- THE OREGON DAILY .JOURNALS PORTLAND, " MONDAY. JANUARY ,26. 1920. V 3 V LITTLE THE BEST TO STATE AGENTS aMSSBMSSPSaHSHMSBISBBHSSW .Distribution of Liquor at Lake- view Officially, as May Be As serted, Is Likely to Help Some. Salem, Or,. Jan. 26. If Charles BIrton and Frank David, state agents under arrest at Lakeview, are guilty bltlon law, they will be prosecuted the same an any other citizens, ac cording to Attorney General Brown, who has sent Instructions to that ef fect to T. S. McKlnney, district at torney for Lake county. There Is no occasion for any impression that' the governor's office or the attorney general are trying to shield the state agents or to excuse any offense against the laws of the state of which they may have been guilty on the grounds that they were in the employ of the state. Brown states. Jt the men, charged with distributing liquor to all who would drink, includ Ing women, are guilty, the fact that they violated the law- in pursuit of their duties as state agents and without any criminal intent, can not be used In de fense of their actions, but might serve to mitigate any punishment that would be meted out to them In the event they are found guilty when tried. Brown has advised McKlnney. Information reaching the attorney gen eral's office is to the effect that the ,trlal of BIrton and Davis is set for Tuesday. Former Portland ' Man Goes to London As Oil Geologist , , ,1 , r ' , William T. Nightingale, son of Mr, and Mrs. C. S. Nightingale of 10&2 Wil son street, will leave for England this week as an oil geologist for the White hall Petroleum corporation, Ltd., of London. After being graduated from the Lincoln high school. Nightingale went to the University of Washington, where he won many bonors, ana on his graduation In geology was awarded the University of Washington scholarship to Columbia university. New York city. At present he Is assistant state geologist for Washington with headquarters in KeaHli, but he plans to leave for New Yorkand thence to London not later than Thursday. He spent Sunday visit ing his relatives and friends before re turning to Seattle to complete his final arrangements. ( The Whitehall Petroleum corporation. Ltd., Includes the famous Pearson oil Interests of Mexico and other coun tries. After reaching London It may be that Nightingale will be sent to Egypt and later to Persia, according to the ad vance information he has received. While in New York he expects to make arrangements to postpone his accepting the University of Washington scholar ship to Columbia university until he re turns to the United States, which will be more than a year and a half at the earliest, and possibly three years. He Is a member of the Phi Kappa Psl na tional fraternity and American Legion, having seen service In the United States army during the world war. BOLSHI CAPTURE II. S. E UNITED STATES COURT COMES TO WORKER'S RESCUE Over Three Million k Sliced Off Packers' Profits During Year LAKEVIEW IS SAID TO BE DIVIDED BY LIQUOR FEUD Revenge, upon Sheriff E. E. Woodcock of Lake county for activity against boot leggers caused the arrest in Lakeview last week of Charles Burton and Frank Davis, state prohibition agents, accord ing to a Portland investigator, who claims there, Is really a liquor war on In Southern Oregon. The agents, he says. If they violated the law by peddling liquor, as charged by;several Lakeview residents, should be prosecuted by the district attorney. FRAME UP IS ALLEGED D. C. Oodsll, night marshal, according to Lakeview dispatches, arrested Burton snd Davis for violation of the prohibi tion law. . The defense has been ad .vanced that, If they really violated the law. they did so to "bait" real bootleg gers. However. Deputy Sheriff Shenyo of I .dike county has telegraphed Gov ernor Olcott that the agents did not ped dle liquor, but that their arrest is part of a revenge plot. A atifv of conflicts htvpn vsrlnm Lske county officials and residents on . one side and Hherlff Woodcock on the "other Is told by the Portland Investi gator." To begin with, he says, the sheriff in 1?19 was allowed only $1000 to run down bootleggers In the county. Inasmuch as Lake county la near California, -and tttockarte runners pass through there to reach Portland. $1000 was considered a very small sum for the work. Wood cock appealed to the state and federal officers for aid. BROWX DIES IN WRECK Both the federal and state aifthoritles responded. Several alleged bootleggers Here arrested and convicted In federal court. Among them was Nick Brown, clerk In the Lakeview hotel. Bro 11 was arrested In June by a fed eral officer while smuggling liquor from California. Subsequently he pleaded guilty and was fined. Bfown later went to Fort Bidwell. Oal.;. with 8 .A. Jelmore, the attorney who now