4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUN33AY MORNINGS JANUARY 5, -1919 MEETING MONDAY' Will lay plan to WELCOME TROOPS Fund for Entertainment Feature to Be Raised Jby Program and Dance at Auditorium, Jan 15. THEATRES ARlf COOPERATING Block of Tickets Will Be Dis tributed Among Various Organ izations That Will Aid Sale. A meeting of the general committee f. those who will have chart of the Welcoming and care of returning soldiers 'and sailors Will be. held Monday after noon at 4 o'clock In the green room at the Chamber of Commerce, at which plans for the undertaking wljl be out lined. This committee has been appoint ed by Mayor Baker, who received his ; appointment as etate chairman from ' Governor Withycombe. Emery Olmstead Is chairman of the executive committee with the following chairman ; Otto Hartwlg, second vice chairman ; Charles F. Berg, executive 'secretary; Ira F. Powers, treasurer, and K. X. Welnbaum. assistant secretary. Sao re Will .Supply Fund It la planned not only to give the re turning heroes a rousing welcome, but to make provision for their care until they can get work and to find them jobs Where necessary. Funds to be expended for the recep tion and entertainment features of the program will be provided by the re 1 Ceipts from the entertainment and dance to be held at The Auditorium VTednes day evening. January 15, under the Auspices of the united auxiliaries recep tion committee. Tlfe 'event will probably mark the close of the activities of the 26 military auxiliaries of the state which have been hard at work "providing necessary com forts for the men in service. A repre sentative of each organisation com prises the personnel of the reception committee which has charge of the events Mrs. G. L Williams is presi dent ; Captain Lee Clark, vice president : M. 13. McFaul, secretary, and -Mrs. John L. May, wife of Colonel May. command ing the Third Oregon (now the 162d In fantry), treasurer. By a coincidence.' It Is highly probable that the men of the 162d regiment mill be among the first to be received and entertained. Theatre Managers Cooperate Managers Johnson of Pantages'. Mc Oettigan of the Orpheum and Ely of the Hippodrome have already promised attractions from their respective theatres i gull 1.113 VU1CI UlpftW d u.w city are expected to fall in line as soon as the committee can make a formal re Quest. In addition to the professional offerings, local favorites will appear. Among them is Albert Qre'ltz. violinist, accompanied . by linden Becker on the piano; and Mae Alameda George, the girl who sang for General Joffre. " A popular price of 55 cents, including th -armr tm-r will ha charred and this Will include a seat for the entertain ments which begins at 7 :30. and continues to 9, and for the dance, which imme diately follow. . A huge orchestra has been secured to provide the musio for the evening. With everyone interested volunteering their services, there will be little or no overhead expense, so almost every cent can be devoted to the fund, which will be : exclusively used for the reception tnd entertainment of the boys returning rom service. Business houses of the city have al ready pledged themselves to take large blocks of the tickets for distribution among ,the employes and next week will see the committee In charge seek the aid of the Ad. Rotary. Progressive Busi ness Men's clubs, the Realty board and other civic organizations in the cam paign to Bell tickets. Pendleton to Have New Bank, Report Pendleton. Jan. 4. According to re ports that appear reliable, but have not been officially confirmed. Pendleton will soon have a new financial Institution. It Is said that the full capitalization of aaa . - i . . i . iv.j E. Walles. Idaho banker, was here re cently and Interested J. W. Maloney and number of other prominent farmers and business men in the book. It Is not yet determined whether or not the bank frill have a etate or national charter. portlander was with go-to-hell Whittlesey ' WWW! WWV i vww SHSSy - S23S53 NAM OF ENGLAND AT HER HOME S. DIES ft Udl rUKILANU jvwj i Kv: - HJ-t ?ww www t ' Cv www- yf'. , r - Jww: rwwdF J , 4vvw WWV ' AV.V.VV -A i CM ;S A I i S' Harold B. Wilts Private Harokd B. Wlltse of Portland Is one of the fleet of Oregon's boys to re turn to America from the Argonne front where he went Over the top September 26 and was With ("Go-to-Hell" Whittlesey's Lost Battalion! In the Argbnne forest During that memorable six days the Americans met the kaiser's picked Prus sian Guards who cut their lines of com munication and surrounded them until relief came. Private Wiltse la no in a hospital in Hofoken, N. J. STATUS ;0F POLISH OF EAST NVASION GERMANY IS CLOUDED German Government to. Form Volunteer. Army to Oppose . i Invasion. London, Jan. 4.