918. were $197,
009 47 and during the fiscal year end
ed June 30. 1919. the income amounted
to $322. 176.il. showing a gain r.f
$24,667.34 over the previous year. After
deducting operating expenses $205.
562.01 was turned over to the state
treasurer.
GERMANY BUYS COPPER
Shipments to England and Japan
Also Are I nor eased.
NEW YORK. July 31. Moderate
quantities of refined copper have been
houpht for Herman manufacturing1 In-
agencies here announced today. Ship
ments have been already begun and
are expected to assume larger propor
tions. The financial arrangements con
nected with the purchase of the metal
a o m n rt H i ftf 1 ncavH
Additional sales of copper to Eng
land. France and several Scandinavian
countries also are reported, with pros
pects of further exports to Japan.
Phone vour want ads to The Jrego
nian. Phone Main 7T0. A 00!:..
School Boundaries l-'ixcd.
V A R R KNTOX. Or.. July 3 1 . (Prte
cial. Warrenton school district was
1
GOOD BOXINGJS OFFERED
Catholic War Council Entertainment
Has Snappy Features.
Two good, boxing bouts featured the
entertainment provided Wednesday
night by the National Catholic War
council at its headquarters, 243 Couch
street.
Jimmie O'Keefe and Emil Quinn put
on the first go and gave a classy ex
hibition. The second match was be
tween Bart Dooney and Rudolph Zeller
and both proved themselves fast step
pers. The show, which was one of the
regular tri-weekly entertainments of
the series being given under direction
of Joe Little, closed with a snappy
comedy.
One Blaze on Squaw Mountain Ex
pected to Be Brought Under
Control This Week.
ALBANY. Or.. Ju'y 31. (Special.)
More forest fires have started in the
Santiam national forest during the last
.-even calendar days than were recorded
for the whole year of 191S. according
to C. C. Hall, supervisor, who returned
io Albany yesterday from Detroit, where
hfr has been directing the fire fighting.
Mr. Hall went to Detroit on July
22 after receiving word from the
w ather bureau that an electric storm
w.is due to break that week. n
Wednesday he rode over to Fish lake,
"0 miles away, and was there that
night when the big storm broke. The
lightning set 27 fires. 16 in the De
troit district and 11 in the Cas'-aJe
riistrlct. Operations were directed from
Fish lake for a time, but luadquarters
PLANES TO PATROL FIRES
Two Machines from Camp Lewis
Ordered to Oregon.
TAC'OM A. ash., July 31. On tele
graphic orders received iast night from
Mather field. Sacramento. Cat., two
army airplanes at Camp Lewis were
ordered to proceed at once to Salem,
Or., to be used in aerial patrol over
forest fires in that state.
The planes will start this morning.
it was announced yesterday, stopping
at Chehalis. Wash., and Portland for
gasoline. Lieutenant K. C Kiel and
Sergeant Frank McKce will pilot the
planes south. Lieutenant Kiel s in
structed to report in' crson f Cover
nor Olcott of Oregon.
tr. Zeller Goes to O. A. C.
OREGON AGRICtTLTL'RAL COLLEGE,
C'ervallis. July 31. t Special.) Dr. San
ford M. Zeller. formerly instructor in
plant pathology in the University of
Washington, who has been connected
with the Missouri botanic garden for
several years, is now fruit pathologist
in the department of botany and plant
pathology at the college.
All the mattresses u-sed in Patras,
Greece, consular district are locally
made by hand process of grass, moss
and cotton. Patras has also about 23
shops where a rather inferior grade of
furniture is made by hand. The only
furniture imported consists of Iron bed
steads. There is a prohibitive customs
tariff on all goods of this classifica
tion made of wood.
Victory Buyers'
Week
Portland, Oregon
August 4 to 9
Railroad Fare Refunded
By 100 and more Port
land Jobbers and Manu
facturers if your com
bined purchases aggre
gate $500.00.
