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One Hundred Ypuths, Armed
With' Rakes, Hoes, Shovels
Tackle Rubbish,
school pupils aiding
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Complaint Had by Some f Children
' f '-' ' Ariast Low Frtces Belnf Bald
rw? Tbtm by tt Junk Mm.
Tully 100 boy scouts, under corn
man! of J. K. Brockaway, Scout leader.
, tickled the big vacant block Just east
' 1 f th steel bridge this morning, in
cul4 ib Clumin i amnalrn. They were
ryj armed with rakes, hoes and shovels
hlgf nd sailed In the mess of rubbish that
t,iJ evrd the block, piling it conven-
. lently and smoothing the .top soli. He
reel for noon the place had an entirely
COif Pect- Tney were rniiamraged
in . their task by the clicking of a
, Path Weekly picture- machine, but
Phf kept at it long after the movie man
n had gone.
Otl -iThe official cleanup of tho Sunny
of aide and Hawthorne districts took
I : J place today, pupils from the schools
net devoting nearly all day gathering up
coi Junk,
vai - Complaint Is Made.
, J ' ' Bitter complaint came from the
:k neighborhood of the Richmond school
against tho low prices the children
'' I were being held for the metals and
Ihl other Junk ly the Junk dealer stationed
il n001- Complaint was made
I that the prices actually paid were
roJl Insignificant hh lo make it a waste
I Of time for children to Kather and
gif carry the material to the advertised
f at place of siile.
'w-j', ,-Thla matter was reported to Jacob
' Xanster. supervisor of the cleanup cam
. paign, together with the repot t that
J J Principal Steele was not satisfied with
r I the treatment the children were get-
tin-.
I No complaints had been received
1 from other districts, however. On the
' contrary, all the statements of sales
e submitted to Mr. Kanzler showed strict
X adherence to the advertised prices to
-1 b paid.
Harmony Zs Bestored.
, v Harmony was restored in the Over
Ujj look district last night, when Mrs.
t' Robert Merger and Superlntendcpt of
Street Cleaning Alex M, I Donaldson
Lij burled the hatchet. Mis. Rerger had
wa protested against the dumping of
t f if ul Into the gulch near her home,
J' and she was Joined In the protest by
Imi""!"1'"1"' I
tio V t. was finally explained that the
i m street commissioner had intended to!
i cover the rubbish deposits with earth,;
D and thus fill up an unsightly hole. He j
j, wg backed by Fire Marshal Jay Stev
poi ns and Mr. Kanrler, and everything
l.u was found running smoothly when the.
. 'peace conference'' left the t-cene
Mondays cleanup day will include
m tha east side district from the rUer to
X tha limits between Division and Hoi-
gate. This is under the captalncv of
Jr. J. Johnson.
Fund of Municipal
Golf Course Starts
Optnlng Ona la Campaign to Kaise
. taOOO Fired When B. Rosenblatt
OiTSs $350 Check.
The opening pun in the campaign to
false 12000 for the purpose of con
structing the municipal Rolf course at
Ladd Park was fired today, when
Bamuel Rosenblatt turned over a $250
check to the committee, which has
been working on the project.
Chairman T. Morris Dunne of the
municipal course committee, has
called a meeting for Monday noon
When Plans for Lhe rnitnr nf tha
;fun will be fornnilated.
:Just Missed Death
H On Saws in Big Mill
.Oregon City. Or., May 5. Archie
,"McCrd, who is well known in Oregon
City, had a miraculous escape from
death Thursday afternoon while em
ployed at the bTI sawmill at Molalla.
Tha young man was doing some repair
work on a lower saw, and waa told to
go ahead with the work by another
er-.ploye who stood close by, when the
j engineer, thinking that it was an order
for him to go ahead with the saws,
started them. Luckily for MeCord.
thers was but a single belt on the
, lower saw, and when his body came
In, contact with the upper saw, al
' lowed the latter to sjpread. thus sav
in J McCord from a horrible death.
Ilia body was lacerated by the teeth
of the lower saw coming in contact
With those of the upper. The ma
, chinery was running slowly at the
itlme, and the employes of the mill
rushed to the man'a assistance. Dr.
Todd, of Mollala. was summoned and
dressed the wounds.
COLUMBIA
6th at
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CHILD
The drama
with a big
human note
and
HANK MANN
in an irresistibly
funny Keystone.
