TITE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1923
SENATOR JOHNSON
A JAZZ LORELEI BLOWING HER CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN
BEAUTIES.
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he received 319 words in two min
utes and 63 seconds.
Miss Stobbe, who is night chief
operator for the Bell . company at
Canton, was spending her vacation
here. . O'Rourke was employed by
the Pennsylvania railroad at Can
ton. He was found at -daylight with
an automatic pistol at his side. He
was still alive, but died, five hours
later. In his pocke'ts .were found
several . letters addressed to Miss
Stobbe whichMndicated that she had
refused to see him since he came to
Chicago. He wrote that they were
secretly married a year ago, but
Miss Stobbe denied this. The let
ters hinted a dissension between
them because of interference of a
third party referred to as "Mrs. H."
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Harpies Are Busy in and
Out of California.
Lovers7 Co-Operating Union
.Starts Functioning.
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Now is your biggest opportunity of the year
to get fine clothes at bed rock prices
Suits With Extra Trousers
for the price of the suit alone
SENATOR lt)W ON STUMP
UNDERTAKER GETS NURSE
IS
Childless Divorcee Gets Widower
With Five Children; JOetters
L of Lovelorn Are Read ,
Foes Recall Failure to Vote on
SURVEYOR OF : CLACKA3IAS
COUNTY BUSY.
Xewberry Case Explanation
Not Quite Satisfactory.
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Au(. 16.
"Just for a tariff on almonds he left
us:
"Just for a rate to protect home,
frown nuts."
Thus sings the Bull Moose Brown
Ins of Hiram, the. "lost leader"-
Hiram Johnson, United States sen
ator from California, Theodore
Roosevelt's running mate on tho
progressive party ticket In 1912.
Mfs too bad." sigh the Bull Moos
ers, 'Hiram was a man of great
. promise no teiling how far- ht:
might have gone; into the White
House, perhaps. Who knows?"
The tariff bill came along. Then
he fell. He lined up with the old
guard. He swallowed the bill. He
got the tariff on nuts produced by
California booster to the limit and
the sky was the limit the day lie
put it over.
The Bull Moosers went into
mourning for the lost leader. In
vain were they reminded that
Johnson was in the midst of a des
perate fight for renomination and
that f he failed to get high duties
on nuts, lemons, olives and other
California products California never
would forgive him and would re
duce him to the ranks.
Foes Charge lesertion.
Johnson is now on the stump In
California battling for renomination
in the primary on August 29, while
Chester H. Rowell and other former
Bull Moosers are going up and down
the state assailing him for desertion
of the cause. Johnson's opponent in
the primary is C C. Moore of San
Francisco, a rich olive grower and
engineer, who was president of the
Panama-Pacific exposition. Moore
was drafted by the anti-Johnson
forces to make the race and is re
ported to be running strong, though
probably not strong enough to win
the nomination, according tc the
latest, advices.
Southern California is reported to
be pronouncedly anti-Johnson, and
the senator, who has tne backing of
organized labor, is not being helped
any by the interruption of trans
continental train service by the ac
tion of the railway brotherhoods in
abandoning trains in the desert. The
remainder of tha state, however, is
expected to pull Johnson through.
IJIimxard Story Doubted.
Johnson is being assailed for his
antagonistic attitude toward the
Harding administration and is being
portrayed as a destructive, instead
of a constructive, statesman. In 12S
bills he introduced, it is asserted,
only four of minor importance were
passed. He is charged with being
absent on one-thtrd of the senate
rollcalls, while doing law work for
Hearst and Hylan. He also is being
pestered on the ground that he
dodged the vote on the Newberry
'case. Johnson explains that he was
detained en route to Washington at
that time by a blizzard. The oppo
sition presents meteorological testi
mony that there was no blizzard.
The democratic candidate for sen
ator will be W. J. Pearson of Los
Angeles." Upton Sinclair also is an
aspirant for the senatorship.
Another former Bull Mooser. Sena
tor Poindexter of Washington, is In
volved in a lively fight for renom
ination. His opponents are Mrs.
Frances C. Axtell. who has been
not only a progressive but. a demo
crat and was a Wilson administra
tion office-holder; and George Lamp
ing, another progressive republican
who was an officer in the Spanish
American war.
Poindexter' Foea Buay.
