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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORT LAND, SATURDAY. JANUARY 13; 1917. ARGUMENTS'MADErlQ SECURE REC OVER IN THE KELLAHER ACTION "Application In Case of Gro - cers and Merchants' Ass'n : Taken Under Advisement, CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED Petitioner and AmocUUi Allege Thsy ' Ars 9bd Their Xetgal mights as Stockholders la organisation. Tbs plaintiffs m arital troubles branched out to tnany directions, ac cording to -his testimony. Anion the charges made are that : the defendant often remained out late at night, de splte the protests of the husband, who said be always remained home. An automobile figured In the proceedings. The husband paid installments due on the machine which had been purchased by the wife before the marriage. The husband said that personally he ob tained bat little pleasure out of the car. COLBY VERDICT IS ATTACKED VASH1NCT0N-0RE DEALERS IN END THEIR Conference of the Executive! Committee of Interstate Association Closes. G0N FAMOUS WINTER RESORT HAS ICE CARNIVAL AND SNOWSHOE RACES j ; tin i t fTrTffl.-- - -II L- KrAI IV- tj .iiiiu.i i iiimii .11 1 urn 1 iium mi 1 1 i mi 1 ip nuimi.ii ii,mr jB i;.-r. p U ' l lV 1""' ' ' " Arguments on the application of; Pan Kellaher and others for the ap polntment of a receiver for the Oro- - cers & Merchants association were made before Circuit Judge Davis this -morning, and the court toolc the mat ter under advisement. It Is alleged in the application that Kellaher and his associates, who are nominal stockholders in the associa tion, believe that the members have entered Into a conspiracy to control i prices and to prevent the Jobber from , fciaklng profits; that the officers of the association have , issued more stock than the capitalization calls for. and that the officers have issued Shares of stock to themselves in a manner unauthorized. It Is further alleged that the con ; trolling faction of the association, by .Injudicious management, has rendered ; the affairs of the organization prac th'ally insolvent; and that a full and "complete inspection of the books of . the association should be had to deter mine the 'exact status of the business. The application for Teceivershlp is - the outgrowth of a long series Of clashes which Mr. Kellaher has had with the officers of the association. . As an owner of one share of the stock, Kellaher declares that he has not been given access to the books of the or- : ganization. CONTRACTORS ARE JOLTED Major, Commissioners and City En gineer Want Judgment Set Aside. Motion to set asid the verdict of 1S3S0. rniind brv a 1nrv In Judge Kavanaugh s court, against Mayor Al- MEMBERSHIP INCREASED oee, cny conunissioncra nuu iny en gineer Dater, m favor of Victoria I. Colby, who was injured y tripping on a defective plank in the street, was made before Judge Kavanaugh today. Former Commissioner - Brewster is named Instead of George L. Baker Judge Robert Tucker o. department No. Z occupied a seat on the bencH beside Judge Kavanaugh during the presentation of the arguments. XOTsmsnt Inaugurated to xflctsad O- ganization to Include All Terri tory In Horthwest la laorsment. Ending a spirited session of the ex ecutive committee of the Interstate KmIIt unclation lata last night With Alleged irregularities in Instructions banauet. it was definitely decided ts J to the Jury and arguments snowing the hod the next convention on Grays , commissioners had used "due dill- Harbor with the northwest real estate gence" in keeping the street in repair, dealers as guests of Aberdeen and Ho- were presented. The commissioners quiam. Wash., on August 9, 10 and 11. wer represented by City Attorney La After electing 350 realty men from . A 1 9 ,1 1 m 1. 1 1 .' . . a Tjl.t.. ' nuciio yum j-repuiy mvio. ui ptmii- i Oregon, Washington nu juauw tiff was represented by T. J. Cleeton, , membership, in the morning session. J, II. McManaraln and H. V. Newlln. j an active campaign for1 the convention At the trial the. city was granted a Wft- tnrti bv the three representa- motion for a non-suit and the commls- ; tvn from the Grays Harbor country. R E Pasley and Frank O. tkle of Aberdeen and J. E. Calder of Monte- sano Securing me 'e"uu , ' . -vf " - v sloners were held responsible individ ually. Charge Made That Makeshift Junc tion Coxes Were Installed. Small contractors who, It is alleged by Deputy City Attorney Stanley Myers, have been in the habit of deceiv- t Ing the city in work undertaken, have -' received a setback as result of a' Judg ment for $508 rendered by Circuit . Judge Kavanaugh against tne W. II. Smith Electrical company and the Na- ; tional Surety company, bondsmen. According to the evidence, city ex perts discovered that the work of wlr- . ing the electric lighting system in WashlHgton Park was defective In stead of putting In waterproof Junc- Ktimony, Installed makeshift boxes filled with small stones, bits of wood, etc, The rainwater found its way Into the -.boxes and the electric current was said to have been short-circuited. The city sued for the amount expended to re ' pair the system. j ' ) CALDVELL DECLARES MAYOR IS VIOLATING. CIVIL SERVICE LAWS Charge Made Albee Retains Employes in Positions for Which No "Exams" Taken. Wheel Speeds Differed. In District Judge Dayton's court a "comedy of errors was enacted when II. 4. Miller, arrested for speed ing his motorcycle, set up the defense that, owlnr to the sliDDerv Mnmeat that hn,i nr Vi- .nt th interstate association a cam- faater than he hayi ntlc1r,n tmA - Th ' ne.1en was inaugurated to get th evidence brought out the fact that membership to iuuu Dy reoruaryu. speedometers are attached to to front By a liberal interpretation of the con- wheels, and that the rapid spinning Btitution. two women were cieciw - of the rear wheel on a slippery sur- membership ana tne, poncy was aaopi- face is not. a speed criterion. Miller ea or geiims owr wi w.o two "sister cities, the delegates pledged ' Wlnchendon, Mass., known as "Toy Town," has Just celebrated Its annual lee carnival and snowshoe themselves to see that tne convention race. This picture shows a bevy ot pretty girls who started in the lengthy race on the snow be a record-breaker in both attendance crust. and entertainment. On Thousand Members Wantea. With the 350 newly elected members JR. EDWARD HOLMAN was fined $10 and costs. Paroled to Support , Wife. realtors." Adjourning at noon yesterday to the Hotel Benson, where the committee DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF SHORT DURATION I . m i T)At.nl DaiU Jail and then paroled on condition that Board, the climax of the . i nn - - . . . . when G. G. Rohrer started a campaign ff" " 'ur lM Bupyon t - ov1nr n,(l.nt of the r r-t r- . r ir.ft s Ti?!??"1 lhPun,n: nt;tate R7aitv association and for-bon ot roiiTier rire unieT ""Sinner' Yes, Motlier Lavender Hose Also Sits In n h Jreeps deserted his family. Presiding Judge r.Jr""i , th. N-T- lefrTorChe laS 1KJ onaT UtSon of dJ hhaLh. ;?!L!a f0a1t' thiocorven. "Tr" "o was arrcBiea in ivmua lasi Je cember and when taken into custody had 113S on his person. Eains Are Forecast For Pacific States Taylor requested that the board take no action in the matter, but despite his plea the motion was referred to the ex ecutive commltee. Tristate Organization la Projected. Enthusiasm for the tri-state organ ization was expressed in the plans pre sented by the committee. A suggep Who Lived Here All His Life; Was Aged 47 Years. R. Edward Holman. a son of Robert Holman, ex-flre chief of Portland and an employe of the Holman Transfer company, of thla city, died last night after a brief illness. . He was born Jn Portland and was 47 years or age. turn w made to embrace ultimately He was a nephew of Edward Holman. j aii of the states west of the RocKy and was well known In Portland, where Temperature, Says XJ. S. Weather Bn. mountains In the association, to ob- he had resided all his life. Funeral rean, Will Average Below Seasonal tain national recognition by becoming arrangements are in charge of the rvi.i - Tmm -oD-m V. member of th national organization, Edward Holman company. i and by joining together In legislative Washington. Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) campaigns for the entire Pacific north The United States weather, bureau to- west, day Issued the following forecast for : In the evening the members of tha next week: I committee were guests of President BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL. Rocky mountain and plateau regions Taylor at a banquet at the Multnonia.i Except for local snows Wednesday hotel. Business was completed at this and Thursday in the northern and meeting. Today will be spent in sce snow or rain in the southern carta of Ing Portland and vicinity. these districts the weather during the Outside delegates in attendance at ,n Portiand over the North Bank at Body of Prominent Corrallla Mer chant Comes From Minnesota. The body of the late J. M. Nolan, prominent Corvallls merchant, ac companied by Mrs. Nolan, Is to arrive Warrant Issued in Boy's Case. - Warrant for the arrest of Will 6r- .'