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12 THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JUNE 1G, 101 S.. AUTOMOBILE THIEF If HUGE TO NATION Real Criminals Are Those Who Steal Cars Needed in Winninn War. m w ssssssssj " " mtmm v , . , LUXURY MACHINES PASS Police Asked to Xook for Slackers, Who Do Mucti to Keep Govern- V. ilk ment From Prompt Vic tory Over Germany. Automobiles are fast passing from the luxury class Into the list of -vital necessities. With the manufacture of automobiles facing Federal - edicts, which means the curtailment of pro duction, many cars now used solely for pleasure purposes will be utilized for essential service. At least this is the opinion of Her bert Baring, chief investigator of the Pacific Coast Automobile Underwrit ers' Conference of San Francisco, who was in Portland last week checking up the records of the city and the state pertaining to automobile thefts and recovery of stolen cars. during 1917. Because of the value of cars and the need of automobiles in a multitude of war emergencies, the automobile thief is being classed by ornciais as more than a criminal, according to Mr. Bar ing. He is now, looked upon as a slacker, who Is working against the Government's most important project "winning the . war." War Programme Disturbed. "Every thief is a criminal." argues Mr. Baring, "but the automobile thief Is more, tor he takes an article which is now recognized as a vital necessity In the 'win-the-war programme. With out automobiles this country would be handicapped in its war activities. - "Again, the police officers are needed now for the protection of war indus tries and for numerous other details forced upon all police bureaus because of the present crisis,", he adds. "Auto mobile thieves operating in a city dis tract the attention of valuable and capable officers from war activities. Often it requires the service of several officers for weeks to trace a stolen car and thief." During 1917 Mr. Baring found that $00 automobiles had been stolen. Only 60 of this number were not recovered. This record is the lowest for unrecov ered cars, Mr. Baring states, held by any city of Portland's size in the United States. Thefts of Anton Greatest. The high value of the cars stolen by professional automobile thieves for the men who steal automobiles make their work a protession and rarely steal anything else is shown in the fact that the unrecovered automobiles stolen in Portland during 1917 repre sent a greater value than all the losses In all robberies, burglaries and thefts of 1917 in Portland combined. Automobile thefts can be reduced in Portland, Mr. Baring explains, if all automobile buers will pause before purchasing second-hand cars from other than authorized agents. In deal ing with strangers who are offering second-hand cars for sale prospective buyers should first make an invest! Ration and learn something of the his tory of the car offered for sale. Such precaution on the part of the buyers will often cause the arrest of the thief and the return of the stolen machine to Its owner. One of the latest methods used suc cessfully by automobile thieves oper ating according to Mr. Baring is the thief posing as a selective draft regi trant called suddenly for duty by i draft board. The alleged registrant will explain that his car was worth (2000 new, has only been in use for several months and because it will be valueless to him he is reluctantly willing to allow the car to go to the new purchaser for 11000. As a rule, the victim readily falls Into the trap, eager to take advantage of the opportunity to secure a bargain, purchases the car, secures a worthless bill of sale, and the thief hurries out of the state in which he is operating and It Is not long before the new owner of the car learns he has been duped. The Portland Police Bureau, the Multnomah County Sheriffs office and the Safety First Commission, of Port Sand, received loud praises from Mr. Baring for efficient work in reducing automoDue tneits in the state to minimum. GREAT WEIGHT REDUCED Grover Duffey, Cove's Ono Lawyer, , V Determined to Get Into Army. COVE, Or., June 14. Grover Duffey, Cove's one lawyer, is the only Cove man of the 10 selective men to leave La Grande this evening. Mr. uuirey goes to .Portland for a course in ordnance training. He has had as much trouble breaking into the Army as most slackers have to keep out. Having been rejected for too great weight, he has trained down till there is no doubt of passing. Cove, under the auspices of the "Wom an's Civic Improvement Club, will hold a grand demonstration June 20 in ap preciation of the entry into Army serv ice or Clyde Howarter, Paul Williams, Frank Eckersley and Thomas Harris, the latter the eldest of three broth ers in the service. by M. Klrishian, a Portland boy, who is now with the 117th Engineers In France. He sent it to his aunt. Mrs. A O. Cartozlan, as a souvenir of the front-line trenches. "I picked this up," he says, "because I thought it was the best shot out