seeks to prosecute the 'state agents. Or the return trip the car was wrecked while traveling at a high speed. Brown was killed. Sheriff Woodcock Immediately took away .in more s auto license. However, a petition signed by Jet more'a friends was presented to Gov ernor Olcott. asking that the attorney's license be restored. The governor 'complied. NGINEERS AND RED CROSS WORKERS Plans for Withdrawing Troops in Siberia Held Up Pending Release of Prisoners. Washington, Jan. 26. (I. X. S.) Withdrawal of American troops from Siberia may be dalayed by the reported dapture of a party of American engineers and Bed Cross workers by the Bol sheviks. The war department was today seek ing complete Information of the re ported capture of Major W. M. Lunt, a Miss Ford and Captain Charette and American engineers near Kliuchinskaya. Officials declared they had no fear but the release of the persons captured could be effected, but It was understood that American troops would not leave the region until they could bring out the captured persons with them. General Graves. In command of the Siberian forces. Is expected to make Im mediate negotiations with the Bolshe viks for the release of the Americans. Reports which had arrived here to day were fragmentary ' and not com plete. The war department will take, no of ficial action until complete official re- ports have been received, but It was stated that It was believed that General Graves had already taken steps for the release of the captives. Morris Co., Chicago packers, in their financial report for the year ending No vember 1, 1919, show net earnings- of 1703,641.93 on a capital Investment of $56,025,634.67. or 1.25 per cent This is leas than one eighth of a cent on every dollar of sales, including by-products. T1a wvlsawiA a saUs ahftw tt n i nrao Hrfh Injured Man entitled tO Damages I over the previous year, while the profit ThOUfh He Waived Accident' by the atftation asalnst them 'and the .Benefit LaW Of State. , ! products. Cash in bank, according to the statement, is over ,oou,uuw, auoui the same as the previous year, while their current liabilities decreased about $6,000,000. There was added to surplus during the year over $400,000, as the company paid to its stockholders in divi dends only $300,000. OF BOXBFEED FOR FRUIT CROP plants will add to the demand. Atten tion was called to the fact that the supply of boxes was far short of the demand in 1919 and present Indications point to a still greater shortage this year. Spruce, pine and hemlock are used chiefly in box manufacture and with the prevailing demand for lumber for building purposes the output of the mills has gone into construction wcrka to a large extent. The situation has been aggravated, it was stated, by the short age of cars for carrying Douglas fir to Eastern market. Being unable to se cure shipments of ' fir for structural purposes, the Kastern buyers have ab sorbed the pine and hemlock produced SOLDIER NOYELISTJTO SPEAK IN PORTLAND Injured workmen are not barred from seeking damages in admiralty even thougn a state industrial acci dent act provides for compensation, ruled Federal Judge Wolverton to day. He found for the plaintiff in Herman F. Rohde's $10,000 damage suit against the Grant Smith-Porter company, shipbuilders. Rohde, it was alleged, had been per manently injured as the result of a fall from a scaffolding at the shipyard. He alleged negligence in providing proper safeguards and asked $10,000 damages. "By the local law. where the work man, as here, has not elected to become subject of its provisions, he is virtually accorded no remedy whatsoever," ruled Judge Wolverton in reviewing scope of the industrial accident act. "The propo sition. If carried to its legitimate and logical conclusion, would seam to place the" legislative authority, of the state above that of congress." He pointed out that congress has pro vided for reimbursement In admiralty for damage cases similar to that insti tuted by Rohde. "The suitor has his election as to the jurisdiction in which he will proceed for recoverj." the judge declared. NUMBER SUE FOR DIVORCE Edward Morris, president, in his re port to the stockholders, stated : "Our volume of sales shows a very satisfactory Increase compared with the previous year. Notwithstanding the in crease, however, our profits were $3, 500,000 less. "While the prices of all other products have been advancing, ours are the out standing exceptions, the wholesale prices on meats being 32 per cent less than last spring, and we are in this respect on a sound pre-war basis, more so, no doubt, than any other industry. Our in ventory is priced at all times on actual market values. During the past year we have advanced wages about 20 per cent Unions Represented At New Party Meet A large majority of