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VOL. LIX XO. 18,749
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGOXy BIOXDAr, DECE3IBER 27, 1920
TRICE FIVE CENTS
FORGOTTEN NICKEL
AGAIN TO 'BE KNOWN
E
1920 IS RECORD YEAR
FOR ALL RAILROADS
MONTESANO ROCKED
BY MYSTERY BLAST
TERMINAL TRUCE
" MORE THAN LIKELY
BRICKLAYER RESCUES
SANTA FROM CHIMNEY
PAPA WEIGHING S40 GETS
CACGHT FOOLIXG KIDS.
TRIO FACES DEATH
T
FIUME ENVIRONS
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PRICE OF PIES LOWERED FOL
LOWING COFFEE CUT.
LARGER GROSS TOXXAGE THAX
PLOT. TO FREE ARMISTICE DA'S
REDS, BELIEF OF POLICE.
EVER IS MOVED.
MORRIS
ITALIANS GAPTUR
CLOSED
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J. L Etheridge Is Gone;
. Bond House Wrecked.
WARRANT ALREADY IS ASKED
Large Deficit Possible; Four
Branches Shut Doors.
VI PRISON RECORD IS BARED
Ei-ITead of Portland Branch Con
fesses at Shrine Meeting to
Penitentiary Service.
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FACTS CO.VCERM.VG WRECK
ISO OF MORRIS BROS, INC.
Officially announced by Fred
S. Morris, who took over the
corporation's affairs last week,
supplanting John L. Etheridge,
ex-president, that the bond
house will not open its doors
today.
Warrant for arrest of Mr.
Etheridge, who left Portland
with his wife last Thursday
night in an automobile for Ta
coma, asked on charges of lar
ceny and embezzlement. Where
abouts unknown.
Corporation's business
wrecked and extent of defi
ciency over assets may be
$1,000,000. Auditors still work
ing on the books.
Mr. Etheridge, it was dis
closed, has a prison record, hav
ing served two terms in the
penitentiary.
e
Sole losers believed to be in-
estors in bonds not yet deliv-
d; other indebtedness fully
iured.
rith the discovery that a large de
ficiency exists in the affairs of the
. bond house of Morris Brothers, Inc.
. f : of Portland, San Francisco, Seattle
.' ..'.'V and Tacoma, Fred S. Morris, who took
' Terj the firm's affairs last week when
- Jphn L. Etheridge, then president, re
'"..' '; signed under pressure, announced
, ; ilst night that the. institution's
" Ti i jors In all of those cities will
. t open this morning and when
"? i ged further for a statement as to
'. t e future, admitted that "This is the
,' e d of the corporation's business" he
. . ;;', t id.
' Mr. Morris asserted, when asked as
.-. t the ex-president's whereabouts,
-11 3 nurr'ei departure from Portland
,' lst Thursday night with his wifesin
;'. an automobile and future possibilities,
' nat be had applied to Walter H.
. Evans, district attorney for Multno
mah county, for a warra-nt charging
larceny and embezzlement and that
Mr. Etheridge will be arrested and
rought back to face the situation.
s yet the federal authorities have
ot acted, but in all probability there
will be a charge of misusing the
mails.
Crash Laid to Etheridge.
The crash of this, one of the largest
bond houses in the west, was attrib
uted by Mr. Morris to the reckless ex
travagance of Mr. Etheridge, who, re
cent events brought to light, has a
record of two terms in the New Jer
sey penitentiary.
The corporation was not engaged
in the banking or trust business and
,i. ad no commercial savings or de-
posits.
Suspension of the corporation's busi
ness and the deficiency, whatever
um it may finally aggregate, will in
o sense affect any. bank or other
financial Institution in Portland, Ore-
on or the northwest, but the losses
twill be largely personal, it was said.
as what comparatively small sums
Were out against any other institu
tions were well secured. This much
was clearly determined by investiga
tors working under authority of the
Portland Clearing-House association.
That he had known for years of the.
