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Tin; oiiLcou daily journal, Portland, :.:o:;day. February 5, 1017. J 1 : f .1 T MAYS CLIMAX TO; RUN OF PETTY THEFTS SjDozen Detectives Make Inves u ligations But Fail to Locate i Authors of Burglaries, it.'-:.- -'' .1 .-I.''- :T4RES TAKEN OFF WHEELS l,v . i..-; - -','lHnrt of WQlUm WsntiUn Scene jj of. Boldest Wcrtj Jebjatbaner Sus , ', pects Wbrkmea at Knitting Co. " 1 .. The run of petty burglaries that ubM b(en going on uninterruptedly for the psst three week came to a cli max Saturday night ana yesterday when elglrt robberies were reported to 06 ROBBERIES JSth police.. The total loss for the en- tire lot will not exceed $400,. the, re sports Indicate, but this was only fee- , cause rne trueves were unaoie to unu particle more valuable.. The detectives neve been unable to locate ,ay of the thieves, although a dozen detective were making' various J Invest! rat Ions this morning. : , Oarage Bobbery Boldest, The- boldest .robbery of the lot was committed by thieves who broke into a garage, owned by William AVuriweil Jer, 61 Lovejoy street, last night and .tole five tires from an automobile. JJfour being taken from the wheels and one iromine rrame on mo rear. iu Jjname men are supposed to have entered 'a. nrlviU craraw at thn A. -T Rin.irh.im Jresldenee. 653 Ixvejoy street,; where , one tire was stolen. The thieves arc Jjsupposed to have loaded their loot In J;' The Portland Knitting company, 1262 Kast" Stark street, was reported by J. JfcM Jchntbauer, its president, to have fjbeen entered some time yesterday and fever a dosen garments. Including' th. Mftg suits, hosiery and women's cloth ing, stolen. Jehntbauer said he sus pecled workmen in fhe plant.; as the factory was entered with a pass key. . Steal While Tamliy Bats. The residence of Q. W. Bennett. 224 Oherry street, was entered about I'clock last night while members of fine ramnywere ai oinner, uiu jtumj, :a leather pocketbook, a few stamps and a pass book for the Northern Fa !!clflc railway were stolen. Some" of the I jewelry was afterward found In th Jjback yard. The burglat opened a bed iroom window to gain entrance. The P. L. Howard hardware store !!l27 Kast flllsan street, was found opfcu early Sunday morning fey a po- ijllceman and Howard called. He in vestigated and found that the trespas , gjsers had stolen a watch, wrench, two (flashlight cas(!s, eight pocket knives !and 70 cents in change. The money Uafe had a sign hanging on it stating i'lhat the safe was open, and it was not 'disturbed. One Burglar X,eares Tools. An attempt was made Saturday inight to enter Jamison Bros." Jewelry jjstore, Twenty-third and feavler streets. One of the owners was in the store I'and heard a man drilling through the ejback doof. Jamison called and the would be burglar fled, leavinsr a jsaw, JJjrace and bit and a "Jimmy" lying outside the door. i . Between 3 and 10 p. m. yesterday, the residence of W. Haynes, J03 Kast Twenty-second street north, Was en tered by means of the basement and , Mnside kitchen doors and four pieces ox ' jewelry stolen. A beveled Jimmy was .(found in the house by Police Sergeant 'toW est, who Investigated. 'W. W. Downard, 685 Ea3t Nineteenth 'street north, reported that his home fjwas robbed while the members of the -family were away for a few days, and j'sorne Jewelry, clothing, a watch and a I .suitcase stolen. M " " a QVsWWWU ssVVVJU Permit to Change is : Permission lo rerorm an agreement 'concerning some 130,000 worth of lanu bought from a Wisconsin . real estate t "company, which was Instituted in the f United States district court by Kltxa- oeth Ft Twony against W. E was denied this morning In a decree handed down by Judge Bean. The agreement was made between the liti gants and is aliegod to have stipulated the purchase of a half Interest in the i property by the defendant after the I plaintiff snail have bought the land. and this agreement was alleged not to have been conformed to. Attorneys' fees amounting to $730 .and all other items in the complaint which were of m'nor importance, were graniea ine piainiirr. THEATER Broadway at Stark. Main 21 NOW