-mond has- ben issued on complaint tthat the man gave a severe beating to Stanley Tomlim -i. 7 years old. The .you tl, bearing evidence of a personal encounter, told County Judge Taz well that the man, who Is said to be a boarder at the home of the boy's aunt, 7-83 Vaughn street, choked him and struck him in the face. The youth i declared that his aunt, Mrs. E. M. Boilers, had encouraged Ormond and that the' punishment was Inflicted be cause of the charge that the lad had s 'told a story." The boy was taken - to the Frazer Detention home and the case will be heard In the Juvenile eourt Monday week will he ennerallv fair with tern- the executive committee meeting num- peratures below the seasonal average, bered 18, who will have, on their return a corvallls. facum states lienerai rninn will iu mcir itiimum v.us, no..u set m over the Pacific states during total of 8598 miles to attend the-meet- the first half of the coming week lnK- and they will be frequent thereafter. , Kambars Of Executive Board. Temoemtura will ivrri heln th iney wre: r. . nut, oi wjr seasonal normal i d'Alene, Idabo. vice-president of the 7:45 this evening, en route for burial Mr. Nolan passed away Pullman Conductor Fined. i District Judge Dayton fined G. Sav agt, a Pullman conductor, 1150 on a charge of bootlegging. Savage con- - fessed to the violation of the prohl bition law. In his confession he ex- onerated H. L. Spillman, Pullman con ductor for the Southern Pacific. Wal- ter F. Green, special agent in the of .lice of the district attorney, some . weeks ago found four suitcases con tain Ing whiskey In the depot room at v t the Portland station. Spillman, who was the first to be arrested, laid the , siame on savage, and the latter s ar . rest followed. Savage got off with -only a 1150 fine because he had waived . , bis rjgm to iignc exiraamon. Faces Felony Charge. Released from custody followlnr a hearing on an Insanity charge, Otto Wagner, accused of threatening his . former wife and compelling her to ac company him to Seattle, must now face a felony charge. He will be , given a hearing- before Municipal Judge . LAngguth next week. Mrs. Wagner la the complaining witness In the crlm- wai proceedings. ; Room Too Small for Two. Declaring that his wife said "this TOOm is too small for two. I will make my bed on the porch," Charles ; xounor related one of the main rriav ances h had against his spouse, in his suit for divorce. The wife did not 'appear to fight the case. Judge Gan- lenDein granted, tne decree on default. Committee Favors Thirteenth District as a result of pneumonia incident to what was supposed to have been a successful operation for cancer of the stomach performed In the Mayo hos pital at Rochester, Minn., several daya association from his state; John H. ueJe- , . . . . ., . Scott, of Salem, vice-president from! The hoi w,m b m,t ln Port,na Oregon; Frank O. Dole, of Aberdeen, hy Thomas Nolan, a son. who was the wash i..nriu.nt from w ah in . t business partner of his father. The By Ella McMunn. At a downtown store this morning where Mother went to buy herself a good, warm, black woolen waist and came out with a white silk one. a pink one and another with blue dots ln it. and where she looked at the re volving stairway on which a clerk very accommodatingly rode up and down to show ber how It worked, she got her shoes shlned. She was hunting a granite dishpan, or something, when we got into it, and as Mother always likes to do what is expected ot her, she hopped up on a chair and turned her feet over to a couple of huskies, with perfect assurance that she would get them back again, bunions and all. There were 10 boys with kind of black dish rags in their pockets, and each boy took a foot but only two of them were Mother's, of course and acted like he was killing snakes for about a minute. When they snipped some bicycle clips around her ankles she looked worried for a minute, but Just then the phonograph struck up an air from grand opera and the girls ln the other chairs, who were clerks ln the building and had heard it before, began to sing, which restored her con fidence. But the phonograph came out second best when Mother got started, and they let it run down when they saw that she was not likely to. Mother always blacks ber shoes every Sunday morning on the btvck porch at home, and when she is done why, she is done. But It wasn't that way with those "Parley Vous" shiners, who daubed her shoes with something black, wiped it off, looked at them out of the corner of oris eye. Jumped .EGAL ACTIO, IS ADVISED ratrolme Gould, Butler and Sherwood, employment of Xoblasom and Xep lag Mrs. ColweU om Board Cited. Hope of Rescue of : Aviators Weakens searching Fartle Sent late XaxlooB. tnra Without Beirut I Army TOers . Xay Be Sheltered by Indians. Calexfoo. Cal Jn 11. rr. w Hopes of rescuing Lieutenant Colonel v iarry a. Bishop and Lieutenant W. Robertson, Junior army aviators, miss- ' ing since Wednesday when they started a flight from 8an Diego 'to Calexlco, were weakened today by tha return of some searching parties from the ' Mexican side, with nothing to report- xiowever. it is possible that If ths aviators wre forced to descend in ths mountainous parts of northern Mexico they found shelter with the hospitable Indians of that section. Every automobile party leaving for the search is being equipped with five days' rations and water supply by troops at Camp Beacon. The troops re unable to cross the border to par-, tlclptfcte in the search. ton; Albert Schooley. of Cheha'is. Wash J. E. Calder of Montessano, B. Van Dusen of Astoria. Q. R. Hogshlre of Jerome, Idaho; E. T. Wade, of Pei- rederal rarm Xoaa Board Opposes dleton; J. H. Batchelder of Hood Riv Proposed creation of District to In- r. c- Williams of Eugene, R. F. , - , . Pasley of Aberdeen, Wash.; W. R. wwwrmuv.uwHs.B. Welsel of Kennewlck-Pasco, Wash.; 1 Washington, Jan. 13. (L N. The senate banking and committee this afternoon funeral will occur at Corvallls Mon day morning. Deceased Is Mourned. The death of Miss Ilettie Maria Stlmps9n, January 10, at her home in this city, will be the cause of deep o,i Ka mnnv frlanii in OrftPon 8.) jlleltimann of Tacolt, Wash.; -C. M. ! Mls9 -cMmo-on died at the home of at them again and did It all over for exercise, or something. What she said to them I don't know, but some times they stopped to laugh, and the shiners who were working on some tan shoes over which peeped lavender stockings looked rather envious, be-1 cause in this town lavender hose seems a lot more common than real mothers with bunions. They weren't very busy, so they put at least three shines on top of one another, while I sat be hind a table on which I saw copies of Vanity Fair and Saucy Stories, but I didn't read them because In the five chairs in front of me unfolded the living drama, comedy and tragedy. In cluding Mother and her bunions. One of them was a girl with eyes like Forget-Me-Nots, who handed the shiner a nickel and he wouldn't take it till she said she would give it to some one else, and then he dropped it into the cash drawer as if It had burned his fingers, and of course, that was only the middle chapter of the story, for there had been some before and there will be at least two more be fore it or the boy is finished. Then there was one boy Just learn ing bis trade and he sometimes put the wrong rag ln his pocket and once used it for his handkerchief, because they were pretty much the same color, and ho looked up into- the faces of tne folk whose shoes he shlned as if look Ing for sympathy, or to see If he han dled their feet too roughly, and once when a French woman came In and spoke his language his Up trembled and a glad look came into his eyes, so that I felt perfectly safe with that boy clinging to my mother's ankle. Charging that Mayor Albee Is viola t Ing the law in retaining employe in positions for which they did not take civil service examinations, Oeorge W. Caldwell, who was removed from ths civil service board by the mayor sev eral months ago, now calls upon ths board to take immediate action to fores the mayor to comply with civil service regulations. Mr. Caldwell has filed a statement with the civil service board pointing out the alleged violations by the mayor ana in the statement says that hs at tempted to have the mayor abide by ths rules and lost his place as a member of the board. "On September 30," says Caldwell. "I told him that he would necessarily have to comply with the law or take the consequence and within two hours I was removed from the board." Oould Particularly Xentloaed. Caldwell further says that Mayor Albee attempts to explain the alleged violations of the charter, but his ex planations are merely subterfuges to excuse his conduct. He also urges the board to go into the circuit court If necessary to force the mayor to fol low the charter provisions Ths statement concludes in rather a sarcastlo