(U. P.) Status of thePolish inv-aslon of Eastern Germany was obscure tonight, owing to widely divergent rtports received from vari ous sources, f A Berlin dispatch received by way of Amsterdam said that the German gov ernment and the central committee of Soviets had decided at a Joint meeting to organize a volunteer army to opjpose the Poles. The people's councils of Fosen and Danstg already have formed a local militia to combat the Invaders. This dispatch also reported that the Poles had captured Shalmlerczitie and seriously threaten the German garri sons at .Kroteshln and Ostrova. According to, a previous Berlin dis patch received through Copenhagen, German troopso defeated the Poles fct Llssa and Nakel, near Posen. The Ger mans were said to have had a great advantage in artillery- Prussian Min ister Ernst, In conference with several Polish delegates. Is reported to have reached an Agreement that no effort would be made to separate the province of Posen from Prussia before the peSce conferences. Ernst Is said to have ad mitted ' that the whole eastern portion of the province Is In the hands of the Poles. , An Official , statement by the German war office received through Amsterdam denied the assertion of the Polish agency in Lausanne that 30,000 Poles were marching on Berlin. The Times. Indorsing Polish independ ence in an editorial today, suggested that Poland be placed under an Ameri can trusteeship. The newspaper urged the allies to organize and equip the Poles at once to fight the Russian" Bolshevik!. Mrs. Annie fEi lTice Was Well Kniwniajf Nurse bf v Ability;. Mrs. Annie E. Tice died at her home, 1048 79th street Southeast, Wednesday, January 1. Mrs. Tlce waS born In Lon don. England, May 25, 1854, and came to this country -when a' child. She had lived In Portland .. 43 r years. - She was Well known for her ability in' nursing. She Is survived by br - husband. J. 8. Tlce. two daughters, Mrs. George -Ker-nan of" I7 Browick street, and ?Mn. Edward J. Schran ta f t rw&HUmmti avehne, and two- sons. ' Ernest . Stearns of Linn ton and Ora Curtis Stearns, now in Franco r-(th the army. - She was bur ied from her home Friday 'morning in the family lot f n Lone Fir cemetery. . Paderewskl Is Protested Copenhagen, Jan. 4. (U. P.) The German armistice commission has pro tester that tae presence of Ignace Pad erewski in Poland is causing dangerous excitement, and has demanded that the allies order htm to leave, -according to me Benin naenae. Private Ignores Orders Camp Meads, Md., Jan. 4. (L N. S.) Because he refused to carry coal for the detachment kitchen at the base hos pital here. Private Russell S. Powell of Pennsylvania, attached to the medical department, has been sentenced to 15 years in the discipline barracks. . Robert rnon Brownell Robert Vernon Brownell, one of the most prominent citizens of Umatilla, and well known throughout Umatilla and Morrow counties, died in this city Fri day. He was born In Modoc county, California. February 6, 1886, and came with bis parents to Umatilla county in 1902. Mr. Brownell was a student at the Oregon Agricultural college in 1906-7-8 and an active irrigation farmer. He was married in 1911 to Miss Zella Jerxa of Umatilla. His father, IeWltt Brow nell, Is one of the best known Irrigation experts in Eastern Oregon. Jtobert Vernon Brownell was a mem ber of Tuscan lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Umatilla ; Damascus chapter, Royal Arch Masons and Umatilla chapter. Or der of Eastern Star. He Is survived by his widow, his parents, three brothers, C. G.. Don and L. Brownell of Umatilla county, two sisters, Mrs. Fred M. Hofer and Miss Beatrice Brownell of 89 North Eighteenth street, this city. Wendell i'Dy Wendell O'Day. aged 84, died follow ing a lingering illness Friday in this city. lie was organist at the Majestic theatre in this city and wtUJnovn and highly thought of by, many musicians and professional people. His name of O'Day was assumed as a result of his musical and stage . career, and he was best known by It. His baptismal name, however, was Wendell Slmonds. He was born in Illinois and reared in Wash ington. He graduated from the Seattle high school and attended the Univer sity of Washington. His parents are Rev. and Mrs. P. Slmonds of Spokane. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Wa ueta Slmonds, his parents, three broth ers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of J. P. Fin ley A Son, Fifth and Montgomery streets, Monday at 11 a. m., and final services at the Portland crematorium. Rev. W. O. Eliot officiating. Sirs. Nellie Neylon Mrs. Nellie Neylon died In St Vin cents hospital December 28, at the age - of 80. She was a native of Ireland and had resided In Oregon for the past 36 years, most of the time at Mllwaukle. She resided at 634 Roselawn avenue, Portland, and was 111 but a few days with Influenza. Mrs. Neylon Is survived by her hus band. J. T. Neylon :' a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Townley; five sons, Austin, Mitchel, Clair, Patrick and Anthony. Three sisters are Mrs. Delia Baxter, of &el8o. Wash. ; Mrs. Margaret Veasy, in Ireland ; Mrs. Mary Padden, Winona, Minn. Mrs. Neylon was an active and devoted member of St Andrews con gregation of the Catholic faith, from where the funeral services were held December 80. Final services were in Mount Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Emily Minkler Emely Minkler died January 4 at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. S. McDonald, 569 Patton road. She was 69 years old and was born in New York. She had lived in Portland four months, coming from Clackamas, Or. Services will be held Monday. Janu ary 6, at 3:30 o'clock p. m.. at Flnleys chapel. Rev. C. O. McCuIloch will officiate. Mrs. Minkler Is survived by her hus band, Peter Minkler five daughtrs, Airs, c c sumner of Glenns Ferry, Ida ho. Mrs. Maude Klmraal of Cobden, 111., Mrs. Dr. B. F. Smith of Burns. Qr Mrs. Eva Emerson. Mrs. W. S. McDonald of this city, and a son, C. L. Minkler v of this city. BIG SHIPBUILDING CENTER PULSATES WITH ACTIVITY star. ' -- a " - iis Architectural drawing of big shipbuilding center in South Portland, showing ships ways of the Northwest Steel company. x and equipment plant (at right) and Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation, and the wooden yard of the Coast Shipbuilding company. The' latter is at the ex-; Irrme left, the. ways being roofed over. The Northwest Steel company has four ways, the Coulmbia Ri ver Shipbuilding eorpdratlonbn the . south, five ways, and Hie Coast Shipbuilding company, tour ways. More men are employed Jn these three yards, which as the picture shows, are virtually adjoining each other on the Willamette river bank,, than in any other shipbuilding district In .Portland. J i NEW LONG DISTANCE . TELEPHONE RATE TO GO IN EFFECT JAN. 21 Saving Effected in Periods of Three Minutes or More Over did Rates. i ts i' sir'PiF h ,i- mmmk 'v. V t fiO .............. . . .: It Spoils the Evening for your wife if, before going to the theater, she must prepare supper and then wash dishes. : Instead, invite-" her to dine .at the ! Portland Hotel The savoriness of the food, daintiness of service and gay lilt of the music will be a fitting prelude to the even ings pleasure. Dinner $1.25 Dancing 0 to 8 ' Music by Prasp's Novelty urcnestra. y.'i . Wilfred F. Boire The funeral of the late Wilfred P, Boire was held Saturday morning at 10 ociock at Jfinley's chapel, Rev..O. W. Taylor officiating. Miss Olga Johnson, Mrs. Howard Bailey and Mrs. J. T. Leonard sang "Abide With Me" and "Lead Kindly Light," The pallbearer were : John Casey, John Felzhalt, Charles McLean, Carl McLean, Charles Perrault and Ed Grat ton. Interment was at Rlverview ceme tery. Mr. Boire is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence. Terry Boire; father, Ludger Bolqe : two- sisters, Mrs. George Grenler and Mrs. John B. Coffey, and a brother, Dr. Leopold M. Boire. . a Henry Henserling Henry ' Henserllng, aged 48, and a resident of Oregon for the past 39 years, died Friday of pneumonia, at his home. 175 Fargo street. Mr. Henserling was a locomotive engineer and a member of the Columbia division of the Loco motive Brotherhood. He was a mem ber of Oregon lodge No. 101. Ancient Free 'and Accepted Masons, and well known to a large circle of friends In this city. He is survived by a widow. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of J. P. Finley & Son Tuesday at 11 a. m., Jtev. J. Bowersox officiating. Bliss Sara M. Cameron The funeral of Sara M. Cameron was held Saturday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock at Flnley's chapel. Rev. John Boyd of ficiating, assisted by Rev. Levi Johnson. I Mrs. P. L. Wlllets and Mrs. K. Wil; Hams sang "Abide With Me" and "Softly Now the Light of Cay.' The pallbearers were : R. B. Lassell. Archie F. Leon ard. P. R. Maloney, W. H. Hyde, J. E. Abbott and C R. Hellyer. Interment was In Mount Scott Parte cemetery, i Miss Cameron is survived by her mother, f Shipping f Expert Well , Known Here i Bernard N. Baker, shipping expert of Baltimore, who died recently