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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND; JULY 2, 1923 CHEMICAL TRUST Norris, republican, Nebraska, for of 'Growdon versis Brennan,' H. 5979, in box G. 13," he asked Archie Buchtel, deputy county clerk. The deputy searched the files for a moment, then returned to the counter with a slip in his hand. "Sorry," he said, "but by order of the court the papers in this case were released to the custody of an attorney who has not yet returned them, though we have his receipt here for them. ' Tou will find them Wtth a houquet allits onto. concurring in the house amendment to the army bill delaying until Oe tiber 1 next beginning of new work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. Ala. In a brief speech he reminded the senate that its original proposal would have permitted 1000 or more E ET E men to have begun work today and its confirmation of the house action meant another year's delay of work on the project and- prevention of la borers in the south from obtaining employment. The senate's original proposal, Senator Norris " added, also would have saved "a couple or more mil lion dollars for the taAayers" as well as preventing the great. fer tilizer trust" from "hammering down for another year" the Ala bama farmers and continuing dur ing that time the "domination over downtrodden farmers of America." Harding Orders Alien Prop erties Returned. President Addresses Ses sion at Washington. in the law office of Frederick Mj 29th Annual Assembly At tracts Good Crowd. . Dempsey. The attorney's jaw dropped. Then he walked from the office. Eight blocks more he walked: then an other eight blocks half an hour later. . "Here are the papers-tear up that receipt," ha suggested,' hand ing over the file. "Next time I want them, please see that they are in their proper place." GRAFT CHARGE RECALLED SETTLEMENT IS URGED CLASSES ARE ORGANIZED 14 OPERATORS CHAUTAUQUA OPENS TOLD TO D1S00R6 MINERS ME GLADSTON W ilson Emissaries Under Fire In Congress Jn Regard to Trans fer During War. WASHINGTON. D. C, July 1. In structions were issued today by President Harding that a demand be made on the Chemical Founda tion, Inc., for immediate return to the government of all patents, trade marks, copyrights, contracts and other property transferred to it by alien property custodians of the Wilson administration. The instructions, contained in a letter written by Mr. Harding to Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, which was made public at the White House, were wholly unexpected, although the Chemical Foundation at numerous times has been under the fire of republican members of congress. In addition to the instructions that a demand be made for return of the 'assign ments made by the alien property custodian's office under the previous administration, the president ordered Mr. Miller to take any action ad vised or approved by the attorney general to respect fully the rights and interests of the United States government or any of its agencies in the properties turned over to the Chemical Foundation. Haste to Be rued. ' Supplementary to the president's letter a statement was made by Attorney-General Daugherty that the action taken by Mr. Harding was "justified by the records" of the de partment of justice, which he said had for many months been conduct ing an investigation "In the face of much interference." The attorney general added that the instructions as to return to the government of property taken over by the founda tion would be carried out "with all dispatch," Notable among the attacks on tne Chemical Foundation in congress, it was recalled today in connection with publication of the president's instructions, was that made by Re;-resentative- B'rear. republican. Wis consin, who a little less than a year ago stirred up a row with the charge that "the dye monopoly, headed by the Chemical Foundation company," had sought to influence three members of President Har ding's cabinet in an effort to per petuate "its present exclusive pow er" in this country through reten tion of the dye embargo. Seizure In Charged. Mr. Frear at that time further charged that "Francis P. Garvan and Joseph Choate Jr., while em ployed by the government in the alien property custodian's office in positions of control, conceived the idea of seizing alien patents then on file at the patent office and takir ; them over for themselves and their associates in a private capacity un der the name of the Chemical Foun dation company, at a "private sale' for $250,000, or about 2 per cent of their actual value." The Frear charges were denied by Mr. Garvan and his associates at the time, but their company several times since has come under con gressional fire, particularly during debate on the dyestuffs schedule of the tariff bilL It was attacked and also defended during the dye stuffs lobby investigation recently concluded. ELKS CMIl TANGLED DR. MORROW FILES ACTION FOR AN ACCOUNTING. George