," record of Mr. Etheridge, but accepted
- . At fuM value the latter's dclara-
t ' ficna of repentance and . had full
. a- t ' piith and confidence in him as a
h"n, wasadmitted last night by Mr.
' Harris, wtho first met him in Phila-
dtiphia when Mr. Etheridge came to
Hat city and applied for a position
.nifitAii nf thA farm's tinilft thArA
jffiome yeare .ago.
Etheridse Declared Trusted.
"I trusted him implicitly," declared
Hr. Morris last niglt, "and believed
that he had reformed and was go
ing straight; but it is apparent now
that he treated me as he had others
r and he has ruined the business."
Mr. Morris said, . regarding the
financial losses that will accrue, that
he "will do whatever Is possible,"
but ftiat he held no stock in Morris
Bros., Inc. while Mr. Etheridge was
President and that he is In no wise
responsible for what had happened
during that period.
"I had no more tdv do with the
corporation while Mr. Etheridge was
in charge as president than any other
outsider," said . Mr. Morris, in re
ferring to the - obligations incurred
du.-inr the approximate two yea
i of transactions1 under the leadership
,jEtheridge. .
Iwhen people came to me and told
stories about him. I thought it
fs persecution; that he was being
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San Francisco Restaurant Patrons
Regale Appetites With -Five-Cent
Pastry.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. Once
again the nickel is coming into its
own.
Following the drop In the price of
a cuptof coffee from 10 to S cents
in many of the city's eating estab
lishments, came the, announcement
today of a big restaurant in the city
that pie would be 5 cents per cut.
The same house only a few days ago
was charging twenty cents for "cof
fee and."
The sign announcing. the new price
stated that it was made possible
through the reduction in wholesale
prices on certain commodities. Be
sides the brands of pie listed there
was included sliced fruits.
Managers of the establishments
where reductions were announced
said that the interest in pie had
picked up a hundred percent. Patrons
went on a pie orgy that had evidently
been held in leash during the ad
vanced price, some of them ordering
two pieces of pie and a cup of coffee,
paying fifteen cents, or Just half the
price of the order a few days ago
when coffee was a dime as were
pieces of pie.
MONEY OVER HEAD SAVED
Victim Holds Purse in Air While
Robber Gets Only $1.50.
T. A. Laponz, 571 Pettygrbve street,
did not say. "heavy, heavy bangs over
thy head" last night, although he
played that game to good advantage.
Laponz was sauntering along North
Eighteenth street near Lovejoy when
a robber stopped him, thrusting a
gun menacingly forward.
"Stick 'em up," he commanded.
The victim "stuck 'em up," but
when he pulled his hands from his
pockets one of them tightly clasped
a buckskin purse .containing a fat
roll of bills. The purse was literally
held above the robber's head as La
ponz was relieved of J1.50 in small
change. When the robber had gone
a safe distance Laponz thrust his
hands and his purse back into his
pockets.
CONSOLIDATION WANTED
Paris Reports Austria Would Be
come Attached to Germany.
PARIS,. Dec 26. Le Journal ald to
dayf it learned from Berlin that it is
reported in political circles a mani
festo has been, prepared by Austria
asking the league of nations that
Austria be attached to Germany. Dr.
Walter Simons, German foreign min
ister, and Count Otto Kar Czernin von
Chudenltz, former Ajistro-Hungarian
foreign minister, . are said to have
drafted the document.
The Petit Parisien declares that the
recent treaty signed by Italy and
Jugo Slavia provides for reciprocal
support to provisional restoration of
the monarchy . either in Austria oi
Hungary.
BUSINESS DAMAGE SMALL
Storm of 192 0 .Weathered, Says
Federal Bank Report.
CLEVELAND, Dec 26. The fourth
federal reserve bank in its monthly
summary of, business conditions eaid
buriness has weathered the storm of
1920 and that an era of stabilized
business conditions is in sight.
While the year "has been one of
surprising developments to many,
said the statement, "there was noth
ing but what students of business
conditions had expected.
"A substantial Jiiquidat'on has taken
place and the damage done as com
pared with the good accomplished has
been surprisingly small," it said.
