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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND." MONDAY. APRIL 1, 1920. .'
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BIG
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REPAIRS
PLANS INDORSED
IN JOINT MEETING
That the bridge situation is one
of the most acute features of the
traffic problems in Portland, and j lngton road.
Farm Bureau Gives
Approval to State
Millage Tax Plan
Boardman, April 19. Resolutions hare
been adopted by the farm bureau here in
support of the state 4 per cent bond
limit bill, the college millage tax and the
public school millage tax. Another mat
ter favored by resolution was that the
Boardman road district ask the county
court to appropriate from the road funds
of the district money for a preliminary
survey of the Boardman-Irrigon-Lex-
SUNDAY MARKED BY
EIGHT THEFTS, FROM
CHICKENS TO CASH
Sugar thieves were frightened
away from the Stearn-Hollingshead
company. Seventeenth and Sandy
that a comprehensive plan for bridge ; The John Day project also received a boulevard, late Sunday night by the
building an8 "betterments must be , , , consisting 01 a. watchman, after they had set off
H. HnarHman A T . I.Ariuri Ann W H i '
undertaken to meet the demand of stAWart , anminiMi to armnee a the burglar alarm. The watchman
to arrange
the city's growth, was the consen- barbecue for the latter part of June, j told the police the two men left
bus pf opinion at a conference at the Jhls celebration will be held near the ; quickly in a truck. The room the
uiviuing line ueiween me irngaieu sec-i
tion and the John Day desert. si
BAKER BELIEVES
N PRFPARFilNKSS
III I lllal fill kl I IUVV 1
office of 'the county commissioners
today.
This conference was attended by the
commissioners. ' the mayor and repre
sentatives of the state highway commi-
Hallway. Light A Power, company. The
mayor gave assurance to the commis
sioners of the purpose of the city offi
cials to Cooperate fully with the county
in , a general bridge program, and in
the particular cases discussed he stated
that. If. the commissioners would reduce
ineir .requests to wrrmg ana prm; Washington. April 19. (I. N. S.)
them, he would see that they are fully , ....
carried out. Government operation of the Mus-
HRIIHJE REPORT ADOPTFT) Shoals nitrate plant to produce
"While the discussion of bridges was ' fertilizer for peace and as a reserve
comprehensive, attention was given to materlaI was urged by
the Morrison and Burnflde bridge situ- ' "
atlons. It was dertded that the report J tary of War Baker today,
of the state highway commission engi- I Secretary Baker told the house mili-
neers on the Morrison street bridge be j tary affairs committee the alternative
.adopted, and that
daken for the renu
traffic, while the betterments proposed, tain less than 300.000 tons of nitrate as
hall be begun Immediately alter me1 a reserve for war purposes,
big conventions that are to be held In; .
Kngineers of the state highway com-i Voir p lApfpT TpQPT
mission are to draft a schedule of ve-' J,0 IVICtCl XODlCI
hides ami loads to be iermitted to con
tinue to use the Morrison street bridge
pending the changes propoed. and the
city officials will station men there, day
and night, to see that the heavy loads '
are diverted to other bridges for the j
present.
son street bridge be tary arrairs committee the alternative I ' , V ,...
immediate steps he I was complete demolishment or partial j nous 01 A- JLf s?n'
iting of the heaviest; operation. He said it is unsafe to main- 8,reet n.orl n" I,1l,PO
Busy Again; Homes
A n ' TXT ' I jewelry. Entran
Are Given Warning! - window.
O ! A coffee percc
men were trying to enter contains a
quantity of sugar.
The thieves who entered the grocery
store of A. Sutherland, 76 Killingsworth
' avenue. Saturday night, performed a lot
j of hard work before getting In. They
dug a hole underneath the basement
door and after crawling inside sawed
1 a hole through the door leading to the
i store. They were hardly paid for their
trouble, as they only found a few cents
In the cash register. A antall amount
of candy was also stolen.