PLAYING P;4The'.a Mysterious : Mrs. M" Featuring; MARY MLAREN PATHE NEWS UNCLE SAM'S DEFENDERS CHRISTIE COMEDY Broadway Symphony Orchestra Coming Sunday ' ANITA STEWART la tho Girl Philippi UAflisSss Practice id Bomb : ThrowingOauses . Injuries-; to Two El Paso, Texas, Feb. 5. (L K S.) In the first trench practice of tho newly organised 1 - hand grenade corps of the ' United States army at Fort Bliss, two bomb throwers were Jsf badly injured today by the ac- W cidental explosion of grenades. Sergeant A. Treaslack of the T"wenty-third Infantry had his right i hand blown off, and He' Private Wlnfield Albright of 'the Twenty-third, was wound- ed by pieces of the grenade. mm & Li DELAYED, BUT SAFE Unconfirmed Rumor Last Night Had Vessel Lost With 200 Lives. - ' St. X.ouls Will memala la Post. New York. Feb. 6. (U. P.) The American liner St. Louis will not sail today,-it was stated by officials of the Amerlcaavline. Whether tshe will depart la tec tot Liverpool was not stated. "We cannot comment on that Just now." it was said. . New York. Feb. 6. (U. P.) The American line today announced the ar rival of the liner Philadelphia at LIv er pool at 11 o'clock last night and the arrival of the Finland at 8 a. m. to day at tlie same port. The Reamer New Tork sailed at 5:30 yesterday afternoon from Liver pool for New York, carrying 110 first class passengers, 67 second class and 4 thlrd class. 1 Unconfirmed reports giveiT out at 'Vancouver, B. C, last night were to the effect, that the liner Philadelphia had been sunk with a loss of 200 lives. The dispatch, it was stated. had been passed by the censor's office . Another Neutral Ship Sunk. London. Feb. 5. (f. N. 8.) Another neutral ship, the Spanish steamship Dos de Novlembre, has been sunk, says a ueuter aispatcn Sunday rrom Madrid. The Swedish government is said to have ordered .Its charge de affaires at Berlin to demand a report from the German government on the sinking on January 29 of the Swedish steamship Edda. " . I Norwegian Steamship Sunk. London. Feb. 5. (I. N. S.) The Norwegian steamship mir, of 11,233 tons, has been sunk by a submarine. according to announcement by Lloyda. Fart or the crew was saved. , Two. Liners Off for Europe, -New York. Feb. 6. (I. N. &) Two great trans-Atlantic passenger liners sailed from this port Sunday despite the war sons threat. Both of them are armed defensively. They were the Cunard liner Carmania and the French liner Rochambeau. 1 The Rochambeau, bound for- Bor deaux, left with. 68 cabin and S3 steer age passengers. Of these 26 were Americans. The Carmania sailed with but 18 cabin passengers. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine, which owns the liner, is still In Washington, where he has been for the past two days awaiting advices from the state department regarding the sailing of the St. Louis. Japanese Crew Rescued.. Galveston, Texas, Feb. 5. (U. P.) Tho Norwegian steamer Ageroin, Captain Anderson, arrived -here today from, Gibraltar wHk the master and 40 members of the crew of the Japa nese steamer Chlnto Maru, picked up in open boats 210 miles from land. The Chinto Maru was sunk by submarine gunfire January 4. , The crew was In open boats 24 hours when rescued, and an offshore wind was driving them to sea. They were almost ex hausted. -Railway Officials To Hear Complaints Complaints Regarding1 Passenger - and aCsil Service "Will Be divan Voice at Meeting at Marsafield Wednesday. Complaints regarding train service in Coos county from Marshfleld to Powers, especially to Myrtle Point and Coqullle, will-be discussed at a meet ing to be held at Coqujlle Wednesday nlgbt, -John M, Scott, general passen ger-agent; il. A. Hinshaw, general freight agent, and W. II Jenkins. traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific lines, will leave for the Cops Bay country tomorrow after noon to participate. 