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4 - .. V THE : OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL, P ORTLAND, SATURDAY,. MAY 8, 1920. nniinrnnii iTinii nr bUIMIVINAIIUIluT SYSTEM VOICED BY PflMn (11117 DCDDDT UUI1U iUlt. I1LI Ulll Salens, Or.; May ,8. Condemning the system which places the respon sibility for the Investment, of state funds on the shoulders of one man, the Marlon county grand jury in Its report on the conduct of the state treasury department; by State Treas urer 5 Hoff, which was filed with Cir cuit Judge Bingham Friday after noon: J '.''.'.' Recommends the creation of a board of at least three members to be J en trusted with the investment of public money. -. . r ' Declares that provisions should' be made' whereby the state could "go. into the open market and bid on county, school district and municipal bonds, eliminating the middle man , and j his profits. j STSTEM IS BLAMED Condemns the policy of the state treasurer in investing such large : sums Of money in one locality or investment ; also his theory and practice of buying bonds that pay at high rate of interest., without looking to the value of the property back of the bonds that must ultimately redeem the principal. j ; Criticizes the policy of State Treas urer Hoff in: paying for bonds before delivery thereof.: f vnucjaeB. mr pay men l oi eweai profits for bonds purchased by Hoff through Morris Brothers, which, how ever. It holds up as "an Impressive illus tration of the . cost of doing business through a middleman," rather than a fault on the part of the state treasurer, "a condition that should not and must not longer exist." i PARTIALITY WAS ALLEGED Commends. State Treasurer Hofr for Investing industrial accident funds in Oregon bonds, .but expresses regret that he has not invested more largely In school bonds. , .-.- j The grand Jury investigation into the conduct of the state treasury depart ment by State Treasurer Hoff was In stituted some two months ago by At torney General Brown on instructions from Governor Olcott. ' State Treasurer Hoff. himself., had asked for the investi gation, following publication of news paper stories to the effect that excessive' profits have j been paid in the invest--ment of funds of the state Industrial accident commission in municipal bonds, and' that Hoff had shown undue par tiality to Morris Brothers. Portland bond brokers, tn the purchase of bondsy Friday's report, while not entirely ex onerating State Treasurer Hoff .from blame for the wide margins paid to Morris Brothers on bonds purchased with funds of the (Industrial accident commission, entirely: vindicates him so far as any intimations of mismanage ment of the funds are concerned. BOARS 19 ADVISED "The right to Invest the money of the .I&IV lit UVI1UB DUUUIU W ICU A W . 4, dividual person," the report of the In quisitorial body declares. . "The legis lature should create a board, consisting of- at least I three members, therefore, and it would not be! necessary to create any additional mate office tor such pur ' pose. A man may I be ever so honest, and yet if he lacks business acumen ; as sometimes is the case amon public officials he is liable to be misled Into -making poor investments." . Referring to the payment of excessive profits to bond brokers and its recom- mentations for an i elimination of the . third party through direct purchase of .bends by the state from':. its various . agencies the report says : "The state for the purpose of invest ing money constituting .the industrial accident funds purchased the obligations of its own agencies through bond deal ers at excessive profits. STATE SHOULD BID ; "It should be remembered that the .various counties,'- school districts and .municipalities are but agencies of the state, and the' state, as principal, has a direct Interest, In i each - of all of its '. agencies. - "No county, school district or municl- polity of any kind should be permitted 7 to sell Its securities without giving no tice to the state and publicly advertis ing the sale of any and all bonds in some local as well as metropolitan news paper. "The state should go ' into the open market and bid on the bonds of Its agencies. When the state of Oregon has any considerable sum of money for.in-"- vestment in bonds : it should make the jiwwh mua give u oi iia agencies, or the holders of the obligations of agencies, an opportunity to submit their securities to the state for Investment." STSTEM LOITO STAJTDIKG That the system to which the grand jury refers in its report is one of long standing is indicated in two paragraphs. v . wioov wviiucuiiis l iic ayBieni mat has obtained in the office of the i state