The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 21, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1915. Arrnnmrvo ni acm m HI II n Ml In hi Hi ill 111 ,lia. awaillkaaw W mM IWI mi i lining nimirnn HAM N NL WIINI-W : LAHIfllMIMU IIIII1LUU i IN MSPLOND'S CASE John F. Logan and John A. - Collier Engage in Word Battle. COURT STOPS HOSTILITIES PtowiUob Will Soon Complete Xstro d action of x2Ti4sce Afainat cian Accused of Manalaugliter. ,,'The peace and quiet of Circuit Judge Kavanaugh'a court were broken rudely this morning by Attorney John K. w Kan and Deputy District Attorney John A. Collier in a word battle which in cluded such bombs sib "pettifogger" and "shyster." Collier had asltcd a witness in the tr.al of Dr. AX A. Ausplund on a man slaughter charge whether or not an in strument used in a post mortem per formed on the body of Anna Anderson, a domestic for whose deatn Dr. Aus plund in being prosecuted, wax sharp. "You mlgtjt as well aek whether or rrot an ax is shai t," commented Lo gan. "That is just pettifogging,'' retorted Collier. "You are just a shyster.'' Loan re joined with heat. "If I an-., 1 got the habit from a'so c:f.tir;g with ou," Collier replied. , "You never associated with me in your life and never will," I,ugan de clared. "1 nevor did nnt:! I g"t i r: to this case.'' Collier aid with a laugh. "You have no business making that remark and you wouldn't make it out Side this courtroom," Logan replied wa rm! y. "I'd miike it Irmide or outside." ( oi lier replied. Your reputation an an inKwell siiiiger ; pretty well estab lished, but ou haven't got n.e buffa loed ytt" Judge Kmi.aJfh ar.J the jury had bt en interested and amtseil spectators at first, but as ::ie pasae at arms became more and more heated Judge Kavanaugh stepped from the bench and between the men. "If you gentlemen don't atop such cel. duct I'll put a stop to It pretty quick and t all t'.rr.e, too." the court warned thj attorneys. The warning was heeded and quiet was restored. A few minutes later when a recess was declared Collier and Logan laughed alo.it the incident and were soon as good friends as ever. The utate .s t.earing the completion 0' its case and will prohab'y "flose this afternoon. WIT HV COMBE IlKFAV OWN WILL. Brother of Governor Printed Doc ument in 10O6. Shortly before the death of John Withy combe. brother of Governor Vithyconili-. December 13. he called Attorney Arthur Langguth to his bed side that a new will mijht he drawn for him When he had explained his desires as to distribution of his prop erty. Langguth examined the will made out June 1, 1S08. and told Mr. Wtthycomhe that there was r.o nee for any chance. "Mr. Withycomho himself made out the will, and as he was a draftsman and surveyor h printed it out." said Lnr&uth. "I felt that it would be wrong to have that will destroyed.' Mrs. Mary Wlthyeombe. the widow, petitioned for prohate of the will yes terday, saying Mr. Withycombe left personal property worth $400 and reji: estate in Washington county worth over $4000. The will leaves $i each to three sons and two daughters and tha remainder to Mrs. Withycombe, who is ramed executrix. The will contains but IS? wo-ds, including the i.oknowledgement of the witnesses and all names signed to it. It Is printed on one sjeet of pafer. DOMESTIC ISES HEU SUIT Claim Was Made for Balance Wages Alleged Due. A Jury in Circuit Judge McGinn's court yesterday returned a verdict for Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hoffman In a suit for wages brought by Mrs. Anna Conrad. Mrs. Conrad, who Is 68 years old. was employed in the Hoffrrmn home as a domestic. She alleged that she was" being iUd $3 a week until in 1909 they cut her wages to $2 a week, say- An All-reft Red Crown is not a mixture. It is a product of straight distillation a genuine esoline"cut." High est honors at Sin Francisco and San Diego Expositions. Dealers everywhere and at onr SERVICE STATIONS. Standard Oil