1 is understood that satisfactory adjustments or passenger train sched ules will be made to enableUhe rest dents of the branch line out of Marah. field to receive their mail more promptly than under the new schedule recently put into effect. It wasTcharged by1 Myrtle Point neo- ple that the mail service was as bad as it was in Uie old stage coach days Dexore the railroad x was built into MarfchTield. Complaint also was made mat it required two days and , two nights to make even tho most hurried business trip to Portland because of the lack of connections at Marshfleld In either .direction. The railway officials todav Mid h .complaints were doubtless - Justified and that some satisfactory arrange- uieius unoouoteaiy would be made. Hood River. Men Rap Big Appropriations - Washington,:. Feb. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) A protest against the appropriation of 860,000 for a postoffice at Hood River, Or., or any other sm&U town in the United States, was received try Senator Chamberlain from nine Hood River citt. sens. Who say 86000 is enough. Sixty thousand dollars was voted by the house. ' . LINER PHILADELPHIA REACHES WOOL SUM 9500. FEES IS BEGUN BY SHILLOCK T Attorney. States" He . Began Services for Estate in June of 1912. AGREED TO AWAIT SALE Sefesdaat Claims lawyer's Paymeat Depended Wpon Sale of Certain Equities Valued AbOT50,000. Litigation over the paymetit of $7500 attorney fees began before, a Jury In Circuit Judge pavis' department of the circuit court today, wherein Attorney John C. Shiljock seeks to collect from Mrs. J. Gertrudo Rushing, administra trix of the late C. C. Rushing. , According to statement made to the Jury, Attorney Shlllock began his serv ices for Mrs. Kusning m june, ii2. and continued in a professional ca pacity until June, 1916. The sum of 1403 has been paid on the account. The C. C. Rushing estate was Inven toried at about $50,000 to $60. 000,, and it is contended-by the ' plaintiff that the attorney sacrificed much of his office time in takings care of matters relating to the settlement of the es- ate. Included in this work was fore closure on mortgages. The defendant claims the attorney agreed to wait until certain equities were sold before effecting a settle ment. Mrs. Rushing only last week appeared as defendant in a sTlit for an accounting and reopening of the estate in a, suit brought in Circuit Judge Tucker's court. ENTERTAINED OTHER WOMEN Mrs. Rose Wilkes Sues for Divorce; Husband Stayed Away Nights. New divorce suits have been filed in the circuit court as follows: Mrs. Rose Wilkes vs. Orville O. Wilkes. They were married at llillsboro, Or, October 10, 1909. The wife says her husband stayed away many times at night, and that he "spent much money entertaining other women on automo bile rides." She asks for custody of Lois Wilkes, a son. aged five, and $15 a month for the support of the child and a like monthly ajnount for tlie care of herself. Grace A. Broadhead vs. L. D. Broad head. The couple married at I .a Center, Kans., August 16, 1886. De sertion is claimed. COUNTY GRAND JURY DRAWN New Grand Jury for the Present Term Now Ready. The new Multnomah county grand Jury has? been drawn for "the present term as follows: Charles W. Notting ham, 271 East Sixteenth street; Eugene L. Knight, 449 Washington street. Q..C. Purdin, 214 Railways Exchange build ing; George Hockenyos. 138 R atreet: CharlM a wmf. na ,i. apartments; Herman Vetter, 665 Ever . . . - - w . , .a t 17", .a- I ett street; and Halsey Tooker, 1241 Maryland avenue. Fifty petit jurymen have also been Impaneled for service -in the circuit courts. ; i ... ... Pay Taxes in Pull. Tax payments in full are being made in many instances this year, accordins to chief deputy Huckabay of the tax collecting- department of the sheriff office. Under the lavA half payments or tne 1916 tax may be made. The poportlon of full payments this year is larger than sbeen the rule In former years, It is said. Up to date the payments have been small. Tho larger owners will not begin to come in until later. Dickey's Funeral Set for Tomorrow TraveUng Salesman Had Been Em ployed by XasoB-xnurmaa Company for Many Tears. William M. Dickey, who died on Sat urday rft bis home, 512 East Fortv- thlrd street north, was born In Wash ington1 42 years ago and Is survived by at brother, Thomas W. Dickey of De troit, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Whlttler and