of the 10 rounds fired at the Germans. I gave It to a French pal of mine, who decorated it, as you see." The shell is embellished with artistic engraving and the name of the regi Young Klrishian, who was formerly student' at Lincoln High School, is delighted with life in the trenches. He has been in the front line for over a month, and instead of losing flesh under the ordeal has gained considerably. The officers are fine." he writes. HOWIE GUARD STRONG ONE Junction City Contingent Xow Has i 18 0 Members. JUNCTION' CITT, Or., June 15. (Spe cial.) The Junction City Home Guard now has 180 members. Drill is held semi-weekly. C. Fryer, former Ore- gon Agricultural College student, has charge of the company. A dance for the benefit of the Red Cross recently netted 20. The Home Guard of Eugene, assisted by the home guards of . other Lane County towns, is planning for a Joint ourtn or July celebration in Eugene at which time there will be a com petitive drill between the home guards. This promises to be the biggest cele bration ever held In Lane County. trench Souvenir arrives Shell That Did Its Duty Shown In j Shop Window. wrapped in a fragment of an old knitted sweater, a piece of gray blan ket and an ancient copy of the Literary Digest, a shell which did its duty for the Americans has arrived in Portland and is in the hands of Cartozlan Bros., 893 Washington street. Pittock block, who will exhibit It in their window. This shell is one of 10 rounds, fired PROMI5E5T YAMHILL COUXTT CITIZKM PASSES. A ' ' Duncan Rom. Duncan Ross, a resident of Ore gon since 1877, died at his home near McMinnville on June 8, aged 71 years and 10 months. The funeral was conducted by the Ma sonic lodge, interment being at Broadside Cemetery, at Dayton. Mr. Ross was born in Scotland and at the age of 25 years re moved to Canada, arriving in Ore gon a few years later. He en gaged in farming near McMinn-. vllle and resided in that commu nity continuously. He was re garded as one of the best farmers in Yamhill County. He was a member of the Elks, the Eastern Star and Masonic lodge. The fol lowing children survive: Mrs. Lizzie Cruickshank. Mrs. Lottie Garlock, Mrs. Flora Finlayson, Miss Katie Ross and A. Rosa, all of McMinnville; Mrs. Emma Chil dress and Miss Rhoda Ross, of Portland, -and Miss Anna Ross, who now is on her way to France to serve as a Red Cross nurse. They are Just like older brothers to us. The food is good and we are in the best of condition. Although we are far away from home, we have all the comforts of home, for the Y. M. C. A. hut is Just back of the front-line trenches. We can slip over there when off duty and feel that we are back in the States. The Y. M. C. A. is doing a wonderful work for the American Army." Klrishian enlisted with the engineers early in the war at the age of 19. So far, he says, he is "without a scratch" from the Germans, but is doing his best to scratch Fritz considerably. I0NE RESIDENT IS DEAD MRS. EXDOHA GORTON PASSES AT HOME AFTER BRIEF ILLXESS. Death of Wife of Morrow County Farmer Follow Week of III Health Four Children Survive. IONE, Or., June 14. (Special.) Mrs. Endora Gorton, wife of E. B. Gorton, died at her home here Thursday, June 6. Endora Celestta Morey was born January 1, 1840, in Detroit, Mich. She was a great lover of music, and studied Ti I 3Ir. Endora Kertoa. Who Died Recently at lone. it extensively In Adrian. Mich, where she also taught. On September 21, 1859, she married George Kingsley. Five years later Mr. Kingsley died. November 14, 1872, Mrs. Kingley was united to E. B. Gorton at Adrian. Mich. To this union one son and two daugh ters were born: Joseph B. Gorton, of Snohomish, Wash.;. Ina E. Harbke, of Maryhill, Wash., and Florence K. Hardesly, of Morgan. Or. They made their home in Marlon, O., until March, 1886, when they moved to Morrow County, Oregon. In August. 1909, she and her husband moved from the farrv to lone, where she lived till the time of her death. Mrs. Gorton was seriously ill for a week before her death. Rev. Mr. Jones, of the Congrega tional Church, officiated at the funeral services, which were held at the home. J. G. Mack & Co., 148-150 Park St. SPECIALIZING in Furniture upholstering, repairing and re finishing of a high order. Willow furniture finished in the latest decorative shades and bor-. dered effects, particularly adapt ing it for sunrooms, living-rooms and bedrooms. In our own workshops we make the very best type of Overstuffed FURNITURE duplicating the famous English productions imported previous to the war, yet at much lower cost. See sample pieces now displayed on our floor. J. G. MACK & CO. 148-150 PARK STREET Between Alder and Morrison CHAUTAUQUA IS JUNE 27 IjA. CRAXDE EJfTERTAIXMEJCT PLANS SOW BEING ARRANGED. Week of Programmes to Be Held In Outdoor Adultorlnm at Riverside Park Camping; Places Provided. LA GRANDE, Or., June 15. (Spe cial.) Preparation for opening the Grand Rondo Chautauqua at Riverside Park June 27 are well under way. This, the dean of Eastern Oregon Chautau