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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE .27 1919. FOB CASHIER SAYS HE DIDN'T T SUGGES SUICIDE Jerome S, Mann, on Stand in Own ' "Behalf, Denies Asking Creditor of Bank to Take flis Own Life. INVOICES BELIEVED GOOD Defendant Testifies He Under stood Examiners Had No Ob jection to Methods He Used. - - Jerome S. Mann, former cashier of the : First National bank of Linn ton, who oc ; cupled the stand alt morning- in the fed eral court, testifying; In hta own defense, denied flatly the statement made by J. AI Pattiaon, who teatifled Thursday Pattison had testified that Mann tried to persuade htm to relieve the pressing ob ligations of the bank by committing; sul- cide and allowing; the bank to receive the benefit of his life-insurance policies. , Mann is on trial for making- an alleged false report to the comptroller of the treasury, in which. It is charred, he re ported certain invoices held as security for loans made to the J. Al Pattison . Lumber company as aound commercial paper, when he was aware that they represented material that had never been hipped, and in some case fake orders which are said to have never been re ceived by the company. UTVOICIS VOt QUESTIONED ' Mann testified that he had no author, ity to make loans. He said all such transactions were handled by a board of u,u;im iuiw.n tr. wuson were the principal members. He said the invoices representing; leans to the J. Al Pattison Lumber company had not' been questioned by bank examiners. When asked if he did not know of the law prohibiting- loans to one person of more than -JO per cent of a bank's capital stock, he said the invoices were on many different firms to which the lumber com pany was supposed to have shipped ma terial -and"that he considered the as signees in each ease liable for the pay- . raents .of the invoices and had under stood from the bank examiners that the loans could be considered divided in that way. PATHEB AXD SELF BCI.5ED Mann explained the method by which the worthless invoices were redeemed by himself and his father, a transaction which cost the two practically everything they possessed he said, and aggregated almost $120,000. The bank remained solvent, and nothing was lost by the depositors. . When questioned concerning a letter he had written to Pattison in which he referred to the invoices as not being able to "hold water," Mann asserted that he was beglnnifcg to fear the firms to which Pattison had sold lumber would not be able to meet their obligations, for already one was in bankruptcy. Tart FACTS DISCOVERED 0 "Not until the return of the former . casnter or the bank, who had been in military .service, did Mann become aware of ' the condiUon, he said. When the fermtr cashier suggested they call up several firms on which they held invoices for lumber supposed to have been ship ped by Pattison, they discovered that there had been no business dealing at all; Mann testified. When they made a trip to Harrisburg to Inspect the lumber yards, Mann said, they found on rough estimate nearly enough material there to meet the obll- eaxions neia against the lumber com- FORMER MARSHAL OF NEBRASKA PASSES ON ' 1 HI MRS . TYLER SAYS SHE DIDNT KNOW Aged Plaintiff in Suit to; Re cover $24,000, Denies Buying Raiment for Mrs. Henderson. ITRIAL IS DRAGGED ! ALONG Mother of Man Involved in Do mestic Tangle .Says She Only Saw the Housekeeper Twice, Alonzo Perkins SURVIVOR OF MEXICAN WAR WHO DIED FRIDAY WILL BE LAID TO REST Funeral Services Will Be Held at Finley!s Saturday Morn ing at 10 o'CIock. pany, Federal Attorney Claims 'Dryr SpeU '. Cannot Last Long San Francisco, June 87. According to the contention of United States Attorney Annetta Adam, in a brief supporting a motiep in the federal district court here to dismiss the petition . of wine grape growers which seeks to restrain her from enforcing the measure against them, war time prohibition may be in effect only a brief period. If at all. "It piay automatically end," she de clared, "with te formal declaration of peace, as the demobilisation of the military forces may be declared at the same time." Loser Has 4 Arrested On Gambling Charge Upon the strength of information fur - fitehed them by a "victim," Lieutenant Thatcher, Sergeant Van Overn and Of t fleers Corder and Schulplus raided room SHJt in the American hotel Thursday eve ning and arrested four men," whom they -charge with gambling. Cedo Hill, alias Oedo Andello, is said to be leader,-the police declaring they have had trouble k with him before. The others arrested aro OlUe Woid, John Miller and William Hessey, ' 8. H. Green Stamps for cash. Hol man Fuel Co., Main 853, A-3353. Block wood, short slabwood. Rock Springs and Utah coal ; sawdusts Adv. Funeral services for Alonzo Perkins, 93, for 19 years a resident of Portland, will be held at Finley's undertaking par lors Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. His