The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 30, 1912, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, i'Kll)Af LVKNANG, AUGUST au, mi SSWSsSSSSySj HRICilil LIFE'S. COiiltLOl $100,000 Deposited in Name . of Insurance Company on Contract That It Should Not i Be Withdrawn. KtctM Tb Jorl.), ' ffclsm. Or.. Aut. 30. When Assistant ' Attorney Van Winki produced the' orif tns.1 contract between the old American Bank & Trust company and the Amerl can Ufa A Accident Insurance com pahy In regard to a conditional loan given by the bank of 1100,000 which was tised by the company aa a basis for acurlnr a atate llcenne In tha flret fila It wa ltk exploding a bomb In . tha camp of tha Insurance company, which la plaintiff In the Injunction ault ' td restrain Insurance Commissioner Ferguson Trom revoking the company's llcvnsc. . - -According to thla contract, tha money ' was deposited In tha name of tha In surance company for on year on con dltlon that it should not be withdrawn at any time. L. O. Italston, formerly , president of the bank, testified that a verbal agreement was later mad al lowing tha company to withdraw tha fund. I In substantiation of the contention that the capital In not Impaired, offtcera 'cf tha company Introduced aa evidence notes and mortgages aggregating $104, 000, while Insurance Commissioner Far Bueon alleged that the company's state ment showed liabilities of $153,000 and Ithat asseta to thla amount were needed . ; before the company la entitled to 11 , ceoaa. Tha state also brought out that "..of tha mortgages ahown by tha com pany, $60,000 la given by tha Marietta - Realty company, which consists of L. O. Ralston and wife and son, and that they are stockholder in the Insurance " company, which, under the law. would ' ; not be acceptable aa assets. The case . la stilt in progress. 'POSTAL ROAD FUND $8000 FOR EACH STATE , (Wiihlnctoa Burets of The Jearad.) Washington. Aug. SO. Under the . 1500.000 appropriation in tha postoffice -appropriation bill for experimental roada, the department of agriculture to. , dy assigned each state $8000. Oregon or any local community must contribute " double that amount That each atate availing Itself of the road fund under the postoffice appro i piiation bill must raise double tha i amount cornea aa a bit of new informa ; tlon to the Oregon good roada advocates who have been supporting the measure. The amount, too, la conaiderably below tha original expectation. Tha money, when secured, would be used In perma nent Improvement of a postal route in a given community, the road to serve as a demonstration of the value of sucn Improvement On all routes. EXPERT ACCOUNTANT CALLED BY GRAND JURY X M. Willey, accountant' who was en - gaged to expert the books of the county court, waa this morning called before tha .grand Jury by the foreman, Dow V, Walker, in view of an -investigation maae several nays ago by tha Jury. wriea John S. Beall asked the Jury to take up the matter. Beall'a grievance waa relative to an article published to tha affect that bualneaa relatione be tween hla firm and the county commis sioners had been Irregular. -. The evidence Willey la preaumed to hava laid before the grand Jury this 'morning had to do with reasons why he had not made his report, and aeveral bualnesa matters tranaacted by the coun- ,ty board, which matters tended to show poor business management. 'BISHOP CHAS. GRAFTON " DIES AT FOND DU LAC (UnltMl Prew Leased Wlr.) ' Fond Du Lac. Wis., Aug. 80. Bishop Charles C. Grafton, head of the Episco pal diocese for this district, dld here today. "He was. 82 years old. Men! "Buy your raincoat of Jimmy Dunn and aavo money. THREE D0ATS PROMINENT AT ASTORIA REGATTA t " ' WJWK. , R. " V I I ilw inwimm..Ml., in....... -ijiMLjLi.. V-- A v i : :.:; r w ' Top The Swastika, 20 foot Winner. Center The Virginia, second in the sail race. Bottom Wigwam II, second in the free-for-all. E II 1 Kill! 26 Foot Race Is Awarded to Vogler Boy; Crowd Has Broken Up. Only one day left to buy high grade shoes at less than factory cost Hurry! Hurry! Rosenthal's (8prlnl to Thp Joarnal.l Astoria, Or., Aug. 30. Owing to the heavy rain which fell over the bay this morning the 100 mile endurance run did not take place and the beautiful Donnerberg trophy remains unawarded. Wolff and UaWaii, owners of the Ore gon Wolf and the Humming Bird, re spectively, bad the only boats entered. The Wolf waa out on the course on time, but because of water on the mns neto the engine refused to work for the first time since the boat has been ut the meet. The Humming Bird did not even ahow up. The controversy over the outcome of the 26 foot race was decided last night at a meeting of tha racing committefs, the Potlatch Bug being disqualified be cause of not entering In tha