quas, is the only Institution of its kind in Oregon east of Portland that is wholly independent and holds its pro grammes in an out-of-door auditorium and is equipped with camping facili ties. Following is the programme: Thursday, Jane 27 Evenlns: Openlnr ex ercises and announcements. - Patriotic musi cal programme, the Old Soldier Fiddlers, un der direction of Colonel John A. Pattee, 24th Reflment Michigan Volunteers. A com pany of Union and Confederate veterans, all over 7:1 years of age. In a programme of instrumental music, campfire and -wartime songs. All veterans, their wives and widows admitted free. Friday. June 23 Morning: Series lecture. Junior Chautauqua. VsuperlntendenU After noon: Prelude, Fen wick Newell Concert Company; lecture. "Meaning of the Ureat War." Dr. CV J. Bushnetl. Evening: Concert prelude,. Fenwlck Newell Concert Company: lecture. "Remaking the Kentucky Moun taineer," James A. Bums. -"Burns of the Mountains," president Oneida Institute. Saturday. June 21 Morning: Series lec ture. Junior Chautauqua, superintendent. Afternoon: Entertainment. Morrison-Smith Company: lecture-entertainment, "The Ju venile Court in Action." judge Koitnn w. BaKKOtt. Juvenile judge of Dayton, O. Even ing: Prelude. Morrison-Smith Company; "Plays of Our Allies." Luzerne Players, short dramas depicting home life of our allies. Sunday. June oil Morning: series lecture. Junior Chautauqua, superintendent. After noon: Prelude. Zedeier symphonic vtuintet; Illustrated lecture. Charles Crawford Oorst. j the bird man. The most remarkable bird Imitator in this country. You have heard hi F-.diann and Victor records. This is your opportunity to hear the man himself. Even ing: Concert, i&eaeier tiympnonic wuinicv, lecture extraordinary. Captain J. M. de Beau fort, Belgian artillery officer and nobleman. Has seen secret service In Germany, active service in the trenches. Author "Behind the German Veli." Monday. July 1 Morning: Series lecture. Junior Chautauqua, superintendent. After noon: Popular concert. Thavlu's Exposition band. Tho band that opened and closed the San Francisco Exposition. Evening: Grand concert, Thavlu's Exposition band: operatic selections, grand opera artists, accompanied by Thavlu's Exposition band. Tuesday. July 2 Morning: Union Sunday school and services In park. Afternoon: Sacred prelude. Treble Clef Club; inspira tional lecture. Ned Woodman; E. W. C. 8. vesper services, all Invited; Government ac credited lecture. "With Our Armies In Europe." Lincoln L. Wirt. D. D., member Red Cross official observation party sent under military escort to the trenches. Spring. 11S. Evening: Sacred prelude. Treble Clef C1Vednesday. July 3 Morning: Junior Chautauqua. Afternoon: Prelude, Royal Hawaiian quintet: inspiration lecture, "Grapes of Gold." H. V. Adams. Evening: Mother Goose festival, by the "kiddles' ; en tertainment. "An Evening In Hawaii" a) concert. Royal Hawaiian quintet, b) Illus trated lecture, "Rambling Through Para dise" Mildred Leo Clemens. Showing new motion pictures of Hawaii's ever active vol cano. Mount Kllauea. the treasure, perhaps it was the nature of the material something caused the Junkman to give up his attempt to reap profit from its carcass. No one could be interested in the project of removing me great engine or. iron save at a prohibitive cost. 6o it devolved upon the keeper of the couege grounds once again to consign tne m-iated monster to the grave it had occupied. Last week the dirt was once more packed about its staunch old sides, and the Junk dealer has only th,e thanks 4T the curious students for bringing to light this evidence of how the institution has developed In six snort years. lift Off That Com! Freezone is magicl Instantly that com stops hurting, then shortly you lift that sore, touchy, bothersome old com right off with your fingers root and all without pain, soreness or irritation. Hard corns, soft corns, corns between toes and all calluses Drop "Freezone" on any corn. It works like a. charm every time. No humbug! You'll smile laugh, really! It is so easy, so simple! Why wait? NEGRO WAITERS ARRESTED Five, Caught aa Train Pulls In, Charged With Violating Iaw. As a Spokane, Portland & Seattle train pulled Into the North Bank Sta tion yesterday afternoon five negro waiters were arrested by Officers Webster. Abbott and Schmidtke, of the war emergency squad, on a charge of violating the prohibition law. Later four of the men were released, but E. B. Winford was held after 27 pints of whisky were found in his possession. The liquor was secreted in sacks and suitcases. Joe Hill, employed at 'a soft drink shop at 122 Fourth street, was ar rested by Officers Schmidtke and Abbott for violating the prohibition law. One and one-half quarts of whisky were found in- his possession. He was released on bail. of $500. Hill and Binford will have a hearing before Municipal Judge Rossman tomorrow. Junkman Battles in Vain With Earthly Monster. Mammoth DIsroTfrea on Reed Cam pas Forced Back I'siler Ground. riTRANOB mammoth it