THE OkEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916.
PARENTS OF YOUTHS
WHO STOLE AUTOS 10
BE INVESTIGATED TOO
Judge Cleeton and . Deputy
' " District Attorney Robison
Decide to Take Action,
MOTHER WILL BE FIRST
Womaa ItpmUA Trom iuibMd Tells
. of ud Battls With Wortd Judge
Csasorss B for Attitude.
Not only the boy auto bandits who
were fathered in by the police yester
day, but their fathers and mothers. If
they have any, are to be investigated
by the Juvenile court and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Charles W. Robison.
"When Judge Cleeton of the Juvenile
court yesterday afternoon sentenced
Clifford Emerson, who will be 16 next
January, to not more than three years
la the stat training nctiool at Salem,
he requested Robison to make an Inves
tigation of Mrs. Emerson, the boy's
mother, to uncertain If her parental
neglect is responsible for the boy's law
lessness. "If a mother can be held responsible
for contributing to the delinquency of
her daughter through neglect, then a
mother can be held responsible for the
same reasons for the delinquency of her
Son, Robison told Mrs. Emerson.
' The mother and boy, wiio will not be
16 until next January, met In the Ju-
: venlle court. The boy was defiant and
antagonize to his mother. She was
In tears, but resentful because he hud
brought this trouble upon himself and
her.
j "The boy is your son?" asked Judge
' Cleeton.
"I am sorry to say he is." replied
. the mother. "I would rather see him
dead than in the juvenllo court. I've
tried to make a man of him."
The boy said that about a week ago!
hifc mother gave him JL'.SO to buy a
pair of trousers and ."0 cuts extra and
'told him that was the last she would
give him, as he was old enough to
make his own living.
lUs father and mother were sepa
rated 13 year ago. He has never
known what It Is to have a home. Kor
several years lie was In a convent.
'.For a time he was at the Fruzer Home.
Ho has been placed in private homes
and given employment, but would never
. Stay. He has refused to stick at any
one job.
... Mrs. Emerson said she has had great
difficulty In supporting herself and
contributing to the boy's support. Sev
eral years she laugh f in the sU.te
school at Vancouver. She Is now work
ing as a practical nurse. She said she
has had long periods of Illness and
. large hospital and doctor's bills, and
- that It was Impossible for her to take
. care of her son.
' Judge Cleeton censured her for not
evidencing more of a mother's love in
her care for the boy.
BUNGALOW GIFT 19 VALID ONE
'Court Passes on Issue In "Mar-
riage Bargain." ' 1
The pretty bungalow at 465 East
Forty-ninth street, north, in Rose
'City Park, which was the Inducement
offered by the late Margarette But
rlck, then 69 years old, to get Mark
. Schlussel and Josephine Leach to get
married and live with and take care
'of her in her old age, cannot be
taken away from the Sohlussels now.
1 Circuit Judge Kavanaugh decided
yesterday afternoon that the agree
ment made by Mrs. Butrlck and the
' Schlussels was valid and binding and
that Edward Hays, only son and heir
at law of Mrs. Butrick, could claim
Bo Interest in the property.
, When the agreement was made Mrs.
Leach wan conducting a boarding
house at S74 Park street, and Mark
Sohlussel was acting as her business
agent and also the agent of Mrs. But
rlck. To carry out her part of the
agreement Mrs. Leach sold her inter
est In the boarding house at a sacrl
flce and was married to Mr. Schlus-
, sel January 80, 1915. They went to
live with Mrs. Butrlck, who died July
to, 1916, without exeoutlng her agree
ment In writing.
DIVORCE DECREES ENTERED
Number of New Suits Filed Today
and Yesterday.
Decrees of divorce were entered In
two cases yesterday, as follows: Es
tella M. Robbln. vs. W. A. Robblns,
married In Portland in 180. two chil
dren, $10 a month alimony, cruelty:
Bessie B. Miller vs. Benjamin F. Mil
ler, married in Missouri In 1S9I, one
child, desertion.