(Under auspices of and
entertainment furnished by
Portland Chamber of Commerce.)
Extra Good Flour
At Low Prices
Wheat.
WHITE ROE FI.OIR is a straight flour made from Blue fctem
"heat and is particularly adapted lor bread m.kins, being heavy in
gluten.
The flour that we are now offering for eale la manufactured from
1918 wheat.
Flour will not be any cheaper and our advice to vou la that you place
vour order now.
MTKRIOR FI.OrR, 40s per bhl. Sll.OO. per sack
WmTU KOK FLOl K. 4!s per bbl. S11.40. per ack
WHITK KOSK KI.UI H. SSs per bbl. $11.15. per sack
WHITK ROSK, 10-lb. sack
WHITK KOSK FI.OI H, 24l2-lb. sack ........ .-
SIPKRIOR. w HOLE WHEAT, per bbl. Sll.OO. per sack.
n.oo
!$.".."
91.
2.73
CANNED GOODS
roRV, Appetizer brand, per dozen 2.00. 3 f?TA- -A
t'ORV. OnarRo brand, extra fancy, per dozen 2.oO. e
ASPARAGUS. Brookdale brand, cuts. No. 3 cans, dozen So.
SWEET 'POTATOES.' L'ib'by "brand. 2 dozen 92. SO. 2 for.
MIXCED SEA CLAMS, Sea Shore brand. No. I tall dos. 81
MINTED SEA CLAMsYsea Shore brand No. H flats doz. i
3 for
SO.
MISCELLANEOUS GROCERIES
.'.Or
2Sc
50?
40c
Pearl Tapioca 2 lbs. for. .. . 25
Pearl Barley, 2 lbs. for. 25
California Prunes, per lb..l2VC
Bon-Ton Seeded Raisins. l.".-oz.
cartons, doz. S1.60. each. 14c
Cocoanut. per lb
Small White Beana, per lb.
Lima Beans, per lb
Mexican Beans, per lb.
37c r J
. 8c t 3
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r ht i f yrTn JKn i Utah 'J
In seeking hotel accommo
dations consider our most
central location, in the
heart of Portland's business
activities and also our very
moderate minimum rates of
. $1.00 Per Day
With Private Bath $1.50
We have been "fixing
up" for you. Can we
book your reservation?
New Perkins
Hotel
Fifth and Washington Sts.
FRUIT JARS, RUBBERS AND GAPS
MASON JARS
Pints. 1 doz. in caee, doz. . 0
Quarts, doz. in case, doz..U1.0O
i--Oal., doz. in case, doz.. 91. 25
EXTRA CAPS: Mason's
Tn,..laiii T.irtAH r- r( ir TIArf
Sanicap Caps, per doz 20C
t'nvnuv TAP
Pints l doz. In case, doz..l.l,
Quarts, doz. in case, doz.-gl.SO
J-i-Gallon, per doz ......... $ 1 .55
Economy Caps, per doz... SOc
GLASSES
Sjuat Jelly Glasses, dox 55c
doz.
.75
FRUIT JAR RUBBERS
Extra heavy, wide pure Rubbers, 3 doz. for 25c, 1!
PURE ALUMINUM PRESERVING
KETTLES LIFETIME BRAND
4- Quart Lifetime Aluminum
Lipped Preserving Kettle,
reg. J1.50. special. .91.25
5- Quart Lifetime Aluminum
Lipped Preserving: Kettle,
reg. J-.00. special. .81.75
S-Quart Lifetime Aluminum
Lipped Preserving Kettle,
reg. $2.50. special. .92. 20
10-Quart Lifetime Aluminum
Lipped Preserving Kettle,
reg. $2.75, special. .82.45
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Mazola Oil. 'i-gal. tins.. 1.70
Mazola Oil, 1-gal. tins. . . 2.90
Mazola. Oil, 5-gal. tins. . .$13.50
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orders will be filled carefully and promptly at taeae low prices.
D. C. BURNS COMPANY
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