Bread and Butter
"Sunday Norma
Talmaga in
Tho Children
of the House 11
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CIVIL IZA
Accident Victim
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Was Local Resident
0y T. Colpltts Vat Satfc at Leaven
worth, Wtib., Trom an Xlctia
hock Whil Working on Ballroad.
Ouy V. Colpltts. who was killed
Leavenworth, Wash., on May G, by an
electric shock while working: for the
Great Northern railroad, was a resi
dent of Portland, living with hi moth
er. Mm. Cleo Colpitta. at Fourteenth
and Jefferson street. He was 25
vears of age, and was the brother of
Margaret and Olive Colpltts. Mr. Col
pitta was a member of Washington
lodge, A. V. and A. M., and Martha
Washington chapter, O. K. 8.. of this
city. Funeral services will b held at
ii.'.O p. m., Tuesday, May 9. at the
First Presbyterian church. The body
is In charge of P. L. Lerch at East
Kleventh and Clay.
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CONTROL THE PRICES
IS UNDER LEGAL TEST
Ford Motor Co, Sues to Re
strain Local Company From
Selling Below List Price.
Will the plan adopted by the Ford
Motor company of Detroit, Mich., to
control the retail price of Ford auto
mobiles stand the test of the courts?
This question is up in' connection
with a suit filed today by the Ford
Motor company against Benjamin E.
Hoonn &. Co., to restrain the latter
company from selling Ford roadsters
and touring cars below the list price.
It has been demonstrated in the
courts that a manufacturer who sells
his goods outright to a retailer cannot
control the retail price of such goods,
and to remedy this condition a cam-
AUTO FIRM'S RIGHT TO
paign is now on to secure the enact- by Commissioners Daly and Bigelow.
ment by congress of what is, known At present the city is attempting to
a.s the Stevens bill. I collect 11200 due from the City Messen-
Br.t the Ford plan, as explained by j ger & Delivery company on its fran
Attorneys McDougall & McDougall, j chise and this company contends that
who filed the complaint today, is dif- the other companies are operating
ferent. The Ford company Joes not
sell at wholesale. It is the retailer.
It consigns its machines to its selling ;
arenitt lo vm sum at a lbi lih nab
price, and the agent, when he sells a
machine, is to retain 15 per cent for
his commission. The question now is:
n vm t.1t Int.. -v m - ioulnn
ir.l Tu "?.r"l L" T; I
reducing the net price of the car?
Baker Pleased With
D,,U f r nnfiAti
Commission Form of OoTeramsnt Eai
Won Its Most UeolslTe Victory and
opponents win j-rooagiy aoCTju.
Maker. Or. May fi. There is general !
satisfaction in Baker over the result
of the city election yesterday, when
the voters Indprsed the commission,
form of government and raised the j
sHlsrles of the mayor and two commls- '
stoners. It was for them to deciae fori
the third time whether they wanted
commissioner form or the manager ;
form, and the vote was over two to one
in favor of the former, the largest
majority yet polled against the mana-
Fpr form whox ndvncntes admit that1
there is no use in trying iururer
Eight hundred and nine votes were
cast for the commissioner foirn, 369
for manager. On the salary question,
I ti?4 voted for the raise and against.
The Issue came up with the tentative
resignation of Mayor Palmer and Wa
ter Commissioner Henry, receiving
, $l.r)00 and $1200 annually, being cut
i from $2500 and $2000 a year ago last
' fall. The Commerlal club backed a
I petition to raise the salaries and tho
1 Baker County Tax league came in then
with a petition to submit the manager
1 form again, both questions coming up
: yesterday. They were decisively an
swered, in the hearty Indorsement of
t tie commission government an j pres
1 ent administration
Iload Supervisor Let Out.
Baker. Or.. May 6. W. P. McCub
blns, road supervisor of district Js'o. 17
of Baker county, comprising tiie dis
trict of Huntington and vicinity, was
yesterday removed from office by or
der of the county court, which ap
pointed J. C. Wooley as supervisor in
his place. The court order stated thai
the cause of McCubblns' removal was
him failure to follow the orders of the
court In variou. matter, of road work
which he had been Instructed to look
after.
McCubblns had been supervisor i
for several years, and was reappointed
the first of the year,
Mazamas to Take
Trip to Aschoffs
Party Will do to Bull Bun and Kike
I Best of Way; Dance Will Be Held
Tonight.