death occurred at his residence, 5621 Forty-fourth street southeast, ' Wednes day night at 10 o'clock, following a para lytic stroke on Monday mornins. Mr. Perkins had been a familiar figure in Portland since Ms cominc here, par ticularly because of the fact that he was one of the few veterans of the Mexican war of IMS. For. several years there were five of tfce veterans who marched at the head of the Memorial day parades, and he survived the other four. Finally it tame to be too great a strain on him to march and he gave that up, but al ways appeared In the parades in an auto mobile, seemingly as hale and hearty as ever. , He was lemtrnbered by many people for his sturdy bearing and his trim appearance. Tears ago ha used to come into The Journal office now and then with little, stories that were always worth while, and was always a welcome visitor, because, in spite of his unusual age, he seemed so young and wan forever remarking how young and spry he felt. For the last few years, however,- he had been missed and little had been heard of him until the sad news of his death be came known. Mr. Perkins was born on August 17. 1S26. He moved to Illinois in bis early manhood, and it was from there that he went to the Mexican war. Returning, he married Miss Samantha Jenkins and took her to Nebraska to live. For many years there he was a farmer, and later he entered local and state politics. He was county judge at Blair, Washington county, for 14 years, then a member of the state legislature, and 6till later he was United States marshal there, About 1900 Mr. and Mr a. Perkins moved to Oregon and located in Port land. Mr. Perkins survived his wife by several years, and he is survived by hla children, Dudley P. Perkins of Carlton, Or., Mrs. Ella Robers of Woodstock, Charles P. Perkins of Portland, Mrs. Fanny B. SHpp of Portland, and many grandchildren. With court. Jury and attorney gath ered close about her chair to catch the feebly uttered testimony, Mrs. Parmella Tyler, 86 years old, plaintiff In an action to recover $24,000 from Attorneys George Hall and John N. Sievers, spent the en tire morning as a witness for the prose cution in Circuit Judge Kavanaugh's court. , ; Mrs. Tyler's testimony throughout the morning would not have required 10 minutes, it is said, had sh been able to speak rapidly, to. confine herself to the answers asked for and had attorneys for Hall and Sievers not interrupted a majority of the queries with objections. Numerous answers were ruled : out because of Mrs. Tyler's poor memory. she being unable to give facts s the court knew-! them to be. She recited, aside from mistakes, chiefly in her fig ures and dates, her business relations with -John N. Sievers, formerly justice of the peace la Oregon City, who 1 ac cused of aiding to defraud tier of part of her Inherited fortune. Mrs. Tyler denied In almost inaudible words 'that she , had ever- purchased luxurious raiment for Mrs. Ethel Hen derson; formerly her son's housekeeper. and she denied knowledge of any at f ection between her son and Mrs. Hen derson. She declared that she bad only seen Mrs. Henderson twice while, the woman was in her son's home. When- Mrs. Tyler told Mr. Sievers, her lawyer, that 95000 he is alleged to have retained, was too great a fee for his services, the attorney returned to her $800, Mrs. Tyler testified. GRIST FOR DIVORCE MILL Seven More Persons Ask Release Front Galling Bonds of Matrimony. Continued cruelty directed by a "vic ious" temper, assaults with fists, threats to kill and threats to commit suicide, intermixed with nagging that sometimes continued until Z a. m., are charged against Josie Kelson by George A. Nel son in a divorce suit filed this morning. The Netaans were married at Walsen burg, Colo., on October 22. 1907. O. EL Bloss was married to Etta Bloss in 1915. He was then 63 years old. Both had children by previous marriages and this fact brought discord into the homo, Mr. Bloss asserts In a request for a di vorce. Declaring that his wife had been mar ried at least five times before she mar ried him in January, J. G. Schnurstetn avers in a divorce complaint that Paul ine Schnurstein conspired with. Anton Dzierman to rob him of : his money. Schnurstein was 7 J years - old at the time of his wedding. . ? , After much conjugal happiness Mar shall . William M alone became enamored of an unidentified woman and neglected his wife, Mrs. M alone alleges, in asking a divorce decree. Desertion ' is the grounds upon which Adelie Wilson seeks a divorce, from R. S. Wilson They were married at Red Bluff., Cal-, on August 7, 1901. Other suits were filed as fellows: Venus Hard wick vs. Noah Hardwlck. desertion; Jess M. Sanders vs. lienors Sanders, desertion. shal P. A. Simmons of the - Texas dis trict. About six months ago the post office In Walton ; was - burned down. Shortly afterward Bedell is said to have gone to Texas to visit bin