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THE OREGON DAILY ; JOURNAL, PORT LAND, . WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1820. 3 COUUEN HEM PEDERSON BONDS QUESTION ARGUED Early Decision Expected on Atti tude of City Toward Claim For $76,000 on Auditorium. '- Whether the qity council should refuse to pay claims of the bonds men for Hans Pederson, contractor for The Auditorium, In the sum of $76,000 since City Attorney LaRoche has ruled that the city has no legal responsibility, or whether to meet the "moral responsibility," were dominating questions this morning lit th-hearing of the much-discussed issue at the city hall. - "You .may hew to .the line and obtain your 'pound of flesh' but the public con science will never be satisfied with such procedure," fired Franklin T. Griffith, 'member' of the committee 'of business men appointed by Mayor Baker to in vestigate the claims. "I have profound respect for the legal opinion of City At torney XAlloche, but Jaw does not al ways mean abstract justice." ? "It the big city of Portland Is morally responsible to Pederson for money lost in carrying out hl contract, then I say she should pay It" voiced Mayor Baker. "If it Is proven that Pederson lost money "and that the city secured a building twice in value what wan paid for. there IS no light thinking man who would not ' say the claim should be paid." "Let Jne claimants, carry the case to ihe courts," thundered Blgelow. "All the lawyers tb city .Couldn't setue. tne thing. The.bondsmen' know they have no legal claims or . they wouldn't have waited two years before pressing them." Vl.al Alinnilllnn In TMV.tid lfl-te this Afternoon at an adjourned meeting, with Indications that a board of arbitration "will be asked by Pederson's bondsmen to v decide on the exact equities that should I be paid. McArthur Is Ready , To Distribute Seeds ? Among Constituents Washington, Jan. 28.-Representative SfcArthur has several thousand pack ages of vegetable and flower seeds ready for distribution among hl con stituents In Multnomah county and an- inounces that seeds will be "sent only Upon specific requests from Individuals organisations. Congressional seed allotments are j; smaller than Usual and McArthur feels Uhe should not attempt general distribu tion. He will supply reasonable quan tities of both vegetable and flower seeds to any resident or Munnoman ooumy and larger quantities to schools aid or ganisations. He will also be glad to supply lists of farmers' bulletins and to forward publications from these, lists. Communications should be addressed to f C. N,' McArthur; 486 House Office build ing. Washington, t. C. Seed distribu tion will be made about March 1. Lumber Companies At Silverton File For Incorporation Salem, Jan. 2ft, Two new Sllyerton 'lumber companies filed, articles of ln , corporation with the corporation depart-men-here today as follows: ComVci-Brown-Alni company, Silrsrton; SI 0.000; E. U. Com&tock. F. H. Brown; Julius Aim. ' Ankeny Lumber company. BilTerten; $10,000; W. H. Anktny, T. P. Riateigm and J. W. HyetL -". .Other corapariiea filing article todaj , follow : V Traccy Ferrall Manufacturing eonipanr. Portland: 11000: Harry Tracy, E. T. Terrall and David C. Pickett. Doria Minonto Ruildtnr aMociation, Inc.. Pnrt , land; 125.000; Charles H, Carter, E. S. Har- tineton, . V. Drinker. , Caaeade galea company. Portland: $3000; J. J. FitaccnUd. Frederick Hellig and Nora iloaer. , The Everett-Johnaon Lumber company, Port land, filed a certificate ahowint an increase in tapltal stock from 120.000 to $30,000. Pneumonia Claims I Husband and Wife Within Few Days .. ffreewater. Jan. 28. John Brown, more than 70 years old. died at his home in North Milton Monday of pneu V monla. On Saturday his wife was : buried after a short Illness from the ..same disease. j' The Women's Benefit elected the ' following of fleers. Lady commander, ! Mrs. J. C. Crlmraens ; chaplain, Mrs. rPrltcheUfr sargeant, Mrs. Prank Wil liams ; minister ; at arms. Mrs. Staad ;sge; record keeper, Mrs. McEwan; sen itlnei, Mrs. Hudson; collector, Mrs. Wil cox. ' I . t War Veterans Would Be Policemen ' 1 0ne hundred and ne -men, mostly ie verses veterans, presented. themselves at police headquarters this morning to stake the civil service examination . for patrolmen. - . i. Accused of Using Pass Illegally f E. I. Wheeler, railroad agent