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I L THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1920. II INCENDIARISM IS REPORTED RIFE IN PART OF IRELAND Bj Datfel O'Ctounell - .. Dublin.? Mk?' 13. (IT K. S.) A new way - of Incendiarism., swept parts of Ireland last night and early today. Constabulary barracks wer burned fat manyjlaces. '4- -,. C The" Shin vTelners ' threw a cordon t ' about the cltydurinr the night, and later. 5000. of them- made a great dem'i onstratlon. During the funeral of dead ' iunter strikers the" Sinn Felners marched through the principal streets. I , While the city was surrounded. Sinn Fein "sentries were posted. - along the roads and challenged 'all passers by. Six barracks were burned in Dublin county, ''and others were destroyed In ' the counties of Tyrone and Donegal. At Knnlskellen the revenue station was burned. -The demonstration here recalled the - sham .attack on Dublin castle just be- j lore the Sinn Fein uprising at Easter tide in 1916. It was the 'signal for conflagrations thoughout . the country.. - Another fatal shooting occurred to day. .The victim " was ; identified as , Gadener McCabe. It is presumed that h9 failed to answer the challenge of a : sentry. ' I All the official records ' were burned by a band of ! men at Bishop street, j Derry. - .(,.-..' - ; At Sk'ibbereen, P.' Sheehy, a news paper editor, was seised by-a mob .and tarred.- ;. , ,s- i The Carrigan barracks near London derry were fired. All the Wires be- ; tween Londonderry and Donegal were ; CUt ' ;-. BflKISV, KILLED FIGHTING ton IBELAND, SAVS JURY Dublin, $ May 13. (L . N. ' S.) A ver dict that -John Breen, a Sinn Felner, was "murdered - while fighting for the freedom Of his country" was returned today byt a coroner's Jury" that con ducted an inquest in County Clare. Breen had been shot and killed by a -policeman named Martin. , The - verdict went farther in its attack against the. English, adding that -the rider system of government In Ireland was "barbar ous and Uncivilized" and that the au thority of the British government was "immoral and unjust." Political Students At Reed to Take Up Measures Tonight Portland', citizens interested Jn ' the state and city measures to be settled at ; the coming ' election are invited to the : Reed college chapel this evening, when : advanced students of politics at Reed : will discuss the various questions. Pro- ' fessor" Charles ' McKinley of the depart ' ment of politics has . coached 12 stu dents In various' aspects of the nine i state measures and three City questions ; relating ito the Portland Street Railway : company, Charles Spackman, Edith Mozoroskyy Warner; Fuller and Howard Hniythe will speak tonigrhL The meet ; lng' is preparatory to meetings before various Portland bodies who wish Infor mation on the issues. Dates for other speakers - may be arranged by phoning ; Reed : college. .' , . ' Maris Resigns for Net Work,.. X. C. Marts, who has been in charge of industrial club work in the public schools of Oregon for the last eight years.; has ' resigned.. . effective May 15, to become chief deputy in the offices of the state dairy and food commission i er, with ; headquarters in Portland. ! Maris has maintained headquarters in the offices of the state superintendent , of schools at Salem.. Maris Is candi , date at large to the Republican national i convention : V - ML JOHN Dr. JekyllanrflVlrjHyde h': ' - : - - I. -1 : " ; '' The most remarkable charac r.i ter portrayal ever screened; I ' masterpiece in evry respect. - -See it first, and then forget it! CHILDREN UNACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS NOT ADMITTED COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA Afternoons a n d Evenings" TODAY AND FRIDAY ONLY - ; Another Increase Is Predicted Near In Price of "Tires ,V , -i,.! -.v-.: .: F. C- Millhoff, sales manager of the Miller , Rubber j Co.. who is In Portland, stated today hat another rise In the price of : automobile tires will be an nounced by manufacturers m: the near future. ; ?My advice to motorists is to get your house In order now and after