sick grand, mother,- Soon after his departure, the postofflee department discovered an ap parent deficit,, while audit big Bedell's accounts, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. In the meantime officers al lege that Bedell was arrested and tried fa El Paso for forging a chock on his invalid grandmother, and when he was taken in custody by the federal officers, after his sentence : of five years bad been suspended by the state court, he is said to bave admitted that he f ailed to deposit $350 posteffice' money. - CITY COUNCIL VOTES $10,000 TO PAY FOR The bureau of parks will also be given tolm. Jt is sow included in the depart ments under the supervision of Mayor Baker. . .. f DRAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY Approval of Army, Engineers Only Remaining Action Necessary for Columbia Slough Project. Approval by army engineers at Wash ington, D. C. of the proposed channel from Columbia slough to the Columbia river tor drainage purposes is the only remaining action necessary to allow the city to proceed with work on the pro J Tea thousand dollars for right of way was voted by the city council this morn ing, contingent on government approval. The bid of the Pacific Bridge company of $309,450 for the work, probably fj(ll be accepted by trie council t a meeting this afternoon. It - is understood local army engineers have approved the proj. ect and have sent the plans to Wash Ington tor' confirmation of their action. BO ASSESSED TAXTTE TAII The $10,000 authorized for right of way this morning goes to J. D. Bowles for 50 acres. The land is assessed at an aver age of $100 an acre. The city pays 200 an acre. . The revised bid of the Pacific Bridge company for the work on the channel is $82,000 lower than its bid' submitted to the council recently, and $12,000 lower than the revised estimate of City Engi neer Laareuard. The city engineer first estimated the cost at $273,000 and the company bid $391,000, An estimate of $321,000 was given the council by laar- guard Wednesday this including in creases in the cost of labor, equipment and material. BEASOKS FOB I,OWEttED BID The bid of the Pacific Bridge corn pany was lowered because of what was declared to have been a misunderstand lng of the specifications. The original bid was $5 per cubic v yard for 20,000 yards of rock and the second price is $3 per cubic yard. The first bid is ex plained by assertions that the specifica tions were thought to call for large rook. The dredging cost was also lowered from zi cents to is cents a cupic yara Be cause of a lessened slope in the sides ef the channel. Frank F. Toevs The funeral services for Frank F. Toevs were held -this sftmnnn at v chapel of the Fi S. Dunning company. itev, jonn . Boyd officiating. The services at Bit. Scott cemetery were con ducted by Orient lodtre I. o r w f which Mr. Toevs was a past grand. Trhe paii oearers were: Kobert Andrews, A. C. Zweifel and N. P. Okerman from Oriont lodp-l nni T T Vr.Mfl.p wt tt Mitchell arjd Ed Worth, representing iviuitnoman camp, W. o. W., of which organisation Mr. Toevs was .a member. Portland Iodce of Elk. Pnrti,ni tq.- club and Rose City camp. Modern Wood men oi America, also were represented. Mr. Toevs died Wednesday night at the age of 66 and is survived by his widow and three sons. He was one of the editorial staff of the Telegram and well known in newspaper and fraternal circles. ' - Nomah Maney Mrs. Nomfth Manev. w4fa f T7 n - J . " - " L Ml J Maney. died suddenlv ninrwlav . noon of cerebral hemorrhage at the age ol 27. She resided at Willamette Moorage. one is survivea oy ner husband, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Shinn. and six brothers and sisters, Mrs. F. Snyder, Clifford. Grant, Lester. Ernest and Jessie Shinn, all of this city. Funeral nervines will tut hi t . - chapel of J.- P. Finley & Son, Saturday at 4:30 o'clock and final services will be at the Portland crematorium, j How Much More Tobacco . Will My Hemt Stand? A Vital Question for Every Man Who Smokes '' ; Chews to Answer or May Cent a Ufa to Find Oat By Experiment. ' The heart of every user of tobacco bears a double burden. It does its al lotted task and then fights nicotine for supremacy. As long as the heart wins he lives; when it loses he dies, but be fore the final victory of nicotine you .pass through many stages of decline and decay and suffer many pangs. Hearts are like human beings some are stronger than others, therefore some hearts will stand more tobacco than others, but there is a limit to what any heart can stand. The man who puts this addi tional strain on his heart a dozen times a day by smoking cigarettes, a pipe or cigars or chewing tobacco is taking a madman's chance with health and life to lose and nothing to win but the chance that he may not lose them. He is indulg ing in a costly habit at the expense of precious health. Ask any doctor any where, and he will tell you that