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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1920 W. 0. SHEPARD IS NEW the crabby crabs, the savage salmon P rr and the silly smelt. Judge Bean on Monday ordered It. A crowd of mourners was present at the court house at 10 A. M. when the last sad rites were performed, when the cases were smashed and the bot tles uncorked releasing their foam rticr This Is the Second Week of a Real Clothing Sale! ing: contents. The champaicrne was seized at the Brunswick - Balke - Callender ware house. It had been in the custody of Assignment to Portland Made at Conference. Sheriff Hurlburt. Assistant District Attorney Reames asked the court that it be destroyed. Ah. well! These be other days ana COMB TIRE prohibition is in the land. But those who eniffed the delicate aroma that hovered in the corridors of the court house yesterday neeeded only to close EDITOR IS RE-ELECTED V? T7 jennsyiva Examination of Vote Shows Fail ure of Majority in Publication Position; Sew Ballot Follows. DES MOINES, Ia, May 23. Re election of the editor of the Methodist Review, one of the publications of the Methodist Episcopal church, was nec essary at the general conference to day. Dr. George Elliott of Detroit was announced elected several days ago. An examination of the vote was said to disclose he did not have a majority, and another ballot was taken today. Dr. Elliott was elected. Few changes were made in the res idences on bishops of the church in the assignments of those official read today. Among changes were: r . D. Leete, from Atlanta to Indian apolis; W. O. Shepard. from Wichita, Kan., to Portland, Or.; P. J. McCon nrll, from Denver to Pittsburg, and V. F. Thirkield. from New Orleans to Mexico City, Mexico. The list of assignments of bishops includes: Denver, C. D. Mead; Helena, Mont., C. W. Burns; San Francisco, A W. Leonard. Residences in foreign lands include: f oochow, China. 1'. T. Keeney; Pekin China, W. S. Lewis; Shanghai, China, L. J. Birney; Seoul, Corea, Herbert AVelch; Manila, p. I.. C. H Locke Mexico City, Mexico, W. P. Thirkield. bishop's c:ari;kk is varied Climb From First Pastorate in 188 6 Is Steady. Bishop Shepard, who has been as signed to Portland, began his minis terial career in 1886, when he was ordained. S.ince that time he has climbed steadily in the Methodist church as pastor, district superintend cnt and bishop. He was made bishop or the Kansas area in 1912. He succeeds in the Portland area. embracing the conferences of Oregon Puget Sound and the Columbia river, the late Bishop Matt S. Hughes. Koughly. his territory includes west ern Oregon, western Washington and eastern Washington. He is not an entire stranger to Methodism in Portland, as he presided at the state conference held in the Kirst Methodist church in Portland in 1918. He is expected to reach Oregon in a month to six weeks. Bishop Shepard is 68 years of age and has passed 34 years in the Meth odist ministry. He was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1862. Ho was educated at Jennings semi nary and at DePauw university, at taining his bachelor's degree there in 18S5. Other degrees he attained were: Bachelor of sacred theology, DePauw school of theology, 1886; doctor of divinity in- 1896 and doctor of laws in 1912, both at DePauw. His pastorates include 25 years in the Rock river conference. Elgin, III.; Rockford, 111.; Oakland, 111. He be came district superintendent of Chi cago conference in 1908, from which he succeeded to the bishopric. Blahop W. O. Shepard of the Mfllo- diMt ,ptocopal church, who assigned yesterday to Portland. their eyes to the wreckage In the i courtyard and dream pleasant dreams, j AUTO THIEF NET DEVISED SECRETARY OF STATE TO KEEP STOLEN GAR RECORD. Portland Police OrficerS Investi gate Motor Vehicle Books and Formulate System SALEM, Or., May 23. (Special.) Investigation of the automobile rec ords of the secretary of state's 'of fice was made here today by L. V. Jenkins, chief of ponce; II. A. Thatch er, lieutenant of police; Joe Keller, investigator for the Pacific Coast Automobile Underwriters' conference, and H. P. Coffin, in charge of the mo tor vehicle registration department, all of Portland, with a view of estab lishing a system whereby stolen cars may be traced more readily than under the methods of investigation now in effect in the state. Under the plan proposed here today the police, upon