THE MORNING OREGON! AN, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1921
WASHINGTOm BOARD
TO SIT MORE OFTEN
Closer Co-ordination of De
partments Is Sought;
SESSION IS WEDNESDAY
Elective State Officials Also to Be
at Meetings for Discussion of
AH Problems.
OLYMFIA, Wash., July 1. (Spe
cial.). The fifth meeting of the state
administrative board, or cabinet,
since the new code went into effect
on April 1 of this year, was held in
the office of Governor Hart today
with all the code officials present.
It was the second meeting that has
been held within the last week, and
announcements made after the ses
sion showed conclusively that here
after there will be a closer co-ordination
not -only between the ten code
departments but the code depart
ments and the elective state officials,
as well.
There will be a meeting of the ad
ministrative board on every Monday
morning, hereafter, at 10 o'clock, and
questions of state will be discussed
about the board in much the same
manner as in the president's cabinet.
Reporta to Be Considered.
Reports relative to the work of the
different departments will be con
sidered and questions of equalized
compensation, one of the matters
that was taken under consideration
today, will receive attention, as well
as any other problem that nay pre
sent itself.
In addition to the meetings every
Monday, at which only the governor
and the code officials will be pres
ent, there will be one . meeting a
month in which the state elective
officials will talk over matters of
policy with the governor and the ad
ministrative board.
Next Session Wednesday.
The next meet'ng will be held on
Wednesday, July 6, owing to Monday
being a holiday. While no mention
was made of the matter in the board
meeting today, it was believed that
the calling of the officials for each
Monday is a part of the general plan
to refute much of the undesirable
publicity that has been given the ad
ministration forces by certain state
newspapers in the last few weeks.
State Chairman Hebberd of the re
publican party and many other of its
most prominent leaders have been in
Oiympia off and on for the last week,
and as a result of his official visit, a
jo'nt invitation has been sent by Gov
ernor Hart and Chairman Hebberd to
the republican editors of the fctate to
be present in Oiympia at a new tax
hearing and conference with the code
officials and state officers on mat
tors pertaining to the government of
the state.
BAIL FORFEIT IS ASKED
District Attorney Sues Bondsmen
of Aug-ust Junge.
Suit was filed in the circuit court
yesterday by District Attorney Kvans
for the collection of $5000 bail, which
August Junge, Portland automobile
dealer, was declared to have forfeited
when he fled from prosecution on the
charge of larceny by bailee.
It was declared in the complaint
that Junge failed to- appear in the
circuit court to answer to the charges
for which he was indicted, when the
case came up for trial May 10 of this
year, and that for this reason the bail
should be forfeited to the state.
.The suit was brought against
O. J. Hohnstein, Adam Bihn. Henry
Schwartz. Nick Spady and C. M. Sen
osky, who were Junge'8 bondsmen.
The district attorney's office was
advised that Junge is now in Mexico
and it is impossible to extradite him
from there.
Junge created considerable of a
furor in Portland as a result of his
alleged financial manipulations which
involved obtaining money on motor
trucks which he had in his posses
sion. He was arrested in the east and
returned to Portland to stand trial.
RIGHT OF WAY IS DONATED
F. Ii. Shu 11 Gives Land for Extend
ing Trrvrllliger Boulevard.
On behalf of the Palatine Acres
company, F. L. Shull yesterday donat
ed to the city and county a right of
way for the extension of Terwilliger
boulevard, looking to its ultimate join
ing with the Iron Mountain boulevard
at Dunthorpe.
The donation consists of a piece of
property 150 feet wide and three
quarters of a mile long extending from
j,ear the Boones Ferry road south
ward parallel to Palatine hill road to
within a few hundred feet of the
Clackamas county line.
The offer to the county commis
sioners was accompanied by a recom
mendation from the city planning
commission that it be accepted as an
important link in the city's boulevard
system.
In a letter to the county commia,
eloners. Ira F. Powers, vice-president
of the city planning commission, de
clares the gift is an important one
and forms a much-needed link in the
extension of Terwilliger boulevard to
Oswego lake.
five large passenger antos and sev
eral private cars left this city yes
terday morning on a trip which is
planned to include San Diego and
other California cities and perhaps a
town or two In Mexico. ReV. H. E. K.
Whitney, the conductor of the chorus,
was in high spirits, and probably
the most happy member of the party.
About midnight last night the sum
of 2000 was still required to pay
the expenses of the trip, and when
the boys met at 7:30 A. M. yester
day they looked just a little down
cast. Fathers, mothers and others
of the home folks formed a large
part of the congregation at the
meeting place the First Christian
church and Rev. Mr. Whitney and
others made such earnest, appealing
speeches for gifts or loans of money
to finance the trip, that the neces
sary $2000 was raised.
The boys plan to sing in concerts
en route and they will boost the 1925
exposition. They will return, if the
venture turns out all right. late in
August.
CRACKERS iE ILLEGAL
II RK MARSHA 1 REMXXDS CITY
LAW WILL BE KN FORCED.
Police Instructed to Keep Watchful
Eye on youngsters In Resi
dential Sections.
The existence of a city ordinance
regulating all manner of fireworks
and prohibiting the sale or use in
the city except with special permis
sion from the council, was called to
mind by Edward Grenfell, fire mar
shal, yesterday. Firecrackers are
making their appearance on the
downtown streets and fusillades have
been the order of the day in outlying
districts for the past week.
The firing of firecrackers at any
place in the city is strictly against
the law and police will be instructed
to see that it is enforced, according
to Mr. Grenfell. Dealers just outside
the corporate limits have laid in a
plentiful supply and boys have been
obtaining their firecrackers from
them.
A check of Fourth of July accidents
covering a period of 14 years before
the "safe and sane" Fourth legislated
against the small boy and his fun
shows that the yearly average was
about 160 deaths and 400 injuries from
Fourth of July celebrations, while
property losses from fire are not in
cluded. Mr. Grenfell's statement on the rec
ord of casualties follows:
In the IS years from 1903 to 1915, In
clusive, during which period statistics on
the subject were collected by the American
Medical association, 1862 persons -were
killed and 42,089 were Injured in the cele
bration of the Fourth of July. All acci
dents not due directly to the discharge or
handling of fireworks, or other means of
noise production and display, on or about
the Fourth of July are omitted. Of the
1862 deaths 1143 were due to tetanus or
"lockjaw." Of the 719 deaths from Fourth
of July Injuries other than from tetanus.
In the 13 years, 217, the largest number,
were burned to death: 199. the n.it lnrsr-
est number, were killed by firearms; lia
oy explosives; os ana 4B, respectively, by
giant crackers and top cannons, and 81
persons by various forms of fireworks.
PAVING PLANT PROSPERS
SURPLUS OP $12,507 BUTIDT TJP
IX THREE YEARS.
Replacement, Maintenance and Re
fund Are Taken Care '"Or and
Even Some Money Is Made.
The municipal paving plant has
proved successful during the three
years of its operation and has built
up a surplus of J12.507.08 above main
tenance of equipment and deductions
for interest and refunds on the ori-
sginal appropriation from the general
lund, according to an audit of ac
counts filed with City Commissioner
Barbur yesterday.
The audit was authorized by the
council and carried out by a public
accountant to determine whether or
not the plant was operating on a safe
margin with its present charge of 12
cents a yard on all paving contracts
above actual cost of labor and ma
terial to cover overhead. It was un
dertaken also to prove out the present
system of accounting.
The auditor's report stated that the
12-cent overhead charge had proved
too small during the early part of
the 1918-1921 period, but probably will
cover all overhead during the next
six months as the paving plant has
a large volume of work before it A
slight increase in overhead charge
would be advisable in the future, the
report states.
The report further shows that a
fund of J19.778.32 has been built up
as a replacement reserve to care for
depreciation of plant and equipment.
Its resources include readily convent-
ible assets amounting to about 160,000
and current liabilities amounting to
$40,000. During the period that the
plant has been in operation it has
received J93.417.49 from the general
fund, but this is to be paid back by
the earnings of the plant.
NEGRO BRANCH PLANNED
X. V. C. A. to Erect Building on
Williams Avenue Site.
A building- for use exclusively in
work amonff the negroes of the city
will be erected immediately by the
Young- Women's Christian association
on a site at the corner of Williams
avenue and Tillamook street, recent
ly purchased for this purpose. The
building will be like other branch
Y. W. C: A. buildings, except thai
Us managing personnel and member
chip will consist entirely of negroes
Miss Mabel Byrd will be the secre
tary in charge, and the work in the
new building will be under the direc
tion of Mrs. George H. Benjamin, Mrs
Cm. V. Grayson and Mrs. Katherine
Grey. Activities already planned for
the new association building include
the organization of 'teen-age and
high school girls clubs, an employ
ment office and a day nursery. This
day nursery "will be conducted by
the nursery association, though
boused in the Y. W..C. A. building.
WHITNEY CHORUS LEAVES
deeded $2 000 Is Raised and Boys
Get Their Trip South.
One hundred and thirty-five singers
of the Whitney boys' chorus, on board
BARBUR IS ON 15TH YEAR
City Commissioner Long Public Of
ficial of Fortlandt.
City Commissioner Barbur began
serving his 15th consecutive year as
a public official of the city of Port
land yesterday. During that period
he has filled the position of city au
ditor for ten years and city commis
sioner for four. He is now entering
his second four-year term as city
commissioner.
Mr. Barbur came to Portland 40
years ago from his home in Polk
county as a boy of 19. He worked his
way through business college and
later obtained a position as office boy
in a Front-street commission house.
The position changed, but his em
ployer did not, for Mr. Barbur spent
25 years on the street with only two
changes in place of business.
REALTORS TO OFFER
FREE APPRAISALS
Portland Board to Tender Its
Services to State.
VETERANS TO BENEFIT
Saving of 915 for Each Service
Man "When He Gets Property
and Asks for Loan.
Services of the Portland Realty
board in making appraisals on prop
erty to be purchased on loans by war
veterans will be offered the state
without charge, it was decided at the
luncheon of the board yesterday noon
at the Portland hotet Acceptance of
the offer would mean a saving of $15
for each soldier, sailor or marine who
applies for the loan.
The offer will be made directly to
Governor Olcott. The law specifically
provides appointment of a board of
three men to make the appraisal, and
for this reason the offer of the board
may not be accepted. ,
More than 17,000 veterans are ex
pected to take advantage of state
loans to purchase property. It was
thought that the service men would
take readily to such a plan because
many had applied to real estate men
in the city for disinterested ap
praisals on property and the help of
the board would in this waylaid a
great deal in getting the veterans
properly located.
ISO to Attend Session.
Plans for attendance at the con
vention in Chicago on July 11, 12,
12, 14 and 15 of the National Asso
ciation of Real Estate Boards were
reported at the luncheon and it is
expected that 150 delegates from the
northwest will leave on the special
train for Chicago. More than 75 of
these will be from Portland.
A lively debate followed a motion
to amend the constitution of the local
board, so as to admit women into the
body. A dozen spirited pros and cons
were voiced. The objection was
mainly based on added competition
and prejudice against the business
woman. It was maintained on the
other side that women were already
in the real estate business and offer
ing competition. Their membership
would give the board a better oppor
tunity to control their activities and
alleged chronic blunders, it was held.
The matter was held up until the
next regular meeting in order to give
the delegates to the Chicago conven
tion an opportunity to learn the opin
ions of boards of other cities.
Flans for HoaeKtkca Told.
J. R. Brewer, field secretary of the
Oregon state chamber of commerce,
was the outside speaker of the meet
ing. .He detailed the plans of the
chamber In connection with the spe
cial train of homeseekers visiting
Portland this month. He said previ
ous movements to induce immigra
tion into the state had not been en
tirely successful and it was impor
tant that the real estate dealers do
everything they could to help these
visitors find what they wanted, and
start them on the way to successful
life in the state. The dealers said
they would.
It was decided to discontinue the
activities of the board during the
summer months and the next regu
lar meeting will be held on Septem
ber 2.
EILERS ARGUMENT HEARD
State to Reply Tuesday on Request
for Dismissal of Charge.
Argument in favor of the motion for
dismissal of the prosecution of Hy J.
Eilers, head of the defunct Eilers
music house, for the alleged embezzle
ment of $1000, was completed yester
day morning before Circuit Judge
Stapieton by Tom Mannix of counsel
for Mr. Eilers.
The reply on behalf of the state
will be taken up by Deputy District
Attorneys Hamraersley and Murphy
Tuesday morning, when the hearing
is resumed.
Mr. Mannix asked that the prosecu
tion be dismissed on the ground that
the state had failed to prove its
charges of embezzlement. He took up
various steps in the testimony of the
witnesses for the state to prove his
contention.
The Judge will announce his deci
sion on the motion after the state's
argument has been presented Tues
day. $250,683 SUIT IS FILED
Security Savings & Trust Company
Seeks to Recover Funds.
Suit was filed by the Security Sav
ings & Trust company in the circuit
court yesterday for the recovery of
1250,683. 36 from the Burrell Invest
ment company, of which W. F. Burrell
is named as trustee.
The plaintiff company in addition
asks for $13,000 attorney's fees.
.- The money demanded was said to be
loans covered by notes which the de
fendant company obtained from a
number of Portland banks, including
the First National bank, the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, the United States
National bank and the Ladd & Tiltos
bank. The alleged loans were declared
to cover business operations of a con
siderable period.
The Security Savings & Trust com
pany asked that it be permitted to
take over real and personal property
belonging to the defendant company
on the basis of execution sale.
TRUCK IS CAUSE OF
EVAXGTTT.TSTS SPLIT PARTNER
SHIP, SUIT FOLLOWS.
Jfagnus Olsson Accuses J. I. Mont
gomery With Taciturnity and
Threats With Weapon.
A quarrel over the possession of a
truck which it was Intended to use
for an evangelistic tour resulted in
the evangelistic partnership of Mag
nus Olsson and J. I. Montgomery get
ting into difficulties, according to
a suit which was filed In the circuit
court yesterday by Mr. Olsson against
his partner.
Mr. Olsson asks In his complaint
that W. G. MacLaren be appointed
receiver for the truck and that It be
sold and the proceeds divided between
the "two partners.
Ilr. Olsson, who is from California,
and Mr. Montgomery of Woods, Or.,
are declared to have gone together in
the purchase of the truck and set out
in it for an evangelistic tour of this
section of the country. In his com
plaint. Rev. Olsson declared that
his companion had assumed absolute
control of the truck In which they
traveled and lived and had prevented
it being used for evangelistic pur
poses except to a small extent.
He also declared that for two
months the two lived In the truck
and that Montgomery refused to
speak to him during that period. He
also accused Montgomery of carrying
a weapon and with threatening him.
He asked that a temporary restrain
ing order be issued preventing the
removal of the truck from Portland
pending the decision of the case.
BEGGS' PAROLE REVOKED
Man Who Passed Bad Checks Again
Sentenced and Jailed.
The parole of C. A. Beggs, sen
tenced to three years in the state
penitentiary on a charge of issuing
bad checks, was revoked yesterday
on recommendation of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Graham. Beggs was
sentenced to 30 days on a charge of
larceny and was placed in the county
Jail.
At the time of his parole liberty
was given Beggs on condition that
he repay the $150 he had obtained
through issuing bad checks. He
failed to do this, it was said.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95.
