v - T.. f - - THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920. HAWLEY DIVORCE FINDS AN ECHO IN SUIT FILED HERE Charging that her husband had obtained an invalid divofce through fraud, had failed to support her and circulated false reports about her. Mr8. Julia Pusey has filed suit for divorce "Yh the Multnomah county Seven Killed in Tornado Swept Missouri Region Springfield, Mo.. March 12. (U. P.) Tornadoes in the past 24 hour have taken a toll of seven lives in Southwest Missouri. Many persons were injured. A few are missing. The death dealing winds struck four different places with this result : At Melva At least five dead, several injured. At Nevada One dead. At Branson One dead. At Oasis Two missiijg. Torrential rains accompanied the fitnrm at Melva The Mnrm n rp, nmAH circuit court against Henry K. Pusey. ; to ,.enter tnere and extenied for a The suit, admitted Henry West- radius of 15 miles on'all sides. brook. her attorney. today. was , Other dead at Melva. which was al- I Hunt really inspired by the Hawley -;Y--; vorcc suit ;it Oregon Jlty, in wmcri i at Branson. William' Jackson lost his Pusey. whm :i witness. Pusey is an life. , ii .niov ir and Jonn uross ana nis wire were mown DIRECTORS' ROW FEATURES MEETING OF SCHOOL BOARD tinde of Willard I'. one of the owners of the Hawley Pulp & Paper company. Pusey, according to the complaint. Is' worth In th- neighborhood of SiiO.iHMi and j he "In MUipriKi-rt to he earning a salary of ( !(I0 a month frnm the parer works. Of, this sum his wife askH $2;0 a month all- moiiy, with .i lump sum of $15,000 fori the- first five years. The most unusual feature of the erase is that In 1K!3 Pusey. secured a divorce from Mrs. Pusey which, . according to Westbrook. has been rendered invalid by a decision of the California supreme court. Following the securing of this divorce. states Westbrook, Pusey went on a trip to Europe and on the return voyaee met Oertrude r Klnley. a wealthy and prominent woman of California. They j away with their home north of Branson, i and no trace has been found of man. j woman or house. WOMEN ARE CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM OREGON CITY HOSPITAL Oregon "lty, March 12. Arrested in Portland. Mrs. Virginia Shindle and were married June In, 1914. and resided ! Miss Gwendolyn Sherwood have been In Oregon City where, on Ootober 1. 1014. Westbrook asserts. the second Mrs. Pusey committed suicide hy jumping into the Willamette river. It was when Pusey attempted to col lect money from the large estate left by her that the question as to the validity of the divorce action came up In. Cali fornia and, according to Westbrook, the supreme court of California finally de- elded that he was not entitled to any of the property because of the Illegality of his divorce. In the new complaint Pusey is accused by his wife of having "fraudulently at tempted to secure a divorce without serv ice of summons and without any notice thereof" to her. She further charges him with excessive drinking and. per sonal indignities. They were married April 10, 1886. and have no minor children. For attorneys' feea and court costs $3000 is asked. Arrest Believed Important With the arrest, of Gwendolyn Shlndle and Mrs. A. Sherwood of 625 Washing ton street by Deputy Sheriffs Wilson of Portland and Meeds of Oregon City, the authorities believe they have the persons who have been stealing articles from the Oregon City hospital lately. Clothes and linen, said to have been stolen, were reported as being recovered by the deputies. Modern Problems Easier Than Years Ago, Says Miller present day problems of American houses ivt s, financiers and statesmen ifV simple of solution compared with thoBr- presented to earlier fenerations. accord ins to Milton A. Miller, collector of. Interim! revenue. Miller addressed member? of ihe Portland Press club at their weekly luncheon in the Tyrolean loom "f the Bciis-mi hotel Thursday noon, reviewing the history of various crises through which the country has passed since the flays of the Revolu tionary wtir The peneral prosperity of the country loday tar overshadows the polithMl mid economic problems, he ta id brought to Oregon f'lty on a charge of larceny of a large quaittity of wearing apparel, jewelry and bed linen from nurses In the Oregon City hospital and from the hospital. The two young women, claiming to be nurses, appeared