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THE OREGON - SUNDAYrJOURNAE," .PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY; 1019
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TWO INDICTMENTS ,
ARE RETURNED BY
THE GRAND JURY
.Marion County Body . Reports
Secretly on Two of Cases Un-
'" der Investigation.
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STANDS BY FIRST REPORT
Takes Another Rap at Governor
and. Recommends That Legis
lature Pass New Laws. .
Salem, Jan. 4. In making It final
report today the Marion county grand
Jury, which Investigated the state peni
tentiary, filed two secret indictment.
Aa the persona indicted are not under
arrest, no .information would be given
out as to whether they are connected
-with the parole-selling, which has been
I going on at the state prison, or not. The
grand Jury filed a supplementary report
in which it confirmed the findings an
nounced in its original report, which
flayed Governor Wtthycombe for his un-
. derminlnsr the prison management by a
System of 'espionage which was carried
on toy State Parole. Of ficer Joseph Kel
ler, 'and for the uttgr lack of business
management in handling prison affairs.
Since its original report was filed the
governor and Keller and Prison Book
keeper Frank-Davey have made vigor
ous denials through the public press,
and the grand Jury stated in Its report
today that these denials are at variance
with their sworn testimony, and the
Jury prefers to accept sworn .testimony
rather than unsworn newspaper denials.
The report says that steps are being
- taken to remedy conditions pointed out
by the; Jury in Us first report, relative
-'" to the" prisoners' loan fund and the poor
cost -accounting - system. Tne original
report stated that Parole Off icer Keller
had .'not accounted for money he had
Solicited front convicts tor the loan
und. A more comprehensive system of
cost - accounting la being Installed.
? your grand Jury," says the report,
, "recommends legislation prohibiting all
officers and employes' from receiving or
agreeing to receive money, gratuities,
etc, from prisoners, including ' those on
parole, or from anyone else on their
behalf, and prohibiting anyone connect
ed ..with the penitentiary, other than
the warden or deputy warden, from soliciting-
psaroles or pardons from the
governor or the parole board, for the
reason that existing laws do net pro
. vide for the punishment of the. repre
hensible conduct of soma of those con
nected with the penitentiary that has
corse to the attention of the grand
Jury." T
Molalla Odd, Fellows Install Officers
- Molalla, Jan. 4. Molalla lodge No.
1S4, I. O. O. at the regular meeting
Wednesday, evening, installed the fol
lowing , officers for the ensuing term:
George Elatchford, noble grand ; 4 JI.
i yernonyice grand ; A. JQaugherty.
Secretary ;. . J. W?V Tnomaii, treasurer -t
H. 3urna. -warden : Fred H. park.
conductors -It. N. Everhart, right pup-
porter noble grand ; II. A Hibbard,
left supporter, noble grand George T.
Frazer, right supporter vice grand ;
F-iM,-Henrlksen, left supporter vice
grand: Dr. B. H. Todd, chaplain; J.
p. Mason, inside7 guardian ; II. A. Kay
Jer, outside guardian s Edward Rupp,
..rlcbt- scene supporter ; .. P. M. Boyles,
left scepo supporter.
14th Year in Portland
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. - DR. B. 6, AVSThVSD, MOB. 1919 nit ho npvpr AlA k
. Hy Practice Is Limited to High. ne never Old De-
Olags DeBtmtry Only. fore. '
Remember how y0U used to keep a diary? Recall how
l you made memoranda of everything that happened during
j the first-week in January, part of what happened the second
; week an occasional note the third week, and then forgot
it entirely ? I .
Remember your friend who swore off smoking New
Year's Day-bragged about it for; a day or so, spoke of the
"principle involved" the third or fourth day Weakened the
. second week, and then "sneaked off by himself for just one
puff' and U puffing still? '. ; f
.. And the occasional drinker and - periodical reformer
his story is too well known and too demoralizing to repeat,
' TAKE A LESSON FROM JOHN CHINAMAN.
