POSTPON
E
ON NAMING FAIR
Final vote on Mayor Baker's or
dinance empowering him to appoint
a fair rental committee to investi
gate and prosecute rent profiteers
by exercise of police power, was post
poned until Friday afternoon to give
Commissioner Bigelow a chance to
study the ordinance.
Appointment of the committee mem
bers for two years, and selection of a
paid certified public accountant as one
member, the other two to serve without
compensation, are among the many pro
visions of the ordinance. Right to In
vestigate books and papers of landlords,
subpena and examine witnesses and re
ceive testimony 1m provided. In case
Of - disobedience to subpenaes the com
mission may enlist the aid of the mu
nicipal court. The commission shall
have full power to determine whether
or not landlords are charging exorbi
tant or reasonable rents as determined
by the returns on their Investments.
Bigelow questioned the legality of the
ordinance citing former Deputy City At
torney C. C. Hlndman's opinion of Sep
tember, 1919, that the power to regu
late rents rested In the state.
"I'm sure the city has full power by
exercise of its police power," said Dep
uty Cily Attorney Mackay, who framed
the ordinance. The city can regulate
any matter affecting public Interest.
Mayor Baker stated that It was time
for the city council to "move in" on
profiteering landlords.
"If the city council will stand back
of me 111 go the limit to bring profiteers
to time," continued the mayor.
TENDERS FOR STREET AND
SEWER WORK ARE OPENED
, Numerous bids for .street Improvement
and sewer construction were opened by
Jamefl Gill of the city auditor's office j
ACTION
RENTAL INQUIRERS
before the city council this morning. and other missing "wives."
The., list of -street improvement bids , He said Miss Deloney Is in Kansas
follows: EaaUTwentleth street. United City and that the others are "in the
Contracting company, $12,068.50. Enst east" Harvey's condition was such
Twenty-ninth street, United Contracting that physicians deemed it unwise to pro
Company. $8776.25. Fifty-third street j long the Interview, but he will be ques-
Southeast, Cochren Brothers, $31,000; J '
A. Lyons, $34,395. Killingsworth Avenue,
United Contracting company,
SlxtyfourtK street Southeast,
$15,101. i
Warren i
Construction company. $27,363.50. Forty-
third street Southeast, Warren Construc
tion company, $6758.10. Klickitat street.
Municipal Paving plant, $1499.75 ; War
ren Construction company, $1724.50. Bast
Thirtieth street, Municipal Paving plant,
$7700.50; Warren Construction company.
A9003.35. East Morrison street, M. Han
Jen,ie Co., $19,742. Prescott street, Mu
tilcipal. Paving plant. $4338.40 ; U
Contracting company, $4995.50.
RiHfl fnr newer pnnxtriirhnn fnMn1r1
the following! Portland boulevard and
Orient street, Edward Sandeberg, $121,
446.30; Jacobsen-Jensen company. $122,
942.70; John Keating, $138,999.50 ; Azar
Brothers, $139,169.40. Forty-second ave
nue Southeast. Jack Eckel, $1807.23 ;
Joseph Sc Son.. $1990.80 ; Mehemaria Sc
Co., $2011.60; J. Albert, $2130.10 ; Hord
Brooks company, $2825.10.
CLAIMS RUBBISH COLLECTION
NOT INCUMBENT ON BUREAU
"The city street cleanlrlg department
stems to have plenty of time and money
'In which' to. sprinkle the streets during
rainy weather," said Fred German, pres
ident of the Realty board, this morning
before the city council, In answer to
Commissioner Bigelow's statement that
It was not the function of his bureau
to collect rubbish that people would pile
or. Btreet cbrners during the coming
clean-up campaign set for May 16.
"That's a falsehood, Fred." fired
Mayor Baker. "Seems as if you and 1
are always at issue over some subject.
Let me tell you that the streets are
You men who are rightfully seeking Economy
will find it in Hickey-Freeman Clothes
The price of a thing doesn't necessarily determine whether it is
an economical thing to buy. By no means!
Service is the test of Economy!
I affirm that Hickey-Freeman Clothes are-economical clothes for
you to buy and wear.