you are supplied with tires to take the veny Jsest care of them that - you can, particularly if you use cord tires. There is a scarcity and manufacturers are not catching up." . Millhoff says that if Portland wilt pre- scale, this port will Set it just as soon i as it is ' in a position to handle . big '. cargoes. ; i "American manufacturers are ' going to invade the Orient,' he declares, j REPORT WILL SHOW 1 (Continued From Page One) charge, and that similar prices be fixed on flour and mill feed. It was also recommended that ao ap propriation be made by congress to finance wheat sales to foreign countries until the American people had been re lieved from ' paying the prices required by reason of the alleged manipulation. ' Houserj at ones branded the charpes as absurd, .declaring , that the grand Jurors had not chosen to consult the United States! Grain corporation, of which he Is second vice president, for authentic information. depending rather on the .work of "gumshoers" and persons who had political axes to grind. DEMASptD IJiVKSTIUATlOS- ' i" In a message direct " to Attorney Gen eral A.i; Mitchell Palmer, Houser de-; manded ; the fullest investigation of his transactions as "Vice president of the government grain handling corporation and also of hlsvown private interests in that period. He also requested that the findings jof" the Investigators be given complete! publicity. . , -This request was acceded to by the attorney: general on February 18, when United ! States ' .Attorney Lester W. i Humphreys was ordered to make the j investigation. He was authorized to conduct, this in any way he saw fit to get the i most i complete results, either before the grand Ju,ry or otherwise. . The work started about February 20. Special agents of the department of justice and George R. Mayo, special gov ernment bank I accountant, were detailed to, collaborate j with Humphreys. Mayo, who came from New York, gave the work his most) searching attention, con tinuing unremittingly on the task until a few days ago. Extended schedules, tables - and reports were prepared by him, not only from the grain corporation records,; to which he bad fullest access, but from all .other available sources. The" final reports were ent to the attorney! general for his personal ex amination May 3. ; , . ' Runaway Car Backs Against Wire Fence .11, jsau. Mrs. Frank jNau. 21 North Twentieth street, took al telephone pole- and wire fence' by surprise Wednesday afternoon at Seventeenth, and Laurel streets, when her auto backed down hill after the foot, brake broke. Jin .her report to the po lice Mrs.i Nau says she was going south on Seventeenth street and that the en gine stalled. The foot brake broke and before Mrs., Nau . could ' apply the hand brake the car I had bumped the pole and then rolled across the street into a fence around: the home of Peter Klinker. . Court Releases Two Colonels Colonel William H. Jones and Colonel George H. Davis, officers in the Chris tian Volunteer "organization, were dis charged ( by Municipal Judge Rossman Wednesday w;hen members of . the Sal vation : Armyj campaign headquarters failed to prosecute on charges of mis representation). ' ; . HOUSER S INNOCENT j . m at v barry more In GROVING DIVORCE LIST IN PORTLAND SURPRISES JUDGES , Judges of the circuit court today expressed surprise at t the apparent increase in the number of suits for divorce now being filed. ; Domestic discord of every character and tracer able to almost every cause are rep resented In. cases now before the bench, it was pointed put. j Whether the increase Is actual or only appar ent could not be .decided ; until a formal check of the filings with comparisons, could be, made. Suit for divorce was; filed today by Thomas J. Blosick against : Sadie B. Blosick. They were ; married in The Dalles In 1916. e He pharges that Mrs. Blosick has an uncontrolable tewiper. and that she aided her son by a previous marriage to escape the Canadian draft lawa ' Suit was started by Anna J. Lamberg against J. A. Lamberg, alleging cruelty. Jeanette Ungersma brought . divorce proceedings against Henry