first two heats. This gave the Vogler Boy first place with nine points and the Vamoose and the Wigwam II were second. They afterwards met and divided third and second money, each getting 1100. Tha victory of the Wolf makes the second championship for the Oregon Wolf and the ninth consecutive winning for the John K. Wolff entry. Admiral Beall and most of his staff left for Portland last night, and the rest will probably leave today. The motorboata will leave for Portland and way points along the Columbia to day. The Wolf, In tow of the Sea Otter, Elwood Wiles' boat, left at nnon. 1YILTRY WAKEFIELD SUIT Council Orders Case Against City Taken From Referee Cleland. The J40S.825 suit brought by Kobert Wakefield, contractor, aatnst the city for work lie alleged was done In con nection with the construction of reser voirs Nos. 6 and 6 at Mount Tabor, now being tried before former Judge Clelan J, who is acting as a referee, will be taken from Clelund and settled by a Jury In the circuit court. This step waa decided upon by the city council today whon it adopted a resolution expressing the sense of the council that such action should bo taken. A trial of the suit by Jury was originally demanded by Councilman Ma gulre sometime ago In a resolution that tho council turned down. At that time Maguire made, assertions regarding al leged political . relationship . between Wakefield and Cleland, which resulted In Wakefield filing a libel suit agaimjt Maguire and others. For this reason the action of the council today Is looked upon as a distinct victory for Maguire, who opposed the selection of Cleland as referee In the case. It la now expected that City Attorney Grant will immediately make an appli cation before Presiding Judge -Kava-naugh for a trial of the case in the circuit court. Kavanaugh has already TELLS SHERIFF TO HOSE ROAD OUSE ACTION III PORIUilD Gov. West Issues Order; Says Twelve Mile House Has No County License. , Governor Oawald Wt turned hit At tentlon from Ylca conditions In Portland to those outside the city limits lonn enough thla morning to dictate an order to 'Sheriff Stevens, directing Wm to close tha Twelve Mil house., on the ground that It Is operating wlthont county license. Here is tha order: Mr. R. U Stevens, Sheriff fit Multno muh county, Portland, Or.: . '"Dear BlrI am InformM that tha road houaa known as tha Twelve Mil house' pr the 'Country club,' is oprat Ing without a county llcensa. In vlw of this charge, which I believe to be true, this Is an unlawful establishment and a public nuisance You are hereby directed to aee that It la cloaod and kept closed until such time aa the manage ment la willing to comply with the laws of, this atate. I "Aa you are aware, It la the duty of your office to aee that auch vlolatora of the law are arretted and prosecuted. We look to you for the performance or that duty. Tours very truly. "(Signed) OSWALD WEST, "Governor." This order Is. In accordance with the policy toward the sheriffs office which Governor West announced last Wednes day' that he would pursue. At that time he declared that ha wouia can tne atten tion of the sheriff from time to time to violations of the law, and direct him to put a atop to them. "if the sheriff does not then take action, there will be time enough for me to consider tne next step, was ma concluding remark on the subject. The governor s order today is regard ed aa putting squarely up to Hheriff Stevens whether he will obey the gov ernor pr Ignore him entirely. BANK CLEARINGS SHOW SLIGHT LOSS IN CITY FOR CURRENT WEEK e Bank clearings for the week 4 i ending at noon today were prao- ! tlcally a standoff with tne 4 clearings of the same per tod one year ago, the acuial difference 4 being a loss oi less tnan l per e cnt for the current week. The figures In detail are: 4 1911, S,907,34:'.85; mz, IX.HZ'J.- 091.91. Bankers and business 4 men, generally, attribute the de- 4 cllne In the week's clearings to the unseasonable weather con- ditlons. ' 4 IWMblacton liurtia ef The JoaroiO Washington, Aug. 10. Senator Bourne personally called oa tha postmaster gen eral today and urged the appointment Of Mrs. Charles B. Merrick M post mistress at FortlamA Waahlngtoft. Ar. I -r President Taft has ordered that action on the appoint raent of i miceessor to the late Post master Merrlclt be deferred. No reason la given. . - .' , Senator Chamberlain was today noti fied that $6000 "haff been set aside from the forest funds for trotldlng a road from Ashland to Mount Ashland. Senator Bourne hae begun extenalvi work on the collection bf data relative to federal aid of highway improvement Ha will do as much work on thla aa h did on the parcels post and hopes for a complete success. , . 