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THE -MORNING' OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, JUNE 1. 1922
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ON WELFARE BOARD
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Loose Methods of Spending
Public Funds Charged.
TICKET PURCHASE CITED
Transportation of Woman Paid at
l ull Kates When Half That
aiux-h Would Have Done.
A warrant for $96.11, drawn against
county funds was recently handed to
Mrs. John L,. Burns, by ths public
welfare board to cover transporta
tion charges for herself and two chil
dren to Iowa, where her husband is
facing serious charges in the federal
court there.
Burns is the man who was recently
acquitted of complicity in the murder
of James H. Phillips, special agent of
the O.-W. R. & N. company, after
three trials which cost the county
several thousand dollars. During the
trials Mrs. Burns and her children
were a charge upon the county, re
ceiving aid through the welfare board.
After Burns had been acquitted and
transported to Iowa to face other
charges, Mrs. Burns made application
to the welfare board for transporta
tion and an order was issued and re
ceived the approval of the county
board of commissioners.
Order Held Up.
The order was held up for a day or
two by Sam B. Martin, county auditor.
However, there was no legal way in
which Auditor Martin could withhold
payment.
Later the claim came to the atten
tion of Fred Tomken, special auditor
assigned to the welfare board to
check expenditures of county funds.
Mr. Tomken ascertained tha,t the wel
fare board is given half-fare rates on
railroads but that in this case the
county was permitted to pay the full
fare.
Attaches of the welfare board pro
tested that it would be dishonest for
the bureau to obtain transportation
for indigent poor at reduced fares
when county funds were used.
A meeting of the welfare board has
been called tomorrow afternoon in the
courthouse. At this time it is under
stood that the appointment of Mr.
Tomken by Chairman Rudcen and
County Commissioner Hoyt will b
discussed.
Tomken Is Storm Center.
Mr. Tomken, who has had years of
experience as an investigator and ac
countant, is the storm center between
the county board of commissioners
and the welfare board. He was em
ployed for months by Chairman Ru
deen to make investigations of ex
penditures by the welfare board. , His
reports on such expenditures are now
in the hands of Chairman Rudeen,
who has declared that they constitute
ample evidence to show loose methods
in expenditures of county funds by
the welfare board.
Officials of the welfare board, on
the other hand, charge that Tomken
did not conduct a fair investigation
and that they are therefore opposed to
his appointment as a special auditor
County Auditor JIartin stated yes
terday that his experience in handling
the warrants coming from the welfare
bureau convinced him that a goodly
sum of money has been wasted.
"Commissioner Rudeen is on the
right track in this matter," said Audi
tor Martin "and he has selected an in
vestigator whose best recommenda
tion lies in the fact that the. welfare
bureau officials do not want him."
HEAD OF TONG IS DEAD
SIK KEY LAXG SUCCLMBS TO
PXEPMOXIA.
Xes of Slaying of Favorite
Xeplietv in Outbreak Caused
Condition to Grow Worse.
Sue Key Lang, president of the
Hop Sing tong and one of the best
known residents of the Chinese quar
ter, is dead from an extended illness
from lobar pneumonia. The body lies
in a local undertaking establishment
awaiting arrangements to send it -to
China for permanent burial. Chinese
funeral services will be held here Sat
urday afternoon.
Sue Key Lang was sick in a hos
pital at the time of the last tong war
outbreak, which resulted in "the slay
ing of his favorite nephew, Sue Loy,
who was believed to have been a
member of the Bing Kung tong.
The fact that Sue Loy had been
murdered was kept from the sick
uncle for many weeks because of his
serious illness. Several days ago,
however, he learned o Sue Loy's un
timely passing, and his condition took
a marked change for the worse.
Sue Key Lang for several years had
taken a leading part in the affairs of
Chinatown and had been one of the
leaders in the efforts to restore per
manent peace among the warr'ng
tongs. And because of his far-reaching
influence among the orientals,
all Chinatown is planning to bury all
differences for the time being and
give him a gorgeous funeral.
SCOUTS FINDJJEEP SNOW
Eight Youths Take First Trip of
Year to Wall turn Luke.
The first official boy scout trip of
the year was made over the week end
by eight scouts under the leadership
of J. A. C. Oakes, William Janin and
Alden Brodt. The party hiked to the
summer camp on the shore of Wah
tum lake, going in over the Eagle
creek Iran.
The trail was found in good con
dition until the last three miles, where
the first snow was encountered and
where the going was made difficult
by fallen boughs and trees. Coming
out they used the Herman creek trail,
which was in far worse shape above
the six-mile post.
At the lake the scouts "found from
six to 12 feet of snow and consider
able ice on the water.
Hanger Weds Idaho Girl.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. May SI. Spe
cial.) Friends yesterday learned of
the wedding the day before of Loyal
K. Rhoades, son of ex-County Com
missioner and Mrs. O. H. Rhoades. and
Miss Hildred Crockett of Rupert.
Idaho. The' young couple slipped
away to the parsonage of the Asbury
Methodist church, the pastor. Rev.
Uabriel Sykes. officiating. The bride
has been here visiting her sisters.
Mrs. W. P. Kemp and Mrs. W. L.
Sheirbon. Yesterday Mrs. Rhoades
left for Rupert to be with relatives,
her husband leaving for duty in the
Oregon national forest, where be is a
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Rivoli Thomas Meighan, 'The
Bachelor Daddy."
Peoples "The Sheik's Wife."
M a j e s 1 1 c-Lon Chaney, "The
Trap."
Liberty Jackie Coogan, "Trou
ble." Columbia Booth Tarkington's
"The Man From Home."
Hippodrome Bert Lytell, "The
Face Between."
Circle Constance Binney, "Mid
night." .
JACKIE COOGAN, in "Trouble," the
current attraction at the Liberty
theater, merits, the attention of
the show-weary who are seeking di
verting entertainment. One might
easily be misled by the title to assume
that this is essentially, a "sob-picture."
That is far from being the
case. There are more wholesome
laughs contained in this interesting
feature than there are in many al
leged five-reel comedies.
The work of the little starlet is
really remarkable. He registers the
comedy with as much facility as he
does the pathos. The story begins in
a barrel, where the youngster, a fu
gitive from an orphan asylum, is con
cealed with his dog. Following this
there are a series of hilarious situa
tions centering about Jackie's life in
that institution. Later he is adopted
by a plumber. This individual is a
perpetual wife-beater, and Jackie re
marks to his dog: "Queenle, if you
ever marry, don't pick a plumber."
Interwoven with the comedy there
is an excellent story running through
out the feature. There is nothing im
plausible about it. It is different and
tremendously enjoyable.
Another distinct novelty offered by
the Liberty is Branson De Cou and his
"Dream Pictures." This is an original
conception. Beautifully colored and
harmoniously blending views of the
Grand Canyon of the Arizona, and of
Mount Hood, with varying lights of
day end night playing upon its snowy
beauty, are shown to the accompani
ment of. the ampico, playing selec
tions from the various masters that
are expressive of the constantly
changing pictures shown.
The programme is ably rounded out
by a snappy comedy featuring Johnny
"Torchy" Hines, It was in this
peppy offering that "Torchy" made
his reputation; and in this particular
one he has surpassed all his previous
efforts..
Sereen Gossip.
Marie Prevost now passes under the
guidance of Stuart Paton, who will di
rect her in automobile drama entitled
"They're Off." Scenes are now being
shot at Universal City.
Lambert Hillyer has been engaged
by Universal to direct "Broken
Chains," a magazine story by Jack
Bechdolt. Frank Mayo will be starred.
.
Ruth Dwyer is going to Germany to
appear in photoplays. She was last
screened here at home with Eugene
O'Brien in "Clay Dollars." Ruth will
take a lot of, 'em along to exchange
for German marks.
.
Owen Moore, who was "Reported
Missing," has turned up in Hollywood
where he had "A Previous Engage
ment" with Myron Selznick to make
another screen comedy.
,
Apple iblossoms and whales are tb
contrasting features of the Eln-jr
Clifton production "Down to the Sea
in Ships."
Agnes Ayres, latest Paramount pic
ture, "The Ordeal." has b .en booked
for showing. soon at thr Liberty the
ater. Like Miss Ay- is' other suc
cesses, "The Ordeal" is a tragic love
story with a happ- ending.