at Va- Mer, Wash., Is charged with transport ling on a government pass a woman not i his wife in an Information filed today f in the federal court. Malted Barley blended with wheat, processed end baked -for twenty hours, produces the rane.delicate flavor of i Vfenderfully easy, to digest end fill I of nourishment. II GrapeNuts I II Second Arrest of Man Gets Censure . ' For City Policeman Patrolman A. A. Cooper was censured by Municipal Judge Rosman this morn ing when he took Peter Doyle Into court on charges of operating an automobile without two headlights and for using profane language. Cooper had stopped the young man Tuesday night at Park and Washington streets and arrested him for having but one headlight in operation on his automobile. Doyle pulled his machine to the curb and started to adjust the light, when Cooper stepped up a second time and told him he had not. parked in accord ance with the ordinance, being slightly over 12 inches from the curb. Words followed and Doyle was arrested a sec ond time, charged with using profane language. The court found him not guilty of this, but Doyle pleaded guilty to the traffic violation and was fined 12.50. Roecoe C. Nelson was fined $2 for driving his machine without lights ; E. C. Pape of the Willamette Iron & Steel company, f 4 ; J. Stlkworth. $2 ; H. D. Carter. $2, and J. E. Griffith, $4. Cutting a corner cost J. Price $4 and driving .a car without a muffler cost Fred Orth S3. GERMAN AGENT SAYS EX-CROWN PRINCE IS TO SETTLE IN MEXICO Announcement Is Made by For mer. Attache of German Le gation at Mexico City. 1 i Hermoslllo, Mexico, Jan. 28. (I. N. S.) Frederick WUhelm Hohen zollern, the ex-crown prince of Ger many, is soon coming to Mexico, ac cording to a statement made here today by Rudolph Mlsheimer, a former attache to the German lega tion in Mexico City. Mlsheimer declared that -the ex-crown prince will leave Europe early in the spring, and will arrive in Mexico quiet ly and unannounced. He will make his headquarters In Mexico City. Frederick WUhelm's prime purpose In coming to Mexico, according to Mlshei mer. is to . establish a German colony in the State of Queretaro, where Ger man agents recently have taken options on large tracts of fertile lands in the vlclnty of San Cristobal. Queretaro Is the w&tive state of President Carransa. Frederick Wllhelm will be followed shortly by Priifce Oscar, another son olL the kaiser, who plans to establish himcelf In the State of Usulatan, Sal vador, in Central America, declared Mlsheimer. German agents have re cently purchased large plantation prop erties In that district; Mlsheimer intimated that the ex crown prince would be the guest of President Carransa for a short time after his arrival In the capital. New Trial Is Set In Alleged White Slave Prosecution Joe Tjombardl. alleged white slaver, must stand a second trial because the first Jury returned this morning with a disagreement verdict. The Jurors had been out all night following trial of Eiombardl. In federal court Tuesday. New trial date has been set for Feb ruary 23. Joe described the "love fever" that crept over him last July, and which caused him to propose marriage to a 16-year-old girl within a few hours of their first meeting. He came to Portland from Yakima, Wash., at her behest, he contended Tuesday, and intended to marry here. But when arrested shortly after ar rival, July 19. and informed by the girl's mother that she was already mar ried, Joe didn't quit seeking a desirable wife, he said under cross examination. A pretty young woman sat all during the trial near Lombard l's attorney. She married the Italian three days after his arrest for bringing the young girl from Washington, he declared. He had never seen her before. Lombard!, who is 35, said he had been in the-United States two years. Before that he lived in Canada. He owns a high power motor car, has $5000 in the bank, and when he came to Portland, had $1450 cash with him, he said. Keeley's Petition For Admission to Bar Before Court , Salem, Jan. 28. Permanent admission of Lee Roy E. Keeley, Portland attor ney, to the Oregon bar is now up to the supreme court of the state, and definite action is expected next Tuesday. In a report filed with the court by tho board of examiners of ths Oregon Bar associ ation specific charges filed by A. B. IUdgeway, secretary of the association. In connection