The Oregon daily journal., July 19, 1920, Page 3, Image 3

MONDAY, JULY 19, ; 1920.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
MRS
VAN ORSDALL
VICE CHAIRMAN OF
STATE DE
MOCRATS
Mrs. Carrie C. Van Orsdall of Port
land has been appointed vice chair
man of the Democratic state central
"committee by Dr. C. J. Smith, state
Chairman, in accordance with the
authorization given Mm at the or
" ganization meeting of that commit-
tee the latter part of June.
In the coming political battle the
Democratic forces will be directed by a
."i0-5O" campaign organization of -men
. and women, assembled upon the aug-
gjeetion of the national committee. There
is iu w a aiaiv tx?(xiiiiiLiicvsiia.i . nnu ct
. 'state committeewoman In each county.
The state chairman will be assisted by
Mrs. Van Orttdall as vice-chairman,
while two of the five members of the
' executive committee' of ttae state com
mittee will be women.
I EXECUTIVE COMMItTEE JfAMED
Drv timith ; has also announced the
appointment of the executive committee,
which will have the Immediate direction
. of the state campaign. It will consist,
. besides the state chairman' and . vice
chairman, of John Van Zan-.e, "William A.
Johnson and Mrs. C. K. Curry of Port
land. Walter Hembree Of McMinnville
and Miss Celia L. Oavin of The Dalles.
Mrs. Van Orsdall, appointed vlce
chalrman, is well known throughout the
state, having held the position of grand
guardian of Neighbors of Woodcraft for
years. She is a woman of recognized
executive and organising: ability..
Mra. C. E. "Curry is also well known
. for. her participation in the women's
activities of Portland and the state. She
. la president of the Oregon branch.
National League of Women Voters, and
has "been prominent In the work of the
Professional Women's league and other
feminine organizations. -4
MISS GAVIN A LAWYER
-Miss Gavin - is city attorney of The
Dalles; Ms associated 'wita her father,
John Gavin of The Dallea. In the prac
tice of law.; and is well known through
out eastern and central Oregon both
professionally and politically.
State headquarters will be opened by
Chairman Smith wlthtji the nexf few
'days, after which the executive com
mittee will be called to meet in Port
land and the active work of the state
campaign will be .Inaugurated.
Seriously Injured
j In Auto Collision
The Infant child of C. M. Nelson was
seriously injured Monday forenoon In
an automobile collision on the Colum
bia river highway and was taken to
Greeham for treatment. An auto carry
ing, a dealers' license No. 11309, driven
by Otto Erlckson, ran into a Ford owned
and driven by C. M. Nelson, 727 Clin
ton street, Portland, and in the crash
the baby was thrown out of the Nelson
car onto the paving. Fassersby carried
the child to Gresham.
Charles Rogers of
Portland Fails in
Suicide Attempt
Vancouver, ; Wash July 19. -Charles
Rogers, aged 25 years, of 900 East Grant
street, Portland.- attempted to commit
suicide here Sunday evening by drink
ing poison. . lie was, discovered by. the
police and rushed to SU Josephs hospi
tal, where hope Is held for bis recovery.
In a letter found on Rogers addressed
to a newspaper, he said : "I am taking
my life because I don't Want to live any
longer as my wife, Margaret Rogers,
does not eeera to care for me." ,
: A letter addressed to his wife and tell
ing her of bis action was also found. '
ROBERG SILENT ON
RESIGNATION PLANS
Dr. David N. Roberg, secretary of
the state board of health, who is re
ported to have resigned his position,
would ' make no statement on the
matter Monday.
Dr. Roberg said such action, if taken
at alfc was a matte so far in the fu
ture, he could not discuss it at this time
and referred Inquirers to members of the
board, with whom, he said, no resigna
tion had been filed. .
He is said to contemplate leaving the
state work because of the small salary
attached to the position. , The report has
also been circulated that he was dis
gusted with the controversy between the
state board and city officials over the
conduct of the Cedars detention hospital
for women. 1
"That is such a small matter it is un
worthy of consideration as a reason for
my resignation,; Dr. Roberg said. "The
board is endeavoring to have the city
establish some 5 definite medical policy
with respect to the Cedars since federal
support has been ; withdrawn. The let
ter to the mayor! questioning the pres
ent system of control of the Cedars 'was
written on direction of the state board
and not as any thought of mine..
Dr." Andrew c. Smith of. the state
board, said he had understood Dr. Ro
berg would soon resign because of . the
inadequate salary. 1 Consideration has
not yet been given as to his successor.