Chinese New Year is the one great joy day in the Chi
nese calendar. ,
All debts are paid, regardless of, sacrifice ; all enemies
- are forgiven;, strife and jealousy are forgotten, and, instead
of maTcing resolutions, John "makes gobd." -
- The sword has been sheathed the greatest and most
terrible conflict that ever raged, or ever will, in history has
come to a glorious end.
Let's bury the hatchet JetV drown the.din of the anvil
chorus with the song of the ploughboyt-the whirr of the
mills, the, humming of factories.
"Forget your differences, pay your debts, lend a hand and
a heart and let's make the old world a place worth while.
?MY WORK IS GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY.
- Examination and estimates free. Work completed in
ONE DAY when praccable and necessary.
Electro Painless D
IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING
Corner Sixth and Washington ,Stv Portland, Or.
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COTTAGE GRQyi JQYL ,
KIUS BOACONSIRIOTOR
4 ?
Herman Edwards
Cottage Grove, Jan. 4, Herman Ed
wards, a Cottag Grove boy, who ha
been stationed at the eastern entrance
of the Panama, catial the last year,
writes his grandmother, Mrs. Laura Mc
Farlajid, of his experiences at that place.
Coco Solo, Panama. Herman says the
go to the main land every day on a boat
and hunt and fish. He killed a boason
Strictor that measured 15 feet in length,
and an alligator. He killed an Iguana
and the natives cooked it and he de
clares It finer than any chicken. He also
ate some meat of the tapir, which he says
is splendid. . . '
He has fished Tor sharks, and. says a
tuna fish that would weigh more than
he does, caught his line and took it
away. He will be glad when he gets
back to Oregon and can finish his course
at the U. of O. Herman was born and
raised In CottagesfGrove. . He is he son
of William Edwards, and has a younger
brother. Warren, in France.
NTIMATE DETAILS OF
OF MEN OF
NORTHWEST RELATED
Lieut. Vickrey Tells Club Mem
bers of Work of 91st Division
inArgonrie Fight.
It was one of the first Intimate re
ports of the conduct of Oregon and
Washington soldiers In the fampus bat
tle of Argonne forest which Lieutenant
H. P. Vickrey of the Ninety-first di
vision gave to the. Progressive Business
Men's: club at the, Benson hotel Thnra-d
-day afternoon. -- v ;
uepenai lCKrey roqgnx urrougnour
the. engagement and came out witlv no
harm greater than that 'of being slight
ly gassed.
"When we were first ordered to
charge," said Lieutenant Vickrey, "we
each wrote a letter home and paid all
our debts. The next time a similar
order came we wrote a letter home.
"The .night before the morning when
we were to go overlt was impossible
May We All
Have a
Prosperous
New
I am certain that every
Dentist ih Oregonthat
can deliver the good -and
wiH do the right thing by
the people will prosper in
entists
CONDUCT
Year
STATE
CONVENTION
OF LABOR WILL MEET
Cooperation With Non-Partisan
Hinted at Unless Legisla
ture Helps Out.
The State Federation of , Labor will
meet in its sixteenth annual session Mon
day morning at 10 :30 in Auditorium hall.
Third street between Taylor and Salmon
streets. Owing to the absence of Otto
R. Hartwig in Washington. D. C, O. E.
Hibbs, vice president, will preside. The
other officers of the S. F. of L. are E.
J. Stack, secretary : Arthur Brock, H- M.
Lorntsen, A W. Lawrence. A E. Ed
wards, E. A. Williams and George Dun
mire, executive committee.
The body will consist of about 150
delegates. It will have for considera
tion the compensation laws of the state ;
reconstruction of industries ; . organiza
tion of timber and other workers ; mini
mum wage for women ; employment at
profitable wages of all citieens; encour
agement of home manufacturing; the
land question; readjustment of meth
ods of electing the legislature, and many
other subjects to be brought before the
body itself or presented to its com
mittees. ;
The Oregon State Federation of Labor
is composed of representatives from labor
unions affiliated with the American Fed
eration of Labor throughout the state.