vein, Caldwell stating that be is now making the charges as a private cltisen, and that the mayor can not remove him from his position. Caldwell says that the mayor is vio lating ths law ln keeping Patrolman Gould in ths city attorney's office. lie says that the charter provides that no one can be appointed under a title not appropriate to ths duties to be per formed. He says that Goulds' place Is on the police force. He says he has seen Gould spending his time listen ing to cases ln the circuit court which have no connection with ths city. Examinations Axe Ordered. Amonr other chare-ea are that Mayor Albee Is violating the law In assign ing Patrolman Butler to the license bureau, ln assigning Patrolman Sher wood to the district attorney's ofrice and in employing Publio Defender Robinson and Mrs. E. B. ColweU, sec retary of tbs board of motion picture censors, without them being required to take examinations. The board yesterday afternoon, be fore seeing the statement from Cald well, ordered that examinations be held for the positions of publio de fender and secretary of the board of motion picture censors. This action is expected to stir up trouble between the board and ths city commissioners, as only two weeks ago Mayor Albee had the matter up with the council and the commissioners held that the two positions were special positions and within ths power of the council to create without supervision by tne civil service board. City Club in Favor Of Law Restrictions More restrictions in operating ths Initiative and referendum will be Im pressed on the legislature in a resolu tion passed by the City club yester dav noon ln the Oregon hotel. Requirements of 8 per cent of the signatures of the voters and that the signers reside ln a majority of the counties, are desired revisions, Sidney J. Graham, chairman of the legislative committee of the club, believes that in this way only those measures wblcu have a fairly general interest can b brought up. Shipbuilding and Its financing prob lems were discussed by Dr. K. T. Hed lund. who said that unfamiliarlty with Investments of this ne type made necessary an education and enlighten ment on the phases of the shipbuild ing industries in order to accelerate the work. commerce Butler of Stltes. Idabo. her brother, A. .J. Stlmpson, "39 East Yamhill street. She was the daughter Portland members of the committee va i. i&mnui sir recommend the Shafroth bill, amend- Paul A, Cowgill. secretary of the Pott- "rJT InMhThrX inr tha federal form loan act ivir t i i ,., . merly of Newport, Or. Another broth- . "- . .v , . - -r ing a tnirieentn iarm wan Danic dls- i Frank L. McGuire. F. N. Clark and inci, uuiupnseu ui voioraao, wyom- ue&n Vincent. ing, Utah and New Mexico. The bill to create this district, with Denver as the site of the bank, today met with strong opposition from the farm loan board. It was set forth that the proposed district would be com posed largely of mining Interests and mat tne bonds of the bank would not sell In the district- Illinois Wins Point , In R. R. Fare Fight Savant of Louvain To Be Dinner Guest er is Dr. E. W. Stlmpson of Belling ham, Wash. Three sisters are Mrs. May Sammons of Macleay, Or.; Mrs. Ida C. Davies and Mrs. Kate M. Davles of Tacoma, Wash. Miss Stlmpson was born ln North Bend, Minn., July 13, 1880, and came with her parents to Newport. Or., in 1890. She wa graduated at the Ore- gon Agricultural college and ln 1907 Professor Albert Van Hecke, of Lou- graduated as a nurse from the Good vain university, Belgium, will be the Samaritan hospital. Funeral services guest of the University club at dinner were held from St. David's church, next Thursday evening. Professor Van Rev. Thomas Jenkins officiating, at Hecke is making a tour of this coun- 1:30 today. Concluding services at try in the interest of Belgian refugees , the Portland crematorium. Arrange- CREDIT MEN ILL ASK LEGISLATION IN THE INTEREST OF BUSINESS Model Bad Check, False Statement and Fire Mar shal Laws Among Wanted, rsdersl Const Denies Injunction Asked by 88 Xoads to Prevent state Prom Interfering With X. O. O. Order. in Holland. He will speak on his work among the refugees and his experi ences in Louvain at the time of its destruction by the Germans. His lec ture will be illustrated by moving ments ln charge of Miller & Tracey. Portland Boy Asphyxiated. George Howatt. son of Mrs. James R Howatt. of 149 East Thirtv-sejond pictures and promises to be intensely , street, died at S o'clock on Wednesday interratlnor. Th dinner