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THE SUNDAY OREGONlAN, PORTLAXI, AUGUST lO, 1919. 15 FRANCE PEST-RIDDEN, ' SMS FRANK BEATTY Criminals Kinds and Crooks of Infest Country. EX-DEPUTY SHERIFF suit of Injuries suffered In the hay field Wednesday, were held this after noon at the Congregational church here. Reverened J. S. Barber of Forest Grove officiated and the local Oddfellows' lodge atended in a body. The pall bearers were John McBurney, Bert White, B. A. Larsen, E. J. Ward. H. D. Bryant and Thomas CarmichaeL The body was taken to Forest Grove for burial in Naylor's cemetery, where the services were in charge of the Masons. of which Mr. Spence was a member. Mr. Spence was born at Glasgow, Scot land, in 1849, coming to Oregon 40 years ago with his mother and several broth ers and sisters. About 21 years ago they bought a part of the old Stott farm and have lived in this locality since. About three years ago Mr. finence was H 11 M F ' elected mayor of Gaston. He was un 1 married and live All ved with his sister. Miss Serjeant or Engineers Who Was ir Secret Service Tells or W ork Willi Ainericun Forces Abroad. Jane Spence. He is survived by three brothers. Peter Spence of Portland, George Spence of Corvallis, James Spence of Florida, and two sisters. Mrs. Taylor of Scotland and Miss Jane Spence of Gaston. "Criminals of the world are centered in France, and in Paris in particular. The French were so innocent at first that any educated crook could put stuff over on them, but believe me. the French are getting: wise." .aid Frank Beatty, former deputy sheriff, who re turned yesterday. He was in the secret service with the American expeditionary ; forces. ' While in France Mr. Beatty. who wears the stripes, of a sergeant of en gineers, hunted murderers, "apaches, robbers, grafters and made reports on wastage of supplies. He saw hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of ma terial, such as clothing, left in the rain; goods that had never been removed from their burlap covering sent to salv age stations. "And soldiers 10 miles away unable to get clothing," said Mr. Beatty. I have seen r..n officer drive up in an automobile that was in good condition, except that a fender was bent, and go away with a brand new, high-priced car, while the machine in which he ar rived was thrown upon a junk pile. I oaw 1000 Fords arrive just before I left France. There are cases of high-priced watches which have never been opened. Rubber boots, rubber coats, flannel shirts and similar supplies are being peddled among the natives. I have seen soldiers ordered to leave their emer gency rations on eh ipboard and then teen a hard-boiled sergeant selling the 'canned willie for two-bits a can on the dock. liraftturc Game Uncovered. "Near Liverpool 1 uncovered a graft ing game, one of the men in It being a former resident of Oregon City who got into trouble when the troops were on the Mexican border. This Oregon City fellow, and his pals, were selling sugar and for a small sack of sugar the English people near Liverpool would give anything. "In a seaport town in France I found a captain in charge of the tenderloin district grafting in the old San Fran cesco method, for before he became an army officer he was one of the tough est policemen on the Barbary coast. His system was to place an M. P. in front of an establishment until the pro prietor paid tribute. "And these French war brides. I'm predicting that there will be a lot of white slavery cases within a year. Men who were parasites in America before i they went into the army are bringing women back as wives, with the inten tion of living off their earnings. Criminals Go With. Army. "Some of the worst criminals 1 America got to France with the army, and they are associating with the Paris apaches. They are commiting mur der and robbing in high-handed fash ion. In Paris you can buy a set of pa pers that will get you by anything for 150 francs. If the American govern ment changes Its plate or the color of the paper, the counterfeit is on sale in 24, hours. I arrested an American soldier who had murdered two French gendarmes and he was equipped with papers showing that he had been dis charged from the British army for dis ability.. This fellow had a wonderful record in the Argonne, but he deserted and went to Paris, where he provided himself with the fake papers. I don't know what disposition was made of him, for I returned home shortly after his capture." Mr. Beatty solved the mystery of sys tematic robbery of Christmas boxes in a French camp. Every night five sacks of mail containing Christmas boxes for American boys was disappearing. Beatty was put on the case and had himself sealed up in a car of mail. The car was shunted on a sidetrack and the seal broken and the door opened. Nine German prisoners were in the g;a.ng which befran looting the mail pouches when Beatty made his presence known. In the fight which followed, one German nicked a piece of