was rello of O bygone days that a workman dug from the Reed College campus recent ly. Strange treatment, too, was ac corded the monster "find," for, after it had lain some weeks exposed to pub lic view and had yielded its novel his tory to the present-day students. It was consigned again to burial In the campus. fteel-rlbbed was the monster and of a size that could only be recorded in tons. Vet it evoked not a ripple of interest In naleontologlcal circles waa coveted by no scientists, eager to place it among museum exhibits. The treasure-hunter who unearthed the buried giant proved to be the junkman. The "find" was nothing other than the boiler, placed tem porarily at the college the first year of its existence, to supply heat for buildings still without heating ap paratus. Perhaps It was the forbidding size of Dr. Otis to Lecture at Reed. Dr. William Bradley Otis, professor of English in the College of the City of New York, will lecture at the Reed College Summer school July 1. 2 and 3. ine fnuosopny of Pruasianlsm Hell on Earth." "Enemies in Oun Midst America, Awake." and "Poetry of the War God Still Lives" are the subjects which will be discussed by Dr. Otis. . - CARD OF THANKS. Wo wish to thank our friends for their help and loving sympathy and floral offerings during our bereave ment at the death of our beloved mother. HANNAH U STEVENS. Adv. WILLIAM W. STEVENS. Tiny bottles of Freezone cost only a few cents at any drug stored Millions of women keep Freezone handy. When a corn comes, just a 4 'drop" and that corn is forgotten. Freezone is the magic discovery of a Cincinnati genius. Try it 1 Wonderful ! HOTEL CLERK TO BE GIRL MCtTXOMAH HOTEL WILL TRT EX PERIMENT OX MAIN DESK. Seven HeUo lrl Strike Whea Man agement Refasea to Promote Oi of Xamber to fco Mall Clerk. The Multnomah Hotel has a girl clerk behind the desk, and a strike by its force of handsome telephone opera tors. Miss Mary Donovan, a former switch board operator who had been recently doing the work of the hotel mall clerk, was notified to get into training for a desk clerk job. and to learn how to hand out a room key without starting a flirtation. As soon as her old associates of the switchboard heard the news the de mand was made that one of their num ber be promoted to the vacant position as mall clerk. Manager H. H. Cloutler denied the request and employed a stranger. Miss Lynne James. The seven hello girls walked out. In uninsr a girl behind the main desk of the hotel. Manager Cloutler says he is trying an experiment. He believes that a girl of the right type can handle the 'public, but qualifies his statement by saying that not every woman has the proper qualifications for the trying duties that often must h discharged. Anyway Miss Donovan Is being schooled for the experiment and will be on duty July 1 as a full-fledged clerk. The switchboard crew was replaced yesterday afternoon. ordIires DOUBLE CABLE BASE PERUNA Made Me a Well Woman No sufferer from catarrh of the stomach can read fllrs. Van Buren's letter without a feeling of thank fulness. "I have spent a great Beat of money with doctor for estsrrk of the tomach and at times have been compelled to give up my housework for days. For years I did not know what a well day was and cannot help but feel that I would not be alive to-day had I not been Induced to try Peruna. Six bottle of Peruna made me a well woman." For Years Did Not Know a Well Day .-''' -"V !. :V- J :'u? ' " 1 r" ' Mn. Mattle A. TnBorn, 17 Highland St.. Grand Rapids, Mich- Iast Commander .Valley City Hive, L. O. T. M. XJquId or Tablet Form Sold Emrwkere lies Hal- t l l i lll ' r jumm Muuwiii and carries its full share of the service strain. Their built-up diag onal layers flex readily and prevent side-wall breaking. Each cord is impreg nated with live supple rubber and insulated against internal friction and heat which is so de structive to tires. The tread is highly non-skid, and the whole tire constructed in per feet balance. OREGON VULCANIZING CO., 333-335 Burnside St. Distributors ' THE FEDERAL RUBBER COMPANY of Illinois Factories, Cudahy, Wis. Two Held as Slacters. ASTORIA. Or.. June 15. (Special.) Toiva Alanko and Kalle Manninen, employe at a 'ocal blacksmith shop, and A. Mitchell, a member of the crew of the Dredpe Chinook, have been ar rested as slackers for failing to regis ter for military draft, and are being held to await the arrival of a Deputy United States Marshal from Portland. Another man beinp held to awnlt In structions from the Department of Jus tice Is tho Japanese uteward of the steam schooner Klavel. He was ar rested on a charge cf brinsrinc two cases of liquor Into the btale. Read The Ore son I an classified ads. CATARRH is now easily overcome by using an antiseptic oil spray which absorbs and dislodges ths hard weblike mucous membrane of throat and nose. - Quick relief is always obtained by using; the SIcKenzie Catarrh Spray. The prica complete with special atomizer is only $2.00. 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