New.sults for divorce were filed as
follow.: Emma L. Llllenthal v.
Ralph L. Llllenthal. married in Port
land in 110, desertion: Rose E. Tay
lor vs. f a. Taylor, married in Van
couver In 1814, cruelty; James A. Hu-
mlston vs. Ida K. Iluniiston, married in
California in 1910, desertion.
SENTENCED FOR BOOTLEGGING
William Ralney Fined 9250; Case
to Be Appealed.
Thirty day. In Jail and a fine of
tt60 wa. the sentence given William
Ralney yesterday afternoon by Judge
fbe trademark "asplrta1 (Kef . Uj S. Fat Offlca)
aeetioacMester sraaUcrllcacM la Usee taawts
fcAOrrri
,f:.:..-.L-.--J:.i.:v.-:.'.. .X... ..v-. u J.' . Ife.M-iSUiyk.
Bell, After a jury found Ralney guilty
of bootlegging in rooms occupied by
himself and brother at the Morrlfcon
rooming house, Seventeenth and Mor
rison streets. The case will be ap
pealed. Rainey's-'brother. Ulie, was arrested
for the crime last spring and was corf
victed; but William Ralney eluded the
officers until last Sunday, when he
returned to the city to visit his weet
heart, who had fallen and broken her
arm. He WW arrestSd by Deputy
Sheriff Bob Phillips.
THEKON DANA NOT GUILTY
Perjury Charge In Homestead Ap
" plication Case Falls.
Not guilty was the verdict of a Jury
in federal court before Judge Bean
yesterday in the case of Theron E.
Dana, charged with perjury In an ap
plication for a homestead in Crook
county. It was alleged that Dana had
applied for a homestead previously,
and made affidavit that he had not.
Robert R. Rankin, assistant federal
attorney, prosecuted, with B. F. Mul
key defending.
Chinese on Trial.
The trial of Lee Ling, arrested at
107 Vj North Fourth street, April 1?.
en a charge of having opium in his
possession, opened In federal court this
morning. Deputy Customs Inspectois
Crewdson, Logan mul Wexler testified
to the finding of the opium. The case
Is belnfi prosecuted by John J. Beck
man, assistant federal attorney.
Woman Files Suit.
Alleging that S. C. Silverman and S.
J. Silverman misrepresented the deal.
Edna Leonard filed suit against, them
to recover $775 she paid on a house
and lot in Wiberg Heights. She as
serts the defendants represented that
the property was free of all incum
brances, and row mechanics' liens
amounting to $601 have bei-n filed
against the hont.e.
W. P. LILLIS DIESRY
SUDDENLY WHILE
VISIT TO SEASIDE,
Special Agent of the Portland
Railway Company Was
Very Well Known,
Seaside, Or., July 21. Stricken with
apoplexy as he was leaving a moving
picture show last nftrht. William P.
Lillis of Portland died at 3 o'clock this
morning. Lillis was found wandering
about In a dazed condition and tahen
to the city hall, where his Identity was
discovered. Mr. and Mrs. Lillis, with
tneir daughter, had been spending their
vacation in a cottage at Seaside.
William P. Lillis, special agent for
the Portland Railway, Light St Power
Co., and a native son of Portland, was
34 years old and lived at S83 South
Firth atreet, with bis wife and 10-year-old
daughter. In his capacity as in
vestigator for the P. R.. P. Co.,
Mr. LUlls was widely known. Rela
tives left this morning for Seaside, and
will return th1 evening with the body.
Besides his wife and daughter he is
survived by two brothers and one
sister.
A remarkable premonition of death
came to Lillis' brother, M. K. Lillis, a
member of the Portland police force,
early this morning. The latter dreamed
that one of his brothers was dying
and the scene about the deathbed was
pictured with remarkable vividness.
As he awakened the telephone bell
rang. The call was lkng distance from
Seaside, announcing that W. P. Lillis
had passed away.