the Portland labor unions, it Is reported, have elected dele gate's to the state convention of the projected land and labor' party at Salem Thursday. The tentative platform of the party, which may be materially" changed at the convention. Includes most of the planks of the North Dakota Non partisan league and some others. The Invitation extended by the promoters to the farming organizations throughout the state to participate Is not being ac cepted, it Is stated. Former Postmaster Dies Baker, Jan. 26. The funeral of Wil liam H. Leltner. aged 60. and a resident of Baker county for 30 years, was held here Sunday. He was at one time a rancher and stockman on Burnt river, and was postmaster at Huntington. Various Causes Assigned for Seeking to Break Marital Ties. Birdeen Rath filed suit for divorce Saturday against William Rath, accus ing hlm'Of rendering her life miserable by thecontinuous swearing, quarreling and fighting going on between Rath, his mother and his K later. He has re peatedly said he does not want to live with her any longer, but wants to be divorced, she alleges. Both are deaf I mutes. They were married last Novem ber In Vancouver. Frank L. Chamberlain in his divorce suit against Genevieve Chamberlain says he paid her expenses to visit her aunt at Seaside last June, but later found out that she had been spending the time in Seattle, visiting various friends of whom he did not approve. Alleged affectionate letters wrttten to her by Andy Grlmstead of Seattle along with her photograph, presented to the gentleman, with "Your loving wife" Inscribed thereon, are said by Chamber lain to constitute further grounds for divorce. Joseph Began began divorce proceed ings against Mary Began. Their nup tial life was cut short, as they were married on August 30, 1919. at Cedar P.apfds.'Iowa. and on October 15, he de clares, she deserted him. Began says he is a cabinetmaker, 41 years old. and a widower with five children and of a homeloving disposition. Mrs. Began, he claims, was 40 and a domestic when he married her. George Parsons asserts that his wife. Alice, destroyed their social connections and then blamed him for it. They were married In Alameda. Cal.. in 1912. lie Is seeking a divorce on the grounds of cruelty. Marie Gottschalk wants a divorce from George Gottschalk. the restoration of her maiden name of Kngllsh. and the custody of their 4-year-old son, Everett Gottschalk. Marie Berglund alleges crueltv In her divorce action against F. Oscar Ilers-- lund. They were married in 1899 and have five children. Mrs. Berglund asks $25 a month alimony and $50 a month for the minor children. August J. Lucier and Rosa Lucier were also married in 1899 and also have five children. Lucier charges his wif with desertion in his complaint for di vorce. Ruth G. Patterson seeks a divorce from J. D. Patterson on the around of cruelty. She asks for the custodv of their 10-mcnths-dld son, Ted. TOURIST TRAVEL IN OREGON THIS YEAR IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVY Mrs, M. E. Henderson Says Cali fornia Hotels Overcrowded; Portland Warned to Provide. Lumber Manufacturers Meet in r . J x Dl f ,ii i soroea me pine anu nemioca proauceu rOrtiand TO rian OOnCerted AC- by mills east of the Cascades, where the f V--.-(- ti . I I car shortage has not been so acute as UUII IUr VUllllllg ICtfl ft Ul Hi I in West Coast territory. MAY HTAXB.tEDlZK BOXES Standardization of boxes was also given considerable -attention And it was agreed that the adoption of a standard scale of measurements for boxes put to various uses would result in a great saving to manufacturers and consumers alike. Study of the box situation will be continued by the box bureau of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. Those present at the meeting were : George P. Story. J- B- Knapp, J. P. Keating, W. C. Geddes. 8. C. Eschin, E. D. Rowley, J. W. Harrison, George M. Cornwall and A. L. Nelson, all of Portland : W. P. O'Brien. Astoria ; O. C. Lucke, Harrisburg; J. K. Doran, The Dalles; J. & West. Forest Grove; J. S. Ellis, Salem ; G. jK. Parkins. 