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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,- "PORTLAND, TUESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1S20. urn t iiirtimiLu ii rIS ALLEGED FORGER OF SEVERAL CHECKS Detectives Claim He Has Passed Spurious Paperas Business i During Becept Months. . 7 Virgil Myers, 23 yean old, was a sys tematic business like forger, operatives of the William J. Burns International Detective agency declare. For more than a year they sought blra, but he . worked - under their noses and made clean- getaways, they say. 'But "because, it la alleged, he tendered a forged check to a department store for a bill owed by a brother-in-law. he landed In Jail Sunday night Detectives took the address on the brother-ln- - law's , bill after they discovered his check to be false, and they found Myera , ' Myers passed about 75 checks, ranging In else from flO to 197.60, and totaling nearly $2000, according to Bums opera tives. -- He generally entered a store disguised as a laborer, it Is said. Names for his forged checks evidently came. from the city directory, as the stream for a while would show names beginning with "Ma" and then jump to the "Ts" and other Initials, in turn. ' Operatives say Myers confessed late Monday afternoon after maintaining si- . lence since bis arrest Myers has a wife and three children. . His wife is alleged to have told detec tives she was suspicious about her hus- : band's ready supply of money, but that whenever she questioned him he flew into a rage. j He. recently operated a pool hall at Twenty-fourth and Nicolai streets, but aside from this has not worked since February, 1919, according , to his state ment He was arrested at his home in Ollton by Police Inspectors Phillips and Thackaberry, 2 Bobbery Suspects XWI J.OU XUCJiLilltU Everett McDonald and Ben Tearlman, both 19, were held in jail Monday for investigation following arrest at Tenth and : Yamhill streets Sunday - night by Patrolmen Craig and Watts. Fearlman carried a gun. Lieutenant of Inspectors Golta believes these men committed No. 1 No. 2- vnimn mm Ml luunu i B S ! Other Sport Suits Not Illustrated Here J ' Sports Angora Coats 85 Sport Skirts $25 to $45 I I New plaids, irregular stripes, in jade, Serge, heavy sports satins, etc., in white J V k gray, etc. Novef belts and pockets. and attractive colors. Block patterns, f FAY KING PREDICTS GAY DAYS WHEN MUSIC SUBS r.OK WHISKJiY By ray Klag (Mia Kins Is Portland flrt. wboic flirt netnv paper irerk was pabliihad iiv.Tb .anal sev eral yean ago. 8 be now U loeated In New Tort.) A Russian pianist rises to remark that muslo will take the place of whiskey! Sounds pretty strong, but t guess when the composers become the bar tsnders they'll figure whiskey the "key" of drink! It's certainly going to be fanny to see a coupla rum-hounds order up Scotch and get bag-piped instead of pie-eyed t And can you get mental picture of a cltisen bein' popped on the bean with, a cop's night stick and thrown into a straight Jacket for disturbing the peace when, he was only whistling the latest JassT I suppose quarter and half notes will be known as short drinks, and full stops as "tall quaff." Songs like "Tou're a Million Miles From No where When You're One Little Mile Frpm Home" will be in a class with a crying Jag, and the Boose Blues will be a stagger home ! Some of the classics where they' "rip open" a piano will be like a mean drunk. All they'll need for a many recent robberies. Persons recently robbed will be asked to identify the pair. Klamath Falls Home Destroyed by Blaze Klamath Falls, Jan. 13. The home of W. E. Perkins, proprietor of the Per Display Early Sport Modes Arriving Just in Time for "Southern Wear Effectiveness is the keynote of this recently received assemblage of smart sport creations. Alluring in beauty of fabrics and luxurious colorings. Just such garments as are required for the planned trip to the beaches of the sunny southland. Specially arranged showing beginning today. Second Floor Sketched Models Shown Sleeveless suits of sports angora, white with reveres, band on skirt, belt on coat and skirt and patch pockets of domino check angora, price $85. Blouse of silk broadcloth $15. Tricolctte skirt of white with bands on skirt and separate fringed scarf of barred sports angora, same as on skirt, price $69. Blouse of georgette, hand, embroidered and filet lace $39.50. swell clubhouse is a grand piano, and I guess the upright will be in a class with the corner saloon. And what a" they going do about the minor , A major of musi cal malt? Anyhow, minors and men ' in uniform might lean on the musi cal "bars" ! I Will cellars give way to flats"? Will waltzes and luUabys be "soft drinks"? When we bear a,guy say that he's had a great time the night before we'll take it he means something, in forte-forte. A rounder will be a' bird that can carry any tune ! Of course it won't be long