The body will arrive this afternoon.
The funeral will probably be held
Monday morning from St. Lawrence's
church in South Portland, with Inter
ment at Mount Calvary.
Texas Man Shoots
Wife and Officer
Alpine, Texas, July 21. (U. P.)
Mystery continues to surround the
shooting of Mrs. H. J. Spannell, wife
Of a local hotel proprietor, and Lieutenant-Colonel
M. C. , Butler of the
Sixth United States cavalry, in an au
tomobile near here late yesterday.
The only witness to the alleged
double murder was H. J. Spannell,
husband of the dead woman, and after
giving himself up he refused to make
any statement whatever.
Residents in the outskirts of the
town heard a number of shots, and
rushed into the street to see Spannell
sitting in the front seat of an automo
bile, holding a smoking revolvcj. In
the rear east were the bodies of his
wife and Butler. Both had been in
stantly killed.
Spannell, accompanied by hls wife
and little daughter, Is said to have
called for Butler in an automobile at
the latter', hotel. Spannell is alleged
t have invited the colonel for a ride.
Shortly after Butler entered the car
Spannell, who was driving, drew an
automatic pistol and began shooting.
Me Killed Butler flret, and then turned
the weapon on his wife. Several shots
took effect in both bodies.
is a gaarutet that thai
taor um reliable Barer i
a,
asaafactaraTV s
DAIRY ORDERED TO BE
DISCONTINUED BY THE
COUNCILMEN OF CITY
Ruling Accepted ' With Smile,
by One to Whom It Is Di-
rected,
. .
THE FACTS ARE REVIEWED
Woman Say. "Ooy. to ConuaU-
doner, who Deprive Eer of
I
Source of Her Income.
With a smile and cheerful "goodbye,"
Mrs. Lizzie Goldstein, owner of a
small dairy at 969 East Twenty-first
street, bade the city council farewell
this morning Just after It had ordered
that she discontinue her dalrv at onc.
While the edict of the council prac
tically cuts off her means of livelihood
unless she finds new quarters for her
dairy today, she accepted the ruling
with a smile.
"I ll do it if I can. If I can't do tt,
I won't." was her answer to the coun
cil's edict that the dairy be moved to
day. Kor more than a year property own
ers in the vicinity of her home have
attempted to have her dairy ousted
from the neighborhood. About nine
months ago the council ordered that
the move and fixed a time limit.
She did not move, explaining to thi
coDttcil that she had been unable to
find a suitable location. About three
months agci the council granted her
was told at the time that she must
be in new quarters by July 1.
Mrs. Goldstein did not move. She
tAld Ka .. . . n ( 1 tk mnrnlnr. that . 1 f
estate men knew about the council iY c. , ,7 , , 1om w"
order and tried to " hold her up" when "ement until all are classified, but as
she sought to purchase property In 5?" considerable area is classi
the outlying districts. I !U 'lU be Pened to entry.
Mrs. Goldstein smiled as she toid , The fleId division will have charge
her story, so did members of the coun- ' of tne classification of all lands in the
cil. The members of the council j grant save waterpower site lands,
smiled when they refused to grant her . Classifications under this head will be
a further extension of time and Mrs. mad Dv the geological survey, accord
Goldstein smiled when she bade them in& to word from Washington this
farewell. As a matter of fact. It was i
a regular smile fest.
CITY AVILL BUY IS LAND
Street and Sewer Assessmnet Are
Now Delinquent.
Several hundred pieces of property
on which street and sewer assessments 1
are delinquent are to be purchased by , lands since December 1, 1913, contlnu
the city and held for redemption when j ously to the time of filing and who
the property Is sold by City Troaurer have improved the land and devoted a
Adams, according to a decision reached portion of it to agriculture
by the city council today. j Squatter. Wot Protected.