Dr. Roberg was elected to the position
by the board in 1915, succeeding Dr.. Cal-;
vin S. White. f - "
Kalama Resident ; Dies -Kalama,
Wash., July 19. rJ. P. Nelson,
a native of Sweden, aged $9 years, died
at his home here Friday. 1
Weatherspoon Held
As Alleged White
Slaver at Astoria
A complaint charging violation of the
Mann white slave act was filed before
Acting United States Commissioner : J.
W. Bell Monday morning by Assistant
United States Attorney Austin F. Flegel
Jr. against James Edward Weatherspoon,
under arrest at Astoria.
According to Flegel, Weatherspoon
took 15-year-old Dora Ballou alias Mrs.
J. W. Williams, from Seattle to Portland
and then to Astoria. The girl is also in
the custody of the Astoria chief of police.
Weatherspoon was discharged from Van
couver barracks about a month ago. He
and the girl will be returned to Portland
by the United States marshal.
SPOKANE BRICK TO
BE USED IN SPITE
OF LOCAL PROTEST
Brick made by the Washington
Brick, Lime & Sewer Pipe company
at Spokane will be .used in facing
the new Multnomah county hospital,
notwithstanding the protest of the
Associated Industries of j Oregon,
voiced before the county J commis
sioners Monday morning. f
. The protest was made by A. G. Clark,
manager of the association, backed , by
W. J. Ball, R. B. Bain, D. F. Shope, J,
A. Zehnbauer and H. J. Frank.
On 'June 26, after having investigated
the subject, the commissioners passed
an order Instructing the contractors, J,
M. Dugan St Co., to use the Spokane
brick. This order was reaffirmed at a
meeting of the 'Commissioners on July
14. 'The price to be paid is $57.50 a
thousand f. o. b. Portland, and 305,000
brick will be required.
BLACK EYE FOB HOME GOODS
The representatives of the Associated
Industries declared that the action of
the commissioners would give a black
eye to Oregon manufactured, - products
and asked that a commission be , ap
pointed to "make a report on the local
product. Commissioner Hoyt insisted
that the matter was settled and that no
good could come to- the local-industries
by reopening the case. ;- '
"Thls matter has been held up longer
than anything that has been before the
commissioners since I have been a mem
ber of this body," said Hoyt. "We have
given it much consideration and : have
acted for what we believe to be the best
interests of Multnomah county.
f "Before we decided several tests were
made by Dr. E. W. Laxell , and.' clay
brick showed up far better than cement
brick on every test. The specifications
call for the contractor to figure the brick
at 950 a thousand, but the contractor
informed us he would have to ask Ss
per thousand more if the cement brick
were used. We believe there - is no
question as to which is the better brick
to use and that the clay brick selected
Is well worth the additional money over
the price of the cement brick."
SATS, HE HAI; SO CHASCI
D. T. Shope said he had no opportu
nity to present the claims of the ma
terlal he manufactures, or to show the
character of the tests made. 2 Manager
Clark stated the association could bring
in so many statements as to the de
sirability of the cement brick that it
would appear the county commissioners
Were simply taking the statements ; of
one man as against that of a consensus
of opinion.
i The outcome, however, was . that the
commissioners declared the matter
closed as to the present building.. (
HIGHWAY COMMISSION" FILES
DEMURRER IX DALLAS SUIT
A demurrer to the amended complaint
in the suit or the cities of Dallas and
Independence, Edward E. Fiasecki, di
trict attorney of. Polk county," and oth
ers, against the state ' highway com
mission, to compel the commission : to
construct the pacific highway through
those cities, was filed Monday morning,
The demurrer, filed on behalf of the
commission by J. M. Dever, assistant
attorney general, and Jay Bowerman,
attorney for the commission, alleges that
the circuit court of Multnomah county
has no jurisdiction and that the plaintiffs
have no legal capacity to sue. that there
is a defect in the parties plaintiff and
that the complaint, does, not state facts
sufficient to cause: suit. r.
"The legislature did not locate the
highways which it directed the highway
commission to improve," says the de
murrer, "but only designated certain
courses and directions, a'nd left the act
ual and physical location of such high
ways to the discretion of the highway
commission, which discretion will not be
Interfered with by the courts unless for
wilful disabuse.
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(California) , '
Remand for Gasoline
Increasing Faster
I than Supply
Owing to the increasing use of
motor cars, trucks, tractors,
motor boats and other devices
operated with gasoline engines,
the demand for gasoline is
' growing, faster than the supply.
Do what you can to conserve
gasoline ; waste none. ;
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Sew Companies Incorporated
Article of Incorporation filed with the
Multnomah county clerk : Hall Engineer
ing company, Portland, $5000; incorpor
ators, J. B. Hall, K. B. Hall and E. M.