Mrs. Albert W. Rahles. both of Portland. Funeral services Will be -held at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the chapel of J. P. Flnley & Son, Fifth and Montgomery streets. Mr. Dickey had been a traveling salesman for the Mason-Ehrman company for more than IB years and was welt known through out the northwest in, business circles. John Garbarino Passes. John Garbarino, who died at the Sell wood hospital on February 1. was a native of Italy, aged 49. and nad re- elded in Portland and Milwaukie since 1886. He is, survived by a widow, a son, two sisters and one brother. Mr. ira.rDa.ri no was a member or the Penni Hickman company, of this 'city, .but retired six years ago. Funeral services will-be bold at St Michael's church at 9 a. m., .tomorrow, and Interment will be at Mount Calvary cemetery. Four Orders at Funeral. - Services for Frederick S. Dunning wore attended by a large number of friends at the conservatory chapel of the East Side Funeral Directors Sun day afternoon, . Four fraternal orders united in taking charge. ' They were the Masons, Knights of Jythias Odd Fellows, and A. O. U. W. Mr. Dunning had been in the undertaking business In Portland since 1881. The body Will be cremated. - .v Busy in Both Houses ' At Plympia Today State House. Olympia, Wash Feb. 6. Three bills fathered by the pub lic service committee were intro duced in the senate today, proposing a number of administrative features. One generally amends the grain act to make it harmonise with recent federal enactments. Inspection of hay is also provided for in the bill. Another section provides that steam boats must refund lor unused tickets Just as rallroaas are now required to do . Other bills provide for the protec tion of railroad crossings, and makes it a misdemeanor for an auto driver te fail to stop his car and look! and listen before crossing railroad tracks. -Many new bills were Introduced In both houses. this morning, ' AGAIN MRS RUSHING Hog Sales Smash 'All ' ;,Reoordst .$11.75 " 1 eeMssSM ' Smashing to splinters all previous high marks for the Portland .market, sales of hogs were fnade In the Port land Union, Stock yaMs during the' af ternoon at 111,75. This- Is SS cents above 4he previous higfo mark received here, which was ftbout five years ago. The hogs that brought the extreme mark were shipped to this city 'by WilMam Duby. a prominent Baker buyer. ' . . During te afternoon all price rec ords for ordinary feeding steers were broken at North Portland when sales were mads as nigh as 19.20. CHINESE DOCTOR -IS WITH DEATH OF MAN Peter Achimovicir Died Sun day; Examination of Body Shows No Trace of Disease On suspicion that medicine he gave may have caused the death of Peter Achimovich, Austrian laborer, yester day, Frank Leo, Chinese doctor and head of the C Gee Wo Chinese Medi cine company. First and Aider streets, was arrested by Detectives Tlchenr and Moloney and Deputy Coroner Smith at his offices shortly before noon to day. Achimovich died at the Clarno hotel, foot of Larrabee street, on the east side, yesterday morning about 14 o'clock. Saturday" afternoon he went to the offices of the Chinese medicine company to .receive treatment for a r tomach disorder, and, as he supposed, tuberculosis of the intestlnesc- Ile was given a box containing hun dreds of tiny brown pills and told to take a liberal dose after meals. A ro- reipt found on the body indicated that he paid $20 for a month's treatment with th'e concern. - Yesterday morning he arose, but complained to his roommate of a vio lent headache. As Dr. James Carrico was called, he lapsed into unconscious ness, and died before the physician arrived. i, . The body was taken to the Dunning $m Mclntee undertaking establishment, but was afterward' removed to the morgue. An autopsy was performed yesterday afternoon, but not the slight est trace of a disease was found. The examining physicians, however, dis covered dHatation of the heart, result ing, supposedly, from 'the effect of some drug. The box of pills was then taken to an analytical chemist tor examina tion together with the contends of the stomach and intestines. The re sult of