The J. P. Jensen home, 224 East Six
teenth etreet, was broken into while
the family were away from home Sun
day. Considerable Jewelry and $10 in
cash vere stolen. The thieves were ap
parently frightened away before fin
ishing their Job, as they left a suit
case full of loot behind them.
Thirty-six pieces of silverware and
a pair or gloves were stolen rrom me
Patterson, 4G3 East Ninth
Bay they have
a clue to the thlel.
Frank Muria, proprietor of the Lin
coln hotel, reported that a thief en
tered his room and stole a suit of
clothes, raior and watch.
While II. G. Sohm. 1011 East Frank
lin street, and his family were -absent
from their home Saturday, robbers ran
sacked the house and stole the family
Entrance was gainec through
Spirited Contests
Are Under Way for
American Legion Post
Spirited contests for posts of com
mander and vice commander are awaited
tonight, when Portland post of the
American Legion elects officers for the
ensuing year. The election will be held
in the Armory
Martin L. Kimmel, former corporal is
running on the platform that more en
listed men should hold important Amer
ican Legion posts. James O. Convill,
former captain. Is his- opponent. Con
vill has conducted the employment serv
ice of Portland post for many months.
Jerrold Owen, newspaperman, former
first lieutenant, is opposed by James O.
Bain, former corporal, tr. the race for
vice commander. t
Five members of the executive com
mittee are to be choBen from these nom
inees : Arthur M. Geary. Thomas P. Ma
honey, Franklin Korell, James S. Gay
Jr., Arthur Bryan. Cassius R. Peck, W.
A. Ekwall. R. E. Norton, Frank Slever.
Under the guise of being a
In my opinion, we must get into' unA i,rt- ,,,,
HIHVI UUIIMI U( IIIMI, Wlirir w r. navr: trr-rrii
using timber, mid County Commissioner
Holman in discussing the general itu
ation. "I believe it will require five
years' time before we can get art' new
bridges under cnnHtrurtion, under the
most favorable circumstances, and our
traffic will be more than doubled by
that time.
$2MI0 I-Oil RKPAIKS
"This report calls for the immediate
expenditure of $208,000 for repairs, and
a big sum will be required for the Burn
side bridge, which may have to be re
placed. "If permission is not given to Portland
this fall to place a bridge bond issue be
fore Ks people, then this cannot be se
cured for two more years. I believe
we must adopt a definite and compre
hensive policy on bridges across the
Willamette river, and then follow it
closely, or the growth of this city wil'
- be retarded." j
, Mayor Baker declared his belief that
the bridge traffic within one year would
be fully one third heavier than today, I
and that within three years It would be
double that of the present. He stated
that he is in full accord with a com
prehensive bridge program.
It was stated that the engineers" re
port on the Burnside bridge will be
ready for presentation within four
weeks.
has been entering residences on Port
land Heights Saturday and today, evi
dently with the intention of getting the
"lay-out" of the house for purjioses of
robbery, according to complaints r
i ceived by the P. It.. K 4- p. company.
A young man entered the home of
Hisbop Sumner, 574 Elm street, Satur
j day and the home of Mrs. Mary L. Hay
I den, 583 Myrtle street, this morning. He
percolator was stolen from
Mrs. LE. Grlzzell. 820 S. Ivanhoe street.
meter : st. Johns police suspected someone ac
quainted with the house.
A chicken thief paid a visit to the
coops of Mrs. A. Heckett. 1057 East
Thirty-eighth street, anl sto'.s 15 fancy
hens.
did not have credentials and the own
ers of the homes became apprehensive
and made complaint to the light com
pany. The company warns against ad
mittance of anyone not possessing the
official badge.
Viewers Are Appointed
Viewers were appointed by the county
commissioners today for the proposed
relocation of the Skyline boulevard In
the western hill district. A large dele
gation et property owners adjacent to
the, highway, with M. L. Brooks as
spokesman, appeared to make protest
: gainst the proposed change, on the
grounds that they have built their
homes with reference to the old location
and the new route would leave them off
the highway.