Armsberry. The Chetopa Press, Port
land, $5000 ; incorporators, B. B. Gerklng,
W. E. Lewis and H. L. Gance.
: Asks Damages for Wrecked Car
A valuation of $10 a day is set by Gus
Bllan on the use of his automobile in his
plastering business in a suit filed Mon
day against B. BY Aldrich and A. C.
Carson! He claims they were responsi
ble for an accident that wrecked his car
on Sandy boulevard and he asks for
damages amounting to $2400. ; t
Ex-Mayor of Spokane
Tells Baker How It
Feels to Be Free. Man
Mayor Baker has been the recipient Of
numerous letters recently urging him to
run for reelection, but one, coming Mon
day, was of the "never again" type, writ
ten by a former "mayor In the Northwest.
Recently the city executive had occa
sion to write" tp the mayor of Spokane
and the letter was addressed to C M.
Fassett. The latter has- been out of
office for some time and now resides in
Massachusetts. .
Monday morning Fassett, writing- from
Meadowbrook Farm, Sterling Junction,
Mass., returned the communication and
said : - . .. ' '
"My Dear Mayor The Inclosed letter
was forwarded on from Spokane. Even
here, in this . lovely country, amid the
peace and quiet of the New England
farms, comes an echo of my former
greatness.. Oh, boy How free I am.
No morer complaints from disgruntled
citizens, no quarrels with the city council.
no after dinner speeches, no welcomes to
conventions ; no worries, no nothing but
rest and fun. I wish you the same. Sin
cerely. , C M. FASSETT."
ALLEGED SLAYER
OF DEPUTY SCOn
CAUGHT NCAUDA
4 Youths, Suspects
In Auto Thefts, Said
To Have Confessed
. Five youths, thought to be members
of a gang who have been stealing auto
mobiles, robes and accessories on the
East side, were arrested by Motorcycle
Patrolmen .Parmely and Davis of the
auto theft bureau, Sunday, and were
turned over to the juvenile court.
The boys are Nordjund Felix. 17, 5424
Thirty-eighth avenue ; - Donald Noels,
16, 4447 Sixty-first avenue, southeast:
Edgar Lawrence,' 16, 4910 Sixteenth ave
nue southeast : Arthur Klnworthy. 16.
6618 Fifty-eighth avenue, and Ralph J?
Calhoun, 17, 3816 Sixty-eighth avenue
southeast. . All but the Lawrence boy
confessed to stealing or being Implicated
in the theft of robes and tools from au
tomobiles.
Suspended Sentence
To Jail Is Man's Lot
For Abusing His Son
Upon evidence that W. W. Karnes,
St . Johns blacksmith, had mistreated
his" 13-year-old son Wesley. Municipal
Judge Rossman ' Monday ' sentenced
Karnes to serve six months in Jail.
The sentence was promptly : sus
pended.
Testimony showed that Karnes had
hurled a pair of shears at his son, in
juring the lad's arm, and had other
wise brought fear of his wrath into the
hearts of ' his family to such an extent
that to escape it Mrs. Karnes had once
attempted suicide and had threatened
the lives of their four children.
Wesley declared himself forced to
earn his own . way while attending
school. Mrs. P. i W. Swanton of the
Oregon Humane society has taken the
boy temporarily to her own home.
Eotarians to Greet
President Snedecor
Estes Snedecor of Portland, new presi
dent of the International Association of
Rotary Clubs, will be formally welcomed
to Portland in his new official capacity.
Tuesday. A reception will be tendered
Snedecor at the Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday noon. Members of other civic
organizations will attend. Mayor Baker
will preside. At 6:30 p. m. Tuesday, a
dinner will be given in the crystal dining
room of the Benson hotel which win be
attended by wives of Rotarians in com
pany with their; husbands. ' Arrange
ments are In charge of R. A. Stews rt.
chairman of the Snedecor reception com
mittee. :
Seattle, July (U. P.) -Joseph
Scanlon, alleged to be the murderer
of Deputy Sheriff Robert C. Scott
of Portland and of Elmer Cady, his
own bandit pal. is in Jail seven miles
out from Vancouver, B. C, charged
with killing a third mas, a Cana
dian logger be is said to have kicked
to death recently to get moaay with
which to buy "dope." V
Cady and another "highwayman, be-
lived to be Scanlon, were holding ip
auto parties In Rainier valley, near here,
early on the morning of 'April 3. Sur
prised by a party of sheriff's deputies
fWm Seattle, the bandits opened fire,
killing Scott.;;;r':..::i ;
The two gunmen then leaped into an
auto., pressed a gun against the driver's
back and commanded him to speed them
into the city, promising him death if1 he
faltered.
