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18 THE SUNDAY ORECOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 25, 1920 HUNGARY UNTOUCHED BY BOLSHEVIK SPIRIT Patriotic Demonstrations Are Daily Occurrences. SOLDIERS ILL-FED, LOYAL !00,000 Are Idle Due to Stripping of factories by Roumanians. Food Ample, Prices High. ' ' BUDAPEST, Jan. 23. An outstand ing fact with respect to Hungary Is the spirit of her people, who are not crushed by the defeat as Austria and Turkey appear to be." Neither bolshe vism nor economic disaster has yet sapped her vitality or patriotism. This is shown in conversation with many proiniwent men and also in the atti tude of the peasant and the bearing of the soldiers, who are ragged aiJid ill-fed, but loyal. There are daily demonstrations, with the singing of the national an them, parades and carrying the cross of St. Stephen against what the Hungarians consider a peace without honor. One theater last night pre sented a patriotic play, entitled "Hero Janos." The performance was at tended by Brigadier-General H. H. Handholtz. the American representa tive on the inter-allied military com mission, and also by Archduke Joseph, who was loudly cheered. The Hungarians are walking- In po litical darkness. There is talk of mak ing Count Apponyi regent and later Archduke Joseph king, or possibly ap pointing an English prince to that office. The bolshevik! are threatening the Roumanian frontier and the removal of the Roumanian army from Theiss river is expected, which gladdens the Hungarians. The winter Is remarkably mild. There has been little snow on the plains and the heavy rains of Decem ber melted the snows in the Carpa thians. River boats are plying to "Vienna and the railroad tracks along the Danube are inundated. The misery of the people fleeing from their homes on account of flood is increased by the total lack of housing and also the return of the influenza in violent form among the poor and the soldiers. With the exception of bread, there Is food enough, but the price is high er. Clo.thes are 50 times the pre-war prices. A dollar is worth -35 times what it was worth before the war. Two hundred thousand workmen are idle, due to the Roumanians strip ping the factories and also because of lack of raw materials. IMMOH'S BEQUEST MLS PETITION1 TO MODIFY DIVORCE DECREE DENIED. Captain, AVho Pursued Wife on Ocean, Held' In. Contempt for Refusal to Pay Alimony. An- echo of the exciting trans-Pacific pursuit of Mrs. Knriqueta Man sion Ly her husband, Captain J. W. K. llannion, last May when the young Spanish woman fled from Portland taking with her the two youngest children who had been decreed to the custody of her husband by order of Circuit Judge Morrow, was sounded in the circuit court yesterday wiien Judge Morrow held that Captain Man nion still was in contempt of court by refusing to pay alimony of $60 a mcnth. The petition of Captain Mannion for modification of the divorce decree eliminating support money for the two children now with his wife in Manila, was denied by Judge Morrow on the ground that the motion could not bo entertained while the peti tioner was in contempt. The jurist declared that Captain Mansion must pay $60 a month for April and May, 1919. direct to Mrs. Mannion, and the same amount for succeeding months to the clerk of the court, as per order of the court. George Cameron, attorney for Cap tain Mannion, pretested against the payment of the money for the sup port of children now out of jurisdic tion of the court, particularly while Mrs. Mannion, herself, was in con tempt for violation of a court order in taking the children. The judge held that this contempt was displayed after that of Crptain Mannion and was not a r rope matter to appear at this time. He declared that the ac tions of the young woman would be taken into consideration when the time CT-ni'i for considering the best disposition of money paid in to the e'erk of the court. H. S. McOutchan, attcmey for Mrs. Mannion, asserted that the husband also was out of jurisdiction of the local court now. Attorney Cameron t;nid he did not know the whereabouts of his client, but believes he might be found in M.-mila, where, as an army officer, ho met the girl who - later became his wife, the pretty daughter of a Spanish nobleman. MORE PRIZES PROMISED l-Jssay Content Made More Inlerci-t- injj for You lighters. Tn addition to the national award of three trips to Washington, D. C, and return for school boys and girls who win in the coming nation-wide essay contest on the subject, "What Are the Benefits of an Knlistment in the United 'States Army." the local re cruiting office announced .yesterday that two Portland firms had offered awards for winners in the state of Oregon. Meier & Frank company has offered a. $"0 merchandise bond for the best essay on that subject written by a girl in the grade schools in Oregon. The same firm has offered a similar prize for the best essay