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TITE 3IORXIXG' OREGOXIAX. 'TUESDAY, ' DECEMBER 2T, 1921 ! n WANTON SLAUGHTER OF SUMH LA Retiring Commissioner Says Extermination Impends. PRrVATE INTERESTS RULE Heud of Fish and Game Bureau of Washington Declares Policy Crime Against Mankind. TV GET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Dec. 26. (Special.) The un restricted slaughter of salmon in the waters of I'uget sound Is a crime asrainst mankind, according to the be lief vigorously expressed by Leslie H. Darwin In his final report to Gov ernor Hart. Aftet seven years of service as state fisft and game com missioner and the better part of an other year as supervisor of fisheries in the reorganized tate' department of fisheries and game, Mr. Darwin's resignation has been accepted and he quit the office January 1. In every se&flion of the state legis lature since he was appointed state fish commissioner by Governor Lister, in 1913, .Mr. Darwin has been an ac tive advocate of measures designed to Bave the Pugct sound salmon run from extinction. 1'urnr Seiner Defeat Reforms. His labors were effective in pro curing a more stringent regulation of trap fishing, but never was able to offset the influence of the purse seiners, who have maintained a de termined attitude against any inter ference of law or otherwise in their activities. "Unfortunately," says Darwin in his report, "the idea has been all too prevalent to li t those engaged In the induhtry have the entire say con cerning it. The people of thiB state have an interest in perpetuating and maintaining food and shell fisheries, comparedswlth which the right of any individual, no matter how great his investment therein, sinks into Insig nificance. Policy Crime AKnlimt Mankind. "It deems to me to be a crime against mankind against those who are here and the generations yet to follow to let the great salmon runs of the state of Washington be de stroyed at the selfish bthest of a few individuals, who, in order to enrich themselves, would impoverish the state and destroy a food supply of the people." The diminution of salmon runs on Tuget sound, the report shows, has been in those varieties sockeye and humpback over which the state has no control, or only about one-third control. Ninety to !)9 per cent of the sotkeye entering I'uget sound pass Into the Fraser river in British Co lumbia, and only 1 or 2 per cent go up the .Ska Kit river, on a tributary of which there is a government hatchery. It is this condition that calls for a working agreement be tween the fisheries authorities of the state of Washington and of Canada, which agreement has thus far been impossible because of the refusal of this state, through its legislature or Its newly formed board of fisheries, to restrict or prohibit purse seining, as demanded by the Canadians. AUTO PIERCES RAILING Stolen Aberdeen Mueiiine Found at Bottom of nmbunkment. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) A touring car stolen by un identified persons late last night from the garage of W. C. Lawrence, 1109 North L street, was drjven through the light board railing which encloses the Olympic highway at the incline leading to the newly-built viaduct over the Northern Pacific railroad tracks at the east entrance to Aber deen. The car tore through about 70 feet of railing, then rollen over the bank and did not etop until it had nearly reached the old Montesano road, 35 feet below the top of the bank. Who was driving the car, how many persons it contained and what in juries were sustained by the occu pants are puzzles which police are at tempting to unravel. VETERANS' T0GET RELIEF Important Opinion Rendered by Attorney-General. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 26. Vet erans of the world war are now en titled to relief under the county sol diers' relief fund law even though no appropriation for that purpose was made when the county budget was prepared, according to an opinion of the attorney-general to Herman Mur ray, prosecuting attorney of Pacific eounty. The fund has been used in the past to aid-veterans of former wars. NEW INDUSTRIES STARTED Articles of Incorporation Filed In AYasliiiigton State. OLYMPTA. Wash.. Dec. 2fi. Articles of Incorporation filed with the secre tary of state include the following: Morris Brother Coal and Mining- com pany. Inc., Tacoma; 175,000. John H. Morris and Frank Merrill. C. C. Chaffee company. Everett; $.10,000. C. C. Chaffee, Elda Gregory. Edith D. Sor eneon. General clothing business. Quilcene Garage company, Qallcene: IIO.OiiO. Herbert K. Beck. August D. Greiner. Sunset Improvement company, Seattle F. L,. Srannard, W. H. Thompson, Edward ,H. Chavelle. Bernex Northern. Automobile accessories. Inland Empire Loan and Investment company, Spokane: 10,000. George O. Hanson. C. W. Clark, O. N. Anderson. Krancls L Bertllng. Charles T. Goodsell. Wasgatt-& Co., Seattle; $20,000. J. C. Gould, E. R. Splea. Multlgraphing and mimeoa-ra.ph in. The Magnalite company. Inc.. of Seattle, Wanh.; $75,000. Frank Messedat, Walter M. Woodburn, Fred H. Bense. Helliesen & Christiansen, Inc., Seattle; $2.1,000. Henry M. Helliesen, Nicola Christiansen. Weln, Maze Peake. Inc., Spokane: $50. 000. J. W. Weln. E. E. Maze, O. B. Peake, Commirslon merchants. Tha Northwest Black Fox corporation. Ppokne; 11.000.000. N. H. Dunn. Charles Berftman. W. D. Rambo, Alice Bergman, W. H. Puttock. Associated Oil company, San Francisco, CU4. Paul Shoupe. A. C. McLausrhlin, P. O Williams, J. P. Edward. Henry Crasea Wenatchee Qutncy Orrhards. Spokane; 1 oo.noo.) J. L. Cooper. F. W. Kiesling, R. H. Klnp. J. I.. Mvers, Inc. South Bend: $25,000. Theo F. Myers, Mariraret G. Myers. Lena A. Gordon. Real estate. Paraxon Soap company, Seattle; $50,000. Louis G. Greyerblehi, Peter A. McDonald Wide Hollow Telephone company. Yak ima: J.iflOO. William F. Harris, James C. Young. Leslie F. Childress. Wenatehee Commercial company. Wen atchee; $20,000. Joseph R. Marshall, L. S. McClur. Wahkiakum Transportation company, Cathlamet, Wash.; $13,000. John Foster, Harry .Foster, Ernest Foster. Steamboat, tugboat business. FARMS M PROFITABLE STEIIiACOOM HOSPITAL SHOW'S SUCCESS IX AGRICULTURE. Management of Institution Gets Praise From Investigator in Official Report. OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec. 26. In a commendatory report on the admin istration Of affairs at the Western , Washington hospital for the lneane at I Steilacoom, Director of Efficiency McArdle points out that a profit of I. $80,706.26 was made in the two-year j period preceding March 1. 1921, from farming operations. Allowing 75 I cents a day for help of patients, a : net profit of $42,186.26 remains, the report says. Favorable comment Is made on the management of the poul try division of 'the farms and the herd of Holstein cattle built up at the Institution. Declaring that the Institution Is be- I ing operated at a minimum cost, the report says of Dr. W. N. Keller: "The Lax pit y ei s ui me bluic uic juimiiaLa that those in authority have been able to keep such a man as Dr. Keller at the head of this institution." While the commissary and store rift SPIRIT RULES CLACKAMAS Christmas Prevails and Xone Is Forgotten by Santa. OREGON CITY, Dec. 26 (Special.) The Christmas spirit prevailed in Clackamas county.' None was for gotten. The Red Cross sent out gifts and the Klks did their share. The Knights of Columbus donated $100 for charity purposes. Private individuals as well as a newspaper office donated liberally. The babies of the St. Agnes Baby Home at Parkplace were not forgot ten. Three large Christmas trees were prepared and Joe Kinn of Portland was the Santa Claus. lie was accom panied by Mrs. Riley and Mr. Sinnott of Portland, who assisted in arrang ing the gifts on the trees. partment show Improvement, the re port criticises the keeping of the rec ords. Disapproval of the present sys tem of making purchases for the patients without proper safeguard to the parties in the transaction is shown. The report was filed with the attorney-general. Marriage Licenses Issued. MONTESANO, Wash., Dec 