Measured by their duration of consistently maintained SERVICE
without depreciation in APPEARANCE, they are clothes of IN
TENSIVE ECONOMY!
Besides, you want COMFORT not discomfort; you want digni
fied appearance and forward-looking personality. Hickey-Freeman
Clothes will give you all of these.
; . Exclusively in Portland at this store.
Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
flushed, not sprinkled, during wet weath
er. Many people have the same im-
pression. Waste materials cannot be
washed to the curbs by rain the street
cleaning bureau is forced to flush them
the same as in dry weather."
UNDERTAKING PARLORS ARE
AFFECTED BY AMENDMENT
Action of the city council this morn
ing in amending article 706 of the build
ing code, placing undertaking parlors in
the list of objectionable businesses will
prevent future erection of such buildings
unless property owners agree.
A protest signed by numerous property
owners against the proposed remodeling
of a building at Eleventh and Market
streets for undertaking purposes caused
the council to amend the existing ordi
nance. Residents complained that a
"state of gloom" would exist in their
neighborhood if a funeral parlor was
permitted.
BLUEBEARD MS TO
ONE WIFE 10 OFFERS
BLOOD 10 SAVE
Los Angeles. Cal.. April 21. (U. P.)
Slowly but surely the veil of conjecture
is being torn away from the life of
"Bluebeard" Charles N. Harvey, the po
lice declared today. The first Important
step was taken when Harvey faced Mrts.
Llizabeth F. Williamson of Sacramento,
one of his many alleged "wives." Har
vey married her under the name of
Lewis
Mrs. Williamson offered to give some
of her blood to Harvey In order that he
may recover more speedily from his
double attempt at suicide, but It is be
lieved physicians will decline her offer.
"Don't worry ; everything will be all
right," Harvey told' Mrs. Williamson
when she entered his sick room at the
county hospital. "Have you seen any
one? How much have they told you?"
he inquired anxiously.
Harvey admitted to Deputy Sheriff
Manning that he knew Nina L. Deloney,
Alice M. Ludvlgaon. Bertha A. Goodnlch
tioned again today
Partial identification of
picture
taken 19 years ago in Shelburne, Mass.,
as that of Harvey was made by "Mrs.
Andrews," the "wife" who caused his
arrest Harvey refused to say If he
had ever been in Shelburne.
Another picture came from Vancouver,
B. C, which, It Is said, connects Har
vey with ah entirely new "wife" Mrs.
H. L. Gordon, of Vancouver.
Despondent Man Is
Missing; He Had
Threatened Suicide
The body of U. D. Pierce. 7 East
Twelfth street, may be lying in one of
the sloughs along the Columbia river.
Pierce, who disappeared from his room
about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, sent
a letter to his employers, the Palace
Laundry company, where he was route
driver, stating that he intended to com
mit suicide because of domestic trouble
and the fact that he was short in his
laundry accounts.
The sheriffs office was notified but
deputies have failed to find anyone who
has seen Pierce since he left his room.
Pierce was married but has been sep
arated from his wife for some time.
Portland Woman Weds
Chehalls, Wash.. April 21. George W.
Hoover of Vader and Martha Kayser of
Portland were married here Tuesday by
Justice P. C. Beaufort.
Ben
HIM
BENSON WILLING
TO DONATE PARK
SITE TO COUNTY
A. S. Benson sent a communica
tion to , the county commissioners1
today in which be stated that he
desires to save the county all possi
ble expense In connection with the
opening of the St. Johns river road
cut-off along the property of the
Portland Gas & Coke company, but
that there is grave question as to
whether the county may be liable
for damages to the property which
would be sloped outside of the road
right of way.
I Benson said that he has offered to !
purchase the property from the Gas !
company for $3000 provided the claim
, against the county Is settled for $1000. j
and that in such event, the $1000 is to ;
be applied to he purchase price, and i
Benson will then donate to Multnomah J
county the land so acquired for public j
park purposes. This Is a tract of ap
proximately six acres, lying between the
Greeley street extension of the St. Johns
river road and the Portland Flouring
Mills company's property.
