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THE 3IORXIXG OUEGONIAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919. 13 rJEWELRY STORE ID : HETS ROBBERS S220D M. L. Smith Shoo in Heifia Building Rifled. OWNER BOUND AND GAGGED Throe Men Enter Place In Daylight and Make Kscape in Higta Powered Antomobllc. In a daring daylight robbery yes terday morning three men held up and bound M. L. Smith, proprietor of the Little jewelry shop In the Heilig building and after robbing the cash box of diamonds, money and a liberty bond, aggregating about 12200, made their getaway in a high-powered au tomobile. .Mr. Smith, who managed to break his bonds, pursued the robbers up Broadway with a fusillade of six ehots from his revolver, none of which is believed to have taken effect upon the men. --The automobile, Oregon license No. ioJ73, in which the robbers made their escape, was later found on Nine teenth - between Glisan and Hoyt streets. There was a mark on the right fender where one of the bullets had struck. People in the vicinity said that a single man had driven the oar there and in leaving had run away down the street. Action Considered Joke. .The robbery took place shortly after Mr. Smith had opened for busi ness in the morning and the street was filled with people on the way to work. Two of the men entered and -ordered Mr. Smith to hold up his jhands while a third remained outside as a lookout. Mr. Smith said he at first thought the men were joking and refused in a jocular way. -The robbers then pulled him from behind the counter and bound and gagged him with towels and hand kerchiefs and shoved him In a back -room. They then rifled the cash box. taking six diamonds valued at $2000 -and a $100 liberty bond, $75 in cash " and a check for $35. Mr. Smith eaid j.le had $2200 in cash hid in the top ' of the unlocked safe but the men .' overlooked that. As the men were leaving the store Mr. Smith managed to loosen his ' 'bonds, and seizing his revolver, gave pursuit. The robbers had passed Taylor street, going south, when he opened fire, empting his revolver. - The robbers, all three of whom car ried revolvers, declined to return the fire of the jeweler, contenting them- selves with speeding out of range. Hotel 'Window Broken. One shot from Mr. Smith's revolver went through a window of the Edison hotel, just missing the head of Mrs. Iva Steadman, one of the residents of " the place, who was sitting knitting. . Another passed through the top and . windshield of an automobile at the , .southwest corner of Broadway and - Taylor street. The robbers continued "south on Broadway for a short dls- - lance and then are believed to have turned onto Madison street and dou- l.bled back. Police headquarters was immedi ately notified of the holdup and mo torcycle officers and inspectors were eent in every direction to 6cour the city for the three men. Every officer on his beat was given a description - and told to be on the lookout for the men and also to inquire for them at every lodging house and hotel. Every .road leading out of the city was -. watched. As described to the police by Mr. Smith, the men are all comparatively - young. One. he said, was about 22 to 25 years of age, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, smooth shaven and wore a greenish . suit and a dark cap. Another he de scribed as 25 to 27 years old, 6 feet 8 inches tall and smooth shaven and '--wearing a brownish suit and a dark . cap. The third was 30 to 35 years olif " 5 feet 10 inches in height, smooth shaven, dark complexioned, dark hair ' and wore a dark raincoat and cap. -All carried large blue guns. Bt!" City Is Combed. . . On the theory of Chief of Inspectors John Clark that the men were still in the city, a systematic combing of every section was made by the po lice yesterday. Captain of Detectives Circle also got into telephonic com- -- munication with all surrounding tl. towns to prevent the men making their getaway by leaving the city. . The discovery of the automobile -. furnished a clew which was immedi ately followed up. The men are be- Jieved to have separated following the robbery, as Indicated by the fact that but one man was seen to leave -the car on Nineteenth street. 1 Officers Russell, Van Deusen, Rip. - pen and Horack were dispatched to the scene where the car was left and -made a thorough investigation there. The car was also identified as the on In which the men had made their - 'escape by Mr. Smith, proprietor of the jewelry shop. That and the bullet " mark made identification certain. Martin Car Stolen. , The car in which the robbers made their escape following the holdup was a stolen one and belonged to G. F. " Martin. 