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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2,f 1917. r - - -. - '-- r - - BOOTBLACK SUED TWO DAYS AFTER HE BUYS BONDS , Action Is Filed to" Seeure Back Rental ' From Which Anthony- Ellison Says He ; ; Was Verbally Released. ' William P. Swope, Assignee ,VI Wiailll llbIM, W J o child Brothers, Owners oil ' ai ' I . Building oi same name. : Two after Anthony Ellison,, ibootbUck In the Rothchlld , building. Fourth and Washington treet, hfl etubscrlbed practically all of his av - Inge for Liberty bonds, ha was ssrved with papers is a suit that had been filed arainsthlm in the district court ' ' for alleged delinquency in rental pay. ments. .-- .. K ! The complainant In the suit ' was 'William P. Swope. real estatekdealer, to whom had been asalsned g claim r 1 j 1At hit T?Ki41t V? mm 4wnorm ef the building in which Ellison and James E. Ecoaomos, hie partner, art tenants. ,j The bootblacks have occupied this. stand for over seven years. About 18 months as the . rent was raised, but Ellison complained that""lt was ' too high and he could Jot pay It. and he was verbally released, so he as ' serts, and the ? rent was reduced . to Its former size. No change, however, ' .was made In the figures on the new ."lease, but Ellison never . thought this factwould bring him any woe. - About two week mo. when the Ub- erty loan drive. was rearing its climax. many memtwrs of the Oreelc comma nity. an organisation of the better class of Oreelc merchants and business men of, the city, held a meeting and aub4 Ellison announced that he .would - subscribe $1000 and that his partnei) would subscribe $1000. Going back to ,'hls stand, he looked-over his bank ac-i count and found he did not have that : much ready money. . He and his part- ner, therefore, subscribed $6O0 each and fclllson was left with less than $200 to j'tcover any emergencies that, might arise. y ' v The news that' Ellison had sub i scribed was published in the newspa I 1 pars. Just two days afterward he was -served with papers In the suit' The " complainants had gone back mora-than ,- 1 a year for the basis of their claims, and. In the period Intervening, Ellison ' I said, not a word had ever been said about the rent balance. The amount - asked for Is the difference between the ' rent that Ellison has been regularly , and fully paying each month and the ' amount that was named in the new lease that had been presented by Roth- child Bros., but which had apparently been withdrawn. ' Moreover the complaint asks for these extra amounts only oyer three -months, July, October and November - he paid $150, at a rate of $50. a month, j When . he really should have- paid $35 FORMER PENDLETON -.r SHERIFF., IS 'QALLED r FORMER SHERIFF OF . UMATILLA IS.DEAD; ItWiUBainToniglit Says 7eather Man ADAMWYECALLEO A. W. Nye a month, or a total of $265. The amount asked in the bJlTis $105.. ... Attorney Hugh GeartA. who nas be friended Ellison has taken charge of the case. . ' ' "It seems strange that Ellison was never asked to pay mora rent When ha tendered his $50 on this month," said Mr. Gearin Thursday. "It looks veny much as If someone was taking ad vantage of his patriotism." The case will coma up in the district court some time within the next two weeks. Umatilla to Present $10,000toY.M.0.A. Pendleton, Or.4 Nov. 8. Umatilla county has undertaken organization for a campaign to raise the county's quota of $10,000 for the T. M, C. AJwar fund. Leon Cohen has been appointed man a ger for the "drive" by the executive committee composed of the following: C. M. Bishop, J. V. Tallman, , Judge G. W. Phelps, W. W. Harrah, Judge J. W. Maloney, I K Mann and I. E. Young. Organisation of the western part ot the county is being undertaken by-Mr. Cohen, Mr. Tallman and Mr.. Bishop. At a meeting Tuesday evening Ser geant Major Kenning, Canadian offl Man Well Known in Pendleton Umbrellas W1U Seeded TonlgHt aa4 Saturday XX rredlotiOBs Xada tT FSTscaster ComeTrus. Rain tonight and. Saturday Is the weather forecast today. . An- area of low pressure, central over the Pacific ocean south of Alaska Thursday morn-' in g. has moved in a southeasterly di rection toward Oregon, and will be and Pacific Northwest Is SVJStsAV Mourned by Many Friends. JSir'SS; and