with objections to the ad mission of Keeley to practice law in this state are found not to have been sustained. The board, however, Is si lent as to any recommendations for Keeley's admission to the bar. A motion to dismiss the objections was filed with the court by Keeley to day, together with a request that he be permanently admitted to the Oregon bar. Boxmakers, Canners And Fruit Packers To Plan for Season Resolutions were adopted at the con ference of Pacific Coast Box Manufact urers held here' recommending that t series of Joint meetings between box manufacturers, fruit packers and can nery operators be held at various points In the Northwest to determine the box requirements for the coming season, that plans may be made to meet the de mands. A (telegram setting for the condition of the box industry was sent to the na tional Joint convention of the canned and dried fruit brokers' association, na tional canners' association and canning machinery and supply association . now in session at Cleveland. Ohio. An appeal was also wired to Director General Hlnes of the United States railroad adminis tration asking that Hufficlent empty freight cars be moved to the Pacific coast to supply the needs of the lumber and box manufacturers. , . - JS IN PORTLAND, IS CALLED ' Well Known Statistician Had Lived in Oregon 30 Years; Native of England. John Brooke. B7 years old and for 20 years statistician in the Portland office of the United States customs service. died this morning from heart disease at Good Samaritan hospital after many year! of suffering. Brooke was 'a native of Nottingham, England, came to America 35 years ago, became naturalized, and for 30 years had lived in Oregon. .For five years Brooke was an Eastern Oregon stock rancher. After graduation from Not tingham university Brooke came to America and was graduated in 1898 from the University of Oregon law school. He was a member of the W. O. W. in Portland. Brooke is survived by his widow, who is at the family home, 541 Montgomery drive, and by one son, Alfred E. Brooke, and a daugh ter. Mrs. II. C. Frye. both of Portland; as well as by two brothers, Arthur R. of Tonopah, Nev., and Mark, Trail, B. C, and one sister, Mrs. J. Lovell Smith of San Francisco. George Eastman Dies in Detroit George Eastman, for a number of years an architect in Portland, died on Sunday eventng at Detroit, Mich., ac cording to word sent friends here this morning. Eastman, who had been an active member of the Multnomah club and other local organisations, left Portland some four years ago with his wife and their three children to make his home at Detroit, wherefie continued his profession. He was about 40 years of age at the time of his death E PENALTY (Continued From Pae One) dition that he asked to be taken home in a taxicab. Wiles swore to a complaint of driving while intoxicated. When the case came to trial. Dickinson was charged with reckless driving and fined $75. Newspapers were approached and asked that publicity in the case be quashed. Other cases in which driving while in toxicated would seem to the layman to be a logical charge came into court as reckless driving prosecutions. Although some witnesses in the notorious Soren sen case indicated that he had been drinking, and his attorney admitted it, he was charged with reckless driving. He could have been prosecuted for driv ing while Intoxicated, reckless driving and falling to report ar. accident. But he was prosecuted on only one count. Although Joe Mlelke had been in court half a dozen times before, charges of driving while intoxicated and falling to report an accident placed against him were dismissed on motion of the deputy city attorney, not long before little Viola Cummings met her death under his ma chine. tfXFLAWATIOir 18 MADE Deputy, Prosecutor Stadter explains that the action was taken "because the judge never convicts In falling to report accident cases and the evidence was not strong enough to convict on the intoxi cation charge." ' Page Shlndler escaped prosecution last week after he was arrested and charged with reckless driving. About 1 o'clock Friday morning. January 16, he drove a high powered car up Washington street. Between Fourth and Fifth he struck and damaged a car parked at the curb ing. Continuing at high speed, so high that two machines dashing after him to obtain the license number of his car failed