this analysis will not be known for 86 hours, according to Deputy Coroner Smith. Achimovich, who was 23 years old. had been ill for several weeks with stomach trouble. He was treated by 1? nospnai. oui aiscnargea January ,i supposedly in an improved con- . " ditlon. Frank Leo told Deputy District At torney Delch- the pills contained nothing but hero extracts, and said they were harmless, offering to con sume, a handful. Ball was fixed at ,12000. Leo is the father of four children, residing with his family at 39 First street. Two States Work on Columbia River Laws Four Changes In XxlrOag Statute - Governing' Fishing sUfnts Hade at Joint Oonferenoe Held in Seattle. Salem. Or., Feb. 6. Four changes in the present law governing the fish ing industry on the Columbia river were unanimously adopted in a signed agreement entered into by the Joint fisheries committee of the Oregon end Washington legislatures. The- confer ence was held In Seattle Saturday. Both brances of each legislature were represented. Identical bills' will be introduced in both legislatures em bodying the suggested changes. By the agreement the license on canned salmon is. raised from 1 to 3 cents oer case, the hauntv on jual from Jl te 33. a' better means of closing rish tnaps from catdhing salmon during the closed season Is proviaeu, ana purse seines east or a line drawn from the shore line of the north Jetty to Knuckle of the south jetty are provided for. The agreement contains a further provision . asking congress to ratify the pact so that there can be no fur ther chance in the law without the consent of both legislatures. Senator Bteiner, chairman of the Washlnrton senate fisheries committee, demurred to this clause although concurring in aii omer recommendations. Dependent Woman Attempts Suicide Rosie Welles 45 years old, attempted suicide this morning by inhaling gas In a rooming-house at 8634 First street. She was found by Sadie Brown, landlady, upon her return to the rooming House shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. First-aid methods were used by Patrolman Shaffer, summoned by the landlady, and she was revived sufficiently to be taken lo St. Vincent's hospital. Her condition is serious. She was without funds. "r now PLAYING lews in her hisftoricil success "Tess of the Storm n I. HELD IN CONNECTION MARY PICKFORD f!iiiiifru SUNSET Washington and Broadway jL PLEAS FOR GUIDANCE ; AND LOYALTY HADE BY PORTLAND MINISTERS Issues Are . Avoided in German-American Controver sy, But Patriotism Shown. . Pleas for the guidance of President Wilson 'in- the present controversy and pleas for . loyalty to $.he' presi dent and the nation were made in many of the leading-churches yester day. Issues were avoided, however. Rev. Walter B. Hinson, speaking at the East Side Baptist church last night, declared that now is the time to think to mediate and pray. "Let all men pray to Almighty God i to Impart clear vision to pres ident Wilson and bis advisers, and. further, to pray God to make it evi dent to all the nations that if the clouds of i darkness are - around him righteousness and Judgment are the inhabitants of, his throne. Let us unitedly pray America vjght and America free and America Tirst And may God save America!" "It's time for deep meditation and tf-nntl " mmlA rr T .11, H m T? Wyott, pastor of the First Congrega tional church. "It is not good at a time like this to talk too much, what ever may be the patriotic impulse There Is patriotic self-control." Dr. John H. Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and Dr. Joshua Stansfield, piston- of the First Methodist - church, only indirectly re ferred to' the situation during their services. Rev. W. E. Brinkham of the St. James English Lutheran church and Rev. - W. G. Eliot Jr. of the Unitarian church asked 'divine guidance. ' Rev. J. M. O'Farrell of the St. Rose Roman Catholic church ad vised his parishioners to be "first, last and always true Americans." He also said that no matter what stand was taken at the last elec tion, the people should be loyal to the country and the president. 1 1 . 