at Santa Barbara, Cal.. was the organiker of the Atlantic Transport . company, which started In 188S with one steamer, the fleet numbering 17 fine steamships when the line was absorbed by the in ternational Mercantile company, in 1902. He was president of the National Con servation congress and took m leading part in strengthening the merchant ma rine of the United ? States. He ?was named as- a . member - f i the - United RtatM .. ahtopine boarfi" by President By order No. 2495, the postmaster general has established to become ef fective January 21, 1919, standard long distance telephone toll rates through out the United States. "The new rates are based upon sta tion to station messages for air-line mileage at 6 miles for cents up to 24 miles, and for longer distances .at 8 miles for 5 cents," eays E. M. Cousen. city traffic examiner. "For person - to person calls the charge will be 25 per cent higher than the station to station rate and for appointment calls 50 per cent higher than the station to station rate. "The initial period for which the rates apply is 5 minutes where the rate is 25 cents and less and 3 minutes when it is over 25 cents. "For service between 8 :30 p. m. and 12 midnight the charges are 60 per cent less than the day rate, and be tween 12 midnight and 4:30 a. m., 75 per cent less than the day rates. "Present toll rates in this territory are based upon one half cent per mile plus a 5 cent terminal charge for one minute with overtime charged at one half the initial rate per ' minute. "At the . present rates a call from Portland to a point 50 miles distant would cost 30 cents for the first min ute and 15 cents for each additional minute, or 60 cents for 3 minutes and 90 cents for 5 minutes. Under the new rates the charge -will be 40 centsN whether the conversation is one min ute or three minutes and SO eents for 5 minutes. For 10 minutes' conver sation the government rate will be 31.10 where the present rate Is J 1.65. "Under the new rates conversation anywhere within a radius of 32 miles will cost.,25 cent for 6 minutes. By the present tariff the charge is 25 cents .for one minute plus 10 cents for each additional nfinute or frac tion. 'There Is no discount now for even ing and night messages." Omaha Delinquents Reported Increasing . '-s Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 4. (L N. S.) Des Moines has more bad kids than ever before, according to records of the Juve nile court. Complete records up to Oc tober 1 show 450 boys and girls have passed through the hands of the court, while last year' but 361 cases were handled. Most of the cases were for de linquency, larceny, breaking and enter ing property and destruction of property. Vancouver Folk Receive Postal .4 Card by Air Mail Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 4. What Is possibly the first air service mall received In Vancouver, came this morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Woodkl from Miss Nellie Balrd. wlnhfnr themN a bright and happy "NewYear. It was a post card and took a 6 cent stamp to bring It from Washington, D. C, to this city. Miss Balrd was formerly a teacher in the public schools of Clarke county, but for the last 18 months has been employed In the geographical survey office In Washington, D. C. HAVE LITTLE CHANGE IN ITS OFFICIAL ROSTER Outside of One Commissioner, rFred Ar Miller Only One to Make Shift. , REED PROFESSOR IS HIGHLY PLEASED AT. PRESIDENT'S TRIP Wilson, but resigned, because of a con troversy with William Denman, another member of the board, who also resigned Fred Kress Fred Kress, who died January 3 at St. Vincents hospital, was bom In Penn sylvania in 1856. He resided at 753 Michigan avenue. . He was a coach car penter. Services are to be held Monday. January 6, at 2 :30 o'clock p. m., at Finley's chapel. Mrs. Robert" Clark will -sing. Interment will be in Rose City cemetery. Mn Kress is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Kress. , Archie. A. McKenie Archie A. McKenzte, 1021 East Ninth street North, son of Mrs. A. S. Grooe, grandson of Max 'Sanford and husband of Ruth (Hlgglns) McKenzle, died Mon day, December 30, from influenza. Mr. McKenzie was a member of : the city fire department for the last four years and for 21 years had resided in. Port land. Interment was in Rose City Park cemetery Wednesday. January 1. Mrs. Maud C King The body of Mrs. Maud C. King, who died Thursday in this cfty at her home. 223 West Park street, will be forwarded to her old home In , Elmendorf, Texas, by the Holman company. Mrs. King la survived by her, husband. R. J. King' of thlsclty, and a number of relatives in