L. Hutchin Charged With Failing to Keep Agreement on Division of Profits. Management of the recent "car nival of peace, progress and pros perity," sponsored by the Portland lodge of Elks, may be aired in the circuit court as the result of a suit filed yesterday by Dr. J. W. Morrow, who advanced $5000 toward the af fair, against his promotion partner, George I Hutchin. Dr. Morrow de mands an accounting for all money taken . in. holding that at least $2308.54 is due him as his share of the profits from the enterprise. Dr. Morrow points out that last March he became associated with Mr. Hutchin with the idea of pro moting the carnival, and they agreed to share the profits equally. He advanced $5000 as a cash guar anty toward the success of the project and Mr. Hutchin contributed his time and experience, it "" is as serted. Under the arrangement with the lodge the Elks were to receive 60 per cent of the profits of the car nival and the promoters 40 per cent to aiviae Detween tnem. Dr. Morrow complains that Mr. Hutchin has refused him any ac counting and retains all profits from the joint venture for his own use. In a statement made by Mr. Hutchin to the lodge, on June 21, 139.132.37 -was collected for the car nival, with a total net profit of $11, 642.73, of which the lodge was en titled to $7126.64. Of the $4617.09 remaining. Dr. Morrow wants $2308.54 as his share. FAIR COMMISSIONER OUT President Releases Nebraska Man From Brazilian Board. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1 Members of the United States Bra zilian exposition commission were 'informed today by the "White House that President Harding had accepted the resignation of Frank H. Harri son of Nebraska, a member of the commission. The resignation was requested re cently by five members of the com mission, who charged that he was not working in harmony with the commission. DELAY ON DAM SCORED Senator Rebukes Colleagues for Muscle Shoals Stand. ' WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1 (By , the Associated Press.) The senate : wa taken, to task today by Senator CAVES TO BE EXAMINED GEOLOGISTS TO VISIT NOTED OREGOX CAVERNS. . Work of Underground Waters That Carved "Marble Halls" to Be Studied by College Men. MEDFORD, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) Members of the University of Oregon geology summer camp, who have been camped on Griffin creek near the Geary orchards during the past two weeks, while examining fossiliferous areas and rock forma tions, in the Siskiyou mountain ranee, Monday will leave for the Oregon caves to study the work of the underground waters which have carved and molded the famous "marble halls." Dr. Earl Packard, head of the geology department of the univer sity and leader of the party of stu dent geologists, is anxious to .visit th'e caves at this time, sinee fossil bones have been recently discovered embedded in the subterranean pas sageways. Should the geologists find fossil animal remains in the caves, Dr. Packard has announced he will re quest the university to wire to Washington, D. C for permission to excavate in the caves at this time Several new species of prehistoric life have been discovered by the geologists in their explorations of the Medford hills during the past two weeks, according to members of the party. Some sixteen new species of "lit toral life of the ancient cretaceous seas have been found by the geolo oists since arriving in Medford, ac cording to Dr. Packard. The members of the geology camp, other than Dr. Packard, are J. H. Jante, professor of chemistry and geology of Pacific college, San Jose, Cal.; Glenn Walkley, Ian Campbell. Ford Wilson. George Riggs, Francis , Lonkiater, and Phil Brogan. PAST TO BE RECALLED OLD WEST REVIVAL AT GLA CIER PARK PROMISED. . Cowboys and Indians to Figure I in Spectacular Production of Pioneer Days Events. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. Mont., July 1. The days of the old west will be revived here next week with the first annual Glacier park stam pede, to be presented by hundreds of cowboys and Indians, beginning Monday and lasting for three days over July 4. Blackfeet Indians, in all the glory of war paint that they have not donned for years, are to participate to the number of several hundred, together with scores of cowboys and half-breed guides. Included in the entertainment events will be trick riding, steer bulldogging. roping, shooting exhi bitions, bucking contests and an old time stage holdup, with 300 Indians and cowboys participating. For the last an old-fashioned stage has been obtained, which saw service in the Cripple Creek section of Colorado and which has been through a number of holdups in real life. Hauled by six horses, it will be attacked by hundreds of Indians. The ensuing battle will be ended by cowboys. The site of the celebration is on a little plateau half a mile from the Glacier Park hotel. Nestling at the foot o.f two towering, snow-capped peaks," it offers all of the requisite atmosphere of the. old wild,. west days. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 1 DEAD "Crossing Safety" Week Marked by Two Fatal Accidents. YAKIMA, Wash., July 1. (Spe cial.) By one of fate's ironies, "crossing safety" week has been marked by three crossing accidents on the lines of the Northern Pacific in the Yakima valley. Two of them caused the deaths of two men. C. C. Marler, driving from his ranch to Yakima today to act as pallbearer at a funeral, was hurt fatally when a train caught the rear end of his automobile near Donald and turned it over upon him. He died soon afterward. The train, a fruit special, and the crew were in a crossing accident 48 hours be fore when Fred Carry was killed near Outlook. The trainmen were exonerated in both accidents. In the third' accident a train struck a truck loaded with crushed rock near Ellensburg. The driver jumped and escaped. 4 TOWNS TO CELEBRATE Clarke County Communities Plan Fourth of July Observances. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 1. (Special.) As Vancouver will not celebrate the Fourth of July this year, four smaller towns in the county will put on big celebrations. Washougal will have a goddess of liberty, Mildred Durgan winning the honors over Miss Alta King by only 99 votes. Amboy will celebrate in the state park near there and a large crowd is expected. Ridgefield'e celebration will begin Monday night with a dance in the new open-air pavilion in Abrams park, the American Le gion being in charge. At Orchards the Grand Army and the Woman's Relief Corps will hold a picnic Indian's Mortgage Invalid. YAKIMA, Wash., July 1. (Spe cial.) Indian wards of the govern ment cannot legally mortgage the crops on their allotments, according to a decision by Judge Rudkin, of the United States district court, re ceived here today. Such a mortgage, originally given toan automobile dealer to obtain $2115, the purchase price of a car, and later transferred to the First National bank of this city, was declared invalid. Harding Intimates That Servants of Public May Take Hand if Peace Is Delayed. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1. Coal operators and miners' union of ficials meeting here today at the behest of President Harding, buckled down to the task of reach ing a basis for negotiating a settle ment of the, nation-wide coal strike,' and in doing so resolved them selves into two conferences one composed of those engaged in the bituminous industry and the other of those interested in the produc tion of anthracite. The bituminous conferees, by far more numerous, agreed to meet again at . 2 o'clock tomorrow. The anthracite representatives, after discussing with Secretary of the Interior Fall the issues held responsible for the suspension or work in their districts, adjourned to meet again next Thursday. 'o Decision Reached. Neither of the conferences ar rived at definite conclusions today, and adjourned for further meetings, mlndul of the warning given by President Harding in opening the full conference that unless they were able to reach a settlement of the strike, "the" servants of the American people will be called to the task in the name of 'American safety." Participants" in the bituminous conference made no statements ! except that their two executive ses sions had been inconclusive. Sev eral operators let it be known that they expected their discussions to continue for several days. It was clear that the atmosphere at both sessions was what a cabinet mem ber described as "pugnacious." The main fact said to be deter mined was that the miners' union, through its president, John L. Lewis, insisted upon a central competitive field wage scale negotiation as a condition precedent to strike settle ment. Operators apparently were nOt readV tn pnnCP thia anA l stumbliner-blonk at this sta.. nn- parently was the same on which the original walkout was precipitated, employers being unwilling to take up wage negotiations except by dis tricts. Hoover and Davis Present. Both Secretaries Hoover and Davis attended the meeting, but the gov ernment's proposals, if any are to be made in its behalf, were not sub mitted during the day. Those participating S. D. War riner, chairman of the general com mittee of anthracite operators, with his. associates, and Phillip Murray, vice-president of the United Mine Workers, with three district presi dents, composed a body fully em powered to make wage settlements, while the bituminous gathering had only power to formulate recom mendations. The anthracite conference, ' how ever, resulted in a restatement of differences which led to its suspen sion several days ago, the union of ficials Insisting upon a continua tion of wage scales as they existed April 1, and the operators tendering arbitration as a method of determin ing whether the scares should be re duced. A wait, presumably to allow determination of the bituminous sit uation, was agreed upon. President Harding addressed the conference. "If it 'wasn't for the