AH the seer es of Marion Davies'
new photopl-.y, "The Bride's Play,"
coming to te Peoples, are laid in Ire
land. It '.s a story based on an an
cient Iri .h legend. Wyndham Stand
ing plays the male lead.
FISH ARE BEING EVICTED
COLUMBIA DIKING PROJECTS
DEATH KNELL TO AXGLIXG.
Hundreds of Thousands of Buss,
Crappies and Catfish Are
Doomed to Disappear.
Captain Burghduff, state game war
den, is worried over the gradual but
certain eviction of hundreds of thou
sands of his wards maybe a million
or two,, there really isn't any way of
telling. They are the bass, crappies
and catfish of the Columbia river
sloughs, which presently will be
homeless because of the diking proj
ects that are claiming their old lake
homes. Operations now under way
near FairView, on Sandy road, will
reclaim ras an example hundreds of
acres of fertile bottom land that here
tofore have been the haunt of fisher
men. "These fish," said the captain, with
genuine regret, "have afforded sport
and prompted outings for a vast num.
ber of persons who are unable, to
reach the more distant trout streams.
They do not frequent the open riven
to any appreciable extent, but prefer
to establish themselves in the slug
gish sloughs and flood-water lakes
along the parent stream. In waters
that never had, to the time of their
stocking, held a useful fish, the three
speciesj bass, crappies and catfish
were immediately at home and nave
steadily increased. Diking and drain
age projects already. 1 estimate, nave
reclaimed at least one-third of the
habitat. The state finds itself won
dering whether, after the success it
met with in the introduction or tnese
fine food fish, the future will not See
them deprived of almost the entire
available area.
"The landowners are not to be criti
cised. Nobody is. for that matter.
But it is extremely regretable that
public sentiment could not have fore
seen this situation a dozen years
ago and taken steps to acquire the
flooded slough lands for the per
petual enjoyment of anglers and vaca
tionists. Frankly, the problem now is
such that it cannot be coped with".
Yet there is some gain from it, or
should be. It should serve as a re
minder that only by constant vigi
lance and.wise policy on the part of
the public, as well as the commission,
is the sport of field and stream to
be retained undiminished."
The flood-water lakes of Sauvies
island, at the confluence of the Co
lumbia and the Willamette, are. for
the most part, soon to be drained, it
is said. These bodies of water, in
cluding Gilbert river, are famed
throughout northwestern Oregon for
their crappie and bass fishing.
CRASH HELD UNAVOIDABLE
Truck's Collision With Train Laid
to Obstructed Vision.
RAYMOND, Wash., May 31. (Spe
cial.) An inquest was held at the
commercial club room.in this city this
afternoon to determine the cause of
the death of Leroy O. Day, Bertha
Day, his wife, and Leroy Day, their
infant son. The jury found that Leroy
0. Xay and Leroy O. Day Jr. came to.
their death May 28. and Bertha Day
May 29, by the collision of a light
truck belonging to and driven by
Wesley King of Menlo, with passen
ger train No. 218, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railroad company,
under control of Engineer John Ash
ford. ...
It was held that the accident was
due to obstructed vision caused by
the foliage on a number of trees, a
part of which were on the Miwaukee
right-of-way and that the accident
was unavoidable on the part of Wes
ley King or the engineer.
Letter-Writing Brings Arrest.
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 31. (Spe
cial.) F: J. Schumacher made a
grievous error, from his own point of
view, when he wrote a letter to his
ex-wife, even though he signed a fic
titious name. Mrs. Schumacher rec
ognized his handwriting and swore
to a complaint charging Schumacher
with having deserted and abandoned
their four minor children, the eldest,
a boy of 11 years, toward the support
of whom the court had ordered him
to pay $75 a month. Schumacher was
arrested at Clear Lake, Wash., and
Governor Hart today Issued a requi
sition for his return to Glacier, county,
Montana, for trial.
WITH LEMON JUICE
Squeeze the juice of two lemons Into
a bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, which any drug store
will supply fdr a few cents, shake
well, and you have a quarter pint of
harmless and delightful lemon bleach.
Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion
Into the face, neck, arms and hands
each day, then shortly note the beauty
and whiteness of your skin.
Famous stage beauties use this
lemon lotion to bleach and bring that
soft, clear, rosy-white complexion,
also as a freckle, sunburn and tan
bleach because it doesn't irritate.