flesh out of the Portlander's cheek and Beatty shot one of the robbers. Two Pro-Germans Landed. Before going to France, and while in an American camp, Beatty turned up two pro-Germans. To get one of them he had to work with a pick and shovel nearly all one day in the hot sun. The particular unit in which he was operat ing was composed largely of Austrians, who had not been naturalized. "The people of France were never eo prosperous as they are today," declares Mr. Beatty. ."The government, of course, is hard up, but the people are not. There are millions of dollars of American money in parts of the coun try where there was little or no money before the war. The American expe ditionary forces have spent millions and the American government has put mil lions of dollars into circulation, and the French people have profited ac cordingly. "But anyone who wants to leave the United States for France is playing hookey from the nut house." FLEEING SPEEDER IS KILLED CYCLIST CHASED BY OFFICER IS THROWN IXDER TRUCK. Paul Carcih, Shipyard Worker, Suc ceeds" in Eluding Patrolman Until Accident Intervenes. An attempt to run away from motorcycle speed officer yesterday, cost the-life of Paul Carcich, 28 years old. an employe of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation Carcich, flee ing on a motorcycle from Patrolman Robert Hamaker, was thrown from his machine at the intersection of East Eleventh street and Spokane avenue in Sellwood, directly in front of a heavily loaded wood truck. A front wheel of the truck passed over the man, kill ing him instantly. Hamaker, standing with his motor cycle at Milwaukie avenue and Toll man street, sighted Carcich driving along Milwaukie avenue faster than the law allows and gave chase. Carcich succeeded in eluding his pursuer at East Thirteenth street and Spokane avenue by dodging behind a street car and turning down Spokane avenue. According to the driver of the wood truck. Louis Eriksson, of 28 North Eighth street, the motorcycle was over turned just as Carcich reached the intersection, throwing its rider under the truck. Motorcycle Patrolman R. L. Schad who was sent from police headquarters to investigate the accident, met Patrol man Hamaker and the two proceeded to the scen-e of the accident together. Schads version of the accident is that Carcich set his brakes upon sighting the truck and that the front wheel of the motorcycle, leaving the ground at a slight bump in the pavement, became locked in mid-air and thus threw the rider. The body was taken to the public morgue. Louie Eriksson, the driver of the truck, was not held except as a witness. The identity of the victim was es tablished by Deputy Coroner Leo Goetsch, who recognized Carcich as a witness in an accident on Terwilliger boulevard May 19 in which Andrew J. Becco was killed. An attempt is being made by the coroner's office to learn Carcich's home address and to locate his relatives. - m gmtiMtimiiiMiniHintmtMmiitiinitnnimmumHHiimiiiimimHiiimim I 2 Service for All at Any Time Is the Finley Standard 111! $m- fifczzni nL-Jfi, afTir For years this establishment has been advancing towards that perfect service to all. We feel that such an institution as ours should give everyone an equal amount of attention. We would greatly appreciate it if you would come and look over our establishment and let us be of any service whatever to you at any time. J. P. Finley & Son Progressive Funeral Directors " Montgomery at r if th x Jf Ittllillltifiiiiiiitltif iitltlitllitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitittlilliiiiiiiliiiiiiiiifiliiiiiiitliliiiiiiti itiiliiiiiiiil(ii4i:iiiiit!!itiii! I I 111 M'MINNVILLE HAS LEGION Post Just Organized Expects to Have .100 Members Shortly. McMlXNVlLLE, Or., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) A post of the American Legion was organized in this city last night, when state secretary Dow V. "Walker, Barge E. Leonard and John A. Beck- with of Portland post No. 1 met with the soldier and.saUor lads of the county at the commercial club rooms. Temporary officers elected were: Major Leonard S. Hopfield, president; Harper N". Jamison, secretary, and Jo seph Eckman. treasurer. It is expected that the newly-organized post will have an enrollment of 100 at its next meet ing, when permanent officers will be chosen and a name adopted. ROAD WORK IS EXPEDITED Xew Highway Between Oregon City and Oswego Cuts Hill Away. OSWEGO, Or.. Auk. 9. (Special) The clearing; and grading of the new highway between Oswego and Oregon City is progressing as rapidly as men are obtainable. The new route cuts away the hill on Front street, east of Oswego Lake, extending past the schoolhouse. The bridge across the Oswego river will be built half way between the two present bridges. it will be 240 feet long and 65 feet above the river. The new highway will extend south along the crest of the Oswego hill, about 100 feet higher than the river road. Ninety-five men are employed, one camp being located at Oswego and an other three miles south. Palmer i Young, Portland contractors, expect to complete their part of the work in 90 days. CAR LINE REPORT FILED Portland Railway Income Balance for 1918 Given as $321,906. SALEM. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.): Income balance of the railroad lines of the Portland Rilway. Light & Power company for the year 1918 totaled $321,906.58. according to a report filed with the Oreeon public service commls sion. This is an increase of 1173.81.70 when compared with the report for the year 1917. The operating income is set out in the reort as $810,740.48. or a decrease of $153,040.49 from the previous year. The non-operating Income was $1,797, 006.26, showing an increase of $276, 075.15 over the year 1917. Gross In come was $2,607,746.74, a comparative increase of $123,034.66 over the previous year. The total deductions irom the gross income were $2,2S5.840.16. a de crease of $50,827.04 when compared with the year 1917. CROSSING COLLISION FATAL One Man Die Killed. Two Women Pa.sa den a. May rASADKNA. Cel., Aug. 9. An elderly man. believed to have been John Wess ner of Pasadena, was ki lied, and two unidentified women were probably fa tally injured, when a south-bound San ta Fe train collided on a street cross ing here with the automobile in which the three were driving to Los Angeles harbor to greet the fleet. FOREST FIRES NDT FEARED OFFICIALS EXPECT PLAXK PA TROL TO PREVENT LOSSES. Oregon Has Ten-Day Period With No Reports of Blazes Regular Flights Are Inaugurated. Continued improvement in the forest fire situation in national forests of Oregon leads forestry officials to be lieve that further losses during the remainder of the dry period will not be encountered. B In the last ten days no new fires have been reported and the air patrol now in operation is expected to sound so prompt a . warning that any new fires that may develop can be checked while in early stages. Campers and tourists have been warned abainst carelessness with fire white in timbered areas, and enforce ment of federal regulations has be come so strict that all are co-operating with forestry bureau men in prevent ing blazes. The forests are so dry that the. danger is great, say foresters, each day of sunshine and drying wind adding to the hazard. Two of the planes stationed tli Salem arrived at Eastmoreland field yester day. The schedule' that has been ar ranged calls for dajly landing of the machines here in maintaining what is known as the northern patrol. Two of the machines may be stationed at Rose burg, the other six being retained at Olcott field, Salem. whfcre a machine shop will be established for making repairs. This will permit of prompt dispatch of relief to the southern base when necessary. SALEM. Or, Aug. . (Special.) Oregon's airplane forest fire patrol service, the first of its kind estab lished in the northwest, got under way today. Two of the eight planes now sta tioned at the Salem base departed on their initial flight at 10 o'clock. One of the planes took a westerly and northerly course from the capital, cir cling the forested area as far as Port land. The return flight was made over the timbered districts to the east of the Southern Pacific railroad. The other plane covered the timbered area both west and east of the Southern Pacific railroad as far south as Eugene. and evidently waiting for the other two, was arrested. He denied knowl edge of the other men's purpose in vis iting the garage, but his auto was standing so that he had a clear view of their operations. Klper, under the name of Earl Kuper, Is said to have a record for petty crimes. PRICE CUTTING DEMANDED "" Rosebnrg Railroad Men Want Presi dent to Reduce Expenses. ROSEBURG. Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) Demand that the administration quit playing politics and settle down to tt.e real issue, that of the reduction of the high cost of living, was made by rail road men of this division point who met last night to listen to the com mittee traveling over the Southern Pa cific lines perfecting the organization of the railway department of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. From the spirit manifest at the mase meeting it is evident that the strike vote to be taken August 24 will meet with an overwhelming indorsement from the men of the local mechanical department. The speakers were op posed to the present strike and urged the workmen to remain firm for the wage increase and the reduction of living costs. GASTON EX-MAYOR BURIED W. A. Spence, Victim of Accident, Lived in Oregon 4 0 Years. GASTON. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) Funeral services for William Anderson Spence, who died Thursday as the re- TRUCKS BEING DISTRIBUTED Allotment of Big Army Carriers to Oregon Counties Begun. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) Sixtv armv trucks. 