fact that I have the good fortune to know a man or two of you personally," the president said in his greeting, "I shouldn't be able to tell a union man from a mine operator at all." , Settlement Is Urged. The president's address stressing the importance to the public of a settlement, with a suggestion that failing voluntary action on the part of components of the industry, the puDiic mignt have to Intervene, was followed by an adjournment of the gathering to other quarters. Alfred M. Ogle, president of the National Coal association, having been select ed chairman, and William Green, general secretary of the union, secretary, further proceedings were held behind closed doors. RUM SUSPECTARRESTED Pearl S. O'Neal, 40, Charged With Liquor Conspiracy. BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 1. Pearl S. O'Neal, 40. was arrested by local police yesterday at request of prohibition enforcement officers at Seattle, charged with entering into a conspiracy at San Francisco November 23, 1921, to smuggle liquor across the international border and transport it from the San Juan islands to Seattle and other coast cities. In carrying out the alleged con- spiracy local officers were informed the suspected smugglers loaded six barrels containing 55 gallons of bot tled whisky on the steamer Islander at Orcas, Wash., on May 8, 1922, and had it shipped to Seattle, where it was seized by federal agents. O'Neal was placed under bonds of $1500 by the deputy United. States commissioner here today and taken to Seattle, where another charge against him is said to be pending. DEFUNT BANK WILL PAY Depositors in Local Institution to Get First Installment. Frank C. Bramwell, state super intendent of banks in charge of the liquidation of the defunct State Bank of Portland, was ordered to pay 40 per cent dividend to depositors in the saving department in an or' der signed by Presiding Circuit Judge Tucker yesterday. Payments will be made to all who held savings accounts, exclusive of those holding cashiers' checks in the savings department, the court not yet having decided whether or not the latter are depositors within the meaning of the law. WALK TO COURT FUTILE Ex-Prosecutor Has Papers in Own Office, but Follows Habit. Frederick M. Dempsey, formerly deputy district attorney, at present engaged in private practice of law, walked about eight blocks In the hot sun yesterday to the oourt house. "Let a lee the file In the case ENID S. SMITH SAYS MATE LOVES ONLY HER MONEY. Divorce Complaint Charges That Husband Is Bootlegger and Con sorts With His "Babe." W. C. Smith bragged to his ac quaintances that he had married a rich widow, intended to spend alt her money and then get rid of her and marry the woman he loved, Mrs. Enid S. Smith charges in a suit for divorce filed in the circuit court, in which she asks judgment for $5000, which, she asserts, her hus band borrowed from her in the course of their married life. The Smiths were married in ,Ta coma in February, 1919. Smith had no money, but his wife had in herited "a large sum," it is asserted. Since marriage he has spent more than $6000 of her money, $5000 of which was lent to him, she charges. After marriage Mrs. Smith discov ered that her husband was a pro fessional bootlegger and rum-runner and despite her pleas he refused to change his occupation, she avers. He was arrested in Montana for bootlegging, and as late as last April for conducting a moonshine establishment at 863 Sandy boule vard, .with a lunch counter, con fectionery, cigar shop and barber shop as a blind, says the wife. Mrs. Smith asserts that her husband never showed affection for her 'un less he wanted to work her for some money," and lavished attentions on a woman known as "Babe." Early last month Smith kidnaped he,r son by a former marriage In an attempt to extort money from her, and on June 28 attacked her with such brutality that she lost consciousness for three hours, she' charges. Other divorce suits were rued oy Florence against A. L. Lagroue and Mattie against Walter Klatt. DEPUTY TO INVESTIGATE CLEWS TO DESCAMPS MUR DER MYSTERY SOUGHT. H. Christofferson of Sheriff's Office to Leave f6r Vancou ver, B. C, Today. H. Christofferson, chief criminal deputy in the office of Sheriff Hurl burt, will leave this morning for Vancouver, B. C to investigate any possible connection of Louis Victor Brayer and Mrs. Anais Desjardines irdines ; Dei Df the t. 190. with the slaying of Ernest camps, prominent member o local French colony, in August The pair were arrested by the po lice in Vancouver three days ago and are being held, pending the ar rival of the Portland investigator. It was decided to send Christof ferson at a conference yesterday be tween Sheriff Hurlburt and Henri Labbe, French consul. Local authorities believe the con nection between the pair arrested in British Columbia and the disap pearance of Descamps is intimate. It is known that both Brayer and Mrs. Desjardines were in the United States at the time of