before the reformers will get after the "scale" of liquor, and they'll start shutting down on the composers and 'music publishers like they did the breweries, and all the piano-players, like the bartenders, will be out of a Job. Then we'll have to put a phono graph in the cellar and play rare old records like "When the (high) Ball Was Over"! Anyway, I bet that Russian guy got the Idea of music taking the place of whiskey from the kick In "How Dry I Am" ! fection Dairy of this city, was destroyed by fire Saturday. Owing Sb lack of pressure, the fire department was un able to prevent flames from spreading to the bottling plant and storage room connected with the dairy and even the dairy barn was In serious danger for a while. Two years ago Perkins' entire dairy plant was burned. PURS Below in Descriptive No. Blue and white striped sports angora, combined with costume satin of same beautiful sKade, sleeveless- coat, belted skirt and coat, slash pockets, price $79. Blouse of georgette and filet, hand em broidered $35. No. 4r Gray diamond check sport coat of smart design, price $85. Accordion pleated skirt of heavy white sports satin, priced $29.50. Garments sold separate or together. (JRL ATTIRED 111 GARB OFIUSBOY WINS AI LOSES LOVE OF MAID Maid Was Waitress and She Was So Angry She; Turned False Girl Over to Police. St Louis, Jan. 18. (I. N. & After four months of successful hoboing aa a gay "knight of the road" and experiences which, she says, will make Jack Lon don's adventures look like nursery play, Miss Ellen Vatlery. 21. claiming as her address 111 McKlnney street Youngs town, Ohio, ran into a snag in the shape of the law ami today is preparing to re sume her girlish frills. Haled into police court on a charge of masquerading in male attire, Miss Val leTy was fined 10 and ordered to clear out of St Louis. With her she Is taking a great bulk of material for a book which she1 said she is going to write in the Interest of woman suffrage. Miss Vallery said that since she left home she had beaten her way to Chicago, Kansas City, Denver, Omaha, Los An geles and to St Louis. The palpitating, heart of a waitress in a restaurant where Miss' Vallery. dressed In a dapper pinchback suit, checkered cap and smart men's shoes, had obtained work as a busboy, proved her Waterloo. The waitress made a leap year proposal to the new busboy. Police were notified by the enraged waitress when Miss Vallery gave her reason for refusing. New School Location In Milton-Freewater District Is Sought s Milton, Jan. 13. Directors of the Milton-Freewater school district are consid ering the building of a new high school In some central place for Milton. Free water, Umapine, Ferndale, Frultvale, Pleasant View, Tum-A-Lum, East Side. Dry Creek. DeHaven, The Forks and Couse Creek. The question will prob ably be brought to a vote in the districts affected. The assessed valuation of the property in the districts is 16,634,900. The initial cost of building will be $150, 000. A tax levy of 2.2 mill will be necessary. Oregon Prunei Sell' ;At 50 Cents for X In Eastern Hotels Roseburg, Jan. 13. Mrs. Charles Hamilton, wife of a local attorney, who recently returned from a trip to Southern cities, tells ie follow ing story about prunes A Virginia: "I was visiting with l' undo and we were stopping at a prominent resort where the menu of grapefruit became tiresome every morning and I asked for Oregon prunes. The prunes came on, four on a plate. The bill was 60 cents for those four Oregon prunes. FAVORITES IN STRAW VOTE OF GOVERNORS Officials En Route to Washington to Demand War Reclamation Work Be Finished. Chicago, Jan. 13. (L N. S.) Far Western Republicans are going strong for General Leonard Wood, and the Democrats of that region are getting together for Herbert Hoover as White House candidates, according to four governors, two lieutenant-governors and a large political party who passed through Chicago Monday en route to Washington to demand the completion of $250,000,000 worth of 'reclamation work started before the war. In the party were Governor Samuel Bamberger of Utah, a Democrat; Gov esnor Davis of Idaho, Republican: Gov ernor Campbell .of Arizona. Republican ; Governor Larasolo, New Mexico, Repub lican ; Lieutenant Governor Stephen of Colorado, Republican,' and Lieutenant Governor McDowell of Montana. The West is all for Hoover," said Governor Bamberger. "Bryan has a tot of friends, too." "If the primaries were held now, Wood would carry easily," said Governor Campbell of Arizona. "The old Rough Riders are behind him." Geology Students Form New Club at State University University of Oregon.' Eugene, Jan. 13. A hew club, called the Condon club, has been formed by geology stu dents, in honor of the pioneer geologist of Oregon1 and former professor In the university. Dr. .Thomas Condon. The purposes are to contribute to the pro fessional education and advancement of the members and to cooperate