using tobacco is injurious and that it is far better to quit the habit than to experi ment to find how much tobacco your "rl w-,n tand without serious results. ; But the thought of quitting is unpleas ant to most men even to those who know that tobacco injures them and to really quit takes more will power-than they have : and causes more suffering than they can voluntarily endure. To quit the habit, make it easy for your Beif by getting Nicotol tablets and tak ing them as directed. The habit really quits you and its departure is a pleasure equal to Its indulgence. - tt ti wJ1tLtoJtnow how much easier w45Lto tH,11.0" wilh Nicotol than without it, go 24 hours without tobacco and note wW an effort it costs yw. i".n.b,e?i,l,U3inS it as usual and take 2Sitbteta-'i.At'th end ot week dinJUnue smoking or chewing for a day and it la probable you will have no d,J,VrMUmV At least, your de sire will be greatly diminished and an other week or two should make it not Only possible, but a pleasure? to oiit. - mfew- Note: Nicotol VVndw Pujnty tht it te not toiurioS: L .e??t," BO hWt formine dr; tht tt will krlp , t thTOW Jf taTiobJee. hb. andthat mnjr dnwst Trill rtfnndTS! nti rmrchM. prie, U fail It iTdi-rMd fa Portland u,;der thu rmrr.t, by Gridon koehler. and other good OusKiaU. Adv. ALLEGED DEFAULTER RETURNED Former Assistant Postmaster at Wal ton Said to Have Confessed. Charged with a failure to deposit gov ernment funds, Isaac F. Bedell, formerly assistant postmaster in Walton, Ore., was brought to Portland Thursday night from Houston, Texas,' by Postoffice In spector H. H. Black and Deputy Mar- Committee of 15 Meets The " committee of 15, appointed by Mayor Baker to study and report on the Industrial and commercial facilities of Portland, with particular reference to cheap industrial sites will meet at the chamber of commerce at 8 o'clock tonight. Members of the city-commission and citizens are expected tovttend to night's session. An understanding be' t ween certain members tt the city coun cil and committee is expected to result from the meeting. Pier to Take Seat Tuesday Coramissioner-eleet S. C. Pier will be sworn in as a member of the city. coun cil at a special meeting at :30 Tuesday morning. He will replace Commissioner Perkins as chief of the bureau of fi nance, and will serve a four-year term. 6 Bell-Ans Hot water Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION mm& wxum mm nil a 3 -..i ; SaTety lleeMng at Albany Superintendent A. T. Mercler-of the Southern Pacific lines north of Ashland wilt visit. Al baa r June 10 to conduct a safety meeting for employes of the com pany in that section in connection with the Southern Pacific safety campaign. J. F. Grodckl of the O-W. K. A N. safety bureau will deliver an address en the observatiens of "jto-accidear week. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Albany safety committee. Erviri Zohn Is Held For 'Investigation' Ervin Zohn. who was arrested Thurs day evening by ' Inspectors Abbots and Morris, la feeing held merely for ln veUsration" by the police, but the officers declare that charges of larceny or robbery--may fee filed against him soon. Zoh and two others aro al leged to have held tip CD. Mason last Monday night on a road Jeading Into the city and to have robbed him of four cases of . whiskey and a large tent. : Tn other two men are thought to have left the city. Build,Vburse!fIfc. A daily ration PJ Grapeuts will help.. AWxiderful Food ?br Sturdy Strength! DAHGB LEARN HOW! I With JOCITITELT CCAEAIfTEE TO TEACH IOU IV A BEMARKABiT SHORT TIME. GENTLEMEN $5.00 LADIES $3.00 rM. iinM orltti our TriAnv mrnrt lady and gentleman instructors. Private lessons aaiiy. SEV" CLASSES THIS WEEI BEOINI.XBS. MOJTBAT AlfP THCBS DAT EYUSriSGSl ADVANCED TEES. DAT AJTD FBIDAT EY.E2TI3GS. RINGLER'S DANCING ACADEMY CotaiioiiHall 14th St. at Wasbisertoo. Bdwy, Who Finishes Your Kodak , Work? After taking the greatest pains to secure perfect exposures, you should be equally careful in selecting the place to leave die films for developing and printing" Skillful finishing will double the satisfaction and enjoyment your photography gives1 you. . V The Owl Drug Stores feature this department prominently and are fully; prepared to do the very best work in any quantity. ' You will find sufficient quality assurance in this statement: . i KtlVe guarantee our work to be the best Wat it is . possible to produce, and any work that is not satisfactory in every respect may be returned " The work is done in modernly equipped dark rooms by skilled organizations a specialist for every part of the work. An impressive volume of business has been built upon the idea that the average amateur photographer desires the best results obtainable and that quality should be considered first in every detail. Film left before 9 A. M. will be ready at 5 P. M the tame day E. STRUPLERE, Mgr. 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