The home of Adolph Ascheff, pio
neer mountaineer of the Cascades, and
the Sandy River canyon, will be visited
by the Masamas in their week-end trip
today and tomorrow. The nurtv i.ft
in two sections this afternoon, at 3 45
and at 5:55 p. m., going to Bull Run.
From there they will hike to Aschoff's
home, seven miles, spending the night
in camp in a grove nearby. A dance
nas Deen arranged lor tonight at the
hotel. Tomorrow the party will des
cend into Sandy River canyon, visit
one of the power dams of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power company
and the fish hatchery. The return to
Portland will be at 7:46 tomorrow eve
ning. C. E. Blakney is the leader
Milwaukee Cuts Its
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limfi T.n thP HnClCsf'
J-ALU.U LU tUO VJUdOL
Chicago. May . (I. N. S.) The
running time from Chicago to Seattle
of the "Columbian" has been shortened
two hours, according to official an
nouncement at the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railroad headquarters
here today.
The cut In time between Chicago
and Puget Sound will make no differ
ence in the special sleeper service to
and from Portland on th rniumhi.
uy way or tne u-W. R. & n. Co. The
car will lay over in .Spokane the ad
uiuonai time Detween trains.
Indictment Is Dismissed.
Judge Morrow today dismissed the
indictment against A. J. Clark, charg
ing him with arson. The indictment
was dismissed on the ground of insuf
ficient evidence to warrant a conviction.
ARLINGTON
HBGHTS
FRANCHISE-IS HELD
BY LA
E
Failure to File $10,000 Bond
and Acceptance for Right
to Run Cars Is Cause,
WILL MOVE TO REPEAL
Company "Will Try to Bee tire JTew
Franchise and Pay Delinquent
Amounts to ths City,
The franchise head by the Heights
Trust company to operate a car Una
on Arlington Heights Is void because
of failure of the company to file a
$10,000 bond and acceptance, according
tg, a decision of City Attorney La
Roche.
As result of the failure of the com
pany to file Its bond and acceptance
and pay $280 due on its franchise fee,
an ordinance ifc' to bo introduced before
the city council Wednesday by Com
missioner Blgelow repealing the origi
nal franchise ordinance.
It la said, however, that the Heights
Trust company will attempt to pre
vent the city prohibiting its cars from
operations by seeking a new franchise
and paying the delinquent amounts.
The council will decide whether or not
a new franchise is to be granted.
FRANCHISES TO KE REQUIRED.
Telegraph Companies Must Secure
Right to Operate Call Boxes.
The Western Union and the Postal
Telegraph companies are to be re
quired to take franchises to operate
their messenger call box systems, under
an ordinance which is being prepared
without a franchise from the city. The
franchise plan for the Western I'nion
d ,ne pOBtai companies comes as re
suit of complaint by the City Messen
ger & Delivery company.
An ordinance repeiillnt? the franchise
grant to the City Messenger Deliv-
ry company is to be before the coun-
cil Wednesday,
Commissioner Blgelow
aims to repeal the ordinance because
of failure of the company to pay tha
$1200.
MORE HALL FIELDS ADDED.
City to Have 16 or 17 Diamonds
for Use of Amateur Players.
The city is to have IS or 17 baseball
diamonds in readiness for use of ama-
t baseball players by the time tha
summer park season opens. Last year
the city
had 13 tracts in use for the
ball players but this year three or
four are to he added.
Heed college has donated the use
of its ball field to the park bureau
and the city is establishing a base
ball ground near the forestry build
ing. These are. two which the city
did not have last year. Park Superin
tendent Convlll said this morning that
at least two more would be secured
before the ball season is well along.
.o definite date has been fixed for
the opening of the summer Dark and
playground season but it will be about
June 1.
Action In Pool Room Postponed
The question of revoking the license
of the Columbia poor and billiard room
at 107Va Sixth street is to be decided
by the council next Friday. The coun
cil heard evidence yesterday and post
poned action. It is charged that gam
bling was permitted in the place, but
Fred Hussman, proprietor, denies this.
Following the hearing, Commissioner
Baker stated that no sane man would
revoke the license on the evidence
which had been presented to the coun
cil.
To lioiin Work Monday.
Work on tha foundation of Port
land's public auditorium. Third and
Market streets, begins Monday when
workmen begin pouring concrete into
the forms. From then on work is to
be pushed. Some delay was encoun
tered owing to failure of steel for rein
forcing to arrive when due, but that
is now ' here an the cement pourlnj
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I that " V. De.a ye" befo,re. WOrl1 OD
l"" ' ...cicu.