The council also decided to permit i Th. &ct Ani. not nrn,t th u,.
owner, who bonded their property
linouent in the paymenta o r bh
llnquent In the 'Payment of both In-,
terest and Installment, on their as
sessments, to pay the intereet alone
until November.
Th m-onrtv whih th Htv win
mirhB i tn ha nfVrau4i riiMin
r . -v. -
sale within a few weeks.
.New Ruling Made.
No Improvements are to be made to
streets where street assessment liens
are found to exist against property
along the street or in the district af
fected, according to a new ruling by
the department of public works today.
The new order is to cut down the num
ber of improvements sought by prop
erty owners. Heretofore no Improve
ments have been proposed to tho coun
cil unless 40 per. cent of the property
owners interested petitioned for the
work. -
HANLY IS NOMINATED
BY PROHIBITION PARTY
IN EXCITING SESSION
(Continued From Page -One.)
was unanimously nominated for the
vice presidency after all other candi
dates withdrew.
Dr. Landreth was Hanly's choice for
running mate.
For vice president the first candi
dates placed in. nomination were
Harold King Rockhlll of Tacoma,
Wash.; Flnley C. Hendrlckson. Ira D.
Landreth of Nashville. Tenn., and
Miss Marie C. Brehm of Illinois.
Woman Calls Him X4ar.
L. L. Pickett of Kentucky, Metho
dist minister, made a bitter anti
Catholio attack in nominating Wil
liam Lloyd Clark of Illinois for vice
president, Mr.. Mary Cramsle, presi
dent of a St. Paul Catholic temper
ance society, assailed Pickett from
the floor.
"You're a great liar," she shouted.
Chairman Patton shouted for order, j
i ne convention aajournea sine die position Dy the filing of a. township
at 3:20 o'clock. j plat of survey, or restoration to entry,
Hanly nominated First. I that applications, filings or selections
Hanly was the first candidate for i may be executed in the manner re
president on the Prohibition ticket I Quired by law and with the required
placed in nomination at the party's ee and commissions be presented to
convention. j tne proper local land office in person,
Sumner Haynes of Indiana, who Dy ma". or otherwise, within a period
withdrew from the presidential race. , ot 20 days prior to the date of filing
made the nominating Hpeech when Ala- the township plat dr restoration to
bama yielded to Indiana. entry. -
Prior to nominations, the com cntlon "o priority will be secured nor
adopted the platform committee's re- ; right forfeited by the presentation of
port, with the addition of the mitia- ' such application, filin? or selection
tlve, referendum and recall plank i and all, with these presented by per-
A demonstration for Hanly fo'lowed ' sons present at the local land office
Haynes' speech. It transformed the.'t the nour the lands become subject
gathering from a campmeettng into a to entry, will be held and treated as
regular convention for about 15 mln- j simultaneously filed.
utes. The crowd shouted, marched and I Applications presented after the
sang "We want Hanly.- i lands become subject to entry will be
Sulxer Is dominated. j received and noted In the order ' of
Eugene W. Chafin nominated Sulner. tIielr flIins-
"We have had in the Prohibition ' Any application, filing or selection
party long enough the Sunday school "ot based on a prior settlement will
politics." said Chafin. "Let us have be subject to valid settlement claims
some statesmanship now.'' asserted in the manner required by
The Sulzer demonstration lasted , law. v
only four minutes and was spas- i Under the act timber lands are
modlcally feeble. Someont- with :n those lands bearing a growth of tim-
orange flag tried to arouse the anti-
Catholics, but tile friends held him
back. i
Findley C. Hendrlckson, Cumber- ,
land, Md., a life Prohibitionist, was;
presented a. a candidate by George R. j
Gorsuch of Baltimore. Hendrlckson.
hir ."ld haialw4yJ ben a
prohibitionist '
Rev. J. O. Mason of Metuchen. N. J ,
was put in nomination by Rev., 3.