treasurer for these many years of ! mak ing advances i on .salaries and claims against the state before the same have been audited by the auditing officers of the state, namely the secretary of state." . ; The other directs particular attention to "the auditor's criticism of the book keeping method used in the state treas urer's office for a number of years past; likewise to the auditor's criticism of the method of keeping the record of collections of inheritance tax In the treasurer's office for a similar period." BEED8POET B05DS CITED The most flagrant example of exces sive profits paid by State Treasurer ,Hoff to Morris Brothers in the purchase of municipal bonds is pointed out in the report as evidenced in the sale of $100. 000 water bonds of Reeds port to the state treasurer, "the bonds that were purchased trom the thriving little town of Reedsport .and sold to the state, at enormous gross profit of $16,019.90." - Wt might remark," the report states, "that this is an Impressive illustration of the vcost of doing business through a middleman. The state of Oregon, in purchasing the bonds of one of -its own municipalities, permits a middleman to exact a gross profit of 118.019.90.. a con dition that should not and must not exist longer." CRITICISM IS TOICED ! The Investigation developed the fact that bonds were often paid 'for before delivery thereof; that at the time of the investigation : all sums paid for un delivered bonas were secured with col lateral, the report states, adding:! "The records further reveal that; bonds which were not yet In existence had been sold by Morris Brothers. Inc.,' to the state treasurer at an exorbitant profit and payments in full made there on by the state tresurer. It Is claimed, however, that delivery of the bonds to the state treasurer was secured by bonds deposited as collateral." . . . 'The apparent right given Morris Brothers, as evidenced by correspond ence Introduced during the Inquiry, to withdraw securities sold to the state Is severely criticised in j the report, which states that some of these bonds were of fered for sale by Morris Brothers, while they were yet held by the state treas urer. SI . ; ' ; MORRIS BROS. SALES "There should! be no strings upon any bonds purchased by the stats of Oregon," the report dec) area The apparent! partiality of the state treasury department toward Morris Brothers is explained In the statement of J. G. Richardson, deputy state treas urer, embodied in the report, to the ef fect that by a special arrangement with the Portland bond brokers the state treasury had ! Invested some $500,000 of industrial acchient funds In . securities through this firm with the understanding that they could be resold to the same firm at the purchase price at any time the money might be needed, the state to draw interest on the bonds at the rate of 4 per .cent. I ' STATE MAKES MONET This, Richardson's statement explains. was regarded as being a much more ad vantageous arrangement, so far as the state is concerned, than the previous pol icy of the department, which maintained this huge sum ion deposit in banks at only 2 per cent Interest. Gideon Stols, foreman of the Inquisi torial body, in presenting the report to Circuit Judge j Bingham Friday, in timated that the report was not alto gether final and that the jury might make further investigations into the conduct of the department. RRIGATION PLANS FOR WATERING OF 4000 ACRES FILED Salem. Mat 8. Application for permission to I construct a reservoir of 25,000 acre feet capacity and for the appropriation of water from Cow creek with which, to fill It, has been filed with State Engineer Cupper by the Jordan Valley Cattle company. The water is to be used for the Irri gation of 40001 acres of land -in Mal heur county. 1 ' Other applications for water rights have been filed as follows: Bv E. H. Green of Dee. water of an unnamed spring branch for the Irriga tion of a small tract and a small power development in !Hood River county. , Br S. S. Shields of Freewater. waste water for the Irrigation of a small tract in Umatilla county f By Walter Crltser of Marial, Or., water from Ditch creek for placer mining pur poses. i I i ! , By Fred N. ;Neal of : Monument, Or., water from Cochran Hollow creek for the irrigation at a small tract in Grant county. i f ( , j : Herbert Hoover. For i the 'former food administrators Is far from dead political ly if the word of several astute politi cians may be accepted.) They point out that at no time since! Hoover refused tr enter thej general scramble for- dele gates in the primaries and state con vention has h been other than a "dark horse" candidate, and ! as such he has retained