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THE MORNING OREGONIAX. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921 SEASON FOR PEACH HI CAP K NG UNDER WAY Best Grades on Market Sell at $1.50 a Box. ITALIAN PRUNES ON SALE Wide Variety of Summer Vegetables in Stock Is Joy to Portland Housewives. The peach-canning season is on and It is expected that many Portland housewives will be canning peaches this week and making preserves for use during: the winter months. Ore gon peaches will be scarce this year, owing: to the fact that many trees were killed by the freezing winter weather of two years ago. The best grade of peaches now on the market for canning are selling at $1.50 & box. These are Elbertas from California. It Is expected that the Oregon peaches will not be any cheaper. Blackberries for Jelly and canning are still In the market in plentiful quantities and are selling at eight cents a box as the minimum price. The price in some of the large down town stores is three boxes for a quar ter. Blackberries will be in for about two weeks longer. Italian Prune on Market. String beans are also popular for canning and the exceptionally good quality this season makes them at tractive. The average price is eight cents a pound, two pounds for 15 cents. The first Oregon Italian prunes are on the market at 10 cents a pound. In about three weeks or a month, when prunes are cheaper, housewives will begin canning them also and making prune butter. Plums, selling now at the same price as the early prunes will also be cheaper later on. Mountain huckleberries, considered one of the real Oregon delicacies, are to be found in some stores. The price is 50 cents a quart now, but thej probably will be cheaper soon. Ncir Apple for Sale. There are new apples at three pounds for' a quarter, which are fine for cooking; red bananas at 60 cents a dozen watermelons at 3 and 4 cents a pound, honeydew melons at 25 and 60 cents each, and seedless grapes at 75 cents a basket. Oranges are much higher than a few weeks ago and now sell for 60 and 75 cents a dozen for the best va rieties. Cantaloupes are 10 cents each for large melons, and nectarines from Yakima are popular at 60 cents for a five-pound basket. Fresh Ha' waiian pineapples sell for $1 each. Persians melons are 65 cents each. A few strawberries are to be found, selling generaly at 15 cents a box, although some are & cents higher than that. Vegetable Varieties anwron. The variety of summer vegetables now in stock proves a joy to the woman shopping for tempting dishes for the table. Tomatoes at two pounds for a quarter are the best to be found and with a head of lettuce for 10 cents form an attractive salad. There are cucumbers in abundance at 5 cents each and green peppers at 15 and 20 cents a pound. Yellow bantam corn is 50 cents a dozen and other varieties as high as 60 cents. There is celery at 15 cents a bunch and fine large onions for creaming at three bunches for 25 cents. A few green peas are in the market at 20 cents a pound. Califor nia new sweet potatoes sell at two pounds for 45 cents. Their 6-year-old son later told of having taken the money into the yard to play and left It there. A search of the premises revealed that ome passer-by had seen the money in the yard and made off with -it. E. J. Daugherty, a groceryman at 1S00 Belmont street, told the police his store had been robbed by boys and a large quantity of candy and gum taken. E. B. Hacen, 166 Champagne drive, reported that his house had been entered and a pair of valuable opera glasses stolen, together with a seal skin bag and a" complete ivory toilet set. -. , Mrs. J. P. Dufale, 231 North Nar tllla street, said that while shopping in a confectionery store at 414 Washington street, a negress had grabbed her handbag containing $7 and three keys. The police found a straw hat in an alley-way which they believe the thief dropped In her haste to get away. MURDER CONFESSED F.LK IS FROMIXEXT STOCK SAIKSMAX FOrXD IN BED. as Member of ' Shrine, Known Duke,' Passes Suddenly at Howie While Family Is Sway. ' F. E. Manchester, well-known stock salesman and formerly an automobile salesman, was found dead in bed at his home at 453 East Fourteenth street early yesterday morning. The coroner took charge of the body on account of the absence of Manches ter's family, and gave as his opinion that death had occurred 24 hours be fore. Neighbors noticed that a light had burned In Manchester's bedroom all day Thursday and notified the police. Mrs.