Day, chairman of the .New Je.sey dele-
T,"-
Scores of seconding speeches fol-
lowed. Hanly. Bulsei, rlenurtckaon and
Mason were the only candidates.
i'ha convention prayer luuay was
given by Rev. U. E. Lacy of Jackson.
Mich.
In the assignment of national com
mitteemen. Colonel James C. Ingr
soll. Progressive committeeman from
Idaho, was also chosen by the Prohi
bitionists. . , i v
Many of th. delegates were absent
today, having arranged to leave St.
Paul last night, believing ths conven
tion would close at that time.
as the platform was taken up, Eu
gene "W. Chafin- presented a. minority
report of the resolutions committee
asking: th introduction of an Initia
tive and referendum plank. '
S. P. PROTEST
IN LAND'GRANT
TO BE SNUBBED
(coeunBed From p.gc od.)
mt of lands as regulars -provided forj
after classification.
I Secretary Lane approves5 Tallman's k
recommendation that the protest of the )
Southern Pacific be Ignored, because it ;
appears the only course open to ex-
ecutive officials is to proceed with
the duties Imposed by the Chamberlain
"VSr. tlTJoil
nt Aooir-in ATirm di am
ULHOOlrlUH I lUli ri-MU
OF GRANT LANDS TO
BE BEGUN NEXT WEEK
.
Work of classification of the Oregon
A California grant lands will begin
the first of next week, according to
Lou la L. Sharp, chief of the field di-
vision of the local United States land
ornce, wno nas just returned irom
Washington.
Mr. Sharp went east following the
passage of the O. Sc C. act to"" consult
with Clay Tallman. commissioner of
the general land office, as to a plan
for the classification and opening of
the lands to settlement.
"Mr. Tallman is personally handling
"Ifl..n' 'LL""LtbA' !
morning. "H has worked out the de
tall, himself.
"The classifications will be made by
the Oregon field Classification force
and It will be the largest force that
can be handled to advantage.
To Hasten Work.
yyora wm prouaoiy Degin m tne i
southern part of the grant and will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
It is not the Intention of the de-
morning.
Under the act the grant lands are to
be classified Into three classes power ;
site lands, timber lands and aericul
tural lands.
Sales of timber will be held as the
classification proceeds without wait
ing until all the lands are classified.
The act protects the rights of all
settlers who have been livine- on the
of 80-called squatters, however, who 1
IT not,ma?, bone fide settlements I
nor constructive Improvements.
It is the policy of the land office
and the department of Interior to
'Z ".V, " "I TT" '
" . . seine- i
incut ueveiopmeni is to De
M, .. ov, ' H
couraged," said Mr. Sharp.
That the act is so favorable to
Oregon Is due to the efforts of the
Oregon delegation in congress who
worked untiringly for its passage,
particularly Senator Chamberlain be
cause of his great influence In the
senate and Representative Sinnott be
cause of his place on the house pub
lic lands committee. Both urged the
expedition of the work and that clas
sification is to begin so soon Is
largely due to their efforts."
Commissioner Clay Tallman Is a
western man who Is familiar with con
ditions In Oregon and he is interested
in seeing its provisions carried out to
I the best advantage of the state and
the people. In a speech made In Port
land last summer he promised that
every possible acre would be thrown
open to settlement.
Tax Payment. Planned.
Arrangement, will be made Immedi
ately with the different counties fcr
adjustments in the payment of taxes
as provided In the act,
A Portland visitor today, advlsin?
with Mr. Sharp, is John Dewitt Yel
verton of Washington, D. C, chief of
the field- service of the general land
office.
Under the act the non-mineral lands
in the agricultural class are to be
subject to entry under the general pro
visions of the federal homestead laws
except a. modified In the aot itself,'
and will be open to entry under the
provisions of the act of 1913.
Mr. Sharp has been advised that cir
cular 324 ofHhe department of interior
relating to the disposition of applica
tions, filings and seleetlona will be
followed.
Term. Are Explained.