Ungersma, Charging cruelty. ; . . '. MART PICKFOBD BITOBCED A decree of divorce -was won by Mary Pickford from Walter Plckford in Judge McCourt's court Wednesday when she told of finding a burting. love letter written by "Peggy" to her husband, and of discovering that while she was at the beach last summer PicUford entertained women in their home. . She said, that Pickford had confessed to her charge of infidelity. : j : ' ' . The contested suit of Airs. Marie Berg lund for a divorce from Oscar Berglund was ended Wednesday when Circuit Judge Taswell granted a decree to Mrs, Berglund and gave her the custody of the five minor children. She charged BerHlund with cruelty; i . . : Charles Q. Breach filed suit for di vorce from Marie Louise Breach Wed nesday, charging j cruelty. They were married in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1889, and there are five children, one a minor. John A. Herzig is denominated "lazy and shiftless in disposition" and "an In veterate liar" in a divorce suit filed to day by Mabel Herzig. Crystal Knight filed a suit against W. R." Knight , charging cruelty and declar ing that he has "become money-mad." Mildred M. Russel who filed a suit against Earl E. Russell, says tie at vari ous times tried to intimidate her into Unlawful selling of alcoholic beverages; that their home was a hillside dugout. little better than the lair of a beast" and that it "was infested with rattle snakes, mice and vermin." . . : ;. CONTEMPT CASE DISMISSED; ASSAULT CHARGE IS MADE Circuit Judge Tucker, Wednesday, after a' hearing that consumed almost the entire day, dismissed the contempt proceedings against John .Saltalamachia and he will next have a preliminary hearing on a charge Of assault' with a dangerous weapon. He is at liberty on $1000 bail. i After Mrs. Saltalamachia filed suit for divorce ' the i trotibles continued, and t restraining order was issued by Judge Tucker, forbidding the man to visit the home or .molest his wife. He did make IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHI , t linn ii inn iii1 The Big Brother to Sugar ! Combat the high price of sugar with a war-learned les s son-ook and preserve with i You can iuse iMelomar alone or i with. a proportion of sugar with i; perfect success. Get a Crimsoa Rambler Recipe Cablset by sending 'us i a Crimson Rambler Syrup Label and 10 cents. CONNER & CO. . . Portlaad, Or. . - further visits and at one of these the woman was cut in the face with a knife. The evidence presented "Wednes day showed that he iiaA returned to the home at the request of his wif e " ; He testified that - following this he again visited the home and she tried to drive him away; that in the quarrel that fol- IowmI the nirlwd m a knife and - he grabbed her hands, and that : in ' the scuffle she was cut jn the face. He be came frightened, he said, and left, going eventually to Vancouver. : v A iench warrant was issued by Judge Tucker and when Saltalamachia re turned last Saturday he. was arrested. POST MORTEM ORDER BY - COURT. ALTERS MAN'S NAME Although John Johnson went to Jds grave without final action having, been taken on his petition to have Ms name changed to Jens Jensen, a formal order of the court will go on record providing for this change. Judge Jacob Kanzler of the court of domestjc relations has so decided. This will give the rightful name to the widow and the children. - Jensen came to the United States in 1892 and the Americans began calling him, "John Johnson," and eventually he assumed this name. He was naturalized and married under itv but in later years he became worried about his change of name.'