1 , TJ. P. Resumes Train Service From East Snow drifts having been cleared from the tracks of the Union Pacific in Wyoming, train service has again been resumed from the easU The first of a flock of trains will arrive over the O-W. R. & N. early Tuesday. These trains would have arrived last Friday and Saturday but for the big tleup in tlie Rocky mountain region. Stork's First Visit, No man in the city fcall Is happier today than is William Kdams, Port land's rotund city treasurer. He is sticking, out one hand for congratu lations' and sticking a cigar In your pocket with the other.. A baby boy. M "pounds, is the reason. The baby was borti at the Portland Maternity hospital et 11:46 o'clock Sunday night, and has been named Henry W. Adams. Mrs. Adams is "doing- nicely." The couple have been married 16 years but this is the first time the stork has paid them a visit. - Wben wrtttas te or Mills on tirrmmT pleere mention The Journal. (Adr.) a Request - Come Early, ' Show Starts 10.30 A. M. o. - Refuse Warrant for . Members bMW.W. Declaring- that threats had been made against his life Charles B. Ben nett applied to Sheriff Hurlburt and the district attorney's office for a warrant for the arrest of certain mem bers of the L W. W. of Portland. Ben nett admits that he Incurred the en mity of the X. W. W. because of his activities In various labor troubles in behalf of the ''American Federation of Labor, v He says that because of bis activities a murder threat has been made against him. ...His request for a warrant was not granted. MINISTERS PLEASED AT ALLOWING CREDITS FOR STUDY OF BIBLE Action 'of School Board, "Bone Dry" and Billy Sun day Come Up at Meeting. Going into executive session, the Portland Ministerial association en tered on an informal discussion of certain bills which are before the present legislature at Salem. The session took oio action but referred the whole matter to the committee on legislation. : The chairman Of the educational committee reported that with the present membership of the school board it would be impossible to Intro duce tho teaching of the Bible in Portland schools, but that students who studied at home would be given credit for their work and this was in consequence a great step in advance. Several new members were ad mitted. They were: Rev. R. 11. Sawyer, East Side Chris Man church; Kev. F. -M. Jasper, Lents M. E. church; Kev. A. F. Cramer, First German Methodist church, and John K. Nelson, Anabel Presbyterian church. After a prsyer of thanksgiving for the enactment of the present "bone dry law" in Oregon a discussion took place concerning a Billy Sunday cam paign. Dr. Edward II. Pence of West minster Presbyterian church, led the discussion in favor of the. evangelist coming. Dr. A. M. Dean of the Second Bap tist church of Cnicago, addressed the meeting this afternoon on "The" Pre siding Theme of Divine Revelation." Rev. D. A. Thompson5 of Mlspah Presbyterian church, will present the matter of the Laymen's Missionary Conference and Institute to be held at the Portland Y. M. C. A. February li and IS of this month. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, of Wa-ren avenue Baptist church, Boston; William Doughty, New York city, educational secretary of the Layman's Missionary Movement, and Frederick A. Agrear, San Francisco, and formerly a medical missionary, will be tfte principal speakers at this conference. A dl-eentenntal dinner will be served at the First Methodist church in connection with the Insti tute on February 15. Additional Entries Measure Passed Washington, Feb. S. (WASHING TOIK BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The house has passed Represenatlve Sinnott's bill to permit additional en tries of Umatilla Indian grasing lands without the cultivation requirements. Faiirlbainilks in his most dashing, daring character, Blaze Derringer" rollicking adventure gallant lover who quells a South American revolution wins fame fortune and the heart of a president's daughter Critics pronounce "The Americano" the most sensational most dramatic most elaborate of all the Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, famous character artists, in their freat film comedy "cure cocirr,u V 'The Theatre Beautiful" Sixth at Washington IP SINGJONG, RIVAL OF BOW El This Was a Post New Year i Feat to Offset Cracker Dis- filay by Rivals Last Week, . .