at the hospital about 10 days ago and. because of the de mand for nurses, were given employ ment. Miss Ruth Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Elliott of this city, who is training as a nurse, was taken ill and was removed to her home, leaving her wearing apparel in the hospital. Wednesday she sent for her clothing and It was discovered that everything she had left in her room was missing. Mrs. Shindle and Miss Sherwood quit Monday, with the announcement that they were returning to California. Walter Elliott, a brother of Ruth El liott, and Ben Snooks, who holds a commission as deputy sheriff, carried on an investigation In Portland, locat ing the young women and most of the stolen property. The women confessed, it is said, but disclaimed knowledge of a missing gold watch, cameo ring and a few minor articles. Questioned by District Attorney Hedges, they admit ted that the watch had been pawned in Portland for $7.60. Deputy Sheriff Meads recovered the remaining missing articles. The watch and ring belonged to Miss Mcintosh and Miss Jackson of the hospital. A silk sweater, the prop erty of Miss Clapp, was taken. The women will oe arraigned before Justice Stlpp today. Mrs. Shindle says her husband is a longshoreman. F. J. Shubert Is New Chief Operator P J. Khubert has been appointed chief operator in the Portland office of the Postal Telegraph & Cable company as successor to the late Mr. Drukee. Shubert learned something of wire troubles when serving with the signal corps in the U. S. army In the Philip pines in 1898. For eight years he was assistant chief with the Pacific Tele phone company. Fortune Teller Is Fined by Rossman Unable to foretell her own personal disasters. Rosie George, a fortune teller, was fined $200 by Judge Koss- man in the municipal court this morning on a charne of vagrancy. Rosie was irrested by Patrolman Stone at lier little establishment on Sixth street, be tween Oak and Pine streets. Accord ing, to the testimony she had been warned several times against telling fortunes. Vanderllp Coming to Portland ! F. A. Vanderllp, president of the I National City bank of New York, has I n.'.'nTeH an Invitation of the ftiimhr of Commerce to speak at a dinner in his honor on the evening of April 7, according to a message received by the chamber this morning. Vanderlip is coming to the Pacific coast en route to Japan and will arrive in Portland at 3 :30 p. m., April 7. Drops Dead at Work John B. Cooney, 114 Alberta street, dropped dead of heart disease at 10:45 a. m. today, at the age of 69 years. Cooney had gone to the woodpile to split wood when the fatal stroke came. He Is survived by a widow and four children. A quarrel Thursday night arose between School Directors George B. Thomas and E. A. Sommer at an adjourned board meeting:, after Thomas earlier in the evening had been authorized by the board to go to Washington, D. C, with all ex pense paid, together with R. C. mechanical engineer of the federal board for vocational edu cation. The expedition was designed to se- lectand purchase machinery from the salvage bureau of the war department for use in the Benson Polytechnic school. Sommer, who was absent at the passage of the motion, objected to the unlimited authority given Thomas, and after a stormy scene succeeded in getting adopted a resolution limiting to $7000 the purchases that Thomas may make. Thomas will leave for the Basi Saturday morning. ST. JOHNS PETITIONS For nearly two hours the board lis tened to petitions of members of the Ht. Johns Community club for an early selection of a high school site. The committee was headed by H. W. Bon- ham, who urged immediate action, as the present building, is "inadequate, un fit and of doubtful wafet." Honham wax supported by Dr. E. P. Borden, A. E. Jones, C. O. Johnson. Mrs. lna Lfc Shaw. S. J. t-i!efsen and seyeral others. The increasing industrial prog ress of St. Johns is bringing to the community larg numbers of children, and the tendencies' toward Bolshevism were cited as imperative reasons for better educational facilities. CON MTIOKH ROTTKN The school directors individually ex pressed themselves as agreeing that "conditions In St. Johns are rotten," but that until some money is avail able for construction purposes they were not in position even to discuss a site. They assured the committee that when funds are at hand their needs would