5nd ; W. K. Moore, Imbler. From Washington towns, Ralph Shaffer, Tacoma ; W. S. Cram. Raymond ; C. M. Crego, Spokane ; S. A. Sizer. Raymond ; G. R. Landreth, Wenatchee : A. E. Case, Entiat ; Nels Coney, Cosmopolis ; C. H. Cunningham, Hoquiam ; D. T. Gamble. Brewster ; C. M. Post, Seattle ; C. W. -Shun, Puyallup. British Columbia. L. Pfeffer of New Westminster and George E. Chaffee, Vancouver. California, J. L. Reeder and E. E. young of Fresno, representing the California Peach Growers' association. Shortage of material for the man ufacture of boxes will seriously af fect marketing of the 1920 fruit crop, according to statements made today by leading box manufacturers of the Pacific coast at a meeting in the Multnomah hotel. The meet ing was called for the purpose of reviewing marketing conditions and outlining a program for supplying fruit and cannery packers with this year's requirements of boxes. Forty representative box and lumber manufacturers from points ' in Oregon, Washington. California and British Co lumbia were at the conference. George M. Cornwall presided and delivered the opening address, calling attention to seriousness of the box situation and the necessity for concerted action on the part of box and lumber men. INCREASED FBUIT ACREAGE Increased orchard acreage In Oregon, the Inland Empire, California and Brit ish Columbia has created an increased demand for fruit boxes over last year snd several new packing and cannery t-fl t N PORTLAND LAUNDRY SUBMITS PLANS FOR NEW $18,000 Hi E J. Simon & Bros, and Inman Poulson Lumber Company Ap ply for Building Permits'. - Lieutenant t'.onninu.I)y Dawson Lieutenant Conningsby Dawson, the soldier-novelist whose book, "Carry On," has met with such great success, will speak In Portland at Masonic temple. February 20. under auspices of the woman's building committee of the Uni versity of Oregon. Dawson's subject will be "Remaking the World." embrac ing his war experiences from August, 1914, until today. Dawson has lately revisited Germany, finding it a land without any visible signs of want or suffering. The Germans as Opponents In battle have been treated by Dawson In his "The Test of Scarlet" and "Liv ing Bayonets." Plans for a one story bunding by the Portland Laundry company at Union . avenue and East Mill streets were placed before City Plan Examiner Fred Elch enlaub this morning. . The structure, to cost $18,000, will occupy a plot 100x100 feet. Strong MacNaughton prepared the plans. J. Simon & Bros, have asked for a permit to erect a one story1 warehouse at 591 Front street between Sherman and Grant streets at a cost of $8000. The plans have been prepared by W. W. Lucius. Ulchenlaub is likewise exam intnK plans for a one story brick aud concrete garage that the Inmao-Poul-son Lumber company Intend to build at the corner of Grand avenue and Divi sion street. The structure will cost $!tooo and will occupy a space t0 by 100 feet. Strong & MacNaughton drew the plans. "While Slaver" Sentenced A. B. Jones must serve 90 days In tha county jail for white slavery. Federal Judge Wolverton .today decided. Jones, testimony showed, brought Mrs. Otto Pfflster from Centralla. Wash., to Port land for .mmoral purposes. Ha had previously entered a plea of not guilty but changed his plea to guilty. . PLAYING ALL THIS WEEK CONSTANCE TALMADGE in A VIRTUOUS VAMP' It's just the sort of a away with that "glad show that sends you you came feeling." Lighting Effects Solos The Liberty Topical Numbers and Murtagh and the Giant Organ Next Saturday: CHAPLIN and RAY on the Same BUI! Hotels In California are unable to accommodate the great flood of tourists that have invaded the principal cities and all the resorts of that state this winter. 6ays Mrs. M. K. Henderson, pro prietor of Crown Point chalet, who re turned to Portland Friday after a six weeks' trip through the South. "Many of the hotels I visited had waiting lists with from 500 to 600 names, while apartment and rooming houses had slpns displayed saylnjr : 'Do not ring the bell ; we have ilo rooms.' Many people ... . 1 i V,.,wrV, .Via ntr.af. itnahta HIV 11.1VCJ1II5 UllWUbll U1C DUVVW u.vv. i Mrs. Henderson said that there are thousands of automobile parties in Cali fornia and predicts that many auto mobiles will begin coming north early this summer. She questions how Oregon is going to care for the visitors with hotel accommodations that do not even compare with those of California. "Many California tourists," says Mrs. Henderson, "have become permanent residents, and the Industrial dollar Is fol lowing the tourist dollar." Mrs. Henderson went to California pri marily to study the question of hotel building for tourist accommodation. POSTPONEMENT IS ASKED Jones Makes Request in Divorce Pro ceedings in Circuit Court. Postponment of the Jones dlvorc trial Is asked in a motion filed late Satur day afternoon by James J. Crossley, at torney for Lieutenant Alexander A. Jones, defendant The plea Is based largely upon the fact that Lieutenant Jones Is now In the Easf at some army camp, and It would be -extremely hard for htm to journey to the Pacific coast to combat the suit The divorce suit, which is brought bv Dorothy A. Jones, created quite a stir recently when Lieutenant Jones arrived Ir Portland from France, and declared that during his absence Mrs. Jones had secured a divorce without his knowl edge. The decree of default divorce was set aside and the two sides were pre paring to again battle in the courts when Jones left suddenly