a reserve strength that has not been greatly affected even by such de feats as he received, in the California primary at the hands of Johnson. I RCITLESS FIRST BALLOT With all but six of the states having chosen their;' Republican delegates it be comes more apparent that "no candidate can hope to win on the, first ballot. Instructed- delegates I at present are ap portioned as- follows : Wood, 138 ; Johnson, 1041 : Lowden, 73 ; Harding, 39; Senator! Miles Foindex ter, 14. ! - j i - ! ! .Conceding claims to uninstructed dele sates the standing1 would be : Wood, 243; Johnson, 150 ; Lowden, 145; Nicholas Murray Butler, 88 ; Harding, ,40 ; Governor Calvin Cooltdge, 29 ; Judge J. C. Pritchard, 22; Poindexter, 14. COX LEADS DEMOCRATS ' Democratic (delegates are still widely distributed. Instructions have been made as follows: t I '.' 'I- f I Governor James Cox, 74 : Hoover, 33 ; Governor Edward L Edwards, 28; Sen ator Robert Oweni, 20; Senator Gilbert Hitchcock, 16 ; William J. Bryan, 10; James W. Gerard. 10. ; Claims to I uninstructed delegates would make the standing: William G.j McAdoo, 153; Edwards, 134 ; Cox, -100 j Attorney General Palmer, 36; Champ Clark, j 36 ; Hoover, 33; Sec retary of Agriculture Meredith. 26 ; State Senator F. Simmons of North Carolina, 24 3 Owen. 20 ; Bryan, 18; Hitchcock, 16 Homer S. Cummings, 14 ; Gerard, 10. HIGH TAXES ALL; RIGHT IF JUST TOj ALL,: SAYS SWEENEY Thomas A. I Sweeney, Republican can didate for congress from the Third dis trict. . is not afraid of high taxes as long as they 1 are! Just, so he told-the Knights and Ladies of Security Friday night. j . . ..) i "I don't care ! how much we are taxed," he said, "so long as the money thus raised la legitimate and necessary. as in the case of the educational meas ures which s will appear on the primary ballot, and i so long; as the money does not go into the boodiers pockets. "I am against all kinds of lavish ex penditures of money which , make for unnecessary and needless taxes, but I am for those things which may , result in taxation, ir they are for the public good, otherwise L am against them. I am not the I one to stand aside and watch any i man or group feed at the public trough by fattening their bank accounts at the expense Of the publio and give i nothing in return, either through taxation I or otherwise. I am against profiteers, and when I go to congress I (shall not rest until I have driven nails I sufficient Into their cor fins to assure them permanent and complete rest in the graveyard of for gotten days. . j NEW YORK DEMOCRATS MAKE VEILEJJi ATTACK ON LEAGUE ;lBr United Ntn) : Albany. SI Y 'May 8. Containing a rather thinly veiled attack on the League of Nations fass advocated bv President Wilson, resolutions on sug gestions fori the- Democratic platform adopted by the New York .delegation to the national j convention .were concerned chiefly with (minor issues of the day. No mention of orohlbltion in anv vir. shape or manner was made in the reso lution as adopted. In solte of efforts on the part of Judge Seabury to have the conierence go on record as "favoring a iair ana just enforcement of the eight eenth amendment." - tenner t was there any suggestion KNOX IN RACE ADDS TO G. 0. P. COMPLEXITIES S , (Continwtd From in: On) 1 1 , ES; PROIf T CAMPS TO STOP RUNNING Over - 600 employes of ' logging camps and lumber mills at Cochran, West Timber and Scofleld have; been laid off during the past' two j days because of , a shortage of cars j to handle logs from 'the J woods j to mills. Four I camps at I- Coch ran, which are operated by C. H. Wheeler.8 closed down Thurs day and Friday, and will remain close'd, according to Wheeler, j until a supply of cars is guaranteed by the Southern Pacific company. Three hundred men were thrown out of employment by the shutting down of the Wheeler camps. i 11 The Eagle Lumber company has been obliged to : discontinue operations j at West- Timber, throwing out nearly j 300 men, ":. and It is anticipated :; that 'the Woodcock Mill 4 Box factory at Sco field will be obliged to lay off 200 men next week, according to Wheeler. The camps at Cochran require about j 300 cars dally and have been limited, dur ing the past three weeks j to scarcely one ; third of that number.! i "On May 1 we ordered 75 cars from the Southern Faciflc company and re ceive1 only 21." said Wheeler. "Thurs day we ordered 0 cars and received 28. We have been holding our force to gether in the hope of relief from the car shortage, though for the past 10 days the men have remained In com parative idleness.", John Dougal, i manager of ttoe Co lumbia River .; Loggers' ' Information bureau, said the supply of logs at: the