SENATOR-ELECT RESIGNS
C. A. Couplin, Whitman County,
Washington, Takes Health Job.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe
cial.) Governor Hart received to
night by telegram the resignation, of
C. A. Couplin, state senator-elect from
the ninth senatorial district of Whit
man county. Couplin resigned to ac
cept an appointment with the United
States public health service. '- His
home is at Palouse. '
Governor Hart announced that a
writ of election would be Issued to
morrow, calling for a special election
to be held Friday, January 7, to fill
the vacancy.
HOTEL PATRONS RESCUED
More Than 'Score Overcome in. Cin
cinatl Blaze. '
CINCINNATI, Dec 27. More than a
score of women and children' were
partially overcome and a panic among
the 200 patrons was narrowly averted
during a fire in Hhe Burnett house
early today.
The fire originated in a store room
in a basement. Firemen rescued all
occupants and the fire was confined
to the basement.- v, . :
MILITARY KILLS IRISHMAN
.
Two Who Fired on Crown Forces
Are Put to Dfath. , "
DUBLIN, Dec. 26. Two men , who
fired on the crown forces today at
Tralee were shot dead by the mili
tary when they tried to escape. I
' They had revolvers - and dumdum
bullets. - : - -u
Factories on Edge of City
Are Reached.
GL0SIN6-IN MOVE IS BEGUN
Fair of Poet's Stronghold Is
Expected Soon.
FIVE KILLED IN CLASH
Thirty Troops Are Injured as Ad
vance .Positions Are Taken
up by Attacking Forces.
TRIESTE, Dec 26. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Italian regulars today
reached the factories on the edge of
Fiume and began closing in gradu
ally on the D'Annunzio stronghold.
Tt was exDected Flume would be
taken tonight or tomorrow.
General Caviglla on Friday ordered
the occupation of advanced positions
around Fiume in consequence or in
cidents and the threatening attitude
taken by D'Annunzio's legionaires.
The poet's soldiers resisted the ad
vance troops, who lost five men killed
and 30 woundet
GRIP IS TIGHTEXIXG SLOWLY
Advance) of Two Kilometers Made
'Without Firing Shot. "
TJDINE, Italy, Dec 24. " (By the
Associated Press.) General Cavlg
lia's regular Italian forces advanced
two kilometers today without firing
a shot In a combined land and naval
movement to close in on uaDneie
D'Annunzio, Fiume insurgent deader,
whose men retired. The poet's avia
tion field at Grobnico was captured.
The plan of General Caviglia is
gradually to tighten his grip on
Fiume until D Annunzio is neipieso.
His. men advanced today from the
north, cutting off the top of the tri
angle of which Fiume is formed and
occupied Grobnico, Santa Croce and
San.Matfa.-. The D Annunzio troops
evacuated these points without of
fering resistance. At points from the
Bhore northward, the D'Annunzio
line gave way and the regulars ad
vanced half a kilometer. It was a
simultaneous movement.
The movement from TJdine was ef
fected by an overwhelming body of
troops which advanced on the thinly
held line of D'Annunzio's legionaires.
The advance was accomplished prin
cipally by Alplni, who occupied the
high land covering the rugged ter
ri tory back of Fiume, Including two
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Lines Have Xo Intention'of Asking
Another General Rate Rise,
Says Chairman Cuyler.
WASHINGTON,' Dec 26. American
railroads are completing a - record
year and have no intention of asking
for another general rate increase.
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of
the Association of Railway execu
tives; declared tonight, reviewing the
1920 situation.
The year. Chairman Cuyler asserted,
saw American railroads placed again
under private operation and saw them
move a larger gross tonnage than
ever before and establish new records
in transportation gotten out of each
car. These records, he added, were not
achieved by the railroads alone but
with the aid of shippers and with
','the day and" night, rain or shine
work of hundreds of thousands of em
ployes."'
In referring to reports that the
railroads plan to ask for further rate
ncreases, the chairman said:
"I know of no movement by the
railroads for a general increase in
rates, nor do I expect any. It is true
railroad companies are not receiving
from the' increase anything like the
six per cent return needed, but every
effort will be made to accomplish this
by further economies and efficiency."
