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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1920)
THE " 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1020 MOTORISTS TO FEEL WRATH OF FORTH 0 Drivers Too Careless, Says Judge Rossman. NEW LAWS ARE PLANNED Fewer Street Car Accidents Attrib uted to' Safety-First Instrnc- , tion tot Motormeo.' is.. New and more drastic traffic regu lations undoubtedly will be proposed soon to decrease the number of auto mobile accidents growing out of care lessness and non-observance of traffic ordinances on the part of the individ ual motorist, according to Municipal Judge Rossman, who spoke last even ing to those who attended the fourth of a- series of 12 lectures being given by the national safety council at the central library. "you will notice," said the judge. that there are fewer street-car acci dents than formerly and the reason for this is because the street-car com pany teaches its motormen first of all to be careful. The applicant for a po sition as motorman is also taught thoroughly the mechanism of the street car. This is not on a parallel with the automobile situation. Acci dents caused by motorcars are. in stead of decreasing, growing greater in number yearly and this, above all, is due first to carelessness and second to the fact that in a great proportion of those cases that have come to my attention the motorist was not quali fied to operate his machine. 19,408 Violate Law. "In the 12 months preceding the present one the police bureau arrested 19,403 persons for traffic violations. This number is greater than the com bined populations of Astoria and Al bany. In the last year there have been 10,038 accidents, more than 7000 of them being caused by an automo bile striking a pedestrian. Street cars caused over 1000 accidents during the last year. "Speeding, as Is commonly believed, docs not cause the greater number of accidents. Saturday there were 72 automobile accidents in Portland, 25 of them being caused through failure to give the right of way. This brings to mind the statement that I neara the other day to the effect that the traffic ordinances are impractical. That is all very well, but, and I speak from observation, nearly every acci dent has at its base a traffic viola tion. Block Center Trap Many, - "Another point of interest is that 90 per cent of those accidents in which a pedestrian is Injured happens in the middle of the block and not at the etreet intersection. This is on authority of the head of the police . traffic bureau. New York- traffic ex perts place the- figure somewhat lower, stating that 52 per cent of ac cidents of that nature occur in the center of the block and between etreet Intersections." Precautions taken by city etreet cars were compared to those taken by the average motorist, and the street car received Judge Rossman'8 . commendation. The Judge was ap plauded when he declared that If he had his way no person addicted to the habitual use of Intoxicating liquors or drugs would be granted an automobile license. Lectures on Engines. D. E. Spencer of the Oregon Insti tute of Technology gave an illus trated lecture devoted to the engines of different make9 of automobiles, explaining at length the magneto, muffler, cylinders, intakes and ex hausts of standard machines. At the close H. H. Hurdman of the National Safety council, chairman of the evening, announced two lectures for next Monday evening. Tl mm c Into the road from a side road, and to avoid striking the Geller machine Stephens took the steering wheel j ing, and attempted to swerve the machine. The front wheels went Into a ditch and the car overturned. Miss Linebarger escaped with minor bruises. The accident was Investigated by Trafflo Patrolman Mobley, who re ported that Mss . Linebarger should be held for driving without a driver's license. He also found that the foot brake of her car was faulty. Alvah Lee Stephene, father of the boy and owner of the car which Miss Linebarger was driving, said last night that this car had just come trn Tilth a Bhnn anii win in nerfect condition, and that the accident was $600,000 HELD NEEDED caused by. Geller, who. it is said, ' backed quickly into the road without warning. Mr. Stephens also said that Miss Linebarger was a dependable driver. USED AS FUND PLEA University of Oregon Medical School Is Heard. OIL ATLAS WITH CREW OF 20, RE PORTED IX D.VNGER. Multnomah County Delegation to Legislature Learns What Is Being Done for Public. Four small crippled children, wh are in the process of transformation to perfection through the facilities afforded by the University of Oregon Captain Notifies Owners Pumps me(ncal school, proved the best argu ment offered before the Multnomah county delegation in the plea made last night for financial aid from the state legislature at the coming ses sion. Dr. Richard Dillehunt, in presenting the aims and hopes' of the medical 1 , t M ... J Jal.Mtinn Vl U t ft the rocks at Snow Pass, ,WrangeIl ;,T6o Oo7 waVdelired