There will be delegates from Coos Bay
district, Eugene, Salem, St Helens, As
toria, Pendleton, Baker, Bend, Portland
and other points. The majority of the
delegates will be from Portland. The
convention was to have been held in
Bend last November, but the flu ban
prevented it. Salem was next chosen,
and the flu again compelled a change.
"There are more members of organised
labor in Oregon than ever before," com
mented ope of the labor leaders.
"The year 1919 is expected to produce
some pew problems In connection with
industry and reconstruction, land settle
ment, road building and other industrial
matters, and while the' organization it
self Is generally inclined to let politics
alone, it is known that many of the lead
ers In this state are inclined to cooperate
with the Non-Partisan league hereafter
unless the jcoming session of the legisla
ture responds to constructive demands of
the workers and adopts some funda
mental measures to secure homes and
employment to all who seek to establish
themselves and their families in this
state."
to sleep. Every gun from the small ?5s
to the big lj-inchers was going. The
cannonade cleared out space for live
miles in front of us. We were nervous.
We didn't know what was in front of us
and we figuredShe Germans were hav
ing a hard Ume of it, but they . were
more nervous than we. Each man was
issued a package of tobacco. We would
smoke one cigarette after another; it
eejned the only way to keep a grip on
one's nerves.
Testament Faralsaes Papers
"In ; short, time tobacco that should
bar lasted two
of ptrea aays, was a
yourie fellow said :
goii 3eni 1 V
Xiewtenaat, If. you don't mind, J have
some "ground coffee. I could smoke it
If someone had some papers.' We went
up and down looking for papers and
finally another soldier said, : 'Here's a
small Testament I've been carrying In
my pocket that has thin leaves. Maybe
it would tlo.' So for three days we
smoked "CIgartes tncased In the' book
of Matthew.
"There was a strict Injunction against
drinking water out of shell holes. If
mustard gas settles Into water to drink
that water means poisoning just as if
you had breathed the gas. One day,
after we made a 'long advance, I noUced
a soldier looking down Into the water of
a shejl hole. After bit he got up and
walked to the , other side and looked
into it from that point of view. He re
peated this stunt four times. Then he
slyly produced a tin. cup. dipped it Into
the water and had a drink. I asked him
what le meant by violating the order
and repeated that it is better to die of
thirst than of mustard gas poisoning.
' Frog Xlred, Be Taaft Sraak
" Tf this way", lieutenant, he ex
plained, T put a frog into , that water
and watched Mm swim from one side to
the other four times. As he didn't die
I concluded it was safe to'drlhk.
"When the 91st division had advanced
away up against the German lines, hav
ing been given the opportunity by Gen
eral Pershing, who responded to the
appeals of the boys who wanted to get
at the Boche, they were sent word that
they could be relieved if they would
retire two miles. They sent back word
that although they were short of food
and water and were pretty tired, they
craved the privilege of staying right
where they were, of giving up no ground
won from , the Germans, by Americans,
until they could be relieved where they
were. So they stayed. General Pershing
wrote a letter of praise to the 91st.
saying he regarded them as among his
very best troops." .
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Influbnza Victim
Is Laid to-Eest in
Her Former Home
Ilwaco, Wash, Jan, 4. The funeral
of Mrs. Grace Hybarger' Edge, who
died at San Francisco on- Saturday
last, as result of influenza, was held
on Wednesday afternoon, services being
conducted . at the Methodist Episcopal
church by the pastor, Rev. J. Thomas
Cowley; j
Mrs. Edge was a native of Ilwaco,
apd -only child - of Mr. ' and Mrs. J. A.
Hybarger, old time residents. She was
born April 3, 1195, educated in the local
schools and continued to live in. this
community f until her marriage -to El
ton R. Edge of the government radio
service, on June 10, 1914. For the past
two years 'she had resided at Cordova,
Alaska, where her husband was lo
cated, and had only returned to the
United States in consequence of her
husband having been transferred to
San Francisco.
After spending' a brief visit with her
parents and friends here she left for
San Francisco December 11. Influenaa
-developed in a few' days after her ar
rival - at San Francisco.
The service at the Methodist church
was .attended by a large number of
friends and1 relatives. The interment
was at Ilwaco cemetery.