The Hearst paper is attacking
Foindexter chiefly for his vote for
the, four-power treaty and the
Scripps papers are assailing him for
his vote to seat Newberry. A cur
ious angle of the Newberry issue is
supplied by the fact that western
Washington retains an exceedingly
kindly feeling for Newberry, be
cause as secretary of tho navy he
was largely responsible for the de
velopment of the great navy yard
at Bremerton, organized laDor is
against Poindexter because of his
"sponsorship of proposed anti-strike
legislation and hia efforts to put
teeth in the procedure of the rail
road labor board. On the other
band., the railway and coal strikes
have increased the number of his
supporters who hold that Poindex
ter's proposals for enforcing peace
between capital and labor have
been vindicated.
Former Representative Dill will
be the democratic candidate for
senator. The o'nly primary fight for
representative is in the Seattle dis
trict, where Representative Miller Is
opposed by Philip Tindall. a Wash
ington, D. G. product and an ex
service man, and former Represen
tative J. W. Bryan, a one-time Bull
Mooser.
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pnoto by Underwood & Underwood."
ONE OF ATLANTIC CITY'S FAIR MERMAIDS.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 16. This Atlantic City mermaid feels
confident that she can hold, her own with the 60-odd beauties who are to
arrive here in an attempt to capture the honors, from as many cities, at
the national beauty tournament, which will be held In Septtneber.
STORE INTEREST BOUGHT
Gus Kuhn Purchases Share Held
by S. Li. Fox in Lion Company.
Gus Kuhn. president of the Lion
Clothing company here for the past
20 years, has purchased the interest
in the business formerly owned by
Samuel L. Fox o San Diego, who
has been vice-president of the con-
cern, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Mr. Kuhn.
The business will be continued as
heretofore at the building on Fourth
and Morrison streets and tentative
plans are being made to Include
remodeling and expansion of the
stock.
Mr. Fox, former vice-president, is
also president of the Lion Clothing
company's store in San Diego, and
will hereafter devote all of. his
attention to the San Diego business.
He has been ,asenior member of
the firm here for the past 30 years.
The Lion Clothing -company pur
chased the business of the Steinbach
clothing concern here eight years
ago and moved to the building
which they now occupy. Before
purchasing the present location
they occupied the building" now
used by Roberts Brothers on Third
and Morrison streets. They have
been In business here for 30 years.
Simultaneously with the announce
ment of the purchase of the entire
stock by Mr. Kuhn a big sale was
announced which began at 10
o'clock yesterday morning.
MAYOR LOSES FINE JOB
COMMISSIONER MANX TO BE
BEAUTY JUDGE.
GREEK TO BE DEPORTED
Resident of City for 2 0 Years
Must Go Buck to Greece.
Christ Asperos. a resident ' of
Portland for 20 years, will.be de
ported to his native land, Greece,
according to advices received yes
terday by ' Immigration Inspector
Bonham from Washington.' Asperos
is not considered an undesirable in
the ordinary accepted sense of the
word, but came into his trouble on
account of his failure to take out
naturalization papers during his
long residence here. A year ago he
return! to Greece on a. visit and
was placed in the Greek army re
serve. He fled and paid a gang of
smugglers to take him to America.
LAt New York he was arrested on a
cnarge oi violating tne passport
laws. Deportation proceeding and
the order for his removal followed.
Aspefos is well known in- Portland,
owning two. restaurants in the city
at the present time.
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use Calol Flushing Oil for safety and
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lene ei the correct grade.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
CHIEF - WANTS BERRIES
Skookum AVallihee After Right to
Harvest Huckleberries. . .
VANCOUVER, Wash.. - Aug. 16.
(Special.) Chief Skookum Walli-
hee of Klickitat is here seeking the
right to " pick huckleberries-' on
government grazing lands rented to
sheep and cattle men for pasture.
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of these renters to prohibit
the Indians going in large numbers
to the hucJfleberry patches, taking
with them their families and many
ponies, as the horses eat the grass
and this reduces the pasturage for
which, they are paying the govern
ment. -
Chief Wallihee , Is chief of the
Klickitat tribe and is about 70 years
old. He is feeble from rheumatism
but uses canes and gets around
fairly well.
Salem Canneries In Operation.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Approximately 1600 persons will be
employed in the local canneries dur
ing the next six weeks, when more
than 3750 tons of pears and 1800
tons of blackberries will be proc
essed and prepared for shipment to
the eastern markets. Estimates
placed the value of this year's pack
of blackberries and pears at ap
proximately $1,100,000. The quality
of the berries will not be as high
as In former seasons due to- the long
dry spell, growers said.
Auto Driver Badly Hurt.