O. II. SKOTIIEIM IS SUED FOR
DIVORCE; CRUELTY ALLEGED
O. H. Skotheim, who was head of
the "Own Your Own Home" campaign
in Portland last year, is defendant in
a divorce suit filed today in the cir
cuit court by Elva D. Skotheim. Skot
heim was In charge of the pretty
bungalow used for own-your-home
demonstration purposes, at Fourth and j
Stark streets.
The Skotheims were married In Van- i
.
oouvfir la-ftt June. in ner commaim. i
Mrs. Skotheim alleges that her hus- i
band heaped personal indignities upon ol oreign wars wm stage on Mrs. Frankel tells Dr. Parrish that' Henry occupied the position of sec-
her, making lt impossible for her to' iriaa-y night "members of my department have in- retary of the county patrols since 1913.
live with him longer. She alleges that, vestigated about 123 restaurants and : He will relinquish the office as soon as
shortly after their marriage her hus- Invention Canipany Files j eating places in the city. In some of ' Scott can take over the work. Henry
band became quarrelsome, insulting : The Victor Invention company of Port- i them we found deplorable conditions expects to open offices In the Yeon
and sarcastic, and that he cursed and land filed its articles of Incorporation 5 as far as the toilets and dressing building.
abused her, both when they were alone I today with the county clerk, giving $5000 rooms were concerned. We found. The Northwestern fire patrols com
and In the presence of her 14-year-old i as its capital stock and Victor 'I'. Hoe- j places where there was a common to!-i prises an area of 2.000.000 acres of tlm
daughter. Last July, she says, he ' filch, Fred D. Jeannet and Ray Adams let and a common dressing room, pos- j ber land contributing toward fire pro
knocked her down, badly bruising her, i as the incorporators. Its purpose is to 1 sibly both in the same room, both be- i tection. Considerable trail work, tele
and that her left arm is still crippled, j manufacture and develop machines and ing used by men and women, and i phone and logging development is
"And plaintiff has forgiven defend- . devices. i in bne or two cases there was not planned during the coming season.
ant many times," says the complaint, j
'In hope that the defendant would re
form, but all without avail.
one ailEKes licr uaujmci "
with a hleh fever, and that Skotheim, .
In anger, forced herself and her daugh-
ter io leave nm ninuuiicnio.
The complaint sets forth that Skot
heim owns real property worth $25,000
and personal property valued at $15,
000. and that he has tut income of
$6000 a vear. She asks for divorce
and one third of the defendant's prop
erty. TWO AUTO TRANSPORTATION
FIRMS ARE INCORPORATED
Two concerns proposing to handle au
tomobile transportation filed their arti
cles of incorporation with the county
clerk today. The A. J. Auto company,
with Portland as Its principal place of
business, has as Its Incorporators A.
Jalokk, John Gratke and Frank S. Grant
and Its capital stock is $20,000.
The Auto Transit company Is incor
porated by S. H. Solomon, Sig. Wert
heimer and Joe Wertheimer, with $10,000
as capital stock.
$405 Damages Sought
E. G. Bolter filed a civil action today
against J. B. Risky and James Shillito
for $405.55. damages alleged to have been
sustained n a collision between three
automobiles.
Oil Company Formed
The National Oil company of Portland
filed articles of incorporation with the
county clerk today. Its capitalisation
Selling
RUSE IN COURT ROOM M
PROVED BOOMERANG.
! ' if
J I i - miif jimni -rtjt it iim f fi lining ft
W. D. Lyons
is placed at $300,000 and the incorpora
tors are A. R. Jobes. C. J. Young and
Roscoe C. Nelson, all of this city. The
corporation proposes to purchase or sell
grants and lease holds In connection
with oil and minerals.
Guard Benefit Planned
In appreciation for the patriotic serv
ices rendered the community by the i
Multnomah Guard band during the war !
1113 t-llj WUUU A UCaUUT CX. I LCI 11UUI1 ,
Passea an orainance granting me auoi-
tnrlnm fraa nf rh a rrro frr tha Intnr Kaa- i
: v- .. w...