PAL SHOT, THEN ROBBED
On the way in, Cady tgas shot and
killed by the other man, who looted the
body and Jumped, out of the machine and
disappeared.
The dragnet was spread over the city
but when the search failed the following
day to uncover a trace of the vanished
double- murderer. Deputy Sheriff Matt
Starwich took charge of the case.
Today Starwich said he had found the
last link in a chain of circumstantial evi
dence fastening the crime on Scanlon,
whom he located In the Vancouver pris
on., already In custody and accused of
another murder by Canadian mounted
police, who refuse to give him up.
Search for Scanlon was begun nearly a
month ago after Volney Burke, a county
jail prisoner told the deputy that he had
helped Scanlon make his getaway from
Seattle after Ihe killing of Scott and
Cady, had hidden him in the attic of a
house in Fairfax, Wash., for ten days
and then aided him in escaping - to
Canada. .
REVOLVER 18 RECOVERED
With the aid of Burke, Starwich re
covered the gun with which Scanlon is
said to have killed -Deputy Scott and
Cady, la 38-calibre Colt with , ' two
notches filed in the handle.
Burke also aided in the recovery of
Cady's . gun and his clgaret case and
cameo stickpin, said to have been taken
by Scanlon -after he had shot his pal to
death In the murder automobile enroute
to the city. '
These bits of evidence, the links In the
chain, are locked away in Starwich's safe
at the sheriffs office, together with a
letter which Scanlon is said to have writ
ten to another friend here after his ar
rest in Canada.
Leaps From High
Seat as Bus Nears
' Sharp Embankment
,1 -. ; "V ' . i ! ''
Jumping from the high seat of a 'sight
seeing automobile to save herself in what
appeared to be the Inevitable plunge
of the bus over a high embankment; on
Westover terraces. Miss . Jessie j L.
Hawley, aged 37, a tourist from Brattle
boro, Vt., Monday morning fractured an
ankle. She is receiving treatment at
Good Samaritan hospital.
The driver.i changed gears in ascend
ing a grade and the heavy car slipped
back down the grade toward, the em
bankment In the rear, of St. Vincents
hospital..:,; Excited by the proximity! of
the bank, Miss Hawley lea pea from her
seat to the Street. The plunge that
seemed Imminent would have precipitated
the big car to the roof of the hospital
structure. The bus was stopped within
five feet of the edge of the embankment.
Patrolman Sperry to
Be Sent to Hospital
. ..' J r
Patrolman Ralph Sperry, arrested in
the room of 1 Joe Mielke at Front and
Salmon streets for being drunk, will be
sent to a hospital for threatment. Sperry
has been in trouble several times re
cently for dtlnklng. having been fined
$10 and suspended for one week by the
efficiency board. Chief Jenkins believes
his delinquency is due to, Illness and has
obtained his promise to go to a hospital
and remain until well. Mielke willj be
investigated by the police. Sperry will
not be discharged from the police force,
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
I IDA AND
DOBRC
E
London, July 19. I. N. S.)
Capture of Llda and Dobrice by the
Russian Bolshevlki was admitted in
a Polish war office communique tel
egraphed from Wtrtaw today. ,
(Llda is an Important railway 'town
50 miles south of Vllna. Four railway
lines converge there.)
The following soviet war office com
munique was wirelessed from Moscow:
"We are pursuing the Poles energet
ically southwest of Vllna. .
The Russians are evidently moving In
the direction of Grodno, which is only
SO miles from the old German frontier.
; Press reports from Warsaw . today
stated that heavy fighting Is still in
progress between the Poles and Russian
Bolshevlki over a front of nearly 250
miles in spite of the erf orts of the al
lied statesmen to bring about an armis
tice. - . r . i-.-y . i
Following the loss of Vllna the Poles
have launched a series of violent coun
ter attacks along the Styr -river and In
the region of Dubno. Meanwhile the
Russians are pounding the Polish left
wing and center, but are meeting with
strong resistance. . .