Achievements of the railroads since
their return- to private operation
March 1, were set forth as follows:
Increased the average movement
per freight car per day 6.3 miles from
22.3 to 28.6 miles. ,
'Increased the average load per car
1.7 tons from 28.3 to 30 tons.
"Made substantial reduction in un
serviceable locomotives.
RecJuced the accumulation of load
ed but -unmoved freight cars fro-m
103,237 on March 1 to 21,991 on De
cember 3, of which only 6384 were
detained because of the Inability o
the railroads to move them.
"Re-located approximately 180,000
box cars for the moyemeit of farm
products.
Re-located approximately 160,000
open top carB to keep up the produc
tion lof xoal. s.
Moved the third largest coal pro
duction in their history. ,
Spent over $500,000,000 extra on
improving the maintenance of tracks.
bridges, cars and locomotives."
"Contracted to spend about $250,-
000,000, largely out of earnings,, for
additions and betterments to promote
movement of cars.
"Made arrangements to . purchase
approximately 60,000 new freight cars,
1500 new locomotive and 1000 new
passenger cars.
"Began reconstruction of thousands
of old cars.
"Moved the largest volume of traf
fic ever known in a single year, with
the highest efficiency yet ' achieved,
and with a minimum addition to the
value of the property on which the
public has to pay a return through
rates."
"The railroad companies," the re-'
view added, "have manufactured in
creased transportation capacity out of
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VERY LOW.
Stranger Seen Watching Jail Where
Seven I. W. W. Are Inearper
a ted Eludes Searchers.
MONTESANO, Wash., Dec 25. An
explosion which ehook the entire town
of Montesano and brought out the
populance last night i believed by
the police to be a miscarriage of a
plot to wreck the Graye Harbor
county jail here, in which are incar
cerated seven - men convicted last
March of complicity in the Centralis,
Wash., armistice day murders of No
vember 11, 19U. .
The explosionbccurred under a tree
In a vacant lot nar the Northern Pa
cific station and Within' 100 feet of
the main street of the town. 'The tree
was shattrred by the blast.
The police theory of a possible plot
iq the -county jail is based upon re
ports of the presence of a stranger
loitering about the jail during the
day. The man carried a leather trav
eling bag and pieces of such a bag
with a short length of fuse were
picked up near the ecene of the ex
plosion by W. C. McAloon, marshal.
It is the marshal's belief that the
bomb was cached near the tree and
prematurely exploded. No damage
resulted.
The vacant lot in which the ex
plosion took place is -about seven
blocks from the Grays Harbo.r jail.
Attention was attracted to the
stranger, for whom the police are
searching, by his care of the handbag
he carried, it was stated, and it was
believed he had liquor in the bag.
He was kept under observation dur
ing the day and was eeen again late
in .the' afternoon near the jail, but
without his bag. Watchers lost sight
of. him shortly before the explosion.
The seven men In the jail here are
Britt Smith, Roy Becker, James Mc
Inenery, Bert Bland, Eugene Barnett,
John Lamb and O. C. Bland.
All were convicted of complicity in
the Centralia armistice day murders
and are awaiting the result of their
appeal. Loren Roberts, another of the
men arrested following the shooting
at Centralia, was found criminally In
sane and is confined at the hospital
for the insane at Stellacoom, Wash.
Two of the indicted men who were
acquitted were Mike Sheehan and
Elmer Smith, Centralia attorney, who
was nominated for attorney-general
by the farmer-labor party in the last
election, but declined to accept, to
run for county attorney of Lewis
county, of which Centralia is the
'cbunty seai. '
SEVEX HELD PEXD1XG APPEAL
Motion Will Be Heard by Supreme
Court January 12. . '
Convicted in superior court of the
state of Washington, Montesano,
Grays Harbor county, on March 13,
1920, the seven X. W. W. have since
been held In Grays Harbor jail pend
ing the attempt of their counsel,
George F. Vanderveer, to obtain an
appeal before the supreme court.