. On April 16 last he filed his pe tition for the change but died before the court took final action. DECISION -IN HEINE CASE IS POSTPONED BY TAZWELIi ' When the petition bf Mrs. Rachael Heiney-to be appointed administratrix of the estate of her husband. Joseph Heiney, who died April 19, was before Circuit Judge Tazwell Wednesday, much opposition developed from her children to such an appointment. Mrs. Heiney is an aged . woman, and the children felt that she might not be able to look after the business of the estate properly. Judge Taswell he.ld the matter in. abeyance. The estate- consists mainly of property in the vicinity of Gresham. and is valued at not less than $10,500. JURY UNABLiE TO AGREE IN CASE OF MRS. ROWAN After deliberating ' for ' seven hours Wednesday, a Jury trying Mrs. Pearl Rowan, a nurse, on the" charge of steal ing four pairs of gloved from the home of Mrs. L. A. Patterson, whom she was attending during Mrs. Patterson's last illness, failed to agree. Circuit Judge J. TJ. Campbell, of Oregon City, sitting in Portland, discharged the Jury. Mrs. Rowan had as a Witness for her Mrs. H. G. Gage, who came all the way from Los Angeles to testify that she had given two pairs of gloves to the defendant. ' ARRESTED IN SEATTLE ON INDICTMENT RETURNED HERE Jeremiah Miller was arrested in Se attle Wednesday on an indictment of the Multnomah county grand Jury, Is sued in April, charging him with selling stock in the Pacific & Eastern Coal Co., Ltd., incorporated in Washington, without having the proper certification from the commissioner of corporations In Oregon. It is rfiarged that Miller sold stock to the value of S1250 to Ed ward Halseth, S71 , Pettygrove street, Portland. " - , IDA ROBERTS IS AWARDED . $2000 IN ALIENATION SUIT Ida Roberts, who '- sued Mrs. Sarah Cohen for $25,000 for the alleged aliena tion of the affections of Isaac Labo witch, her former husband, was given a verdict by a jury In Circuit Judge Kavanaugh's court this morning f th $2000. Mrs Cohen is - the mother of Labowitch. . ! ! '.. - :'.. when you note how you cut 'your sugar bill - you'll be surprised! Shull Candidate for School Director of Portland District Frank I ' Shull, ,914 Overton ; street; today announced . his ... candidacy , for school director, subject to the' election of June 19. Shull's candidacy has the indorsement of various civic clubs. His announcement followed overtures from officials of these organizations. Shull is manager of the Globe Grain & Milling company and was for 14 years manager of the Portland Flour ing mills, . He was born in Illinois, edu cated at Wabash college, Crawford- ville, Ind.; and came to Portland - from Tacoma about 17 years ago. He is married and has three children. Terms of O. M. Plummer and Dr. . E. A. Sommer expire this year, and Shull and W. F. . Woodward , are among the candidates announced to fill these va cancies. Sourdough Feature ; Rpse Festival Plan fThe anniversaryTof the midnight sun will be celebrated' by the Alaska society with an excursion on the barge Swan as a real sour-dough .feature of the Rose Festival and Shrine convention week, it was decided at' a meeting of the society this week' at the Portland hotel. Mrs. Josephine Stott presided and talks were given by W. : T. Hume, Mrs. Edyth T. Weatherred and Miss Grace Johnson of Oregon Agricultural college. Mrs. Anna Belt, ' Mrs. J. J. Cotter. Mrs. E. E. Morgan and Mrs. J. L. Hoffman were appointed - to ar range for- the next meetipg. Meredith Invited , To Visit Portland f Secretary of Agriculture E.' T. Mere dith will visit California next month, and EX E. Faville. editor of the West ern Farmer, has invited him to visit Portlan on hie trip. Faville was for merly managing- editor of Successful Farming, the publication owned by Sec retary Meredith. So far as ,- kViown at present. Portland is not included in Secretary Meredith's itinerary, but it is hoped to induce him to visit Port land, Seattle and Spokane.- - I - Dry Violators Fiied Of the nine men arrested at Municipal Terminal 4 Wednesday morning and tharged with violation of the prohibition Newly Arrived Dropstitch . HLEPRoF HoIERY At$2.50 Pufe . thread - silk, with reinforced heelJ and elastic top. Black, white;' navy and cordovon. vanity-cJair Siiuk Unimekwiear (W) 200 Sports Hats at $5 Selling Regularly at $750 Milan hemp ,in two-tone effect soft and flexible. Both smart and service' able for sports wear. Assortment of colors First floor, 1 E UU U HU II I Z-SWETT COB 124 12 128 SIXTH ST, JUST OFF WASHINGTON " law. seven were fined later In the day by Judge Rossman. S. Mao was discharged and J. Donovan will have his trial next Wednesday. K.