DALLAS. Or., Aug. 16. Varnum
Shreeve, a local -garage man, who
drove an ammunition truck on the
battle fronts of France, escaping
injury, was badly hurt near here
Monday night when a car he was
driving overturned on the Salem
road. Shreeve sustained a broken
shoulder and other injuries. K. R.
Mitchell, another ex-service man,
who was with him. received a bad
cut on ttae eide of the bead.
Committee Starts Work of Select
ing Oregon's Prettiest
Girl Today. -:
.Judges who will choose the Ore
gon girl who will represent Port
land at the Atlantic City pageant of
beauty, September 6, 7 and 8, will
meet this morning-to begin con
sideration of the hundreds of en
tries in the contest. " N
John M. Mann, acting mayor of
Portland, will serve on the commit
tee in place of Mayor Baker, who
is absent from the city. Other than
this change, the or'ginal committee
announced recently in The Oregon
Ian will serve. The members of
th's committee include Judge
Charles H. Carey, E. C. Sammons,
Miss Esther W: Wuest and Fred H.
Kiser. '
Because of the many entries in the
contest which has been staged by
The. Oregonian to locate Oregon's
prettiest girl for entry in the na
tional beauty contest in Atlantic
City it will be a number of days be
fore announcement of the winner
can be made.
No1 rules other than those pub
lished at the opening of the contest
that the entries must be unmar
ried, over 16 years of age and resi
dents of the state of Oregon have
been made.
This plan was adopted to give the
judges absolutely free sway in se
lecting the winner.
A wonderful trip is In store" for
the winner, in addition to the pos
sibility of being crowned the na
tional beauty, for the girl chosen
will have all her expenses paid from
the time she leaves Portland until
she returns to this city. In Atlantic
City, Miss Portland will be feted and
entertained continuously.
BANKER LOSES APPEAL
Filipino Must Serve Sentence for
Misuse ot Funds.
MANILA, Aug." 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press). The - supreme-court
today affirmed the decision of the
lower court sentencing Venancio
Concepcion, ex-president, of the
Philippine National bank, to two
years' imprisonment and a- fine of
$2500 for misuse of the bank's
funds. Supreme Justice Johns wrote
the opinion, in which all judges of
tho court concurred-
Concepcion was sentenced April
20. He was convicted at Apari,
where the Philippine National bank
maintains a branch. He was charged
with loaning $375,000 of the bank's
funds without sufficient security to
a corporation in which his wife was
interested.
fBv Chlcaao Tribune Leased Wire.)
HAMMONTON. N. J., Aug. 16
Four couples" mated and more than
2000 yet to go was the result of
the first day's sitting Of Cupid's
jury here today. The entire vil
lage came out for the festivities.
It was a serious affair, of course,
but Hammonton saw the fun in it,
and the citizens flocked to the Pal
ace moving picture theater to listen
to the reading, of letter from the
lovelorn.
Indeed, the town reached the pin
nacle of its fame today. Beyond
a doubt it will never db tne sums
again. Twenty newspaper reporters
and photographers, flags and ele
gant posters, designed and executed
by tha town artist, Russell Mont
gomery; suspension of business in
the main barber shop and grocery
etore and the hotel run up are
events that do not occur twice in a
lifetime in Hammonton,
Thousand Seek Soulmatea.
Since Thomas Bancroft Delker,
editor, and Samuel Louis coniey,
modest proprietor or tne wniey
cigar store and billiard room, de
cided to match up by lot the lone-
hearts of the country, tnousanas
have besieged the two enterprising
widowers with appeals ior soui-
mates. The matrimonial draw to
day was the climax of a month of
hectic activity on the part of the
two originators of the Lovers co
operative union.
The two letters rrom applicants
read todav disclosed that religion,
education and finances made mue
difference.
"But she must just come to my
shoulder," a Baltimore swam speci
fied, describing the queen or ms
desire. "Myself, I weigh 156 pounds
and my turtle dove must oe snort,
plump and not under 140 pounds,"
New York piumDer oictates.
Undertaker, Kane Matched.
At the end of a nerve-racking
day the hand-picked jury of six
men and six women naa mranBou
only to decide -on four couples a
coast guard and a widow, an under
taker and a nurse, a cnnoiess di
vorcee and a widower with five
children, and no less a personage
than the eminent Editor Delker him
self and a 19-year-old lass from
Tennessee. Delker, blushing and
demurring, appealed from his sen"
tence.
