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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY. JULY 30, 190. THE OREGON DAILY jOU xtf AL, PORTLAND. OREGON 3 HAS FOSTER FATHER RIGHT TO ESTATE OF HIS ADOPTED CHILD? Was fraud practiced on the court by E. G. Proebstel when he secured the appointment as administrator of the Neva G. j Burnt estate, and who formerly was Neva G. Proebstel? Has a foster parent the right to naturally inherit from v an adopted child, or do the rights of the natural parent supersede? .These are ques tions that, will come up for consiJ eration of Circuit Judge Tazwell in connection with an appeal of the mother of Neva Burns to have Proe"j stel removed as administrator. A demurrer to this petition was argued before J udgf Tazwell Friday morning: by Judge Llttlefield for the petitioner and G. Kveret Baker for Proebstel, but denied, . Tvwn"chllJren " were born : to the Proebstels. Neva and Klbert, and then ..imarrted Burns, and in 1916 he formally ...adopted Neva, and conveyed to her cer tain property which he had purchased -,riin mi nges. as a macninim. Alter -the nirl's death her natural father peti tioned to-be appointed administrator, claiming that he and the girl's mother. Mrs. Burns, were the only heirs. ; Now follows the attempt of Mrs. Burns to have his appointment set aside. CITY TO PAY, S27.062 FOR. NEW PLAYGROUND SITE W stipulation between attorneys for the city, of i Portland and the Versteeg Prick company, approved by the circuit court Friday, provided for the payment to the company of $27,862.08 In full set tlement of the city's purchase of a 15 sore tract on the east side of ' East Thlrtythlrd street, hear Tillamook street. The- land ia to be used for a public-playground and park. ACCUSED "WOMAN FILES . " PETITION FOR RELEASE A petition, for a writ of habeas cor pus was filed by Eva -Workman in the Multnomah county circuit court Friday, on the claim that an Illegal sentence was imposed upon her by District Judge Bell on Aprir 26 last, when she was sen tenced to six months in the .Oregon state Industrial school. . ' '. .The petitioner,, sentenced "on a misde meanor, claims the district court has no jurisdiction over any woman between 18 and 25 years that would permit it to sentence them- to the state school : that this Jurisdiction lies wholly within the court of domestic relations. Km r Workman was conf 1 ned at The Cedars, and .with two other girls, made her; escape several .weeks ago, and was s fterwards - sentenced "ji on; the ' misde meanor charge, -? v. -'-- - MARY GELLERT WILL FILED; VALUE OF ESTATE $25,600 The will of the late Mrs. Mary Gel lert. who died in Portland July 23, was filed for probate Friday. Samuel M. 1L..I r On their way to the "Half : Necktie ? at Ben Selling's, Fourth and Morrison v-r'i We're not "stringing" you these ;are real cut vuJ rsilk ties at half price., If you want a dollar ri iifebring "four bits"; if you want a five-dol-vif ilaY.one, bring "two-fifty"; and so on! Here o;revenough ties, to reach around several city -blocks. Elbow inland get a few "feet front"! ... .; V ;;" I ' ' ' . .. : ! -. - ' ...... : Gellert, a son. Is named as the exec utor. The estate consists of real prop erty of an approximate value of 125.000, Jewelry to the value of $1000. notes and mortgage? to the value of 112,000, and miscellaneous personal property valued at $500. There are 17 heirs named in the petition, three of them, Samuel M., Virginia and Mary Jane, residing, in Portland. j CHAMBERLAIN AS S FOR LEGISLATION Senator George E. Chamberlain', speaking before the City club lunch eon at -the Benson hotel at noon Friday, called upon the modern busi ness man to jtake more interest in legislative affairs and use the same enthusiasm in i working for legisla tive matters as he uses in his every day business, j The senator I made It plain that all legislation was the result of compromise, and declared that this might not be much the case 'If men in everyday life would go beyond the limits of their own little horizon and make their efforts for the things needed, both locally and na tionally, felt throughout the country. ; r "Don't, stop with "appealing to your own senator or congressman," said the senior senator from Oregon, "but make your appeal to the whole congressional body. We need the influence of business men In congress and need It badly." F.'E. Moscovlcs, one oftthe leading au tomotive, authorities of the country and vice . president of the Nordyke & Mar mon conpany. made a short talk on the gasoline situation on-the coast, tn which he recommended that business men in stigate a vigorous and national Investi gation of the fuel situation. ; . "This fuel questidn is not a matter for the automobile man alone," said he, "but ft affects all lines of business. The au tomobile has given the country a breadth of knowledge arid trading facility never believed possible before the age of motor Permanent Normal :, At Pendleton Asked Pendleton. July 30.-Resolutlona ask ing that summer normal school sessions at . Pendleton be made permanent were adopted by the 63 students at the school and have been forwarded to President J. H. Ackerman of the Oregon Normal school for consideratlonby the regents at their midwinter meeting. The session ended, Friday afternoon after six weeks' wort. . v - i ' , Street Workers Ask Increase of Wages - : ;. f Advancing a i plea - that they ' cannot combat the high cost of living on their present : salaries, -124 employes of the city street cleaning bureau have pre sented a long petition to Mayor Baker requesting wage mcreases. These men do laboring work and are paid $4.60 a day. They are asking $5.50 a day. -j - Price Party 99 ..... - . J i ' "We've been and bought!" $5 DO Ties for. $230 $4 DO Ties for'.'. .... $2 DO $330 Ties for...... $1J5 $3.00 Ties for...... $130 $230 Ties for .$125 $2 DO Ties for $1D0 $130 Ties or...... $0.75 $1D0 Ties for. . . . , $030 YOUTH KILLS DEPUTY AND : - Los Angeles, July 30. A 17 -year-old boy, member of a daring bandit gang, was the (slayer of Deputy City Marshal i Robert Morgan I of Bur bank, near here early today, accord ing to definite information received by the sheriff's office. The boy also shot and probably fatally wounded Constable Henry E. Purrler. j U l: With ' his two companions; the ' boy slayer was caught in the act of robbing an automobile accessory shop.' In a gun bat U in front of the. city hall the boy escaped amid a hall of bullets. As the constable fired at him the boy ran into an alley and disappeared. The other two bandits escaped in the car. : - Oeputy - Marshal Morton ' had ; been watching a shop in San Fernando bou levard and saw ., three burglars enter the place. ; After ' quickly telephoning for aid he entered the shop and"or dered the 1 three to surrender. This they did. and it was while on the way to jail in an automobile with the three that one of them suddenly drew a re volver and fired- Constable Purrler had just arrived. He was shot three times. , KERENSKY SEEKS TO LIFT BLOCKADE ; By Newton C. Parke Parish July 30. (I. N. S.) Alex ander K. .Kerensky, socialist premier of Russia from July to November, in 1917, but who was deposed by t& Bolshevik regime of Lenin and Trotzky, today issued : an appeal to the word in behalf of - Russia. M. Kerensky asks that the blockade barriers surrounding Russia be broken down. He ridicules the fears expressed in England and France that a red Bon. 'aparte will arise in Russia . who will sweep all Europe with his armies.' POLES TO APPEAL TO ' LEAGUE FOR HELP fCnntlntiM Prom Pw One) The soviet peace demands also facili tate an alliance between Germany and Russia, according to the government re ports. -: i . ' ;. ;-,' SI - --i These advices were looked on. by offi cials here as showing that Germany may have, a hand in the Bolshevik councils and that their interests will ; be taken care of as well as Russia's in the nego tiations with the Pole. ' According to the government's ad vices two of the , principal conditions of peace which Will i be demanded by soviet Rusaia are : i : ; Free passage across Poland. ' Restoration of Posen to Germany. POLISH ENVOYS TO CROSS RCSSO-POLISII LINE TONIGHT London. July 30. (I. N.i E) The Polish armistice envoys will cross the RuBso-Polish lines at 6 o'clock this eve ning, the British government announced at noon. Official dispatches state that the Bolshevik offensive "is raging with heightened fury." - :i , Although active armistice negotiations are scheduled to . begin between the Polish and Russian envoys tonight, dis patches from Warsaw today Indicated that the Poles are preparing for a counter-offensive for ; the protection . of Lemberg. The Polish center is being withdrawn from the western fringe of the Pripet marshes. .The Polish troops are being regrouped in strong new positions west of the Styr river and the Sereth. The Russians are converging ' upon Lemberg from Brody and Tamopol and Polish troops are being massed for the protection of the city. ; Lemberg was formerly a Galician city, but was occupied by Poles in 191!. Hungary Offers Aid Paris, July 30. (U. P.) Hungary has sent a note to Poland, offering to send a considerable force of troops to -assist In fighting the Bolshevik!, according to a dispatch from Warsaw today. 7-YEAR-OLD INJURES CONSTABLE BOYS!. Some Saturday Specials ! L. i - Regular $12.50 and $130 Belted Suits : For Boys of 10 to 18 Years $7.95 Children's Khaki Suits ' For Boys of 3 to 10 Years Special $2.85, Boys' Sport Blouses 89c In Ages 6 to 16 Years , - Second Floor BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth A Nibley's Denial A Fraudulent Timber Deals Contradicted Contradicting statements made by C. W. Nibley, president of 'ne Grande Ronde Lumber company, tlu.' no fraudu lent timber deals had bee; , made since he purchased the mill. Assistant United States Attorney John C, Veatch Fri day morning said : "About half of the fraudulent cases mentioned In the complaint come from entries made after the Nibleys and Frank. S. Murphy purchased the mill. Out of i 153 alleged fraudulent : entries charged tn ' the complaint, 74 are said to have been made since 1902. The Nib leys and : Murphy- bought th mill ; in February, 1902. .' .. 'v.1 ' "The - complaint also shows," said Veatch, "that. Alexander Nibley and his wife and Frank S. Murphy and his wife made final proof upon their timber claims on February 12, 1902, and that they transferred - the titles to the Grande Ronde Lumber company - nine days later. The company not only paid them for the land, but also paid filing fees." : - Veatch, filed a suit for the government last Tuesday to recover $685,943 damages for the government from the company. ILL WITHDRAW Washington, July 30. (I. N. S.) The shipping board on October 1 will withdraw from the national ad justment commission, having juris diction over longshore matters on the Atlantic and 'Gulf coasts, it was announced today. A resolution to this effect has been adopted by "the board and the neces sary 60 days' notice , has been given by the secretary of the commission. EXCHANGE IS SOLE . BASISOF FORTUNE (Continued From Pats One) erations were said to have been $3000 daily. . This man, the story goes, made his money by investing 375 at 50 per cent interest each 45 days and by bringing Ponzi new clients, for which he re ceived 10 per cent commission. Ponzi claimed to have made his money by in vesting in international postal reply coupons.. Then there was the downtown mil liner who had been struggling many years with a small shop. She "cashed in" for 326.000 when the federal inves tigation into Ponzi's affairs was started Others made similar near fortunes. ' SAYINGS ACCOUNTS DRAWN Inquiries at banks in the foreign dis tricts showed an enormous - number of foreigners invested 'In Ponzt's scheme Savings accounts formerly kept in these banks were withdrawn and the money placed with Ponzi. There had been a big drain on these institutions during the last few months. u However, foreigners did not make up the complete list of customers of the young financial marvel. Society women, stenographers, clerks and persons In other walks of life invested their savings in the magic million-making scheme. Ponzi's staff of 16 clerks was on hand early today, preparing- to continue pay ments to depositors. More than $2,000,- -000 haa beer refunded since the investi gation started. TO AUDITS, BOOKS Attorney General Allen stated this afternoon that' he - .will immediately rnake an audit of the books of Charles Ponzi, "get-rlch-qulck" - financier. The work will-Include operations of Ponzi t.ot only in Boston1, but in Lawreace. Framingham, New Bedford, Fall River and . other communities. This action follows a request for a state investiga tion by Governor . Coolidge. District Attorney Pelletier agreed to have the state take charge of the audit. The federal district attorney also is ex pected to appoint an auditor. . Declaring he , had been slandered . in the columns of a local financial paper, Ponzi today said he had Instructed his attorney to sue the proprietor of the publication for $5,000,000. Ponzi hinted that there may be . other libel suits filed. ... SOTHWO ILLEGAL FOUND Speculators who have haunted Pi alley, offering to take over Ponzi se curities exchange . certificates at sacri fice prices were disturbed today by the report that some of these certifi- SHIPPING BOARD MAYOR TAKES HAND E Mayor "Baker was in consultation with City Attorney La Roche and Deputy City Attorney Lionel Mack ay Friday afternoon minutely examining all the evidence that has been se cured in the city's Investigation of the milk controversy. J Until ; now ; Mayor . Baker has " been leaving, the : milk Investigation to the .city attorney's office, . but he Intimated Thursday his Intention of going into the case himself. ; Following the-conference .today it Is anticipated the mayor will call a conference of distributors and officials of the producers' organi sation. : - " It is said by those in touch with the situation that the mayor has In- mind appointment of another commission, composed - entirely : of persons discon nected ; with the industry, to , make a thorough Investigation and report whether, or not the recent increase in price to consumers from 13 to 14 cents a quart is justified. Portland distributors have Just sent out to dairymen of the state another circular putting forth their side of the milk controversy. Copies of the' circu lar had been received by irmny of the dairymen Friday morning, according to notifications received at the offices of the dairymen's , league in the Corbett building, i. C. M. Gregory, spokesman for the distributors in the present controversy, declares : JJie increase to 17 cents per quart for milk in San Francisco ... re flects what will happen here If the dairymen's : league gains control. In San Francisco, Gregory Bald, the league completely controls the. milk situation, and as a result the retail milk price Is lt cent b'.Mr, although the butterfat milk price, i (is Ins at $2.80 per hun dred pounds. " j WHEAT PRICES DROP BELOW WAR FIGURE . Chicago, July 30. (U. P.) Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade today dropped to figures below the price guaranteed to producers under war-time legis lation. ; ; December wheat - started 2 cents down from yesterday's close and lost another 8 cents before the close. " The guaranteed price of wheat at Chicago was $2.26. Lack of demand by export ers and favorable weather, together With a belief that railroads are about to be given rate rises which will bring, most efficient movement of -crops were the principal factors in today's drop. . cates have been counterfeited and that sharpers nope to unload the fake paper. There ; can . be , no unloading of the counterfeits oftPonsl, because "'-no cer tificate is paidU by ; the young f inancier until; its honesty j has been certified.:;! Lpon arriving i from his Lexington home by motor car today Ponzt found the auditor from! the district attorney's office Still at work - on his books. . Of ficials ; agree, however, that thus far the auditor has been unable to un earth anything illegal. ': ' ' A line .of about SO persons waited at the Pi alley office today- and there was little delay in paying them. Ponzi had an engagement late today with a t New York ? financier, whose name was withheld, - who is said to have .offered $10.000.00ft for the Ponzi business. Ponzi said , he was undecided whether to accept the- offer. V. S. GOVERNMENT- MADE MILLIONS IN SAME WAY Washington, July 30. U. P.) Profits of the United-States government from its international money order business amount to millions of dollars, it was re vealed' here today. . v. . V The conditions which made these prof- Its possible are the same that Charles Ponzi says he took advantage of to make several million dollars in the, past few months. Government officials-are now reported investigating Ponzi's opera, tions. - Official reports show that In the seven years ended June 30, 1919, the govern ment made from Its international money order operations 5 $5,052,636.13. How much has been made since then is not known, - . ' - The profits of both Ponzi and the government arose from the fact that foreign, exchange fluctuated violently while money order conversion rates re mained the same as they were before the war. ' "y-New conversion rates will go into ef fect August 15 .. which will more nearly correspond to actual ' exchange rates. although they will not end the govern ments profit. - PONZI CLOSES OFFICE V IN BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY Bayonne. - N. J July 30. Charles Ponzi. j "wizard financier," today sent word , to the , head of his security ex change company here to suspend op erations. , ' - There was a run on the place when a Sign saying the exchange had closed down was shown. '' However,- - W- : H. Mackle. the district . manager, assured the Investors they : have the money on demand and . there was no . complaint. He said if they cared to wait 45 days they would make the 50 per cent In terest promised them. - : The office here opened two weeks ago, and in that time 150 persons. chiefly Italians, are said to have in vested.. , .: POSTOFFICE .DEPARTMENT DENIES LOSS OF MILLIONS Washington, July 30. (I. N &) Statements that the postoffice depart ment was "losing ; millions of dollars" through the Ponzi international reply coupon transactions - were characterized as "utterly absurd" this afternoon." by Acting Postmaster General Koonz. "There is no way by which the depart ment could lose money through .trading In these coupons, said Mr. Koonz. , 'In ternational reply coupons Issued in for eign countries and redeemed at. the post- offices in the United States for the year ended." June 30, 1919, numbered 37,794 with a postage, value of $1,889.70. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, the total number of coupons was 55.888, with a postage value of $2,794.20." Wounded Girl Dies Hoquiam. Wash., 'July 30. -Margaret Eichentopf. 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Eichentopf. who was ac cidentally 'shot -Tuesday evening by her NAM C0M1SS0N Thiele Buys Tract Near Hood River for New Modern Hotel . J V:' ; ,.V Xir '-' - "V - ' '-'J"-- Henri "Thiele. chef of "the Benson hotel, has purchased . Wau-Gwin-Owin and . the Garrabrand properties, two miles J west of Hood River, and will build a modern hotel and a number of cottages. The prica paid for the 31 acres purchased was r approximately $20,000, and the first unit of the hotel planned Is - estimated to cost about $100,000. The project ; is being financed by S. Benson and work will begin Im mediately on . foundations of the hotel building, it is said. The tract purchased by Thiele has a frontage ot 2000 feet on the north side of the Columbia river .highway and extends to the right of way of the O-W. - R. ' N. Co. The grounds com mand a magnificent view -of the river and surrounding country. and the site is considered the best on the highway for hotel .purpose- Thiele and Benson, accompanied by their architects, visited Hood River last week and inspected the property. Transfer of the , acreage was closed Thursday afternoon. Thiele has been chef of the Benson hotel for several years and will retain his position with . that hostelry, divid ing his time between the two places until business of the highway resort demands all his attention. bigIlTII BUILT AT I UA That the Long-Bell. Lumber com pany has deterinined.to build a large sawmill at Kalama, Wash., is the re liable information received here Fri day. Officers of the company also pro pose -to build, a "mill on their tract at the mouth of the Cowlitz river to take care of heavy timbers and dimension stock it is said. Robert E. Lonar. president of the Long- Bell company, accompanied by other of ficials and a corps of engineers, spent several days there last week examining merits of a number of proposed mill Bites on Willamette and Columbia rivers, No definite plans were announced at that time and the party . left Monday night for Seattle. v .:- The Long-Bell company is a Kansas City concern and one of the largest lum ber companies in United States.- Some months ago the company purchased 75.- 000 acres of timber land near tne mouth of the Cowlitz river in Washington. The tract cruises 2.000,000,000 feet and the price paid was $6,000,000. According to tentative plans announced by-of fleers of the company four mills will be built to cut the timber taken from the Cowlitz tract. One of these mills. It is said, will1 be near the junction of Willapiette and Columbia rivers and oth ers between here and Astoria. Erection of a sawmill on the timber tract will be a departure from customary usage In Northwestern . lumber operatfbns. President Long and. his party are ex pected from Seattle Saturday. Lipton Invited to Be Portland Guest Sir Thomas Lipton. International I yacht race challenger, who for many years has. gamely tried to wrest the yacht, race cup from America, has been Invited by the Chamber of Commerce to be a "guest of the. organization on a trip to Portland. ' Lipton has accented an Invitation forwarded by he San Fran cisco Chamber : of Commerce : and will be coming to the Pacific coast soon. Huckleberries Are Ripe Dee. July 30. Blue huckleberries are plentiful and ready ' for picking in the Lost Lake sectiolw These are the sour variety. The sweeter huckleberry, mountain variety, will not be- ripe for several weeks. . .. Take a plentiful suppfywith you or have it sent parcel post. Mail orders are 'given our personal attention. Hazelwood Supreme Variety, lb. $15 Mexican Chews, lb. . . . . . ; .... $10 Home-Made Specials, lb.. . . ... . . $1.00 Assorted Chews, lb.. .85c . Assorted Hard Candies, in jars, 25cr60c THE HAZELWOOD Confectionery and Restaurant 388 Washington St. ' ' "' ' " " " -127 Broadway THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO. Superior Record Servica . New Columbia Records For August . DANCE RECORDS Oh, by Jingo! One step Lanin's Roseland orchestra A2943 Rose o( Chili -Tango fox trot. . Lanin's. Roseland orchestra $1.00 Take It Easy Fox trot. V. ...... .Art Hickman's orchestra A2938 Come Back to Georgia One step.. Art Hickman's orchestra $1.00 Lassie Medley waltz Alabama Moon- Medley waltz POPULAR SONGS r Some Beautiful Morning (I'll Find You in My Arms)..... ... . Al Jolson A2940 I've Got the Profiteering Blues ........... .Frank Crumit $1.00 Ten Little Bottles T ....Bert Williams A294t Unlucky Blues J. .... Bert Williams $1.00 All-the Boys Love Mary Van and Schenck A2942 Way Down Barcelona Way ' .Harry Fox $1.00 NOVELTY RECORD Love and Money Waltz. .. ... .. Russian Balalaika orchestra E4642 Popular Neapolitan Melodies. .. .Russian Balalaika orchestra $1.00 t. . . " This is an invitation for you to come In and enjoy these new records. For those who live out of town, our Mail Order Depart ment offers exceptional service. Use "this Ad for you f order check those wanted and send with j your remittance. . Name MORRISON ST. V-- -MASON AND HAMN PIANOS ipJ . ! mt uitit m raAHeitee. oakund. rrrtnn. DKM aM OH. SACaAMSMTO. u AWSI,a For Your Vacation .Prince's orchestra A6t53 ..Prince's orchestra $1.25 Address AT BROADWAY father, died .Wednesday, -.