lumber mills is lower than at any pre vious time during the past six years, and It is probable that many of the mills will be obliged to shut down al together unless cars can be supplied to move logs from the cam pa A 20 acre pond at Cochran Is j full of! logs and the landings along) the railroad are congested with logs await ing shipment Normally this month is the best of the year for : the r logging and lumber business, and the enforced shut' down i will prove disastrous - to operators. Added to loss of business is the danger of fire during' the sum mer months. : Officials of the Southern Pacific company state that every effort is being made to relieve the car famine but that the shortage of equipment makes it practically Impossible to bet ter present conditions in the lumber Industry. : LUMBER OUTPUT IS HEAVY DESPITE CAR SHORTAGE Lumber manufacturers f of Western Oregon and Western Washington are continuing their operations on a high standard of production. The output of 11& mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's association : last week was 81.711,830 feet, only 1.243.170 feet or : 1.50 per cent below normal. For the past two or three months these mills have been producing approxi mately .their full normal capacity of uiuucr. . i So far as volume of production Is con cerned the west coast mills are main taining a much higher standard this year than they did a year ago. - Records Just completed by the association show that the cut of 103 mills for the month of April aggregated 321,510,702 feet com pared with 246,356,769 feet for the same mills In April, 1919. Car shortage conditions in the twol states are reflected In the report of cut and shipments for April at 126 mills. While the, cut! aggregated 359,651,382 feet the shipments were only 274,697,841 feet, which was 85,053,991 feet, or 25.65 per cent, below the cut. : At the same time the mills have a large volume ef unfilled orders on their books. Reports from the 115 mills contributing to this week's bulletin show a balance of un filled orders amounting to 8512 cars or 255,390.000 feet. Shipments for the week totaled 2064 cars or 61,920,000, while new rail business accepted was 1634 cars or 49,020.000 feet. . Export business accepted during the week reached a total of 8.482,600 feet, bringing the balance of unshipped export orders up to 72,106.860 feet. Total or ders of all kinds were 66,891,287 feet. BAKER MILLS MUST CLOSE IF FREIGHT EMBARGO HOLDS Baker, May 8. The Baker White Pine Lumber company has Increased its saw mill capacity by 25 per cent during the last two weeks by the Installation of $10,000 worth of new machinery. The output is 160,000 feet daily. Within the next five days, however. It Is predicted that every mill In the district will be compelled to close unless the embargo or. freight to points east of Chicago is lifted. i It the embargo is not released within the next week probably 1000 men will be thrown out of employment and Baker will be temporarily deprived of an in come of not less than $10,000 daily. Nature Is Busily Repairing War Loss London, May 8. As after all previous wars, nature appears to be again busy restoring the population of European countries to normal and counterbal ancing the excess of women caused by the wars human losses. The year's birth rate figures In London showed an enormous increase in the number of new-born boys. A record was reported in April, when 6345, boys were born, as against 4959 girls. . 'j ; Farm Brings $ 18,000 I Vancouver, Waslu, May 8. William Eliott - Kennedy has , sold to M. W. Woolf his improved ; 20-acre ; farm i' in the Lake Shore - district for a ; consid eration of $18,000. . i commending the national administration. This feature of the ' program brought about a hard fight by George R. Lunn and Samuel Seabury to have the ad ministration recognised and a definite stand taken on the league, but Chair man Farley put the steam roller over the suggested amendments, ruling them "new matter" and not pertinent. , JOHNSON 161,823 AHEAD IN COMPLETE CALIFORNIA VOTE San Frangisco. May 8.