26. (Secial.) Marriage licenses have been issued here to tLe follow ing couples: Evert Sund, Elma, and Elsa Sund, Koquiam; D. M. Letts and Valrle E. Gardner, Aberdeen; James Maynard and Elizabeth Sparling, Hoquiam; C. V. Signor, La Grande, Or., and Freda M. Glover, Pendleton, Or.; John T. Post and Clara Robinson, Aberdeen; Oliver Willis, Melbourne, and Violet Thompson. Montesano; John Vaivadas and Eva Stoy, Cos-mopolis. Pe Ell Masons Elect Officers, CENTRALIA, Wash.. Dec. 2. (Spe cial.) The P Ell Masonic lodge at its last meeting elected the follow ing new officers for the coming year: Clyde Kennedy, master: Thomas Mor ris, senior warden; Frank Rhyne, junior warden; Charles Dracobly, treasurer, and Albert Meade, secre tary. Elective and appointive offi cers will be installed Tuesday night Jointly with the new officers of the Eastern Star. WIFE'S TWO MATES FIGHT WOMAN IS ARRESTED OX CHARGE OF BIGAMY. lioth Men Claim Marriage and Deputy Called to End Row; ' Legal Husband in Prison. DALLAS, Or., Dec. 26. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff Hooker this morning arrested Mrs. Elsie Wilkes, alias Burg, alias Levell, on a charge of bigamy, and this afternoon she was turned over to Constable De Long of Salem. Hooker had been called to the home of Charles Wilkes in this city to settle a dispute between Wilkes and Peter Burg over posses-, sion of the woman. Burg, who said he resides in Portland, arrived in Dal las Christmas day in search of Mrs. Wilkes, to wkjsm he declared he was married more than a year ago. He located her with Wilkes, who eaid he married her in Salem last October. The woman has a little girl 9 years old. child of her first husband, John Levell. From Information obtained from the child and later substantiated by the woman herself, Levell is now serving a life sentence In a Califor nia penitentiary for murder, and Mrs. Levell has never obtained a divorce from him. Hooker.uponlearningofthe woman's triple marriage, took the matter up with District Attorney Carson of Salem, who Instructed that she be held on the charge of bigamy. The little girl will be turned over to the Juvenile court. . ' . Three Antolsts Injured. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 26. (Special.) Mrs. Alex Homchick suf fered a broken wrist, bruises and cuts; her husband's face was lacer ated and Stephen Zabrook was badly shaken up when an automobile in which they were driving along the Wishkah road overturned about 6:30 o'clock last night. They received medical attention at the Aberdeen general hospital. Their car was badly smashed. Baskets Given Aberdeen Needy. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Thirty-three baskets filled with food for a Christmas dinner were distributed among needy Aberdeen families yesterday by the Salvation Army. Included in the baskets were butter, sugar, cranberries, celery, coffee, a can of milk, a can of pre served vegetables, canned fruit, bread, meat, potatoes, apples, nuts and mince-meat. CONVICTS FAIL IN DASH OXE OF FIVE SLAIX DURIXG AUBCRX, X. Y., BREAK. Efforts to Carry Away Companion Who Sustained Broken Leg Lead to Recapture. AUBURN. N. T.. Dec. 26 (By the Associated Press.) Five convicts re cently found guilty of rioting in the yard of Auburn prison failed in an attempt to escape on Christmas night through their efforts to carry away one of their number, who had broken his leg in flight. This became known today when prison officials announced one criminal had been slain and the others recaptured. Cutting their way out of the cells the convicts dropped into the outer yard and one was injured. The alarm was spread while he was being taken In a wheelbarrow across the yard, and some of his companions were searohlng for a ladder with which to scale the outer wall. The cripple and two others Imme diately were caught, but the other two were not recaptured until they were discovered ths morning, hiding in a packing box in a private office, A bullet, fired to frighten, killed one. who was crouching in the bottom of the box. Autos Damaged In Collision. CENTRALIA. Wash., Dec. 2 (Special.) The automobiles of Jack Scultto and the Twin City Gardens were badly damaged this morning in a collision at tne corner of Tower avenue and Magnolia street. The Siuitto c:;r was driven by Mrs. Scultto, who had just taken her father to an early morning train. Neither driver was injured. Respon sibility for the collision has not beta fixed. Alleged Wife Deserter Jailed. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Dec. 26 (Special.) Shortly after he stepped from a Portland train Saturday even ing John Rnddoik was taken Into custody by Constable Luther Pat ton on a charge of wife desertion. He Is held in the county jail under $"uo bonds. The warrant for Ruddock's arrest was Issued a few days ago by Justice Charles Hoss on the com plaint of Mrs. Ruddock. French Secretary Quits. TAR1S. Dec. 2ti. Philippe Berthelot, general secretary of the French for eign office, today tendered his resig nation to Premier Brland. s ALL THIS WEEK KnteM mid Oar Mnmmolb Organ Other E y. u m ber I he orrtV While the "price" of a garment at Peterson's is, very truly, a mindful incentive to the women who buy here, the quality and elegance and variety of fashions pre sented really is a potent issue. Whether or not a "price" is important depends, of course, upon what one receives for it. We have never had a" cheap" garment an our store. We have adhered to the polic'y of selling fine merchandise at a lower than ground - floor price. We hope our reader friends and patrons will hear in mind the foregoing when they consider the opportunities of this 1 51 S -J ilH H III II iili'lliHili in -'-itt-'-'T- a. Madam Peterson's couldn't have grown to such a big store if Truth had not been one of the virtues of its word. A Real Live Baby AXD CASH PRIZES WILL BE? GIVES A WAV IX CONXECTIOX WITH OIR HO.V'STER , MIDNIGHT MATINEE New Year's Eve Tickets Now Selling at the Check Room Perfection in Formal Apparel A FULL DRESS SUIT or tux edo tailored in the faultless Norman Brothers styles as sures the perfection of line and fit which is the hallmark of the man who is accus tomed to the finer things of life. , MAY WE SERVE YOU? NORMAN BROS. Tailors to Men and Women 101-106 Mezzanine Northwestern Floor Bank Bldg. If J f ' PL 4 ' i ' XJft i rWrfcku . j 6 uiiraloai d on X. mmsmmmmmimm, M:-::::::. JrwjL.nL Willi ii" jA't T-!".. -."ya mMMMmmmimmmm but a MiriX-fd'- fI -'1 .1i.Vf5 .H.ivJT-i V?. -Ai :.'V J .-.jK.l Pey Pai-e iBinMV ftmm$mmmmm 1 71 2Ji HALF PRICE Suits! There remain scattered few. But, if you can wear a 16 or an 18 size, you will profit greatly by our half price offer which means much more to you than half would where regular prices are not so low as Peterson's. Frocks Reduced Y3 Can you use a clever pnrty or duncintr, frock? If you can. don't you think you might better fret it here and save a full third of I' e t e r s o n's al ready low price? Women who ehop here betimes will attend this season's plus sale In big numbers. of etepsoini's Upstadrs Store Every Coat, every Dress a magnificent garment of regular stock not a "job lot" garment is offered. We are quite sure that we are offering values surpassing any. others you may know of. If we were to quote regular prices we would vouch for their correctness. We do not, however, because our regular prices are exceedingly low (lower than others) and in the mass of advertising you may pore over these brisk sale days they would only add to your confusion. Depend upon Peterson's for the better deal. Q 4. 1 Y,'W- ' a it a,. m -i Vr is i 1 The Above Coat Prices, Regardless of Their High Worth: Fine materials, rich fur trims, fine silk linings. Before you spend a dollar elsewhere for Coats, see what stunning values this determined sale holds for you. Some at $ 1 9.SO ESSES NOW SACRIFICED' Some at $29.50 Some at $39.50 Wish we had space here to describe them. Suffice to say, early inspection means a considerable advantage best values go first A Short Ride Up to Economy 99 The Sunshine Store 99 Second Floor Pittock Block West Park and Washington t