Property Owners to Meet.
A meeting of the property owners
I assessed for the construction of Hill
' side boulevard is to be held at 2
t o'clock Monday afternoon in City At
. torney La Roche's office in the city
I hall. Mr. La Roche is to attempt to
get an agreement from the property
owners that they will pay the assess
I ments levied against them provided
1 the city will agree to put Hlllsside
boulevard In shape for travel.
Ordinance Is Opposed.
Although a number of physicians are
seeking the repeal of an ordinance
prohibiting tuberculosis sanitariums in
the city, a number of people are oppos
,nf? tne Plan- This is evident with tha
JlinS of a petition by William Young
asking that no action be taken toward
repealing the ordinance. The petition
i contains about 75 signatures.
Mrs. Wintler Dies.
Vancouver, Wash., May 6. Mrs.
Albertlna Wintler, an aged pioneer
resident of this city, died this morn
ing at her home, 112 West Twelfth
street. Jbihe was a native of Radols
sell, Baden, Germany, and came here
in 1363. She had been a widow since
liSU.
Mrs. Wintler is eurvived by the fol
lowing cnnaren: Airs. Anna S. Di
lels- Mr- Albertlina W. Cook. M
Marie Wintler, Miss Jesse M. Wlntl
lowing children: Mrs. Anna S. Dan-
iss
tier
and Miss Kate M. Wintler of Vancou
ver, Mrs. Ruth W Burdlck of Galvin,
Miss Emma K. Wintler of Corvallls,
or Jr. u. wintler of Keattle, and J.
R. Wintler of Bakiersf ield, Cal.
The body is being held at her late
home pending the completion of fun
eral arrangements.
Miss Gregory lie-elected.
Oregon City, Or., May 6. Miss Ruth
Gregory, who is a sister of Mrs. 11.
1 ' tannage or tois city ana wno is
engaged in teaching school at Hoquiam,
wash., has been reelected to teach the
faU term with an advance in salary.
Miss Gregory is w"ll known in this
city, where she resided for some time
before taking up br work at Hoquiam.
She will spend her summer vacation
with her sister in this city.
Wben writing- er rattla an aevertlwr nrns
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SUPREME SECRETARY
COMING TO PORTLAND
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William J. McGinley.
William J. McGinley, supreme secre
tary of the Knights of Columbus, will
visit Portland tomorrow and Monday.
Mr. McGinley will make two talks to
the Knights tomorrow at the initiation
and at the banquet In the evening at tna rock he said.
the Portland hotel. Knights from all j The system of paying the prisoners
over the state will be here to meet him I JB cente a day was installed when the
and attend the initiation and state Kelly Butte guardhouse was turned
convention. over to Sheriff Hurlburt by the county
The Knights of Columbus wlHcommigsioners following a Jailbreak in
initiate a larse class -tomorrow at the -which 12 prisoners made their escape
Cathedral hall. It will be followed by on Sunday night while the guards were
banquet In the evening at the fort-
land hotel. Monday will be turned I
over to the work of the state conven
tion whlh will fnni-MiA at 1A n'flnrk '
at the Knights of Columbus club.
TAKES LEAD IN RACE
iL
Miss Georgia White Climbs
Suddenly From Tenth Place;
to the Top.
Miss Georgia White of Corvallls took
the lead In the contest for queen of
the Rote Festival this morning, climb
ing from tenjh place. Miss Mildred
Pegg, who led yesterday
afternoon,
dropped to second place.
Standings of the candidates as shown
by the day's count follows:
Georgia White, Corvallls 158.950
CORVALLIS CANDIDATE
FESTIW
QUEEN
Mildred Pegg, Vancouver 150,410 apportioned as follows: City of Port
Muriel Saltng, Pendleton 149,073 land. $308,803; Portland school difi-
Jeweli Carroll, Knights and La- j trlct, $230,925; aute, $99,388; county,
dies of Security 117.261
Rose Uptegrove. Oregon City.. 140,42$
Eleanor Jackson. Modern For
esters. McMinnville J 10,265
Lillian C. Hendricksen, Fores
ters of America 136.621
Ed el Fraasch. Eugen 123,213
Mrs. Maud Gilman, G. A. R 114,107
Anna B. Allen, Metropolitan
life Insurance company .... I07.S2S
Marion Anderson, Albany 91,86 7
i,ouise Taylor, western tnlon S2.03;
Waive Jacobs. Klamath Falls
73,224
Myrtle McClarkin, Rose City
Park .