o cove? Narrows, today and is reported to be tne budget of the school for the next leaking badly. The lighthouse tenaer two years, and that hair or tnis Fern lias gone to her asistance. In a amount would be provided by a large Are Working- Well and Expects to Float at High Tide. KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Dec. 20 The Standard Oil tanker Atlas went on wireless message received here. Cap tain Sullivan, master of the Atlas said he would be forced to abandon the vessel should she slip off into deep water. Three tanks were dam aged and were leaking, the message said. foundation in the east if the legisla ture would appropriate the other half. Poor Clalldren Presented. To prove that the University of Oregon medical school, in. common with all medical schools in the pres ent era, are not devoted to the single The Atlas Is a ship of 2005 gross purpose of developing practitioners, tons. Her home port is San Francisco, She carries a crew of 20 men. A later message from Captain Sulli van said that, although the vessel was leaking from several punctures in the hull, no water had yet entered the fire room. The message said there was a possibility the ship would slip off into deep water and sink with the high tide tonight. The lighthouse tender Cedar left at noon for the scene of- the accident. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20. Captain Sullivan of the Standard Oil tanker Atlas, ashore in Wrangell narrows. Alaska, notified the Standard Oil com pany marine department here late to day by wireless that the pumps were working well and that he expected to float the tanker at high tide tonight. DECKHAND GUTS THROAT WILLIAM IJTT, AGED RIVER MAX, ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Despondency Due to 111 Health Leads Weil-Known Character to Seek Tragical Death. William Litt. 75 years old. a resi dent of Portland since 1876 and well known in river circles, through his connection with steam-boating, at tempted to kill himself about E o'clock yesterday afternoon by slashing his j throat with a razor. At the time he I was in a bathroom at 27 North Fourth street. He is not expected to live. Dr. Dillehunt presented four children who are now under treatment at the school. One of the children was carried into the room where the meeting was held, another hobbled in on crutches and the other two, both suffering from paralysis of the limbs, managed to make their own way to seats be fore the delegation The legislators of Multnomah coun ty were told that, although it might take months to transform these cnn dren Into perfect beings, it was pos sible of accomplishment through the almost mastery of surgery as taught and practiced in the school. - Dr. Dillehunt reviewed the work of the school, which ranges from teach ing of a limited number of students each year to research work carried on inr the laboratories for the cur tailment of illness and the prolong ing of life. Stereoptlcon Views Shown. Stereopticon views of the hospital were flashed on the screen for the benefit of the solons. Dr. P. L. Camp bell, president of the University of Oregon, and other members of the faculty explained the progress and advancement of medical education In the University of Oregon and the need of state aid to continue this work. Frank McCrillls, chairman of the license committee of the Portland Realty board, urged the members of the Multnomah delegation to pass the proposed bill for the strengthening of the present realty licensing bill, j passed by the legislature of 1919. The proposed legislation, he explained, was introduced not for mercenary i reasons, but to put "teeth" in the present bill and place the realty pro- California fesslon on a high ethical plane. $40,000 Appropriation Asked. An appropriation bill of $40,000 to M. Mann, city commissioner, to visit the Cedars next Wednesday noon. The delegation will meet at the city hall at 12 o'clock and take lunch at the Cedars, It was announced. K. K. Kubli, chairman of the delega tion, presided at the meeting last nignt. AUTO GUEST IS ROBBED Affable Strangers Pick Up Passen ger and Obtain $21. ; Several affable strangers met Del bert Allen, 875 Bast Pine street, downtown late last night, invited him to take Sn automobile spin. escorted him to a lonely section of the city, relieved him, at the point of a revolver, of i and -told him to walk home. Allen could not furnish a good description of the robbers. As Eva Poff, 251 East Seventy second street North, was walking to b"er home late last night a man crept from some underbrush that lined the sidewalk and placing his hand over her mouth to prevent her fromgiving the alarm, snatched her purse and fled. The pocketbook contained a $4.44 check. Miss Poff, who is an employe of a local theater, informed the pplice that her assailant was a man about 45 years old. W. C. Ward of 938 East Fifteenth Etreet North, answering the doorbell, was' confronted by a masked figure, a large revolver and orders to throw his hands in the