This circular provides that whn
lands unsurveyed or withdrawn or re-
served are to become subject to dis-
ter of not less than 300.009 feet to '
every 40 acres. It is provided that
the timber may be sold for cash by the .
government on bids. j
Entries Under Withdrawal i
Wasnlngton Jul 2l.-Repre!enta-:
tive Sinnott today introduced a bill
t permit the entriep of. land under
wtndrawaI for reclamation, reserving
t h government the right to usth!
land lf8needed ln future for reeilma I
i tlon
,
Russia to BuiW Ilailroads.
Petrograd Vla London). July 21.
(I. N. S.) An imperial ukase ordered
a special mobilization for the conrtrue
tion of defensive works and lines of
communication in the region nt the
active armies of the whole male native
population of the province of Astra
khan, Siberia, tha island - Of Sakhalin
and TUrkeetan. The order includes
males of fremiti, to t3 yearsL. . ,
GASOLINE
CMS AND
PA1JENT IS BURNED;
DIES SUBSEQUENTLY
George L, Harrison, Mas-
seur, Who Gave Gaso-
line Rub, Held in Jail,
w .
VICTIM WAS 82 YEARS OLD
'oha OUf UMH. Pas... Aw., Tol-
lowing Injuries Sustained la a
Host Unusual Manner.
Pending an investigation into the
death of Joha 01af Lindblom, aged IS!
ye.rs. George L. Harrison, masseur
and practitioner of various forms of
.o-called drugless treatments. Is held
in the city Jail.
Lindolom died at Emmanel hospital
Wednesday night from burns received
Thursday. June 14, while he was being
ruuDed with gasoline in a treatment lor
rheumatism and neuralgia, It is alleged.
The accident took place In a sanitarium
conducted by Dr. N, F. Meleen, 135
Twelfth street
Placed Under Arrest
Harrison was arrested shortly after
midnight in the sanitarium. His hands,
" that enveloped hi. patient? were
terribly burned in extinguishing the
still heavily bandaged, and he was
helpless. Motorcycle Patrolmen Mor
ris. Tully and Ervin bad to help Mm
dress.
The arrest wa. made at the Instiga
tion of Coroner F. H. Dammasch. Dr.
Harrv McKiv nruldint nt th tat
board of medical examiners, and Dr.
Herbert S. Nichols, who attended Lind
blom after he had been, injured. Dr.
McKay said last night that he would
endeavor to bring about Harrison's In
dictment on a charge of manslaughter.
"It was a pure accident, the same
as any physician would havo," said
Harrison this morning. "Llndblom.
who Is nearly 83 years old, came to
the institute for treatment. 1 gave
him an electricity treatment, a min
eral bath and a massage, and told him
I was through.
"Then he asked me if I was going
to put on him the gasoline. -He had
brought a palf Pint of gasoline, to be
rubbed on the places where he was
sore from rheumatism.
Gasoline I. Ignited.
"I placed a small quantity on his
back, along his spine, and commenced
rubbing it In. The first or second rub
accumulated a spark, and the ga-aoline
Ignited. I was holding the bottie In
my left hand, and the fume, from It
exploded. I threw the bottle under
the table, and with my hands put out
the fire on his back. Then I dragged
him from the table, and with the help
o r,. t ,t A,,t fir h
floor. An krW about 10 inches square
waa Krn on har-k.
was burned on his back,
"Had I been allowed to eontinue
treatment, he would not have died. He
stayed at tne sanitarium two nours.
j treate(J and afterward we
i .a v.m. tri,.-. v. ,
walked home together. There his treat
ment was neglected, and he fell out of
bed. The burns became reinfected.
Last Sunday his relatives dismissed
me as physician, and about Monday or
Tuesday he was sent to the hospital."
Harrison said that he had practiced
drugless healing ln California for 10
years. He was arrested in Salt Lake
City two months ago for practicing
without a license, but he say. the com
plaint was dismissed.
