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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1922)
THE JiOitM.NG OliEiiO.NiAS, VKiMi8i3Ai. MAiiLi IMS STAGE HAND FIGHTS ACTRESS-WIFE'SSUIT FRENCH AHITUDE THHEATEPilS PACTS YOUNG MASHER IS CURED BY DAY IN JAIL AND $25 FINE Prisoner Placed Where He Can Flirt With Women Prisoners but Refrains and Thereby Wins Release From Bastile. 8. Custody of 14 -Year -Old Daughter Is Sought. HUSBAND ROUGE-CHEEKED, eyebrowless "flapper" who tries to strike up a flirtation with E. G. Schmei dell Jr., 25-year-old salesman, is simply out of luck. Yea, ma'am, she can't even get started because weil, rllrAl luuJk iud vui a uiiucr 1.140 unit; ui- HhLU JhALUUo rection of Municipal Judge Rossman. Schmeidell was arrested Monday when' he accosted a young and attrac tive married woman and sought to induce her to flirt with him. In stead, ehe called a. cop and had him carted off to the jail house. In police court yesterday Schmeidell admitted the charge. He was repent ant. He wanted another chance. He'd learned his lesson and would never err again. I hope you are right, my boy, but I am going to give you the acid test, Judge Rossman decreed. "I will have the jailer take you upstairs and place you in a Jail corridor where yon will have an opportunity to flirt with the women prisoners, if you so desire. "We have them in all shades and shapes, colors and sizes. If you can with stand their attempts to flirt with yo for the rest of the day I think per- Frances E. Hoyle, Now on Boards at' JOocal Theater, Accuses Mate of Death Threats. Though he met her, loved her and married her when she was playing in a "wine room house" in Portland, Walter G. Hoyle, stage hand and scenery expert, strenuously objected to his wife, Frances E. Hoyle, "work ing the boxes" In a Spokane enter tainment palace some months after they were married, he testified on the witness stand yesterday in defense of divorce suit brought by the wife and being heard in the court of Cir--japg you wjji be cured: cuit Judge stapieton. By offering his own services behind the scenes, he was able to force a concession from the manager of the place permitting his wife to dance and sing on the stage without the re- And the jailer forthwith escorted the dapper young salesman up into the "hoosegow" where he could be on parade before the eyes of the femin ine prisoners. Five o'clock came and Judge Ross- quirement that she mingle with the man was about to call it a day. He patrons and encourage them in the purchase of liquid refreshments, asserted Hoyle. Hnaband Declared Jealous. Throughout their married life Mrs. Hoyle has continued her professional career while her husband has con tinued to shift scenes, paint drops, prepare carnival floats and sit glumly In the wings, biting his nails in jeai' ousy when his wife received the ad vances and caresses of stage lovers, according to her story. Lack of do mesticity in the life has been respon sible for the divorce proceedings. which are. being fought by the hus band for possession of their 14-year' old daughter, Alice Elizabeth Hoyle. At present Mrs. Hoyle is "on the boards" at a small local theater and her husband complains that she fre- quently leaves there at night with one Fred Lewis in a closed automo bile and does not get home until late. On the witness stand Hoyle charged his wife with nothing improper, but Indiscretion. Mrs. Hoyle claimed that her hus band was insanely jealous, had often threatened to commit suicide and oc casionally threatened to kill her, con tinually carrying a revolver or so about his person. Wife in Vaudeville. Those were only prop guns," ex plained Hoyle on the stand. "We have lots of them about the house, but they are no good. The firing pins are out of most of them. I never kept The Hoyles were married in Port land in 1906 and since that time have traveled about the country together Mrs. Hoyle continuing her vaudeville performances and her husband assist ing in work behind the scenes. They have been back in Portland for sev eral years and Hoyle has specialized in scenery work and preparation of carnival floats for the rose festival and other pageants. . Their divorce hearing should be concluded today. One of the most bitterly contested divorce suns which has occupied lo cal courts recently is that of Violet Miller against Solomon Miller, "drug gist, lawyer and dentist," being heard by Circuit Judge Bingham of Salem, sitting in Portland. It is a family quarrel .of violent nature in which witnesses for both sides have spilled animus a'.l over the courtroom during sessions on the stand. Miller Drag Store Owner. Mrs. Miller, who was married June 9, 1918. and is the mother of a 2 hi year-old daughter, accuses her hus band of beating her, calling her vile names, flirting with other women committing unlawful surgical opera tions, bootlegging, selling narcotics and receiving stolen property. In re ply. Miller is charging his wife with having a vicious temper and being cruel and unreasonable, but he is not asking for a divorce; only requesting tnat the proceedings be dismissed. Miller is proprietor of drug stores at Third and Burnside and Broadway and Glisan street and has consider able property. He