will h fnr ! u t mvaioa -v v V . . Chicago, Jan. 18. (U. P.) Federal ! members of the TTnlversltv club, their! tn r.i th- nim.. Judge Landls today denied the lnjunc- ' wives and guests, and ln order that Howatt. who was at one time a Jour- tlon asked by representatives of 28 those who desire mav attend the char trunk lines ln Illinois against the lty ball on the same evening, the din Btate of Illinois to prevent it from in- ner will begin promptly at :80 o'clock. terfering with the operation of the ! . order of the Interstate Commerce com- I -n i r 'r ? Sor? say siums senger rate ln the state. A brush to be suspended on the out side of an automobile wheel to prevent it splashing mud has been patented by two London chauffeurs. "Superior Service" To Policyholders Is Our Motto WE HAVE NEVER DISPUTED OR COMPROMISED A CLAIM. , Always paid In full for the amount Insured on the day proofs were presented, and have Over $1,000,000.00 Assets Pot the future protection of our policyholders, exceeding all , records of any other Oregon Company. Bregonlife Oregon's Successful Life INSURANCE COMPANY BEST FOR OREGONIAN3 HOME OFFFlCEts PORTLAND, OR. A. Ll. mills. . Preeldeat. a S. SAMUEU General Htaarer. . N. STRONG. Alalstant ataaager. Death Was Accident Seattle, Jan. 13. (TJ. P.) Friends of Samuel Blum, wealthy pioneer banker and merchant of Alaska, today scouted the police theory that he had intentionally leaped to his death from the third story of the Pacific block here late yesterday afternoon. 'They believe he fainted and fell to the pavement below, and point to the fact that he had been subject to faint ing spells and habitually went to the window for air on occasions. Blum was 49 years of age. Manual Diaz- Ordez Slain in Apartments nal carrier, died from asphyxiation He was found at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning unconscious ln his room, and it is thought when he retired he failed to ahut off ths gas heater completely, and ventilation not being sufficient he was overcome. Howatt is survived by his mother, one brother and five sisters. He was burled today ln Los Angeles. He was .born in Denver, Colo., ln 1898. Pnenmonls, Proved Fatal. . Martin Knudson died ln this elty on January 12 after suffering eight days with pneumonia. He was 7S years of age. a native of Norway, and had re sided ln Oregon for the past 47 years. Hs had resided on a farm near Sher wood for most of that time. Surviv ing relatives are a son, Martin Knud son, of Tualatin, and a daughter, Mrs John Mcintosh, of Sherwood. Fu neral services will be held at Crescent Grove cemetery near Tlgard at J p. m., Sunday, January 14. J. P. Flnlej & Son have charge of the body and arrangements. Mother of Fire Marshal Dead. Mrs. Charlotte U Stevens, wife of Henry C Stevens and mother of Jay fire marshal, died at ner 'New Orleans, La., Jan. 13. (L JT. S.I Manuel Dias Ordex, nephew of the late Port irio Diaz, one time nreaident . Stevens. of Mexico, was slain eatly today in ' home ln St. Johns ehortly after mid his apartment in a fashionable section. night this morning. She was 64 years Ordex, who bad told friends he was old. ana naa resiaea in .rortiana ioi being hounded by Carranzlstas and his life threatened, was set upon by would-be assassins Tuesday night, but escapea. Ordex father is now with ths Felix Diaa forces, tit which hs is one- of the leaders. Seattle Wants Railway Ties. Bids will be closed ln Seattle Jan uary 18 for 1400 railroad ties for Use of ths governmentat ths Bremerton navy yard. The army Is Inquiring for 12 years. Two other sons are Lieu tenant Gilbert W. Stevens, with bat tery A, field artillery, O. G., at the Mexican border, and J. C. Btevcns ot Culver. Or. An only daughter la Mrs. Lily Henderson of Broken Bow, Neb. Funeral services have not been arranged, but will bs announced later by ths Edward Holman company. Date Not Set, for Fair Funeral. The funeral of Agnes T. Fair will be held from ths residence establish- 300.000 feet of Douglas fir for dellv- ment of J. P. Flnley tt Son, but ths WAVERLY BABY HOME INQUIRY MAY RESULT CHARITIES BOARD Organization of State Com mission to Control Such Institutions Is Plan, Several proposed laws of Interest to the wholesalers, hankers and manu facturers of Oregon will be urged for favorable consideration at the hands I conducted soclatlon of Credit Men. Among them are a model bad check law, soon to bs Introduced, which is already on the statuts books of 32 states; a model false statement law. now on the statute books of 27 