1 i1 ln muanoman uuaro oana ana
Cruel Treatment Charged
rtav atra not W IT Cvsrotl ollolr.. !
j married at Wabasha. Minn., October 25,
AID BROTHER'S ESCAPE
T
M. D. Lyons, who Is charged with at
tempting to help his brother, W. D.
Lyons, escape from the prisoners box
in the municipal courtroom Tuesday,
was released from custody Tuesday
night by Chief of Police Jenkins and
ordered to appear before the municipal
Judee Thursdav moraine, when- the
brother is to be tried on a charge of
passing a check without having suffi
cient funds in the bank and with op
erating an automobile without the
Diooer license.
I m. D. Lyons was allowed to go into
j the prisoner's box by Bailiff Carr to
visit his brother. M. D. is 28 years old
and W. D. is 27. The brothers were
dressed alike and are said to resemble
each other.' Instead of the visitor leav-
ing the box after the conversation, the
i prisoner walked out. Bailiff Carr said
1 he did not notice the difference. As
i soon as W. D. left, Carr took the visitor
by the arm and led him to the ele
1 vator and was in the act of delivering
) him over to the jailer, when two po
I licemen returned with W. P. and de
I manded to know how he got out of
Jail. Patrolmen Ferry and Abbott
happened to be in the courtroom and
saw the prisoner escaping.
W. D. Lyons is married and has a
small child. He is said to have pur
chased a $400 automobile Sunday on
deposit of a worthless check as first
payment.
A short time before the brothers
I changed places Mrs. Lyons visited her
husband also. She fainted at first
sight of him behind the bars.
iTacoma Company Is
Granted Power to
Operate in Oregon
i i
I Salem, Or., April 21. The Western
I P.ubber company of Tacoma, Wash.,
1 capitalized at $5,000,000. has been grant
: ed permission to operate in Oregon. Al
j fred A. Hampsen of Portland Is named
as attorney in fact for this state.
! Articles of incorporation were filed
' Friday as follows :
Woodlaw Investment company, Port
land, $200,000 ; G. T. Woodlaw. M. Kelly,
; G. W. Holcomb.
j Columbia Rfver Log Scaling & Grad
; ing bureau. Portland ; J. S. O'Gorman,
Russell Hawkins, H. C. Clair, Watson
' Eastman, J. A. Byerly, P. J. Brix, E. S.
. Collins.
A certificate filed by the Albatross
Metal Furniture company of Portland
show an increase in capital stock from
$100jj000 to $150,000.
Resolutions of dissolution were filed
by the Sutherlln Light & Power com
pany of Sutherlin, Or., and the Columbia '
River Log Scaling & Grading bureau of j
Portland.
Still Bearer Fined
Mike Kaborch paid $100 today for the
privilege of carrying a still in a gunny
sack. Federal Judge Wolverton heard
his plea of guilty to violation of pro
hibition laws, and clamped on the fine.
K
LOOK OUT!
SCARLET
DAYS
BROTHER WHO TRIED TO
MUST APPEAR IN COUR
ROACHES REVEL;
SANITATION POOR,
AT SOME PLACES
"I don't see how even one dish
of food can be served without a
cooked cockroach in it," an employe
of a local restaurant told an investi-
j gator for the Women's Protective
bureau, according to a report sub-
; mitted to City Health Officer Parrlsh !
I this morning by Mrs. G. J. Frankel, !
. . -. laimci,
superintendent of the bureau, de-
scribing health conditions In eating
establishments.
Mrs. Frankel declares that general
conditions at the Virginia. 408 Stark
street, are "terrible," the Walter Learn
ing restaurant at 173 Sixth street is
"filthy" and the White Kitchen at
24V4 North Second and Jack Salies
establishment at 35 North Fifth are
"dirty."
NO SEX DISTINCTION
Mrs. Frankel, in a tabulated report,
points out that, alth(gh both men
and women are employed at the Vir
ginia, there Is a common toilet and
common dressing room, sanitary con
ditions are poor and there are no
1920 health cards.