NO BIDS MADE ON TIMBER
Xew York Man Interested In Alas
ka Pulpwood Tract.
No bids were submitted to the for
est service for the purchase of the
large tract of pulpwood, including
335,000,000 feet on Admiralty island,
Tongass national forest of Alaska,
when the final day for receiving bids
closed yesterday. Word was received
from a New York man that because
Ben- Selling
Is Celebrating
With the Boys
Today Only
Regular $12.50 and $13.50
. Boys' Belted Suits
With Two Pairs "Knickers"
$9.85
Every boy that hasn't one, wants a new suit
for the "Fourth!" Here's opportunity for
fathers and mothers to choose from regular,
standard line of suits at a very special holiday
price !
There are many fabrics, colors and pat
terns Remember, for Saturday only, the last
business day before Independence Day
Boys' Corduroy Suits
Special $7.35
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
Morrison Street at Fourth
mtmi
Special Lot
Boys' Bathing
Suits
Regularly $2.50 to $4.50
HALF PRICE
he had been unable to complete en
gineering plans he was not yet ready
to bid. He said he expected to make
a definite offer for the tract within a
short time. The timber has now been
advertised and, according to law, the
forest service will make the sale
without delay.
Bids for the second unit of 100,000,
000 feet. situated' on the Behm canal,
Tongass national forest, will be re
ceived by the district forester until
July 7.
Automobile Company Attached.
VANCOUVER. Wash., July 1.
(Special.) The E. J. Allen Auto com
pany, doing business at 707 Washing
ton street, closed its doors today when
attachments were filed by creditors.
The plaintiffs were Ralph G. Percival,
E. W. Smith and A. W. Henderson. E.
J. Allen, the head of the automobile
firm, apparently was missing, as the
sheriff was unable to find him when
he went to serve the complaints. There
were 16 second-hand cars and three
new cars in the agency.
MoMinnville President Back.
McMINXVILLE, Or.. July 1. (Spe
cial.) I W. Riley, president of Mc
Minnville college returned to McMinn-
vllle Thursday after an extended
business trip in the east in the in
terests of the college. While In the
east he attended the northern Baptist
convention at Des Moines.
THE OREGONI AN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. D. C, July 1. W. W.
Conner of Seattle, ex-speaker of the
house of the Washington legislature,
left hurriedly for home tonight, be
cause of a telegram announcing the
closing of the Seattle Scandinavian
American bank of which he is a di
rector. Mr. Conner has been here
prosecuting his campaign for ap
pointment as commissioner of immi
gration at Seattle.
Governor Olcott to Speak.
SALEM, Or., July 1. (Special.)
Governor Olcott left here tonight for
Eugene, where tomorrow he will give
an address before the state American
Legion convention now in progress at
the Lane county city.
DANCE at TIGARD
Bonesteele's Hall
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT.
Wonderful Floor
Best Muilc.
VXDER REFINED MANAGEMENT.
DANCE EXCURSION
Boat Blue Bird
TONIGHT, 8:30
East Morrison Street Dock
An All -Around 1 OO Show NEW TODAY!
The laugh
stuffed story of
how Pansy O'Donnell
went to spend her vaca
tion at a summer hotel, and was
taken for Marie La Tour, "the mer
maid of the screen." "The Good
Little Bad Girl" does a high dive,
wears some dazzling gowns and has
'a double-time love affair all on her
"two weeks with pay." The
breeziest, most summery and amus
ing comedy-drama of the season.
"SNEAKERS"
Hubby and Wife'll supply
the laughs Babe and Dog
bring the heart throbs.
PRIZMA
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"WHERE POPPIES BLOOM"
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(b) Allegretto.
(c) Andante Kspressivo.
The French Spirit".. E. Waldteufel
"You're in Love," selection. .R. Friml
"Estellita." valse pathetique. . . .'.
V. Herbert
"Robespierre," overture.. H. Litolff
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