Company (Calif.r.I.) Portland ENDEAVOR V ' ' Is" 'f - J ft Standing, left to right MUs Mildred Arey, lis Gertrude Wylie, president man, rcording secretary, bitting, left to right ljs Sadie Arey ami One of the etrongest young people's societies in Portland is the Christian Endeavor of the First Congregational church. Tne society takes an active interest in all t ranches of the work of In e they wojM put the $1 a week Lside for her. This. he alleged, lasted for 73 weeks, when they c nt her wages to Jl a week and saved $; for her for 111 1-3 weeks. She aeked for $410. The Hoff nians allegeX that the first cut was made that the washing might be sent out to the laundry and that the sec and cut came when she asked for as sistance in the housework. MARRIED LIFE WAS SHOUT Wife Was "Cool" Toward Mate Xc-xt Day After Wedding. Married life for C. A. Tracy, trav eling sales-mac for a tobacco house, and his bride. Dorothea Tracy, was not or.d icn. sweet dream, accord ing to his complaint for divorce filel this mornin?. The Tracy were mar ried at Baker. October ;5, and mo tored to S'jrupter the next day. as Tracy travels about the country by automobile. He alleges that she wan cool and avoided h:m that day and that th mt dv she refueed to go on with him. He left her. he said, returning two days later when she insisted that sh bt allowed to go to Pendleton, which she did. He wrote to her, he said, to meet him in The fKalleK nnrt when she met him November 15. she toldiJuliU him she could not love him and that he had become repulsive) to her. He .ald she left him and returned to Pendleton. HARD PROrtlBITIOX PROBLEM Drug Firm Asks Tough One About Stomach Bitters. District Attorney Evans is proving a fund of Information to those Inter ested In the probable working of the prohibition law. but occasionally h! finds that even with all the study he has given the subject he cannot give opinions on questions asked. A drun fjrni this morning asked if the Kale of stomach hitters containing 34 per cent cf al ohol would be permitted. "Von will appreciate the fact that it is not possible for me to give you in opinion as to what some judpe may de termine at some future date," he wrote in reply. He also pointed out that a clause of the act sets forth that all mixtures or preparations reasonably likely or Intended to be used aj a beverage, which shall contain In ex cess of one half of one per cent uf alcohol, "shall be deemed to be em braced within such term, independent ly of any other test of their lntoxieat- fiery Gas I J I I ZEROLENE If I Jkm&rJ Oil I Lm il ior Mo-tor Cars WORKERS ARE the church body, in addition to for warding work among yuunser people wherever and whenever opportunity offers The society recently held its annual election and included in the important hueinesp transacted came irg character." He quoted a federal court decision holding certain named crdlai". bitters, tonics ar.d the like tu have "rightly been adjudged to be mere shams as medicines, because they were sold and used as intoxicating beverages, and for the liquor, and not for the drugs and barks they con tained; and dealers in them have been cliait with pit' s-'.y as if they had o'd plain w i.iskev without any disguise." TWO DIVORCES ARE GRANTED Florence Turney and Harriot Nied erniark Given Decree. Florence I. Turney testified before Circuit Judge Gantenbein that KranK M. Turney had left her with but 20 cents and bills to pay. She tald she gave her trunk as security and was compelled to work to reedem the trunk. He would leave her. she said, and would return without money, forcing her to support him. She was granted the divorce Judge McGinn granted a divorce to Harriet Niedermark from John H. Niedermark on grounds of cruelty Tedermark sued for the -divorce on similar grounds but made no contes: when the case came to trial. DAMAGES OF $300 ASKED Heidt Makes Charges Against E. (I. Tracy. Julius A. Heldt went to the place of business of E. G. Tracy