ReiiedVL
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Sunday Journal Travels Afar
Javanese Idmjer of Paper
As the great presses in the basement
grind out their daily quota, of a- modem
newpaper, little can one, reckon to what
far reaches- and strknge places of the
earth the printed message will be
carried, nor to what unusual use the
newapaper' itself may be put.
For instance, in far away Jaya. stray
copies of The Sunday Journal have been
the souree of entertainment and Instruc
tion to a foreign citizen, whose friend
ship it has won in manner quite out of
the ordinary.
It seems that copies of The Journal,
reaching Java as linincr to packing cases,
after having already fulfilled their
regular mission as disseminators of news
and comment, fell into the hands, of Oei
Tjong Yong of Toeloeng Agoeng. Though
the newspapers were old, ancient in
truth insofar as the news of the day
is concerned, they were new to Oei
Tjong Yong, and opened to him, even
with his probably limited knowledge of
English, new worlds and new vista of
life and happiness.
Oei Yong was delighted and .his being
called for more of the same sort of
tonic. Whereupon, on his English type
writer, under date of Nov. 6, A1918, he
indicted the following letter, verbatim,
to "The Oregon Journal building, Port
land. Oregon, U., S. A.:"
"Dear Sirs,
"I have read many, many of your
journal which is shipped to Java in bales,
and found them are all delighted their
readers, not only of the Comic & Edi
torial Section, but of 1 the serial Photo
TO:
We are pleased to announce the appoint
ment of Pacific States Rubber Co. as
Distributors of our entire line, which
includes- , v '
REPUBLIC Pneumatic Fabric Tires
REPUBLIC Pneumatic Cord Tires
REPUBLIC Pneumatic Truck Tires
REPUBLIC Solid Truck Tires
REPUBLIC Inner Tubes (Red and Gray)
New Location:
229 Pine Street
(Across From Pine St. Coffee House)
Also
REPUBLIC BELTING Rubber and
Balata. ,
REPUBLIC HOSE All kinds in Rub
ber and cotton.
REPUBLIC PACKING for all pur
poses. REPUBLIC MOLDED GOODS of
every description.
At 51 First Street ,-
With our NEW representation we can
safely assure our customers the fair and
courteous treatment which has always
been extended by us. SERVICE and
A SQUARE DEAL will be the policy
of our - new - Distributors.
REPUBLIC RUBBER COMPANY
of California
Pacif
ic
!Rualbber Co.
229. PINE
Phone Broadway 1088
play Dramas as well.
"Bat, dear sirs,' I have to tell " you.
owing of newspapers which is imported
hre, Java, in bales form, are. not used
for reading purposes, but in packing
things that in finding a cotnplete chap
ters of any serial photoplay drama. Is a
thing which I didn't consider easy.
, "Difficulties as said above, so ara I
while collecting the serial: 'Who Is
Number One?' by Anna Katharine Green,
wbieh Is printed weekly by yeur Journal
in Fiction Pages, Have got th second
till the 14th chapters, but other was lose.
"In consequence of above reasons, I
wrote this letter" to ypu, by hope if you
should kindly reply and mention to me
where i can: buy the complete chapters
of the serials: Who Is Number Oner
The Seven Pearls,-' JThe. Gray Ghost,'
The House of Fear Tha, Purple Mask'
and The Grey Sea,' etc., etc., 1ft -book
form."
"And also, while answering, I hope
you to not be forget in telling me at
what price you sell your Sunday Joymal
per one yesx mailed direct to Java, And
what new serial Is now took for the
Journal. Catalog of books pleaae.send
one.
"Good news are waited. .
"I remain, dear sirs.
"OEI TJONQ TONQ."
So as you read your Sunday paper
and sip aromatic Java from, the land of
Oei Tjong Yong, Oei 8.Tjongr Yong may
be reading, too, with .longing for the
fragrance of the City of Roses, U. r. ;A.
IMPDISTMT MEI
States-
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FIRST ST.