Two Boys Missing,
. Drowning Is Feared
George and Clarence Burcheskl Have
Not Been Been Sine. Xt Tuesday;
Search Made.
Two little Polish boys from St.
Johns have been missing since Tues
day and it is possible they have been
drowned, as they were last seen on a
dairy ranch near Columbia slough.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanislaus
Burcheskl, are poor people residing at
1215 East Charleston street, and they
have appealed to the police to assist
in the search. All day yesterday and
, JK Lj At IB - 'st'CVA'T .' -v..
' &t OA'S 't'fAlf4iStl.
iw"
Coramlbla
Stark's Sunday
Address Will Be
At the City Jail
O. E. Stark, an automobile
mechanic can not go to church.
to the, movies, to the ball game
or the old swimming hole next
Sunday or the next Sunday or
all the Sundays thereafter for
10 weeks because went auto- M
moblllng last night.
Stark would like to do some
ot these thing, on Sunday but
he will be unable to do so for
he'll be in Jail. Judge' Lang-
guth found Stark guilty today
of driving an automobile while
intoxicated and sentenced him
to 10 days In jail. The judge
changed the order to 10 Sun-
days in Jail because Stark I.
supporting his mother and has
to work on week days. r
Stark unfortunately ran his
automobile into a sand pile in
front of 266 Caruthers street
t early this morning and then
called for the police. John
Price, city detective, owned the
4t sand pile and responding to
m Stark', call arrested him.
.
PRESIDENTS OF 10
RAILROADS TO MEET
IN CTY TOMORROW
One Party Headed by L, W,
Hill of Great Northern, the
Other by N. P. President.
Two parties of high railroad offi
cials will converge ln Portland tomor
row. The one is headed by L. W. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail
Way, and the other by Jule M. Hannn
ford, president of the Northern Pa-
clfio. These two systems, being joint
owners of the North Bank road, are
much affected by the Interstate Com
merce commission decision affirming
its previous edict in the Astoria rate
case.
Ralph Budd, assistant to President
Hill, arrived this morning. Tne main
party, however, lingered at Glacier Na
tional park. Mr. Hannaford will be
accompanied by Judge George T. Reicl,
assistant to the president in charge of
affairs ln the west.
The two delegation, will confer with
L. C. Oilman, president of the North
Bank, and the -subject of general traf
fic conditions, it is understood, will be
discussed from a number of angle.
What the position of the northern
lines will be with regard to the As
toria decision undoubtedly will form
one of the principal themes. It has
been suggested that the court, may be
appealed to to test the soundness of
the commission's findings.
L. W. Hill has made no real visit to
Portland for nearly two years. It is
not known here how long the officials
will remain In this territory.
To Use Albums to Advertise.
A. C. Jackson, advertising agent of
the O-W. R. & N., is gathering a col
lection of albums of northwest .cnery
to be shipped to the Chicago offices
of the Union Pacific system. The
photographs included will be used
there- for general exploitation of the
coast states.
this morning was spent in the search,
but without success.
The boys are George, aged 12 years,
and Clarence, aged 1 years. George
was dressed in a brown woolen shirt,
bathing suit, overalls and black shoes
He is described as being 4 feet 8
Inches tali; and weighing SO pounds.
He has light hair and a light com
plexion, and brown eyes.
Clarence was dressed in a blue shirt
and overalls, and was barefooted. His
complexion 1. dark and he has brown
eyes.
The lads were seen Tuesday after
noon for tbe last time on the Scott
Llndley dairy ranch near Columbia
slough. Their father work, on a dairy.
A (Coed Bad Man
Five Reels of Intense Comedy
Drama It Breathes of the
Cactus and Gives Full Play
to the Splendid Talents of
7
?M? Douglas
Love's G
letaway
A FarcePure and Simple
It's a Laugh-Provoker of Hith Order
The Theatre Beautiful
PROSECU
ORS
WOULD
REPEAL AMENDMENT
TO
Act Was Slipped Through i
Ldji Legislature nesuici-
ing Use of Statute, I
BROADER LAW IS PLANNED!