84 East Pine street. Mr. Mar- V ,'tin came to the police station and identified his machine after it had " been recovered yesterday afternoon . ..He told Captain Circle that ha did not know the auto had been stolen "until inspectors got in touch with htm and questioned him regarding it. He ;had left it on the Fifth street side of . the courthouse yesterday morning ('rabout 8:45 o'clock, removing the dis- j. .tnumor iy prevent us Deing stolen The robbers apparently had substl- ,.,'tuted another distributor and made away with the machine shortly after he lert it. -- Robber Discards Cap. -.- In the automobile when found by the ponce were an old raincoat and green cap, supposedly discarded by one of the robbers in his flight. '""'Jewel boxes, which had contained the - diamonds taken by the robbers, also " w-ere strewn about - the floor and seats of the machine. "" That there may have been a wpman "implicated in the holdup was the be lief expressed by Mr. Smith yester aroday. He said that Tuesday evening J" woman about 3S years of ago s entered his place of business and --paid she wished he would show her i'some diamonds sometime within the wit few nights. She said she had ""little time to purchase diamonds in .the day time and took one of his business cards. Sh was well dressed, MuMr. Smith said, but other than that he could give no description of her. IVTle said he had a premonition at the --time that she was not exactly right. ''. Four young men were taken to .detective headquarters last evening 'r'as suspects, but they were released -.when Mr. Smith was unable to "Identify them as Implicated in the robbery. rhone your want to The Ure- tenlan. Main 070, A 6035. HOW THE PLANET VENUS ENTHRALLED POR TLAND WHEN YESTERDAY. - -- - - - i , - r 't f V y -v ir . ' 1 y -1 ill t 3 rr ' , ' - , z,. vtr-, ;r vz . ft ' y - - ' . V ' ' AS" '' i" yuiieiini,'ii m mi imiFu"n--iwiwu.jim'mnmin.(ii-...-....-: - " . A - : - J v i h I . - ' ; 4 I f i k r? ' , . " "t$ - i & i - - ' r : ' ' I v ' ; ? 'v' v y -I fj . S ' , ' I' r;l yJ- f" f'v. ; . k'-: - h-vv 4 1 &. , , . - . ' ; v-' ' - fori:':-;.;- Si : -" - - - j," - - --- - X- XX; -; : v iSS s I VENUS IS SEEN BY DAY c : CAPRICIOUS PLAXET FLIRTS WITH PORTLAN D STARGAZERS. Only Experts Recognize Phenom enon, Which Provides Brilliant Spectacle for Throngs. Capricious and feminine as ever, the planet Vensus coquetted with thou sands of puzzled Portland folk yes terday morning, when she blazed in singular splendor across the southern sky, making mockery of the sun and the prohibition against planets and stare appearing after dawn. If Portland is shy In any one scien tific particular, it is in astronomy. The stars are up there, of course, a myriad of them and they make splen did decorative effects on dark nights. But as to their naming and their orbital habits, the average citizen is fully as much in the dark as was the world before the injunction, "Let there be light." Explanations Are Numerous. So when Venus moved sedately across the sky, in the full glare of a sunny forenoon, many a cricked neck and corrugated brow testified to the furore it t A 3 V X BI. L. Smith. Jeweler, -who fig ured in daylight robbery yes terday morning. of mortals who didn't understand that the "morning star" is a maid of many whims and does as she chooses. "It's a comet!" asserted one faction of the fearful. "It's another world that's got loose and they say she's going to smash into us about noon," volunteered an other. Aside from a few who are learned In the lore of the stars none gave to Venus the welcome that ia her wom anly and royal prerogative. They gazed upon the fair visitant as blithely as children at a fair, not knowing just what the show por tended, but agreed that it lent a fillip to the day. Earlier Visit More Brautifnl. Professor J. W. Daniels, instructor in astronomy at Hill Military acad emy, gave the flrt authentic infor mat ion relative to the identity of th brilliant epectaol. When Venus, th planet, appears in the role of "morn ing EtaT." and is nearest tt the earth. Ipptr A ikr-caiinc throne at Sixth and Alder trerte, speculating: on the Identity of the Mplendld celestial visitor. Lower left One of the traffic squad turned astronomer his semaphore forgotten. Lower right You have to squint, but you can see) it, all riicht. as she was yesterday, propitious con ditions frequently render her visible. said Professor Daniels. 'You should have seen Venus the other morning," enthused Professor Daniels, "a few hours earlier in sched ule than today's appearance. The moon n its orbit was near the earth, in such position that this planet played full moon to the moon and the earth light illuminated all the dark surface of the moon. The globe was full, with the darkened portion lighted by the reflection of the earth and with the rim of new moon making a dazzlin'g crescent to one hand of the shadow. And just above the moon. radiant with light, swung Venus. It was one of the most beautiful phe nomena that I have ever witnessed." Throughout the forenoon and until light drift of clouds blotted out the picture, Venus held her place in the public gaze a planet seen by daylight, the "morning star" in full splendor. 