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CITY WATER BUREAU
EXTENDS SERVICE IN
YEAR JUST CLOSED
Dam. Being Constructed at Bull
Run Lake; 15 Miles of New
Mains Laid.
One of the things for which Portland
a famous and deservedly is Bull Run
water. There-Is no water like it obtain
able in such quantities for municipal use,
say water bureau officials.
Other cities 'in the United States may
have water the equal of Bull . Run In
purity, or in freedom from mineral con
tent, or coolness, or in any other one
particular, but it is the harmonious and
satisfying combination of all the quali
ties . that go to make perfect drinking
water that makes a Portlander, exiled
from home, temporarily, think strongly
of the desirableness of living in his na
tive city. . .
City officials recently heard of a Port
land, raaq who wired from an eastern
city to a friend here offering $5 for a
glass of Bull Run by parcel post.
There is enough water in Bull Run
lake, under the shadow of Mount Hood,
to Supply a city f 5,000,000 people, ac
cording to Engineer Fred S. Randlet
of the water bureau.
A new dam at the outlet of the lake,
now nearing completion, will add 10,000
acre feet or more than 3.000.000,000 gal
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lons of water to -the storage capacity of
the lake. The dam will raise the level
of the lake 10 feet above the present high
water mark. The project will be finished
this year in time to make the new water
supply available " during the period of
low water flow in Bull Run rive neat
summer., r . '-- J J
The water bureau 'extended nearly I
miles of new water mains during the
year just ended. - Of these new mains
6.43 miles were four inches and m$re in
diameter. There are now in use a total
of 735.34 miles of water mains in the
water Bupply system of Portland. . -
Few cities are so well provided 'for
against fire out of the funds earned by
water' sales. There are now In use in the
city 208 fire -hydrants paid for by the
water bureau. ' ' , k . -
Cemeat Jelata Sneeen f a! :
- One of the recent innovations in con
struction operations of the water bureau
has been the adoption of cement 'joints
for water mains, The cement joint has
been found to be a vast Improvement bri
the old style lead joint. The savins in
material alone during the year : by the
adoption of the new joint has been 5j7S
The water bureau now installs and re4
pairs all service pipes for water users)
and bills the cost to the owner. The re4
suit is that more prompt - attention is
given leaky services, a uniform grade of
materials and workmanship prevails on
the work and the water bureau obtains
a better record of pipe locations. Th
cost Is also less to the owner than when
this work was done by private contract
tors.
Cattle Shipped to Georgia -
Thomaaville, Ga., Jan 4. (I..N. S.)t
A : shipment' of 500 cattle has been
brought to this, section from Texas for
graslng purposes. Drouth cut short .the
grazing in the Lone Star state. Other
shipments are expected. Velvet beans
are being used for the pastures.
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Auxiliary to Foreign
Wars I Veterans Is
igFprmed by Women
At an organisation meeting of the
Auxiliary 'of rVeterafts of Foreign Wars,
held the Central library last Thurs
day avenlng,! the- following officers
were elected! Mrs. Miner I vers, presi
dent; Mrs. Cora Thompson, senior vice
president; Mrs. Bess Brown, junior
vie president; Mrs. Lillian Likins.
treasurer, and Mrs. Mary Harper and
Mrs. W. A. Ivers, who has five sons
in the service In France, trustees. The
purpose of -the -organisation is to unite
the efforts of all . military company l
auxiliaries. Mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters of soldiers who have seen ,
service on foreign soil ; are eligible
for membership. - Publi installation
will;, be held next Thursday evening at '
room : 671, Multnomah county court
house,'
New Of fibers Axe J
Elected by Grange
Harding Orange. 012?, of Logan,
Clackamas county, has , elected the fol
lowing officers to serve during the en-,
suing year: Master. Louis Kahl ; over
seer, A. Sloper; lecturer, Gladys Elo
per ; - secretary, Irene Kirchem j treas
urer, O. D. Bobbins ; Ceres, Mrs.
Belle Wilson; . Pomona, Miss.- June
Kirchem; Flora,. Mrs. L, Funk, Instal
lation was held Saturday.
Save on War Stamps-now on sal at
usual agencies.
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