has filed suits against his wife's relatives In the cir cuit court, charging alienation of her affections, alleging damages exceed ing $100,000. Mrs. Miller asks all money of J150 a month, custody of the child arid J1500 attorney's fees. Sinter Important Witness. Dora Miller, sister of the defendant, was an important witness for the de fense yesterday afternoon, testifying to numerous alleged occurrences while she was visiting at her brother's home. Several of the most tern pestuous quarrels started after the pair had retired for the night, she testified. John Loser filed suit for divorce in the circuit court yesterday from Adelia V. B. Loser, whom he married at Vancouver, Wash., January 3, 1922, saying that she abused and threatened him and finally left him. George E. Minielly. aged 20, through his guardian, Florence J. Minielly, a sister, filed suit for divorce from Thelma E. Minielly, whom he married August 5. 1921, asserting tha she nagged him and struck him. - During the last three years, Henry H. Ingalls, whom she married in Clatsop county in 1893, has been pay ing constant attention to other wom en, complains Catherine Ingalls in a divorce action fil&d. Clara V. Liebe filed suit for divorce from Oscar L. Liebe, alleging cruelty and desertion. got In touch with the Jailer. ' Has Schmeidell attempted to start a flirtation with any of the women prisoners?" inquired the Judge. 'Nary a one," replied the jailer. "He wouldn't even give 'em a pleasant look." Well, let him have his freedom," the Judge ordered. "It is evident that my prescription has helped the patient." In addition to the test which the young salesman had to undergd in the jail. Judge Rossman also ordered him to pay a fine of $25, which he did with alacrity. It had been a long, hard winter, with more than the usual allotment of snow and rain and freezing weath er. So, when spring ushered in a day of balmy air, four Portland men thought they would- celebrate with the first picnic of the year. The river bank near the foot of Gibbs street was selected for the picnic rendezvous. Nor did they neg lect their refreshments. For in stance, there was a plentiful supply of denatured alcohol. But in the event that this would run out, one of the picnickers was thoughtful enough to take along a little cargo of canned heat. Any north end "bum" who has tried It will tell you that there is nothing better than canned heat for real "kick." It's got hair tonic and wood alcohol backed off the boards. The picnic was progressing nicely when a couple of cops broke up the outdoor party. They had quaffed their entire supply of denatured alco hol and were gloriously drunk and trying to open up the canned heat when the patrol wagon arrived. In police court yesterday they rue fully admitted they had made an un wise choice of picnic refreshments and assured Judge Rossman they'd never do it again. And the judge was willing to be reasonable. He as sessed them each $5 and sent them to I jail for one day. The picnickers were Hugh Conly, Bert Bridges, Jim fccan Ion and Harry Williams. Stolen fruits may taste the sweet est but there's always the chance that they will have a bad taste on the palate some time later on. The experience of O. A. Felger is case in point. This luckless Individ ual was drnnk as he weaved his way among the pedestrians near t ntn and Yamhill streets. As he neared the corner he peered between the crack of a canvas curtain which covered fruit stand and saw a choice collec tion of fruits and vegetables. Taking the hooked end of his um brella, the inebriated one shoved through the curtain and "fished" out a little package of dates. Flushed with his success he angled again, And he kept on angling. When a harness bull sneaked up on him, Felger was having the time of his life. He had already fished out three packages of dates, two cucum bers and an orange. He was trying to reach the big bunch of bananas when John Law interfered. Felger yesterday confessed his guilt to Judge Rossman and blamed his experience to the moonshine he had drunk. The court ordered him to pay double price for the food he had "fished" with his umbrella, and to pay the city an additional 110 lor the free ride In the patrol. It's human nature to register kick when some fellow attempts to short-change you, but there are times when its a lot beter and safer to pocket the loss than attempt to even up the score. Paul Mesigi subsoribes to the fore going sentiment, and he certainly ought to know. It was like this: He went to a bootlegger to pur chase a pint of "shine" and tendered $20 bill. The bootlegger short changed him to the tune of $1.50. But Mesigi had permitted most of the whisky to gurgle down his parched throat before he was aware of his financial loss. Then he climbed in his machine and started in pursuit of the short-changing liquor dispenser. But he was unable to keep his ma chine on an even course and near Nineteenth and Thurman streets he was arrested for driving while under the influence of liquor. The story was, related to Judge Rossman in police court yesterday and Mesigi admitted most of the facts. But the court wasn't a bit sympa thetic He added to the prisoner's bad luck by assessing a fine of $100 and a 