with the department of geology In maintaining high professional standards in under graduate work. Lewis A. Bond, graduate and honor student, was elected president ; Hubert G. Schenclt. assistant to Dr. Warren D. Smith, vice president; Rachael Hus band, one of the two Women in the club, secretary treasurer. Other mem bers of the club are Merrll D. Ely, Port land Newton J. Kates, Eugene, Claire P. Hotdredge. Victor P. Husband. Eu gene, and Mary Packwood, Portland. Honorary nfembers are: Mrs. Ellen Condon McCorniack. daughter of the late Dr. Condon and author of several geological books; Dr. Graham John Mitchell, former professor of geology; Chester W. Washburne, Henry Howe and Richard Nelson. The club plans to affiliate with two national geological societies of a sim ilar nature, Including the American In stitute of Mining and Metallurgical En gineers. Draper Club Fund of $400 to Be Used for Library at .Day ton Dayton, Wash., Jan. 18. The Draper club, which raised $400 for establishing a reading and rest room for Dayton, has decided to make this sum a nucleus for a permanent library fund. William Stroud, aged 79 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Snider, Thursday. He had long been a resident of this section and followed farming in the early days. Social Welfare Meet Slated for Seattle Seattle, Jan. 13. A state conference for social welfare will be held here January 14 to 17. Action. In relation to child welfare, health, rural social de velopment and industrial economic prob lems will be discussed. Among the speakers will be Prof. Norman Cole man, president of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, and Earl Kilpatrick, Northwest Red Cross man ager. Students at 0. A. C. ravor Jiatincauon . Corvallis, Jan. -13. Ratification with. out amendments or reservations was the choice of 265 of the 75S Oregon Agricul tural college students who expressed their choice in the League of Rations referendum. The compromise measure containing war-making reservations was second with 178 votes, while the senate reservation measure, with 133 votes, was third choice. Only 27 etudenta voted as being opposed to ratification in any form. Liquor Dealers Lose Washington. Jan. 13. TJ. P.) Hope of delaying the inaugural of constitu tional prohibition vanished Monday when the supreme court denied the appllca tlon of the New Jersey Retail Liquor Dealers' association to institute pro ceedings in the high tribunal that would teat the validity of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law en forcingit. fsV,Belresahia asd BealhM Uttot-Marioc forRed- -sGvSntsW ii irk CVItC!tlon Itching and 'UK t.ttjtsartaagottbEytor Ua0 Daops" After the Movies. Motoring Uwtat Bart Rttaydy Cois Chicewi HOOVER AND WOOD It Girl Seeking Birth ' Certificate, , as.AicL In Gaining Passpor t Baker, Jan. 1 J. Miss Helen' Case of Tonopah, Kev., is looking tor someone In Baker who saw her when she was less than a week old. in an effort o locate her birth certificate, that she may se 1 J FREE Shouldbeewwy " Book of Brer Rabbit's Romantic - Lira. Fascinating so mothers and I children instructive to cooks. I Write today ft, Penkk AC I Fori Ltd, New OrUaa. f Him W KM) : ;TIl cure a passport. She writes site was born here, a, daughter of Captain and - Mrs Case.' February 19, 1900. The physician, whom Ashe names as having ' probably been in attendance, knows nothing of the case. - The girl's father was a civil en gineer in Baker at one time, , and an aunt was a teacher in the local schools. Rose Fagan, for 10 years under the cafe of the sisters at St Elisabeth hos pital, is dead. Miss Fagan was SO years They have teen. SayipP for , Very Imporffiinf to the Housewife. Firtt Know the Kind of Molaxta to Bay and Avoid Disappointing tho Famify Palate rYOUt don't know the name of the Highest Grade New Orleans Molasses you're apt to be disap pointed in what you get. Say GOLD LABEL BRER RAB BIT to your grocer. You will get real, pure and delicious molasses---full of flavor and the highest grade. Geld Labd BRER RABBIT is the kindfor pancakes, waffles, biscuits and sliced bread for children. Your grocer also sells Green Labd BRER RABBIT. This is a specially selected molasses for cooking and baking. .Remember the GOLD LABEL fop table use ami high-grade baking the Green Label espedally for bale ing. Ic costs less. ' Every Housewife hum tie name TENKX O FORD" cm tfoodmtansAlwoytthtBtttcfluKmd. 22 yum of quality. old. A niece and nephew art said to re aid In Portland. Although organised i but V week, the Sagle Valley American Lesion post is planning the erection of a hall. .Jack High was elected chairman. Alfred Bar- oer, assistant chairman; Francis Herr, adjutant, and Kdwin Blue, treasurer. Miss Ella Woodworth. aged S3 years and a resident of Baker county for 50 years, died at her home near Pocahontas, six miles west of Baker. Friday. , - 1Q20 D. GHIRARDELLI CO. Since 1S52 San FraAcwc ORLEANG