- Ita was fined $75 and H. Yashi.: $30, both pleading not' guilty. The following pleaded guilty and were fined : B. Garrison, $20 ; R. Laud en, $40 ; E. B, Snyder. $10; D. ML McCauley. $10; H. S. Reitenberg. $20. M'NARY HOPS ON THE JOHNSON BAND WAGON (Continued From P& On). reasonable chance to obtain the nomina tion. ' The resolution 'carried by seven votes margin. ' -; Indiana's "big four to the Republi can national convention will consist af LUnited States Senators James E.. Wat son ana iiarry wew. uoveraor james t Goodrich and Albert J. Beveridge, Al ternates . will be Mrs, Anrie, Studebaker Carlisle of .South Bend. Mrs. Joseph Kealing of Indianapolis, E. M. Wasmuth, state chairman, and W. A. Gaines, negro politician of, Evansville. MEDFORD HEARS HOOVER TO CARRY MULTNOMAH COUNTY Medf ord, May 13. Hoover partisans here were cheered by a long distance tel ephone message from Clark Letter, state secretary of the Hoover club, saying that Hoover will undoubtedly carry Multno mah county. Mrs. Jenny M. Kemp will be unable o speak here for Hoover Fri day night, as scheduled, .but following her Ashland speech tonight, will be in Medf ord for a few hours Friday to meet Hoover adherents. Hiram Johnson's campaign will open here Friday night with Supreme Court Judge Goodsell of San Bernardino. Cal., as the chief speaker. . . Borah to Stump Oregon I Boise. Idaho, May 13. Senator Wil liam E. Borah will arrive in Boise the latter part of this month, according to information received from him, and will stump the state of Idaho and part of Oregon in the interests of his fight against the League of Nations. He will accompany the Idaho delegation, which he heads, to the national convention in Chicago. , Robins to Speak in Albany Albany, Or., May 13. Championing the cause of Senator Hiram Johnson as a- presidential candidate, Raymond Rob ins, studelnt of political economy, former lieutenant colonel in the American army and head of the Red Cross mis sion to Russia, will speak here tonight. Stup endous Values at $ Coats of the same quality were solii early in the season at 29.50 to $35 and they Polo cloth, jersey, arid velour, mannish tailored styles, with blue and taupe are shown. You need a good-looking Sports Coat for morning and evening wear all summer. V Buy one now at this "snap' price. - Silk . Frocks Delightful in Styling and Superior in Quality $.50 Regularly Selling at $39.50 and $42.50 ' jt A Modish . taffeta and georgette dresses with quaint t puffed skirts, flounces and ' ruffles, short sleeves and dainty trimming touches. Flowered georgette is sometimes may choose plain effects Make variety. A n Unusua Georgette Blouses $6.95 -,. Selling Formerly Up to $10 Every one is beautiful quality, and will stand practical wear. With warm sum mer weather coming on a good supply of fresh . blouses is a necessity for the well-groomed woman. From this assort ment you may choose simple tailored ef fects or daintily trimmed models, with fine lace' and embroidery. Buy your summer-blouses now! , Most of with gay IM 11 Lowly Penny Is So Popular It Faces An Acute Shortage Woeful fs the bargain hunter! , The supply of ' pennies today is so far below . normal that business houses have been unable to f il' the average de mand at Portland banks.' Referred to the banks,' the penny drouth is blamed upon the . mints at Denver and San Francisco.- San Francisco's mint is out of j copper entirely, it appears, and short measure is being' allowed : by the Denver mint to western banks.: . - Meanwhile, pennies are 'still necessary for streetcar fare and : In most of the city's stores and theatres. The normal supply is curtailed because so many pennies are being shipped out of the city to country banks and country stores. Business Men Hear Talks of Students Inaugurating a special Thursday noon luncheon feature', Jerry Bronaugh. chair man of the house committee of the- Chamber of Commerce, . Introduced sev eral local high, school students to give three minute talks' to business men to day. Two ypung women from Medford were also present with entertainment features. Each Thursday representa tives of different towns in the state wtll be present at the luncheon with varied entertainment features. ... 