written by a boy in any grade school in the state. Three prizes have been offered by David's Jewelers, Inc., 315 Washing ton street. This firm offers a gold medal for the best essay submitted in Portland in the contest, and a silver cup for the second best. In addition a silver cup is offered for the best essay submitted by a student in the state outside of Portland. The essays are to be written by February 20. RAIL CHANGE UNEXPLAINED Order, floivever, Believed to Be Reorganization Step. Beyond the brief information con tained in the official- order of the director-general of railroads that the Southern Pacific lines north of Ash land will be added to the central western Trlnn Fbr'ii 1. " "r''-!"' information has been received as to the change. It is presumed that it was responsive to the desire of the Southern Pacific management In order that the organization of the system might be worked out before the re turn of the roads to private control! It is probable that upon the occasion of his visit to Portland next week President Sproule will announce plans for the reorganization of the Oregon lines and announce policies as to re opening general offices for the com pany. The Southern Pacific company occupied the eighth floor of the Yeon building under a lease which still has several years to run and it is expected the freight and passenger depart ment, land department and other of fices will be re-established there. During the period of railroad ad ministration control the rooms have been used by the Portland district freight traffic committee, ,-hich has virtually completed its work and now is closing up its records in prepara tion for the impending change. Ad vices yesterday were that President Sproule probably will be in Portland Wednesday. CLUB PUPILS EARN S93D8 GARDEN", STOCK AXD CAXIXG ACTIVITIES PROFITABLE. Property Valued at $17,809 Ac quired; Cooking Club Is Com posed Entirely of Boys. Children belonging to school In dustrial clubs of the city since April 1, 1919, have received a net profit of $9308.19 from gardens, livestock and girls' canning activities. In addition to this they have acquired property valued at 117,809.92 at a cost of $8501.73. This is shown in a' report just completed by T. D. Kirkpatrick, city club leader, and submitted to the city superintendent. A summary of the work shows the children have 20 acres planted In gar dens: they own 2512 chickens. 2187 rabbits and 4 4 goats. The chicken produced 1521 dozen eggs. During the canning season 3550 quarts of canned fruit and vegetables were put up and 42 Vb pounds of dried fruits and vegetables. There, are. under Mr. Kirkpatrick's supervision 33 garden clubs, 20 poul try clubs, 21 rabbit clubs and 19 can ning clubs. In these 1107 boys and girls began work last spring and 853 reported completion of their projects. Prizes won by them at county and state fair, the Pacific International Livestock show and the mid-winter poultry and egg show amounted to $350. Portland has three state prize win ners, who will be given a two weeks' course at O. A. C. next June as awards. These children are Elizabeth Watson of Sunnyside, who had the best garden; Ruth and Dorothy Me lendy, who won in the two milk goat project divisions. Douglas Riggs of Fulton Park school won a trip to the state fair on his canning record. He is but 12 years old, yet put up 131 quarts of fruit and vegetables. This year's projects will Include canning, gardens, poultry, rabbits, milk goats, cooking and 4 sewing. Joseph Kellogg school has a home beautification project that 'is new. At Ockley Green i3 a cooking club composed entirely of boys. C. H. MEUSSDORFFER DIES Portland. Pioneer and ci-Mcmbct of Legislature Succumbs. C. H. Meussdorffer. a pioneer in Portland and ex-member of the legis lature, died late yesterday at the old family home, corner Kast Second and Glisan streets, after an illness of five months. He had attained the age of 77. Mr. Meussdorf fer came to San Fran cisco in 1856 almost direct from the province of Bavaria in Europe, where he was born. He came to Portland in 1866 and' had lived here ever since. In 1891, during his term in the state house of representatives, he presented the bill which gave Portland free bridges. Two daughters, the Misses Carrie A., and Marietta, have lived with their father. C. H. Meussdorffer Jr., the only son, resides next door. The funeral services have not been ar ranged. WAR ORPHANS TO BENEFIT Wool Growers atid Cattlemen to Send Four to College. "WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.) The Washington State Wool Growers' association today de cided to pay for the education of two French war orphans at Washington State college, but will insist that the girls attend the state convention in Spokane next year dressed in wool dresses made from Washington wool. The cattlemen present at the con vention decided not. to be outdone and sent a telegram to President Holland of the state college