to catch him, he turned at Wash ington and King streets and demolished a filling station. He continued on. Complaint against him was sworn to by H. Rich, owner of the damaged auto mobile, although Shlndler's name was not then known. The following day, E. A. Thompson appeared at the police station and asked "what could be done." Officers asked Thompson if he knew the owner of the car. He answered that he did not. The officers advised that Thompson send him to the police sta tion. Acting as a deputy sheriff, he brought him In and report was made of the accident, more than 30 hours after Its occurrence. Shlndler paid all damages incurred in his wild flight. Statements at the police Buy and Build NOW! Make your dream home a beautiful reality out in lovely E a s t m o r eland, among congenial neigh bors, where many find homes have already been built. Materials will cost more later, so why wait? Put your savings into a lot, and let us tell you of the Ladd Thrift Plan, which enables you to erect your home at East moreland, and pay for it on easy . monthly install ments, with a low rate of intetest. LADD ESTATE COMPANY . Owners 242 STARK ST. TRAFFIC VIOLATORS DD station Indicated that Rich might ask that the complaint be withdrawn, yet no other complaints were lodged against the defendant to Insure his prosecution In spite of the fact that the city bad the names of other witnesses. The case came to trial. Rich asked that the J complaint be withdrawn inas much as he had received payment for damage don his car. CASE IS DISMISSED The case was dismissed on motion of the deputy city attorney. This Is the precedent if a man pays for the dam age done, he can do as he pleases with-, out prosecution. -' - "Wait until this agitation about driv ing while intoxicated blows over. With the newspapers howling about drunken and reckless drivers, a man bo charged will, if the case is brought up. get a heavy sentence.'" These are statements uttered at the police station by persons responsible for enforcement of traffic laws after arrest has been made by mo torcycle officers. It is one of the in fluences by which law enforcement is demoralized and traffic accidents in creased. It is. of course, to drivers with a pull that leniency is shown. Portland can never be made safe until all men look alike to all officials. WITNESS TELLS COURT WOMAN THREATENED TO TAKE WILSON'S LIFE Jealousy of Sister Is Alleged to Have Sent Accused Woman Into Frenzy. Marysvllle. Cal.. Jan. 28. (TJ. P.) Intimate details of the alleged relations of Mrs. Gertrude Wilson with Charles Brown, the man she Is accused of mur dering, were told on the witness stand In her trial today by Arvin Ward. Later, Ward testified, he heard Mrs. Wilson threaten to kill Brown if Brown did not cease, paying attention to Mrs. O. J. Howard of Oroville, Mrs. Wilson's younger sister. He quoted Mrs. Wilson ss saying to Brown : "When T see you with my sister it is like running a red hot poker through me." While Ward was testifying, Mrs. Wil son sat beside her husband. Fred J. Wilson, newspaper man. Both smiled frequently as Ward told the story. .Mrs. Howard who. until today sat beside her sister, was seated In another part of the courtroom. On one occasion, Ward testified, Mrs. Wilson ran out to an automobile party composed of Brown, Howard and others, and called Brown vile names. He said Mrs. Wilson said that if Brown kept "running with" her sister Bhe would "get a gun and shoot" him. F r o c-Li Ca RUP E TO ADDITIONAL PLANTS Directors Vote About $150,000 For Betterments of Fruit Packing Business. Directors of the A. Rupert company and representatives of the eastern stock holders of the concern Tuesday voted approximately $150,000 for betterments and extensions of fruit canneries now in operation and establishment of two new plants. Funds voted also provide for expansion of the distributing system. The directors unanimously pledged themselves to follow the program for co operation with growers outlined by Ru pert prior to his death last week. The sum set aside for expansion of the company s business will be ex pended on the canneries at Newberg. Lebanon, Falls City and Oresham and new plants will be built at McMlnnvllle and North Puyallup. Wash. Pay rolls of the various plants will be increased and the aggregate output increased to about 625,000 cases of fruit a year. No action was taken by the