THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21, 1020
FTWO
LIKELY
PORTLAND GOOD ROADS ADVOCATE WHO ACCEPTS APPOINT
MENT TO STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
LICENSES MAY BE
INCREASED BY CITY
Your
OVERCOAT
for
Thanksgiving
Your
SUIT
for ;
Thanksgiving
Mayor Is Not Expected to
Discharge Accused Men.
Higher Scale Is Proposed to
Meet Budget Shortages.
ELLIS MAY BE REBUKED
DRINKS MAY BE AFFECTED
Good Record of Patrolmen Is to
Be Taken Into Consideration
but Police Will Be Warned.
Commissioner Pier Considers Way
to Get More Money Through
Greater Permit Charges.
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A suspension for at least 30 days
probably will . be the punishment
meted out to George W. Russell and
Frank W. Huntington, patrolmen, as
& result of giving 12 quarts of whisky
to Jim Marshal, known bootlegger and
stool pigeon. It is not probable that
either of the two officers will be dis
charged, primarily because of the ex
cellent record which the officers have
attained in police work.
Mayor Baker yesterday said that he
had rtot yet come to a decision. He
said that he did not like to discharge
the two officers, although he did in
tend to take such action -as would
break up the practice of dividing
"spoils" with stool pigeons.
Police Held Too Zealous.
"I feel that Patrolman Huntington
and Russell were overzealous in their
efforts to apprehend bootleggers,"
said Mayor Baker. "They were try
ing to make a record for themselves
and the department. Because of the
conscientious work that has been
performed by Huntington and Russell
I do not feel like discharging them
because of this offense.
"Police officers are made by bitter
experience. If we were to discharge
every officer because of error of
judgment we would be doing nothing
but training new men. I do not feel
that we could easily replace Hunt
ington and Russell, because they are
exceptional officers.
"Their record for the year from
September 1, 1919, to September 1,
1920, shows that they made 317 ar
rests of liquor law violators. In
making these arrests that were in
strumental in bringing to the city
and the government a ttal of $14,164.
They seised seven autoniwoiles, 1419
quarts of whisky, 10,196 gallons of
wine, 1000 quarts of beer a --.a confis
cated 41 complete stills and ten parts
of stills. For three months alone the
police records show that these two
officers seized 1923 gallons of mash.
Department to Be Warned.
"Discharge of two men of this type.
even though they did show an error
of judgment, in my mind, would be
a tremendous victory for the boot
leggers. "However, I am opposed to the
practice of dividing: the spoils with
stool pigeons or protecting the in
formers in any way. I have not de
cided what 1 will do in the case of
Huntington and Russell, but If 1 de
cide not to discharge them, I will
do so with a flat ultimatum to the
entire police department that any
violation of the order that deals must
not be entered into between police
officers and stool pigeons will re
suit In summary dismissal.
"It has come to my attention that
officers have been In the habit of
carrying drugs in their pockets to
give to addicts for information. This
is a reprehensible practice and must
stop. ,
Deal IVor t Be Tolerated.
Mayor Baker held a conference with
Chief of Police Jenkins yesterday, at
which time he issued orders that no
further deals of any kind between
officers of the police department and
stool pigeons would be tolerated.
Mayor Baker admitted that the use
of stool pigeons by the police was,
perhaps, a necessary evil, but that
division of spoils as a manner of re
ward was a vicious practice which
cannot continue.
In connection with the Huntlngton-
itusseu case it seems almost certain
that Sergeant Bills, in charge of the
moral squad, will come in for a se
vere reprimand from the mayor.
Sergeant Ellis works directly under
the mayor, and, although testimony
oi tne two officers under fire ezon
erated him from any knowledge of
the plans under which the officers
were working, testimony of Austin
Flegel, deputy United States attor
ney, showed plainly that Sergeant
Ellis knew of the theft of liquor by
Marshal the night following the loss
of the liquor.
Mayor Baker, however, was not in
formed of the incident until it had
been reported to Chief of Police Jen
kins more than three weeks later.