asking him to negotiate with the British govern ment for two Scottish lassies to be educated at Washington State col lege at the expense of the shorthorn association. DOCTORS STUDY SLEEPER Well-Known Easterner Reported Victim of Strange Sickness. PLAINS FIELD, X. J Jan. 24. Bond Thomas, brother-in-law of Dr. Simon Flexner, head of the Rockefeller in stitute, is a victim of sleeping, sick ness and has been asleep for two weeks at his home here, it was learned today. - . Dr. Flexner and Professor Thomas of the medical department of Johns Hopkins university, brother of the patient, have brought other physicians here to study the case, declared by a specialist to be the most pro nounced attack in this country. AURORA BANK ELECTS A'll Officials Itetained in Ofricc; Growth. In Surplus Shown. AURORA, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) The directors and officials of the Au rora wiate uanK all nave been re elected. The officers re: Dr. B. F. Giesy, president: J. H. Miley, vice- president; Zeno Schwab, cashier, and Miss Ida Jones, assistant cashier. The bank made a record during 1919. increasing its surplus 10 per cent. The deposits have passed the $300, 000 mark and total resources ap proach $500,000. Man Arrested as Vagrant. Louis Frederick, who said he was a fruit grower, was arrested at Second and Burnside streets yester day afternoon by Patrolman H. H. Harms on a charge of vagrancy. The officer declared that Frederick -had been hanging around the North end for some time with no visible means of support. He also declares that an acquaintance had charged Frederick with the theft of a suit of clothes. Read Th nr"n-.l-Ti cl"ifl" nd. INITIATIVE AS CURB Oil RuAD PLAN URGED Bridling of Fish and Game Commission Also Sought. S0L0NS LAUNCH MOVE If Highways Are Lacking:, Hunters , Would. Be' Unable to Reach. Game, Is Theory Advanced. "Without any blare of trumpets, sev eral members of the legislature held' a star chamber in Portland Wednes day night to devise ways and means of using the initiative as a club on the road programme of the state and on the game situation. The senators and representatives present were drawn from the group which harped continually on patented paving and the state fish and game commission. It was agreed, when the meeting adjourned, that there should be no publicity given out until the plan was settled and arrangements made to carry it out. From remarks dropped by legisla tors in attendance, it is the intention to invoke the initiative in the Novem ber general election and ask the voters to enact statutes which will be aimed directly at the state highway commission. There is no wish, it is explained, to change the personnel of the commission' nor especially to criticise that body, but the desire is to direct the state highway commission as to what it shall and shall not do along certain lines of highway de velopment and improvement, with particular and specific reference- to patented pavements. Fight Aimed at noynlty. A measure' somewhat similar to that Introduced in the- house by W. G. Hare is to be one of the initiated measures, according to the tentative plan. This has to do with the payment of royalty on patented pavement. The measure may serve simply as the foundation for an amplified measure, or may be used separately. Around the patented pavement, however, the initiative campaign of the group of legislators Is to center. As the rumor goes, an attempt will be made to bring into one camp the disgruntled sportsmen and the legis lators who have been making political medicine over pavement. This will be a coalition not difficult to attain, since the group of legislators interested in the scheme fought the game commis sion with the same fervor they in voked when discussing pavement matters. Support is said to be promised the legislative group if they will fight the proposed amendment to the con stitution which will increase the state's indebtedness for road purposes from 2 to 4 per cent. The amendment was passed by the legislature at the special session to be referred to the people at the special election to be held May 21. Defeat of the measure will curtail the road building pro gramme of the state by preventing the securing of additional finances. - Commission Is Opponed The disgruntled sportsmen are said to be willing to co-operate in the campaign against the road programme in return for help in their fight aginst the newly-created state fish and game commission. It is the consensus of opinion of sportsmen that good roads are essential to hunting and fishing, as the automobile makes remote places accessible. As one representative in the legislature expressed it: "If there are fewer good roads,' there will be fewer sportsmen going out in automobiles and with a de creased number of sportsmen afield. the wild life of the state will in crease." In short, the voters of Oregon may receive an opportunity to say whether they want more game for sportsmen or more good roads. While a dissatisfied faction of sportsmen in Portland are strafing the fish and game commision. there is a movement a-foot in several coun ties in the state where fish and game abound which may add new complica tions. In these counties, well-stocked for rod and gun, there Is a growing sentiment that each county should handle its game business instead of permitting a state commission to di rect the work. Bill May Be RrcrlTrd. A bill with that purpose in view was introduced by Senator W. A. Wood of Washington county, several years ago. Under the, provisions of this bill, which may be revived, a county will demand a license of every hunter and angler following sport within its boundaries, and under this plan a Portland sportsman who wanted to hunt or fish in Washing ton, Tillamook, Klamath, Lane, Coos or other county would have to pay the license in every county visited. There are counties which would col lect $30,000 or $40,000 a year by this arrangement. It is not impossible that a bill of this nature will be in itiated for the November election if the dissatisfied faction in Portland submits its proposed measure. HAWAII SENDS EGG ORDER Corvallis Man's leaving; Strain Is Wanted in Islands. CORVALLIS. Or., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Sam Hartsock, a local drug gist, pot an order today from a man in liawaii wanting to buy eggs from some hens of his that took the blue ribbon as 300 egg producers at the Benton county corn show. Hartsock raises chickens 'in the back yard of his small city lot, mostly for his own amusement, though he has also found the amusement profit able by cultivating a laying strain. Dr. Parrish Is Fearsome Scrapper, He Says. Health Officer -Telia How He Thrashed Individual Who Wan Taking Shelves From II in Iluild Ing. D R. GEORGK PARRISH, city health fight. Friday and demonstrated that by adhering, to his own hygienic rules he had kept himself in good physical condition. The result was that after a few punches had been exchanged the doctor's antagonist fled from the field of battle. The quarrel resulted from a report to Dr. Parrish -that someone was wrecking the interior of a building which the doctor owns at Broadway and Glisan street. Dr. Parrish has tened to the- scene and found a man tearing the shelves from the walls, with the result, it Is said, that the plaster and the walls themselves were damaged. Dr. Parrish said the wrecker told him that he had purchased the fix 'iiree from the lef"o. to which the physician retorted that the shelves were part of the building and not the property of the lessee. The doctor said he suggested that the wrecking be delayed until the 'courts could es tablish the legal status of the respec tive claims. He alleged that the wrecker refused all offers of compro mise. After considerable argument Dr. Parrish "peeled" his coat and struck the wrecker. The man struck back and they stood up to each other right manfully for a few moments. Dr. Parrish was comparatively fresh and bore no marks of the fray, while, it is said, his antagonist was bleeding freely. Finally the wrecker fled. Dr. Parrish announced last night that he Intended to file suit for dam ages to his building. He does not know the name of the antagonist, but believes he- was connected with the firm, of Hochfeld Bros., 43 First street. SMITH SOUNDS WARNING INTERNATIONAL LABOR CON GRESS IS-HELD MENACE. Mr. Gompers Defeated Every Time European Interests Clashed 'With America's, He Declares. Addressing the Roosevelt Republic an club luncheon yesterday, Bugene E. Smith pointed out the dangers to America In the labor programme of the league of nations. The Interna tional labor congress, he contended, will not bring industrial peace nor na tional unity In America. Samuel Gompers. who has favored the programme, has entire confidence in his own abilities, said Mr. Smith, and Mr. Gompers probably thinks that with his American delegates he can Americanize the others. At every is sue where the European labor in terests clashed with the labor Inter ests 5f America, Mr. Gompers was de feated, stated the speaker. Mr. Smith declared that the inter national socialists, while pretending to fight the league, are really very anxious for its adoption as they look forward to the time when they will be- able to block, by minority vote, whatever progressive labor legisla tion is advocated by conservatives. "It Is not realized"," said Smith, "that the trade union movements in Europe are largely directed by so cialists. Neither is it generally known by Americans that the trend of the International Labor council would be toward bolshevism. While the council now has no legal rights to create in ternational law, nevertheless it soon will have power to issue industrial edicts and the European ideas and not those of American workingmcn will predominate. "Moreover the power to govern in dustry can work more havoc by far than any other force