- Manchester and one child have been ivsiting In Berkeley, Cal., and two other children have been ennnrt- ing their vacation in Klickitat, Wash. Mr. Manchester was living in the ouse alone and was last een Wednesday night after he returned from a picnic, where he had eaten heavily. Friends knew It was his habit to read himself to sleep and it is thought that he died while he was reading or shortly after he had fallen asleep. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Manchester was E4 years old and was widely known in Portland as the "duke." At one time he was connected with the Dundas-Martin ompany and was later state ae-ent for the Stanley steamer automobile. He was also associated with the F. N. Clark company and his most recent osltion was with the Home Builder Securities company. He was a Mason and a member of the Al Kader temple of the Imnirial Shrine. Members of the Shrine, when otlfied of his death, at once commu nicated with Mrs. Manchester and tarted prelimiary arrangements for the funeral. It will not be held until the family arrives in Portland. TRAIN RIDERS ROUNDED UP OFFICER S CROWD I BATTUE WITH OF HOBOS. Tito Alleged Army Deserters From West Coast Reported Among Captured in. Texas. El, PASO, Tex., Aug. 12. Police tleputy sheriffs and provost guards battled with a crowd of 75 illegal train riders about five miles from bere this morning, after the men had refused to get off the train, which was pulling into the city. Arigon Binkley, conductor, attempt ed to make toe men leave the train. They refused, after making threats, according to reports received at po lice headquarters. The conductor dropped off the train it Lanark, N. M., a station not far from here, and telegraphed the chief aispatcher. All available officers in El Paso went in automobiles to meet the train. Just before It pulled into the city limits, the illegal train riders saw the officers approaching, fled from the train, some of them firing as the officers approached. ' The officers returned the fire. Fifty men were captured. Among them were two alleged army deserters. The men were from the west coast according to their statements to the police. STRANGE THEFT REPORTED WOMAN' SAYS $3 0 TAKEN FROM POCKET OF PAJAMAS. Money Discovered Gone After TJn usually Sound Sleep, Declares Mrs. II. M. Jones. Police yesterday were trying to get to the bottom of a strange case o burglary reported to them by Mrs. H. M. Jones of 240 East Thirty-sec ond street. Mrs. Jones said she re tired Thursday evening at 8 o'cloc a a slept unusually sound. no awakening once throughout the night. W'hen she did awaken she discovered that $30 had been taken from th pocket of her pajamas. ' She told th police she thought she must have been drugged, because she never be lore had slept through a night. De tective Gordon made an Investigatio and found an open window, but could discover no evidence which would substantiate the belief that Mrs. Jone cad been drugged. Three other burglaries, a holdup and a case of bag snatching, were re ported to the police yesterday morn ing. J. P. Olinghouse, a street ca conductor, living at 863 East Couch street, said he had given his wife J67 Just before he started to work. His wife put the money on a window sill and when she returned to get It IN DEATHBED TALE Police Hear Woman Admit Killing Spokane Man. SLAYING CALLED MISTAKE MAZAMAS VISIT CRATER Trip Is Taken in Recently Launched Sparrow; Hotel Offered. MAZAMAS' CAMP. Crater Lake. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Twenty-one Ma. zamas made the maiden voyage today n the launcn sparrow, which took to he water only yesterday. The tour of the lake, including a visit to the Crater and Wizard island, was much njoyed. At the camp fire last night. Judge Watson of Gold Hill gave the entire romantic history of the lake along with Indian legends. Superintendent Sparrow furnished wood for the fire. Y. Tengwald. manager of the Crater Lake lodge, has thrown open the hotel the Mazamas, giving them all the privileges of patrons. These Mazamas will leave here Sunday and arrive in Portland1 Monday morning. WAR HERO COMING HOME Wounded Son of Vancouver Citizen Is Winner of Six Medals. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.) William Worth, a Scottish world war hero with six medals to his credit, is coming to Vancouver to l.ve this fall, according to a letter received this morning by his father, C H. Worth. Young Worth is at present living n Leith, Scotland. He participated ir. the first engagement of Jhe British troops wun me uermana. The father says the eon was wound ed four times and that he finally be came incapacitated for artillery duty and then joined the British navy, where he served for the remainder of the war, Mr. Worth has not seen his son since 1913. REGENTS CONFER MONDAY Selection of Successor to Xormal School Head Likely. SALEM Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) A dozen or more applications have been received by the regents of the Oregon state normal school for ap pointment to succeed J. H. Aekerman, late president of the institution. Se lection of Mr. Aekerman s successor probably will be made, at a meeting of the regents to be held in Salem next Monday. It was intimated here today that a number of prominent educators are being considered for the place. The position carries a salary of $4000 a year. , 10 DEATHS TRAIL DISEASE Infantile Paralysis Warning Sent to Yakima Valley. YAKIMA, Wash-, Aug. 12. Ten deaths have resulted this summer in the Yakima valley from 15 cases of an uncertain disease which today was declared by the etate department of health to be "probably acute infan tile paralysis" of a type attacking the nerve centers of the chest and throat and causing death in from two to six days. , The warning was received here in a le.tter from the state board to Dr. H. H. Smith, city and county health officer, announcing that the United States public health service had been notified bv wire. Reno Hutchinson Declared to Have Been Shot Under Impression That He Was Banker. SPOKAXE, Wash., Aug. 12. A pur ported dying statement of a woman who was reported to have declared tnat she shot down Reno Hutchinson, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian association here in 1906, was said by police today to have shed light on a murder mystery thai, has baffled the local officers for 15 years. According to a statement which Police Captain Miles said today had been made to him by a resident, of Vancouver, B. C, the woman declared cn her deathbed that she shot Hutch irso'n by mistake for a banker of this c:ty who formerly had been head of a financial institution In Vancouver, in the failure of which she had lost a sum of money. . She did not learn her mistake, she was represented to have declared, until after she had left the city abd did not return to execute her design for fear of detection. Captain Miles said "his informant declared the wom an had charged him to give the ex planation to the authorities here. The names of the woman, her intended victim and the man who made the statement were not made public by the police. . Story Is Related. The etory the man told to Captain Miles follows: A well-known resident of Spokane, just before coming hers, was a mem ber of a financial house which failed at Vancouver. The night before it closed its doors a Vancouver woman, who had been running a hotel, sold it and deposited several thousand dol lars in the institution. The next day it failed. Her at tempts to recover her money were unsuccessful. She vowed In court that she would kill the man whom she blamed for the loss of her money The financier moved to Spokane, bought .a home on the south side and went into business here. . . The hetel woman found where he had gone and came to Spokane, un accompanied. She lay in wait oh'th night of October 15. 