Texlg. She was in her thirty seventh year and had resided in Port land but a few months, f i " 1 " Ellsworth Adams The . funeral f Patrolinan Ellsworth jdams is to be .held Monday at i; 1 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of Chambers Kenworthy. Officer Adams died January l from Spanish in fluenza. He was a member of the first night relief. Albert Swett -Albert Swett, ' twin brother of Mrs. Abby J. Freemanv Warren, Or., died December , 3 (Via .the age of 7S - years. Mr. Swett ws a veteran of he Civil wan r-kjyi; sa''3i;t;fe Harold Guy Merriarn Says That Visit Necessary to Insure Respect for America. Reed college Is in receipt of a litter from Professor Harold Guy Merriarn of Its English department, now connected with thePYl M. C. A. at Fontainbleau, France. Professor Merriarn states that the demobilization of the various train ing camps, located on French, soil is nearly complete, and he hopes, to be with the Y forces which will supervise the placing of ' returned soldiers in English unifersittes, Professor Merriarn was a Rhodes scholar for three years at Oxford, And he is well qualified to aid in the task of readjustment in the English educational Institutions. Professor Merriarn had 3ust heard of President Wilson's journey to the peace conference as he wrote.. "It will do more than any other one , thing to bring about the right kind of peace," said Professor Merriarn. "It was -also Im perative' to Insure the preeminence of the United States in the negotiations and respect for. her after peace among the great nations. The French desired it above all things, and Britain demand ed his coming, though more quietly. Again I think the president has seen beyond the public and will soon have the people thinking with him." Professor Merriarn is at present teach ing at a T. M. C. A. .foyer where French soldiers are learning to speak English besides enjoying the boxing and games which the T workers supervise. Profes sor Merriarn expects to be in Europe for some time. Consulting Engineer Returns From Trip To Everglade Lands D.'C. Henny. consulting engineer of the federal reclamation service, has re turned from. Florida where he spent two months in company with General Marshall going over the possibilities of reclaiming everglade lands as future home sites for returned Soldiers and sailors. The, government has under con sideration the adoption of a project jointly with the state of Florida which would result In preparing and probably financing land settlement. - An 'area of. some 2,000.0001 acres was viewed by Mr. Henny and General Mar shall and their report tentatively desig nates a body of 100,000 acres of public and private land fo further considera tion. The state of Florida has already spent 34,500,000 In reclaiming the everglades and Intends .to spend 31,600,000 more. Mr. Henny, and General Marshall also viewed a body of 850,000'- acres of land In the vicinity of New Orleans, the reclamation of which has been proposed by diking and pumping. CLACKAMAS COUNlY TO Oregon City, Jan. 4. AsOe from W. F. Harris, who has succeeded A.1 H. Knight as county commissioner, ' Fred A Miller, who has been chief deputy to County Clerk Iva M. Harrington, 1s the only new county official to take office Monday. Mr. Miller states that he will have no chief deputy, but that the three deputies. Miss Orena May, Miss Marie Frderichs and Miss Naomlrmstrng will all be retained at their respective work. It is understood that Miss Har rington will spend the next 40 days at Salem as clerk to State Senator Walter ,A. Dimlck. She has been county clerk for the past-four years, and made one of the most efficient, capable and oblig ing officials the county ever had. - J. G. Noe, -who lias been, filling out the un expired term of Dudley Beyles. resigned, as county recorder, and was elected to the position, retains Miss Lou Cochran as his chief deputy, and the remainder of his force ' as it has long existed. ' , Sheriff Wt J. Wilson, who will enter upon, -his third termupn- Monday; states there - will be no change in his force. with E. A. Hackett as .chief deputy, Mr. Hackett has only this week relin quished his other position of mayor of OregoS City, which he j held for -two years. j. Vancouver1 Soldier f Guest of Relative In Old Luxemburg Vancouver. Wash.. Jan. 1 4. Miss Frances Lackoff of this city recently received a post card written by two American , soldiers, Harold M. Hoyt and John H. Vanderhdf f, saying that they had Just spent a wonderful day, one long to be remembered. It was "Thanksglvinr day'-' at the house of a relative of the Lackoff family, a Mrs. Elderman, in Luxemburg, who