30-day jail sentence. "And there'll be no short-changing on either," the court warned him. Spooning is an indoor sport and will not be tolerated in an automobile on the streets of Portland, Judge Ross man decided yesterday when he found George Smith guilty of reckless driv ing, but suspended a penalty on good Denavior. smith admitted he was driving with one arm around his "best girl." "After this keep your mind on the road and your hand on the steering wheel," admonished the court. "If you have to spoon just wait until you reach the parlor and the sofa. Spoon ing is a real indoor sport. The flush-faced defendant assured the court that his lovemaking would be confined to the home in the future and he left with a smile as the court room howled with laughter. ICffllFT TO MANEUVER COAST BEFEXSE TO BE OBJECT OF EXTENSIVE TESTS. Fortifications Will Be Directed by Aviators Against Attack From Enemy Fleet. WASHINGTON, D. C March 28. Extensive maneuvers to determine the military value of American coast de fenses, when operated in conjunction with modern aircraft, are being planned for the coming summer by the war department. Under orders from Secretary Weeks the programme is being prepared by the chief of coast artillery and army air service officials. Although both branches are rec ognized as having an important role in the coast defense, they never have been tested jointly nor has their per sonnel ever been trained in tests to co-ordinate coast defense work. It was expected that the tests would include three important phases of iand and air warfare, anti-aircraft target practice against air targets, to determine the vertical range at which bombing planes could co operate without being subjected to i effective fire; bombing practices against coast defense installations, to determine the effect of aircraft bombs on such targets, and combined target practice at extreme coast artillery ranges, to determine the relative ef ficiency of bombing planes and large caliber coast artillery guns in opera tion against any enemy fleet. Experiments already conducted be tween aircraft and capital fighting ships are said to have given army officials valuable information on the relative value of those arms. Major-Gsneral Coe, chief of coast artillery, and Major-General Patrick, chief of the army air service, have been instructed to decide where the tests will be conducted. It is regarded as possible that they will be held on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. am at liberty to call to my com mand.' "Request reached us from a federa judge to make some temporary dis position of the great mass of cases constantly flowing into the federal courts. The suggestion of sending the cases to the state courts was for a short period only, and merely as a j result of the congested calendars In iiis icuerai courts. Qua to tne resig nation of Judge Landis and pending the filling of vacancies in the federa courts." DOCTOItS OPPOSE DRV RULE Cincinnati Academy of Medicine Opposes Further Restrictions. CINCINNATI, O. March 2S. By unanimous vote, the Cincinnati Acad emy of Medicine adopted a resolution last night to oppose any restriction In the- use of alcohol in the manufacture of drugs. Several weekn ago Dr. Gordon F. McKim, president of the Academy of Medicine, appointed a committee to investigate a proposal now pending before prohibition officials to pro hibit druggists using grain alcohol in the preparation of medicines and to compel them to send such medi cines to distilleries and have the necessary amount of alcohol added. A committee reported that the use of denatured alcohol In medical prep arations "would be detrimental to the public welfare," in that it would nul lify the results of years of experience Steam Yacht Raided. BATVILLE, N. Y., March 28. The steam yacht Edith, said to be owned by Antonio Cassesex, tobacco im porter, was raided off the coast late last night and liquor valued at $200, 000 seized by Sheriff Smith. She had been to the Bahamas. Intention to Imitate U. S. Sen ate Is Intimated. CONFUSION IS POSSIBLE If Figures Are Raised, Italy Would Do Likewise ami England Then Would Be Problem. Guard Company Captain Named. ROSEBURG, Or.. March 28. (Spe cial.) Avery L. Roser was elected captain of the local machine gun company of the Oregon national guard last night to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Captain C. I Stoddard. Captain Roser enlisted in the national guard as a private be fore the recent war and was dis charged as a sergeant. He assisted in the formation of the local com pany and was made a second lieu tenant, later being promoted to a first lieutenancy. Lyle E. Marsters was appointed first lieutenant. Mr. Marstors was a sergeant in the Royal Canadian flying corps. Alvin Knudt son. who was made a second lieu tenant, was a first lieutenant of artillery during the recent war and saw service in Europe. DRY UW TO BE ENFORCED ATTORNEY - GENERAL ISSUES STATEMENT OF POLICY. Store at View Burned. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 28. (Special.) Fire destroyed the general store at View last night. View is in the far northern end of Clarke county. The store was owned by B. F. Wick ler, who, with the familyj lived in the second story. The family retired at 10:30 o'clock last night, but Mr. Wickler was soon attracted by the crackling of fire. He looked Into the store and found it a blazing mass. A smiill amount of furniture and a little clothing was saved, and the automo bile in a garage near the store was not damaged. There was a large stock in the store, which was only par tially Insured. Crowded Calendar Given as Cause or Transfer of U. S.. Cases to State Courts. CHICAGO, March 28. Attorney- General Daugherty has no intention of abandoning prosecution of liquor cases in the federal courts, and the transfer of some cases to the state courts here was a temporary meas ure, pending filling of vacancies on the federal bench, according to a let ter from Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney-general in charge of liquor cases, made public here to night Writing on behalf of Mr. Daugh erty, Miss Willebrandt said: "There is no intention or effort on the part of the department of justice to abandon the firm stand taken by the attorney-general in his announce ment at the Cincinnati convention of the bar association last fall as fol lows: "'My duty is clear. As long as 1 am the responsible head of the de partment of justice, the law will be enforced with all the power pos sessed by the government, which I SPRAYING TIME IS NEAR Solution of Lime Sulphur Advised for Use on Fruit Trees. Fruit trees should be sprayed with lime sulphur as soon as weather con ditions will permit, according to an announcement made from the office of the horicultural inspector for Mult nomah county yesterday. The heavy rains have prevented spraying so far this year and warning has been given that the time is lim ited and machines equipped to do the work are few. Orders for spraying should be placed at once. Delay may mean the injury of the tree by rea son of its growth being too far ad vanced.' Charles N. Walker, county fruit in spector, has asked all sprayers to carry a liquid spray tester with each machine so that growers will be able to demand that a test of not less than four is shown when ready to apply to the tree. RAILROAD MEN ROBBED Two Lose Watches and Some Cash but Holdup Is Not Found. GRANTS PASS, Or., March 28. (Special.) Two railroad men were held up by a lone robber last night and -relieved of tbe.ir gold watches and about $8 in cash. A northbound freight train was searched but none of the 48 hoboes on board answered the description of the robber. The office of the local cement plant was also entered, and several articles taken. No clews have been found in either Instance. BY MARK SULLIVAN, (Copyright by the New York Evening Post, inc. - Published by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 28. (Special.) The intimation from France that the parliament of that country is going to imitate our Amer. lean senate and Initiate a preroga tive of adopting reservations to in ternational treaties is gravely dis turbing. We have all been assum ing, with too much complacency per haps, that with ratification by the United States senate the thing Is over and done. But it is a fact that action has not yet been taken either by France or by Japan on the treaties arising out of the Washington conference. We have : taken ratification by those countries for granted because In the past it has always been the practice to ratify, without change, any treaty negotiated by the competent heads of nations. This has been the practice as to every country except the United states. Practice Appeals to Others. It is now apparent that the lead taken by the United States senate in the case of the league of nations and in the case of the present treaties as well has begun to appeal to some of the foreign parliaments as a good practice to imitate if for no better reason than pride and prerogative. It would do no harm and create no confusion if the French parliament should restrict itself to adopting merely the same reservation that the American senate has adopted. But if the fundamental matter of the naval ratios should be thrown into the boil ing pot of French politics something very embarrassing might emerge. The ratio of capital ships given to France by the Washington conference was 1.75 as compared to 3 for Japan, for Great Britain and 6 for the United States. One Intimation com ing from Paris is that the French parliament may attempt to raise that nation s ratio to 2.60. If France does this, Italy is likely to do the same. Italy's Position Recalled. At the recent conference Italy took the position that she must have the right to have as many ships as Franca If France should attempt to raise her ratio to 2.60, and if Italy should at tempt to do the same, Great Britain would undoubtedly take notice. Tne position of Great Britain at the Washington conference was that she must have at least as large a navy as the combined navies of any two Euro pean powers. If France should insist on 2.50 and Italy should do the same that would give these two nations combined the same number of ships as Great v Britain. Great Britain might conceivably stand for this change, but she certainly would not stand for any more. France cannot make outt a good ease for a larger ratio than the Washington conference