40 of which have already been received in Salem, are be ing distributed among the counties of the state by the highway commission It is proposed to allot one truck to each county at present. The second consignment will be ready for distribu tion within two weeks. The trucks are of two tons capacity and practically conform to the require ments of the highway commission. The nniv oxnense attached to the distribu tinn of these trucks is the freight, which must be paid by the counties to which they are allotted. They were assigned to Oregon by the federal gov ernment, to aid in ine roau improve ment campaign. HIGHWAY WORK RETARDED Difficulties Encountered on Inde- pendence-Rickreall Road. MONMOUTH, Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) p.vinir on the highway project from Independence to Rickreall reached Mon mouth this week. It has taken the Warren company two montns to pave the two miles between Monmouth and Independence, with the six miles to Rickreall yet to do this season. The company had trouble with its asphalt mixing plant at the start and also has been delayed in getting crushed rock from the quarry at Halsey. This week the company obtained per mission from tlte highway commission to lay five inches of asphalt mixture on a gravel base where crushed rock could not be obtained and a part of the paving is being laid this way. Gravel is taken from the Willamette river at Independence. ALLEGED THIEF CAPTURED One of Trio Accused of Attempting Car Theft Taken. One of three men reported caught robbing a garage early yesterday morn ing was arrested by Patrolmen Will iams and Rockwell. He gave the name of Earl Kiper and an auto robe, iden tified as stolen property, it is said, was found in his room. The other two men made their escape. Patrolmen Rockwell and Williams were sent from police headquarters in answer to a telephone call from 65 Ladd avenue, saying two men were try ing to break into a garage. The prowl ers were gone by the tints the police men arrived, but the door of A. D. Merrill's garage at 859 Hemlock street was seen to be open and as the police men stopped to investigate two men broke from the garage and took to their heels. Earl Kiper. sitting in an auto nearbv IRBIIHMIBHBIIIRIIIBB a KB bb mu " IFj!; all FIRE LAID TO FARMER Charges of Leaving Brash Blaze Are Filed by Warden. DALLAS. Or., Aug. 9 Special.) H. Janes, a Polk county farmer, was arrested and brought to Dallas yester day on a complaint filed by W. V. Fuller, supervising fire warden, who charged that Janes had set fire to a quantity of brush without obtaining a permit. Several damaging fires were set In the county last year by burnlner bruah and Mr. Fuller is determined to put an end to the practice, as damage every year amounts to thousands of dollars from such practice. Several persons were fined last year for leaving fires in the timber, but so far this year no fires have been reported from such causes. PRICES UP ON CROP NEWS Corn and Pork Rise in ChJcaro in Spite of President's Speech. CHICAGO. Aug. 9. Every single staple in which there are dealings on the board of trade rose decidedly in price today. Whatever effect to the contrary might have been looked for from the address of President Wilson to congress in regard to the high cost of living was entirely obscured by the tfu? CLrriVxif of. tfyj& " ' Wool Dress Goods, Plaids, Serges, Tricotines, Broadcloths, Silks and Costume Cloths i i - - i The Early Fall Handsomely Styled Smart Suit Dresses are arriving daily. Russian blouse effects. Tailored jackets styles in fine imported French serges and all-wool tricotine. Distinctively trimmed with mili tary braid and silk embroidery. Our complete stock will prove advantageous for your early selection. Moderatelypriced. $16.95 tO $39.50 Just Received A new shipment of 36-inch Challies in a good assort ment of patterns and colors Special, Yard 25c D. M. C Crochet Cotton A Monday special at Shanahan's. White D.'M. C, numbers 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 each 25d I Monday Specials in White Goods Lonsdale Muslin, yard . -25 200 Sheets cut for one day only to S1.50 36-inch Cretonne, values to 50c, Monday, yard 25 42x36 Pillow Slips 25 Colored Marquisette, values to 90c, special, yard 50 Unbleached Canton Flannels at, yifrd 20S 25d and 35d "rrfz Store 77fArSA VEsYbu, A) Henry J. Ditter, Mgr. HlllllllllllHtllllllinUIIllllllUIIII"IIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllillllllllMllllllllllllllllllltllllllllIHIIIIIIIIIIIIMllllllllllH Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitui 1111111111 iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinijin opposite Influence of the government crop report which was issued shortly before he spoke. Extreme upturns of four cents a bushel In the value of com and of $1.75 a barrel for pork resulted. De cember delivery of corn Jumped to $1.64 and September pork to MT.7S. Judge Good in at Capital. SALEM. Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) J. W. 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