and with such a power the international . council would Europeanize American labor and American industry and could throw us into a condition of chaos." DEATH MAKES flO CHANGE A. RUPERT COMPANY TO COX TINUE FATHER'S POLICY. Educational Work Will Be Carried On and Plants Will Be Enlarged and New Ones Built. The death of A. Rupert, president of A. Rupert company. Inc., the larg est canning concern in the northwest, will not cause any change in the company's plans for the expansion of its various plants in Oregon and Washington . nor will there be any change in the policy of encouraging the development of the fruit industry in districts served by the canneries owned by the million-dollar corpora tion. This was made plain in a statement issued yesterday by .Miss D. C. Minor, secretary ot the ltupert company. "Although the death of Mr. Rupert leaves a vacancy that cannot be filled," said Secretary Minor, "the plans and policies laid down by him will be strictly followed. "The company was purposely or ganized by him with the object of making it independent of any Indi vidual, including himself, and his in structions were to follow the general policy he laid down. This means that growers in territories served by the Rupert canneries will always find that our facilities will be increased as acreage increases, so we can han dle their maximum production. "The plants will continue to be edu cational centers for the instruction of growers as in the past, and we will maintain our field men to coun sel with growers and assist them in securing the best products possible." The Rupert company now has plants operating at Newberg, Springbrook, Gresham and Falls City. In addition, it is building a cannery at McMinn ville and has taken an option on an other large plant at North Puyallup. Wash. Their combined capacity is estimated at 625,000 cases of canned fruits for 1920. The company has dis tributing branches in San Francisco. Seattle, Chicago and ill London' and France. It is understood that plans for this year include the addition of several more branches, both in Amer ica and in Europe. MAYOR BAKER KEPT BUSY SECRETARY ABSENT ON AUDI. TORIIM BUSINESS. Much Delail Work Falls on City Executive, but Chauffeur Makes Tat-k Easier. "I fe?l very much like the captain ot a ship without a rudder," explained Mayor Baker yesterday, after he had gla-nced into the office of Hal M. White, his secretary and right-hand n-.an and noted hi3 absence. Mr. White was not "playing hookey,' however. Under the regulations, the mayor's secretary is charged with the duty of managing the public auditorium no easy task. At the present time the auditorium is the scene of much ac tivity, preparations Being made for the grand opera season next week. In addition to handling the innumerable details which come up daily in con nection with the auditorium. Mr. White has been forced to replace Tom R. Radcliffe. treasurer of the audi torium, who has been ilL This has forced Secretary-Manager White to handle the advance seat sale for the opera. As a result the mayor's secretary has been absent from the city hall for more than a week, leaving much cf the detail work on the shoulders of the busy chief executive. "If I should lose Chauffeur Reese." said the mayor, "I think I would al most havo to quit. With White and Reese on the Job my task Is compara tively ef-v but with either of them out C !. vr -'-T-'-iir GO T V Y T Christian Scientist Accused of Ignoring Law. JUDGE DEFERS DECISION Father or Boy Said to Have Had Disease Accused1 of Failure to Report to Authorities. A case which had involved some thing of a controversy in the Alameda j school district and which grew out of I the prevalence of a number of cases of smallpox among students of that school, was taken into the municipal court yesterila-y when H. P. Bush, 8S2 East Twenty-eighth street North, ap peared to answer the charge of hav ing failed to report a communicable disease to the health bureau. After presentation of the evidence Judge Rossman announced last night that he would give his decision in the case next Wednesday. Charges against Mr. Bush were brought by Dr. George Parrish. city health officer, who declared that he visited the Bush residence on Novem ber 23 and found Mr. Bush's little son Bobbie suffering from smallpox, the case being about two weeks ad vanced. Bush Christian Scientist. Efforts were made on the part of the defense to show that the Bush family was being assailed by the health bureau on account of their Christian Scientist tendencies, Mr. Bush being a Christian Science prac titioner. It was also declared that Dr. Parrish was planning to have Miss Christine Phelps, teacher of Bobby Bush in the Alameda school. In whose room nine cases. of smallpox are said to have developed, removed because she is a member of that church. These charges were denied by Dr. Parrish on the stand. He said that personally he was interested in the enforcement of the