gave her. The Washington conference treated France handsomely. The theory of the Washington conference and the only possible theory upon which any naval limitation could be arrived at was to take the actual navies of the world as they existed on November the opening day of the conference. Taking the navies of Great Britain, America and Japan as they stood on that day, each of these three was re- uired to scrap 40 per cent of its ex isting strength.' j- By that France was made an ex ception. Favor was shown to France, and she was not called upon to scrap anything. France on November 12 had about 164,000 tons of capital ships. If she had been treated on the same basis as the other three nations and if she had been required to scrap 40 per cent of her. existing strength, she would have been reduced to 'about 02,H0 tons. In fact, she was given about 175,000 tons. Freaca Navy Increased. In this respect the treatment of France was unique. France was the only nation permitted to have more ships in the future than she actually had the day the conference opened. What France wants to do now is not to take her standing of November 12 as the basis, but go back to a time when she had a larger navy relative to the others, or to look forward to a time when she may be able to build a larger navy. This sort of hypothetical situation and all this sort of argument about special ne?ds is exactly the kind of thing tha: was excluded from consid eration in the Washingon conference It was realized that if the Washington conference should engage in a debate about hypothetical navies or theoreti cally adequate navies or special, needs it would get nowhere. Question Is Plain One. It was plain question of stopping competition or of not stopping compe tition. If it had been decided not to stop comeptition the United States, Great Britain and Japan had and have the resources to build navies many the competitive naval building that France could hope to build. j If Franc" had been successful at the I sir, I il .JlAW, I VN fit iff It .1 af . V sssm I : II if 1 t S3b I tw-o mm f 11 I . it IK k ft IX i BATTERS EE Reading in a berth Did you do much traveling a generation ago? If you did, you recall that there were no lights in the berths of the sleeping cars. 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Whether the senate was to blame for failing to ratify or whether Wil son was to blame lor promising too much has been the subject of endless debate. is the same to France. France did not know about the constitutional place of the senate in our treaty- making. Now that she has learned it to her pain, she shows some dispo sition to imitate It. BOYS - TO SHI FLAPPER MODERN GIRIj TO BE BARRED FROM MATRIMONIAL RACE. Eligible Youths of New Mexico Town Taboo Immodest Dancing, Bobbed Hair and Other Fads. - LAS VEGAS, N. M., March 28. New in thought as well as In existence Is the county seat of Harding county. But, whatever the answer, it New Mexico, a town of several hun dred population and going under the name of Mosquero. What is believed to be the first or ganization of its kind in the United States has been launched there with the avowed purpose of eliminating the flapper from the matrimonial race. The organization starts with a membership of 60 practically every Natatorium Stockholders Elect. NEWPORT, Or., March 28. (Spe clal.) The stockholders of the New port Natatorium company held their first business meeting last night and elected officers tor the ensuing year. Oeorge Wilcox. B. F. Baker, C. O. Hawkins, George Ashcraft and Al Thomas were elected as board of di rectors. C. O. Hawkins was elected president, B. F. Baker vice-president, George Ashcraft secretary and George Wilcox treasurer. The building com mittee was instructed to hasten the construction of the building and heat ing plant so that the swimming tank will be open by June la. Read The Oregomian classified ads Orpheum matinee tcday, 15-25-50-Ad. PARKS Old Reliable $160.CD Send for Catalog 91 4. 1 , a "ft , ,ZOU- - , 1 'MONiy On your job J PARKS will save you time save you labor hire make you money and cost you little to operate and nothing for repairs or time off. 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Radio equipment for the dem onstration was being Installed yester day so that the entire club member ship can hear the addresses and muuic as they sit at lunch. In addition, George Wood Anderson, author and lecturer, will speak, and Walter R. Jenkins, formerly local community song leader, will lead the singing. Orphnm matin todnv. 1 B-ZR-Bft-Ad. UNION Dentists. Inc. $12 Plate. Now $3 Wrlttn Curaate With An Waves as.oo nk oui v wa mow... - JK. Ool BrMM aew...U Batraetlaia; Free wheal Other W r. Is ortwea. Ton eaa have an Hamtnatle ( your teeth free of any oharre or obllgatloa by oaJUng at ar ecno. 231 Morrison, Car. 2d Battra Caaiaj Lawat lav the Blar Vmtmm dr. wxran-aroira. Mar. PORTLAND, OR. EEC KIT IS, OK. She could eat anything without indigestion or sleeplessness FOR a long time she had been- troubled . with gas after her evening meal. The dis tress was most painful after eating potatoes or other starchy foods, of which she was very fond. 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