air. ' Ward, instead of complying with the request, slammed the door shut In his visitor's face. The would-be robber turned and ran. FOREIGN VETERANS ELECT "Over the Top" Post Chooses Dr. William R. Vetter, Commander. Initiation of 25 new members and election of officers for the coming year were held last night by Over the Top post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, at room 575 courthouse, with the addition of the new members the post's enrollment reached almost a thousand men, double the enrollment of a year ago. Dr. W illiam R. Vetter was chosen commander for 1921. Other officers elected were: H. Guy Schneck, senior vice-commandier; Charles E. King, junior vice - commander: E. T. Stretcher, chaplain; Richard Delch, quartermaster; Dr. Roy A. Peebles, surgeon; William Buehler Jr., officer of the day; S. RT Payne, officer of the guard; Roy Knox, trustee. TWO rfO'LO'UPS REPORTED Son of County Commissioner and Saleswoman Robbed-. A. A. Muck, son of County Commis sioner Muck, was held up in broad daylight yesterday afternoon by a lone man, who obtained $14 at the point of a revolver. Muck was aa- costed at the railroad track on Catlin street. The robber, a hobo apparently, wore an army raincoat. Blanch Uttley, Twentieth and Flanders streets, clerk at the Meier & Frank store, was held up at 6 o'clook last evening as she was re turning home. . The man. grabbed her purse, took $8 from it and threw It to the sidewalk. . The holdup oc- cured within a few steps of Miss Uttleys home. She Said he was nrlddile-agedl roan and wore a dark overcoat. STATE IS REFUSED MAN BANK SCORES IN COURT Seattle Financiers Seek to Obtain $10,200 From Local Firm. The Union National- Bank of Se attle won a skirmish in the United States district court yesterday in its suit against the Oregon. Washington & Idaho Airplane company to collect $10,200 declared advanced to obtain delivery of a Curtiss sea grill" plane to . C Sullivan of the northern city. A demurrer of the airplane com pany in the suit was overruled by Judge Wolverton yesterday. Accord ing to the complaint, Julius L. Meier, president of the company, guaran teed the payment of the bank advance within 60 days should Sullivan fail to meet the obligation. According to ornciala lot the airplane company, Sullivan, 6on-in-law of a banker in Seattle, took the agency for the planes In the Sound territory and then forfeited his contract. The present suit is in the nature of an adjustment of the difficulties. The local concern delivered the plane to Sullivan and wants to hold its Inter est. T. Udaka. nroprieior of the bathe. said that Lltt entered the. shop about enable immediate construction of the 3 o'clock, immediately going to the I proposed school for the sightless of bathroom. Litt was a regular cus tomer and Udaka paid him no more attention until nearly two hours had elapsed, then, peeking through the kevhole. the Japanese saw the man prostrate besides a tub, and heard him groaning. Litt received first aid treatment Oregon, authorized by a legislative bill approved by the voters about one year ago, was urged by Oscar W. Horne, ex-state representative. Mr. Horne explained! that he had been advised by the atttorney-general of the state that the act approved by the people could not be made effective from an interne of the city emergency I so far as levying the 1-25 of a mill hosnltal. following which he was provided therein until 1922, and urged taken to St. Vincent's hospital. He I an appropriation to avoid a two-year has no known relatives in Portland delay before the work of construe and a close friend, J. M. Allison, 90 Russell street, was notified. Litt had been working for the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation com- Dany as a deckhand until ill health compelled him to lay off. Allison said sickness was responsible for the at tempted suicide. tion of the school could begin. He also stated that an enabling bill to providie instructors and other neces sary details in connection with oper ation of the school would be present ed to the legislature. Drug Addicts Discussed. Municipal Judge Rossman aVid United States Deputy Attorney Fie Holds Wanted in F. C. Chavea, Portland. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Dec. 20. The request of. Governor Olcott for the extradition of Ferdinand C. Chavez of San Francisco, on the charge of attacking Lei and Miller in Portland with a toy water pistol, was with held today for further evidence. Chavez and his wife were divorced some time ago, and she went to Port land with their 7-year-old son. The court, however, awarded the child to the father. Miller attempted to stop Chavez from carrying the child away, but was scared off when Chavez pointed the water pistol at him. Clarence Morris of San Francisco represented Chavez in resisting thfc issuance of the requisition warrant GANGSTER IS CONVICTED inp (CTontliroed From First Paffe.l 345 VIOLATE GAME LAWS Fines for Illegal Hunting for Year Total $10,018. A total of 