Cupid's jury will function further
tomorrow. -
NEW FIRMS FILE PAPERS
Engineer Declares. Programme
Xext Year Will Include Exten
tension of Contracted Routes.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 1.
(Special.) Work on outlining the
tentative road programme in Clack
amas county for 1923 has been begun
by the county surveyor. The work
next year, according to D. T. Mel
drum, county epgineer, will include
as comprehensive extension of the
present contracted roads as is pos
sible with the funds which will be
on hand. The programme will in
clude- the opening of some territory
in the county hitherto denendent
upon seasonal roads.
One of the major projects being
considered is market road No. 12
known as the Oswego-Wilsonville
road. Grading of 9800 feet from
the end of the Oswego bridge is
now under contract and will be
completed within another wADli
ine survey has been completed as
far as the Athey bridge, while th
grade between Tualatin and Mead
owbrook to Stafford is finished.
The plan for next year Is to con
tinue the construction of the road
from Stafford to Wilsonville.
- Another improvement projected is
the continuation of the Rock creek
bridge and Mount Hood loop road
This highway, extending from
Clackamas out toward Damascus
and Boring is paved to Rock creek,
about three miles past Clackamas.
The survey for the continuation of
the pavement to Boring is to be
made in the near future.
Market road No. 28 is being com
pleted in units and the survey is
now completed as far as Baker's
bridge, on the Springwater - unit.
The road, known as the Damascus
and Foster road, is to connect -with
the Multnomah county line at
Sycamour.
The completion of the survey of
the Monitor, Barlow road. No. 9, is
under way and the Marquam-Canby
road, No. 10, will be placed under
survey late 1 the fall.
Investment
Company
Here. .
Broadway
Has Headquarters
SALEM, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
The Broadway Investment com
pany, with headquarters in Port
land, has been incorporated by
Howard Jayne, Thorpe Babcock and
Normal KuykendaU. The capital is
$25,000.
The Dorothy Millinery company,
with headquarters In Portland and
capital stock of $10,000, has been in
corporated by John L. Dolan, David
Robinson and E. Sommer.
The Pendleton Cleaning works
has been incorporated by J. J. Brad
ley, Rudolph Mollmer and T. H.
Raundy. The capital stock is $3000.
Notice of dissolution has been
filed by the Williams Bros. Transfer
& Storage company of Oregon -ouy
and the Minor Lumber company of
Portland.
ALLEGED -"VAMP" SUED
Wife Asks $15,000 From Woman
She Says Stole Husband.
Minnie Johnson is accused by
May belle van Huss in a $15,000 dam
age suit filed in the circuit court
yesterday of alienating the affec
tions of Earl V. van Huss, husband
of the plaintiff, by showering him
with money and attentions. She as
serts that she was married in New
Orleans in 1915 and has a child. Earl
van Huss, aged 4 years.
Mrs. van Huss avers that the al
leged "vamping" began in Fortlanu
In January, 1920. culminating Mon
day, August 14, 1922, when Van Huss
left his family for the "other
woman." and said he was not com
ing back. - .
. 3Ir. Bramwell Goes to Alaska.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Frank Bramwell, state superintend
ent of banks, left here today for St.
Petersburg, Alaska. -Mr. Bramwell
said he would be absent from Salem
for two weeks.
TRANSFER IS DEFENDED
Mr. Mellon Says Revenue Officer
Change Necessary for Economy.
Denial that the closing of the of
fice of the special agents of the rev
enue service at Portland would work
any hardship on local people was
contained in a telegram received
vesterday by Representative Bc-
Arthur from Secretary of the Treas
urer Mellon. Mr. Mellon said that the
whole service is being reorganized.
in the interests of efficiency and
economy and tnat consoiiira-nou
are taking place everywnere.
The Seattle division or tne service,
which will cover the states of Ore-a-on
and Washington, will have its
headquarters at Seattle, but a branch
office will be maintained nere ana
the service to Oregon taxpayers
continued as in the past.
SUICIDE ENDS ROMANCE
Canton's Champion Telegrapher
Shoots Self.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 16. The romance
between Terrence Ross O'Rourke,
known as champion telegraph op
erator of Canton, O., and Miss Olga
Stobbe, also of Canton, ended today
when O'Rourke shot himself
through the head in the vestibule
of a. building where Miss Stobbe
was visiting. O'Rourke set'a new
record at a contest on Tuesday when
FISH SUIT ANSWER FILED
Mr. Kozer Says He Has Xo Knowl
edge Signatures'' Are Illegal.