'E0PLE IN PARIS SHIVER Hotels Short of Coal and Wood Is Extremely Costly. PARIS,- Oct. 21. (By the Asso ciated Press.) American tourists who have recently reached Paris wish that they might have brought their own coal supply with them. October has been unusually cold and damp, but there is an official prohibition against the use of coal for centra! heating purposes before November 1, so that only those hotels able to obtain wood are heated. A centrally located hotel now charges 25 to 50 francs daily for single rooms without heat. Wood for use in fireplaces costs 16 francs a basket when available. CARIBOU RUN WELCOMED Alaskans Get ATinter Supply of Meat From Herds. DAWSON. T. T-. Oct. 22. Caribou, hundreds of thousands of them, ac cording to estimates, are ranging the hills within five miles of here on their annual exodus to the north. All the hills and. valleys are covered with the herds. Dawson people are leaving here in quads to secure their winter meat supply from the herds. Women and children are joining in the hunt. The caribou affords relief from the high cost of living as beef and mutton are selling from 60 to 80 cents a pound. AUSTRIA QUITS GERMANY Constitutional Amendment Revoke Countries' Alliance. VIENNA, Oct. 21. (By the Associ ated Press.) The national assembly today eliminated from the constitu tion the provision declaring Austria a composite part of Germany. The elimination was determined upon t- meet the terms of the peace treaty. Social Calendar Fixed. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL LKOE, Corvallis, Oct. 22. (Special.) The social schedule for the entire year has just been completed. Many changes have been made. No for mal functions will he held and all picnic and hikes are scheduled, lach organization Is allowed two functions during the year, one of which may be a dance. SHE PAID A DAYLIGHT VISIT .ir,, . IDAHO SOLONS MAY MEET GOVERNOR CONSIDERING CALL . FOR SUFFRAGE SESSION. House Would Have to Convene in Theater as Capitol Is Torn . Down for Improvements. BOISE, There is Idaho. Oct. 22. (Special.) a possibility that th.e f if teenth Idaho legislature may be con vened In November in a one-day ex tra session to ratify the national woman suffrage amendment.. It was announced today Governo Davis favors immediate ratification, He has not definitely decided, how ever, to convene the extra session, but there is strong probability this ac tion may ultimately be taken. If the legislature is called it will be at the expense of the members, and unde the call they would only be permit ted to consider the ratification question. As the legislative halls have been torn down the legislature would have to convene in some public building, probably a theater. Governor Davi is In receipt of a message from Gov ernor William D. Stephens of Califor nia asking that the legislature be con vened in extra session November Thanksgiving. "I am giving the matter seriou consideration," said Governor Davis. "Should an extra session be called it would be but for one day, at the ex pense or members and only for th purpose of considering ratification of the suffrage amendment." QUAKE WAKES UP ROME Strong Tremor Lasting Few Sec - onds Catches Populace In Bed. ROME. Oct. 22. Rome was shaken ty an earthquake at 7:06 o'clock thl morning, the tremor waking up th population still in bed and lasting few seconds. No reports as. to th damage done have as yet been re celved. This is the second shock expert enced within two days, one being fell yesterday. Today's shock was of con iderable strength. School Assemblies Interesting. KELSO, Wash.. Oct. 22. (Special, The Monday morning assemblies at the Catlin school are attracting th attention of parents, as interestin programmes are given. At the last assembly Superintendent Jones, who was an officer with the 91st divi sion, and was wounded in action, told of his experiences overseas. Othe programme features were a readin by Miss V erna Randall and musics numbers by the school. J. L. Harrt spoke on the Roosevelt memorial pla Chehalis Veteran Returns. CHEHALIS. Wash., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Joe Smith, native born Cheha lis soldier in the recent war with Germany and one of the last to reach home, owing to his having stayed ta help clean up Uncle Sam's work over there, arrived this week. Joe was with the 20th ensinr., along with a