345 persons in Oregon were arrested in the year ending De cember 1, 1920, for ' violation of the state game laws, according to a re port filed yesterday with the state game warden, A. E. Burghduff. The tines amounted in all to $10,018.25. The largest number of arrests, 107, "wera made for killing deer unlaw fully. Killing game birds unlawfully came second with 53 arrests. Angling without licenses came third. Some of the unusual cases recorded were five when antelope were killed, one for killing elk, four for hunting at night, two for hunting , within the city limits, one for dynamiting trout and five for shooting from a public highway. Wore arrests were made in Mult nomah county than any other. Forty two were - arrested, paying $950 in fines. Douglas county was second with 30 arrests and $925' in fines. . CAR OVERTURNS; 2 HURT Attempt to Swerve Auto to Avoid Another: Results In Mishap. ' " " Miss Helen Stackhouse, 17, of 171 East Eightieth street, and Robert Lee Stephens, 693 Wasco street, were in Good Samaritan hospital last night with- serious injuries to the back and hips as the result of an automobile accident on Canyon road yesterday I afternoon. Ia. company with Miss B. Linebar ger 167 Stout street, they were rid-. Ing in the latt's automobile and all were In the front seat. Another automobile, said to have been driven by U. Geller, 675 First street, turned posse, after both had tried to escape, according to the police. . On Sunday,' December 5, Jackson, Detective Dorman and James A. Pet ray, sheriff of Sonoma county, were shot and killed at Santa Rosa, 59 miles north of here, while rounding up George Boyd, Charles Valento and Terence Fitts, suspected members of the gang. Jackson, before expiring, shot and badly wounded Boyd. Other officers placed the men under arrest and guarded them during an unsuc cessful attempt to lynch them. At 12:30 A. M. on Friday, December 10, an automobile party of masked men overpowered the new sheriff and four deputies, removed Boyd and his two companions and hanged them in a cemetery on the. outskirts of the city. providing for the commitment and treatment of drug addicts in the state hospital. Treatment of such patients in jails does not prove effective, It was declared. By unanimous vote, the delegation accepted an invitation Issued by John Milk Can Is StHL Although he fs at present serving? a ten-day jail eentence, imposed after being found guilty of vagrancy, E. G. Rogers of 581 V4 Hood street will have a more serious charge to face when released. When called to Rogers' res idence by an unidentified man late last night by motorcycle patrolmen found a still, crudely manufactured from an old milk can, and a quantity of moonshine. Rogers, It wassaid, W j ffi, This Is the Weel To Join TheLadd& Tilton Christmas Savings Club The explanatory letter and pass book reproduced here were sent to 26,000 prospective members. If you did not get yours call for them here at the bank. . The Utter tells you how, with 1 and the Pass Book you may open a Ladd & Tilton Christmas Savin ga Club account, which gives you a SYSTEM for BANKING REGULARLY. 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Evidence on which police base their charge 's thought to have been oacured at the time or tne noiamp and when the police made their In vestigation of the affair. Astoria Holds Michigan Fugitive, ASTORIA. Or Dec 20. (Special.) A telegram was received tonignt Dy Chief of Police Carlson from the war den of the penitentiary at Ionia, Mich., reporting that John A. warn, wno was arretted here yesterday, had been serving a term in that prison under the name of Andrew Ward. The mes sage said that -a reward of J50 had been offered for his capture and that an officer would arrive within two or three weeks to take him back to Michigan. Double. Iiquor Trial Allowed. Former Jeopardy in city courts is Atiyeh Bros. Emblem of Quality . 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Be a Big Brother to Some Little Fellow no bar to government prosecution of alleged violators of the prohibition amendment, according to a ruling made yesterday by Judge Wolverton of the United States district court. Mrs. Adelia Sullivan, 188 West Pari: street, endeavored to have the fed eral case against her dismissed yes terday on the grounds that she had been previously tried, convicted and fined In the municipal court for the same offense. Mrs. Sullivan Is now under indictment on three counts by the federal grand Jury and will have to stand trial, fcr which no date has been set as yet. Fom11 Officials Sworn In. FOSSIU Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) The newly elected city officials for FogMl were formally sworn In by the retiring mayor, J. II. Miller, last werk. The new officers are: Charles W. Morris, mayor: I. A. Johnson. K A. Edwards, P. N. Shown, councllinen. The fourth councilman must be de cided by vote, as Pr. R. II. Jenkins and B. Qaffnry tied In the election. 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