STUDENT-WIVES HONORED
Matrons at Pullman Are Admitted
to National Sorority.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, May 31. (Special.) The lo
cal chapter of the Dames club has
received notificat'on of admittance
into the national organization of
Dames, and shortly will be installed
at the state college. This charter is
the only one to be granted in the
west.
The club, which is made up of stu
dent wives, was organized in 1902 at
the University of Chicago, and in 1922
became a national sorority. Other
chapters are located- at the Univer
sities of Minnesota, Kansas', Michigan,
Oklahama,- Iowa, Illinois, the Ohio
State college and the Iowa State col
lege. Present officers of the local group
are: "Mrs. .Bruce Lewis, president;
Mrs. William Kreltz, vice-president;
Mrs.. Toward" Wilcome, secretary; Mrs.
C. 'W. May, treasurer, and Mrs. F. F.
Mayo, corresponding secretary.
BATTLESHIP IS ASSURED
Connecticut for Rose Festival Con
firmed in Telegram.
The battleship Connecticut will be
brought to Portland for the Rose
Festival, June 20 to 23, according to
a confirmatory telegram received yes
terday - morning by Representative
McArthur. The battleship will be in
addition to six destroyers of division
No. 31, and is due to arrive here
June 20. -
The Connecticut was built In 1906
and cost 7,460,235. - She is a vessel of
16,009 tons, 450 feet long, 76 feet 10
inches beam, 26 feet 8 inches draft,
and has a speed of 18 knots.
Her main battery consists of four
12-inch guns and her secondary bat
tery of 12 3-inch guns. The weight
of one main broadside is 4480 pounds.
Kiwanis Heads Confer.
OLYMPIA. Wash. Vn 51 i-a
cial.) Preparatory to the district
convention oi jiiwanis clubs of Ore
gon, Washington and British Co
lumbia, which will be held in Olympla
in August, L. D. Barr of Tacoma, dis
trict governor, conferred with heads
of committees of the local club yes
terday. It wa tentatively ricniaj
hold the convention sessions in the
house chamber of the state capitol
while the banquet and luncheon meet
ings Will be held in the. American
Legion auditorium. The convention
win urmg aDout xzuv jviwamans to
this city. Following the meeting: a
two-day trip to the mountains will h
enjoyed.
City Engineer Resigns Post.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 31. (Spe
cial.) E. E. Newell, city engineer the
last year, has resigned his post be
cause, he says, of the press of private
bu.-uness. Mr. Newell is engaged- as
engineer for several irrigation con
cerns here and in Klickitat county,
Washington. While no successor has
been appointed to date, the council
ALL
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or
$1.75 to $13.50 LESS
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Just South of Alder.
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J nut East of Firth.
A New Account
Every Two Minutes
A striking appreciation of First National service
WHEN we told the people of Portland that
the First National invites accounts
both small and large, a host of new accounts
were opened. Some days a new deposit was
received as often as every two minutes during
banking hours.
Truly an unusual and graphically expressed
appreciation of our service.
ALL the facilities of the oldest and largest
national bank in the Northwest are at YOUR
disposal. This service is the same for small
depositors as it is for large depositors. We
welcome YOUR account. ,
THE FIRSr NATIOML BANK
OF PORTLAND OREGON
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK" WEST1
OF THE ROCKY FOUNTAINS
has announced that Carroll M. Hurl
burt will received the post.
BABYLON IS INTERESTING
Tonrist Finds Business Colleges
and Woman Bookkeepers in City.
There are business colleges and
woman bookkeepers in Babylon, as
serted Colonel E. A. Havers, repre
sentative of the Waterman company
of New York, who is making a lec
ture tour of the country following a
trip to the ruins of that ancient city.
Colonel Havers exhibits copies -of the
ancient writing of that country, in-
cluding one piece or pictorial chlrog
raphy which was written 5000 years
before Christ.
Colonel Havers, who has spoken be
fore every Kiwanis club in California,
is booked to give a lecture before the
local club on Tuesday, June 13. The
following day he will speak at the
luncheon of the Rotary club at Sa
lem. He expects to make other en
gagements -while here.
He has moving picture films illus
trating the rubber industry and the
making of fountain pens.
Myrtle E. Johnston, Seattle, have been
granted a marriage license In Tacoma.