-U- P.) Com plete returns from 5577 precincts, some of which are official, give Senator John son's group of delegates to the Chicago -convention a majority of 161,323 Over the group pledged to Herbert Hoover. ; Only 13ft precincts are yet to b heard J uwi mums lnciuae complete returns from 39 counties. As the official count is made, errors are found in the earlier count. Johnson lost 300 votes in the official count of Santa Crux county. CAR SHORTAG Treaty Compromise Report-Debated by . MetHo&ist Leaders Des Moines, Iowa,1 May 8 (U. P.) -The League of Nations and peace treaty were up for discussion again at today's session of the Methodist general v con ference meeting here. Debate centered about two reports filed by the committee on the state of the church relating to the league and .treaty.. - - -, . j--', The majority report of the commit tee, filed by Dr John W. Hoffman of the ' Ohio conference, urges the presi dent and senate to compromise on league Jand treaty issues. Addressing the conference last night Governor Henry J. Allen of ' Kansas asserted the Kansas : Industrial court is merely the substitution of a "court of human relations" "for the strike. "Such a eourt," he added, . "is a Christian 1 ; remedy for Industrial war fare."; .!!.i Concluding, Governor Allen pleaded for general adoption of the Industrial court plan. i '. LOSES HEART BALM; .. -. j . - I . - BULLET ENDS LIFE : :: j La Grande, May 8. A. Phillip Connaliy, who two days ago lost a breach of promise suit by default, brought to trial by Mrs. Celia George, late Friday afternoon committed sui cide by firing a bullet through- his heart. ' Connaliy and his wife were divorced two years ago. Mrs. George was named as the co-respondent. Mrs. George housekeeper for Connaliy, in her suit Wednesday declared Connaliy had promised- to marry her in June, , 1919. and then refused, and so was awarded $12,500 damages. However, she still aMed as his housekeeper, and the -two were in La Grande two hours Before the accident seeing lawyers. Needing some papers, a trip I to the farm several miles out of La Grande was necessary, and as the two started back to town, Connaliy having started the engine, he returned to the house for gloves. ..,-!!',: . ' - i . After waiting' for some ' time, Mrs. George stopped the car and entering the house found Connaliy lying across the bed,: dead. Despondency over his affairs, was the cause. He told friends this morning that cause. He told friends Friday morning that it would ; take everything he had when his debts were paid to meet the 812,500 damages. Suit Is Begun by Keqler Brothers to Recover Bid Deposit Suit was filed in the federal court Friday by Keeler Brothers, a bond house ineOrporated';in Arizona and maintaining a large officu in Portland, against school district 26, Gilliam county, the First National bank of Condon,?rthei North western National bank and the United States National bank of Portland, ; to collect $5000 said to have been deposited. with a, bid to purchase road bonds and never reiunaea. ? ; 1 i Attorneys for the -corporation rejected the; issue after examination. The school district offered $45,000 worth of school bonds and a check covering 10 per cent of the purchase price was submitted by Keeler Brothers, with their offer. The check was cashed before yie sale was canceuea, ana nas never oeen reiunaea. It U alleged. i. . - Presidents of Four Railroad Companies Are Still in City Four railroad presidents still remain in Portland from the conference of ex ecutives of transcontinental lines held here Thursday. Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern, is visiting his sister and mother, who live . here. Wil liam Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific and Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific, are making Inspec tion tours over the Oregon and Wash ington ; properties of these companies, and L. C; Gilman. president of the S., P. A a., is remaining in the city to confer with Budd. SI P. Announces New Night Train Service The new night train service on the Southern ' Pacific between Portland and Coos Bay territory will begin Sunday evening, when special sleepers will be placed on ,he first section . of train No. 13.: Returning, the service will become effective Monday evening at Marehfleld. John M. Scott, general , passenger agent of 1 the Southern Pacific, win make the first night trip. - i Burleson Asks Eiglt Million of Congress - - "' 1 . H ;- "- Washington, May 8. (I. N. S.) An appropriation of $8,000,000 to cover a deficit for railroad transportation of mails, because of increased rates, was asked Of congress today by Postmaster Generaf Burleson. j Leslie Thitler, Hood River Banker, Is HI Leslie Butler of the Butler Banking company. Hood River, is suffering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning in hit room at the Benson hotel. " Butler was on a business trip to Salem, when he becamei ill. He! attempted to motor home, but was forced to stop In Port land.; He Is considered . in a serious condition. . Named! at Corvallis Corvallis, May 8. The vacancy ex isting since May 1 In the offices of municipal Judge and city recorder in Corvallis was filled Wednesday ' eve ning by Mayor J. C Lowe's appoint ment of Councilman J. M. Conner and the immediate