in western Washington, with rain over .the - north Pacific coast from Prince Rupert to Tatoosh Island. ' The barometer Is' high over the remainder of the country and this con dition Is attended generally by clear skies and by temperatures below nor mal in the eastern hair or the coun try. Including the west ; gulf states, and along the Pacific coast,1 The only rain in this country this morning; was at Buffalo, N. Y and Tatoosh -Island. Adam Wirt Nye, a pioneer of , Uma tilla county, died at his Portland home, 490 East Tillamook street, Thursday afternoon, Mr. Nya was born In Mis souri in 1842, and came to Oregon when 20 years of age. For two years he was engaged m the freighting busi ness. In 1865 he moved to Vancouver, Wash., i and married Miss Harriet . J. SwlUler. a Missourian who had come to Oregon. 20 years before with her parents. For two years following- this ne farmed : near Vancouver, -and then moved to Umatilla-county,, where ha purchased a i80 acre ranch. In 1870 he disposed- of this property and pur .chased 480 acres near Weston and took up the growing of wheat Two years later ha was elected sheriff of Umatilla county, in which office ha served two years. On retiring from office ha returned to his ranch, bought a thousand acres additional and added sheep raising to bis interests. For 11 years he con tinued In this line, when he disposed of his holdings and went Into .the mercantile business in Pendleton. Three years later he retired from ac tive business life. Mr. Nye was a staunch Democrat during his. life, a member of the Epis copal church and was prominent in Masonio circles in Eastern Oregon. For ten years he was librarian and secretary of the Pendleton Commer cial club. , The funeral will ba held at tha hapel of J. P. Flnley & Bon. Fifth and Montgomery streets, Sunday at 1:80 p. in.. Rev. O. W. Taylor officiat ing. The Masons will have charge of the services at the grave In Vancouver, Mr. Nye is survived by four child dren, William W. .and Thomas C. Ny of Portland; Mrs. W. C Sbults of Idaho and Mrs. I. Macleay of Tacoma. Ha was a member of Pendleton lodge No. 52, A. F, and A. M., and -of Pen dleton chapter No. 23, Royal Arch Masons. Grain Bureau Needs More Funds at Once Balem, Or., Nov. 2. Tha appropria tion of $7500 for the state grain in spection department, under the public service commission, is now exhausted and the commission is preparing to ask the emergency board, to authorise tha department to Incur a deficiency of probably $5000. In preparation for this request, the commission Is sendinz a letter to all grain dealer and others interested in the grain business, ex plaining tha situation and asking thera. if they approve, to get behind 'the movement for mora funds. The statement is -made that any funds appropriated can probably ba returned from tha proceeds of another year's business. Fees - received from various sources have been Insufficient to maintain tha department during de velopment period, it is pointed out. . Tha commission discusses three pos slbla remedies, one being reduction "i force of 'employes, another an increase in fes, and the tnlrd an appeal to the emergency board, -and discards the first two as being Inadvisable. Corpora! Maneke Tha funeral of Corporal Maneke was held at the Flnley chapel Thursday, Rev. F. A. Wlllmaa officiating. Full military, honors were accorded at tha grave in . Rose City Park cemetery, a Pitcher Joe Dailey United States Army Portland lost another baseball play er Thursdays when "Ixng Joe" Dailey, righthanded pltoher, enlisted in. the quartermaster's corps of tha United States .army and was sent to Van couver barracks to Join hi company. Dailey returned Thursday from Los Angeles, .where ha finished.