number of other Chehalis men, and was among the first to land across the water at the time the United biate entered the war. J. D. SWANK FOUND GUILTY OF FORGERY Complaints of Old Men and Women Lead to Conviction. REALTY GANG BREAKS UPtime entered the gubernatorial race in Charges Include Misrepresentation In Land Trade; Sentence May Be Passed Today. J. D. Swank, considered by District Attorney Evans "the smoothest real estate crook In the state of Oregon" nd former leader of a gang of oper ators In' blank deeds and forged con veyances. was found guilty of forgery by a jury in the court of Circuit Judge Tucker late yesterday. For eight years the district attor ney's office has listened to the tales f old women and men who had been victimized. Grand jury investiga tions have been made, without suc cess, indictments being dismissed for lack of convicting evidence. This year the band or curostone reany men operating with Swank has Been broken up. Three other members were sent to the penitentiary follow ing trials in the court of Judge Tucker. In order of conviction they are: D. A. Hatfield, Ed. de Young and Jack Hamilton. In each case he name of Swank was mentioned somewhere. In one the connection was so remote as to be only that a forged notarial seal, important in the evidence, had been discovered by in vestigators in the office of Swank in the Henry building. - W. A. Geren Breaks If Ganar. Walter A. Geren, special lnvestl gator for the district attorney's of- ice. is credited with breaking up the gang and following up the evidence which finally brought swanic intotne toils. District Attorney Evans was open ly jubilant last night over the suc cessful prosecution of the case by Earl Bernard, deputy district at torney. Though the specific charge against Swank, on which he was convicted. concerned the forgery of a note for 75, circumstances surrounding the case show the swindle of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stephens, who were induced to trade a $1600 homestead for worth less land through the representations of Swank. Mr. Stephens owned a 160-acre home stead, valued at about 110 an acre. near Taft, Lincoln county, in 1918 and desired to trade it for a smaller, more homelike place. He advertised the place for sale or trade and Swank answered his notice, offering him several trades. Mrs. Stephens testi fied at the trial to coming to Port land and being induced by Swank to sign her husband's name to their homestead deed and trading It for three acres in Lane county, on which he represented there was a small house and barn and an orchard in cul tivation, with "soil as black as your hat." "Orchard" Is of Fir. Mr. Stephens went to his new prop erty and found it situated in a valley between steep slopes, discovered no house, and the only "orchard'' was of second-growth fir. . Protests resulted in excuses from Swank, who said he merely acted as broker for someone else, who had represented to him that the property was valuable. He was sorry, etc. and finally said he would give them nstead. five valuable acres In Mor row county and a note for $75. The land was found worthless as was also the note. Attorney John J. Jeffreys, defend Ing Swank, sought a directed verdict of acquittal at the close of the prose eutlon 8 case at noon yesterday on the ground that there had been no proof that the alleged forgery had been committed in Multnomah county. Judge Tucker held the nroof to be J.ll1"1 1? .l.be caso to lH JUUgilllllk V I 111? JU1J. on the stand, contenting himself with arguing the case to the jury. His chief position was that Swank should not be found guilty in this county be cause of the insufficiency of proof that any crime was committed here. "xney might have a. good case against Mr. Swank In Lincoln coun ty," he admitted to the Jury, "but that is their affair and it should not be tried out here." Swank probably will be sentenced today. LAUNDRY STRIKERS MEET Vancouver Sleeting Addressed by International President. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) The striking laundry workers of the Vancouver steam laun dry held a meeting last night at which James E. Brock, international president of the laundry workers, was present and spoke. He is to remain in the city a few days to assist the strikers. The laundry is operating apparently normal again and laundry is returned without delay. Laundry is collected by one of the strikers and shipped to Tacoma to be done, a truck having been secured for this purpose. STEAMER IS IN DISTRESS British Vessels Stand. By While Coulter Is Taken, in Tow, JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Oct. 22. The United States navy radio station here nicked ud Yesterday S. O. S. calls from the steamer Coulter, which stated she was in distress In latitude 28.29 north, longtltude 79.04 west, with the Dour room nooaea. Later messages stated that the Brit ish steamer Star of Scotland, steamer City of Columbus, and destroyer Cald well were standing by while the ves sel was being towed to port by the U. S. 8. Topeka. PENNY OUTPUT ENORMOUS Mints Are Turning Out 75,000,000 Coppers Monthly. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 22. Ray Banker, director of the United States mints, said today at a conference of assay experts that the mints In the country are turning out 75,000,000 pennies monthly- There are now 3,600,000,000 In clr culation. BILLINGS' DEATH AIRED Suicide or Accident Is Problem Cp to Tacoma Insurance Jury. TACOMA. Warh.. Oct. 22. (Sneriul.) Fifteen thousand dollars hanss on the outcome of a lrial now on in the federal court here. Mrs. Orvlllo Bil- ines is suing the Travelers' Insurance T company for $15,000 for an accident policy on her husband's life. Whether Billings committed suicide the mgni' fei before he was to have gone to trial on barge against a deaf ana r accidentally killed him- issue to be determined by the jury Billings shot himself in his home while talking to Mrs. Billings and M. B. Hubbell. a business acquaint ance. They allege the shot .was acci dental, as Billings was showing them what he would do if he caught auto mobile thieves around his place. The company contends that Billings com mitted suicide. Billings was wealthy for years, having built up a large hlllldlnD- An1 Iftan itilnQ 11 t r. EXTORTION WORK BARED REVENUE COLLECTOR ACCUSED OF PROMISING PROTECTION. James Read on Trial at Tacoma on Charge of Using Position to Get Money. TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 22. That en tire southwestern Washington was used as a field for extortioiby James Read, deputy collector of internal revenue at Aberdeen, Wash., and that i-ceaa s operations even extended as far north as Sedro-Woolley, Wash.. norm or Seattle, were the accusations made by Assistant United States At torney Frederick R. Conway In the trial of Read, whjch opened here to day before Federal Judge Kdward E. Cushman. Read was recently indicted on sev eral extortion counts by a federal grand jury and witnesses introduced today gave their testimony on a spe cific case alleged to have occurred near Sedro-Woolley. at which time Read, witnesses said, secured f21. The charges state that Read used his position to secure the money on promising "protection" in connection with the liquor traffic. SMITH DENOUNCES HEARST New York Governor Launches At tack Against Publisher. ALBANY. N. T., Oct. 22. Governor a violent attack Randolph Hearst newspapers today, in the form of a Smith launched against William and the Hearst The assault was prepared statement In which the governor charged the publisher with deliberately misrepresenting facts in order to injure the governor, de clared that the Hearst papers "should be kept out of decent houses," and expressed his willingness to test his case in the good judgment of the citizens of the -state. The governor today discussed with callers a challenge he Issued at a mass meeting of women in New York Satur day for Mr. Hearst to meet him In debate and to discuss each other's public and personal records. He let it be known that the strained rela tions had developed into open war fare and that no quarter would be asked or given. POST TO CONSIDER JAPS Resolution Against Owning Land May' Be Considered by Legion. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) As he has been Informed that all matters pertaining to class or racial questions must be submitted to the state executive committee before consideration by local posts, Kent Shoemaker, president of the Hood River post. American Legion, has asked George R. Wilbur, chairman of the local executive committee, to for ward an anti-Japanese resolution to be voted on here at the post's next j meeting on November 11. The resolution, voicing an opposi tion to Asiatic ownership of land, was presented to the local post by an as sociation of orchardists who have pledged themselves against sale or leasing of lands to orientals. PULLMAN EARNINGS GAIN Company Makes $ll,7'5O,O0O Un der Government Contract. CHICAGO. Oct. 22. According; to the Pullman company s annual state ment issued yesterday for the year ended July 31. 1919, the company s ex cess of revenue over expenses, appli cable to surplus account, was 13.130. 265. The company's net surplus is given as $20,364,382 During the year the company earned under contract with the director-general of railroads 11,750.000 as against n eti, i r i b. ...Jt . - T-.I..I dends declared totaled $9,599,791 com parea witn ts.Dii.uxo me year oeiorc. AST0R FUNERAL QUIET ONE i Services Held in London Church; Body Later Cremated. LONDON, Oct. 2!. Simple funeral services were held In St. George's church this forenoon for Viscount (William Waldorf) Astor. A limited congregation attended the services. The body was taken later to Colder Green for cremation, the ashes then being conveyed to Cliveden for de posit in the private chapel there. Cashier Buys 6 0 0-Acre Farm. KELSO. Wash.. Oct. 22. (Special.) Al Maurer. J. W. Crouch and H. K. McKenney in the Kelso Farm com pany this week. The farm company was organised by these four Kelso business men early this spring to pur chase the tlatchette place at La Du, land Mr. Stewart Is now the sole ownet of this dined place o euu acres. I college) Y. V C. A. Starts Drive. OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. Oct. 22. (Special.) The Y. W. C. A. drive has started. The committee expects to raise $2000 for the support of the association dur ing the coming year. The money will be used to pay the full-time secretary. Miss Laura McGinn, now on - the campus, and send two delegates to the convention which will meet this year in Cleveland. O. Eugene Will Celebrate. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) Armistice day will be celebrated In Eugene by the American Legion. An executive committee to arrange de tails of the event November 11 named by E. C. Simmons, president of the Chamber of Commerce, includes E. W. Merrill. J. C. Price. P. R. Wil loughby. Stanley Eteveneon, L. I,, rinmlptch. Judza E. O. Potter anrf V. C- Simmons. German Request Turned Down. BERLIN. Oct. 22. (Havas.) The supreme council has refused a request front the German cveriiiiient that members of inter-allied t'oinmissioiis in Germany should not wear uniforms after the peace treaty socs Into effect. YOU CONTAINS VERTEBRAL LESIONS The Cause of Your Ailments D1SKASKS OK 1 11 t.l Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. and Bron chi. Asthma. Tu berculosis, etc Hrart.Palpltatlon, Poor Circulation, Leakage. High Blood Pressure, etc. stomaeh. A c u t e and Chronic Dyspepsia, Ul cer, etc. Liver. Jaundice, Biliousness. Sal low Complexion, etc. Kidneys, Brlghfs Disease, Dia betes, etc. FKMA1.E DISORDEni Vertebrae Im tUm 'ermal Poaltioa Chroaic Constipa LVi. -VSnrN tion, nervous exhaustion. Goiter, Rupture. Hemorrhoids (Piles). Lum bago. Sciatica. Rheumatism and many other dis ea8e AH IZ CURED h-w COR RECTING srix AL LESIO.VS. Vertebrae In the A b aormel loaitlaB Why? Study the photographs taken of normal and abnormal spines. Note in the ab normal spine the. contraction or set ting of series of vertebrae. LOOK AX THE RESUUTt the nerves which conduct vital energy to all or gans of the body are impinged or pinched, between the vertebrae, at the place where they leave the spinal canal and cord. The organs supplied by the affected nerves can no longer functionate correctly, their supply of vital nerve energy Is obstructed, they become INACTIVE, I'AIULVZtD, DISEASED. Don't Say Your Case Is Hopeless and Incurable Correction of spinal lesions has resulted In curing diseases that were at one time thought incurable. My life haa been devoted to cient.fic investication of this subject. The reward for my effort is vours. THIRTY MIX! TI1S ARK REQI IRRII IN OlVINti TKEATSiKA TS, which are 1'AJ.M.KSS, I.WlUUKATI.Mi. ARE YOU INTKRESTKDf DO YOU KXOW TUB MEANING OK OOOD HEALTH f Come to my office: consult me in regard to your case. let me describe my treatment, then do what you think best. You are under no obligation. CONSULTATION Kit EE. LEONARD V. HOSFORD, D. C, Ph. C. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Office Hoars: 10 to 13; 2 to 5. Evenings. 0 to 8 (except Saturday) THIRD AND WASHINGTON PHOXK MARSH III. 4048 SOS UEKl'M BLIl.UIVi; RKIDK.NC'K PIIO.Mi, TABOR S36S A 5OO0 Ell Il-l-tD OKKlt'E ARMY FUGITIVE IS HELD MAX OF MA.W ALIASES FACES CHARGE OP FORGERY. Pose as Secret Service Man and United States Marshal Cs-ed in Check Passing. John R. Banks, alias John Hilburn. alias many other names, arrested for forging checks and posing as a secret service agent and a United States marshal, was Identified yesterday by William Bryon. of the department of Justice, as a fugitive from the Leaven worth disciplinary barracks. Banks, who served 17 months in France and ia "hard-boiled," was received at leavenworth February 2, for forgery. How he escaped is not known, but bo was identified as prisoner No. 16291 by his finger prints. Calling himself Hilburij. Banks went to the Bank of Sellwood and informed L. D. Goodrich that he was a United States marshal from Van couver. Wash., worklngf on a moon shine case, and was short of money. He had Goodrich give him $10 on an alleged forged check. Mr. Goodrich is now foreman of the federal grand jury, which