Barns Destroyed by Fire.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 31. (Soe
cial.) Fire Monday destroyed two
barns on the Spalding ranch south of
Elma. It Is believed the fire started
from cigarette ashes dropped by men
who were sleeping In one barn. Fire
Monday evening also destroyed &
dwelling house at McCleary, belong
ing to Mr. Edison and occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Al'McKean, both of
whom were away. The household
furniture was nearly all caved.
Portlander Gets Marriage License.
TACOMA, Wash.,' May 31. (Special.)
L. E. Webster, Portland, Or., and-
Very Low Week-End
Round Trip Fares on the
OREGON ELECTRIC RY.
May 26 to September 30
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Return Limit Tuesday Following
BETWEEN PORTLAND and
SALEM, ALBANY, CORVALLIS, EUGENE,
HILLSBORO, FOREST GROVE
and other points beyond Garden Home ','
WEEK END DAILY
ALBANY 93.15 S4.20
BEAVERTOPf .50 .60
CORVALLIS 3.55 4.80
DONALD 1,15 1.80
El'GEJiE 4.SO e.ftS
HARRISB1TRG . 4.21 5.65
HILLSBORO MS 1.15
FOREST UHOVE . 1.10 1.50
JUNCTION CITY 4.35 6.S5
ORENCO . 70 .95
SALEM S.05 S.T5
TIUARD .50 .80
TUALATIN .AO ' .SO
W1LSONVILLE .5 lii
WOODBl'RN 1.45 JU5
Dally fares la effect every day. Tickets limited for retnra
eighth day.
PORTLAND OFFICES:
Thlri and WaaMagtoa St. Tenth and Stark St.
Seward Hotel. Tenth and Morrison Sta,
Korta Bank Station, Jefieron-St. Station.
DON'T SWELTER IN HOT WEATHER
Spend your holidays and spare time hiking and in the
open. We carry, a complete line of ladies' and men's
hiking and camping equipment.
Tents 'Jffrl Tents
U. S. Army Pup Tent, complete .$1.65
7x7 8-oz. Auto Tent with wall. S7.95
7x7 8-oz Khaki Auto Tent with wall $9.50
7x7 8-oz. Wall Tent, 3-foot wall .$5.95
We carry any size or weight tent or tarpaulins at
special prices.
HIKING TOGS-
. LADIES'
Ladies' - breeches in khaki or
Gabardine at $2.95, $3.25,
$4.45.
Ladies' Middies in khaki, blue
or white at $2.45, $2.05,
$4.45.
Ladies' all-leather high top
shoes $8.00.
.MEN'S
Men's breeches in khaki, Gabar
dine, whipcord or corduroy from
$1.65 to $4.95.
Men's army Munson last shoes
from $2.95 to $5.95.
Army khaki Shirts, special
at 75.
A complete line of high-grade outing clothing, blankets,
cots, tents, shoes, tables, stoves, mattresses, etc.
MAIL ORDERS FILLED
Always include parcel post with remittance. Write for
our free catalogue.
ARMY AND NAVY, STORE
, 94 Third St., Cor. Stark
(This is the only army and navy store in Portland.)
BATES ON THE
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Oregon Man Says Tanlac Built
Him Up 25 Pounds and Kepi
Him on Job by Completely
Overcoming His Long-standing
Stomach Trouble. . i
"Tanlac not only built me up rwen
ity-f've pounds but it actually kept
os the payroll all winter," said C. T.
Bates, 470 Umatilla Ave., Portland,
Ore., employee of the West Side Lum
ber Co. J
"I suffered so bad from stomach
trouble and a run-down condition for
three years that even the slightest
foods grave me indigestion. Gas on
my stomach (rave me awful cramps
and my heart palpitated so I could
hardly breathe. I had dreadful head;
aches and dizzy spells, and my kid
neys bothered me too, with sucl
sharp pains in my back I could
scarcely bend over. Nothing helped
me and I got so weak I bad to give
up my job when winter came for I
didn't have strength to stand the
cold.
'When I read how Tanlac helped
other people with troubles like mine
I decided to try it. I improved from
the very first, now feel fine all the
time and will always have a good
word to say for Tanlac. It's a world
beater."
Tanlac is sold by all good' druggists.
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