$16
Cause of Increase
In Evans' Office
That over $4000 expense of Dis
trict Attorney Cameron's adminis
tration had been carried over and
charged against the expenses of the
year 1913 after District Attorney
f.vanH wns in offici was one of the
statements made by Deputy District
JIammersly at a meeting of the Sun
nyslde Republican club last night.
Ho was Interrupted by Attorney Mar
tin Hawkins, who had preceded him,
speaking In behalf of John C. McCue.
"You have placed that $1600 too
high," said Mr. Hawkins.
"O, then you did know that some
amount had been carried over and
you neglected to tell this audience
about it," rejoined Mr. Hammer sly,
who previously had said that he did
not believe Mr. Hawkins was wil
fully misquoting the figures.
Mr. Hammersly replied to a charge
made by Mr. Hawkins, that the com
plaint in the Schultz case had been
faultily drawn by showing that the
onnrt hnd nassed unon this as a nues-
tion of law and had held the com-
plaint valid. He also said that out
of more than a thousand Indictments
drawn during Mr. Evans' term, not a
single one had been held defective by
the court.
District Attorney Evans made a
one-minute talk before " Webfoot
camp. Woodmen of the World, at
Woodmen temple, last night. He
called attention to the pledges he
had made in the campaign four years
ago and courted the judgment of the
citizens upon the manner in which
the Pledge had been carried out.
Shock of Death of
Son Kills Mother
East Orange, N. J.. May 6. fU. P.)
Mrs. William F. Stagg, mother of
Clinton Stagg. killed In an automobile
accident in Hollywood, Cal.. Wednes
day night, Is dead today of a broken
heart. She was ill as the result of
an operation when the news of her
son's death was received. The mother
immediately suffered a relapse. XIrs.
Stagg and her son will be burled to
gether on Tuesday, Stagg waa a New
York writer.
Hide Thief Pleads Guilty.
Vancouver, Wash., May 8. Jack
Bagley, arrested a short time ago for
stealing some bides from the City Cash
Market, today entered a plea of guilty
to burglary In the second degree. Judge
R. H. Back of the superior court sen
tenced him to serve from six months
to 15 years in the state reformatory
at Monroe.
Choir Will Travel.
Oregon City, Or., May 6 The choir
of the Presbyterian church will go to
Clarka on Sunday afternoon and will
render music at the services -at the
grange hall at 3:30 o'clock, which will
be conducted by the pastor. Rev. J. P.
Landsborough of this city.
PRISON
RS ARE DOING
AT
PILE, STATES SHERIFF
Sum of Nearly $100 Earned
by M-en. Since Rule Became
Effective April 1 ,
MEN PAID 15 CENTS DAY
System of Paylmg Prisoners Installed
Following Zscapa of Kumber of
TbOga la Custody.
Since the first of April, the prisoners
at Kelly Butte have earned nearly 100
at the rate of 16 cents a day for tha
time they work in the rock quarry.
County Auditor Martin today notified
8heriff Hurlburt that the 100 appro
priated by the county commissioners
for this purpose was about used up, so
Sheriff liirlbut will go before the
commissioners next Monday and ask
for another appropriation.
Sheriff Hurlburt declared that the
, prisoners at the quarry were doing as
I good work as though they" were free
men and were receiving 12.60 a day.
He said he was not running tha quarry
at capacity because the county is not
using the crushed rock as fast a it
could be turned out. Approximately
150 yards of crushed rock could be
ou, - rtBV if thero was need for
playing cards in the office.
.
VOIR SEEK SEPARATION.
Domestic Troubles Are Aired
in
Complaints Filed.
"Failed to treat her in a social man
ner by taking her visiting or to place
of amusement, button the other hand,
has been Irritable, cross and irasci
ble." On that ground Vida K. Crosne
is asking for divorce from K. S. Crosno
in a complaint filed in circuit court.
They were married at Ahtanum, Wash.,
in 189S.
nn the grounds of cruelty, Evelyn
Giace Rooney has filed suit lor di
vorce from Frank J. Kooney. They
were married at Pocatello, Idaho, in
1012 and have one son. She asks for
$00 a month alimony.
Two other tuits for divorce were
filed, as follows: John Peters vs.
Mildred Peters, married In Iowa in
1912, adultery; Delia Graves vs. Lyle
A. Graves, married in Los Angeles in
1913, desertion.
$909,180 Turned Over.