receipt of information that an automobile has been stolen, immedi ately will send the number of the ma chine to the secretary of state. Soon er or later, the officers say, the per son responsible for the theft will sell the car with the result that the in nocent purchaser will apply for a 11 conse. Upon the receipt of this ap plication the secretary of state will notify the police regarding the own er of the machine and his location. With this check on the movement of stolen cars the officers declare they will be able to recover them more quickly than under the present system. It also is the purpose of the offi cers here today to send out letters to all chiefs of police and sheriffs in the state urging them to take more interest in running down persons re sponsible for auto thefts. A Real Clothing Sale! It began Monday, May 17. . I don't know when it will end. Many new shipments from Eastern clothing manufactur ers arrived last week. Nat urally, they went into the sale at the sale prices. I said at the outset that there would be no exceptions no res ervations. There will be none. Every man's, young" man's and boy's suit in my store every one that shall arrive dur ing the course of this sale is and will be offered at the prices named in the adjoining column. If you will make a computation, you will see that the lowest dis count from normal price is 20 in most cases it is more! Its a REAL Clothing Sale! Suits for Men and Young Men Including Hickey-Freeman, Skolny, Li System. $75 and $80 Suits $60 $65 and $70 Suits $50 $50 and $60 Suits $40 $40 and $45 Suits $30 Boys' Belted Suits With one and two pairs of "knickerbockers" All $15.00 Suits at $9.65 $16.50-$18 Suits $13.65 $20-$22.50 Suits $14.65 $25-$27.50 Suits $17.65 $30-$35.00 Suits $22.65 Suits for Juveniles All Suits up to $7.50 re- J a re duced to d4OD , All Suits up to ?10 re- G7 Qg duced to J O0 All Suits up to $15 re-JQ duced to OtiUJ All Suits up to $20 re-ti q QC duced to uJL3.00 Men's Colossal Shirt Sale Regular $3.50 and tf O yfC $4 Shirts Regular $5 and $6 J o or Shirts PJ,Oj Regular $7.50 and (t A or $8.50 Shirts D4.03 BEN SELLING 1296 Quarts of Champagne Go Into Sewer. I.iqoor in Custody of Sheriff Hurl hurt Is Destroyed by Order of Cou rt- IK a 10-pound salmon makes a vi cious, attack on some fisherman at the Oregon City falls, and if some ftcc trout viciously charges a launch with intent to destroy it And if Astoria fishermen jret peril ously happy breathing in the ozone at the mouth of the Columbia; and if smelt so crazy and crabs act crabbier than ever, well, there's a reason. Fifty-four Ases 1296 quarts of the 'prisoned laughter of the peasant pirls of France, of amber fluid, of golden memories of other days; in short, of champagne, made a bubbling exit into the "Willamette river yesterday, via the sewer from the Multnomah court house. Hence the wicked trout, hence FRED S. BUFFUM DIES Pioneer Clothier of Portland Pass es at Age or 69 Years. Fred G. Buffum, pioneer clothier of this city and former member of the firm of Buffum & Pendleton, died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his residence, 254 Xorth Twenty-fifth street. He is survived by his widow, Susan S., several nephews in New York and Mobile, Ala., and two cous ins in San Diego, Cal. Mr. Buffum was born in Orono, Maine, June 26, 1851, and came to Portland in 18S0, traveling: out of the city for the dry goods firm of White Goldsmith company. Upon their re tirement in 1884 he and Mr. Pendle ton opened a store at the corner of First and Morrison street. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 P. M. from the Holman under taking; parlors. Interment will take place at Kiverview cemetery. AWARD OFFERS ARE MADE BUSINESS JTEX DOXAT1XG ROSE FESTIVAL PRIZES. Imperial Potentate Also Posts $500 Cash for Grand Winner In Private Car Entries. An intensive campaign being: waged among: business nouses of Portland for the donation of trophies or cash for awards in the floral para' " e Rose Festival is bringing results, according: to W in throp mond, in cnarge oi xne paraue. j The festival association is onerm substantial cash awards and in. addi tion W. Freeland Kendrick. imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine has posted one award of $500 cash for the grand prize winner in the individual car entries of the parade. . The board of governors of the Fes tival association has called for silver trophies or cash. Among the first to respond to the appeal was the United Metal. Trades association of Portland with a silver cup valued at $100. The Motion Picture league of Ore gon donated $500 for cash prizes. The Oregon Coal Dealers' association sub scribed $100 and the Pacific States Fire Insurance company has pur chased a $50 trophy for an award. Trophies have also been donated by the Laundry men's association and the Portland Flouring Mills, Blu-mauer-Frank Drug company, Woodard, Clarke & Co. and the Coast Sales company. FARMERS OPENLY DEFIANT Rebellion Against State Law In Oklahoma Reported. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., May 25. Governor Robertson today was asked by John A- Whitehurst, president of the state board of agriculture, to de clare martial law in a district of Se quoyah county and send state troops there for the protection of state property. Mr. vV hitehurst. who returned todav You have but today, tomorrow and Friday to see On With the Dance A story of high life on Broadway Lawless love and the big finish. COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Afternoon and Nights Orchestra Matinee at 2:30 P. M. r from Sequoyah county after investi gating the destruction recently of several cattle dipping vats, declared the farmers in three townships of the county were in "open defiance of the law" relative to dipping cattle for the eradication of ticks. "To- Vacmm Vietnam Cbaaaal "To. X-J" . 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The present moderate schedule is made possible by greatly increased production by a thoroughly com petent organization, an up-to-the-minute factory using every im provement and labor saving device, and a zone selling- system which markets, with approxi mately the same selling facilities, an ever-increasing production. These prices are s tandardizednet, uniform throughout the United States. Pay no more do not expect Pennsylvania products for ess. Adjustment basis per warranty tag at tached to each casing;: Vacuum Cup Fabric Tires, 6,000 Miles Vacuum Cop Cord Tires. 9,000 Miles Channel Tread Cord Tires, 9,000 Miles PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER COMPANY Jeennette, Pa- 1 Changes in Count Expected. Owing to discrepancies in the fig ures of the second boards in some of the voting precincts and failure of some of them to report to the Mult nomah county clerk, it is anticipated the count on some issues will be ma terially changed when the' official election figures are compiled. Work of checking them up was begun yes terday in the county clerk's office and efforts will be made to finish the Job soon. - Calvin G. Brown Coming- In connection with the activities of the United States chamber of com merce in promoting better business relationships nrrmnc the different pec- with each VACUUM CUP TIRE A Ton Tested InnerTube of Corresponding Size FREE This offer good for a limited time only and will be honored by any of our Portland dealers. 65-67 Sixth St. A. J. WINTERS CO. Distributors tions of the country, Calvin G. Brown, director of the organization depart ment, will pass Friday in Portland. He will confer with officials of the Port land Chamber, which is a member of the national organization, and has given substantial support to the movement for a headquarters build ing In Washington, I. C. It is ex pected that Mr. Brown will spend some days in Oregon visiting the principal cities of the state. Portland Couple Gets License. TACOMA, Wash., May 25. (Special.) Gordon L. Dulcy and Alta Houghton, both of Portland, obtained a mar riage license in Tacoma today. FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK THE INCOMPARABLE NAZIM0VA ADMISSION Matinee - - 25c Evening - - 35c War Tax Include fx" tiwr . t' v-K. .set? W., In Her Newest Play One of Lights and Shadows, Pathos and Humor "THE HEART F CHILD ALSO 99 I.1BERTV EDUCATIONAL WEEKLY LIBERTY PICTORIAL REVIEW CARTOON COMEDY "THE RED MILL" Next Saturday D. W. GRIFFITH'S , "THE IDOL DANCER" SPLINTER BRAND NEW SHOW TODAY HEY! LADY Is your husband VAMP-PROOF? f f IgJ y5 See this f I clever story, then put the WANDA BRYANT WASHBURN and HAWLEY IN TITOS TEMPLE'S. V9ff9 ! 4P4L 9P9 f 1 &rm& The message that nearly wrecked a community. 3 P. M . TODAY'S CONCERT MATINEE PHILIP PELZ conducting. p.3M. PEOPLES SYMPHONIQUE ORCHESTRA 1 Robespierre Overture Uitoiff 2 Love's Dream After the Ball Czibulka 3 Minuet Beethoven