Sanitary conditions are poor at the
Walter Learning restaurant, the re
port says; there is a common toilet.
no dressing room and no health card
T .T XlXKL d!:!!
room at the White Kitchen, sahifa-
tion is
jwi cj.hu Lircre is on v one
i. i j v. i ,
comfnnef 1 k. ' IE?, reprt 1
continues, and the same conditions ex-
t at Jack SalTs. Sanitation is de
w CHIV i Hi 1 III JSC V
- u.lrmmems.
f ffc V Tfc I T I fi V tt T 17 T I rn 4 dt
. .
jn a letter accompanying the report,
even a lock on the door. This does
not tend toward good morals." Tell-
ing of a report, Mrs. Frankel says:
"I mentioned finding one or two
places, one especially, where the
' worker reported that she did not see
or --it
served without a cooked cockroach in
it."
Mrs. Frankel declares the health
bureau cannot keep in touch with all
the places because lt has not enough
workers.
I Market Exchanges Closed In Japan
Washington, April 21. (I. N. S.) The
I principal martcet exchanges of Japan
1 have been closed for three days owing
to the situation created by failure of
operators to put up additional margins.
according to a report received late this
afternoon from the American embassy
at Toklo, dated April 17. Tokio stock
exchange stock, regarded as a barometer
of general conditions, has dropped from
470 to 260 within the last 30 days.
1 f -hk
I cxfrt ic e k Am irMi i w mm? i
1 II If you own an automobile or ever expect lo own one, you want &&jPvl J-&aZT L?
I II to blow in and tee "Excuse My Dust," For thrills, spills anil f t JjpW
j daring driving it beat the German retreat at Chateau Thierry!! VyjSSiSwTVt
; THEN, THERE'S " " mSSX-
J1 MACK SENNETT'S "THE GINGHAM GIRL" ri ZJXHk -C
' also ; hi tfeW HLv
A PROLOGUE That's the Talk of Portland ifS-'
J MURTAGH AT THeIOOO WURLITZER .
Baseball Game Is
Postponed; Grand
Opening Tomorrow
The opening game of the baseball
season will be held with great pomp
and eclat at the ball park Thursday
afternoon weather permitting. The
' Initial game was scheduled for this
afternoon, but on account of the con
tinuous downpour of rain W. W. Mc
Credie, manager of the Portland club,
postponed the event at 11 o'clock this
morning.
The Los Angeles club wtll'contest the
honors of the big event with the Port-
land players and a big crowd is anticl-,
paiea. ine t-ortiana ciuo s tn excellent
form, according to McCredie and the
eame will be well worth witnessing.
or,Bakef tOB" " Into the
from the grandstand. Governor
oicott will pitch the first ball over the
plate.
SCOn NEW SECRETARY
FOR NORTHWEST FIRE
Carl C. Scott, for nine years deputy
state forester in F. A. Elliott's office,
has been elected secretary-treasurer of
the Northwest Fire Patrol associations
of Clatsop, Columbia, Clackamas, Ma
succeeding Hugh Henry, who resigned
rlon, Linn and Western Lane counties.
7" . "L . , .V.
i i a.; i m
uusineso i ur u truncal.. inc cicunuu uv-
"ed at the meetings of the various
fx, k. t rlol
Kwv..w, " ....... " 4 .
Scott is well known among timber
owners and forest protective agencies.
Previous to entering the state forestry
office in 1911 he cruised timber for a
number of years.
j Crews are already In the field in some
I of the counties. Logging operations are
! very active In some of the regions. The
aim of the association is to build up
fire organizations through closer coop-
' eration of the state and federal agen
PATROL
ASSOCIATIONS
- - ,:ht,.,!st;,or port,on' of ur,n' the
caused by fire. Office Is maintained
in the Spalding building.