states, and a fire marshal law now on the statute books of 29 states. Members of the association will work for the defeat of House BUI No. 25. which provides for an exemp tion of $100 to all persons on account of salary and as against any attach- ?ient or execution. The association eels that the exemptions allowed in this stats are already too high. "Better laws, better enforcements. better credit and better commerce," 1 the slogan of the organization The monthly meeting and dinner of the Portland Association of Credit Men will be held at ths Hotel .Benson Wed nesday evening, under the direction of the association's banking and currency committee, of which El C. Sammons of the Lumbermen National bank is chairman. Kdward Cookingham of the Ladd & Til ton bank: will speak on "Some Cur rent Banking Problems,'' and Dr. C. J. Smith, president of ths Bankers Mort gage Corporation, will speak on The Federal Farm Loan System and Its Effect on the Pacific Northwest." Miss Lillian Sugat and Charles Smith will be the soloists of ths evening. Mrs. H. 0. Egan Weds Harold Bingham Chicago, Jan. 13. Mrs. IT. Chandler Egan of Highland Park and Harold Bingham of Mdford, Or., were mar ried at South Bend. Ind., last Satur day. Rev. C. A. Lippincott of the First Presbyterian church performed the ceremony. airs. Bingham secured a divorce last July from Mr. Egan, famous an a golf er, on the charge that hs told her he loved another woman. She was award ed the custody of her 6-year-old daughter. Mrs. Bingham is the owner of extensive orchards near Medford, Or., and Santa Barbara, Cal. Alberta Wants a Commercial Club A committee composed of V. A. Brewer. J. N. liagensen. W. 11. Fowler, S. Salmonson. George L. IMtto, J. If. Velle, Mr. Remlinger and H. L. Jones, business men of Alberta district, held a meeting last night at the office of Attorney W. II. Kowler. Baker block. Seventeenth and Alberta streets, with a view of organising a commercial clu! to advance the Interests of that dis trict. It was decided to take immedi ate steps to form a commercial club. The committee believe that a member ship of from (00 to 800 will soon he enrolled. The time set for the first open meeting of the club will soon be announced. ' in train near ths Oaks. Her former husband, W. P. Dorgbelty, of Oil City, Cal.. from whom shs was separated a number of years ago. has tele graphed orders concerning tbs funeral. ery at Grand Haven and St. Joseph, Mien., ths bids to close February 1. Ths Chamber of Commerce has details regarding both propositions. data has not yet been set. While suf fering from nervous prostration and temporary insanity last Thursday Miss Fair threw herself before an oarufch- War Veteran Is Burled. . The funeral of John Jacob Guyer was held Friday from the chapel of J. P. Finley It Son, Rev. John H. Boyd of ficiating. Mr. Guyer was born ln Switzerland, November 10, 1840, and cams to the United States ln 1858. He served with the Wisconsin troops dur ing ths Civil war and was ones wound ed. Mr. Guyer was from a French Huguenot family. His grandfather served wtih Napoleon. - Hs settled ln Kansas after ths war, and cams to Ore gon about 2( years ago. Surviving relatives are two sons and three daugh ters J. J. and J. C Guyer of Portland, Mrs. L. C Harvey or Dufur. Mrs. E. r. Stafford and Mrs. M. C Hlrsch of Port land. - , The creation of a state board of a charities will be the leading recom mendation of ths committee which the hearing of charges against ths Waverly Baby Home for the state board of health yesterday. A stats board of charities which would standardlss state-aided institu tions, formulate tmiform accounting systems and provlds for regular vis itation, supervision, audits ana re ports, would render impossible such charges as were rehearsed, the com mittee concluded. It was brought out at the nearlng. which was held ln the offices of Dr. David N. Roberg, state health officer. that although ths stats appropriates approximately 312.000 for the main tenance of the Baby home during the biennial period, no state examination of the books of ths institution has been made since five years ago. Bystematto ooonattag Xs Important. Thla was stated by F. 8. Akin, who has been secretary of the home for a auarter of a century and whose palns- . . - . I.K t. taatng enines were irausiu win. wi greatest interest by the committee. There was evidence or coraiat will ingness to adopt suggestions for im proved accounting and this strength ened ths conclusion of the committee that the state owes It