Lineman's Funeral
Will Be Held on
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for William Nelson,
who was electrocuted Friday at Seventy
second street and Fifthy-ninth avenue,
will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday after
noon at the chapel of J. P. Finley &
Son. Interment will be in Mount Scott
cerrietery.
Nelson was born January 31, 1888, at
Green Bay. Wis. He had lived five
months in Portland and was employed
A a lineman for the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company. He was a
member of the Episcopal church and of
the electrical union of Wallace, Idaho.
He is survived by his widow, Florence
Nelson, and son, Melvln Nelson, both of
Portland.
Assistant Manager
In Portland to See
Metropolitan Open
Homer McCoy of New York city, as
sistant manager of the Metropolitan
Five to Fifty Cent Stores Corporation.
arrived this morning to superintend
, the opening of the company.; store in
: the McGinn building at Broadway and
Washington. Alterations are proceeding
rapidly under direction of Edward A.
Miller and the store will be open about
May 15.
The Metropolitan company is capi
talized at $20,000,000 and operates 131
stores in the East and Middle West. Ac
cording to McCoy 100 new stores will be
opened in the Western and Pacific coast
territory this year. The company re
cently purchased buildings at Tacoma
and Los Angeles and a store will be
opened at Spokane early next month.
McCoy will remain on the coast with
headquarters at San Francisco.
Crap Shooters in
Albina District Are
Too Wary for Police
f
Efforts of Motorcycle Policeman Ini
gle to catch alleged gamblers In the
Upper Albina district Sunday afternooa
proved unsuccessful. The police rer
oelved complaints that young men were
playing "craps" in the middle of the
street. Ingle reported seeing games at
Eleventh and Fremont streets, Uiiiorj
avenue and Failing street and at East
Eighth and Beech streets. Each time
a lookout is said to have given a warn.
Ing which gave the players time enough
to conceal evidence before the officer
arrived, even though he ran up on them
with his motorcycle.
MANIAC MURDERS
DOCTOR PASSING
COLLECTION BOX
New York, April 19. Firing a re
volver toward the altar as he stood
amid the congregation of St.
George's church Sunday, just after
the collection had been taken,
Thomas W. Shelley, maniac, sent a
bullet crashing through the brain of
Dr. James W. Markoe, personal phy
sician to J. P. Morgan and vestry
man of the church. Dr. Markoe fell
dead in the aisle.
, Panic ensued immediately, and there
was a wild stampede toward the doors.
Brandishing the pistol, Shelley ran to
the nearest door, and waving his wea
pon at the people, warned them to keep
away.
WOMEJf MEMBERS SCREAM
Dr. George E. Brewer, noted surgeon,
who had been passing the collection
boxes with his fellow vestryman, disre
garded the warning. He advanced upon
the maniac and was shot in the leg. He
too fell in the aisle, but almost imme
diately recovered his feet and notwith- I simpkins. He Baid he escaped from the
among the largo congregation, showed
s.frnf of excitement.
The clergyman's closing words in his
appeal for help to the needy and a spir
itual awakening appeared to unleash
Shelley's maniacal Instinct. He grew
more and more restless during the tak
ing of the collection, then leaped to his
fee'., jerked a gun from beneath his left
armpit, and shouted :
"Down with the church ! Down with
wealth ! Down with America '."
Later the assassin said to Dr. Brewer
and Morgan as they seised him :
"Z had to do it. I listened to Dr. Rei
!and urging us to taise money. I never
had any money and I thought I would
wake the people up. I don't know why
I shot."
LETTER FROM GIRL
To the other he said :
"I fired the shots. I am not a Bolsh
vist. I knew that this world was no
p!ace for a man without money. I went
to the church and the first thing I heard
was a demand for money. Then I start
ed shooting. I diln't know Dr. Markoe
As soon as I had killed him I wished I
baa fired the shot into my own head."
Shelley told the police he had escaped
from the Fergus Falls, Minn., insane
asylum and had been working as a
printer.
A letter In the prisoner's possession
was signed "Your c.wn little girl." and
had as its salutation, "My own dear
daddy."