be the first considered, and urged them to work either for a mlllage tax or a bond Issue when the time arrives. Superintendent D. A. Grout stated that 118 portable Bchools are now in use. as well as four assembly halls for classrooms, and that IS more rooms will be required next fall. COST OVER 1109.089 Director Orton said the portables had cost over $100,000 and weren't portables at all, but had been built for perma nency and probably would be on the grounds for 20 years. The St. Johns controversy arose over a previous request by Commissioner S. C. Pier for the board to cooperate with the city to the extent of choosing its school site in conjunction with a play ground site now being chosen by the city council. On behalf of the city. W. P. LaKoche asked the board to pay half the cost of 10 -acres adjoining Franklin high school. The board said it was not in position to make any purchase now., even If it had fo pay twice as much for the same ground later. Director Somner roundly criticised the judgment of the city in purchasing the t.'re-ston playground site whin It could have got the Franklin. PRIZK K8SATS BARRED Prize essay contests of any sort were barred from the Portland schools on tht recommendation of Grout, except by special permission of the board. This action was a direct result of the recent contest on advantases of enlistment in the army and the-present anti-tobacco contest being conducted by the W. C. T. U. The tobacco contest will be allowed to continue to its completion, since the children already have begun their essays. The text books selected by the city teachers and principals after nearly two months' study were officially adopted for the next four years, commencing July 1. on recommendation of Grout. Di rector Thomas was the only member de siring postponement of action, but when the vote came, he made it unanimous. Deferrment of action had been sought of the board members by certain book companies, it was understood. . Permission was granted J. A. Camp bell, president of the Principal's associ ation., and Miss Leona Larrabee. presi dent of the High School Teachers' asso ciation, to attend the meeting of the In land Empire Teachers' association at Spokane. March 31. as delegates from their respective associations. Passenger Forces Of Union Pacific System Organized 1 Organization of the city passenger force and traveling representatives of the Union Pacific system in Portland has been completed, announcement of the personnel of these departments be ing made by O-W. passenger officials this morning. L. E. Oroer will be city passenger agent. Burton Beck, passenger agent, and C. E. Potter, clerk. J. H. . O'Neill will be traveling passenger agent in the Willamette valley : H. W. Hicks, traveling passenger agent between Port land and Huntington, including branches, and E. A. Klippel Jr. will be traveling passenger agent in the Spo kane territory. SOLDERS WA RECORD EXCUSES HIS ATTACK MAN WHO W E DSHISWIFE When Frank Hemmerl returned with shoulder straps and honors from over Seas, he went at once to the home of his bride, whom he had wedded after brief acquaintance at Vancouver barracks. There he found evidences of a rival's presence. So, according to his etory in municipal court this morning, he advised his wife to seek a divorce, which, he said, was granted her September 12. Six months later to a day. Mrs. Hem merl married L. Allen. Thursday was the wedding day. and the Aliens went to the Hanover apartments for their honey moon. Hemmerl said he called there in the evening to gather up some war trinkets, including an iron cross filched from a German breast ! Hemmerl's story was that some liquor flowed, the new husband, a.s a true host, seeking to disperse what relica of ani mosity Hemmerl might feel. Ouring the evening, however, a cof fee percolator hurtled through the air at Allen's head, but did not strike. All grew unpleasant and dour, and Mrs. Hemmerl-Allen called the police, who charged the soldier with being drunk and disorderly. Judge Rossman heard the story and decided Hemmerl's war record and sub sequent marital disappointment amply compensated for his lapse from sobriety and dismissed the complaint. In his ceil this morning Hemmerl pricked his wrist with a safety pin. evi dently with the idea of self-destruction, but his effort was frustrated. END 1ST AD rosin REI ISLAND DISCUSSED BY PORT LEADERS "Executive" sessions are being held by the Port of Portland com mission to consider the removal of Swan Island and the development of the adjacent lowlands in JVIocks bottom and the Guilds lake district. That plans for a big development of the middle harbor district are rapidly rounding Into shape has been indicated by reports which have been partially discussed at regular meetings of the port commission and by the fact that George W. Boschke, consulting engineer, has been making extensive surveys of the Swan Island district. SESSIONS ARE SECRET Whether the movement has . reached a definite stage is open for conjecture, but plans have been discussed at meet ings "held behind closed doors." Fol lowing the February meeting adjourn ment, an "executive" meeting was called from which the public was barred. Fol lowing the regular meeting Thursday the same procedure was followed. Between the regular meetings of Feb ruary and March special meetings of the dock and port commissioners were held, the last of these joint conferences being held Monday afternoon in the Port of Portland rooms. A special ad journed meeting was held March 2, of which no public announcement has been made. At the regular meeting Thursday aft ernoon, a report was received from J. B. Kern, chairman of the committee of 15 a commission created by the city to suggest means for improving Portland's harbor recommending mat the port and dock commissions be con solidated and intensify on development work. MERGER FLAN DISCUSSED Brief discussion of the measure was had. during which it was pointed out that consolidation would mean the as sumption hy the port commission of all the liabilities of the dock commission. One member of the commission also pointed out that the bonding power of the dock commission would De trans ferred to the consolidated body, making it possible to raise $15,000,000 in addi tion to the present $15,000,000 possible by the port commission. Kurtner ana fuller discussion was referred to a later time." Pined and Sentenced To Jail for Speeding On His Motorcycle William Pieren, who was arrested Thursday afternoon on Terwllliger bou levard by Motorcycle Officer Bert, was fined $45 and sentenced to serve one day in the city jail by Judge Roesman in the municipal court Friday morning. Bert testified that Pieren was driving a motorcycle over 45 miles an hour. William G. DeArmand, Who was also arrested on the Terwilliger boulevard, was fined $100. DeArmand violated sev eral other traffic ordinances on his way to the police station, after his arrest. according to the testimony. Captain J. P. Shaw Going Into Mexico Captain James P. Shaw will leave tonight on the steamer City of Topeka for San Francisco and will go later to San Diego and into Mexico, where he Is interested in extensive land projects. Captain Shaw only recently recovered from a serious attack of influenza. 1 Urge Falls Flow Be Preserved Cooperation of Senator Chamberlain with Senator McNary in an effort to preserve the water flow of Multnomah falls and Oneonta falls on the Colum bia river highway, was urged in tele grams sent to the Oregon senators by the officers of the Trails club Thursday afternoon. McNary is endeavoring to secure an exchange of Larch mountain timber land for timber In other loca tions that the watershed on the moun tain may be preserved. Commissioner Pier Tells Mayor Mercy Is Due Cracksmen Mayor Baker and Commissioner Pier met in heated argument this morning regarding whether or not it was humane to subject cracksmen to the fumes of a oariiv ran which W. H. Warner is O " ' anxious to sell to the city as a protec tion for the safe in the city treasurer's office. ' I tell you, it is a return to barbarism to subject even cracksmen to such tor tures at this gas is alleged to inflict," said Pier. "I won't consider for a min ute allowing the stuff to be used in the safe containing city funds." "I know the caliber of men that crack safes." retorted the mayor. "I'm for using any methods to break up their gang." "But subjecting them to torture is wrong," answered Pier. "Think of per haps blinding some young fellow who has been misled into his first job of safecracking." Commissioner Bigelow contended that the entire controversy hinged on wheth er the gas constituted a fire hazard or a danger to firemen. A committee composed of fire chiefs and chemists and insurance men will investigate