to the institu tions which It aids, and to the charges for which It assumes responsibility, to modernize the primitive adminis trative plans which open the wsy to the personalities and recriminations which were a disturbing factor in the Baby Home board, and which cams to a head with tha dropping rrom tne board of Mrs. G. B. Cellars, former corresponding secretary and chief complainant at ths hearing. It was shown ty Dr. josepn BUder- rack, chief of ths medical staff, that the babies at the borne are exception ally well cared for and ths mortality is lower than almost any other insti tution of similar character ln the United States. Members of Board As same Trust. It was also shown that without any compensation or hope of reward, save ths consciousness of performing a cltl sen's duty, members of ths board have served, some of them, between 25 and SO years. The stale provides 810 a month a child. Ths cost a month Is 318. and this must be secured from the public some In tbs form of donations from parents, some from generous citi zens, and tbs greater proportion from entertainments. tus commutes s - report, wnicn in being drafted, probably will recom mend a "tightening up" of ths Baby Horns flnsmrtsl administration and a FIRE CAPTAIN US HOUSE KEfG Board Sustains Charges) Made Against Fireman Hammond. A captain In a fire station Is king of the fire house, and his orders are law within his domain. Such was the conclusion reached by the municipal civil service board In sustaining charges against W. A. Hammond, a member of the fire bu reau, discharged for disobeying order given by Captain Haines of engine company No. 3. ' Hammond, who was a member of a different company, had gone into the house looking for a fireman. Accord ing to the testimony, this fireman was asleep In the dormitory, and Ham mond was told by Haines not to go upstairs. Hammond did go upstairs. and wben hs came down Haines 'kicked him" out of the house. Then Hammond was discharged. Waes writing te er eainag ea aevertlaere, pn. mention Tbe Journtt tAs.) Four Firemen Are Dismissed. James H. Barnes, a member of fire company No. 29, failed to report back to work when be was dus on January 4, and now he is out of a Job. W. J. Osier, a member of firs company No. 21, failed to get an alarm number cor rectly from ths operators of ths fire alarm division, and bs Is also out of a Job. The charges against ths men are given In letters to ths civil service toard from Firs Chief DowelU dis missing both men. II. K. Hawkins, a fire captain, and J. H. Campbell, a fire engineer, charged with bootlegging, also have been dis charged. Name for Square Suggested. Central square is the name recom mended by Commissioner Baker fox the square at Sixth, Pine and Broadway, as a result of the petition by property- owners that tne square De given a name. Commissioner Dleck suggests. however, that the council take up the question of naming all squares nerore names are given to one or two indi vidual squares. Inspector Resigns. J. A. Allen, street Inspector of ths department of public works, charged with falling to report a defective side walk which came to his notice, has been permitted to resign. As a re sult Commissioner Dieck. who brought the charges, and the municipal civil service board, which gave Allen hearing, will take no further action. The charges against Allen followed Judgment ln ths circuit court against ths city commissioners for a woman injured on the -defective walk which Allen neglected to report. Sfraw Hat in EvMene. Signs of spring were manifest every- where Friday not only in ths blight sunshine, but also ln Deputy United States Marshal Len Becker's brand nsw round shiny strsw bat. People turned twice to Isss him striding bravely through ths corridors of ths federal building yesterday morning with bright lemon-colored straw bat, ss4 conced upon his bead. mors careful future shaping of policies. so as to avert the cause of charges of nepotism such as were beard yester day, ln addition to a recommendation for ths creation of a stats board of chart tie. ' LAST DAY TODAY BawSaSSSaBBaSBBSSaSBSSBBBBBBSSSSBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBaSSBSBBSBBBS Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under, the Sea CHILDREN'S MATINEE TODAY 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. CHILDREN 5c LAST DAY JUNE CAPRICE y in a Modern Cinderella Starting Tomorrow The Ninety and Nine Also Special Comedy Feature CHARLES ARLING - ' :, - ' in - , :.; "SOCIAL PIRATES" ; " TWO ActS V;