directors toward electing a president to succeed Rupert. Until such action is taken Ed gar Sensenlch. vice president of the company, will act as chief .executive. Military Funeral for Chamberlain Planned Hermiston, Jan. 28. The Hermiston post of the American Legion is making arrangements for the burial service for Russell Chamberlain with full military honors Thursday afternoon. Chamber lain's parents live near Hermiston and he was one" of the first drafted men from here. He was overseas, but not In time to get Into .the front line. His death was caused from an Injury which he received in a football game about a year ago. Rain and Silver Thaw Hinder Wire Service -X Milton. Jan. 28. A heavy rain Mon day night, followed by a silver thaw, caused much trouble with the telephone and electric light plants. The Walla Walla Valley Railway company had difficulty in reaching Milton on account of ice on the wires. The Walla Walla river Is higher than ever before, and the heavy rain has . flooded cellars and streets. RT COMPANY IS PLANNING BUILD mm m Contented "Shooting" Livens tr Luncheon; Census Cause of Trouble La Orande, Jan. , SS. At the Union County Ad club luncheon Tuesday the chief topic for discussion was the pres ent census and its progress In La Grande. Dr. Ray L. Murphy, aa pep master, started things going wben a n,umber of shots were- fired outside of the banquet hall. In a few minutes William Vogel. manager of the' Foley hotel, was carried in on a stretcher. When asked the trouble, the stretcher carriers answered that Ralph Huron, assistant census supervisor for Eastern Oregon, had met Vogel and had "shot" him because he failed to give all of the names of the people who were living in his hotel to the census enumerator. Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe, county school su perintendent, is sending out circular let ters from the state school superintend ent, with one of her own. to all school teachers, urging that every effort be made to promote the thrift contest, which is being carried on throughout the nation. Every effort is being made to place Union county at the head of the state. Vaccination Order To Be Enforced in Schools of Ashland Ashland, Jan. 28. Because of a few cases of smallpox in town, which are under strict control, the local board of health and city school board, at a joint session, adopted a resolution to enforce the ' order sent out by the state board of health regarding vaccination. The Alpha chapter. Order of Eastern Star, will give a card, party Thursday as a benefit toward fsrrnlshlng a room In the new state home to be built at Forest Grove. Engineers Decline To Dig Out Tualatin Washington, Jan. 28. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Dr, W.- D. Wood heads a petition, nu merously signed, of residents along the Tualatin river asking if work cannot be done for the removal of obstructions in that stream. Senator McNary, to whom the petition was sent, submitted it to the army engineers, who have re turned it with- the report that no au thority exists for such work, the Tuala tine river never having been Included in the government program by adoption of a project, although the subject was at one time Investigated by the direc tion of congress. S. 4 II. Green stamps for cash. Hol man Fuel Co., Main 853, 660-21. Adv. Tl Tl irf When you buy Carnation Milk you are sure of its purity. For it is sterilized in its hermetically sealed container. Such purity, along with its undeniable econ omy and convenience, is mak ing Carnation the exclusive milk in thousands of homes everywhere. Buy it regularly from your grocer. Made in Oregon Write for Free Recipe Book, Carnation Milk Products Co., 622 Railway Exchange Building, Portland Cows PIONEER BORN: VILE CROSSING PLAINS IN 1844. PASSES AWAY Mrs. Fannie Harvey, When Babe, Narrowly Escaped Being Stolen by Indians. Mrs. Fannie Harvey, one of the ear liest pioneers of Oregon, died at her home, 3 563 Stanton street, Tuesday eve ring. Mrs. Harvey came to Oregon in 1844 with her parents. William and Sarah Ann Case, from Missouri. She was, in fact, born en route, and Indiana tried several times to steal her. Coming down the Columbia river on a flatboat. Mrs. Case and her baby girl were swept overboard, but rescued. The family settled In Marlon county. Mrs. Harvey was one of the earliest graduates of Willamette university, re ceiving