The final large turnover of tax
money, collected during the first ta
psying period, was made by Sheriff
I Hurlburt to County Treasurer Lewis
today. It amounted to $0S,1S0. This
sum will be distributed by the county
treasurer to the various taxing dis
tricts, the principal amounts being
$90,185; Port of Portland, $36,345.
Arguments Are Postponed.
The demurrer to the indictment
against C. A. Warriner, charged with
assault with his automobile, was not
argued today before Judge Morrow, as
had been scheduled, owing to absence
from the city of Attorney John Logan,
; who is to maKe tne argument in behalf
of Warriner. Logan will be in Call
fornia until some time next week.
Deputy District Attorney Collier will
present the state's view.
Punishment Held Sufficient,
The case against W. E. Benton, who
was convicted in the municipal court
of a technical violation of thje prohi
bition law and appealed to the circuit
court, was dismissed today by Judge
Morrow on recommendation of Deputy
District Attorney Ryan. Since his con
viction in the municipal court on April
IS. Benton has been serving time at
Kelly liutte ana tne court neia mat
his punishment haa been sufficient.
Driver of Auto Is Sued.
As Kd ward J. Reynolds was crossing
the street he waa struck by an auto
mobile being driven by Susan Gllstrap.
He waa knocked down and injured.
As a result he haa filed suit for $1080
damages against the driver of the ma
chine. He alleges she waa negligent
In that she failed to sound a warning
and failed to drive around him.
Railroad Company Sued.
Harry Btarfas, administrator of tffe
estate of George Vasileon, filed suit
today against the Southern Pacific
! company for $2999 damages. Vaslleon
was killed by a Southern Pacific train
near Harrisburg, Linn county, on May
24. 1914.
Immediate Vote on
Rublee Is Ordered
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Orders Tot pa Confirmation of Ped
eral Trade Commissioner Boole.
Washington, May 6. (U. P.) An im
mediate vote on confirmation of the
nomination of Federal Trade Commis
sioner Rublee was ordered by the sen
ate Interstate commerce committee to
day. The committee was not polled
and the opposition to the nomination
is not known.
The appointment is considered of
secondary Importance only to that of
Louis D. Brandeis as supreme court
justice. Senator Gallinger held up the
appointment all during the last session
on the ground that Rublee was "per
sonally obnoxious." This may be suf
ficient to beat him.
Cummins to Arrive
In Oregon Thursday
Presidential Candidate Expects to
X.eT Washington, X. C, for Ton?
of Stat Today.
Washington, May . (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Senator Cummins expects to leave
today for a weeks' campaign tour
in Oregon. He will enter the state
from California Thursday.
Porsey B. Smith Called East.
Dorsey B. Smith, local agent of the
Grand Trunk Railway system, leaves
tonight for McLeansboro, III. He is
called east by the serious illness of his
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father.
Injury Sustained in j
Accident Is Fatal
JUstA Korton, Wno Was Knrt am
Wbta raU wmia pnatiag , 91od
X.ast Wight at Hospital.
While on a fishing trip thres weeks
ago, Lloyd Horton, 22 yeara old, of
Tigard, tripped over a log and fell
heavily, striking on his head. Tha
Injury seemed superficial and no atten
tion wag paid to it. Ten days later,
however, a mysterious head trouble de
veloped, which resulted tn his death at
the Good Samaritan hospital last night.
Pofct mortem examination this morning;
showed that death was due to an ab
scess of the brain. Dr. H. V. Ong, who
attended the young man, thought that
the abscess wag due to tha fall, but j
other surgeons present were doubtful ,
of this origin of the disease.
The body was removed to the Erick
son undertaking
widow survives.
establishment-
YOUNG, WANTED FOR
CONFESSEDHIS GUILT
On Bad Bill of Lading He Se
cured $6500 From Centen
nial Firm. Portland,
Tacoma, Wash.. May 6. (P. N. S.)
Before police officials here today, J. A.
Young, alias Levlne. Williams, Win
ters. Wright, Thomas, etc.. made a
clean breast of deals by which, since
1914, he has swindled pacific coast
grain dealers out of $11,260. most of
which he has since lost in promotion
schemes.
Young, deciding that "the Jig was
up," made a full confession to Chief
of Detective William Fackler, Night
Captain Frank Geary, who brought him
back from San Bernardino, Cal., und to
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Myron
C. Cramer.
Operate! 1b Portland.