laws. He said that he intended to lay the evidence In the case Involving Miss Phelps before the school board, whether he won or lost the case against Mr. Bush. Some Testimony Ruled Out. The judge ruled out the testimony of various matrons, who wished to testify on behalf of the city that their children had caught the smallpox from Bobby Bush, the court holding that there was no way of proving the certainty of this charge. Testimony relative to the condition of Bobby Bush by students at the school and others, however, was presented. Mr. Bush, who said he suffered from the smallpox himself 30 years ago. denied ithat his son suffered from the disease. Witnesses also were intro duced who declared that the boy did not have the appearance of suffering from smallpox. The hearing of the case, which oc cupied the greater part of the day In the municipal court, attracted much attention and was attended by many residents from the Alameda district. ONE-WAY PLAN DPPDSED TRAFFIC CHANGE ON TWO STREETS HELD IMPOSSIBLE. Proposed Rout in? of Cars on Washington and Morrison Imprac ticable, Says Mr. Fuller. Operation of street cars on Wash ington and Morrison streets under a one-way traffic plan as proposed by Mayor Baker and other members of the city council is impracticable and mpossiblc. according to F. I. Fuller, vice president of the Portland Kail way, Light & Power company. L nless a new track system could be devised, giving the street railway the use of four tracks, the routing of cars on Washington and Morrison . street cannot be changed, according to Mr, Fuller. A change under present con ditions, he said, would necessitate the lliidlin of a capacity four-track busi ngs on two tracks. Officials of the street railway com pany are not opposed to the one-way traffic plan as at first proposed, be cause the original plan involved no expenditures by the company. How ever, should the council insist on in elusion of Washington and Morrison streets in the one-way plan onposi tion from the railway men is counted certain. The suggestion that Washington and Morrison streets be included in the general scheme was made by Mayor Laker as a compromise pro posal when it appeared that other members of the council would not vote for. the original plan. The new plan will be presented to the council for consideration next Friday. Simon Store League Has Social A pleasing entertainment was given at the clubroms of the Fast Side Business Men's club Wednesday even ing by the Simon's Welfare league. composed of officers and employes of the. Simon brothers store. Musical and reading selections, together with cards, dancing and refreshments, com bined to make the entertainment one of the best since , the organization of the league. . N. J. Haas Honored. SALEM, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) At an informal gathering of employes of the secretary of state's office here this afternoon. Nicholas J. Haas, for nearly 30 years connected with the de partment, was presented with a bas ket of flowers in honor of his 50th birthday anniversary. Mr. Haas ia the oldest employe of the state de partment in point of service. Dr. Lytle Calls Sleeting. SALEM, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian, to day called a meeting of the state live stock sanitary board to be held in Portland Monday. A number of im portant matters connected with the livestock industry are scheduled for consideration at the session, accord ing to Dr. Lytle. Cornell Professor to Lecture. Professor L. H. Bailey of Cornell university will lecture in the Lincoln high auditorium February 2 at 8 P. M., under the auspices of the Port land Floral society. The professor is one of the foremost horticultural authorities in the country and is author of a number of garden books. He ha also edited numerous textbook nrH -.-yelnpedia series on Agriculture. SMALLPOX Ifj CDUR illlllllllllllllin RE STAURANT FOR H The Bohemian Restaurant is enlarging and install- H . ing an entire new and modern equipment, there- f fore offers for sale a large amount suitable for first-class restaurants. Mere Is the List: p Ice Machine, Bake Ovens, Electric Dish- H washing- Machine, Refrigerators, Import- 1 ed Dining-Room Chairs, etc., etc. i " Everything" we offer for sale was installed new May 1, 1917, and all in first-class condition. For 1 THE BOHEMIAN RESTAURAN illilllllM MEDAL AWARDS PLANNED ADJUTANT - GENERAL STAFRIX FRAMES TENTATIVE RULES. Oregon Decoration for Each Hon orably Discharged Person Who Knlerde Service From State. SALEM. Or., Jan. 21. (Special.) Adjutant-General Stafrin has ad dressed a letter to all members ot the special commission named by the governor to purchase and award med als to Oregon service men under an appropriation of the 1919 legislature, setting out tentative rules as to who shall be entitled to the medals. It is expected that the so-called medal com mission will meet early next week, when the adjutant-general's sugges