confirmation: of the ap pointment by the council. - Cruelty la Charged : Oregon City, May 8. Suit for divorce was brought by Clara Howard against Walter Howard dtf the charge of cruelty. MR C SEN WILL FILED FOR PROBATE IN COUNTY COURT The will of Thomas Emil -iHen- dricksen, senior, njember of the firm of Hendrlcksen & Dahm. proprietors of the Pacific Tent & Awning com pany, was filed for probate today. David Dahm is named as executor. The value of the estate is placed at not less than $50,000. The will was made April 23, and a week later Hendrlcksen died In a local hospital, after having submitted to a surgical operation. The heirs are a sis ter, Mrs. Annette Mathllde Jacobson of Hillsboro ; a brother in Norway whose full name is unknown here, ! James Henry, George Albert and Eugene Oscar Jacobson, nephews, of Portland. RECEIVER ASKED; ALLEGES -ASSETS WERE TRANSFERRED Suit was filed today by Matthew , J. Lynch against L. L. and C. H. Lead better, the Portland Paper Box com pany; Blake-McFall company, the Port land Paper Package company and the Astoria Pulp and Paper company, de manding the appointment of a receiver for the Astoria company and an ac counting from all the -defendants, show ing what has become of the company's assets. i . Lynch alleges that the Astoria Pulp and Paper company, capitalized at $100,- 000. was an equipped and going concern from August. 1917. to some time In 1919, when L. L.- and C. H.' Leadbetter, offi cers and directors, "wrongfully and fraudulently" "turned over all Of the assets to the other defendants. He de clares that the concern had assets more than sufficient to meet its liabilities and could have been carried on success fully. Lynch says he owned 30 shares of stock valued at $30,000, and that no notice was given him of any stock holders' meeting' to consider the trans fer. He says he nas received no com pensation for his stock and he never f. gave his consent to the transfer. Be cause of the transfer of the assets, he says, the Astoria company is now totally insolvent. ! , SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PASSING WORTHLESS CHECKS William McKay convicted of passing fictitious checks, was sentenced by Cir cuit Judge Gatens Thursday to the state penitentiary. The maximum was placed at three years, and no minimum was stated, because of certain conditions In connection with McKay's case. - . At the trial testimony was given by Dr. George Cathey .to the effect that Mc Kay might not be 'mentally responsible, because of a blow on the head seyeral years ago. Before sentence 'was passed. W. C. Campbell, attorney! for McKay, madea strong plea for special consider ation kand urged that the young man be paroi& to his brother-in-law, who stood ready to look afjter him. McKay's former record, however, caused Judge Gatens to declare that he would not be Justified in turning .the man loose. Re suggested 'a subsequent transfer to the state hospital, where it could be : determined whether an opera tion might relieve McKay of the criminal instinct, i A stay of execution for two days was granted. CHARGES HUSBAND ASSAULTED HER i SHE ASKS FOR DIVORCE Melvln Stonebrlnk went to the apart ments of his wife, from whom he was separated, bolted the door, turned on the eas Jets of the stove and threw her on the floor, choking her and de claring that he would kill both himself and her. according to statements made 'by Mrs. Deborah Stonebrlnk in a suit for divorce filed Friday. She says that her cries alarmed passers by and that she was rescued by officers of the law. Divorce suit was filed by J. H Hogan against Anna Hogan. alleging that she was untrue to her marriage vows. v: Eva MacDonald filed suit for divorce from Everette MacDonald, charging de sertion. They were " married in Hills boro, November 12, 1912. ' She wants the legal right to use her maiden name of Laad. ' . Desertion is charged in the divorce suit filed by Mabel M. Adamson against E. H. Adamson. whom she married at Vancouver. Wash., November 29, 1916. COUNTY GRANTS 50 CENTS A DAY RISE TO ROAD WORKERS A reneral increase of 50 cents a day for road foremen, truck drivers, roller engineers and laborers was provided for by the county commissioners today, to date back to May 1, They also pro vide for a raise of salary .for J. J. Lynott, foreman of the Columbia high way, from $175' to $180 per -month. The Increases came as a result of the appeal of men who were employed .on the Montgomery drive ; Improvements last Monday, when they quit work and went to the courthouse to ask for Increased wages. They returned- to work after being assured ' that the commissioners would clve their request due consideration. : MAPLEWOOD ASKS