Franklin T. Griffith, whose name
was mentioned In. the hearing Friday,
when asked about any dealings with
Marshal, said that he had not the re
motest acquaintance with him.
3 INDICTED AS FORGERS
True- Bill Charges II. A. Walters
With Policeman's Death.
Three indictments for forgery were
returned yesterday by the grand jury,
which brought in eight true bills al
together. George Dwyer is charged
with uttering and publishing a forged
check for (70 and with writing one
for 125. Clarence Waldrep is alleged
to have written a check for 120.
Two indictments were against
Busted A. Walters, alleged slayer of
Patrolman Jerome Palmer, and two
charged Percy Losey with statutory
offenses.
Charles Simmons was indicted for
violation of the blue sky law and
pleaded guilty to technical irregulari
ties in selling oil stock. Upon recom
mendation of the state corporation
commissioner he was fined l!a by
Presiding Judge TazwelL
City II all Work Near Finish.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Nov. 20 (Spe-
e'al.) Plasterers are completing their
work, and lighting fixtures are being
Installed in Hood River's new 3S.OO0
city hall, built by Baldwin & Swope,
local contractors. City Water Super
intendent Price has been In Portland
this week purchasing furniture for
the new structure, which in addition
to providing council chambers will
house the city Jail, a comfort station
for visiting motorists and a home for
the volunteer fire department. -By
the time the quarters for the fire
men are ready the members of the
department expect to celebrate by
receiving a new 15,000 motor-driven
firs engine, ordered several months
ago.
Aged Woman Gets Divorce.
Susan Engle, aged 79, yesterday ob
tained a divorce from C W. Engle,
a sea is. wnen Jr'resiaing judge Tax
well heard the plaintiffs story
through her attorneys. She was un
able to appear in the court room and
her testimony was taken at home.
Trouble between the couple, which
eventually resulted in Mrs. Engle
leaving her husband, began when she
declined to sell a farm left her by
her first husband.
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JOHN B.
YEON ACCEPTS ROAD JOB
EX-ROAD MASTER YIELDS TO
GOVERNOR'S REQCEST.
Successor to Mr. Benson
Is Well
Known for Devotion to
Good
Roads; Former Service Cited.
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are coming up next summer and it
is important that the money be used
to the best advantage of Oregon. Mv
ambition has always been to keer
the roads out of politics and to get
one dollar's worth of road for one
dollar paid in taxes."
Mr. Yeon was appointed roadmaster
of Multnomah county In 1913, when
the building of the Columbia river
highway was contemplated. He
served without salary and1 paid his
own expenses for four years. During
the war he served as a dollar-a-year
man in getting out spruce for air
planes and was offered a commission
as major but refused it.
Devotion Well Known.
Mr. Benson, the retirin. commis
sioner, and Mr. Yeon have been close
ly associated in the road develop
ment of Oregon and when he con
templated leaving the commission Mr.
Benson went to Mr. Yeon and urged
him to be his successor, a proposal
which Mr. Yeon refused to entertain.
As the builder of the Columbia river
highway Mr. Yeon gained a national
reputation as a road man and he
fairly lived on the highway from the
time the grading started until the
highway was completed to the last
guard fence.
When the highway commission met
November 6 no date was decided on
for the next meeting, but in view of
Mr. Yeon's appointment. Commission
ers Booth and Kiddle probably will
meet for a conference with Mr. Yeon
within a short time.
GOVERXOR OLCOTT PLEASED
Telegram Announcing BIr. Yeon's
Acceptance Received.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 20. (Special.)
Governor Olcott tonight received a
telegram from John B. Yeon of Port
land announcing that the latter had
accepted the office of state highway
commissioner to succeed S. Benson.
Mr. Benson resigned from the com
mission Thursday. In his letter of
resignation Mr. Benson asked to be
relieved of his duties immediately,
and a commission will be mailed to
Mr. Yeon Monday.