at I nion avenue and East Pine street, he charges in a suit filed in the district court against Tracy, to collect. He charges that Tracy demanded a re ceipt In full on payment of half of the bill and that when he refused Tracy shoved him "from the store stabbing him with an ice pick. As asks $Ju0 damages for hi wounds and loss ol time on account of the wounds. Klizabeth Kling Estate $3000. Two sons and three daughters of Elizabeth Klink, who died November 27. will share in her estate, esti mated to be worth $5000. according to a petition for probate of her will filed this morniug. URGE MORE PRESSURE STREETS OF THE CITY Vancouver Council Considers Matter of Protection Along With Other Business, Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 21. The city council met In regular session last evening to consider a number of routine matters. Principal among these was the matter of Insufficient pressure in som.; of the fire hydrants in the city. Councilman Padden, a member of the fire and water com mittee, stated that In a check on the hydrants In the city it was found that 14 were far below th required pressure and recommended that tho pay for service of these hydrant bo deducted from the last month's bill. The city clerk was instructed to no tify the North Coast Power company to that effect. A communication ffom the Leslie Jidge company, relative to its agents being required to take out licenses to solicit for Its weekly, was referred t " th; city attorney. It Is claimed that the Leslie publication does not come under the items mentioned for which a license ia reaulred. A petition was presented by a num ber of property owners on Thirteenth street, east of the garrison, asking that the street be properly located. It was stated that on August 15. 1PT0, a atrip of land 30 feet wide was dedicated for street , purposes, hut that the street was located 33 feet south of the strip dedicated. In asmuch as this street 1 In front of the state school for the blind, the petitioners are willing' to dedicate the portion now In use. which In reality Is private property, for use In maK Ingr a wide street. The matter wa referred to the city engineer for a report. The ordinance providing forthecor structlon of a sewer between Twenty first and Twenty-third streets and from Franklin to Columbia street, was passed. An ordinance amending the bill posters' ordinance was introduced and. after two readings, was laid over until the next meeting. It provide, for an IN FIRE HYDRANTS ON ENERGETIC and Mihb Emma Christ Miss Alma Kehwalt. the election of officers. The fullow- lng result: Misa Gertrude Wylle, I accompanying Illnesses which the lay president; C. Jay Walker, vice-presl- ! m'n rJ lrn''nK rlpf . ... , ' I Dr. M. B. Marcellus. city health of- denf. Misa Grace Harding, secretary, J fjcer. savs that he has run across very and Miss Carla Haynes, treasurer. lew oases of real la grippe but that extmptlon for local merchants, who tnuv have hand bill and similar ad - vertising to distribute. feel that you are getting the 'grip as J. B. Atkinson, councilman-elect People axe calhng It, is to go to bed," from the Fourth ward, was elected he said today. Twenty-four hours in to fill the vacancy caused by the re- I bed la the best thing for cold. A laxa moval of H. B. Steel to Portland. I tlve should be taken and attention He was escorted to his seat last evening by Councilman Percjval. Dennis Winn Arrives. Oregon f"lty. Or. Dec. 21. Dennis Winn, who has been superintendent of the government fish hatchery at Afog nak. Alaska, arrived In Oregon City Monday, and win take charge of the government fish hatchery on the Clackamas river near Clackamas sta tion. H. P. Henkel, who ha been In charge of the fish hatchery on the Clackamas for the past two years, will soon leave for Alaska, where he will look after his mining Interests. Knovr.i in Oregon City. Oregon City. Or.. Dec. 21. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Seaman, who died at the home of her son. Dr. Clayton Sea man, In Portland, on Friday evening, was well known in thl city, having TODAY AND REMAINDER THIS WEEK Present The Greatest of All Moving Picture Favoritei WILUAM FA1RNUM and DOROTHY BERNARD 1 if -rvr- ! ' ' It- A In a Heart-Throbbing Story, Full of Stormy Emotion "HIS OATH" Excels in Excellence Any Cast So Far Seen Pictures Coming THEDA BARA in PRESENT EPIDEMIC OF COLOS IS NO! REAL INFLUENZA OR GRIP Sneeze, Sniffles and General Weariness Are General Symptoms of Malady. BODILY CARE MAIN THING Best Our Advocated by Poetor Is to Tftk Ksanrss to TTevent Its Coming. If you begin to sneeze and sniffle and your bones begin to ache and you feel a general weariness headed your way go to bed and take care of your self for you are in a fine way to get what laymen generally term the grip. If you do go to bed drm't worry about it, for several hundred other people in Portland are doing the same thing. The disease plays.no favorites and is reaching into some of Portland's best regulated families. Portland doctors who are treating people for this malady say that the best thing to do is to keep the system resuluted and give careful attention to your diet. A laxative is also of much benefit. If the sickness begins to get a real hold on yu take some aspirin. The doctorb say tlmt is about the best thing and prescribe five grains every three hours Other doctors are pre scribing quinine. The present epidemic is not really la gippe or influenza, according to the doctors. It Is nothing more than cold ; accompanied by aching bones. They say that there are very few cases of rsal la rrinrje but there are many hun- dreda of cases of the severe colds and he has noticed that there are many 1 ill with severe colds, ' "The best thing to dq when you should be given to the diet." "Lots of people have colds and many are confined to their homes," said Dr. L. J. Wolf, "but I have run across very few cases of real la grippe or in fluenza. The general remedies pre scribed for colds can be taken for tha illnes which is prevalent now. The best thing to do is to take care of yourself." f Dr. O. T. Tommald has also noted the prevalance of the colds but say that few cases of Influenza have come . to his attention recently. i "Keep the system in order." he says. "A laxative should be taken. Five grain of aspirin taken every three hours are also prescribed." Dr. J. M. Short says that he has noted an epidemic of colds but few case of genuine la grippe or lnfluenra. resided In Portland. this city before moving to m Sunday: "DESTRUCTION" Henry 0. Bohlman, Local Plumber, Dies So Was Ow of Original Kombort of the orms Aid Society sad Wss Secretary II Year. Henry C. Behlman, who died at his horns In this city yesterday, was one of the plofleer plumbers of Portland, settling here In 165, and living at ii North Ninth street over since. He was a native of Germany, aged 79 year, and ia survived by one daugh ter, Bertha C. Bohlman, and three sons, Herman, Otto A, and Edward K. Bohlman. He was on of the original members of the German Aid society and for the past 12 years was secre tary of it. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the A. o. I'. W. Mr. Bohlman aided in founding the First German Evangelical Reform church, located at Twelfth and Clay streets. Funeral services will be held at the establishment of J. P. Klnley & Hon. Montgomery and Fifth streets, at p. m.. under the direction of Rev Hafner, pastor of the First German Lvangelical Reform church. Inter ment will be In Rlverview cemetery. Toy.ie; Breaks Leg. Oregon City, Or., Dec. 21. H. C. Totler. a painter of thi city, fell on a slippery sidewalk on Twelfth street Monday, and the result was a broken collar bone and leg. He was removed to his home on Division street, where Dr. O. A. Welsh was summoned. The Theatre Beautiful Sixth at Washington Last 2 Days A A Story of a White Man's Regeneration Through the