The writer's address as shown on the
letter was 5117' Peabody streets, Duluth,
Minn. Her name did not appear.
The assassin, after hours of grilling,
admitted that the name of Shelley,
which he maintained was his, was In
reality the name of his wife, and de
clared that his name was Thomas W.
40 Feet to Be Cut
Off North Glisan
Street at Third
standing his wound hurried toward
Shelley. Dr. Brewer was joined by Wil
liam Fellowes Morgan, president of the
Merchants association, and together they
seized the assassin, delivering him to de
tectives who had been attracted by the
gun fire and screams of hysterical
women worshippers.
Two others who braved the Blayer's
automatic gun as they hurried toward
him to aid in subduing and capturing
him were Morgan Jones, a manufac
turer, who received a slight wound as
a bullet grazed his chek, .and Herbert
L. Satterlee, brother-in-law of J. P.
Morgan and former assistant secretary
of the treasury.
OEGAX THUNDERS
C. Stafford, organist, opened up the
Eastern State hospital in Richmond,
Va.
"I know that was a "nut" factory." he
said. "I came to New York from Rich
mond this morning got In early, after
riding in a coach all night, and I was
hungry. But I only had $3 and I could
not buy food with that."
Simpkins, or Shelley, said he was
born In London to 1878. He- said he
knew he was crfty, but that he- never
liked being loclied up. He said he
worked- as a printer until the war broke
out. when his vlf ran away, taking
the two children vo Minnesota.
"I joined the Canadian fuslleers," he
said. "When I thought of my wife it
nearly killed me. . Just after I Joined,
word came to prepare for overseas and
they ordered me to a troop train for
Halifax. While on the train I heard
that my wife In Duluth and was
about to give birth to a third child, and
I Just Jumped frwn the train and man
aged to work mj way to that city."
T
SLOPS, HlKnaueu lo me cuuir ami uic j
Forty feet of the north side of Glisan t organ thundered forth a stately hymn
street, at Third, will be. cut off adjoining and members of the choir raised their
property that the bend in streetcar traf- voices in song in an effort to calm the
fic off the O-W. R. & N. bridge may be ; panic that started among the congre
avoided, following a petition of property gation.at the soond of the first shot
owners, which w as favorably passed on j This had some effect and many resumed
by the city council today. I their seats, tremblingly waiting, they
City Engineer Laurgaard Is compiling knew not what fate, for the bullets were
er.timates of the cost of widening, which 1 flying wildly from the mad man's pistol,
calls for cutting back 20 feet on the , The police discovered many radical
north side of the street at Fourth. The ' pamphlets in the assassin's suit case,
street will be widened to conform to the which-they procured from the Pennsyl
future plan of a general widening of. vania station through a check in the
Glisan street.
Oscar Overbeck, 111
For Three Months,
Is Much Improved
Sinnott's Bill for
Klamath Indians Is
Passed By House
Concert to Be Given Tonight
In the Multnomah hotel ballroom to
night the first of a series of two con
certs wille given under the auspices of
Sumner Woman's Relief Corps No. 21.
Three artists of national reputation.
I-lorence Otis, soprano: Florence Austin
Shanty Fire Causes Flurry
A small shanty next to the Ainsworth Washington. April 19. (WASHING-
dock caught fire this morning and caused TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. )
much excitement in the fire department The nouae today P8861 Representative
until it was evident the dock was not Sinnott's bill " authorizing the Klamath
endangered. Smoker's carelessness is I'"l'ans to go before the court of claims
given as the cause with claims for money alleged to be
' due them on account of boundaries of
. r.. , , . . present reservation. This bill is of large
Insurance Dividends Must Pay Tax mportance to the Klamaths, involving
Washington, April IS. if. I'.) The several hundred thousand dollars on
supreme court today held that on cash ; account of lands which were lost to
The condition of the health of Oscar ;
Overbeck, who has been ill fur the last j
three months, showed marked Improve
ment this morning and the fears of the
last week have been practically set aside
by his friends. Overbeck suffered a re
lapse following a siege of influenza and
last week developed critical symptoms,
from which it appears he Is now rally
ing. Mrs. Overbeck is in constant attend
ance at her husband's bedside at Good
Samaritan hospital. He is a member of
the firm of Overbeck & Cooke.
i man's pocket. He denied that he had
j any connection with the I. W. W. and ,
maintained that his name was bneliey.
although faced with the alleged fact j
that he had given the name of T. W.