FENCE ' i BE REMOVED FROM ROAD The Maple-wood Commercial tflub noti fied the county commissioners today that a fence on ' the Borsch road, between Shahapta station and Garden Home road, is 10 feet In the road right of way, and asked that It be moved back. A petition was presented from property owners adjacent to Iaurel avenue road to Powell Valley, asking for the perma nent Improvement of that highway. It was referred to Roadmaster Eatchel for investigation.. !y ' MRS. GALLAGHER ESTATE IS ESTIMATED AT $17,000 The value of the estate of Mrs. Delia Gallagher, who died In Portland April 24, is placed at approximately $17,000. Her will was 'filed for probate Saturday and Albertus J. Robertson, a daughter, of this city, is named as executor with out bond. . . The will provides that $500 each shall be paid to three grandsons, William and Robert Empey of Los Angeles and Thomas Robertson of Portland, and that the : remainder ' of the estate shall be equally divided between two daughters. Mrs. Lillian Empey of Los Angeles and Mrs. Albertus J. Robertson ' of Portland. EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF ? RAIL EXTENSION DESIRED Early construction of the proposed ex tension of the street railroad from the St. Johns line to municipal terminal No. 4 Ms deemed of vital necessity by the dock commission. The work will not be started, however, until one of four routes which have been suggested has been selected. . Rapid : growth; of import and export trade activities at the ter minal has emphasized the need, of some direct means of reaching the terminal. Estimates of the probable cost of the extension are now being prepared. ' It has already been determined that the dock commission shall bear the expense of laying the tracks, owing to the ruling- of the public service commission that the Portland Railway. Light Power company has. no funds available for the undertaking. HALEY WINS SUIT AGAINJST -CLAY PRODOCTS COMPANY The Jury In the suit of Arthur L. Haley against the Dailey Clay Products company in Circuit Judge Gatens court, today brought In a verdict for the plain tiff. Haley was sulng for $1000 for drafting of plans and engineering work for the company, and for $1000 for rais ing a subscription list of $12,000 from the citizens gOf Vancouver, Wash., as a bonus to. induce the company to. rees tablish its plant in that city. The Jury, however, awarded him $25 on the first claim and $450 on the second. MRS. ARNDTS DAMAGE SUIT ; CALLED FOR TRIAL BY JURY Trial , of the suit of Mrs. Julia Arndt against : the Portland A Oregon City Railroad company was started before Circuit Judge j Tucker Friday, but the regular Jury panel, was exhausted be fore a jury was obtained and the case was continued- to Monday morning. Mrs. Arndt is suing for $5200 dani ages alleged . to have been sustained when she was a passenger on one of the company's cars - on October 12, 1919, , and It overturned. She claims that she received serious Injuries and will be permanently disfigured - be cause of the accident.. TWO NEW DAMAGE SUITS FILED IN CIRCUIT COURT New suits filed in the circuit court Friday Included in action by P. Greco against M. B. Coade for $5050 alleged damages. The plaintiff claims that Coade's delivery truck ran her down August 31, 1913, at . East Eleventh and Division streets and caused serious in juries. . . - James A. and John B. Manin filed suit against the Palace Garage com pany for $11,902 : for damages they charge they have sustained . through non-fulfillment of contracts Involving the purchase of a truck and their em ployment In hauling work. ' . ; Marriage Licenses j Vancouver, ' Wash.. May 8. Marriage licenses have been', issued to the follow ing couples : George J. Crawford; 24. and Gertrude H. Galloway, 26, San Francisco Richard fR. Robertson, - 26, Snd Bernice Crosby,- 19, , Vancouver: Don C. Folsom, 47. and. Rose Taunton, 43, Portland. -, . . German May Ask Postponement London, May 8. (I. N. S Xif Ger many requests a postponement of the conference with allied representatives at Spa on May .23 it probably will be granted, it was learned at the , foreign office today . Plenty of Power But no Traction- spinning wheels that get and his car He believes him for the useless spinning of the fear wheels ing damage to the tires. f j ! 1 1 A valuable object lesson, if it makes him think of his ' own car and how he abuses his own tires when he fails to put on The .tasdcab companies protect J the Public and ' themselves from, i skidding accidentsfrom excessive j costs. Taxicdb wheels 'spin only j when drivers disobey the compg- I flies' order to "Put on Tire Chains when streets are wet or slippery. ' And to safeguard their patrons s against the drivers' possible negli- j gence, the taximeter is attached to I front wheels. ' j h SIBERIANflffiY TO STOP. POjES' RUSH 6 London, May I. (U. P.) Kief f has been captured by the Poles, an official soviet wifeless communique from Mosoow todjy said. London, May 8.