1 Ocean Blamed for Rain. London, Aug, !. In the opinion of Dr. Hill, director of the British Rain fall organisation and editor of the Sy- mon'a Meterologlcal magaslne, the phe nomenal rainfall of the laat two or three monOis is due to some obscure variation Of Oifsan temperature. W'COURT TO PROSECUTE IDAHO INVESTIGATION United State District Attorney Mc Court ha received an appointment from Attorney OcneraV Wlckersliam as apo dal prosecutor to appear for the gov ernment bnore the federal grand jury In Bolae, Idaho, which Is to Investigate the charge Against UnltM States Dis trict Attorn C. II. ,lilngrnfolter of that district. Mr. Ungenfelter was held to the rnd 'Jury by , the United Btatea commlHloner at Boise recently for prosecuting a mining claim to pat ent before the land office and receiving a fee for hla sArvlces while United States attorney. Mr. McCourt repre sented the govejgament at the.isominlg stoner'a hearing. . He will leave for Boise next JTrldajr. ' t ; . CARS FALL OFF TRESTLE; IfDEADr SCORETtMJURED Temple, ' Texas, Aug. JO. Jumping from tha track on a trestle over ravin about three miles north of here today, two passenger coaches and the mall car of a northbound Missouri, Kansas A Texas train - plunged into tha canyon. One man was killed, two were Injured and IS others leas seriously hurt APPROVED BY COUNCIL Th franchise for rt " lectflo Una from Kenton over the Broadway bridge and up Seventh ataeet . to Orant, aa sought ; by Qeoret, F. Huesner, was .unanlmoualy approved by the city coun ell this morning, after having been amended by City Attorney Grant and Councilman Maguire. . It Was paastd on to the eiecutive board for valuation. The line Is the first to apply for the use of the Broadway bridge. It has been put forward as a competitor of ths street oar monopoly. ; THORN WELL FAY QUITS ' AS SO. PACIFIC CHIEF M sse. a sa Sana. ... aa "sttsr-T arau, - a ssr. nut PUi . iiui uifoii Fay, after 35 years' service on th Morgan lines and the Harrlman system, will quit as president of the Southern Paclf lo lines east of El Paso .tomorrow. Fay stated that his retirement Is for good. The announcement was received With surprise. Fay has been recognised as one of :th strongest executives on the entire system, and was supposed to be a fixture. FINLEY AND CRANSTON ATTEND DENVER MEET State Game Warden William L. Fin. ley and C. K. Cranston, president of the state fish and game commission, have gone to Denver, Colo., to attend tho an nual convention of the National Asso ciation of State Game Wardens, which will open tomorrow. Following this convention they will attend the meet ings of the American Fisheries society, which are to be h;ld In the same city September "3' to 6. Mr. Flnley has been Invited to give a atereopticon lecture on "Game Pro tection In Oregon" before the game war dens and Mr. Cranston will address the convention on the work of the state board in Oregon. Mr. Flnley will ad dress the fisheries men on "Fish Prop agation in Oregon." Woman Operator Dismissed. Cnlte lre Leiw-rt Wl. Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 30. Miss Mabel Kelso, the only woman wireless operator ' wnu a government license, waa dis-, charged yesterday when R. H. 8awler, assistant manager of the Marconi Wire-1 les company at San Francisco took' charge of the Seattle office succeeding 1 A. A. Isbell. Miss KeJso has made three j trips on tho steamer Mariposa and has given satisfaction. Sawler said that'lt : was against the policy of the company ; to employ women operatorx and that this was the only reason for discharging i Mls( Kelso. I made It known that he will grant It. As soon as he does, Cleland will be dis charged. Whether he will be paid for his work cs referee In the case, which is more than half completed, had not been decided at 1 o'clock this after noon, but it is probable that his fee will be forthcoming. The resolution waa passed today fol lowing an investigation into the cane by Councllmen Burgard, Daly and Ma guire, a committee of three that had been appointed to make the Inquiry by the council Wednesday. They ascertained that City Attorney Grant had asked for a Jury trial when tho ault was first filed and that Judge Kavanaugh had denied it. The selec tion of Cleland aa referee followed and the submission of evidence began, despite the bitter opposition of Coun cilman Maguire. ROSE CITY PARK HOME DAMAGED BY BLAZE j Fire which started from a defective flue In the homo of W. P. Stranborg, Fifty-ninth street and Sandv Road, rarlv I last night, did about $1500 damage to the house, and furniture before the blaze jwas extinguished by the fire department. : While making an effort to recover some of his furniture Stranborg was nearly ! overcome by smoke and was dragged from the house by Aoting Captain Kel ler of the police department. I Htrandborg, who has been living In