tions will be given consideration. The adjutant-general's letter to the members of the commission follows: 'Your attention is invited to so much of chapter 3S2, general laws oi Oregon, 1919, which reads as follows: A medal to be presented .o Ore gon s soldiers, sailors. manm-B arm other persons entering the military and naval service of the United States since the commencement of the United States' participation in the world war, anH honorably discharged therefrom. and to arrange for the distribution ot such medals among the persons enti tled thereto.' (a) It is clear at a glance that an officers and enlisted men of the va rious units of the national guard ot the state of Oregon who were duly mustered or drafted into the federal service of the United Slates for par ticipation in the world war would be entitled to this medal. "(b) All men who were drafted or Inducted into the military service of the United States through any board in any county ot the state of Oregon, provided that they were not rejected at the camp to which they were sent, would be entitled to this medal; pro vided further, that they were resi dents and bona fide inhabitants of the state of Oregon at the time of induc tion into service. All sailors and ma rines who enlisted in the naval forces or the marine corps of the United States between April 6, 1917. and No vember 11. 1918. provided at the date of such enlistment they were resi dents and bona fide inhabitants of the state of Oregon, would be entitled to this medal. "(c) The question of being a resi dent where the man is not generally known can be established by affida vits of any prominent citizens of their rnmmnnitv who are known to the commander or any of the officials of the American Legion. The question of residence at the time they entered the service may also be established from any county records in the state ot Oregon. "(d) Any soldier, sailor or marine who has been dishonorably discharged will not be entitled to this medal. "le) Any soldier, sailor or marine who died In the military or naval service of the United States and who entered same under conditions above outlined would be entitled to a medal issued posthumously in me lununint order: The widow of such oeceasea soldier, or, if no widow, the children, if neither widow nor children, then father; if no father, then mother. In other words, we are following the laws of the state of Oregon on distri bution of personal property. "(f) These medals will also issue to any person .who was enlisted or commissioned In the army nurses' corps, yeomanettes duly enlisted in the United States navy, and veterina rics duly commissioned in the United States army, provided always that they were residents at the time they entered the military or naval service. "(g) Each soldier's discharge will be Indorsed or stamped. 'Oregon bronze medal,' Issued, blank date and initialed by the person issuing same; this for the purpose of avoiding dupli cation." SMELT RUNJS STARTED Entry of Fish Into Lower Columbia Reported. Smelt, the long-expected .spring table delicacy from the fish markets, have definitely begun to come into the lower Columbia and dealers said yesterday present indications are that the season's run is on for good. A few week n go ..-melt were hipned in. W TP Alb IS Terms Cash further particulars apply to but the catch was a false alarm and lasted little more than a day. Until the run begins in the Cowlitz river the price will not take a decided drop, as thoy can be caught in the Columbia only with gill nets, where as the dip net is much more effective. Smelt are selling wholesale at from 15 to 18 cents, according to their con dition, and will retail around 25 cents. Shipments have been received from four or five points on the Columbia and will probably be sent in from the Cowlitz within another week. Smelt are being more closely watched for than ever this year, as they generally retail so cheaply that dealers say they have the effort of bringing down the price of other fish, meat and eggs. WIFE GIVES LDVE MI' SI 'CTIOXS SHOWN TOWARD lATTLi: MAN. IS PLAINT. Swearing and (Quarreling Between Deaf -Mutes Make Life Unhap py, Charges Another. Mis. Genevieve Chamberlain in scribed "Your Loving Wife" on a photograph which she presented to one Andy Grimstead. complains Frank 1a. Chamberlain in a suit for divorce filed in the circuit court yesterday. In addition to the picture, letters dis playing a wealth of affectionate terms were sent that gentleman in Seattle by Mrs. Chamberlain, asserts her husband. When Chamberlain paid his wife's expenses for a trip to Seaside last June, that she might have- a holiday by the sad, sea waves, she .spent the vacation in Seattle, unknown to him at the time, he says. In the alleged affinity entanglement. Chamberlain avers that even Irlmslia w's father-in-law came to Portland in an effort to stop the correspondence between Grimsliaw and Mrs. Chamberlain, without avail. Continuous