Safe Is Suspected;
Policemen Move It
Becavme Ah Sam, 101 North Fourth
street, refused to open his safe Tues-
! day nicht and allow the police and fed-
eral officers to look Inside and see if
' he had any cocaine or morphine the po-
I lice railed a dray and moved the safe
to headquarters, where It Is to be opened
by an expert. Sam is held In jail in
default of bait His trial will be Friday.
r, . IN ! Q'Jmi
Legal System for
Raising Salaries of
County Help Seen
The question of Increases of salaries
for county employes was again before
the county commissioners this morning
in conference with District Attorney
Evans, Sheriff Hurlburt, Constat! Pet
terson. Auditor Martin. Assessor Reed,
District Clerk Richmond and other of
ficials over the recent ruling of the
district attorney that the 'raise' is il-
local. -Evens held that the commission-
ers 8hould require the heads of each de- j
nartment to certify that they are un-i
able to secure competent employes at j
present salaries.
It was indicated that the heads of
each department will present to the com
missioners next Monday such state
ments. HUNT AND THOMAS IN
L
Differences between the federal board
of vocational education and - Director
George B. Thomas were 'aired this morn
ing in the pchool board offices In at
tempts to reach some sort of agreement
on the use of Benson Polytechnic school
for the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers
during the summer. School Director
Thomas and R. C. Hunt, representative
of the federal board, met in Informal
conference.
Hunt endeavored to make a contract
with the bonrd at a stipulated charge
per man for overhead expense, for which
the federal board would take over the
building from June 15 to September 15
and pay from Its own funds such In
structors as lt wished to retain.
Thomas asked: Hunt to prepare for
submission to the board Friday night a
statement as to the sctual number of
men the vocational bonrd wishes accom
modated, together with the courses they
wished to take. j
The machinery ordered by Thomas ;
from Washington, D. C, cannot be lo- J
csited, although word was received many
days ago of Its shipment. Whether the
equipment Is being held up by snows or
railroad strikes ts a conjecture. The
board expects to have Benson thor
oughly equipped for rehabilitation work
in September, says Thomaa Meanwhile,
the federal board wants to use the
Heavy Steel Beams
Reported Stolen
Three steel beams -0 Inches square
and from 20 to 36 feet long were stolen
from the Hood' River Valley Products
company, 321 North Fourteenth street,
recently. The police are looking for the
beams in junkshops.
E. M. Frank. 826 Northwestern Bank
building, reported the theft of a com
plete fishing outfit! rom his automobile
While lt was parked In the business dis
trict T
r LOOK OUT
CONFERENCE
SCHOO
F
DISABLED
SOLDERS
FISH? NOR
iTHEHRE
Who said "poor fish"?
Trollers In the upper river may
well expect more desperate tussles
than ever after tonizhf when the f.
f f , 00 of ntrtltt.t.
... . " .
suuu iuw nuve nan nme io .
get to the royal chinooks that ars
on their annual pilgrimage.
Police, deputy sheriff mil Internal '.
revenue agents have had the confiscated
"evidence" in storage all winter at C. O.
Pick's warehouse. Second and Pine '
streets. It has accumulated with each
irJtikri lnr 1"M Irt il Wrl In tltvi oi1um
this afternoon when It had to be Ce-.
airoyed 'as the state and national laws
require.
Hundreds of applicants there were for
the Job of "destroying" the accumula
tion, but the means they offered were
not In accordance with the laws tn that
behalf made and provided.
And so the contraband was poured
Into the river, :
If any of the salmon manage the
"comeback" stunt and. contrary to the
theory of the fish and game commission,
make their way to the ocean again after
spawning, the Willamette and Columbia
river fishing Industry should receive a
vigorous boost In after yeara Doubtless
the "comebacks" would tell of their wild
adventures to jthrlr friends at sear how
they were regaled during their visit to,'
the Willamette with the joy and thrill
of their lives, and how such hospitality
may well be itpected again.
Nevertheless, the "destruction" of the .
liquor formed ; an interesting sight for
hundreds of dry-lipped, envious souls, 1
who for once. : longed to be fish.
The man who spent the summer con
structing air castles Is now trying- to
borrow heat far the air.
i.i -
THE
MISSING LINK
between the small buyer
and the ready seller the
Classified Columns of The
Journal. So often one .is
perplexed a to where to
find the unusual. Through
the reading of these col
umns daily, opportunities
of surprising value reveal
themselves. It coMs you
nothing to read 'em.
And the price of a small
want ad say, about 12
words-Hs only 2! cents
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