The arguments on appeal would
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Request for Ouster Delay
Almost Equals Order.
REFUSAL WOULD BRING EDICT
Special. Statute Empowers
Interstate Commission.
SANCTION EXPECTED SOON
Both Companies Probably Will
Agree to Courtesy Request Un-
til Hearing Is Obtained.
There will be no interruption of
passenger traffic at the Union station
in Portland on account of action re
cently taken by the majority stock
holders in the Northern Pacific
Terminal company in issuing an
order ousting the Great Northern and
the ' Spokane, Portland & Seattle
lines from use of the facilitiea after
December 31 next Saturday at mld-j
night
The interstate commerce commis
sion, through Edgar E. Clark, chair
man, last week telegraphed to the
presidents of the Union and Southern
Pacific systems, requesting their in
terests to withdraw the order of the
terminal company pending a hearing
by the commission, and it would be
unprecedented action for them to re
fuse, this courtesy. There is every
reason to believe that early thisjweek
perhaps today or tomorrow the
directors of the terminal company
will vote to rescind their action
which would in no way alter their
position in the premises, but would
enable the adjustment of the situ
ation at the outset with the necessity
of a fornial order of the commission
obviated.
Formal Order Is Possible.
The requester tle Interstate com
mission's chairman went forward to
William Sproule and Carl R. Gray.
nreiidents respectively of the bourn
em and Union Pacific systems, last
week and but for the fact that
Christmas fell on Saturday and that
vesterdav was Sunday it was proD
able that action already would haVe
been recorded.
A special statute empowers the
interstate commerce commission iu
handle just such situations as nave
arisen over tne roruana
facilities and with this authority
wv nf it. there is not tne siigniesi
Hht hut that a formal order would
speedily follow, should the majority
stockholders or tne iermni" 'i"
decline to grant the request of its
chairman. Hence, there is no sound
reason to believe that such action
will be necessary.
Plans of the city of Portland and
Mayor Baker's special committee oi
ti nresidents of civic clubs and the
state public service commission are
based upon what they believe to be a
fact that the whole situation win oe
worked out by the interstate commis
sion, after the chairman's request U
granted by the terminal crimpany.
Efforts Under Way Some Time.
Efforts to obtain permission of the
t.rminal company for a continuation
of present arrangements at the Union
station until such time as the rail
...j. or. Instlfied in making a capital
-.n.t,riitiire for the construction of a I
modern station In keeping with the
city's growth and dignity have been
in progress for several weeks, fol
lowing ' immediately upon Mayor
Baker's request of the North Bank
officials here for a new building, to
renlace the old one at their terminal.
When the mayor took up with the
North Bank officials the subject of
a new station, it became known that
the majority stockholders of the ter.
mlnal company had ordered the Great
Northern and the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle trains from the Union sta
tion, effective December 31, and that
the so-called Hill line officials .wished
to continue their use of the facilities.
Acting upon the belief that Portland
should hive but one railroad station,
the mayor named his committee to in
vestigate. First Trace Plan Rejected.
After two meetings, at which the
situation was discussed with railroad
officials and others, the mayor's coro
mlteee sought a truce by asking the
Northern Pacific Terminal company
directors to permit the non-tenant
roads the use of the facilities until
the state commission could hear the
facts and perhaps work out a solution.
The request was refused as was also
one by the state commission.
The directors representing . the
Union and Southern Pacific systems
on the board of the terminal company,
as well as other officials of those lines,
contend that the capacity of the yards
and station are insufficient to longer
care for their own needs, in addition
to those of the two non-tenant lines.
Directors representing the Northern
Pacific railway voted to continue the
present - arrangement, holding that
there Is ample room for all roads.
Senator Entertains War Orphans.
BERLIN, Dec. 26. United States
Senator McCormick entertained sev
eral hundred war orphans at an old
fashioned Christmas dinner Sunday
afternoon and presented the children
with candy, toys and warm clothing.
The entertainment was arranged by
the .Quakers.
New York Alderman Confesses
Myth to Children After He
Gets Into Trouble.