-: the Coast league season. Ha started tha season salute belri fired by a detail from cer. who served two year, at the front the Fourteenth United State. Infantry, th satTrC was iuTched'by De . " c UU1U. uwu troit and after his release back to Denies marines, iorparu jaane&e was a member of Company H, 162d United States Infantry (Third Oregon), and died from natural causes at Camp Greene, N. C. October 23. His mother, Mrs. Lens. Maneke, resldies t 831 East Sixteenth street. told t tha work of the 3T. M. C. A, for men of the army, and of the necessity of extending its operations and benefits. Judge and Jury Each Found Guilty I cr ik .41 nrvii Ir, For ft i tAf-.' J i v & srissi i i nt iitisi .w-i J W ' Til Jl w- --V Safe Milk InfalU laT&fids Substitntcna Cart TOT .lit m A NutritiOTS Diet for All Ages. Keep H or lick's Always orf Hafid Ouick Lunch; Home or Office. Portland lodge of. Elks celebrated its twenty-eighth anniversary Thurs day night by an "old timers' f estlval." A mock trial of Joe Day .resulted In that hannv Elk finding the judge and Jury guilty of breech of promise in stead of himself.' - j-U. 6. - Senator George E. Chamberlain, past exalted ruler of the lodge, told of the activities in congress following tha declaration of war. j Marshall Guest of . Honor in Salt. Lake Salt Lake. City, Nov. 2. (I. N. S.) Vice-President Thomas R. ' Marshall, accompanied by Mrs. Marshall, left here early this morning for Wyoming and Idaho, where . Mr. Marshall will fill speaking engagements. Last night In Salt Lake City ha addressed sev eral hundred people gathered at a ban. quet given in his hmor. While In Salt Lake City the vice-president was the guest of Governor Simon Bamberger. Mrs. Mary Gerllng Mrs. Mary Gerling, wife of Fred W, Gerllng, died at St Vincents hospital Thursday morning. Mrs. Gerllng was (2 years old, a native of Wisconsin, and had resided in. Oregon for 41 years, the family residence being 2013. East Clay street . Surviving . Mrs. Gerling ' are her husband, four sons and one daughter. Funeral arrange ments are in charge of J, P. Flnley & Son. - Seattle was picked up by Portland, showing great promise. Dailey tried to enlist several times but '"examining officers feared that he could not stand life in the trenches be- cause of having- been shot in the stomach with a small bore rifle sev eral years ago. He comes from small town near Tacoma and 1. stenographer. James Henry Conlan 1 James Henry Conlan died at St. Vin cents hospital Wednesday night, aged 68. He was born in Cleveland. He came to Portland two years ago. He was general roadmaster of the , S., P. & 8. His wife survives. Funeral serv ices were held at the Holy Rosary church. Third and Clackamas streets, Friday morning and Interment was In Mt, Calvary cemetery. J. P. Flnley & eon naa cnarge ot arrangements. . William jiff" -''y i with Portland's Star, JEWEL CARMEN, in "The Conqueror" played at the Globe Theatre,' N. V., at prices from 25 c to 1.00. i Read what th N. Y. Tribune ays of it: X1 j. - - Farniim S&m Houston U the best tiling that Wil liam Farnum has ever done. Thousands of horses and some stupendous battle scenes are a part of the entertainment. In fact, the picture, quite beggars description; there is so much of it and it is so varied. But bigger than these is the dynamic, dra matic drive of fThe Conqueror' The pic ture holds the audience tense, ever expec tant of new thrills, as they watch the hu morous, romantic, sometimes pathetic, ever human story of Sam Houston.'' v Edward Bowe . Edward Bowe, aged SI, a native ef England and a resident of Oregon for 29 years., died at his home, 208 Whltaker street, Thursday. He is sur vived by Ills widow. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of J. P. Flnley & Son, Monday, at 2:80 p. m., Rev. W. T. Lane officiating. v Begins limited engagement tomorrow at regular prices, . w! 1.1 , ; 10c and 20c, at UW : . ; ..... l"1,Tl 1 " ' " 1 . 1 m.'mmm' i"ssasaBsasaBsssaBBSsBSaesaSBBsaSiases Vocational Board v Is Chosen Again Salem, Or., Nov. 2. To , -correct, an j error made when ne attempted to appoint members of the State - Board on Vocational Education before the law authorizing such board -was ef fective. Governor Wlthycombe has ..re appointed the 'board members, with one change; , He appointed C; F. Ad ams of Portland to serve in place of W. B. ' Ayer, food "administrator. Other members are Mrs. George Mc- Math and E.