50 Chicagoans Will Be Portland Guests Fifty members of the Chicago Associa tion of Commerce wilt be the guests of the Portland .chamber Monday. Arrange ments are being made by "the entertain ment committee to show- the Chicago business men the things the city has to offer in a commercial and entertain ment way. - The party will arrive at 7 a. m. The program will include a tour of the city, an Inspection of port facili ties, a luncheon and a Columbia river highway trip. Judge C. H. Carey will be chairman of the reception committee. . Reed Senior Is Author Rowan WI.ealdon. a Reed college senior, recently . entered the authors column, when 4: a ' politics paper - writ ten in his freshman year as Reed ap peared in -the American City for April. Whealdon wrote on the standardization were extra good values at that! - - are the serviceable and smart fabrics, finished in raglan or. set-in I sleeves, cloth or combined' wrth the taffeta, or you your selection while there's a good I Group of Hats Go Down In Price . 150 Hats Reduced to Selling Regularly to $7.50 I ... - ' ' them in-; the popular barnyard straw, trimmed flowers. Attractive and practical for general . wear. third floor. ,' :. 150 Flower Wreaths at $1.50 Selling Regularly as High as $2.98 ; Wreaths of every description .for beautifying the summer hat. You can easily'trim your own hat with one of these pretty flower wreaths and have' a good-looking hat at very small cost. First flOOr - HatB at the1 Emporium are priced i ".. ' . wit hin the range of every purse. of government charts soon after en tering " Reed, and the paper recently came to the attention of the American City through the direction of Professor Leigh, then Instructor In the Reed poli tics department. Camp Sites Assured For Shriners' Week, 'Says Commissioner Assurance that four auto camp sites equipped with running water "and camp facilities would be available for the Shrine convention in June was given this morning by Commissioner Pier. The 15 -acre Spencer tract at Seventh and Fremont will be utilized, as will the Buckman tract back of the Benson Poly technic school. Both sites were recently acquired by the city, for playgrounds. Land adjoining Laurelhurst park will be. used, as will part of the old county poor farm on Canyon road. The city originally Intended to lease a tract a Eighty-second and Sandy boule vard, but 'conditions have arisen hich will make it impossible to be used. Pier stated that motorists i from British Co lumbia and Seattle, who are expected next Tuesday on their way to the Ad cJub convention in Stockton, will be cared for during their stay over niKht. Commentary on Bible Stolen From Hotel When F. M. Thompson went to his room, 210 American hotel, Wednesday night he found that a "Commentary un the Bible According to St. John" had been stolen, along with two soft shirts and a ring. While Mrs. E. O. Gardner was absent from her office at 208 Globe building for lunch Wednesday, a thief entered and stole a pair of opera glassrs valued at $50. Mrs. Irma Austin, 233 United States bank building""" had a similar experience. While she was out of the office, a thief entered and stole her purse containing an $80 diamond ring and about $5 in cash. Soft Drink Man Held A small quantity of liquor found in his place of business at 14 .Second street caused the arrest today by Deputy United States Marshal Mass of Ole Wald, proprietor of a soft drink estab lishment, on a charge of violating -the prohibition law. The complaint was signed by internal ; revenue officers. Wald was held to the grand Jury by United States Commissioner Drake under $250 bond. narrow - leather belts. Tan, - Two CROUPS OF - SUITS UNDER. . PRICED $37.45 and $43.55 Most of those chosen are blue. Some are strictly tail ored,' others show variations that only add to their attractiveness. 1- . Price 2? lit ; la I few I mi'. A $3 tlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIMl t