Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 03, 1920, Image 18

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Newspaper Page Text18 THE MORNING OREG ONI AX, SATURDAY. JANUARY 3, 1020. F. GERMAN ELECTED REALTY BOARD HEAD Frank McCrillis Defeated by . Eight Votes. MEETING WELL ATTENDED lumber was shipped last year from Grays Harbor by water than the pre vious year, according- to figures com piled here. Forty-three more vessels called here than in 1918. Clearances I during the past year numbered 363, as against 320 the previous year. Exclusive of December, which via.3 one of the largest months of the jear, figures for which are not yet fully made up, shipments totalled 258,414, 700 feet. Approximately 35 million feet were shipped during December. These figures do not include Willapa harbor. Shipments for 1918 totaled 263.716,000. Shipments during the past year were among the largest since the ban ner year for the harbor, 1912, when 638 vessels called at this port, car rying away 486.313,000 feet of lumber Herman Von Borstel, Retiring Ex . cutive, Receives Vote of Thanks or Past Services. At one of the most spirited ses sions in the history of the Portland Realty board, held yesterday noon at the Benson hotel, Fred W. German was elected president for the com lnpr year, winning over Frank Mc Crillis, the' other candidate, by the lender margain. of eight votes. . As a result of the Interest which the election had attracted, the larg est number of dealers in attendance at a session of the board for .months participated in the meeting. When the call for nominations was made, Coe A. McKenna placed In nomina tion Fred German, while A. R. - Rit ter nominated Frank McCrillis. When the .-esult was made known, Mr. Mc Crillis moved that the unanimous vote of the board be cast for Mr. German for president, this motion being carried without a dissenting voice. Dntlea Start at Once. Mr. German has been engaged in the realty business in Portland for a. considerable number of years, and has been one of the most active work ers in the Realty board. He isat present vice-president for Oregon of the Inter-State Realty association, and at a recent meeting of that or ganization in Belllngham was pre sented with a trophy for having been Instrumental In enlisting the greatest number of new members for the asso ciation during the past year. He will take his position as head of the local board immediately. The only other office for which any competition developed was that of first vice-president. Coe A. McKenna was elected by a fair margin to this position over W. R. Kaser, and Mr. Kaser was shortly afterward unani mously named the second vice-president. A. R. Rltter was elected third vice-president. J. V. Crossley, who has served as secretary of the board since last fall, when Paul Cowglll resigned to take charge as secretary of the Inter state association, was re-elected with out opposition, as was B. Lee Paget, for treasurer. Five members of the appraisal committee were elected as follows: J. F. Staver, Walter Gill, Sam Norton, Philip Fry and I. C. Davidson. Vote of Thanks Given. Herman von Borstel, retiring presi dent of the board, handled the gavel for the last time yesterday, and for past efficient service was given a round of applause by the members. A vote of thanks was tendered Chair man Shively of the legal committee, who rendered one of his weekly re ports. Mr. Shively has been giving leal talks to the board for 20 months, and his reports have proved among the most useful and Interesting fea tures of the meetings, according to members. A resolution was adopted asking the state legislature to memorialize con gress to pass the proposed appropria tion bill of $10,000,000 for ten years for national forest roads, and it was voted to appoint a committee of ten to aid in the drive which the civic clubB are making to sell season tick ets for the Alcasar theater and there by retain the musical comedy company in Portland. Members were called upon to supply automobiles for the en tertainment of General Pershing and party on January 18, and about 25 re sponded. PETTY THEFTS REPORTED MOSEY, CliOTIIIXG, JEWELRY AXD KODAK IX LOOT, Album of War Pictures Is Taken from Auto Left Standing at Sixth and Alder Streets. The light-fingered gentry started the new year with a large number of thefts and burglaries in various sec tions of the city, according to re ports made to the police yesterday. Clara Fethousen, 66 North Four teenth street, reported that someone tstole J40 from her apartment during the night, entering by means of a pass key. Detectives Tichenor ana Mallet were working on the case yesterday In the effort to apprehend the thief. M. Oyama reported to Detective Craddock that his room in the Na tional hotel had been entered and $21 in cash stolen. r Someone took an album of war pictures from an automobile belong ing to J. W. Morris, 1772 East Yam hill street, while the car was stand ing at Sixth and Alder streets, he reported to the police. The home of John Schultz, 6S5 East Eleventh street, was burglarized and $40 in cash, two $3 war savings stamps, a watch chain and a plain band ring taken. George Frltzler. a lodger at the same place, also re ported losing a suitcase containing some clothing. Mrs. A. L. Hembree, S3 North Twenty-first street, reported her place entered by a burglar who took a diamond ring, a pair of opera glasses, a .22-caliber rifle and a kodak. Frank Redding of the Matthieson hotel. Front and Columbia streets, reported the loss of a blue serge suit. FILMS TEACH FARMERS Life and Habits of Gopher Shown in 5Iovles at Conference. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 2. (Special.) The pocket gopher in action was shown to the farmers attending the meetings this week by means of a movie film prepared by Howard M, Wight of the department of zoology at the college experiment station. Besides showing how the gophers Jived, the film showed how they wrought havoc to the grain fields, the lawns, prune orchards and gardens. LUMBER CARGOES GROW 2 5,000000 More Feet Shipped in 1919 Than In 1918. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) About 35,000,000 feet more EX- HOLDUP VICTIMS IDENTIFY TWO MEN AS ROBBERS. Both Out on Parole Alleged I. W. W. and Another Bound Over on Arson Charges. . After being out of the Oregon state penitentiary only two weeks, August Perry. Robert Burns and Herbert Merithew were arrested at Union avenue and. East Burnside street with five revolvers in their possession, and shortly afterward identified as the men who held up C. H. Watten burger a few .hours before, accord ing to information on which the Multnomah county grand jury based an indictment of the three men yes terday for highway robbery. Both the hold-up and arrest oc curred on the night of December 19. Wattenburger was robbed in Holla day Park of J5.20. , Partial identifi cation of the prisoners was made by other hold-up victims after the ar rest. The ex-convicts had been pa roled after serving time on robbery charges. William H. Kopplng, alleged I. W. W., and J. L. Walton, were indicted yesterday for alleged arson. It was charged by Fire Marshal Roberts and Deputy State Fire Marshal H. H. Pomeroy that Kopping sold his home at 6704 Forty-eighth avenue to Wal ton . early last month, that Walton raised the insurance from $1200 to $1800, and that Kopping was seen to leave the house shortly before a mys terious fire, destroyed the dwelling December 13. It further was charged that most of the valuable furniture had been removed from the house. No sooner did Terry McGovern get out on $500 bail than he resumed ac tivities in organization work of the I. W. W., it is cnarged, resulting In his indictment yesterday tor viola tion of the criminal syndicalism act. Other supposed I. W. W. indicted were: James Cunningham a.nd J. S. Neimi. Andy Blades, who is said to have threatened to kill Albert Snodgrass when the latter found Blades in company with Mrs. Snodgrass after return from a hunting trip, was in dicted for a felony. Other indictments were: Lawrence W. Tucker, forgery, and William Smith, larceny. KUMULA IDMITS GUILT SEDITION RETRIAL OF I. W. W. IS SUDDENLY TERMINATED. Sentence of Year in County Jail Imposed on Center of Sensa tional Trial im 1918. Rather than face retrial in fed eral court for violating the espion age act, Elmer Kumpula yesterday appeared before Federal Judge Wol verton and changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. He was sentenced to one year in the Multnomah county jail. Kumpula, a member of the I. W. W., was indicted in the fall of 1918 for alleged disloyal and seditious state ments. He was found guilty before Judge Wolverton and the case at tracted nation-wide attention when the federal jurist, in a written opin ion, delivered a stinging indictment against this disloyal and un-Amer ican organization. Judge Wolverton. in that opinion, held that membership in the I. W. W. was prima facie evi dence of disloyalty. On appeal to the United States cir cuit court of appeals, Kumpula pro cured a reversal of judgment and the case was remanded back for . a new trial. Further prosecution, however, was unexpectedly terminated yester day when'the defendant admitted his guilt and received the county jail sentence. Retail Clothiers Organize. SALEM, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) The Oregon Retail Clothiers' associa tion is the name of a new corpora tion for which articles were filed at the Capitol today. - The incorporators are C. P. Bishop of Salem and Ben Selling and J. H. Rankin of Portland. To promote good fellowship and a better acquaintanceship among Its members are the purposes of the as sociation. Headquarters will be main tained in Portland and all retail clothing ' merchants tn Oregon are eligible for membership. JOYFUL EATING Unless your food 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 Sc BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION Shave With Cuticura Soap The New Way Without Mufi ftPWF Night and Morning. ynjjii Have Stronjr. Health Eyes. If they Tire, rvm vjs itcn, smart or Burn, YTlllft FVCV " Sore. Irritated. In. IUUK CI UJ flamed orGranulated. wov, uiwA iuc viicu. dwwiucs, nurtun. Safe for Infant or Adult. At all iruagist. Writ for Free Eya Book. Special Attention Given to Fitting Misses' and Children's Corsets Today Third Floor v SECOND ANNUAL ' Ejt.ULlhfd m ISS7 Tm& Q.ualit V Store op Portland rtftK- ixjU. T-lor-riaory Alder 3t3. January TYfc Rrincr Dnwn Tivino Pnctc dliCS All Over the Store Today January Sales in the Girls' Qwn Shop Coats and dresses from our own winter stocks are priced less and there are new special purchases of tub frocks for early spring school wear. Coats at $29.85 Sizes 14, 15, 16, 17 years in , velour de laine, silvertone and other good wool coatings. Print ed silk or durable linings. Col lars of the materials button snugly under the chin or form wide lapel effects on warmer days. Brown, taupe, Copenhagen, burgundy. Coats at $18.95 Made of fur-like black plush in the simple styles of fur coats and capes so that they look like real fur at a short distance . away. Sizes 12 to 20 years. De cidedly less than early in the season. The Dresses Pictured Are 98c Semi-military 'styles of decided smartness, as one can quickly see. Made of excellent cottons with braiding or buttons and high collars.. Sizes 8 to 14 years. ' - . New Khaki Frocks Special $1.22 Complete with Sam Browne belt. Sizes 12 to 16 years. Good for Camp Fire girls or Scouts. Two-Piece Middy Dresses $12.35 Separate pleated middy skirts of serge with white under-waists are completed with red or navy blue flannel middies. Wide con trasting . colored sailor collars are finished with black silk ties. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Cotton Serge Dresses Half $1.95 Half price for useful navy blue school dresses with white pique collars and red or white buttons. Sizes 12 to 16 years. Gingham, Chambray Dresses $2.47 Pink, blue, or rose chambray and attractive colors in plaid ginghams. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Not all sizes in every style, but wide variety. Little Girls' Hats 98c and $2.98 At 98c, velvet tarns with grosgrain ribbon streamers, velvet bonnet shapes and drooping brim shapes. At $2.98 are velour sail ors which were originally double. Sizes 3 to 8 years. Meier & Frank's: Girls' Shop, Second Floor. 8 g 1 i i L Why Not Choose Your Spring Suit Now From Amongst These Mid-Winter Suits at Great Savings $75 to $95 Suits, Now $41.45 $55 to $65 Suits, Now $32.65 $35 to $45 Suits, Now $23.85 Velour, tinseltone, tweed, poplin, gabardine and other popular materials. A few of the suits have fur collars, the majority are quite plain and eminently suited for early spring wear. Ne.arly .all axe lined with silk. Even though fabrics and tailoring are all that can be desired we want to hurry out the suits before we take inventory at the end of the month. Not every size in each style, but plenty of all sizes in the collection for women and misses. Meier & Frank'sr Apparel Shop, Fourth Floor. Silk Blouses $2.45, $6 AS $7A5 Miscellaneous collections of much finer blouses. Often only one of a kind. Crepe de chine, georgette crepe or lovely organdy at $2.45. Mostly georgette crepe of the finer quality at $6.45 and $7.45. Many of the styles have great individuality and charm and deserve a place in any wardrobe. White, flesh and a few dark colors. Meier & Frank's: Blouse Shop, Fourth Floor. Boys! Mothers! Fathers! Sale of Knicker Suits $9.75 Every fancy suit in our stock selling regularly up to $15.00 goes on sale for a limited time begin ning today at the extremely low price of $9.75. Think what this means you mothers and fathers especially who have to keep strict watch over your boys' clothing budget. What a boon it is to be able to buy suits of MEIER & FRANK standard at $9.75! For when you buy MEIER & FRANK quality you buy everything that enters into your concept of GOOD clothes in fabric, style, workmanship and service. Cheviots, cassimeres, tweeds, homespuns and worsteds fabrics that will wear. Every pattern and color combination. Waist seam, Norfolk and belted models. All sizes for boys from 7 to 18 years. A Sale of Crisp Peanut Brittle 25c Freshly made in our own day light Candy Kitchen. Full of freshly roasted peanuts and pure sugar and corn syrup. Packed in one-pound folding boxes. Our regular 40c grade. Meier & Frank's: Ninth Floor. Main Floor and Basement Balcony. Meier & Frank's: Boys' Clothing- Shop. Third Floor' (Mail Orders Filled.) Interesting Neckwear News" $9.47 for our' standard $12 to $13.50 marabou collars and capes with good silk linings; some combined with ostrich. Ribbon or cord ties. Taupe, black, natural. $3.95 for our standard $4.39 and $4.69 collars of hand-made filet lace in round styles or with button hole edges. These launder well. $1.25 for dainty gilets of net with frills of filet laoe. $1.25 to $1.75 for new tab collars to wear with round-neck dresses. Tucked net with Venise or filet lace, georgette crepe and batiste with Valenciennes. Meier & Frank's: Neckwear Shop, Main Floor. Short Lengths of Veilings 49c Plain and fancy mesh veilings, dotted, border or scroll patterns, in lengths for small or large hats, all repriced 49c a length. Brown, taupe, black, navy or gray. Also some elastic veils which are self-adjusting come in brown or black, at 49c. NEW Freshly opened boxes of hexa gon, novelty mesh and chenille dotted veiling at 85c up to $1.25 a yard. Meier & Frank's: Veiling Shop, Main Floor. -.- $5 Hat Day Today Dozens and dozens of pretty hats formerly $8.50 to $14 can now be had for a five-dollar bill. Think of the joy of a spick and span new hat with new lines and new everything to make one feel different and look more interest ing all for so little as this new price. Mostly medium and small shapes. . Many with curled and glycerine ostrich. Majority are of velvet in black and a few colors. Meier A Frank's: Millinery- Shop, Fourth Floor. .Toiletries Dr. Lyons' Tooth Paste 23c. Dr. Lyons' Tooth Powder 23c. Pebeco Tooth Paste 45c. Pinaud Lilac Vegetal $1.10. Pinaud Eau de Quinine $1.25 and 73c. Amolin Deodorant Powder 48c and 23c. Hanson & Jenk's Tub Soap 3 cakes $1, cake 35c. Pompeian Massage Cream 93c, 75c and 48c. Daggett & Ramsdell's Cream. $1.35, 75c, 43c and 30c. La Blache Face Powder 49c. Java Face Powder 45c. Meier & Frank's: Main Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) :TTTMnf nlllliilllF 4" All Together for a Rousing Sale! Overcoats $38.50 Same price as in our great suit sale which has been town talk for the past week (see also below). Just as good values that tells the story of superiority. In fact," this overcoat sale is just as good in every way as the suit sale bringing clothing of distinctively good quality, style and workmanship at a definite price and a definite saving. Young Men Especially will find this offering to their exact tastes. Garments with the unmistakable style impress of such reputable makers as Society Brand and Adler-Rochester are included. ALL WOOL cheviots,, tweeds, meltons and novelty mixtures. Single and double breasted form-fitting overcoats, plain and belt-' ed back models. Self or velvet collars. Browns, blues, greens, ox fords and novelties. All sizes from 34 to 42. The Sale of Suits at $38.50 continues to afford men and young men an unequaled opportunity to save on garments that will stand the test for quality, style, work manship and fit. Still a satisfying selection for those who come today. Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men, Third Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Leather Coats 25 Off Note the saving 25 less than our regular lower-than-elsewhere prices. And note, too, please, the fact that our assortments are the largest and finest in the city. And all sizes to choose from. This is the Sporting Goods Store's contribution to MEIER & FRANK'S excelling January Sales for Men. ' Leather vests have full leather sleeves and lining with corduroy and moleskin facing, knit sleeves and collar. Coats are of genuine leather combined with gabardine lining to form reversible garments. Regular $12.00, $14.00, $18.00, $35.00 and $37.50 vests and $28.50, $40.00 and $54.00 coats all now offered at a full fourth less. Meier & Frank's: Sporting Goods Store, Sixth Floor. (Mail Orders Filled.) Felt Hats Clearaway! Any man will recognize this January Sale as a supreme effort to lower prices to the minimum on finely serviceable felt hats in good staple styles. , 530 hats are offered in three astonishingly under priced groups: j i Consists of 300 regular $3.50 and $4.00 hats in brown, CJO - p JLiOl A tan, green and pearl. All sizes in the lot Di.LO y t. O Consists of 130 regular $5.00 hats in practically all colors QO - f? LiOl but in a limited size range DO-LO j . q Consists of 100 of our standard $6.00, $7.00, $7.50 and $8.00 hats .LOt t of exceptional quality in all good shapes and shades. QA Qr Mostly silk lined. All sizes in the lot tJiWtl Any $2 to $6 Silk Tie 1 Off Silk Knit Ties 74 VAA Alone Excepted Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men. Main Floor. (Just Inside Morrison Entrance.)