Simpson in registering under the select
ive service draft act.
The Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland had just
finished his sermon in fashionable St.
George's church when the assassin, who !
ha" been sitting quietly, a stranger
HE'S STILL
KICKING
"People are bothering the life
out of me take my ad out
the paper!" He advertised
his ranch in The Journal
he sold it immediately. Then
he advertised his chickens
and other personal property.
"For three days I have done
nothing but answer the tele
phone," he said. Hence his
kick!
And the price of a small
want ad say about 12
words is only 25 cents
--IN THE JOURNAL
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TOMORROW
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ALEXANDER
SUPREME MASTERPIECE
CORSICAN BROTHERS"
AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION WITH THE INIMITABLE
DUSTIN FARNUM r
aivKienas or a mutual life insurance them when the boundary lines were run.
COmnanv to it rtnltrv hnMaru lavaa . Tv. ,. mAnB,,rA v. Kaa , ,
violinist, and Josef Martin, planltst. will I must be naid bv '(hp mm r.a n v i.nrfoi- th ' k,, aiw,v. ctoiiori v,v w-if
until today.
appear.
I income tax of 1913.
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There Is to It!
A LL that you long for in
J quality, all that you
are strong for in style, all
that you demand in fit, all
that you ever thought a
man's clothes ought to be,
Hickey-Freeman Clothes
are!
Ben Selling
Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
Successor to Daly
On Fair Price Board
Is Not Yet Named
Successor to Will H. Daly, who re
signed last week from the post of fed
eral fair price commissioner, will not be
named until Attorney General Palmer
calls for recommendations, today de
clared United States Attorney Lester W.
Humphreys.
Daly! in quitting the job, said he was
tired of red tape, and said he was dis
gusted with all officialdom concerned
except. Humphreys, who he said had
: given excellent cooperation.
I Palmer has not yet accepted Daly's
j resignation or called for new applicants.
Fall From Window
Fractures Skull of
18-Months-01d Boy
Earl Pickens. 18-nvonths-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. K. D. Pickens. 1184 East Irv
ing street, is in a serious condition at
St. Vincents hospital, following a fall
from a second story window at his home
Sunday. The child was playing with
two other children upstairs. He is said
to have climbed on a chair by the win
dow, and to have lost his balance. His
skull is fractured. The mother found
her child lying on the ground. Pickens
is interested in a garage at Union av
enue and Schuyler street.
Driver Is Charged
With Being Drunk
Charged with driving while drunk and
violating the prohibition law, Julian
Panatoni was arrested by Patrolman
Abbott Sunday morning at Fifth and
Salmon streets. He will be tried in
the municipal court today. A bottle of
wine was confiscated by the police for
evidence. Emil Illige and John French,
who were in Panatoni's machine, were
arrested as witnesses, but released on
their own recognisance. Panatoni's bail
was set at $500.
Dr. Earl V. Morrow
Undergoe$ Operation
Dr. Earl V. Morrow is convalescing
from a severe operation undergone by
him last week for removal of gall stones,
when 200 of these were taken from him.
Dr. Morrow underwent a similar opera
tion nine years ago. when oved 60 stones
were, removed. Barring' complications
Dr. Morrow will be fully recovered with
in a short time, according to Dr. J. W.
Morrow, his father.
Sir Auckland and
Lady Geddes Arrive
New Tork. April 19. I. N. S.) Sir
Auckland Geddes. the new British am
bassador, arrived here today from Liver
pool on the steamer Kaisertn August
Victoria He was accompanied by Lady
Oeddes " .
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