had prepared a great dinner, as the boys expressed It, in honor of the American holiday. : Portland Boys Are 1 Home From England i. -. Rearing the gold chevron, indicating overseas service, a large contingent of Portland boys, who were with the 834th aero repair squadron, which 'is being mustered out at Camp Lewis, arrived in. Portland yesterday. Among them was Sergeant Lewis J. Lack, son of Mrs, Louise Lack of 231ft NarUlla street. The 834th squadron was stationed) in England and was among the first troops to re turn from "over there." The squadron was dispatched to Camp Lewis to be mustered out, as a great many of the beys were ' from this section of the country. ' . j f May Resume Horse Racing Oregon City. Jan. 4. Jt is quite likely that horse racing will be resumed " at the 1919 county fair to be held at Canby next September,- following an ., effort being made to get the county fair board to so direct. At -the. annual meeting held Saturday In the court house with a full attendance of directors, plans were initiated for making the 1919 fair the biggest and best in the history of the association. The following const! tute the new board of directors, to gether with the three members of the county court: W. H. Balr, Canby; George De Bok, Willamette ; A. H. Knight, Canby; Grant B. Dlmick. Ore gon City : W. W. Everhart, Molalla. Grant B. Dlmick was reelected presi dent over his objection to serving an other term. A. H. Knight. was chosen secretary, and W. H. Bair, treasurer. The board decided to reduce the admis sion fee from SO cents to 25 for adults, and from 25 cents to 10 cents for school children under the age of 12 years. An other meeting of the board will be held on February 7, at which time it will make definite plans for the fair, and final disposition of the racing matters. Mrs. Simpson Passes Away Oregon City, Jan,' 4. Mrs. LeVerna Simpson, wife of James Simpson, passed 9.WB.V at the family home In West JUlnn Saturday afternoon, following a brief. illness from influenza. Mrs. Simpson, who was 33 years of age, is survived by the husband and two sons. The funeral wilt be held Monday from the Lutheran church, with 3 interment in Mountain view cemetery under, the direction' of Holman 4. Pace, undertakers. Home Town Planning To Honor Whittlesey Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 4.As a tribute to the gallant Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, commander of .the fam ous "Lost Battalion," who told the Ger mans to "go to hell.f it is proposed to name one of the public parks here "Whit tlesey Park. TUei movement to perptu- ate the memory of this Fittsfield young man was, launched at a meeting of the local council. Knights of Columbus. The matter is now before the park commis sioners and a favorable decislonj-is ex pected. . . Swallows False Teeth ' ; Chester, S. C ' Jan.: 4. (L X. S.) John Miner negro, swallowed his false teeth while asleep, and before he could reach the hospital they had reached his lower intestines. An operation was per Start Foreclosure Suit Oregon City, Jan. 4. Clarence W. Matthews and his wife. Fern E. Mat theews et all. have been made defend. ants by Frank Robertson and H. C. Vwlnsi doinc business as Robertson & Rwlna. who have brought suit to re aver 'the sum of $4935.49 and Interest. together with attorneys rees or sauo, alleged to be due upon two promissory notes, and for foreclosure of- mortgage upon lots 23 and 24, kochwooo Acres. Dit orccs Granted . ; Oregon City, Jan. 4. Decrees of di vorce were Issued from the circuit court Saturday to Lily D. Bryan against George P. Bryan, on a charge of deser tion, after being married since 1898,. and to Olave Nerhelm from Christian Ner- helm on the grounds i cruei ana in human, treatment, and the custody of the minor child awarded the plaintiff. The Nerheims were married in Norway trr 1902. Sues for Divorce Oregon City; Jan. 4.-Chkrging cruei and inhuman treatment. Lillian. Cook is asking the circuit court for divorce from Joseph C Cook, to whom she was mar ried liv Appletton, Wis, January. 