-, J. stack ot Portland. Mrs. ; ; Charles H. Castner of ;r Hood River, s.and J. A. ChurchllL superin tendent of public instruction. r The board Is appointed. -pursuant to the Smith-Hughes act, passed by congress, carrying an appropriation for the training of vocational teach ers for the public' schools. Oregon will receive S15.000 the first' year on condition that an equal amount is put up for the same purpose by schools receiving funds. There's BANTENBE1N TO TAKE BACK HIS POSITION on her contention that" she was quite able to take care of herself and prop erty. - - - - . UPON CIRCUIT BENCH CULINARY TROUBLES , BLA3EED Husband Accuses Wife, of Failing To Do Her Duty. !" Eugene Raisig, in his complaint fox divorce filed in the circuit, court Wed nesday, charges that Jils wife Cather ine . Halsig, refused to cook but one meal a day, and later recused to cook even that one. They were married la udge Elects Choice of Colo- portund.in jmy.,io. net in Reserve -Corps and Will Hold" Self Ready. Circuit Judge C. U. fciaBtenbeln. hav. lag resigned his commission as major general In the regular army, nas elected to accept the rank of colonel in . the " reserve corps and return to Portland to resume his place on (he circuit -court bench.' - , Judare Cantenbein will arrive . from Washington IX C next Friday, , when j BREACH ne Is expected to relieve circuit Judge E. V. Uttlefield. who is now -presiding in department No. e. The return of Judge Cantenbem is a result of a previous agreement. When Gantenbein entered the army service, Governor Wlthycombe - appointed Mr. Littlefield to the position left vacant in Muunoman couniy. Judge Littlefield today received i telegram from Judge Gantenbein, ad vising him of his decision. Littlefield said he would resign his position on the bench in conformity to the pre arranged plan. Other divorce suits filed were: Anna Williams v. .Magnus Williams, . cru elty, married. October II, 113; Crtnthe Iorns vs. Frank B. lorns, married De cember t. 1907, cruelty. Presiding Judge .Kavanaugn reserved decision in the divorce of John Sell against Christine SelL - - Judge Kavanaugn granted three di vorces as follows: Helen Werschkul vs. Kobert WerschkuL Lissie Brill 'vs. Conrad Brill and Lorena Boswell vs. Clarence O. Boswell. . M. J. Purcell Wants 910,000 Dam. ages From Frank Iforth. Matilda. Josephine Purcell. 17 years old. is suing; Frank North for 310.000 damages for oreach of promise. She riled the suit through her father, A. J. Purcelt . " i Ida Neal asks for a divorce from Benjamin Neal on the ground of cruel ty. They were married in Linn coun ty, September 9, 189C. She alleges that ner nusoand called her names. Elma Woesner asks for a dlvarc Following Is a copy of the telegram 1 from Frank Henry Woesner, alleging 'from Gantenbein to Littlefield "under a recent runner or tne juage advocate general I bad to elect be tween a major general ifc the national army and a colonel in tne reserve corps. After careful consideration I have elected the latter "Tou will remember X stated I would do this if Yv came to a choice. X can not make the sacrifices and X' shall probably see "you Friday.' juage ijiweiieia was appointed Dy Governor Wlthycombe August 29 In -returnkig to the circuit court bench Judge Gantenbein will be sub ject to the call to colors as a colonel in the reserve corps at any time, GUARDIAN IS KEPT BY COURT Photoplay Palac Petition for Release Denied to' Mrs. Sarah Dodson. County Judge Tasweif Wednesday afternoon denied an application from Mrs. Sarah C. Dodson . to have tne court discharge her guardian. Mrs. Dodson is 77 years old and has property valued at from $50,000 to $63,000, consisting of 118,000 cash in banks, two fishwheels at -Warrendale and a tract -of land. Charles E. McCallough was appoint ed her guardian following insanity proceedings Instituted some time ago by hr son. The insanity charge was dismissed, but on 'recommendation of the examining physicians the court placed her under guardianship. Last summer Mrs. Dodson marrleS William Bradback; her effort to rid herself , of the guardian being basal Marriages Still Ahead According to figures furnished bv the eounty clerk, September held the Multnomah county record for divorces filed, with 118 suits. Nevertheless. the number of married couples in the cuy was greater ror- the month, 215 licenses-.being Issued. ' - October made a smaller nho wine with 195 licenses to marry and 17 di vorce suns oegun. Many Claims Filed Criminal suits, civil actions and small claim matters to the number of 70 were, begun In the district court during October, according to a atate ment comolled bv w t ni,vm..x chief clerk. Fees of $5538.21 were col lected and $12,795 bail money