NEW YORK, Dec 26. Santa Claus,
in this particular instance weighing
340 pounds, got stuck here while
"proving" to three children that he is
no myth and really comes down the
chimney.
In the home of Alderman Frank J.
Dotzler three youngsters were caught
peeping, beneath the comforters, keep
ing a hawk eye on the fireplace and
the stockings that hung from the
mantel piece
"I'll show 'em," said Santa.
He fastened a pack of gifts on his
back and started down the chimney.
Half way down his girth made further
passage impossible.
He shouted for help.
A bricklayer removed part of the
chimney, a pack of toy was throwt
violently to the floor and Alderman
Dotzler, removing his disguise, said:
"You're right, kids, there isn't any
Santa Claus."
ACE MISTAKENF0R FRAUD
Rickenbacker Conies Xear Passing
Christmas in Jail.
COLUMBUS. O., Dec 26. Eddie
Rickenbacker, premier American ace,
came within an ace of passing Christ
mas in a Chicago jail, instead of with
his mother in thte city, he told friend!
here today.
iTa route east from California Rick
enbacker registered at a Chicago
hotel The clerk, believing him to be
the fake "Eddie Rickenbacker" who
wu married in Jacksonville, Fla..
early last week, and who was alleged
to have disappeared later after hav
ing embezzled several thousand doi
lars, called the bouse detective to ar
rest him. -
After much explaining Rickenback
er convinced the police that he was
the real Eddie Rickenbacker and he
finally was released.
ILLNESS CONFINES CARUSO
Famous Tenor Kept From Stage by
Pleurisy Attack.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Enrico Ca
ruso, tenor, is suffering from an at
tack of . pleurisy,, it was announced
tonight. He is under the care of five
physicians, who said the attacks of "a
painful though not serious character
and will necessitate his being con
fined for a period."
Bruno Zirtos, the tenor's secretary,
declared Caruno complained of a sharp
pain in his side Christmas day and
was restless that night. He was re
ported resting easier tonight and one
of his physicians expressed the opin
ion that barring unforeseen complica
tions he could return to the stage In
two or three weeks.
DIAZ PLANS NEW REVOLT
Carranza's Son-ln-Law Also in
Guatemala; Mexico Watches.
MEXICO CITY. Dec 26. Felix Diaz,
one t'ime a revolutionary leader, who
was deported to Cuba, has arrived In
Guatemala and Is said to be content
plating aggression against the Mexi
can government, according to reports
last night. Candldo Agullar, son-in-law
of the late President Carranza. Is
known to be in Guatemala.
The war office here hat several
times announced it was watching
him.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum. 40 decrees.
TODAY'S Kain; lncreasinf .outherly
winds.
Foreign.
r.rmnn hrd hit by I-oet of foreign
trude. declares 'Hamburg; chamber of
commerce. Page 4.
Entry of Plume is begun by Italian regu
lars. Page 1.
France- predicts Leygues to realgn. Page 4.
British Uborltes auk Idleneaa cure. Page 2.
' National.
Friends of Cox block plans to get party
chairmanship tor McAduo. Page 2.
Con if rem expected to do but little this
week. Page 2.
1920 record year for all railroads, says re
port. Page 1.
Domestic
Forgotten nickel again to be known.
Page L
Bricklayer rescues Santa from chimney.
.Pane 1.
Monk Eastman, reformed gang leader and
hero ot war, found dead, victim of ven
detta. Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Radicals blast rocks Montesano. Page 1.
Outlook for apple Indajstry bright. Page 12.
Two Injured, one killed, when pinned two
hours in snow oy ovenurnca auto.
Pago 4.
Industrial labor-court declared still ex
perimental. Page 6. " s-
Sport.
Dempsey declared better than ever. Page
8. .
Pre-season work declared at end at
O. A. C. Page S.
Four basketball games scheduled. Page 8.
Heavyweight shows well in training. Page
8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Terminal truce until hearing is held Is
more than likely. Page 1.
Three face death In sliding mud. Page 1.
Accidents follow stormy weather. Page T.