Love of a Beautiful Polynesian Princess. Ince. in this picture has re duced a storm and shipwreck scene never before equalled. WillardMack-J.FrankBurke Jack Gilbert Popular Baker Players in the Cast. I Mv4?4 L IX PA Announces All-Important Alliance With Henry W. Savage Under "Madam "Excuse Me" "Every woirian" "The Merry Widow" and other successes of the American stage will be released as Gold Rooster Plays The Above Features Will Appear at the MAJESTIC THEATRE AT AN EARLY DATE Corn Products Co, Building Wrecked Zzploaioa nils One, Injur 11, WnUe Two Are Ml1nr Trom Bsady Bid, XT. J., Plant of Company. New York. Dec. II ( l P.) One man was killed, two are missing and 11 injured, some of them fatally, in an txploslon which wrecked . the Dextrine building of the Corn Products company at Shady Side. N. J., today. Fire re sulting was extinguished quickly, but the loss was placed at $100,000. Bod Chcrka Passed. Vancouver, Wash., Deo. 21. It Ml learned yesterday that a smooth lndi. vidua succeeded in passing about $40 worth of worthless checks on local merchants Saturday evening- Of this amount he necured but little in cash, which made his scheme all the easier to work. His piari was to enter a store, pur chase quantity of goods and Issue a check for them In most instances the checks were dra.w:i for the amount of the bill. They were signed by "T. .1. Rilev," and were drawn on a local bank. Investigations by the police depart ment yesterday revealed no such per son in the city. Neither were the offi cials nucceni-f ul in securing any trace of the man, who had nenr'.y two days' start in making hln gotaway. c 7 h Oifi W AS r 9 ijy-' ' 4 ". '. Yl IUIIIII! Which X" Kroonland Grounds; Gets Away Safely Blf Paaama-raelfie Liner Ooee Aabora Off Bonth American Coast Bat Xacne Bio de Janeiro Safely. San Francisco. Cal . Dec. 21. U. P.) The steamer Knnland of the Panama-Pacific line, with a $500,000 car go aboard consigned to Kuropean ports, after being ashore (.ff Kerticeriros on the South American coant. hna reached Hi de Janeiro af;. according to dl patches received heie today. When ahe grounded, wireless call for help were rec.lv r.t ,,t R:o de . an -elro and rescue shtp mere dispatched. The liner was heard from two weeks ago, when she 1 ft t'oronel. on th coast of Chile, rear ;i . paralo. Ow ing to the slides In tin Ivtama canai, her passengers were 1 1 n.frr4 by rail across the lsthimik. Firemen EU-ct Officers. Oregon City. Or, Toung was elected 1 'e, :i Walter pr . idTt of th Mountain View compel - f firemen Monday night other off: Pje,-ted were: Vic preside! t. G'.heit Thomas; secretary, N. I.. Michel 1 i-asurer, Ray Welsh: foreman, Kil; ) yulnn; first assistant foreman. U :. :.-r Kllt ott. and second asxlstant foiM inr, Al bert Kruger A. Jiahlke is tie retir ing president. When writing or calling on plrine mention Tb- .Journal. ilTrtUer. The Village A Merrv Riot With RAYMOND HITCH COCK and FATTY ARBUCKLE as Chief Rioters. J AMUSEMENTS I E I 1 I I I HaId t l &SH TwilKht 411 Thli Wfk Mti. W4 . St. Tbe Baker I'Laera Is beot:fu reduction of CAMILLE Greatest of All Emotional Jjurr Drimaj. Th PUT Ttant Hn HUUwt. E renin r-r, bnr: box and lust 15'. M1- neas All seiU 2V (norpr V.i iu6 lnr). B-iil trrln rrfornnnc ttnlf b--mj line prlrea. Town.' Next wtrl U'-yt'i Ieinperuio BBOADWAT AJfD YAMHE-L Tte Bt vf Vu1tI11 AmeH-i't Ix"llef Woou LILLIAN KUSBILL Comf'iet 4 Kin; ReTur.idi A Dor.in: rrhl cl & llmloD In : M'o- . Krr: J-d Cbilkm; Lc Ihjru & Durec. Orbcja Trl We-klT Mtlne Vtl.j NOTE PRlrEHMtlt,v 10-, 2Rr, V. Mgnu 10c. . soe. Ttc. HATlKtT DAI1Y 30 DOSEZ O&AjrS OrF-K A CO. With Kate. Ikree in "Greit MocneoU 7roa Ormjld Operat." I OTHEB BIO ACTA Bexee, tint row baicooy Mat reeerred by pk. Curtain 2 M. nd . We Give Away Money Tonight The Lyric Fourth and Stark Streets We Share Our Profits With You COME AND GET YOUR SHARE WHen writing" ot caTOna fetvC tic J Si Scandal dTvrfloera, (AflT. plea mention Tbe Joaraai.