the gas and report to the council. "H WE HEARD ASTORY OF A WOMAN That advertised for a husband. The jman died and left her life insurance to the amount of $1500. The ad cost her $1.20; that left her a net profit of $1498.80. Does it pay to ad vertise? Ask the woman. We do not print this kind of advertising-- We are Just trying to tell you what advertising will do. ; We want you to see how small the cost is compared with the large results you get And the price of a small Want Ad-i-say about 12 words Is only twenty-five cents IN THE JOURNAL. AMERICAN BIRTH REGARDED BLOT The United States was Held in theJ greatest contempt by Karl W. Oster. co-defendant with Claude Hurst and Fred frye In the criminal syndical ism case, according to W. F. Wat kins, inspector of the United States Immigration service. Oster; testified Waiklns, last witness for the state, was much chagrined be cause he had been disgraced by being born in the United States. "What did Oster say?" asked Deputy District Attorney Earl Bernard, rela tive to a conversation Watkins had with Oster February 26. "I cannot remember all his statements, but they were very critical. As a re suit of what he did say about the gov ernment. I asked him where he was born, thinking he might be subject to deportation." Part . of Watkins" testimony was stricken from the records at the insist ence of W. S. U'Ren, defense counsel. Bernard then queried the witness as to the further conversation and Watkins replied as follows: THE ONE BLACK SPOT "He said, 'That is the one black spot of my history.' " 'What do you mean?" I asked. " "I was born In the United States," he replied. 'In Anaconda county, Mon tana.' " U'Ren. who evidently knew the na ture of the conversation from his client. made numerous attempts to block the introduction of the evidence. Fully one half hour was spent in arguing the mat ter U'Ren even going so far as to re verse his earlier decision and frankly admrt the membership of the three de fendants in the Communist Labor party in an effort to keep out the testimony. Judge Morrow overruled his objection. The state rested its case at 10 :30. im mediately following Watkins' testimony. U'Ren, declined to cross-examine the witness. DISMISSAL DENIED Immediately following the conclusion . . ( r of the state's evidence, Uf Ren moved to have the case dismissed stating that no evidence had been produced tending to show that the Communist Labor party advocated the overthrow of the government by force anil violence. The state in reply maintained solely that enough evidence ha been produced to entitle conviction. Juge Morrow de cided that it would be necessary for the defense to offer its testimony and let the jury decide the merits of the case. Oster, main defendant, .who was state secretary of the organisation before his arrest, was the first witness called by IT'Ren, but the noon recess was called before he had an opportunity' to testify. An Interesting cross examination of Oster Is expected, as the prosecution is known to have several trump cards which have been saved for the occasion. REED JtMPS TRACES; The first part of the morning session was taken up by the reading of "Union ism and Mass Action" bv Fraina. John Reed and Fraina. formerly leaders of the left wing of the socialist party. parted ways when the wing broke off. Reed being .one of the main exponents of the Communist Labr party, while Fraina is the leader of jthe Communist party. A movement is now on foot, ac cording to the defendants, to unite these two parties. "Free love" with all lt Joys and sor rows as advocated by he Communist Labor party, was Introduced to the jury late Thursday afternoon by the state when Evans read from 'The Family in the Communist State" by Alexandria Kollontay. "" "Marriage is henceforth to be trans formed Into a sublime utvjon of two souls in love with each other.'t stated the ex pert In her noted work. ! "This so-called GREEKS PERM TIED TD ATTACK TURKS By Ed Ii. Keen j London. March 12. (U. P.) Th peace conference has decided ta permit the Greeks to attack thV Turks in Anatolia and take what-' ever measures are necessary to expel: them from that region, It wai learned seml-of ficlally today. . j This permission was given on condti tlon that after the campaign has beeftj successfully concluded the Oreeks .will return .to the positions occupied bfj them before the fighting began. It was said