Is to determine whether Banks should lie indicted. Banks also passed a $10 check on a tailor as part payment for a suit, display ing a badge and saying he was a secret service man. While Assistant United States At torney Elton Watkins was preparing the evidence to submit to the federal grand jury yesterday. Mr. Bryon dis covered that Banks was a fugitive from the disciplinary barracks. FAR EAST FLEET SOUGHT JelIicocs Report Recommends Strong British Xaval Defenses. MELBOURNE. Australia, Oct. 22. The report of Admiral Lord Jellicoe concerning the naval delense of the far east has been laid on the table of the Australian house of representa tives. Admiral Jellicoe. who has been making a tour of the British domin ions and dependencies to consider plans for their navsl defense, says in the report that the naval interests of the British empire probably will de mand within -the next five years a strong far eastern fleet, comprising vessels of the royal navy, the East Indian squadron and the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand navies. Admiral Jellicoe estimates the an nual cost of the far eastern fleet at 19.750.000. FIELDS IN ROCKIES URGED Lieutenant Maynard Says Landing Places Are Needed. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. The estab lishment of landing fields on the Rocky mountains so that transconti nental flying will be less dangerous was urged by Lieutenant B. W. May nard at a luncheon given by the American Flytnir club today in his honor. Such fields, he said, could eas ily be built by cutting down trees. It was a propitious time, he added, to start a movement for all American Tops Off Your Lunch Satisfies Your Thirst Pleasen Your Palate 1 Ol n Oil I. Kit H AS IT 1ST BOTTLES OV DRAUGHT THE PORTLAND BREWING CO. R SPINE yym.my ;r.ti t' V.1 - Mr :t: . ; . ' ' . V1. Abnormal Normal WHICH SPIXE IS VOL US T cities to establish flying fields. He has received more than 100 letters and telegrams from chambers of com merce and other civic bodies asking for suggestions in this respect. COMMUNITY CLUB FORMS North Bend Organization Plans U Erect Building. NORTH BEND. Or, OcL 22. (Spe cial.) A community club having for its purpose the moral, social, educa tional and Industrial uplift and bet terment of the city has been organ ized here and the following officers elected: President. Robert Ooets; vice president. Mrs. Fred Hollister; secre tary. Miss Faith Hanthorn: treasurer. II. W. Fearnly. An executive board ol 15 members waa rtmncn , nri Committees were appointed, including a ouuaing committee which was in structed to secure prices and terms on available sites with a view to erecting a buildincr suitable to serve the needs and requirements of the club. A meeting of the executive commit tee will be held November 4 at which time a report of the various commit tees will be heard and plans for a membership drive will be formulated. SPECIAL SESSION TABOO Olcott Explains Attitude to Califor nia Governor. SALlfSr. Or..' Oct. 22. (Special.) There will be no special session of the Oregon legislature to ratify the wom an's suffrage amendment to the fed eral constitution unless the legisla tors voluntarily request such a ses sion, agree to waive mileage and per diem and pledge themselves to con sider no legislation other than the amendment at issue. Only under one condition will Gov ernor Olcott call a special session at the expense of the state, that being in case the success of the ratification depends upon Oregon's vote. All this was made plain in a letter prepared by Governor Olcott today and sent to Governor Stephens of Cal ifornia, in response to the latter a telegram asking the executives of ' seven states to join in the movement to ratify suffrage. Watson Case Interests The Dalles. THE DALLCS. Or., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The case of James Watson, formi rly of The Dalles, charged with violating the Mann white slavery act, will be tried in Portland in the fed eral court, November 11. Mrs. Eva Watson, formerly Eva Baker of th:s city and Dufur, is tho complaining witness. The case will prove of in terest to this community as a score or more of persons here will be sub penaed for the defense. Watson has mD)' friends residing here. Farmers for Market Roads. THE DALLES. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The Wapir.itla Plains Commer cial club went on record, five to one. in lavor of a 6-mill tax for market roads in 1920. The meeting was held in the open air and a large delega tion of taxpayers attended. The farmers, by their almost unanimous vote, have shown thty are strongly for improvements which will enable them to reach their markets easier. A maiss meeting will be held at Mau ri n soon The drink that fits.