THE 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.
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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.
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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-
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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. '
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