Mr. Yeon was prominent In the con
struction of the Columbia River high
way and is well versed in road mat
ters. He was offered a seat on the
commission at the time Mr. Benson
resigned, but refused o accept it be
cause of personal business matters
needing his attention. Later Eric V.
Hauser was tendered the position, but
he was unable to accept the offer be
cause of his plans to be absent from
the state during the most of next
year. ..
Governor Olcott then offered Mr.
Yeon the appointment for the second
time and urged him to accept the of
fice In order that the good roads cam
paign now in progress in Oregon
might be carried on without Inter
ruption. Governor Olcott was elated tonight
when he received the telegram that
Mr. Yeon had decided to accept the
office and would qualify as soon as
his commission is prepared by the ex
ecutive department.
TEAL CALLED TO CAPITAL
Shipping Board Members to Meet
in Washington December 1.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. Joseph
N. Teal of Portland, Or., and Chester
Rowell of Fresno. Cal- newly-appointed
members of the United States
shipping board, are to confer here
Monday with shipping -board officials.
They will go to Los Angeles Tues
day for a similar conference.
Joseph N. Teal left Portland yester
day for Washington, D. C, by way of
San Francisco and Los Angeles. He
will stop over in those cities for the
purpose of studying at first hand the
WHITE WHITE WHITE
Sixteen-valve touring?; shock
absorbers and everything;. Best
buy in Oregon for a man that
appreciates a real car at a
reasonable price.
100 NORTH BROADWAY
Phone Broadway 4184
YEOJT.
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needs of those ports before proceeding
to the national capital. Admiral Ben
son. chairman of the board, has called
a meeting for organization Decem
ber 1.
AUTO HITS PEDESTRIAN
Father of Football Star Suffers
Broken Leg in Accident.
- THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 20. (Spe
clal.) Confused by two rapidly ap
proaching automobiles, H. P. Steers.
father of Bill Steers, football star
was knocked to the pavement and
seriously injured Thursday night. The
automobile was driven- by J. L. Brace
of this city, who took the injured
man to the hospital. Brace is said to
have been watching the approach of
another car. which, coupled with rain
on the windshield, caused him to
overlook Mr. Steers as he started to
cross the street.
Mr. Steers was found to be suffer
ing with a broken leg and severe
bruises. - His condition is considered
serious, due to the fact that he is 79
years old.
CREW AT. WORK ON SLIDE
Debris on Terwilliger Boulevard to
Be Cleared Away Quickly.
Early yesterday a crew of men was
dispatched to Terwilliger boulevard
to clear the debris resulting from the
Friday night slide whlch caused
blockade on the roadway.
The work of clearing was being
performed under the direction of As
sistant Park 5uperntendent Wiegand,
who said that he expected to have the
work completed before this morning.
This slide is the first serious one on
Terwilliger boulevard this year.
Hood Potatoes 100 Per Cent.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) Uppffr Valley potatoes, which
have won a widespread fame in Cali
lornia as a seed product, nave again
scored. W. O. Benthin, pastor of the
Upper Valley TJnion church and leader
of the Parkdale Potato club, was
notified by H. C. Seymour, of the
Oregon Agricultural college, that the
exhibit from the district had scored
100 per cent.
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WOMEN'S DRESS SHOES
v $13.85
Every French heel lace and button shoe '
in the house included ; nothing reserved. . ..
BEST STYLES AND MAKES
LAIRD - SCHOBER & CO WRIGHT AND PETERS GEO. W. BAKER
SHOE CO. SMALTZ-GOODWIN CO.
This Season's Best Styles
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KNIGHT SHOE CO.
EE Morrison, Near Broadway
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A 'general increase in all classes of
licenses issued by the city is con
templated by S. C. Pier, commissioner
of finance, who yesterday announced
Intention of conducting a survey lead
ing to a new schedule of license
charges.
In reviewing reports from other
coast cities it develops, according to
Commissioner Pier, that Portland can
make fairly substantial Increases In
all license charges, and yet charge
the lowest fees of any city on the
Pacific coast.