Descamps' dropping from sight and the finding of gruesome chunks' of human torso scattered about Portland. The pair furnish a motive for the crime which has been missing in all other avenues of investigation. It was on information given by Des camps that the two -were deported from Montana in 1918.. Another circumstance is the fact that Brayer was a butcher. Experts who examined the parts of human torso thought to have been from the body of Descamps were unan imous in the opinion, from the na ture of the cuts, that the persontwho had dismembered the trunk had some technical knowledge of the butcher trade. HARVEST WAGES SET Linn County Threshermen Charg ing 23 Cents for Wheat. ALBANY, Or., July 1. (Special.) Harvest wages and threshing prices will be the same in Linn county this summer as last. Thresh ermen of the county have met and agreed on. this schedule: Prices charged for threshing -will be 22 cents a sack for wheat, 16 cents a sack for oats and 18 cents a sack for barley. Work by the -hour by threshing outfit will be as fol lows: Six-team outfit, U2; eight team outfit, $15; 10-team outfit, J18. Men employed in threshing work will receive $2.50 a day except sack sewers, who will receive $3. A man and team will receive $4. These wages are in addition to board. j Lost Purse Returned. YAKIMA, Wash., July 1. (Spe cial.) Mrs. L. R. Hatch, of Port land, who is visiting relatives here, declared today she would "always think of Yakima as having honest people around it." "Two years ago, while visiting here, I lost my watch," she said, "and got it back by putting an ad in the local paper. Last night my well-filled purse was found and returned to me by Mrs. George Glynn, of West Selah. I praise Yakima for Its honesty." Linn Hay Crop Good. ALBANY, Or., July 1. (Special.) Haying is nearly over in many parts of Linn county. A good yield was reported generally. Fall grain throughout this part of the state is looking good, but spring grain needs rain very badly. Because of the lack of rain for the past few weeks the crop of spring grain in most local ities will be very light. Mrs. Daly Recovering. Mrs. Arthur A. Daly, who was brought to Portland from Naknek, Alaska, that her eyesight might be saved, is now convalescing at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat hospital at 816 Lovejoy street For the first time last night she was allowed to receive visitors. F. Irvine Heard In Address and Musical Artists Pre sented in Recital. " OREGON CITY, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) Chautauqua opened at Glad stone park this morning, with every indication that the 13 ensuing days will be interesting from every point or view. This is the 29th annual assembly of on-e of the largest Chautauqua organizations west of the Mississippi river, and attendance is drawn from every section of the state. organization of classes and rou tine details of the physical culture. children s Chautauqua, symposium, and Bible hours, were completed to day, and at 1:30 o'clock a good-sized crowd was on hand to hear the opening remarks of President Cross Mr. Cross, who is county judge of jiacKamas county, has been Identl- ried with the-chautauqua association since its inception, and is the owner of the beautiful park where the meetings are held. A welcome and an invitation to enjoy the many good things, in store for the audi ences was extended by the speaker, with a brief outline of the growth of the organization. Programme Well Received. The first programme of the season was well received, the vast auditor ium being comfortably filled for the address of B. F. Irvine, editor of the Portland Journal, and the mu sical programme of Lorraine Lee and company. Mr. Irvine, whose address was en titled "Whither Bound?" laid stress upon the need of education to stem the tide of ill self-government, put ting blame for graft and crooked ness upon the shoulders of the per sons who through Indifference and neglect fail to provide themselves with necessary information on po litical Issues. Illiteracy, now on the increase even among native born, with unrestricted immigration but addtng to the evil, was cited as the great obstruction to intelligent self government, with education as the weapon of combat. Soprano Welcomed Back. Lorraine Lee, lyric soprano, was welcomed back with fervor by the audience. She sang a well-arranged programme in splendid voice. Miss Lee, whose home is at Canby, has been studying in California for the last two years, and has made prac tically no public appearances since her Chautauqua work here in 1920. Her voice shows a mellowness and fullness developed through careful training, and her charming person ality instantly won her entire audi ence. She was assisted by Marie Chapman McDonald, violinist, who divided honors for the afternoon's success. Miss Lee was accompanied by Professor J. Hutchinson and Mrs. McDonald was assisted at the piano Dy miss Alicia McElroy. The evening programme was pro vided by the Fleming company