According to the statement made
afterward by the officers. Young will
plead grullty here Monday to the grand
larceny charge hanging over him. In
which it is alleged he bilked P. J.
Fransloll & Co. out of $2500 last fall.
Young, the officers say, confessed i
that since 1914, he has worked with
considerable success, securing .'$5600
from a Portland firm, $1500 in San
Francisco, $650 in Oakland, $200
Tacoma and $1000 in Minneapolis.
Was an Expert.
The police have information that
Young, once accounted one of the best
grain experts in Utah, was formerly
both mayor and postmaster of a Utah
city. His family, knowing nothing of
his nefarious schemes and supposing
him to be away on grain commission
business, resides in San Diego, where j
bis children are attending high school. !
In bringing Young back to Washing- j
ton, Captain Geary said he played hide ;
and seek da,y and night with detectiva.)
of Oakland, San Francisco and Port
land, all of whom were trying their
best to get Young Vr trial lo their re
spective cities.
J. A. Young, captured in San Ber
nardino, Is the man who, on a fake bill ;
of lading, secured $6500 from the Cen-
tennlal Milling company of this city, j
He was identified in San Bernardino I
by Louis Houger, formerly with J
Meyer-WHson & Co. here, and who I
passed through here today en route to :
Tacoma, where he is now employed. i
Mexican Burglar's
Plans Frustrated
BEan Who Invades Homes of Japanese
Scared Away, In iUl Bat On Case
Befor Ac pairing- Much Iioot.
Wholesale burglaries were at
tempted by a Mexican early yesterday J
morning at some Japanese homes in i
the vicinity of Twelfth snd Glisan I
streets, but various incidents coin, ,
bined to frustrate his designs in au
but one Instance. j
The home of Y. Nakamura at 127 :
North Twelfth street was the first
entered. As the thief collected $17
in gold and silver, a gold watch chain
and some clothing, a Japanese woman
asleep in another room was aroused
and saw the Intruder. She described
him as being a short statured Mexi
can, carrying a flash light. The man
ran' from the house. A short time
later he was In the home of S. Shlmo
jlmn at 129 North Twelfth street,
next door, but a baby was awakened,
and its cries frightened the burglsr
away as the father got tip to see
what was the matter.
In leaving this plt.ee he took a pair
of trousers and a vest. At other
residences he drank from milk bottles
on the door steps.
British Restrictions
On Fruit of Oregon
Washington. May 6. Representa
tions by the American ambassador in
London concerning restrictions placed
on importations of dried, preserved
and canned fruits into the United
Kingdom have brought no promise jf
any relaxation of the rules, under which
such shipments will be stopped
through the summer and restricted by
special lleense after next October.
Secretary of State Lansing "Vies
transmitted to Senator Chamberlain
and Representative Hawley a cable
gram received from Ambassador Page,
in which no reference Is made to the
request that licenses be granted be
tween now and October. The mes
sage says:
"In reply to my representations for
eign office Informs me that for the
purpose of granting special import li
censes preserved fruit, etc., must have
been on the way to consignees in Great
Britain on or before March 4 and not
March 13. Kurther that applications
for issuance of such licenses shouln
be addressed by consignees in United
Kingdom to the Board of Trade."
Victim Arreat Auto Iriver.
When Ernest Wilsont an employe of
the Port of Pertland, was- run down
while riding his motorcycle at East
Fifty-second and Division streets last
night by an automobile, he became his
own police officer and brought the
offending driver to police headquar
ters. The machine was driven by K.
C. Hamlin, a salesman, and the detail1
of the accident were threshed out be
fore Sergeant Oelsner, with the result,
according to the sergeant's report, that
Hamlin admitted blame for the colli -
Ision and agreed to settle for ti.e dara
es.
GRAN
SWINDLES
HAS
Two Young Men Are
Put Under Arrest
Accusation or Contributing to DsUm
Quency of Two Xlaor Oirls Kadat
SCaa and Woman Bought.
Leroy Miller, 23. and Gordon Ferry,
18, are in the county jail charged with
contributing to the deliquency of two
16-year-old girls, and the police, ars
looking for hh older man and woman
who were with them, as the result of
an escapade of two weeks ago tonight.
The boys Invited the girls to take
a ride. They hired a Jitney, and then
went to a dance hall to pick up a
man who wmm
with them.
ffjr riHit.n.
for a while, as a lark the girls ac
cepted the Invitation of the older mHn
to visit a house in the Woodstock dis
trict. One step led to another until
the crowd decided to spend the night
there,
The
terday
two boya were arrested ves
on romnlatnt nf M...