1910, and 'further asks the custody and. con trol of the minor child. Demobilization of German Army Rapid . Berlin, via Copenhagen. Jan. 4 (L N. S.) Only 20 German divisions in excess of the jpeace strength remain In, West era Germany,: the armistice commission announced today. Demobilization is be ing carried out as quickly as possible, it was said. Germany is reauestinr the formed, the teeth secured and Miller is) use tf a sea, route for the returning of again using uiem- 1 - "260.000 German soldiers in vxramia: : Women Taxi Drivers Favored iallondon London, Dec SO -MtJ. P.) By Mail.) The woman at the wheel has come, to stay, for women are taking to taxi-d riv ing. The men nave been try.ng to keep the work to themselves, but they are apt to be ousted, for those who patronise the woman taxi-driver say she has much nicer manners, regardless of the sise of the tip. j - j 1919 War Stamps may be obtained from maU carriers. i RETIRING Lil CO. OFFICIALS SERVED CONSTITUENTS LONG . , i . , V William Fortmiller Was Coroner for 20 Years j D. B. McKpihtV Was 16 Years in Office. ' " Albany,, Jan. 4. With the closing of the county offices tonight, three ni3 whohave served the county for a number-oit years sever their official rela tions with Linn county. William Forn miller la the oldest In point of service having served the county contlnueuly, with the exception of one two-year term, . for .. past to years as coroner. . Judge D. B. McKnight completed a six-year term, as county Judge, havliig been elected, to that i office while com pleting his tenth consecutive year a ecunty assessor. -W. W. Franclafln. inhed a oontlnuous term of 10 years a county treasurer, and just before , an sumlng that office he served as county recorder for two years. In' addition vi these men with long periods of service D. II. Bodlne finishes a term of et years as sheriff, and J. D. Irvine com pletes a four-year term as county com missioner. With the exception of BherJ Iff Bodlne. all of the officials named -were candidates for reelection, either at the primaries or at the general elec tions. - . i - - - N " " " ' 1 i v .Mrs. Frances MacLcnnon Dies t Albany, Jan. 4. Mrs. Kenneth Mc Lennon, whose husband is In the ho-' r It al corps of the United States nsvyr died Friday In Portland. Mrs. MacLen 9n, formerly Miss Frances Pettlbono, was resident of Albany at the tim her husband, then a bookkeeper In Cut slck's bank, entered the navy. She took up her residence; at Seattle to be neat him while he was employed on short duty, but when he was ordered to see he went to "Portland'to reside with he Bister. She was 28 years of age. Km neral arrangements have not been com pleted, as the relatives have not beer) able to get In touch with Mr. MacLcru hon. . Albany Regulates 'Flu' Albany, Jan. 4. Though the city of flclals have decided to raise the. "flu; ban to some extent, they at the same time promulgated stringent regulations, All dances, dinners, tea parties and similar gatherings are strictly forbid den. Lodges are forbidden to !nltlat Candidates, and homes where -the din ease exists must be strictly quarantined. Sport games are forbidden, and teami leaving town to play elsewhere mul remain away.' Churches and picture shows are allowed two gatherings s day, but the audiences must not ex ceed half the capacity of the build in and shall occupy alternate seats. Th schools must remain closed at least Bl ether week. . Hiss Minnie llelnrlch Dies Albany, Jan. 4. Miss Minnie Kelnrkh, a graduate of Albany college, died re cently In Oregon City, following . com plications resulting from an attack ot Spanish influensa. Miss llelnrlch for merly taught in the Linn county school but had been teaching in Clackamai County during the past year. . , ; El wood Rhodes Is Dead - '; ' Albany, Jan. 4. El wood Rhodes, the 16-year-old son of W. H. Rhodes, died yesterday afternoon at the home of hit grandfather, & II.- Rhodes, with whom he had made his home since Infancy. The lad was a cripple from birth, but his sunny - disposition won him a host f friends. t For butchering,' cooking and eating two white traders, 60 natives on an outlying Island of the Mew Britain I group were put to -death. : ! - - . . . - j Ml-. !. 0 w&K Jl y, i i ! syTVI aav llm i ii I RECEPTION ROOM AT fTNLEY'S As the compass invariatly iwints to. the north, . o does the best funeral tervice Invariably point to I Flnley's. " t - : ' - ! ' . : :;,.; ' -. ' "; For years this 'concern has been studying and per- , fecting every 4etaU of Its; service. Extended trips and special visits have been made through the East ' and Middle West in order to bring to Portland and' the Pacific Coast the latest, most scientific and most progressive idas for this " important -profession. ; ; ! " .. ' 1 f ' x Furthermore, this organization 'itself "has. put' into, practice many new , ideas, and valuable improve ments which have not only won the admiration of the public here at home, but also has been recog nflred and commended by ; the National Funeral ' - Directors' Association. These are some of the reasons why you should remember the name of Finley, J. P. Finley & Son Progressive Funeral Directors " ' MONTGOMERY AT FIFTH . V ,J f I e- '-() i ' t I' !