Ian apartment house on the west side, I w ent to his home on the east side yes I terday to check up the furniture, pre , paratory to a sale, and had started a fire In the grate to dry out the house, j The roof of the house was burned and j the second story of the house waa dam aged The loss is partially covered by I Insurance. r HAZEL ERWIN WILL FACE JURY TUESDAY The case of first degree murder against Hazel Krwin, Jointly indicted for killing Ray Wallace, Is set for Tues day in the circuit court. Willard R. Tanner, who iu charged with beating the man to death, will ba tried Septem ber 10. Witnesses have been subpesaed and the case has practically been pre pared by Attorney J. J, fltzgerald... for mer chief deputy In the district attor ney's office. District Attorney Eaterly stated thlr morning that the cases Would be tried ou time. 1912 SEPTEMBER 1912- Sun. Mori. Tues. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 123 45 All Deposits on or Before September 5th Draw interest from-the first of the month. Keep this in mind and if you haven't a bank account start one now. Put a part of your earnings to work for you every week place your money in this bank and have it earn 4 Per Cent PORTLAND TRUST Or A M Company of Oregon OHIn THIRD AND OAK" STREETS Friday and Saturday OFFERINGS IN Portland's NewShoppingZone The New aMM9 building, ATder Ut West PK We take pleasure in announdng the arrival ntf eiWbWon f large showing of new goods, the majority of which will be placed on sale today and tomorrow for the first time. To introduce to you tome of the splendid new bargains that can be found in our new home We cordially invite your pretence today and tomorrow at which' time you will see New and exclusK-e Leather Goods from England, Austria, France, Germany and other countries, including such imported novelties as Work Baskets, Work Bags, Scissors Sets, Hand Bags, Writing Cases, Overnight Bags, etc. For Today and Tomorrow, Our Entire Line of Trunks Half Price !Sf In the beautiful Art Gallery, second floor, are found beautiful marbles, classic pieces of Statuary In riaster Casts, Carbon Tliotographs, Maison Braun, Platinums, Mezzo Tints, Etchings, Signed Copies, Art ToUcry, all best examples of Eurbpe in figures, vases and artistic ornaments, including such wares as Copenhagen, Royal Bonn, Delft, Amphora, etc. It is a treat to just wander through this Art Gallery. For Today anil Tomorrow, Facsimile Prints in Walnut Matting Frime 1 Regular 75c Special at 50c French Jewelry is always attractive and causes unusual interest. Our Jewelry Department main flooris showing new designs in the popular La Valliere Long Chains, Dog Collars, etc. Also gorgeous Smelling Salt Jars, trimmed to order. New showings of Miolena Perfume and Toilet Waters. For Today and Tomorrow, Regular $20 an3 $25 Lavalliere Long Chains Special, Fourth Off Euthymol Tooth Paste, Regular 25c Special Price Only 14c Our beautiful Soda Fountain in Basement is a new addition to the "Wood-Lark" family. Here is found pure ice cream, syrups and candy of all kinds. Try the "Wood-Lark" Sundae something new. Special for Friday and Saturday, One-Pound Box of Chocolates 40c Our Stationery Department always a center of interest and activity is showing new novelties, in inlaid Ivory Cribbage Boards, Playing Card Cases, Samples and styles of latest New York Engravings, etc. Have You Seen the Big Collection of Autographs in the West Park Street Windows? In Our Medicinal Stimulant Department (Basement) will be found such imported goods as Cunliffe, Dobson & Co. Bordeaux Haut Sauterne, on sale at f2.00 Nicholas Gomez, Sevilla, Spain, Moscatip Fino, on sale at ...fl.TS Bushmill's Irish Whiskey fl.75 Burke's Garn Kirk, Scotland's finest Whiskey, on sale at , fl.50 Le Roy Imported French Brandy y2 bottle 90 ' J4 bottle 50s) Gordon "Dry Gin ... .77 77. f 1.00 In Our Paint and Varnish Department Stovepipe Enamel, egular ISc, special 9 Gold and Silver Radiator Enamel, can ,...40J White Enamel for beds, etc.; reg. 15c, special Os) Sapolin Wire Screen Enamel, black and green 9) i Brush for Enamel, regular 15c, special ...Of). Our Prescription Department Is Open, as Are Our Drug and Proprietary Drug Departments, With Greater Facilities Than Ever WobdarcLQ arke&Co The New "Wood-Lark" Building Alder at West Park St Open an Account Today AU Goods Purchased Today and Saturday Charged on September Account Come and See Ihe New Fall Styles in mm Cloth We can't describe the real merits of "Benjamin" Clothes in words. You must see them and wear them yourself to know j why all the best dressers Wear a Benianitn If there were any better clothes made in the world than BENJAMIN CLOTHES, we would have them. SEE OUR NEW MODELS FOR FALL 311 Morrison Suifs $jp and Up Opp. i Postoffice tb .'...-'..