-4(1 N.! S.) The Rus sian soviet government Is taking extreme measures to comba the offensive of the Poles, according tc k wireless dispatch from Moscow, picked , up at Berlin and forwarded here today. . The soviet government Is reported to have begun transporting the biggest part of its Siberian anhy westward to put against the Poles, f AH workers through out soviet Russia have been ordered un der arms and will f be sent to the west era front, the dispatch declared An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Paris stated that the Ukrainians an nounce that the Poles have cut a rail way line 40 miles :from . Kief f, which threatens the whole retreat of the soviet army. At headquarters of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission here It was declared that this move milkes the fall of Kteff Inevitable. It was offensive movemen: stated that the whole against the Russians planned and mapped had been carefully; out and Is movtn on schedule. - United States fAttorney Lester W, Humphreys was informed Friday that petitions were being circulated, asking for the elimination of the prison feature of the sentence Imposed on Henry Al bert, wealthy milter, convicted of mak ing seditious utl ifancea in violation of the federal espionage -act. Humphreys was, asked to "have .the circulation of the I petitions stopped." The federal prosecutor notified his in formant that it was Impossible to pre vent circulation of , petitions,' but that it was discretionary, with the judicial or executive functionaries 'as to whether the petition would' be given ' attention. One report was! that' petitions are being circulated foth in the 1 residence and business distflcts. PETITION? ASK MRS FREEDOM : : U ! I - the man in the taxi believes he is paying for the futile spinning of the wheels. back home would register them in miles, the taximeter is registering a 21 ill! C Viiii(DiliilJi) For Sure and Certain AMERICAN CHAIN COMPANY Inc. BRIDGEPORT S CONNECTICUT InCansHat Dominion Chafaft Company, Limited, Niagara Falls, Ontarie Largest Chain Manufacturers in the World Thm Csmsisrs Chutm Umm -AttTrpm. AH Six, AH Flmithmm -Frmm PlmaAmra' General Sale Offices Grand Central TnniaaL New Yerk City District Sales 0Rt nilsiilplrU I flUiWl FeftUa.Ot. SeaFr Council May Force Railroads to Use One Central Station Endeavors to assure the arrival and departure of all trains at Union station Instead of varlous'other depots now used, were begun Friday by the city coun cil with the passage of a resolution asking Deputy CityAttorney Tomlinson to determine If th city can force rail road companies to utilise the main depot. Commissioner Btgelow declared the mat ter to bt of public Interest in that bettsr service and accommodation would re sult in all trains utilising Union station. If Tomlinson finds that the city has no authority he will confer with the public service commission in an effort to get the desired action. PREMIERS MAY HAVE TO TREH1 "By Edwin Hulllnper United Now Staff Correspondent Paris, May 8. The old problem of how to oust Gabriele d'Annunzlo from Flume will soon confront the allies again. - It may be put up to the premiers when they meet at Spa May 26,- and according to the Serb Ian delegation In Paris, the Italians and Jugo-Slavs are In accord on the princlpal poin,ts of settlement of the vexatious Adriatic problem. These points Include the ejection-of D'Annunzio. ! Delegates representing the? Italians and Jugo-Slavs will meet " within two weeks near the Italian frontier, in an effort to adjust remaining details, and finnl- ftttlAIY1Ant Will thnn flu-nit nnlv the approval of the allied premiers. The differences which remain to, be threshed out are declared to be of minor Importance. Predictions are made (n Paris that the Job of oussjng D'Annunzio may be turned over to the League of Nations. . Wedding License Ismicd . Oregon City, May 8. Ivela M. Matney of Cottage Grove and Elmer O. Wolfe of The Dalles were issued a license to wed here Friday. nowhere The meter on charge against and the resulc- Traction WITH DA11ZI0 Weed Tire Chains, when used judiciously, lengthen the life of tires. Whether they are used on taxicabs or on pleasure "cars, Weed Tire Chains materially reduce operating expenses. Nothing" looks more- ridiculous than a spinning tire nothing more bfainlessly extravagant. Put on Wed Tire Chains Vat the first drop of rain. . j'