1906. on the street where she knew the financier would go home. Mr. Hutchinson in a general way re sembled the intended victim. Thlnk- ng it was her ex-banker, the woman walked toward him and fired the fatal shots. In the darkness she escaped without detection. Secret Is Kept. Later, on obtaining Spokane papers. the woman learned her mistake, but fearing that she might be recognized if she returned, she never came back to carry out her original intention. Until the time of her death, as far as is known, she had never made her secret known. The deathbed confession was made to the man who told the story to the police today, he said. He was a close friend of hers and had known her for years, he said. "The man, who would not give his name, said he would tell his story only So the police might have the mystery cleared up," Captain Miles said. He said It was the woman's request to him that if he came to Spokane he would explain the matter -to the officers. "There is no way now to verify the story, except to find whether or not a few of the facts on which we can check are true." Story Considered Plausible. Several of the old-time detectives who worked on the case at that time said the story was the only plausible one ever advanced as an explanation of the mysterious murder. - The man who explained the story to the police was said to be a respon sible Vancouver citizen with whom the police may again get In touch if fit is found necessary. The police department has not yet determined what action, if any, will be taken, and they declined to give out any names. VICTIM KXOIH IX PORTLAND Several of Reno Hntchinson's Rel atives Live in Oregon. The Spokane dispatch clears up a mystery that has baffled police and remained unsolved for 15 years. No reason could ever be found for the killing of Reno Hutchinson, who had been connected .with the Portland Y. M. C. A, as religious work director up until shortly before his death. when he was transferred to Spokane as general secretary there. His sis ter, Alice Hutchinson of Portland, now employed in the office of Strong & MacNaughton, declared consistently that neither robbery nor personal hatred could have been the motive for the murder. . It was at first thought that a cer tain man had killed Hutchinson through hatred of Y. M. C. A. activ ities, but this theory was disproved almost at once. Reno Hutchinson came to Portland and entered Y. M. C. A. work shortly after he was graduated from the Uni versity of California in 1901. He was associated . with H. w. stone, now general secretary of that organiza tioni for several years, and was then transferred to Spokane. Not long after he established himself in that city he was shot and killed. Mr. Hutchinson's widow, Mrs. Vir ginia Hutchinson, resides at Tigard, Or., with her daughter Lois. She Is well known in Portland as a vocalist. having been for a number of years a member of quartets at both the First Presbyterian church and the First Baptist church. Other relatives are Mr. Hutchinson's widowed mother, Mrs. C. C. Hutchinson; a brother, Ar thur Hutchinson of Atlanta. Ga. and four sisters, Mrs. E. B. MacNaughton and Mlas Alice Hutchinson, both of Portland: Mrs. Fred Cummlngs of Medford-ana Mrs. James Cobbledick of Oakland. Cal. C. C. Hutchinson, his father, was founder of Hutchin son, Kan., which is In Reno county. The son-was named for General Reno, civil war veteran, for whom the county was also named. Hutchinson was shot at the north east corner of Seventh avenue and Howard streets in Spokane at 7:55 P. M., October 15, 1906. After the shot had been fired the assassin es caped through the lawn of a nearby dwelling and disappeared. The bullet pierced Hutchinson's body and death came 15 minutes after the shot had been fired. The as sassin evidently waited for Hutchin son, and as the Y. Mi C. A. man walked under the glare of the elec tric light on the street corner opened fire. - Hutchinson traa found- by Nelson Hartson, son of the Spokane post master, immediately after the shoot ing. 'T am shot! I am shot!" was all that Hutchinson was able to say. ERUPTION INTEREST KEEN OLDTTMERS DO NOT SCOUT STORIES OF MOlfXT HOOD. Dieturb-ance Believed Due to Melt ed Snow Coming- in Contact With Crater's Ifot Depths. HOOD RIVER, Or.,.Aug. 1J. (Spe cial.) The . Internal disturbances on the south side of Mount Hood have created no small interest locally. While Hood River folk at first were prone to scout the stories, old-time mountaineers say they believe the eruption was caused as the result -of an accumulation of melted snow and ice water coming in contact with the hot depths of -the old crater. They point out that for a week before the mass of earth and stones were belched from the south side of the mountain the weather was extremely hot. . It is presumed that the high temperatures caused vast