her diploma in 1866. Her first husband was Samuel Moreland, one of the well known newspaper writers of nls day. Mrs, Harvey traveled exten sively and wan an enthusiast for Ore gon plants, woods, scenery . and birds. Her home was beautified with Oregon trees and plants and birds were en couraged to nest and feed In her grounds. Mrs. Harvey is survived .by two daughters, Mrs. Horace -Thlelson of this city and Mrs. Walter Tyler of Los An geles. Two brothers are Oeorge W. Case of Marlon county and John N. Case of Omaha, Neb. Five sisters are: Mrs. Alice Bothwlck and Mrs. L. H, Maxwell of this city, Mrs. Dell Gibbons of Los Ang-eles, Mrs. Ella Cranstone of Buenas Aires, Argentine ; 8. A. and Mrs. Jennie E. Garrow of Victoria, B. C. Funeral services are In charge of Miller & Tracey, and will be held at the residence Thursday at -1 : 80 p. m., with final services at' Lone Fir ceme tery. . Waterholter Case Dismissed At the instigation of one of hla cus tomers Edwin Desner? carrier for a morning- paper, had H. Waterholter, 71 years of age .arrested Tuesday on a charge of larceny. In court this morn lng Desner could not Identify Water holter as the person said to have stolen a paper off a porch, so he was dis charged. Deputy District Attorney Delch refused to prosecute the case when he learned that a neighborhood diffi culty was back of the arrest a-4 Elks Have Social Portland Elks held a successful social entertainment Tuesday night which was largely attended. A dramatic and mu sical program was a feature. C. O. Brandenburg and V. B. Smith had charge of arrangements. TkeUMis whilt Milk P Meredith in Cabinet ' Highly 'Pleasirigto-i "Portland Ad Men ; It caused a ripple of excitement, a , gladsome ripple, among local advert! lng men when the news appeared In The , - ' Journal Tuesday that E. T. Meredith ef Iowa had been nominated as secretary -of agriculture, by President Wilson. -Meredith is not only a national figure In agriculture and a farm journal , pub- r '- llRher. He Is president of the Associ ated Advertising Clubs of the .World.' the office constituting a recognition of the highest attainments in the science and leadership of advertising. Immedi ately Upon receipt of the news, Charles F. Berg, former president both of the -Portland Ad club and of the Pacific V Coast Advertising cluba' association, telegraphed Meredith at Des Moines:" "Heartiest congratulations upon the wonderful recognition of an honeat-to- goodness advertising man. As Immedl- ate past president Pacific Coast Advsr- -Using association. I extend greetings from your fellow advertisers of the coast and wish you happiness and great suo cesa in this highly merited and well de served distinction. The cabinet and the nation are the gainers." DANCING GCAKAHTEED In eight lessons Ladles 13.60, Gentlemen I&.00 . at De Honey's Beautiful Academy, tld and Wash- InartAn WafB) af"" 1 afe ai as Asa ttflktP 1 1 LT B tils sen start Monday - AVy and Friday evenings. Ad- m vanced classes Tuesday M C and Thursday evening-", f t to 11:10. All latest and , - popular aances ana new . steps taught in I threehour lessons. LADIES t.l OEHTLEMEir ILIS - This guarantee term la worth fit. Take advantage of our out rates for this week only. Take one or four lessons at week. Tickets good until used. Our system will teach you to lead and make a dancer of you. Plenty of de ; slrable partners and practice. No em barrassment. Separata step room and i extra teachers for backward pupils. My latest book, describing all dances, ball ; room etiquette, etc. free for pupils. We ' have large and select classes, and the octal feature alone-ia worth double th price. You can never beooms a dancer by taking private lessons from Inferior teachers in small room or In short class lessons with no partners to practice with. Others derive their profits from public dances. We cater to teaching ; alone and conduct each lesson the entire -evening. There la absolutely no other school of this class In the city. Why not " attend a first-class school where you ' will learn from professional dancer and meet refined people. k WE I0 NOT desire or expect the i downtown or levy rif raf, but solicit those who desire pleasant surroundings and refined amusement and appreciate the services of a real master of dancing of experience and ability. Private les- ' sons all hours. Phone Main 7651. smsf iW . -V- ... . '; f