"It is not my Idea to prepare
charges which in anyway will be
come a burden upon the various
lines of business in Portland," ex
plained - Commissioner Pier. "How
ever. I am firmly of the opinion that
the present charges have been made
by the city counoll simply as- the
means of having legislative power
over certain establishments.
. Soft Drink License Small.
Take the soft drink establishments.
The fee charged to them is Insignifi
cant and records ihow that the charge
was placed at the minimum so that
the council would have the privilege
of issuing a license which might be
revoked for cause. Such a plan la
proper, of course, but such Institu
tions should be willing to pay a
higher license fee to help in the sup
port of the city. No soft drink es
tablishment In Portland, worthy of
consideration, would be hurt by
charge of, say $1 a month.
"However, in this connection, it
would not be my idea to charge an
excessive price which would give the
owners of such establishment the
least thought or excuse for dealing
in the sale of liquor or intoxieatlng
drinks." -
- City Health Officer Parrish . stands
in favor of a new scale of license
charges for restaurants to cover the
cost of inspecting the various eat
ing houses and also allowing a eur
plus to enter the general fund for
use in the various city activities.
Graduated Scale Proposed.
Such a charge. Dr. Parrish believes
should be on a graduated scale, ac
cording to the size of the establish
ment. The city health officer points
to Los Angeles, where a large part
of revenue used by the municipality
is derived from license fees from
restaurants, cafeterias and soft drink
establishments. At present the res
taurants in Portland, regardless of
sise, are charged 6 a year for
license and inspection.
some license fees to come under
the investigation to be made by Com
missioner Pier and Joe Hutchinson
chief license inspector, would Include
junk dealers, second-hand men, fruit
and vegetable peddlers.
Before steps are taken to place
any increase of prices Into effect it
would be necessary for the city coun
cil to approve the scale. Should the
new scale appear to be fair, it is not
believed that the council will hesi
tate to make the change, if for no
other reason than to bring additional
revenue into the city coffers. For at
no time, it is said, has the cits faced
as many problems and necessary ac
tivities with as little money as has
been provided In the 1921 budget of
expenditures.
List of Importers Obtained.
Frank Ira White, manager of the
foreign trade department of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, has re
ceived from Swayne & Hoyt, San
Francisco, Pacific Coast agents for
the Pacific-Argentine-Brasil steam
ship line, a complete list of Argentine
houses interested In import business.
The list is available at Mr. White's
office.
And, the cream of
the clothing world
at
$45.00
$50.00
$55.00
HI
BRIDGE PUN SUBMITTED
PUBLIC HEARING CALLED TO
DISCCSS STRUCTURE.
Estimated' Cost of Building River
Span at Cascade Locks
Over Half Million.
Plans for a bridge across the Co
lumbia river in the vicinity of Cas
cade Locks have been submitted to
the United States engineer's office
here, and a public hearing relative
to the proposed bridge has been
called for December 6, at 10:30 A M,
at room 116, new postoffice building,
according to an announcement sent
out by Colonel J. B. Cavanaugh, dis
trict engineer, yesterday.
The plans have been submitted by
the Interstate Construction corpora
tion, which was given authority by i
act of congress, approved February !
3 of this year, to construct, maintain-)
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lumbia at a point not over two miles
westerly from Cascade Locks..
When the company received the
authority to build the bridge a pro
vision of the act required that any
plans must be first approved by the
chief of army engineers and the sec
retary of war, In order that the
bridge will not interfere with the
interests of navigation of the river,
and it Is in conformity with that
provision that the plans have been
Branch 322 Washington St. '
Buy. your Thanksgiving suit or overcoat at these lout prices. I have already advised
my customers not to wait too lofts:, as prices were likely to advance later. Now Mr.
Simpson of Marshall Field & Co., largest dry goods wholesalers and retailers in the
world, says the world has witnessed during the last 60 days a very disorderly col
lapse in values. Orders have hot been placed to replace goods sold at a sacrifice,
which will mean a scarcity of goods ifi the spring at advanced prices. I say again,
buy at these ' prices.
Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats
$25, $30,
r-
submitted and the hearing has been
called.
The Interstate Construction cor.
poration, according to it. R. Clark.
Portland engineer who has charge of
drawing up plans of -the proposed
bridge, is headed by A L. Miller, an
attorney of Vancouver, Wash. C. S.
Allen, a business man of Vancouver,
is also prominently identified with
It. Little Is known of th company
here, but Engineer Clark expressed
the belief last night that if the plans
are approved by the federal ' engi
neers steps toward actual construc
tion will at once be taken.
The bridge would connect -the Co
lumbia river highway and the North
Bank highway, and being a private
enterprise would, of course, be a toll
structure. Plans which have been
prepared, Clark stated, call for a
bridge of one large span across the
main body of the river, with smaller
spans for approaches. The cost la
estimated at between half and three
quarters of a million dollars.
Following the hear'ng at the new
THREE ESSENTIALS
in building up a business are
Good Merchandise, Right Prices
and Good Service
We try to combine the three and think we are doing it, as we are waiting
on from 3500 to 5000 customers in our three stores each and every day.
At this time of the year comes the need for Rubber Goods and we have
. laid in complete lines of ' -
Wearever and Davol Rubber Goods
With a Two Years' Guarantee on Each Line
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RUBBER SHEETING
36-in., 45-in. and 54-in. widths
$1.50 to $3.50 yd.
NORTHERN PACIFIC PHARMACY IRVINGTON PHARMACY
3d and Morrison Sts. E. 15th St. and Broadway
" y PERKINS PHARMACY, 5th and Washington Sts.
$35, $
40
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PORTLAND'S ORIGINAL
UPSTAIRS CLOTHIER
Upstairs, Proadway atAlder
Cat-ty corner from the Pantages
postoffice building on Monday, De
cember 6, at which time all parties
Interested are Invited to be present
and faets and arguments both oral
and written may be submitted, the
engineers will take the plans under
advisement, it is expected, and after
a period of study will announce ap
proval or disapproval of the plans as
presented.
Michigan Edncator to Speak.
President M. L. Burton of the Uni
versity of Michigan has been obtained
by the Oregon State Teachers' associa
tion as one of the "speakers for the
annual convention, to be held In Port
land, December 29, 30 and 31.
Peeping Is Charged.
Harry Fox, Royal hotel, was ar
rested early yesterday by Motorcycle
Patrolman Wagy of the east side sta
tion and charged with disorderly con
duct. According to complaints made
by P. Bletch, 449 Kast Yamhill street.
KNUCKLEFIT
75 Pair
WHIRLING SPRAY SYRINGES
$1.50, $2.00 and $2.50
INVALID CUSHIONS
All sizes," $2 to $3.50
INFANTS' EAR, ULCER AND
NASAL SYRINGES
25, 50 and 75
KNICKERBOCKER BATH SPRAYS
Popularly priced from $2 to $7
Sfouf-Luons Druqd
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and Adolph Rigers. 472 East Yamhill
street. Fox was peeping in windows
about the neighborhood. The case
will be heard by Municipal Judge
Rossman next Frld-ay. Fox is at
liberty under S250 bail bond,
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Bakery Driver Arrested.
E. P. Horn, driver for a Vancouver
bakery, was placed under arreEt at
Vancouver early yesterday on a
charges of reckless driving. He is
alleged to have tried to run down
Patrolman Knislorn of the Portland
police force on Alberta street. Motor
cycle patrolmen were in the neighbor
hood investigating a robbery, on
Ainsworth avenue when Horn is al
leged to have made his attempt to
run over the patrolman.
-Lower prices on eyeglasses at Dr.
George Ruhenstein, the veteran op
tician. Broken lenses duplicated at
reasonable prices. 226 Morrison St.
Adv. '
HOT WATER
BOTTLES
from
$1.25 to $4.50
FOUNTAIN
SYRINGES
from
$1.50 to $5.00
COMBINATION
SYRINGES
from
$2.50 to $7.50
RUBBER GLOVES