quantitfes of water to pour -Into crevices and seep into ' the hot subterranean chambers. "That the depths of the crater of Mount Hood are extremely hot is well known." says W. A. Langille, who with his brother. H. D. Langille. made the first ascent of the north side of the peak. "Ever since we have been climbing sthe mountain we have noticed impressive evidences of ex treme heat far underneath the sur face. I can confirm stories of sul phurous fumes. Indeed, most every one who has been to the summit of the snow peak will notice the odor of the fumes and see the vapor rising fiom-the old crater. Such disturbances as that noted the first of the week below' Crater rock are nothing new in the experience of mountaineers. They have been- of frequent occur rence,' although not often on the huge scale of that of the other day." Professor Salsbury, head of the de partment of geology at the University of Chicago, was recently here tour ing the valley. He declared that stories indicating that Cascade moun tains were displaying activity from renewed heat within their surface were unfounded. Professor Salsbury declared that a constant cooling process was in progress in all of the mountains. , '..H"..."?. '"7TlZL-!!! m "rtlillr' ZtrZ' ZZxZZ ir"1 'mJUUL1 111 "iiiiur-iimiiiHni "Twin irrtf nitnirTi-iininlL.ji..jiniiiii atsaaimn "i if . J Hi- - -'0.'S - aJ -4. -v -ST -' ':S7 r l'ri'"'M-a: 1 j t 7f Royal North West Mounted Police I " W They Always Get Their Man! fk - -.j 1 -I I- ,.-- y. One of the finest stories J - ft " V I S ' X ever written of CanarLi's JF ? C -v X V f ,s-'" v famous Royal Mourned j& Y .....j,..,. , ,,,,,,,,, ........j fAU Goodriessf Z 'M.Xfrm jVj and FJavorv N V fesSn llfi' SYRUP I SYRUP Ask 1 our (irooer, Kyi 1 EXTRA! v BEBE DANIELS IN JAIL! Special pictures show ing her both inside and out. A smashing: photo-drama of the North Woods a rousing story of two men and a woman in the Great White Wilderness of Love Jealousy Red Courage. A crashing end a great picture. CECIL TEAGUE SUIT FOR $3750 FILED Violation of Contract to Buy Fish Alleged by Astorian. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) A suit to recover $750 as commis sion for salmon purchased for the de fendants and $3000 damages for al leged breach of contract has been filed In the circuit court by R. R. Johnson against the Atlantic & Pa cific Fisheries company pf Seattle and S. Enstoss. The complaint averred that the plaintiff entered Into a contract with the defendants to - purchase salmon for them at 12 cents a pound dur ing the .fishing season which will end at noon on August 25, and that he was to be paid 13 cents a pound for the fish. Continuing, th complaint said that prior to July 29 the plain tiff bought salmon for the defendants and the sum of $750 is due him for his services. In that period, but that on July 29 the defendants refused to continue the contract and that as a result of this action the plaintiff suf fered damages in loss of profits which amount to $3000, for which he esked judgment. 15 Apply for Army Tests. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Fifteen men applied at Vancouver Barracks today for exam ination for commissions as second and first lieutenants. i j) ir at the Wurlitzer and in concert tomorrow at 1:30 P. M. Programme: Light Cavalry Suppe Give Me All of You Schwatzwald High Jinks Friml Hawaiian Echoes Arrd. by C. T. Direction o Jensen and yon fjerfoerg CHINOOK' SALMON CHEAP FRESH FISH XOW SELLING AT 12 GEXTS A POOD. Halibut Bringing 2 0 Cents on Lo cal Market and Columbia Kiver Sturgeon 2 5. Fre-sh Chinook salmon, now selling in Portland fish markets at 12 cents a pound. Is cheaper than it has been here since 1915, according to leading dealers. Salmon was sell ing as high as 40 cents a pound in this city last winter. The reduction In price has made fish even more popular than ever with Portland fam ilies. The salmon now In the market Is principally from Tillamook and Xe- halem bays. In about a month silver Salmon from the Columbia river will be in the market in large quantities, it is anticipated. Fresh halibut is selling at 20 cents a pound. Columbia river sturgeon at 25 cents a pound is In demand. Dolly Varden trout is scarce, and that now In Portland is from the south coast of Alaska. The price is 35 cents a pound. Silver smelt from Olympla, Wash., is among the list of new arrivals this week and Is popular at 15 cents a pound. Crabs are scarce and of poor quality. Thoae now In the mar ket are from British Columbia and sell at 25 to 40 cents each. A Portland product, filing well In local fish markets, is a brand of kip pered salmon, put up In pound pack ages to sell at 30 cents each. Shrimp is now selling at 20' cents a carton, as compared with SO and 35 cents last winter. No clams are in the market at present. BABY DROWNED IN RIVER Alice Olson, 19 Months Old, Loses Life While Playing. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Alice Olson, 19-months-old daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. R. Olson of Ros- burg. Wash., was drowned last night by falling Into Grays river as she was playing near the bank of that stream. The body was recovered about two hours later. Conway Auto Tent FIT ANY CAR 7x H-o. aio.no 7x0 10-os. S12.SO CONWAY ARMY STORE Third and Taylor K'iJ.-.-a...i: -&t -Tra'SijJ, tfiii.nf'rri..Mf.BaU. U 16 Stores S&S5? 16 Stores m 1 )re ' 8 1 mf Important Facts LEsn r SI fl ... I IB5 ,-.v Fill the Lunch Basket at Van Gorder'a 1 Oho! for the Picnic Lunch The snowy cloth spread in some grassy, tree-shaped spot the eager gToup watching hungrily while "my hostess" sets out the good things to eat : Cold Chicken Potato Salad Pickles Olives Buns Pastries J ams delicacies of all kinds. She knows everything will be delicious, for the lunchbasket was filled at . VAN GORDER'S Exclusive cDelikalesseiL Washington Street-between 13s 8 14& t Open Weekdays, 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. 0 Unemployment, lowering of ralue of farm and manufactured products, loss of business confidence, high taxes and high rentals these and many other conditions have brought about situations that vitally affect everyone. It might be called a "profitless age" through which we are passing. The greatest care in the handling of family and individual finance should be used now. SOth Century methods are Individual. They rc alone In the fact that the 20th Century Is t he only Institution ( HT Importance In thin nectlon that hnv priced all their K""" "- V tore bal. No FrurinK m ever done nbont adding oot of delivery service or charge ";1' r',; and every dollar spent at these stores buys merchandise. This, In our mind, is the lair J cash buyers. SATURDAY WE OFFER CRISCO Fresh arrival of this splendid short- HEINZ DELICIOUS BAKED BEAN'S Small ening 3-lb. cans 53, 6-lb. cans $1.05, can 10?, medium can 15?, large can. .230 9-lb. cans $1.57 . , . . IVORY SOAP 8, 10 bars 750 EGGS Guaranteed strictly fresh, doz Jo0 Full Cream Cheese, per 11 lbs. Fancy White Preferred Stock Catsup, very appetizing, rvonnd 25 Potatoes 1256 large bottle -0 FEDERAL OR DARIMADE MILK, tall cans 100,- Baby Federal Milk 60 ROYAL BAKING POWDER, 6-oz. cans 200, 12-oz. can 390, 2-lb. can $1.15, 5-pound can for only $2.25 7 BARS FOR 250 of Procter & Gamble White Soap or Lenox Royal VV hite or White Won- SYRUP White Rose Cane and Corn Syrup, nicely flavored, 5-lb. pails 480, 10-pound pails for 890 PURE BULK COCOA, 2 lbs 250 CRYSTAL'WHITE SOAP FLAKES, the big 35-cent size 250 BOYD MASON CAPS OR ECONOMY CAPS, 280 doz., 2 doz 550 Royal Club Seeded Raisins, full lo-oz. package 200 Folger's Golden Gate Coffee, 2 -pound ' can for 980 uvth CENTl'HV COFFEE If you feel grumpy or out of sorts, one gooa ana reii-uie cure is . cup of COFFEE There lTnothlns bette? than this 20th Century Coffee, fresh roasted, fresh ground, and 35 cents per lb., 3 lbs. 11.00. Stores are conveniently located. 20th CENTURY GROCERY STORES der Soap, 6 bars for. Wesson Oil, one-quart can 530 Muscat Raisins, per pound 200 .250 Comb' Honey, section for 380 Nuraya Tea, pound for 250 18 Fifth St., Opposite Postofflee J9 Third St., Bet. Yamhill wid Morrison 1S4-18H 2d St- Bet. Yamhill and Morrison stu Xo. A. Vamhlll Sanltarr Market First and Alder Stu In the Alder Market 731 V4 YVnsblnsrton St., Near S3d 175 Kast 13th St., Cor. Umatilla, Sellrrood 75 AVilllams Avf, Corner Ftreo 047 Williams. Cor. Williams and Alberta 13.S4 Colon Air, Cor- Portland lllvd. VAKCOt'VER, WASH. loa Elichth St.. Bet. wamartoa ana Alain. Lents Store Next to Multnomah Baas.. the roll of bills had disappeared, in -r -v 4