A note embodying the Russian Soviets'
acceptance of the British proposal for
an armistice with Poland is now en
route to London, the Daily News stated
today. :
The proposal for a cessation of hostil
ities on the Russo-Polish battle front
' was made a week ago and since then it
has been reported several times that ths
Russians had agreed to the terms. AU
of these reports were unofficial, how
GEX. WKAXGLI3 TAKES
; 20,000 RED PRISONERS
, TJnitl Kami
. Copenhagen; July 19. General Wran
gel has succeeded in destroying 18 soviet
cavalry regiments and taking 20.000
prisoners, according to reports reaching
this city from Russia. -
Novorossick, Ekaterlnodar and Tagan
rog have been evacuated by the Red
Four Companies of
Oregon Guardsmen
Going Through City
The Ashland, Marshfield, Medford
and Newport companies of the Oregon
National guard, returning from the an
nual encampment at Camp Lewis, witl
arrive in Portland at 6 :30 o'clock Mon
day evening via the Great Northern and
leave, the city soon thereafter for their
homes, according to arrangements made
by the paasenger department of the
Southern Pacific Railway company.
Companies from Salem, Eugene, Mc
Minnville, Independence, Silverton and
Woodburn will arrive in Portland at 1
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and leave for
their homes a few hours later.
Comrades' Return Awaited
Ashland, July .19. Funeral services
for . Ralph Fraley, who lost his ftfe in
the big gun explosion at Camp Lewiw,
will be held following the arrival of
Company B from camp. Fraley was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. C W. Fraley. v
SCOTT WAS LEADING CHASE
. WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN
Deputy Sheriff Robert C Scott of
King county, Washington, who was
killed by a bandit now su posed to have
been Joseph Scanlon, was formerly a
police patrolman on the Portland . force
and was for some time assigned to the
morals i squad. Scott was leading In
heroic style in an attempt to round up
the bandits who had been Jeopardising
life and property about Seattle when,
without , warning, he was shot by one
of the two men he sought to capture.
Deputy Sheriff Andy Vaughn, former
Portland policeman, was one of Scott's
party. Portland police know nothing
of Scanlon.
Finding of Federal
Tribunal Overrules
Eilers' Case, Report
Federal Judge R; S. Bean Monday
morning overruled in an oral opinion
the exceptions to a special master's re
port, which had been submitted by Ref
eree A,1 M. Cannon ; In the matter- of
Eilers' Music House vs. Oregon Eilers
Music House. The findings virtually de
termined that - Oregon Eilers Music
House assets, which . amount to Up
wards ot $50,000, belonged to the chain
store system of Eilers Music House.
and should be administered ' by the
trustee for Eilers Music House.
Judge Bean held the court acted within
its jurisrtctlon in hearing the case. The
trustee (ft bankruptcy filed a petition re
questing permission to use the necessary
action to collect all : valid claims. The
court granted the petition and said that
an order so stating would be. issued.
Attorneys for the Oregon Eilers Music
House stated that an attempt would, be
made to secure a rehearing in the case. J
xi a renearing is not gran tea an appeal
will be taken to the circuit court of ap
peals, it was said, and necessary bond
posted on the appeal. Ten days were
allowed to perfect an appeal.
Santa Fe Asks to
Issue Common Stock
Washington, July 19. (I. N. S.) The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
today applied to the interstate com
merce commission for : permission to
issue $9,243,000 in common stock to re
place the same amount of 4 per cent
convertible gold bonds of the issue of
1910. .
FACT HO. 841
'WE POINT
WITH PRIDEV
' Six yetm aco. . In 1815.
sixty miles of roads, tnehadins
tb Columbia Hirer Highway,
were pared with Warrenit
Bitnlithie. Dunns Shrine week
50,000 Tisitora from every lec
tion were taken over these
road and their - attention
caQed to the fact that the
pavement it in better condi
tion than when drat laid. This
is the usual record of . sTary
road pared with
WARRENITE
BITULITHIC
WARREN BROTHERS
COMPANY
! Marriage : licensee
Vancouver, Wash.. July 19. Marriage
licenses were Issued to Vereness Smith.1-
30, and ; Esther Sverdstein, 19, Port
land ; Paul T. Hetllng. 25, and Maude
Rice, 26, Portland ; Tom G. Parker,
21, and t Stella - Leslie, 19, Vornonia ;
William - McGreery, 30, and Virginia
Greyshell. 23. Portland : George Suth
erland, 29, and Nancy Warford, 29,
Portland; Albert Lorens legal, and
Matilda ; Halstrom, : legal, Portland :
Tony Bazich, 20, and Terressa McKay,
23", Portland; A.V C. : Stevens, 23, The
Dalles, and Stella Benson, 27, Port
land Wilmer Kerber, 22, and Olga
Peter, 22, Vancouver ; Homer Maya, 31,
and Mattie Matheny, 21, Hood River.
Kick Lacking, Case. Falls
The Dalles, July 19. The case against
Frank King, barber, and Tony Meyeta,
Japanese .hotel proprietor, charged with
bootlegging, was dismissed. Tests failed
to find alcohol in the "grape wine" which
they sold. i
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