swearing and quarrel ing between William llath. deaf mute, his mother and sitter, made the life of Birdeen Kath very unpleasant, she as serts in her divorce action. lie also says her mother is mean and stingy, making numerous unkind remarks in the si'-rn language, declares Mrs Kath. who also is a deaf mute. They were married in Vancouver latt Novemher. Other divorce actions filed yester day were: Joseph against Mary Began; George against Alice Parsons; Marie against George Gottschalk; Marie against F. Oscar Berglund: August J. against Rosa Lucier, and Kuth G. aorainst .1. F. Patterson. PROWLER CAUSES FEAR Siek Patrolman Calls Department to Guard His Home. A policeman calling for police pro tection, suspecting that a prowler was about his house for purposes of wreak ing vengeance upon him for some grievance, was one of the peculiar requests received at headquarters last night. Policeman A. L. Gustafson. one of the old members of the force, living at 5U1 East Fifty-seventh street North, who is ill and himself unable to balk any attempt that might be made upon him. caused a call to be sent in to headquarters. His request was imme diately granted. BURNED' WOMAN IMPROVED Mrs. Peter A. Kikes Is Still at Portia ml Sanitarium. Mrs. Peter A. Kikes. 731 Union avenue- North, who was severely burned at her home Friday morning when her night gown caught fire from an open-flame gas heater, was reported to be slightly improved at the Port land sanitarium last night. 'Mrs. Kikes was so badly burned that her recovery was considered a matter of doubt by attending physi- I cians. A large portion of her back and shoulders was severely burned and her hair was burned from her head. Legion Meeting Is Postponed. The meeting of the Portland Amer ican legion post regularly scheduled for tomorrow night will not be held, the session having been postponed one week because of Inability to ohtain a r"--. i .it the !i--ri' ,:' rnry. Aft'-; FIXTURES of fixtures this week it is expected that the legion meetings can be held regular ly at the library each Monday nia-ht. HE STOOPED OVER WHEN HE WALKED MePherson Is Relieved of Rheu matism and Gains Ten Pounds Taking Tanlac. "I have not only gained ten pounds in weight since I began taking Tan lac but it has done me so much good it would be almost impossible for me to say too much for it." said J. Mi F'herson. a carpenter working for the Hanlan shipyards. Oakland. Cal.. re cently. Continuing, he said: "For the past year I have suffered something awful from lumbago and rheumatism in the small of mv back. 1 could hardly straighten up when I stooped over. I could barely get about at all. and when 1 ii,l I would have to walk in a stoopci position. It was with the greatest eflnrt I could do my work. Hs I just had to drag myself around. My appetite was very poor and what little I did manage to force down did not seem to do me a parti cle of good, and I became so weak and badly run down 1 thought I would just have to give up altogether. I was in such misery I could get but little sleep, and in the morning I would be so stiff and my back hurt me sn it was all I could do to get out of bed. "I had read so much about the good Tanlac was doing others I decided it might help me also, and it proved to be the very medicine I needed, for I began to Improve right away after I started taking it ami. while have only taken five bottles In all. 1 am completely over all my troubles. The lumbago and rheumatism have gone out of my back and. althouch I am sixty-one years old, I can get about as spry as a young man and am able to do my work, with the greatest ease. My appetite has improved, as I can eat three hearty meals a day and en joy them, and I sleep so soundly I never wake up once during the night, and always get tin feeling greatly re freshed. I think Tanlac is the greatest medicine in the world and I am al ways telling my friends about it, and am glad of the opportunity of saying a good word for it in this way." Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Store. Adv. CONSTIPATION DR. CALDWELL'S Syrup Pepsin is a combination of simple laxative berbs with pepsin that quickly relieves the congestion of undigested food and poisonous waste matter, and re stores the normal regularity of natural action. It does not gripe or cramp and is as safe and pleas ant for children as it is effective on even the strongest constitution. Dr. Caldwell's Svrup Pepsin is the indispensable family remedy in thousands of homes and is sold in drug 6tores everywhere. 7n spite of the fact that Dr. Cold well's Syrup Fcpsin is the largest selling liquid laxatiw in the world, there being over 6 million bottles sold each year, many vho need its benefits hat not yet used it. If you. have not, send your name and address for a free trial bottle to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 51 1 Washington St, Monticello, Illinois. DR. CALDWF. LLT. SYRUP PEPSSW THE PEPFECT LAXATIVE st l2;