Chandler erounsa of tha denV't,
public safety
jor women, hut so fur
. ' , ur me omcr woman
The girls, both of whom are Iron. K,,d
famMles. are in care of the Juvenile
Jitney Driver Taken
By Plainclothes Man
Charre
Made
of
Exceedlar
8pee4 Idmlt
PnllA.. . I
atpt ay oa the
Speedometer of Oar.
.ulrrou complaints coming to the
police that Tom Gekas. jitney driver
was not only persistently exceeding
the speed limit, but also Insulted his
women passengers, resulted in his
arrest luut i .. . . "
. ,,,BMl y motorcycle Pa
trolman It. L. Crane.
t rane borded Gekas' Alberta Jitney
him The r0d. dWn 0 Wh
k m . V er' '" nl!4in clothes, sat
beside Gekas and watched the speedo
meter as the Jitney driver raced down
Oregon street with another machine.
This was Cranes allegation when he
ui9 io ponce headquarters.
C.eka then said hi speedometer was
faulty. The machine was taken to
Front street and tried out by Motor
cycle Patrolman Ervln and found ac
curate. Bandit Steal $10,000.
Bald Knob, Ark, May S.(l N 8)
Six bandits early today simultane
ously dynamited safes In four stores
here and escaped with money and Jew
elry valued at $10,000. The bandits
however, later were located by a posse
""" " i"'"-" uame is imminent.
NOW PLAYING TO
the officers have not located the old..r!an(1 "ther badly tlamsged by fire of
a n
MEM SARA
In Her Stirring Version of
The Eternal
SaplMD
The Much Discussed Photoplay
NO wise man would carry a
gun which would hesitate
about going off when you
pulled the trigger. You've got
to be able to depend on a gun.
With cigars when you put
your hand in your pocket,
you want to draw out one
you're sure of.
We've been trying to tell you
that you can depend on the mellow
ness and uniform flavor of the
OWL. Will you do us the favor of
testing the OWL ? Suppose you
invest that nickel today 1
THE MILLION
DOLLAR CIGAR
'
.
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" M.A.OUNSTa.CO. .n,,.-,,.
' INCORPORATED 11 ' "
FLAMES CONSUME 2
ES
IN ALBERTA DISTRICT
One House Is Entirely De-.
stroyed and Other Badly
Damaged; One Is Insured,
ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN
Belief Za Expressed That Orerheated
Cook atovo iponst MeMarshal
Will Hake Xnveatiratloa.
One home w.ik cotnnlatnlv d.i.n..t
unknown origin In the Knst Alberta dis
trict snortly before o'clock last night.
The homes were thou nr xn....
Hachei Libble Dllll0s t 10,G t
,1 wenty-ninth street north, and of J II.
' J029 ,:,l"t T"'"t -ninth street
, north. The houses ar adjacent, atU
u n ivy piaco
c citught from the other
I II
The blaze oilalnatr.i in , i.
.J ' The fire I.
.heated kitche.
- nmiieii ironi un over-
ly and not until ,), flIn camo out
nelgnboVr r"l 4'""
th firl'6. "Ki"CH 14 "J 18 arrived,
the fire hud spread to th. c, ..!-.. .
dence and burned off a .teriner'extenl
Ion The Misses DuMois had Jus, f .
lahed paying for their home and fm-m.
tore, and the loss was n( insured.
They are employed in laundry work!
The Cawley. loss is covered lv Insur
ance. An lni.tiln.1ii
. " ""l" i" ueiei'iiiHia
...n uu.,-, ii possible. In under way by
the fire marshal' office today.
J-ane Pioneer Die.
, " ' r" A,ay Mrs. Mary
Wlmmer. pioneer resident of in.
,,vea ,,, (liB j,art nf
iuo oune lor ib vests, died at her
. jr,rr.uiy at noon, at
the ase of 6 yeara Airs. Wlmmer Is
nu.Mveci ny two daughters, Mrs J W
...... t..vh ,,i in,nK ut1(1 Slrs inward
Adumu l,f .
....,.,,, , M1 1 anu otl0
jmmm v immer or Irving. Tin
uur ... win i,e h.-id Ht ,ha united
meiuren enure h at Irving. HunSay
""" "' ,v " iocs, interment will
..c i me irmriiTy near t h vi o.
CROWDED HOUSES
ADJOINING RESIDENC
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