Wife Desertion Would Be Mads Crime
Would Permit Jtetura of Ken
Who Esoap. by Technicality.
District attorneys of Oregon, in spe
cial session in Portland today, unani
mously passed a resolution recom
mending the repeal of the amendment
to the non-support law which was
slipped through the last legislature.
This amendment makes it lmpoetfble
to prosecute a father, after he has
obtained a divorce from his wife, for
failure to support his minor children,
in the custody of their mother.
The district attorneys denounced the
amendment and will work for its re
peal. In addition to that, the district at
torneys appointed a committee to draft
a new non-support and desertion law,
which they Intend to be broader and
more effeotlve than the present non
support law. The proposed law will
make wife desertion, as well as non
support, a crime.
Prohibition Ctatute BUoussed.
District Attorney EvansVpf Multno- i
mSth pointed out that under the pres
ent law a man who deserts his wife
may have supported her up to the date
he leaves. Then, If he goe. into an
other .tate, he would not have com
mitted the crime of non-support ln
this state, and probably could not be
extradited. I
With the proposed law it is intended
to make wife desertion itself as much
of a crime as non-support, which will
make enforcement of the non-support
provisions more effective. It is claimed.
Appointed on the committee to draft
the law were George Neuner Jr. of
Koseburg, C. W. Mullens of Astoria
and Walter H. Evans of Portland.
Considerable time was taken up at
this morning's session with a discus
sion of the prohibition statute. A num
ber of uncertain and weak spots ln
the law were pointed out.
a&aa and Wife Bought Uouor. j
One of these was the section limit- ,
ing the Importation of liquor for per
sonal use to a family. When more
than one member of a family orders
the maximum amount allowed In a
period of four week which one should
be prosecuted the one who bought
first or the one who bought last, was
the question asked. j
"I have a case right now in my
county," said District Attorney Neu
ner of Roseburg, "where a husband
bought the legal amount and then his :
wife purchased a similar amount."
Another point raised was the pro
vision in the statute permitting the
purchase of alcohol for external uses,
when the constitutional prohibition
amendment does not authorise the pur
chase of alcohol for such purposes. The
suggestion was made that the Question
should be tested in the court through
injunction proceedings.
Kill of Albany X. President.
Officers for the year were elected as
follows: Gale S. Hill, Albany, presi
dent; Gilbert Hedges, Oregon City, vice
president; George Neuner, Roseburg.
secretary.
Mr. Hill succeeds District Attorney
Evans, who wa. nominated, but de
clined to accept the office for another
year.
This afternoon the prosecutor, are
taking a trip over the Columbia river
highway. Attorney General Brown
met them. Tho.e attending are: Gil
bert Hedges, Oregon City; George Neu
ner Jr.. Roseburg; Arthur Clarke, Cor
vallis; C. T. Godwin, Baker; C. W. Mul
lens, Astoria; W. P. Myers. Culver; J.
F. Stewart, Toledo; Gale B. Hill, Al
bany; Colon R. Eberhard, La Grande;
E B. Tongue, Hlllsboro; R. L. Conner,
McMinnville; Walter H. Evans, Port
land. Charged With Annoying Girls.
Edgar N. Case, alias Edward Dale, a
Fairbanks
THE BING MTU
Gold Mine.
China Odd
and Instructive
Sixth at Washington
NON-SUPPORT LAW.f"5
laborer 83 years of age, wag arrastsd ,
this morning by -TV. H. Warren, the
mayor's secretary and T. A, Xnskeap,
the mayor's chauffeur, for annoying
glrla.
ft
a
leas you're sure it's the
kind that "suits."
Well, have you any
doubts about the OWL
Cigar r If so, speak upl
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"The Ne'er-Do-Well"
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BILLIE BURKE
The Star Supreme,
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"Tangled Threads"
of
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