was taken In. The Pacific KisselKar Co.. Broadway and Davis, are the oldest Ford dealers on mt coast. . the world's .best pictures MME. PETROVA Superi or Flavor To P0STUM as a table beverage. A package from the grocer is well worth a trial, in place . of coffee especially When Coffee Disagrees! BluiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiniH ilPPODROMEI Thursday, Friday, 5 aarxuroay I J 1 iMVAUDEVILLEj 1 1V1ARK J. ELUSTON trLXZOJCBXXU.' JUNE ELVIDGE "8KAXA .WX TOKOrVB HZS," The First of the BxadyJSade - JPlotnres. aSJSAT ACTS 5 Matinees,Yeek Days, 10c. Evenings, Adults, 20c; Loges, 30c. , Children Un der Twelve, 15c i ii' sp- - , , ; I - k- . , SUNDAY : . J FATTY 3 ; II:-; ; . f I.. . M - I , . -T i-' f . r.: I Love, Vengeance V" ' v the TJnwYitten Law. , t - . Powerful Problems. , "Surprise" ending In V ' , the great Petrova Ht . 8uccess. Jr jy. V K ' 1 mm r mm H. x' S J.'t. V . hi t , frrt : i ill r:-v,.; Alfa t ' " i. '-"KVt II I 1 i .vnr - iw: iney also sell parts. A4. W I",-, ' x v 1 - - - 7 t-. Superior J r Columbia -f ..., t.v.vr' '-t;; " '"c . ?-v ' I -,', Jr.- S S s V V. . - -A ' AV 4?tS ,U-AV ." '' C: ' ..tt- t s , , rS V-4J f E Always a 100 Show COMING SUNDAY $ Stars anH Stripes in V France '. SiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiriiiiiiR New Houston Hotel UiiT H MJSTD ZVERETT four blocks (nun Union Depot and star Business center. Fireproof 'and modera. BATES 78e TO $S FS HAT CHas. O. HOPKINS. Uaaasw Escape Convict Taken Salem, -Or., Nov. 2. Warden Mur phy today received advice that John ! Smith, one or six convicts who es caped from the prison flax field in ! 1916, has .been arrested by federal! authjoiitles and Is now being held at Fort Omajia. Warden Murphy is sending a special agent for him. He was serving from two. to five years for burglary. j First Library Fund Drive Obtains $700 I HIS- The Military Boot has become quite g popular and is very much in demand r See how; well the "Boston" can fill your demands, not alone in this particular type qf boot, but in matter of price, also. . Our popular prices will sure ,ly remind you 'of former; gooa oia times. Tha fl rat v" Hrfv. fnl- nni!i tarltli (which to purchase a site for the; new 1 Carnegie library on ; the east side showed 3700, and the promoters&are pracTacaiiy assured or. the lull ejmount needed before the expiration of the 10 days effort now being put forth; rt -A mass meeting at the Princess theatre at Arleta Station on the Mount Scott line was larsrelv attended Thnrs. I i aay evening when Robert H. Strong, president vof the Library association of I Portland spoke on s the history, rand scope ox library work In Portland. - They come in tan, gray, s brown, black and two-tone effects. $3.95, $.95 $5.95 . "More for your Money at the Shop of Stylo and Service" We close promptly 8 F. Sat. Xvr 6sntisepUe for Perfect Complexion Pl'UCii iss. seaatlrieK. mftraa wtiltmi. nr. vents and rspldle clears skis of u erantloos. i you'll like Its cleaolr. heeltbr odor., 60c . an 29ih St.bet. OPhoeotoFe Francis X. Bushman is a4 story of love and hate in the Tenness'ees a picture that combines the "dash" of a "Western" with the charm, romance and beauty of these famed mountains. THE ADOPTED SON. Other Interesting Features COLUMBIA!! BliHIIlPIliPIIIIIH llIlIIUIEfll PORTLAND'S GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT ASKS - YOUR SUPPORT. THIRD ANNUAL MaiiiLafactTLire SLIIIO Lsliiio. Iiow willi formally opened Saturday evening, 8 o'clock, by- $-jerab:Vithycbmbe and Mayor Baker. ' The show is the ; result r of 4 tremendous community enterprise t and co-operation, and; X wiirrrierit the patronage of every maii and woman in Oregon. : l. :Thergreatest displays ever shown in Portland. A magnifi-1 r cent;.show place, the new Auditorium, erected at a cost ot more than $600,000. Every feature of interest has I been provided :-McElrby,s Band in daily 'concerts. Not a dull hour during the afternbon: and evening; Popular- prices evenings, with matinee prices?every anernoon, . ; , PIlANO VISITE SHOWOPENIN OFTEN AFTERWARDS cah in3 to n & A Id e r 123 FOURTH ST., NEAR WASHINGTON z rTfnronMhiwOTM?iim?mi''iwi'intintttwttfwtiwf ffntittttmififimfti'ffnftfifinwifnttitiitw v fgs f . m'ii 1 V a ijri f-- ' &SV - ...... i. -3. .is F "3 ----- - V