of magicians, witn startling demon strations of bewildering stunts. Recital This livening. Tomorrow at the big grove will see a great attendance, with the populace tent city dwellers aug mented by thousands of picnickers out with their baskets for the day The Colton Oratorio society of 60 voices will stage "The Holy City" at 4 o clock and in the evening the Frances Ingram company of musical artists will give a recital. Dr. B, Earl Parker, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Port land will speak in the afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be preceded by the Sterns-Hellekson trio of instru mentalists and vocalists. A health lecture will be given by Edna Euge nia Lowe at 5 o clock. The complete programme for to morrow- follows: Morning, 10:30 Union Sunday school, under direction of State Sunday School association; music by young people's or chestra. Afternoon 1:30, Artists' Prelude, Sterns-Hellekson trio; 2:00, sermon lec ture, "How to Be Rich Without Money,' Rev. B. Earl Parker, D. D., pastor First Methodist Episcopal church, Portland: 4:00. "The Holy City," Colton Oratorio society, a chorus of 60 voices; 5:00, "Seventeen." a play by -Booth Tarklng ton, read by Miss Eugenia Lowe. Evening 7:30, special feature. Artists' recital; Frances Ingram, America's fore most contralto of Metropolitan opera fame, assisted by Misses Vera and Ethel Sterns and Miss Hellekson. iONIM!) S50D LINN COUNTY SHERIFF RAIDS STILL NEAR SWEET HOME, Successor to Official Killed by Bootleg Manufacturer Keeps Up Campaign. ALBANY, Or., July 1. (Special.) William J. Dunlap, appointed sheriff of Linn county last Monday, to suc ceed Sheriff Kendall, killed a few days ago by a moonshiner, made his first moonshine raid last night, capturing C. S. Wiley, while the lat- ter.was making moonshine in a still in the timber near Sweet Home. Wiley pleaded guilty in the justice court here today and was fined $500 and sentenced to serve six -months in the county jail. The jail sen fence was suspended when .it was found Wiley had a wife and- three children entirely dependent upon him for support- He was yet in jail tonight, however, for failure to pay his fine. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Richard of Lebanon, Sheriff Dunlap caught the moonshiner In the act of turning out a batch of liquor. Besides the still the officers cap tured three 50-gallon barrels of mash. The officers later found bottle of strawberry moonshine in the home of A. E. Gabriel and R. H. Gabriel, near Sweet Home. The two brothers pleaded guilty to pos sessing liquor Illegally and were fined $150 each. Traffic Semaphores Installed. SALEM, Or., July 1. (Special.) The Salem police department today installed semaphores in the business district for the handling of automo bile traffic . Many local drivers, un accustomed to the new traffic regu lation, drove their cars past the Officer in charge of handling the device. No arrests were made today, but drivers who failed to follow the directions displayed by the sema phores were reprimanded. 11 i v i lit li i w "m fl l (Grape Juice! ua with a BOuQurr all it's own Wjfw lyi wrattMiiH'MaunMiHiaun " Btrl f THE CHURCH MFC CO- Kf SDMPE JUD DOCTORS ASK NEW TRIAL JURORS AT LIBEL HEARING ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT. Oregon City Physicians Facing Judgment of $20,000 Appeal to Court for Relief. OREGON CITY, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) Based upon claims of preju dice and the discovery of new evi dence, held to have been suppressed by the plaintiff, the defendant physi cians in the so-called Mount libel suit today filed a motion for a new trial. The case, heard in the circuit court here, resulted in a verdict of $20,000 for Dr. H. S. Mount against Drs. O. A. Welsh, M. C. Strickland, A. H. Huycke, C. H. Meissner, Ross Eaton, C. A. Stuart and George Stuart. The action was for $50,000, based upon a libelous publication made to the county court. The motion for the new trial. among the 119 reasons set forth in the voluminous document, holds that three of the jurors in the case were guilty of misconduct during the trial. Affidavits in support of this contention are attacked, stating that certain of the jurors openly discussed the suit while it was pend ing and expressed either a prefer ence for one side or an antipathy toward the other. It is also contended that some of the jurors were personally hostile toward the defendants and admit tedly had preconceived opinions. None of the jurymen was Dr. Mount's patients and none of the jury was a personal friend of the defendants, the motion says. It further states that only nine of the 12 Jurors signed the verdict and that one of their number was in favor of giving the plaintiff only $250, but voted for the larger amount because he wanted to get rid of the case and go home. GIRL IS STILL MISSING Police Get No Clew to Fate of Florence Middles wart. Police yesterday were still -with out a clew which might lead them to solve the unnexplained disap pearance - of Florence Middleswart, aged 15r who dropped from sight while attending a Sunday ' school picnic last Tuesday. Her mother, Mrs. C. Nelson, 273 Fargo street, does hot agree with the police that the girl probably has eloped. The last seen of the Bin was when she went to an Ice cream stand with a young man unknown to the mother. Although the police have a good description of this youth they have been unable to find any trace of him or to determine whether or not he, too, is missing. 