Dr. McElveen suggests some Christmas
thoughts for the aged. Page 14.
Fresh crops found , essential as feed.
Page 13. ,
Portland concern to increase output
' Page 12.
Cbrtstmss service held In many churches
. yesterday. Page 14.
Money tight, Portlander back oil mills
with 1700,000. Page 13.
City becoming oil distributing 'center.
Page 8.
Morris Brothers. Inc., closes for audit of
books of all its bond houses. Page 1.
Dark Parkers to be In court today. Page t.
Police find hundreds of autos parked
."daraV Po .
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Automobile Topples on
Rim of Gulch.
IVOMEN'S CRIES BRING HELP
Marquam Hill Road Is Scene
of Near Fatality.
DUMPING OF SOIL BLAMED
Victim Exirrrs Opinion 1 lint
Damages Will lie Sought
From County.
Caught In the midst of a mud slid
on the Marquam hilt road an auto
mobile with a man and two women
occupants was swept to the edge ot
the grade and almost toppled Into
the gulch SO feet below ab ut T. M.
yesterday. Dr. M. D. Bogart, 1105
Woodard street, was driving and Mrs.
Bogart and her sister. Mrs. T. W.
Leekiey, 817 Going street, were la the
roadster with him.
Dr. Bogart curried the women to
some planks near the edge of the
clay and went for help. Scarcely had
he left when another slide of oozy
clay flowed down upon the machine,
turned it end for end and only some
brush and sticks on the brink of the '
gulch l:ept It from toppling over. The
plank on which Mrs. Leckliy was
standing slid over tlx edge and fell
but an unidentified man who had
come to the scene grasped her arm
and saved her from the plunge.
Pari y Harm Vlaltlna.
The party was going up the hill on
their way to visit at the home of L.
C. Newton, Marquam hill. The road
way had been cleared of the elides
which have been of frequent occur
rence after heavy rains during the
last few weeks and cars had been
over the road earlier in the duy. The
slide, the fourth caused by dumping:
of the excavated earth from the. new
county hospital, came' down tin
them before they realized their dan
ger, flowing without noise but with a
weird, irresistible power that stalled
the car and carried it toward the
edge of the road with a sheer plunge
of CO feet awaiting.
Police were notified by people who
heard the screams of the women for
help and a patrol wagon was sent to
the scene. In the meantime I)r. Ho
gart had secured a truck and got the
machine on solid ground.
Arrldrot la llrportrd.
He then drove his mud covered rat
to the police station and reported he
accident. The soft clay had com
pletely burled the engine hnnd and
rlht hand running board. A large
stump buried In the mud had broken
the front bumper. The car. a new
ni '.el Uulck roadster, was smearel
with mud from radiator cap to tall
light. Dr. and Mrs. Bogart and Mrs.
Leekley were wet and bedraggled,
their clothes practically ruined.
Dr. Uogart expressed the opinion
that he will seek damages from the
county for the accident. Policemen
were detailed by Captain Inskeep to
place warning- lights on the road and
turn all traffio onto other el reel.
Terwillluer boulevard was not
blocked by the mud so far as police
officials could ascertain.
PORTLAND OFFERS WON
DERFUL HOMESITES.
Tortland is a city of beauti
ful homes has been and al
ways will be. There is not
another city in the United
States offering- the many won-
derf ul homesites that are found
in and about Portland.
No effort has been made in
tho New Year edition of The
Oregnian to give a compre-
hensive survey of homo sec- j
tions of the city. To do it
justice, the entire edition would t
have to be devoted to euch a j
task. But it has been possible
to picture some of tho unusual
homes about Portland, which
are. to be found along the 4
Willamette river and the Co-
lumbia river highway. A page
has been devoted to showing
characteristic river and high-
way homes. J
Architectural ideas have
shown a decided change since
Portland pioneers erected
mansions which were show-
1-1
places of their day. To em
phasize the rapid development
of the pasfc half-century, a
feature article was prepared
for The Oregonian annual on
this subject, illustrated by
modern and pioneer mansions
of Portland.
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