for the East. taking one of the children with him. ' Mrs. Jones is fighting to recover the custody of the child. George I. Brooks Is Buried at Winlock; Lived Here 15 Years George I. Brooks, a well known at torney of this city, died Sunday, Janu ary 12. at his home, 1361 East Burnside street, !n his fifty first year. He was a native of Ten nessee and had practiced law In Portland for 15 years. Funeral serv ices were held Wed nesday at the East Side Funeral Di rectors' chapel, un der auspices of Multnomah camp. W. O. W., and In Winlock. Wash. Final services were conducted by the Masons. Brooks Is survive by his widow and fivo children. A brother, John T. Brooks, resides In this city, and a num ber of relatives In Tennessee. I:! 1 i. Rebecca E. McCullough t ft Steam Schooner Stanwood Attached An attachment for 2525 was filed to day against the steam schooner Stan wood, loading at the Eastern and West ern mill. John P. Maher. longshoreman, alleges that, through negligence of a ship's officer, his fingers were crushed last May when the sling cable caught his hand against a lumber pile. Co! xy Woolen Mill Stores Are Kepresented at Conference in City To attend a conference with J. L. Bow man, president of the Brownsville Woolen mills, F. S. Bates of Astoria, C. J. Fulton of Eugene. Dan C. Keat ing of Marshfleld and J. J. Kronholm of North Bend arrived In Portland this morning. They are beads of the branch tores of which Bowman is proprietor. Besides discussing plans for the ensu ing year, the visitors were escorted through the men's and boys' clothing factory at Third and Morrison. They will also visit the woolen mills at Wash ougal and Oregon City. Bates. Fulton and Keating are accompanied by their wives. A dinner will be given this eve ning in honor of the visitors by Mr. and Mrs. Bowman - at their Irvington residence. Mrs. Rebecca E. McCullough, for nine years a resi dent of Portland, died at 7 o'clock Saturday morninK at her home, 1113 Bybee street, after a brief illness. Mrs. ; McCullough was' born near Finley. ! Ohio, on December I 17, 1853. I Surviving are her j husband, Joseph M. McCullough ; four sons and four daughters, of whom Willis H.. E. K. and Miss Addle reside in Portland. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Ernest A. Rich The funeral of Ernest A. Rich, who died Thursday in this city, was held at : Final services were held at Mt. Scott Park cemetery. Rich was a painter by occupation, and had resided in Portland eight years. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Lillian Rich. Supreme Court iteeess Washington, Jan. it. (L N. &) The supreme court announced It would re cess from Monday.'. February 2, until Monday, March L lohn M. Parry Funeral services were held Friday at the Holman parlors, under auspices of Hawthorne Masonic lodge, for John M. Parry, and final services were at River view cemetery. Parry died in this city Wednesday, aged 77. He was a native of England, a veteran of the Civil war, ex-postmaster of Moro, Or., a resident of this state since 1882, and a charter member of Eureka lodge No. 161, A. F. and A. M., of Moro. He Is survived by his widow and three sons. William B. Jolly William B.' Jolly, who died in this city Friday, was a pioneer of 1S47. com ing with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Jolly, from Iowa. He was reared in Washington county and fol lowed farming until recently. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Harriet E. Jolly, and five children. I " Baker Has New Chief Baker, Jan. 21. Walter Palmer be came chief of the Baker police force Saturday, following the resignation of J. a Culbertson, who with his family left for Forest Grove, near which place he . baa purchased a ranch. The . new chief of police has been a deputy sher iff, fire warden and special officer. aschsi Heifete plays at the Heilig Theatre January 28 ? vf , f s x Hear this famous Victor artist! a. Extraordinary interest attaches to this Heifetz recital because of the double opportunity it affords the music-loving public. It is a privilege in itself to hear this great violinist, and added importance is given to the event in that it enables you to compare his wonderful art with his Victor Records. Attend this concert and note the individual qualities that distinguish the magnificent renditions by Heifetz. Then go to any Victbr dealer's and hear the Victor Records by Heifetz. Note hoW faithfully his interpretations are portrayed on the Victrola. It is because of this absolute fidelity that Heifetz makes Victor Records; that the greatest artists of all the world are Victor artists. Victrolas in great variety of styles from $25 to $950. New , Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month. Victrola Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.