20 LICENSED TO MARRY Two Minor Girls Get Permits to Wed at Vancouver, Wash. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 1. fSDecial.) Twenty couples obtained marriage licenses here today. Two Strong, Powerful Yet Safe, Surgeons' Preserlptlon Called HoonCs Em erald Oil Has Astonished Physicians. There Is one simple and inexpensive way to reduce dangerous, swollen veins and bunches and get them down to nor mal, and that Is to apply Moone's Em erald Oil night and morning. People who have painful, enlarged veins should not neglect them for they sometimes! burst and cause much misery and loss of time. Moone's Emerald OH besides being so TINKLE, TINKLE Sings the Ice in a Church Highball The rich, happy sweetness of CHURCH'S, with the tinkle of ice, and perhaps just a bit of lemon or mint. U-mmm! But it's refreshing! And especially good on the glorious Fourth of July. The man across the counter at the nearest fountain is waiting to give you a cooling glass of CHURCH'S (10c 'most anywhere). CHURCH'S is perfect for the home. Get the new folder, "The Tinkle of the Ice," at your grocer's and try its recipes for really good drinks, desserts and ices. 35c 16-oz. bottle CHURCH MFG. CO. Kennewick, Washington of the girls were minors, one being 15 and the other 16. Miss Mary S. Stafford. 15, of For est Grove. Or., and Martin A. Mor rison, 32, of Los Angeles, CaL, were married. A local girl, Cecelia L. Adee, 16, got a license to marry Walton A. Meador, 21. of ths oty. This is the largest number of cou ples to be married in any one day so far this year. PROTEST IS ANSWERED Master Fish Warden Replies to Tillamook's Sea Lion Appeal. TILLAMOOK. Or., July 1- (Spe cial.) The letter of the Tillamook chamber of commerce to Governor Olcott, protesting against tne kill ing of sea lions at Seal Rocks, and their carcasses being allowed to drift ashore, and rot, haB been answered by Carl D. Shoemaker, master fish warden. The government officials say that state officials have no right to kill sea lions on tne Seal Rocks, as it is a government preserve, and have notified persons interested that they will prosecute the hunters. Mr. Shoemaker, In his reply, says: "These animals. It Is believed, are a serious menace to the future of the salmon industry. The law of compensation is working to the detriment of the salmon. When little or no fishing was done in the va rious salmon streams, the number of fish produced annually offset the inroads made by seals and sea lions. . . . . Personally, I do not feel that the hunters should kill the seals and sea lions at such places along the coast as are contingent to sum mer resorts, and I have so in structed those who are engaged in doing the hunting." Fred C. Baker, president of the chamber, replying to the above let ter, said in.part: "It may be interesting to know which is the greatest menace to the salmon industry sea lions or sal mon trout." NORTH REALTORS' GOAL Local Dealers Plan to Send Big Delegation to Convention. A. H. York was last week ap pointed chairman of the committee In charge of Portland's plans for sending a big delegation to the an nual convention of the Northwest Real Estate association to be held at "Vancouver, B. C, July 19, 20 and 2L It is expected that nearly a hun dred members of the Portland Realty board will make the trip to the convention city. Some of these will go by train and others by a big automobile caravan which is being made up. The party going by train will leave here Monday- night, July 17, and will arrive at Vancouver on the night of the following day. The automobile caravan will get away from here Monday morning, July 17. Special rates by train have been promised, providing at least 150 men go from this section by rail. National Guard Officer Resigns. EUGENE, Or., July 1. First Lieu tenant Virgil Hawkins of company C, Oregon national guard of this city, has tendered his resignation and he will be succeeded by Second marveloualy antiseptic that it at once de- atroys germs and poisons caused by germs is such a remarnaoie neaung agent mat eczema, barber's Itch, salt rheum and other Inflammatory skin eruptions go In a. few davs. Piles are Quickly absorbed and even goitres, wens and enlarged elands are dissolved. For years it has been used in hospitals for bolls, carbuncles, ulcers, abcesses and open sores, and with the most perfect success. With each original bottle which any pharmacist can supply you. 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