to have been specified that the Greeks may pursue the Turks aa, far as they deem necessary. The Italian, representatives were the last to wlU-i draw their objections to the plan. indissoluble marriage which was at the bottom merely a fraud will give place to the free and honest union of men and1 women who are lovers and com-1' rades. " j An adroit inference was made hy Kvans to Claude Hurst, one of the de-; fendants, whose numerous children, it Is claimed, have been wards of the county; for some time. T iffi'fjifl ft -a ?, I ,J f i f v '"I. mm Water Power Resources A Valuable State Asset The matter of assured continuous and uninterrupted power service is of vital import to any manufacturer, and is con sequently given serious consideration by those seeking to locate under the most favorable conditions. Oregon and the Pacific Northwest are particularly favored with extensive hvdro- power resources. One-third of the entire water power of the United States lies in the Columbia river basin: Oregon alone possesses a potential horsepower of approximately :i.000.000. of which less than 200,000 H. P. has yet been developed. The Deschutes, Co lumbia. Clackamas. San tiam, Willamette, Ump qua and Rogue rivers are all tremendous res ervoirs of power waiting to be harnessed. And the big outstanding fact in con nection with them is that these streams are assured of steady flow because their sources are in streams rising in lava rock. Oregon is eternally rich in her natural assets,.and the Ladd & Tilton Bank is ever ready to lend all legitimate assistance to their development. Ladd & Tilton Bank Oldest in the Northwest CD3 Washington J system T at Third . r S Tot Knocked Down And Hurt by Auto Helen Menzies, ZVi years of age. daughter of Dr. C. S. Menzies of East Burnside and Twenty-fourth streets, was knocked down and slightly injured about 12 :45 o'clock today by an automobile driven by L. J. Mershon of Troutdale. Witnesses told police that the Menzies child was playing witi other children In the street. Merchon in attempting to avoid striking the child, drove his car over a curb, breaking a wheel and other wise damaging the automobile. mike only on cupful or the usual table drink wuH cause considerable wasttbutyou can make one ckipar ten cups of STANT STUM wittiaut a hit of waste cJhis drink of dratityin$ flacvcr is made instantly atfeaspoonful in a cup wftfcL liot water added. Andyou. consult arty taste by-varying amount used. 5 MaO yl08tixm Certecl Company. uavue wrocjci., riicuici IN PCS Attitude of Allies Toward Russia Is Sought by Amerrica Paris. March. 12. (l. P.) Ambas sador Wallace has sent a note to Premier Millerand requesting more definite information on the allied at titude toward Russia, It was understood here today. The American government, it was said, will require specific knowledge of the allied Intentions toward the soviet goverfcment before agreeing to Include its representative in any Investigating commission that may be sent Into Russia. Warned to Cover Meat Warning all butchers and express companies to cover meat being trans ported through the streets was issued this morning by Dr. E. E. Chase, chief meat Inspector of the city Failure to comply with the city ordinance, which makes it unlawful for any person to transport any fresh meat through the streets without covering, will mean pros ecution of offenders, according to Dr. Chase. Street Car Men Resume Work Atlanta. Qa.. March 12. ( I. N. S.) The street car- men of Atlanta will re turn to work at 5 p. m. today, following a vote at a mass meeting thur afternoon. r DOST MISS THE I Saturday Sale f X 01T "OFR MUSICAL FLOOB" I X THE JTH CLOSING OUT Ms- THE JTH CLOSING OUT Ms KIN LEY M178IC At 5c the Copy "DARDANELLA" SALLY 15D OTHER HITS , TrTssrfci.sVss Ar fJtUH QtkF, WEAR BOYS' PLEDGE CLOTHES A Family Remedy for Building Up a Boy's Appearance, Keeping Down Mother's Mending, Putting a Stop to Sister's Lectur e, and Regulating the Heart Act ion of a Father's Dollar The Belt Stretches ifre Pledge Doesn't Every WEARPLEDGE Suit is scorted home with a "live" leather belt on the trouser$ that gives with very move and moies with every motion'. It preserves the correct hanging balance from the hips reduces the pressure from the waist keeps the sagging from setting in at the knee and makes very boy's mouth water on sight. 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