- The Bow Leung tong men having made their big Chinese New Year's splurge Wednesday by firing v two strings containing 100.000 firecrackers at Second and Oak streets, the Hop Sing tong, blood enemies of the society, with headquarters on Second street, had a post New Year's celebration at Fourth and Everett streets Sunday afternoon. A huge Chinese dragon, made of pa per and wood and papier mache, was dragged from his lair In the Yin Kim Low restaurant to the intersection a block south to an escort of kettle drums, cymballs and firecrackers end for two hours the weird ceremony went on before a throng that numbered thousands. ' Ten young actors, from the compsny Lpresenting Chinese drama at Arlon nan, participated, serving In relays of two to spur on the beast. One car ried the head, himself concealed un derneath, while the other manipulated the tall and their antics were highly Interesting, although the actors workel harder, probably, than ever in their lives before and frequent reliefs were necessary. Three tables placed in the strejt represented a bridge, and the efforts of the dragon were directed towarJs getting on the bridge. Once this was accomplished, the show was over All Chinatown, from both the old and new sections, seemed to be there, and hundreds of Occidentals mixed In the crowd. Bow Leung tong men today say the Hop Sings brought ouuthe dragon to offset their firecracker celebration a few days ago. Two Oregonians on Sunken Housatonic Two Oregonians, Kenneth C. Roper, second engineer, and William John ston, a cook, were members of the crew of the) American steamer Hou- satonlo which was sunk by a Ger man submarine Saturday. Roper was raised by Dr. and Mrs. John McKay of Walla Walla, follow ing the death of his parents when he was a small boy. He was born in Pendleton. Miss Elsie McKay, living in the Flledner building. Is an aunt. He is related to Dr. McLoughlln of fame during Oregon's early days. He began service at sea on vessels run ning out of San Francisco. - Johnston is remembered by Thomas Baker, secretary of the Marine Cook and . Walters' Union, but has been away from the coast for several years. A Good Reason. rrom Judge. Trainman-When you saw the bandit crawling along the top of the car why didn't yau say something to us about it? X Passenger t thought It was some fellow who had invented a short-cut way of getting lnto,hls upper berth. 'mining engineer Fairbanks play LEUNG TONG RESURR IT A DRAGON Scenic and educational a hand-colored Columbia fea . ture showing the beauty and luxury of an Algerian Harem. L.C. Gilinan of S., P. & S. Home Tuesday L. C, GUman, president of the Spo kane, Portland &. Seattle, railway and" its affiliated lines in Oregon, ; is ex pected to return to Portland early Tuesday. His arrival was delayed tnors than 24 hours by heavy snows blocking the Northern Pacific in Montana, the latest bulletin being that be should reach Spokane this afternoon. - - Mr. GUman- went east to discuss budget matters with the directors of v the North Bank and of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, the parent lines. After the conference at SUaul he was called to New York on other business..: Brazil Will Protest Against Declaration Rio Janeiro. Fob. 6. t N. S.) Brasil has drawn up a note of protest against Germany's submrrine declare tlon and a special meeting of the cabi net has been summoned to-ratlfy It. Eye Dieae Are not so - preva- ; lent as many .sup ' pose. M a n y s o ,. called diseases' are v, only functional de rangements due to eye strain,- PAY i T O N D E E P- ' CURVED GLASSES ; will relieve all such cases and restore the eye to health and strength. - SO EXasUXATIOX CKAMI rtrv Ajra WAsaxsraTO v m, oe-os rirvTZJurx) iLsa, Gladys Brockwell in ONE TOUCH OF SIN A Photoplay of primitive Passion A play thst arouses intense enthu siasm The greatest of all Fair bank's features. In line with oar policy of giving the best In service. JENSEN & VON HERB ERG, MANAGERS. in A 1 i5