SALEM, Or., Aug. ,16. (Special.)
Sam A. Kozer, as secretary of state,
today filed in the circuit court here
an answer to the complaint in the
suit brought recently by the state
fish commission to prevent the
state department from placing on
the ballot at the November election
the so-called' salmon fishing and
fish propagation amendment.
This amendment was initiated by
G. G. Green of Oregon City, and pro
hibits the use of traps, wheels and
seines in therColumbia river. , .The
amendment also attempts to regu
late the operation of fish hatcheries.
The suit filed by the fish commis
sion charges that several thousands
of the signatures to the . petitions
were obtained through fraud and
that the author of the amendment
attempted to sell this fraudulent in
formation for a consideration.
The secretary of state, in his an
swer to" the complaint, admits that
the required petitions were filed and
that he had no Information or
knowledge that any of the signa
tures were obtained through fraud.
Arguments in the case probably will
be heard by the court "here later this
week.
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In addition to the beau
tiful medium-weights,
suitable for all year wear,
we include our latest
arrivals in new Fall and
Winter Woolens for those who anticipate
their future requirements at these low mid
summer prices.
You'll Have to Hurry
This Sale Ends Last Week of August
No better time to get an Overcoat, a Full Dress,
Tuxedo or Frock Suit at a great saving
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Oscar M. Smith, Manager,
VOTERS DO NOT REGISTER
Thousands of Clarke County Folk
Slow to Enter Their Names.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. -16.
(Special.) Thousands of voters in
the county have failed to register so
far this year.
The last day for the filing of
initiative petitions has passed, as it
was July 7. The first day for filing
candidacies was July 14, and the last
day, Saturday, August 12.
The primary election will be held
in this state September 12, when all
county offices will be filled by elec
tion, with a few possible exceptions
of holdovers, and the superior judge.
The general election will be held
November 7, this being the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. -
Mr. Corey Goes to "Riddle.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
H. H.- Corey, member of the public
service commission, left today for
Riddle, Douglas county, where to
morrow he will conduct a hearing
with relation to the proposed dis
continuance of telephone service in
that part of the state. Friday Mr.
Corey will conduct a hearing at Al
pine with relation to -discontinuance
of water service. -
Budgret Meeting to Be Held.
CANBY, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
The budget meeting for the Canby
grammir school win be held in the
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Canby school gymnasium on Wed
nesday, September 6. The annual
meeting was held on June 19, but
was adjourned to a later date. This
was due to the proposed high school
election to be held in Canby, the
date of which hag been -fixed for
Monday, August 21.
Four Santiani Fires Quelled.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Yesterday was the busiest day of
the year for the firefighters' of the
Santlam national reserve, report to
the central office here today states.
Four fires were discovered and all
were controlled before they spread
to an acre In size. These blazes
bring the total. for the reserve for
the season to 11, with only one large
enough to cause any extensive dam
age. . '
Caravan- Reaches Salem Sunday.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state,
today received ' a telegram from
Portland to the effect that the 1925
exposition caravan, whioh left Port-:
land last Saturday, will arrive in
Salem at 3:30 next Sunday after
noon. Arrangemetns for tho official
welcome of the caravan are being
worked out by the Salem Commer
cial club.
Firemen Are Dinner Guests.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 16.
(Special.) In consideration of the
excellent work the Oregon City fire
department did in saving his res
taurant from destruction during the
recent fire in Fifth street, George
Newton, proprietor of the Quality
restaurant, entertained the fire de
partment at a dinner at his place of
business last evening.-
Dynumite Cap Injures Boy.
DALLAS. Or., Aug. 16. (Special).
A small son of Don Miller, an
Oakdale farmer, found a dynamite
cap with fuse attached. He placed
it in a tin can and ignited the fuse.
This is the day
of the saver.
. i
RECENTLY compiled statistics
show that people have saved
MORE MONEY during: the period
of deflation from which we are
emerging than ever before.
In other words, the man who was
the "good spender" in the days of
prosperity has turned1 his atten
tion the other way around, and has
become the good saver. Your
neighbor and your neighbor's
neighbor are saving enthusiasti
cally for the day which will soon
come when the man with a little
capital : can sail easily along on
the tide of returning good times.
There is no service that the United
States National Bank will not be
glad to render in helping you save.
OnltedStaa
National Bank
"One of ike Northwest's great banks.'
The boy was terribly lacerated In
the face and on the left band by the
explosion that followed. He will
recover.
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